Tag: Labour government
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Holidays thanks to Labour’s largesse (but on the public’s dime)
It’s been just less than three months of a new Labour government the Minister for LANDS and Social Housing Owen Bonnici has already travelled twice: first to New York to deliver a speech at the UN, and now to Turkey to, according to him, “learn from his Turkish counterparts.” He’s probably one of the most…
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Edward Zammit-Lewis touted as Ambassador to France
Keeping up with the theme of political appointments within the diplomatic service, we have confirmed that Edward Żammit-Lewis is gunning for an ambassadorial post to France, and he’s probably going to get it. Edward Żammit-Lewis did not contest the last general election. Labour has filled the diplomatic service with its own appointees, appointing its own…
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Labour government refuses to discuss electricity crisis at the Public Accounts Committee
The Labour Party has rejected a request by the Nationalist Party at the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the ongoing power cuts and the government’s alleged €140 million expenditure on the electricity grid, with reference to a report published by the Auditor General in 2024. The report originally examined the power-cut crisis of 2023. Labour…
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Despite an ongoing national crisis, the political theatre must continue
Despite an ongoing national crisis caused by the complete breakdown of the electricity grid, Energy and Environment Minister Miriam Dalli is still finding time to produce publicly funded propaganda. Energy Minister took some time from the national crisis to pose with government employees planting trees. We have consistently pointed this out, and people are only…
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Energy Minister refuses to reply Parliamentary Questions: provides rethorical propaganda instead
Energy Minister Miriam Dalli continues to run her ministry like a literal ONE propaganda talk show. She refuses to provide information about the power cuts and instead opts for rhetorical, propagandistic answers that avoid supplying the information originally requested. Parliamentary questions are one of the main means through which public information is obtained. The Labour…
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Miriam Dalli to stay on as Energy Minister
Yesterday, doorstopped after the meeting with the Chamber of Commerce, a visibly tired Prime Minister said that Miriam Dalli will retain her position as Energy Minister. The Nationalist Party and Opposition are calling for her resignation. The Prime Minister said he had full confidence in his Energy Minister and admitted that works on the upgrading…
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Opposition reiterates resignation of Minister Miriam Dalli: demand report on causes on all power-cuts
Earlier today, the Nationalist Party reiterated its call for Energy Minister Miriam Dalli to resign. In a scathing speech at a press conference in front of the Ministry for Energy building in Valletta, Opposition MP Mark Anthony Sammut asked how the €140 million allocated to the electricity grid upgrade had been spent and why this…
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Prime Minister says increased electric load heated up cables
Earlier today, speaking to a ONE propagandist about the ongoing power-cuts, Prime Minister Robert Abela admitted for the first time that an “increased electrical load” in the cables contributed to them heating up. He added that record summer temperatures exacerbated their condition, causing them to heat up even faster. Previously, the Prime Minister said that…
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No official statement by Enemalta and the Minister of Energy
In contrast to her usual and regular flurry of publicly funded propaganda on social media and in the press, the Minister for Energy, Miriam Dalli, had no official statement to make over the recent weeks of constant power cuts, and neither did Enemalta. Total silence. So, we are left with the “biggest investment ever made”…
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All plebs are equal without electricity
The Labour government continues to make a mockery of the Equality Act and its principles by proposing to introduce constitutional amendments in relation to the act at a time when the country faces a national crisis with a series of constant and ongoing electricity cuts. The Opposition left the Chamber yesterday as Rosianne Cutajar brought…
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The Nationalist Party presents a motion of no-confidence against Energy Minister: demand her to resign
Yesterday in Parliament, the Opposition presented a motion of no-confidence against Energy Minister Miriam Dalli. The Nationalist Party is also calling for her to resign. Minister Dalli had nothing to say about the ongoing electricity outages, which have left homes without power for hours and even days on end, other than her banal statement that…


