Tag: Ministry of Culture
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The transfer of the National Book Council to the Culture Ministry is wrong: here is why
I have just received news today that the National Book Council has been transferred to the Culture Ministry. The move seems to be supported by some individuals who are cosplaying as experts under the carnivalesque dressing of NGOs. The move is senseless and totally wrong for many reasons. It is also irregular given that the…
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Labour’s culture policy is based on corruption, nepotism and vote-buying
On Jon Mallia’s show It-Tokis, Culture Minister Owen Bonnici defended the lavish expenditure by the Ministry of Culture. The discussion picked up from the report by the Auditor-General about the expenditure of the Film Commission. The Auditor-General found a consistent system of lack of accountability and lack of accounting standards in the excessive expenditure of…
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The appalling behaviour of Johann Grech
I followed Johann Grech’s recent story like most of you did, but I didn’t have much to say about him given that nothing has changed since then other than the preposterous and pretentious imbecile keeps proving my point. The Malta Film Commission is not actually doing anything other than mostly spending millions of Euros to…
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Joyce Dimech has been appointed Permanent Secretary to the Home Affairs Ministry and leaves her role at the Ministry of Culture
Joyce Dimech has officially been approved as the Permanent Secretary of Home Affairs after having been in the role of a caretake following Emanuel Psaila’s resignation. Shee has given up her role as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Culture and Local Government. Joyce Dimech was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gozo for…
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Ramon Deguara has been passed over for his promotion as permanent secretary to Home Affairs
As soon as Emanuel Psaila resigned as permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ramon Deguara who is head of Cleansing Division was quickly nominated by the OPM for his replacement. Now, after internal opposition by people inside the Ministry of Home Affair, Ramon Deguara will not be appointed as PS and so far,…
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Raiding the culture ministry, again
It’s great to see Nationalist Party MPs doing some opposition work, given that the Nationalist Party seems to be dead and its MPs on permanent holiday. Julie Zahra, a newly elected PN MP is taking the Culture Minister to task over the reckless spending at Heritage Malta. Heritage Malta is being accused of constant misuse…