The Court of the Minister of Tourism
Colin Fenech, the former milk production attendant at Malta Dairy Products, who is now head of customer care at the Tourism Ministry
Colin Fenech with Mario Spiteri (right), a former security man at Malta Dairy Products Ltd, who is now on the state payroll as a customer care officer at the Tourism Ministry
Rita Baker (left) who has been put on the state payroll at the Tourism Ministry’s customer care department but works for the Tourism Minister’s wife instead, running errands for her notarial office, chauffeuring her about and organising her husband’s coffee mornings. Baker’s brother and his wife have also been put on the Tourism Ministry payroll as a messenger and a cleaner.
The Tourism Minister at a coffee morning, flanked by members of his court, all of whom have been put on the state payroll: Mario Spiteri, Rita Baker, Colin Fenech, and Louis Vella
Colin Fenech’s wife, greeted by Michelle Muscat at a coffee morning in 2012. Part of Elena Zammit Lewis shows on the right.
Rita Baker, Colin Fenech and their families on a mittelkless weekend in Gozo
Colin Fenech, head of customer care at the Tourism Ministry, with his wife and an Elvis impersonator
Meet Colin Fenech, a former employee of Malta Dairy Products Ltd, who left his job as a milk production attendant, when Labour was elected to government, for a position on the state payroll as Head of Customer Care at the Ministry of Tourism (person of trust).
His friend Mario Spiteri, who worked with Fenech at Malta Dairy Products – but as a security man – has also been put on the state payroll at the Tourism Ministry, as a customer care officer.
Fenech’s other friend Rita Baker has been put on the state payroll at the Tourism Ministry as well – also in the Ministry’s customer care department. Her brother Louis Vella has been given a state-paid job at the Tourism Ministry too – as a messenger.
And Vella’s wife Romina Zammit has also been put on the Ministry’s payroll – as a cleaner.
Rita Baker may be on the state pay-roll at the Tourism Ministry, but her real job is helping out the Minister’s wife, Elena Zammit Lewis, running errands for her notarial office and doing admin work. She also chauffeurs Mrs Zammit Lewis around and plans her husband’s coffee mornings.
Between 1pm and 1.30pm, these members of the Court of Edward Zammit Lewis can be found at the Tikka Bar in Old Treasury Street having a liquid lunch.