Tag: Libel
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The Labour Party prepares to mount its an attack against the free press: proposes tougher libel penalties against journalists
Yesterday, the Labour Party gathered its General Conference to approve its election manifesto. The manifesto includes a pledge to increase punitive measures against journalists by increasing libel damages. The measure is being pledged by stealth via very diplomatic wording but the intention is very explicit. There has been no discussion or fancy press conference to…
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The delusions of a Freemason reject
The Labour government has allowed criminal impunity to extend so far that even the lowest squelches of the Earth feel empowered to bully journalists and act like they have some God-given royal power to dictate society and others. Simon Cusens, the Freemasons reject and the recipient of up to €5 million in public funds over…
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Labour keeps on giving: authoritarianism
The latest Labour Party MP Ramona Attard has reiterated her call for increased libel damages against the press. Her most significant contribution to the Labour Party was, when as an employee of the government under the Joseph Muscat administration, she helped orchestrate a campaign of hatred and vilification against the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Ramona…
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The lower Courts are consistently taking decisions against free speech in line with government policy
Following the libel “damages” imposed on us by the lower courts in a case filed by university academic Simon Mercieca, where court fees raised the total costs by around €5,000, we issued a statement saying that we will comply with the court order. However, we also made it clear that we disagree with the ruling.…
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The Maltese Herald loses a libel case: ordered to pay €2,500 in “damages” to Simon Mercieca
Yesterday, we received the news that we lost a libel and defamation case instituted against us by Simon Mercieca, an academic at the University of Malta and the Department of History. The libel case, which was initiated by Simon Mercieca in May 2023, was partially won in his favour and the Court concluded that we…
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Pressure mounts on Simon Cusens by fellow Freemasons as he launches a libel case against The Maltese Herald
Simon Cusens has initiated a libel case against The Maltese Herald for our investigation of his €5 million sale of his company that was funded by Vitals. You can read a detailed description of his case here and here. He was outed by this website as the boss of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta,…
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Jason Azzopardi is set to file an appeal in his libel case with Carmelo Abela
Jason Azzopardi is to file a mega-appeal against his sentence that ordered him to pay libel damages to Carmelo Abela over his comments that Abela was involved in the HSBC heist. In reality, Jason Azzopardi didn’t make the claim himself; it was made by the Degiorgio brothers in their case concerning the murder of Daphne…
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Simon Mercieca blamed his children for choosing to spend a day at the pool at the Hilton Hotel
When I think that I can’t be further grossed out by this demented and pseudo-intellectual, something new comes along which surprises me. Yesterday, in Court, Simon Mercieca, apart from admitting that he has received gifts from Tumas Group on behalf of Yorgen Fenech, also admitted that he likes spending his days with his family at…
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Offers which I refused
Contrary to the claims and smears by Saviour Balzan and the interconnected criminal cliques of Yorgen Fenech, Tumas Group, and the Labour Party, I have refused all monetary offers made to me in exchange for the removal of content from this website. I have also declined a meeting with Tumas Group and turned down an…
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Ishmael Psaila says he will take “legal steps” over article
Ishmael Psaila says he will be taking legal action against me for this article. I don’t have much to say about this, but I may have some ideas. From a wider perspective I would say they can’t control their ambitions and aspirations and they deserve all the stories and critique. They get ahead of themselves…
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Today, my lawyer Joseph Mizzi submitted my case in court against Simon Mercieca in his libel case against me
Last year, Simon Mercieca filed a libel case against me when for claiming that he has been receiving money from Patricia Fenech (Yorgen Fenech’s mother) to write in support of her son who s being charged for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The payment was made in physical cash so it may be challenging…
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The European Parliament approves its anti-SLAPP Directive dubbed as “Daphne’s law”
The European Parliament has today approved with amendments, and an overwhelming majority, the European Commission’s proposed anti-SLAPP directive, dubbed by its authors and MEPs who lobbied for it as “Daphne’s law” in memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Before she was murdered, Daphne Caruana Galizia faced a historic number of libel suits. The law concerns transnational…