Repubblika statement follows Ten days after The New York Times, The Guardian and other major news organisations worldwide alleged that Malta’s army sabotaged a boat carrying migrants at sea, the government and the army continue to refuse to clearly deny this allegation. Under normal circumstances, an allegation like this would be immediately investigated, the truth [...]

Do read this. Frankly, all I can say is thank you.

The leader of opposition Adrian Delia replied today to the spectacle by the prime minister yesterday. I have to say Adrian Delia did not have to paddle up the shit-creek Robert Abela threw Repubblika and Jason Azzopardi in, but he did so. Good on him. His decision today showed that he was willing to do [...]

Yesterday, Prime Minister Robert Abela maliciously twisted the facts and did not give the opportunity to the press to ask questions. As things stand, there are two allegations: The Allegation of sabotage on a boat On Maundy Thursday (9 April 2020) the NGO Alarm Phone broadcast a recording of migrant passengers on a boat stating [...]

I'm cheating a bit. This comment by Corinne Vella was published on Facebook, not on the comments boards of this website. I don't think anyone should miss this. If you and your proteges are innocent, you need not fear life in jail, Robert Abela. You could have denied that a member of the AFM cut [...]

Without going into the merits of the historical accuracy of Glen Bedingfield's interpretation of this photo, his intention is clear. In a fight between good and evil Repubblika and those who dare advise it or support it are collaborators with the enemy, with evil. We are seeing now a goebbelsian drive of mass hysteria and [...]

Prime Minister Robert Abela this evening tried to rub from people's memory the fact that 12 people died in our waters as a result of a decision he and the Armed Forces took not to save them but leave them to their fate at sea. Instead he opened fire on Repubblika. It must be unprecedented [...]

In the same week that the government has spent several days trying not to answer two simple questions – did uniformed officers of Malta’s army sabotage the motor of a boat with 70 migrants on board? Were they acting on orders from Jeffrey Curmi, the army’s commander? – Adrian Delia, leader of what is meant [...]

In case you missed it. This is a chat show on Lovin Malta's Facebook page I was invited to with Fr Brendan Mark Gatt where we discussed the aftermaths of the migration disaster over the Easter Weekend and how activism adapts to COVID-19 changes.

More like the Tiger Kink, so we can keep things in context. I got a No Caller ID call this morning a few minutes after I posted this. The person did not identify themselves but since he was inquiring which testicles he was expected to smooch I guessed it was him. He later confirmed he [...]

This is how Robert Abela's government manages its PR. Exactly like Joseph Muscat's government did. There's a dispute between Repubblika and Edward Zammit Lewis right now which should be fairly straightforward to resolve. Edward Zammit Lewis needs to tell the Venice Commission that he has consulted Maltese civil society about his proposed amendment to the [...]

Anton Rea Cutajar posted the video at the bottom of this post last night saying there must be no division in the country. He reflects an oft repeated view on Facebook these days but he goes out of his way to scrape his larynx in the process. These people have obviously never heard of Nazis. [...]

Message from Archbishop Charles Scicluna two and half years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. The social teachings of the church remind us that peace is founded on truth, justice, freedom and love. These four foundational values are inter-dependent, and each is essential; a community cannot be truly at peace if one of them [...]

Repubblika today filed two police reports before the Police Commissioner. The first report is against the crew of the patrol boat P52, belonging to the Armed Forces. According to reports in the international press, one of the crew members stepped on to the immigrants’ dinghy and cut the cable of the motor. The immigrants were [...]

This morning Repubblika filed a judicial protest against the Minister of Justice Edward Zammit Lewis in the First Hall of the Civil Courts, in which it reminded that in December 2018, the report of the Venice Commission had identified various issues in the way the judiciary is appointed in Malta. In the same report, it [...]

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This Alexander Dalli is something of a clown. The ex-army officer is the director of prisons but he seems to fancy himself as a sort of a tinpot military ruler. He is manifesting messianic delusions that remind one of Idi Amin. And the more time passes the more unhinged he seems. Yesterday he staged a [...]

Photo: Alessio Paduano/AFP Labour’s TV station has gone ballistic over Repubblika’s judicial letter yesterday warning that government ministers may have a criminal case to answer for their decision to abandon migrants stranded at sea to their fate. But to be fair on One TV, Repubblika’s action does not have broad support. The psychologist [...]

Updated at 15:46 of 16.04.2020. Letter now with over 300 signatures. Over 250 healthcare professionals and students in healthcare, including more than a hundred medical doctors, have signed an open letter calling for Malta’s Prime Minister to reconsider his stance on assisting lives in danger at sea. The letter – an initiative of the Daphne Caruana [...]