Comments on: It was inevitable

By: victor

victor — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:19:13 +0000

Can’t believe all this TMEXXIJA MAHMUGA and in just over 2 months of governing .

CAN ANYBODY IMAGINE 5 YEARS OF ALL THIS ?

By: haha

haha — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:42:03 +0000

I’d like to add that Dr. Sammut’s “stint” at CERN was part of his PhD that was obtained with the University of Malta. There is an agreement between UoM and CERN. I don’t know if it was an option to come back to Malta.

By: Gahan

Gahan — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:52:17 +0000

Nahseb li Dr Nicholas Sammut ma riedx jidher ma’ JPO, ghax in-nies ixxebbhu mieghu.

Ahna nghidu ”Ma’ min rajtek xebbahtek”.

Jiguni f’rasi nies fl-istess sitwazzjoni : Dr Vanni Bonello ma’ Franco Debono, il-Perit David Felice ma’ Jason Micallef u Godwin Grima ma’ Mario Cutajar.

Min se johrog mill-kamra l-ewwel?

By: Snoopy

Snoopy — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:00 +0000

I think that Nick took a very bad decision when he accepted to become the CEO of MCST. He had just obtained his Ph.D. and thus it was the beginning of his academic career.

I think that he has now realised that and has returned o his roots. An academic needs to build up a portfolio of good research and publications as it is the only way how one can move up the academic ladder and proof oneself.

I think that the University is the winner here and Malta in general is the loser.

During the past few years, and looking at the various people making up the MCST, one quickly realises that it has become a nest of conniving Labour-leaning individuals, ready to stab each other in the back.

By: Rumplestiltskin

Rumplestiltskin — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:56:44 +0000

Nicholas Sammut was described in The Times as a ‘physicist.’ I believe that this is incorrect. He is an engineer.

Although he worked at CERN and made a valuable contribution, that contribution was to the ‘hardware’ not to the science of the experiment.

He nevertheless is a most capable individual in his field and having JPO thrust upon him must have made life unbearable.

By: maryanne

maryanne — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:17:16 +0000

In reply to Rosa Luxemburg. Unlike you, I have no experience at MCST but since Ing. Sammut was the CEO it was a must for him to be 'forthcoming and obliging when the press was in attendance'. I would expect him to explain technicalities and details rather than the chairman or any other subordinate.

By: Tabatha White

Tabatha White — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:07:00 +0000

In reply to A.Attard. Not for nothing is Joseph Muscat aspiring to invisibility. That was also foretold with hindsight.

By: Lomax

Lomax — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:27:18 +0000

Funny how the media never specified where the “allegations of improper behaviour” were coming from.

Even funnier (ironically) is the fact that it was JPO who was guilty of improper behaviour, should it come to that. Being seen in that state in public would constitute “improper behaviour” in any civilised country and we’re supposed to be civilised. But, then again, the mediocre rule here.

By: Akon

Akon — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:19:41 +0000

If one fantastic thing came out of last March’s defeat than that has to be that the PN has rid itself once and for all of the JPOSs, Debonos, Mallias, Muglietts and the rest of the scum who have now thankfully been wholly and fully integrated into the Labour skip and scheme of things.

JPO has always been a problem and now he will be a problem for Labour.

What irks me no end is the fact that nobody picked up yesterday’s seminar, piloted by JPO, posing the question about whether stipends should remain.

This is a rehash of 1996 but now Varist uses JPO to start of the debate.

I bet my bottom cent that within a few months students will have to wave goodbye to their stipends unless they want to use it for research.

Just hope those switchers who have children at Uni, MCAST and benefitting from stipends get what they voted for.

By: Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:57 +0000

Nicholas Sammut, ‘quiet and unassuming?’ Pull the other one Daph! You’ll be calling him ‘shy and retiring’ next! From my experience of the MCST Sammut was always very forthcoming and obliging … when the press was in attendance! It has been the sorry lot of the MCST that the Gonzi government saddled it with a dentist and an engineer instead of scientists at the helm. And matters can only get worse under the Muscat government …