It will come as a little surprise to anyone who knows me that one of my favourite films is ‘A Few Good Men’. Set within the military justice system of the US Navy and US Marine Corps, it pits Tom Cruise’s Lieutenant (JG) Kaffee against the granite-faced Colonel Jessup, played by Jack Nicholson. It reaches [...]
Take a closer look at Owen Bonnici’s ridiculously headlined article in yesterday’s The Malta Independent accompanied by an equally ridiculous photograph. It should not surprise you, perhaps, but the content is equally ridiculous. I went back to the piece after a friend nudged me to, his sides still aching from the perverse trauma he felt [...]
A rescue ship operated by a Spanish NGO has not been able to reach Malta’s Rescue Command and Control Centre for several hours after saving migrants in Malta’s search and rescue area. Aita Mari rescued 120 migrants at sea this morning, including 8 women and a baby. The rescue boat is close to two other [...]
Reno Bugeja has just been appointed head of communications and PR at the state-owned energy corporation. It's a full-time job on top of other engagements he took on since his late retirement from the job of editor of TVM news. He was promoted to edit the state's TV news in May 2013, less than 2 [...]
I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself, ‘This could be Heaven or this could be Hell.’ - Hotel California, The Eagles Robert told us that we are in Heaven. Since my pre-school lessons at the Franciscan Sisters in Ħamrun, many moons ago, I was always taught that Heaven is above while [...]
PN MP Herman Schiavone proposed in Parliament this week that the Malta Developers’ Association is given the right at law to nominate one of the governors of a new Building Construction Authority set up to regulate the industry it represents. The proposal came at the very last minute of this week’s session of the Parliamentary [...]
Mandy Mallia, one of Daphne Caruana Galizia's sisters, posted this on Facebook. She recalled a speech Benna chase gave at one of the monthly vigils earlier this year. The reminder came up after a high school drama troupe published its list of sponsors for its yearly performance art event. The sponsors included the Hilton Hotel. [...]
Doofus. Biggest what? Over to you.
Bernard Grech got the Jacob Borg treatment at a policy event of the PN today. He looked like he was expecting it but prepping a pocket smile, a clear brow, and an approachable tone is only half the job. The other half is actually saying the right thing. Praising Pierre Portelli for resigning after news [...]
Mario Vella has just extended his time on the public payroll by hopping onto another iced bun. He started out as boss at the foreign investment agency. They then gave him the headship of the central bank until they needed the spot to give Edward Scicluna an Irish promotion. Mario Vella is now “special envoy” [...]
Vincent “il-Koħħu” Muscat charged with being one of the three assassins on site at the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia, has withdrawn an appeal from a ruling by the trial judge that dismissed all technical objections he and the other two accused made. It is reasonable to expect that the withdrawal of the appeal may [...]
When you hear arguments about why it's a great thing that our government ministers are also MPs seeking re-election, look at these photos. Did you think your Justice Minister was working hard to implement the rule of law reforms this country needs to become a place when you can hope for timely justice? Think again. [...]
The European Commission has told the petitions committee of the European Parliament that “it fully shares the assessment made public by the Council of Europe, which found important shortcomings in the manner in which the Maltese criminal legal framework is applied in practice”. But in spite of these concerns the European Commission says it cannot [...]
There’s been some backlash at the point I made that appointing a party crony to the governership of Finance Malta was just the sort of nepotistic partisanship that is harming this country’s chances of having a future to speak of. The argument was twisted to the point that Carlos Zarb’s defenders claimed and that any [...]
?40 long months of no justice for #DaphneCaruanaGalizia. But we will never, ever give up. ? Vigil for Truth & Justice ⏰ 7.00 p.m. ?Great Siege Square, Valletta. ▶️ Follow Live ? online on our Facebook pages@occupyjusticema @Manwel_Delia ? by @Tanti_Burlo pic.twitter.com/B7xhke9gTV — repubblika ?? (@repubblikaMT) February 16, 2021
What does it take to displease Robert Abela? In Parliament yesterday he was seen having a lengthy chat with Rosianne Cutajar. It wasn’t the sort of frowning exchange of officious concerns or the whipping into place prime ministers sometimes publicly inflict on their wayward ministers to impress people with how tough he is. The show [...]
