I don’t mean hanging in the metaphorical ‘out to dry’ sense. The man asks for the gallows and our Finance Minister, professor of something or other, and face of rationality for the world’s perspective of our country polishes his thumb for some indecent exposure. In what country would a government minister survive this — let [...]
I am thinking of making some changes here on manueldelia.com. The website layout was designed at a time when I was posting 4 times a week. Now I often post more than that in a day. It's time to look at ways of improving your experience as a user, guest writer, commenter and supporter of [...]
#occupyjustice press release today: Glowing candles formed the word ‘Justice’ which illuminated the beach of Font Għadir in Sliema just before the break of dawn, to mark ten months since the assassination of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. The action was carried out by #occupyjustice, a group of activists led by women. “We are here, [...]
Karen Zerafa Boffa first published this on her personal Facebook page. Reproduced here without her permission. I don't think she'll mind. Friends often ask me, "Why do you bother to attend Daphne's vigils every month? Can't you see it's useless? Why don't you just keep your head under the parapet like most people are doing, [...]
Dotted around the islands today:
German songwriter Philip Boa has declared himself “alienated from his second home” Malta in interviews released to German media on the occasion of the release of his new album “Earthly Powers”. The album is named after a 1980 novel by Anthony Burgess, another artist alienated from Malta who fictionalised his experience of Malta’s state-mandated [...]
This analytical series is by Godfrey Leone Ganado: Background I am analysing the 50-page conclusions out of a 1,500-page report. I am doing so without the benefit of the publication of the full report. That remains by design the exclusive privilege of the Prime Minister, to enable him to state and twist whatever he wanted [...]
If you're one to look away from Facebook because of the vile inanities on it, I don't blame you. But sometimes, just sometimes, you need to know what your fellow countrymen are prepared to say when they stumble on something they disagree with. Earlier this week I posted a link to my post inviting people to [...]
Sent in by card-carrying members of the PN known to me: Dr Delia you owe us an explanation about the it-Torċa interview In Malta, the wife of the leader of a political party does not have any political role. We are not the United States of America, we do not have a presidential system. We [...]
The story of the migrants paying €200 a month for a shared cowshed set people talking about racism. And of course, there’s a lot to be said about that. Aditus Foundation spoke to Times of Malta suggesting there could be more to the story and urging the authorities to investigate possible slavery and human [...]
John Vassallo’s article in The Sunday Times yesterday is vital reading. I will highlight one point he makes towards his conclusion which cannot be missed. “It is an enigma at best that the Finance Ministry, police, financial services authorities or even the top echelons of executive power did not immediately run to a magistrate and [...]
Venezuela was a favourite investment destination of Keith Schembri Records of Keith Schembri’s investment portfolio seen by this website show he was personally invested in the sovereign wealth funds of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Through his company Colsons, Keith Schembri invested just under $20,000 in Venezuela state-issued bonds expecting a return of 12.75% and [...]
The Financial Times yesterday reported on the expected “Brussels crackdown on EU governments” on citizenship for sale scheme with a particular emphasis on Malta “as concerns mount about so-called dirty money from Russia”. Commissioner Vera Jourova was explicit. “In cases of any doubt, a person should not have the privilege of citizenship,” Ms Jourova told [...]
A jury trial for Ali Sadr Hasheminejad has been set for 6th May 2019 at 09:30 am starting with jury selection before Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. The trial will be held in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in lower Manhattan. Ali Sadr was indicted for multiple counts of [...]
Diego Giudice/Bloomberg News Venezuela state-owned oil company PDVSA is at the heart of a new money laundering investigation connecting Malta to Venezuela after two alleged participants in a billion-dollar international scheme to launder funds embezzled from the company using sophisticated false-investment schemes were arrested yesterday. The scandal was first reported in Malta by [...]
Nickie Vella de Fremeaux is disappointed with how it-Torċa covered their interview with her. She says they trashed a text she approved and published what they wanted. So this morning she published on Facebook her own version of that interview. The country has bigger fish to fry than the outbursts of Nickie Vella de Fremeaux. [...]
Guest post from Andrew Borg-Cardona: I was in two minds (to go with my two faces, if my critics are to be believed) whether to add my opinion, such as it is, to the debate about the way Kristina Chetcuti is being mercilessly bullied and attacked by the trolls and hypocrites that are being coordinated [...]
It's hot. And it's not just the weather. But no matter how much they fan them, the flames we face are nothing compared with the ones that consumed Daphne Caruana Galizia. She ran ahead of all of us and was cut down. None of us should be surprised that we now come within range. This [...]
So we’re all talking about bullying now. If it were to serve some good end, like raising awareness about it, assessing how well equipped schools and parents are to fight it, helping people to teach their children how to manage it, how to detect it early, how to address it, that would be a good [...]
So something called Pilatus Holdings issued a statement saying David Casa should be stripped of his immunity as an MEP so they can sue the bejesus out of him. Contrary to what some media reported in the press today Pilatus Holdings is not a bank. So no, there was no ‘crossing of swords’ between [...]