Comments on: A little-known fact: Mintoff wanted the National Bank of Malta to become a part-Libyan bank

By: Lomax

Lomax — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:58 +0000

“escaped the notice of The Times reporters who rush to regurgitate everything Pullicino Orlando says on Facebook”.

If The Times has employed reporters lately, I haven’t noticed. Its news reports seem to have been written by a 14-year-old who spends rather too much time on Facebook and who barely knows how to string together a couple of sentences.

Besides, the editor seems to have adopted a policy of lambasting the government every other day.

Let’s focus on the real stories, shall we, rather than report what Tom, Dick and Harry say on Facebook.

Which serious politician gripes on FB anyway?

By: Francis Saliba MD

Francis Saliba MD — Sat, 26 May 2012 16:38:44 +0000

We had sunk to an incredibly low point when a spokesman for Libyan banks, in answer to a request from Mintoff, felt the need to express disgust at the conduct of Mintoff’s government that aggravated the problem when what was needed was our central bank intervention to halt a contrived run on the Malta banks.

By: Evarist Saliba

Evarist Saliba — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:10:35 +0000

For the sake of accuracy, the Libyan official that I talked to was the head of the Libyan Arab Foreign Investment organization which become more commonly known by its initials LAFICO.

His condemnation of Mintoff’s dealing with the situation was as strong as that which eventually emerged in sworn statements before the Maltese court.

By: La Redoute

La Redoute — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:41:18 +0000

The bank in question was the Bank of Libya.

By: Sowerberry

Sowerberry — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:18:31 +0000

Then he had to make do with “Banco di Sicilia”.