Tag: Silvio Schembri
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“Malta’s biggest foreign direct investment”: the expansion of STMicroElectronics
According to a Maltese government announcement, StMicroeletronics is set to make the biggest foreign direct investment in Malta with an investment of up to €200 million in the expansion of its facility in Malta. The expansion is already ongoing St Microelectronics is the biggest factory and exporter in manufactured products exporter in Malta and has…
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Silvio Schembri leads his Prime Minister to a PR slaughter
Apparently, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri has led the Prime Minister to a PR slaughter by convincing him to do a promotional visit to a crypto exchange that has has opened an office in Malta. The company in question is blockchain.com which is currently struggling company to fast dwindling usage and a loss of $270 million…
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Microtek Medical Malta closes down: 96 employees sacked
Last year, Medline bought the surgical solutions unit of Ecolab Surgical Solutions for up to $950 million. This acquisition included the manufacturing unit in Malta, Microtek Medical Malta. Microtek Medical Malta is now closing down with up to 96 workers facing unemployment. The government and the General Workers’ Union have formed a task force in…
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Silvio Schembri: getting away with literal corruption
During the first couple of years Robert Abela was Prime Minister, the Labour Party was boasting that no corruption scandals unfolded under the watch of the new premier and the Opposition was only mentioning corruption scandals of the past. Things got quickly out of hand as the Labour government covered up for Joseph Muscat and…
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Football with a tuna mogul
Yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela published a photo on himself and his wife on his Facebook account watching the Malta Premier League final. Sitting behind the Prime Minister were Justice Minister Jonathan Attard and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri: both of them are known to be part of Abela’s inner circle. Sitting behind the ministers were…
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Ex-Judges disagree with Judge Neville Camilleri’s decision to deny a Magisterial Inquiry on Silvio Schembri
At least three retired Judges disagree with the decision by Judge Neville Camilleri to deny a request by Jason Azzopardi to start a Magisterial Inquiry on Minister Silvio Schembri. At least two members of the Judiciary have also expressed their critical comments in discussions with other members of the Judiciary and retired members of the…
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The mercenary playing both sides: Ivan Camilleri
UPDATE: The Editor of The Shift News sent me a reply along with the sentence of the Court case about Ivan Camilleri against his employer. Ivan Camilleri won the Court case against his employer with a significant compensation package and no evidence was brought for his alleged misconduct. The Court sentence also states that there is…
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Magistrates intentionally evade the law in preparation for the new legal changes about Magisterial Inquiries
In the past few days, I have been having discussions with various sources and private lawyers to understand in layman terms what is actually going on about the refusals to Jason Azzopardi’s requests for Magisterial Inquiries. His requests have been refused on multiple occasions on various technicalities, with the Minister for the Economy now claiming…
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From “I have nothing to hide”, to “Please don’t investigate me”
How out of touch and delusional do you have to be to publicly announce that you are very happy and satisfied that you won’t be investigated? I used to remember a time when Labour’s mantra about investigations was “We don’t fear investigations because we have nothing to hide.” And “let the institutions work”. Now, they…
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The Minister for the Economy doesn’t even know the name of the previous President of the Labour Party
It feels good to write a piece only to be vindicated a little later by a coincidence to the facts that I would have just published. In this piece I wrote that Ramona Attard‘s work for the Labour Party mainly consisted of producing hateful propaganda. She has nothing to show for her contribution and legacy…
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Josef Dimech denies gifting apartment to Silvio Schembri
Josef Dimech sent a letter to The Maltese Herald denying he gifted an apartment to Minister for the Economy Silvio Schembri. His denial comes after the article mentioned the story in reference to Jason Azzopardi’s request for a Magisterial Inquiry over the wealth of Minister Schembri. Scrutiny is increasing over Minister Schembri who accumulated a…
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Jason Azzopardi files his latest request for a Magisterial Inquiry: the unknown origins of the wealth of the Minister for the Economy
Jason Azzopardi has filed his latest request for a Magisterial Inquiry, this time over the Minister for the Economy Silvio Schembri and the unknown origins of his wealth. The latest request made by Jason Azzopardi is also related to his previous filing for a Magisterial Inquiry over the government’s discounted land deals to its donors…
