Pierre Portelli was not having a great day today. It’s not something I brought about. Nickie Vella De Fremeaux hit out at Pierre Portelli without naming him at first over an issue which emerges from a conflict of interest he is in, combining his work at the PN with his private interests. In a message [...]
By Charmaine Spiteri: Iced Buns It has been reported in the media that former Parliamentary Secretary Deborah Schembri, who failed to get elected in the last election earns about €160,000 a year through public contracts awarded to her by direct orders. In the contract with Identity Malta, she is required to go through 50 files [...]
What should be obvious is the callous horror that Malta’s Parliament has made no announcement it will be marking the death of a journalist in the democracy it is supposed to be a representative of. As in Italy last week, the Bundestag is calling a meeting for 18th October for German MPs titled “Press freedom [...]
Statement by #occupyjustice outside the Valletta Police Station today. Six months ago, on 19th April, #occupyjustice activists visited the Valletta Police Station to pass to the police information they appeared not to have seen, though it was published on the world’s media: that Minister Chris Cardona knew alleged assassin Alfred Degiorgio and met him before Degiorgio [...]
Updated: Adds statement by Pierre Portelli On the morning after Chris Cardona was accused by a leading Italian daily of lying about how well he knew an assassin accused of killing a journalist, the party apparatchiks at the PN are busy managing a storm over who has the rights over a TV fiction. This is [...]
Stefan Grech who was convicted of anti-semitism and physical assault has said he intends to appeal the sentence. He continues to protest his innocence. In a statement sent to this website, Mr Grech denied being an anti-Semite. "I categorically deny having any racist or anti-semitic inclinations whatsoever. There is absolutely no history or instances linking [...]
Updated. Carries Pierre Portelli's reply. Nickie Vella de Fremeaux has used her Facebook account to publicly criticise, without naming him, PN media chief Pierre Portelli over a dispute the latter has with TV writer Sandro Vella. The issue is over copyright claims over TV soap Fattigi that Sandro Vella has claimed in court is his [...]
The BBC's John Sweeney will be delivering a Freedom Lecture in honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia on Monday 15th October. The event has been oversubscribed and booking is now closed. The event is also being moved to a larger venue to accommodate a larger audience. It will now be held at the Catholic Institute in [...]