F*** off, qallu

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2018-10-01T13:20:08+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 13:15|

I will say what I think even if I’m the only one to say it. Let that piece of supreme self-assuredness hang there for a second and think about the implications. Daphne Caruana Galizia often had to think about being alone, though from what I know of her she did not doubt her own convictions. [...]

Guest Post: Owen and Me

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2018-10-01T11:16:26+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 11:16|

By Lizzie Eldridge On the afternoon of Tuesday 18th September 2018 –  two days after I’d spent the night protecting flowers and candles from a possible ruthless assault by the government-controlled forces of the Cleansing Services Department – I had the (mis)fortune to bump into Owen Bonnici, the Minister for Justice and Culture, on Republic [...]

German Magazine Publishers honour Daphne Caruana Galizia and Jan Kuciak

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2018-10-01T11:00:09+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 11:00|

The Association of German Magazine Publishers (VDZ) is honouring Daphne Caruana Galizia and Slovakian Ján Kuciak posthumously with a “Golden Victoria 2018” for press freedom. The publishers said in a statement that the journalists' assassinations following their work clearly demonstrate the consequences of the rising global threats towards journalists even within the EU. However, the [...]

STAR COMMENT: I testified at the Egrant inquiry

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2018-10-01T10:32:34+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 10:32|

The following comment is by Godfrey Leone Ganado made under this morning's post Who's your client? Read the comment. I have something to add underneath: If Michelle Muscat divulged that Michelle Buttigieg had appeared before magistrate Bugeja, and if Michelle Muscat hinted publicly to what Michelle Buttigieg told the magistrate, and if Michelle Muscat was [...]

So you think conflicts of interest are no concern of yours.

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2018-10-01T09:42:04+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 09:42|

You might think conflicts of interest of people in office don’t concern you if they’re doing ‘a good job’. You might not care if Owen Bonnici is Justice Minister and personal attorney to a subject of a criminal inquiry. Here’s when it starts hitting you. If you live in Pembroke, or don’t and just care [...]

Who’s your client?

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2018-10-01T09:18:06+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 09:18|

The initial shock when Peter Grech outed his minister, Owen Bonnici, as holding a private practice while still minister is now sinking in. The rule that prevents ministers from keeping up their professions is not to keep a lid on their income or to make sure they’re available if the prime minister needs to give [...]

Nightly occurence

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2018-10-01T08:54:17+02:00Mon, 1st Oct '18, 08:54|

Last night I caught two gov. workers red handed as they removed a photo of slain #Malta journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia and a small candle from the makeshift memorial opposite the courts in #Valletta. They also made sure to take my photo before rushing off in a gov. car Surreal pic.twitter.com/mwmx4bGRnt — Claire Caruana (@ClaireCaruana) October 1, [...]

THE SUNDAY TIMES: ‘La Mafia non esiste’

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2018-09-30T09:47:41+02:00Sun, 30th Sep '18, 09:47|

From my article in today's The Sunday Times: Photo: amnat30/Shutterstock.com "Sicilian courts have spent the past 70 years beating against the rubber wall of denial that organised crime even exists. In that context, they see the media and politics’ collaboration with the Mafia’s efforts to suppress awareness of its existence as an extension [...]

MARCH FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE: Valletta, 14th October, 2018.

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2018-10-14T08:22:24+02:00Sat, 29th Sep '18, 11:47|

Press release from #occupyjustice and manueldelia.com Bad governance effects us all. Corruption hurts us all. The allocation of valuable public land for an absurdly low price to the dB Group, the permit for them to erect a monstrous tower, the contempt shown to residents and protesters are a product of bad governance and corruption. People [...]

30 Italian journalists issue appeal to colleagues to join them at Malta gathering on 16th October

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2018-09-28T13:21:21+02:00Fri, 28th Sep '18, 13:21|

In a few days it will have been a year since Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed. Thirty Italian journalists have issued an appeal to colleagues in the profession to be in Malta on 16th October. The journalists insist on justice to be served on those who commissioned her assassination. The Italian journalists issued their appeal [...]

One more thing you must not know

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2018-09-28T11:35:05+02:00Fri, 28th Sep '18, 11:35|

Chris Cardona says the salaries we pay his staffers are a secret we are not entitled to discover. He also told the regulator he will not be sharing with him this secret in order to assess, according to the law, whether we should know. Chris Cardona makes a mockery of freedom of information law. He [...]

Guest Post: Theatre of the Absurd in Malta

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2018-09-28T10:32:07+02:00Fri, 28th Sep '18, 10:32|

A play by Lizzie Eldridge is premiering tonight as part of the Valletta 2018 program. The playwright is missing the premiere. Here she explains why. It’s a real privilege, you’d think, to have your work chosen as part of the programme for a European Capital of Culture.  And tonight, my play Friefet Bojod premieres at [...]

Meryl Streep: “True bravery is Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia”

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2018-09-28T10:04:30+02:00Fri, 28th Sep '18, 10:04|

In an open letter to Porter magazine’s winter issue, actress Meryl Streep defines “true bravery” when writing in defence of good journalism. “Bravery is terrifying and actual, bravado is a parade. We see enough examples of braggadocio and bravado strutting around on the public stage. True bravery is Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, blown up in [...]

Owen: not merely strange

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2018-09-28T09:13:45+02:00Fri, 28th Sep '18, 09:13|

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has made his first pronouncement. The fact that pronouncement happened to be about a lawyer and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is the outgoing President of the Chamber of Advocates is, in my view, entirely secondary. The Commissioner was speaking about a government Minister and a Member of Parliament. That [...]

Check out this Lovin Malta interview with Steve Hili

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2018-09-27T12:59:12+02:00Thu, 27th Sep '18, 12:59|

They say laughter is the best medicine. But I'm not a doctor so I wouldn't know. But sarcasm, irony, wit, mockery, satire, parody and humour are legitimate forms of protest. We do not resort to it often enough because it feels awkward to laugh at times like these. Let's shake the awkwardness off. Steve Hili [...]

Joe Brincat went to court

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2018-09-27T12:55:10+02:00Thu, 27th Sep '18, 12:49|

It was nice of Joseph Brincat to drop by in the constitutional case I filed against Owen Bonnici claiming his orders to censor the protest in front of the Law Courts was a breach of the rights to freedom of expression. You see Joseph Brincat is part of our history of human rights. He’s also [...]

Fake news central

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2018-09-27T13:32:24+02:00Thu, 27th Sep '18, 11:20|

Truth has become optional. It is extremely hard to justify the private jet debacle. Private jets carrying prime ministers -- Eddie Fenech Adami and Lawrence Gonzi -- have been the subject of super one scandals for generations. When a mid-level civil servant was flown on one to avoid cancelling her leave so a favourable vote [...]

Someone responded to Owen Bonnici’s premature enthusiasm

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2018-09-27T10:18:41+02:00Thu, 27th Sep '18, 10:18|

Owen Bonnici sprayed his shorts yesterday all gleeful that I withdrew the injunction request to stop him censoring the protest in front of the Law Courts. Of course he's been reading the papers and knows that at the same time I filed a constitutional case arguing he breached constitutional free speech safeguards. Joseph and Michelle [...]

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