The case for the defense

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2019-05-21T12:36:15+02:00Tue, 21st May '19, 12:36|

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has received a draft report from one of its own that it has commissioned to understand the context of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia and what happened in Malta since then. The report will be discussed before the Assembly’s summer recess and will be accompanied by [...]

The murder of an innocent man and the government cover-up

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2019-05-21T10:07:14+02:00Tue, 21st May '19, 10:07|

The headline of today’s Times of Malta screams the government spin that they’re treating the murder of Lassana Cisse with the seriousness it deserves. They are but not for the reasons they profess. They are doing so because they realise they bear direct, political responsibility that in a functioning democracy would have had them kicked [...]

Hatemongers pursuivant

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2019-05-20T17:14:26+02:00Mon, 20th May '19, 17:14|

Sundry bigots, racists, holocaust deniers, Nazi-sympathisers and self-described patriots are on my Facebook page saying I’m spreading hate with my posts criticising them. They say they’re not the ones spreading hate speech, I am. I don’t criticise them for their speech as much as for their ideas. Although words are the tools of my trade, [...]

GUEST POST: Heartbroken

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2019-05-20T09:48:46+02:00Mon, 20th May '19, 09:48|

The author is a Maltese-American who has contributed guest-posts to this website in the past. Malta f’qalbi, imma qalbi miksura I can only hope these words find their way to an understanding heart. It’s a tall order in today’s world it seems. Most things written or stated are viewed through a lens of preference and [...]

Terrorists

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2019-05-20T09:04:36+02:00Mon, 20th May '19, 09:04|

Joseph Muscat and Adrian Delia yesterday spoke about racist discourse as if others had done it. I despise everything the Norman Lowells and the Patriotti of this world stand for. Norman Lowell openly denies the holocaust. He speaks about killing people in a way most people would feel awkward recommending leaving poison for rats. The [...]

They turned the guns we gave them on us

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2019-05-18T18:55:34+02:00Sat, 18th May '19, 18:55|

Let’s start with the facts. At least the facts as have been told to us so far. Two soldiers shot dead a black man they did not know. One of them said the reason was the man was black. That’s it. We are being told, by the President no less, to stay calm and not [...]

GUEST SERIES: Malta politics, past, present and future (13)

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2019-05-07T08:20:20+02:00Fri, 17th May '19, 17:38|

Continues from yesterday's article on 'Malta's Joan of Arc'. This is the concluding article of this series. Part 7: Daphne's column Labour will self destruct. And when it does, the country will collapse with it. Labours fanatical policy of l’état c’est moi is the perfect recipe for that dénouement. Mintoffianism’s defeat left the country in [...]

Court denies 3 Ministers’ request for 2 months extension to reply on hospitals inquiry

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2019-05-17T14:54:01+02:00Fri, 17th May '19, 14:54|

Edward Scicluna, Chris Cardona and Konrad Mizzi have asked the court for more time before they can comment on Repubblika’s request for an inquiry to start into alleged corruption and money-laundering connected with the hospitals scandal. Though they predictably dismissed the application filed by Repubblika as “mere speculation” they proceed to complain the report was [...]

Press Freedom interview on Radio Uno

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2019-05-17T14:36:05+02:00Fri, 17th May '19, 14:36|

I gave this brief radio interview (in Italian) a few days ago with Rai Radio Uno's morning news magazine during a gathering of journalists in central Rome marking World Press Freedom Day. Click here to listen.

Galley slaves … with wings

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2019-05-17T08:47:12+02:00Fri, 17th May '19, 08:47|

There’s more room for electoral blackmail at the Labour ranks of Air Malta. Other public entities will likely follow. You’ve got to hand it to Labour though. They will treat democratic institutions with disdain, the law of the land with contempt and the rules of basic decency with an oblivious forgetfulness of a recanting heretic. [...]

SPOILER ALERT: Pictures he doesn’t mind taken

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2019-05-17T08:00:15+02:00Fri, 17th May '19, 08:00|

This is Joseph Mangion, a police officer and voluntary guardian of the questionable reputation of Labour VIPs. He came to prominence in June last year censoring Reuters photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi who was reporting on an Il-Kenniesa action on the steps of Castille that involved a mock Konrad Mizzi in a prison jumpsuit. Being himself [...]

GUEST SERIES: Malta politics, past, present and future (12)

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2019-05-07T08:13:35+02:00Thu, 16th May '19, 17:38|

Continues from yesterday's article on 'Malta's Joan of Arc' Cracks are appearing in the Labour monolith. Friction is developing between the party faithful and those opportunists who converted to the Labour creed, so much so that the son of Malta’s ex-president pleaded to the party leadership in a shameful speech to take better care of [...]

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