11 October 2019. 13:42. Adds Correction about bail at the end of the article. Preliminary hearings before a date is set for the trial of Alfred and George Degiorgio and Vincent Muscat for the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia are scheduled for 31 October, more than two years after the journalist and mother of three [...]
Sent in by Robbie under this morning's post 'When Joseph Muscat's government was ok with immunity to turn state's evidence'. A well written piece. Gone are the days when top public officials have to be whiter than white. Those were the days of Prime Ministers Fenech Adami and Gonzi when the interests of the nation [...]
If I make money from drug trafficking and give some of it to an orphanage, would I have the right to claim that arresting me for drug trafficking amounts to starving the orphans? That should be a rhetorical question but it isn’t. Because not everyone gets the bleeding obvious these days. Consider the article by [...]
Joseph Muscat says he's against the idea of plea bargains or partial or full immunity for witnesses to turn state's evidence. He dropped a heavy hint about past experience expecting everyone to remember Meinrad Calleja was not convicted of murder even though Joseph Fenech -- the legendary Żeppi l-Ħafi -- was given immunity to testify [...]
Two of the three alleged assassins accused of killing Daphne Caruana Galizia have been opening Constitutional cases claiming their fundamental rights have been breached because of this or that other supposed infringement. So far, they’ve had all their complaints rejected. George Degiorgio, the guy was is accused of pushing the trigger and waiting on the [...]
Press Release by Repubblika Although an independent inquiry still has to be carried out to establish the extent of the state’s responsibility in Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, what is certain is that the government has failed in its obligation to protect her and to prevent whoever wanted to kill her from succeeding. The government [...]
Have you complained against your prime minister? Remember Daniel. If that means little to you perhaps you should join the "Joseph Muscat Prayer Team". It's a Facebook post of mumbo jumbo voodoo dedicated to ensure the Almighty steels the great Joseph and give him strength. Because that's all he needs. And that's all we need. [...]
Makes you proud? https://youtu.be/2deOO6H6uMc
This comment by Michael A. Vella, Daphne Caruana Galizia's father, was posted under Timothy Alden's guest post of yesterday. It cannot be missed: REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi Indications are that the 2017 general election was brought forward, and the planned assassination postponed to a date after that election, which the PN was set to [...]
I've been saying for quite a while now - and can dig up at least one article to prove it - that my long held suspicion regarding Daphne Caruana Galizia's killer was that it was indeed a businessman responsible. If so, there are huge and dangerous implications for politics, even if politicians were not directly [...]
Sent in by someone known to me. Following last Sunday's revelations, Pieter Omtzigt asked a very pertinent question. Why did the government refuse to strike a deal with one of the suspected murderers? This would have been the reply expected from someone with nothing to hide: 'I will do anything in my power to uncover [...]
The prime minister’s remarks yesterday betray more than he intended. The formal cover is that he doesn’t know the details of the Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination investigation. The police operate independently of the executive, he says, and he cannot and does not interfere. And yet that is not entirely true. Consider for example the point [...]
Italian journalist Roberto Saviano will be launching an anthology of works by Daphne Caruana Galizia that have been translated to Italian. The book will be the first of a series curated by Roberto Saviano and will carry a foreword by him. The book is being launched in Milan on 14 October and in Rome on [...]
"Murder on the Malta Express: Who Killed Daphne Caruana Galizia?" will be launched on Monday 14 October at 18:00 at the Catholic Institute in Floriana. The book is being published by Midsea Books. To book a place send an email to [email protected]. About the authors CARLO BONINI has spent the past 25 years investigating white-collar [...]
On the eve of the two year anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination, KSU will be bringing together journalists from Malta’s independent media to discuss and debate the situation of the media landscape on the island. Tuesday 15 October, 18:30-20:00 Quadrangle, University of Malta The event will feature a key note speech by John Sweeney. [...]
Carlo Bonini is a Daphne Project journalist and author of L’Isola Assassina: La Sfida di Daphne al Cuore Corrotto dell’Europa (2018) and co-author of Murder on the Malta Express: Who Killed Daphne Caruana Galizia? (2019). Mr Bonini has spent the past 25 years investigating white-collar and organised crime in Italy and internationally working for Il [...]
For readers in Brussels or around, here are details of the vigil being held by Reporters without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Transparency International EU, the European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the International Press Institute and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders. Save the date: 16 October [...]
For readers in London or around, here are details of the vigil being held by Reporters without Borders, PEN International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Rory Peck Trust and Transparency International UK. Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 19:30 The Challoner Hall, Warwick Street, London W1B 5LZ. Nearest station: Piccadilly Circus. Tuesday 16 October will [...]
