Comments on: While Government Communications are taken up with Al Jazeera…. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/03/while-the-government-communications-are-taken-up-with-al-jazeera/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: ciccio2011 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/03/while-the-government-communications-are-taken-up-with-al-jazeera/#comment-76482 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:59:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10641#comment-76482 In reply to Antoine Vella.

It should have been Joseph Muscat who issued this statement. After all, he promised he would use the situation in the Maghreb to attract more tourists to Malta. The news in Britain about military bases here was clearly against his advertising campaign, so he should clarify.

]]> By: Antoine Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/03/while-the-government-communications-are-taken-up-with-al-jazeera/#comment-76481 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:27:42 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10641#comment-76481 It’s fitting that it was the MTA to issue the statement because money – and tourism means money – seems to the only thing of concern to Malta at the moment. They only want to make sure that we don’t lose any tourists (Malta stands to gain, he said).
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The statement is also over-optimistic in saying that malta is not a target when Gaddafi has made it clear that everywhere and everyone is a target. he’s a terrorist after all so this is right up his street.
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I’m desperately hoping that the dozen or so commenters who infest the websites of The Times and MaltaToday do not represent the true sentiments of the Maltese.

]]> By: Andy https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/03/while-the-government-communications-are-taken-up-with-al-jazeera/#comment-76480 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:58:17 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10641#comment-76480 It’s ridiculous that the Malta High Commission let the MTA issue the statement rather than do it itself. It makes Malta look unprofessional. No wonder The Guardian correspondent opens with “on a lighter note”. He must have chuckled as he read the statement.

]]> By: Etil https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/03/while-the-government-communications-are-taken-up-with-al-jazeera/#comment-76479 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:40:40 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=10641#comment-76479 Why the MTA and not the OPM?

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