A day out with the police and some chicks in bikinis, on a couple of police RHIBs marked PULIZIJA
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July 26, 2013 at 1:37pm
Somebody sent me this picture, taken yesterday afternoon at Ghadira Bay in Mellieha. The person who took it said that the two police RHIBs spent at least three hours moored in the bay, laden with women in bikinis, some of whom were lying down draped over the sides to make the most of the sun, with the occupants eating and drinking.
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Maybe they’ve branched out into the tourism business after the success of their catering division.
Can’t you see?
This is an exercise in preparation for the upcoming sequel: Police Academy 8 “The Golden Years”, to be shot partly on Malta. The police boats were borrowed by the Films Department under the same ministry. No filling in of forms, just a phone call was enough. Simplifying simplification.
The Films Department needed tanned police men and women, hence the sunbathing. Oh, and they were doing this in their spare time.
The taxpayer can buy the fuel too. Those boats can guzzle more than 50 litres of petrol a day easily. Simple.
Hallas it-taxxi, Gahan!
100% TRUE.
Are these the so called “boat people”? Summer is keeping the cops busy with functions, barbecue setups and day cruises around Malta.
WOW speechless! Malta taghna lkoll!
I don’t think that it’s only the hospital system which is rife with abuse, dear PM.
Why are you surprised at this, Daphne?
Haven’t you heard that besides offering catering services, the police are now also providing excursions with their craft?
They are doing all this to help the tourism industry in Malta.
And this is only the fifth month.
A M A Z I N G !!!
A new business venture by our Police corps, following on from the success of its outside catering initiative.
In the off-season they can fish.
Up yours, taxpayer.
Mallia has to go, and he can take that idiot commissioner with him.
Catering staff for barbeques. The Police deliver….at the beach
Very soon they will be hiring these boats for waterskiing.
A zillion thanks would go to whoever sent that one.
I agree – thumbs up for the source.
Should police RHIBs be used for personal recreation?
There is no excuse now. Official equipment should not be used for nothing else but official requirements. Wonder what the Police Commissioner have to say about this.
And the Police Minister?
That craft’s there to patrol beaches, ensure bathers’ safety, and respond to any emergency.
The officers on that boat to be suspended immediately, the minister to refer to parliament how come taxpayer’s money is being abused in this manner and finally, who’s responsible for this state of affairs.
Are they saying there’s nothing we can do about it? So in your face, a message the police have regained undisputed power over the ‘common’ citizen.
Do we know what that means.
and the PN? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
What else could one expect, when Minister for Police Manuel Mallia sends out his household skivvies to collect water from the De Rohan fountain in St George’s Square?
When Minister Manuel Mallia publicly declares that he transacted a Euro 500,000 property deal in cash that he now keeps at home?
When it then resulted that Minister Manuel Mallia had lied about that deal, as no such property deal is registered in his name?
When Minister Manuel Mallia offered no other explanation about that huge amount of cash?
And where does Simon Busuttil, Leader of the Opposition, stand in all this, after his loud silence regarding the various incidents and reports involving John Dalli?
And why the complete silence from the Nationalist Party while the government and the whole country go to the dogs?
Can somebody tell me how much money in cash we are allowed to keep at home?
Very well said. This country is well and truly going to the dogs. And with Simon Busuttil’s deafening silence on such matters, there really isn’t much choice, is there? The Nationalist Party has really got to pull its socks up.
@Tracy – I don’t know what the figure is, but I believe that banks are obliged to report CASH transactions of 23,000 Euros or more to the authorities-that-be, though I stand to be corrected.
It’s up to an individual how much cash is kept at home, but, as far as I know, banks will not accept cash transactions of anything more than the equivalent of USD10,000 without clear, documented proof of provenance. Without that, transactions are considered suspect and must be reported.
In certain other stricter European countries, for resident fiscal accounts as well as non-resident, even cash transactions over 1,500 euro are suspect.
Unbelievable. TAL-MISTHIJA (ghall-gvern u l-Ministru responsabbli). L-arroganza ta’ Malta Taghna Lkoll hija bla limitu!
Ara kieku ritratt bhal dan ixxandar fl-Orizzont taht Gvern Nazzjonalista x’agha kien ikun hawn (u bir-ragun).
Il-veru MORNA L-BAHAR.
“Il-veru MORNA L-BAHAR.”
Ma stajtx tghid kumment iktar addattat.
Was the food provided by their own catering service too?
I hope the police commissioner will say something about this.
I hope that he will also issue a statement saying that he did not form part of the party (pun intended). If he does not, then shame on the lot of them.
Apart from providing catering service the police are also organizing boat trips around the islands. This country never seizes to amaze me!
You amaze me. You forget that they have to SERVE and protect?
If this is real and true, I am giving up on the system. Do they really have no shame? And pls do not tell us that the lady sunbathing in her bikini is a policewoman on standby waiting for a call of duty.
[Daphne – Yes, it’s a real photograph. I had it checked before I uploaded it. And yes, those are two real police RHIBs.]
Two of them are wearing the police uniform
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/9549/dw7h.jpg
Giving up on the system? There is no system now. Do not count on the system any more. Or, rather, it is an entirely different system now.
Ghabbew, hej.
My thoughts exactly. And they probably fed it to their wives as “gurnata xoghol”, especially the cosy-couple-looking-one in the boat on the left.
Iz-zejt dejjem jitla’ f’wiqq l-ilma, as they say.
Who are the people in the boat? Maybe someone here can recognise them. Click on the photo to enlarge it.
Didn’t our Police Commissioner state that he wants the Police force to grow to 2,500? Clearly with this fringe benefit he is going to have a lot of fine citizens wanting to join up. In fact it’s about time I quit my job and had some fun on a RHIB.
I wonder if you have to book on the police commissioner’s fb for these type of tours. Might add him as friend.
L aqwa li jistghu jirtiraw u jiehdu penzjoni wara 25 sena servizz waqt li haddiehor probabbli jrid jaqbez 45 sena jahdem
If they will hire you. I have been made redundant since April – and still looking for a job.
Sending around 10 applications weekly. When you hit 50 – it is impossible to find anyone that hires you, even with all the certificates and experience.
The idea that this is an equal opportunity country is nothing but a blatant lie.
In fact, I can say that only if I hide my age, will they summon me to an interview. After the interview, the usual crap: ‘… regrets, have not been successful …’
Age discrimination kicks in much earlier than 50. I’d say around the time you hit 37/38 it gets difficult to find a job, by 40 you’re considered over qualified. The public sector rarely has vacancies for mature candidates. I am up to my neck in qualifications and experience both local and international. I am working on my cpd by doing a short industry course where I am lectured by inexperienced personnel from the public sector who frankly admit to not knowing much about the industry.
The private sector offers mostly temporary jobs where you walk into a mess, straighten things out and once up and running you are sent packing to be replaced by a fresh graduate who with the right structures you would have put in place is much cheaper labour.
In the mean time I get repeatedly turned down for jobs I could do in my sleep because I would supposedly get bored and leave for better prospects and pay except there are no better prospects than the dole.
You are not alone in your plight. Former company secretaries are in the same predicament and have been reportedly turned down for shelf stacking jobs at Tesco’s. In case you were thinking this is some phenomenon unique to Malta.
I know what Joseph promised BEFORE the elections: “Labour can do more with less”.
That probably means 26 ministers instead of 8 ministers, 2,500 Keystone Cops instead of 1,800(?) and six (180,000 cubic metres) LNG storage tanks instead of two, for the new unneeded power station.
They should be sacked immediately! Ma jaghmlux gieh lil kollegi pulizija li huma serji.
Minister Mallia has to tender his resignation immediately.
This is absolutely disgusting and the general public should be very, very concerned.
How can the law abiding citizen have peace of mind when one sees these and similar abuses. What arrogance!
Obviously the crew feel they are free to do whatever they like. Discipline be damned.
Wonder if there was some liquour on board. Change of direction for sure.
Or perhaps they were on a rescue mission.
This is beyond disgusting.
Remember OKI KOKI IL-BANIS? Now it’s OKI KOKI il-Police.
I guess it was only a matter of time before the Police Catering Services branched out to bikini parties in this climate.
Still makes it tragic to watch, though.
Simon Busuttil, come in, come in Busuttil.
We’ve lost him, Houston.
I know it will be hard, but maybe our intrepid Manwel can go incognito to Ghadira to do a spot of ministerial investigation.
Recently there have been lots of transfers in the police force and therefore we have to assume that these four policemen on duty are new to the job and have to be excused if they were not warned not to invite some women on board.
Coming from months of hearing Malta taghna lkoll, they felt that sharing a boat is something in the line of duty.
Could also be that they were searching for something.
Fejn hu Privitera?
As Dennis’ mother said in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, “There’s some lovely filth over here.”
Scant clothing “f’gieh it-trasparenza” – I mean you cannot blame them.
If transparent administration isn’t about asset declarations, it must be about this.
Thank God for small mercies – we’ve been spared Manuel Mallia
Dawk undercover, kemm intkom boloh.
Did you check if they were filming Angli or KC?
http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2013/7/26/ritratt:-il-pulizija-bil-malji-ghat-tahrig-fuq-id-dghajsa.8550
Is that actually a policeman on duty – in summer uniform in the closest RHIB?
What the hell is the PN Media waiting to pick up on these stories ?
I was expecting NET TV to pick up on the story of Franco Debono, asst commissioner Pierre Calleja and the trip to Sicily yesterday but there was absolutely nothing.
Jaqaw ghandna reqdin bhall-leader?
Wake up!
Mela l-ewwel bdejna bil-catering, issa qed joffru ukoll water sports.
We expect the Police Commissioner to take disciplinary action against those responsible for using police property for this party time on police dinghies.
The Police Commissioner is excelling in inefficiency.
I did not realize that the Police Commissioner is into niche marketing. He wisely realized that there is a market for food delivery other than land motorbikes.
Min ihawwad l-aktar donna gejja.
We’ll soon see the police selling Algida ice creams in Comino competing with the two small skiffs providing the service there already.
Must be their goomah’s.
They’re going to get porked.
What do the wives/girlfriends of these police officers think about this, or are the women in the photos the wives/girlfriends of the policemen in the boats?
I am not a prude by nature but do their wives/girlfriends approve of these apparently new police work practices and standards?
Or maybe the civilians were all suffering from sunstroke and were about to be rescued by the boys in blue?
And in case of an emergency, would the civilians be hurriedly pushed overboard to go and search for any poor victims?
Does this form part of the new simplification process of mixing business and pleasure?
Where is NetTV?
Mallia seriously needs to get a grip of the ministry and its departments
Do they employ over-60s in the police?
Nope. But they employ 18 year olds with 42 years of experience. Ask the Commissioner.
Who paid for the fuel ?
Completely out of control in just six months.
Coming soon:
Wear your favourite tanga and ride pillion with a traffic policeman.
Ara, fl-ahhar il-pulizija sabu boat mimlija klandestini nisa bjondi. Qal qalbhom, mela.
In any sane country, heads would be rolling for this. Here, another type of rolling can be expected to take place.
Nilghab imhatra li pulizija Laburisti dawn.
They’ve become so arrogant that they don’t even mind hiding their abuses anymore. This is what happens when you take people like Franco, Johnny Bahamas and Gej Pi O ‘on board’.
Imbaghad Emmanuel Mallia mar il-Habs u ghax sab xi zewg wardens mhux f’posthom ghamel ghageb.
Brazen and bla misthija ta’xejn. This is really incredible.
There’s at least one policeman sitting there in his summer uniform T-shirt and cap. It should be a cinch to recognise a good few of these cowboys & cowgirls.
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Those chicks look foreign.
Joseph, are these blondes on the Police RHIBs going to be pushed-back, or are they awaiting Minister Mallia’s instruction for some push-ups?
Could it be that someone asked the Police to do some push ups to improve their six pack and make those ribs more visible, and they misunderstood?
Manuel Mallia is a disaster. He should resign now. I’m fed up of hearing of scandals happening at his department.
Mallia RESIGN NOW!
It’s all legitimate. It’s the next blockbuster being filmed. They borrowed a couple of steamboats from the broad minister of casting, cinema, police, catering and the navy.
They’re catering for boat parties aswell?
Seems like the police are German, I read on Newsbook, am I correct?
maybe they were just part of the crew…who knows.
The ladies on the boat are policewomen on a day out
The man in the middle, wearing a white shirt and black cap, seems to be in uniform. Is this how it works? You’re put on duty at Ghadira bay and all your friends clamber in and loaf around ghax, taf inti, once li m’intix busy, majtezwel enjoy it.
Slowly, slowly this sort of thing has come to be considered normal and we will start to believe this is acceptable and we will get an answer like WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS?
I think the opposition should wake up start challenging all that is being done wrong and exposing all this to the people especcially those who voted for change.
To their credit, there are 2 policemen still in uniform. So someone higher up the ranks who has ‘requisitioned’ the boat for personal use (and use by his friends).
Disgraceful, I am shocked to see the reputation of the police force go further down the drain. It did not have much of a good reputation under the PN, but this is extreme.
http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2013/7/26/ritratt:-il-pulizija-bil-malji-ghat-tahrig-fuq-id-dghajsa.8550#.UfKB76zBt6h
Perhaps they are illegal immigrants.
So it is not only Mater Dei Hospital that is ridden with abuses. This is an other job for Dalli.
John Bundy, issa jmissek tkanta Pajjiz tal-Mickey Mouse.
Jafu jisthu dawn in-nies? Inkompli insahhah il- fehma tieghi, li tal-lejber, meta jgergru u jghajjru lil xi gvern Nazzjonalista, haga wahda jkollhom f’rashom – li jkunu fil-gvern huma halli juru lin-nazzjonalisti kif ghandhom ipappuha min fuq daharna.
Grazzi switchers.
This is the BA3 on its normal duties, alongside patrol boat P23.
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1804636#
The RIB was bought in 2010 from Mecca Marine. Would be interesting to know how much it cost at the time and how much fuel its 250 Hp engine consumed for this trip to the beach.
http://www.maritimedirectory.com.mt/newsread.asp?l=e&ID=603
Is that a uniformed officer? Obviously. What a joke. From the top all the way down. This is our Maltese identity. I wonder if these rhibs were donated to us?
I think they were doing body searches on those RHIBs.
For Day Charters call 112
Very soon police cars will also be made available for hen parties, stag nights, etc
http://metro.co.uk/2013/04/26/dubai-police-add-ferrari-to-fleet-of-patrol-cars-which-already-boasts-a-lamborghini-3667855/
This is a blatant abuse and the responsible people need to be identified and disciplined.
Are the police involved on duty? Have they left their place of work? If yes they ought to explain. Pity Minister Mallia did not call at their office to check.
If the police involved are on leave, they also need to explain for using Police property for their private use, and hopefully without authorisation.
What are we to expect next?
Using ambulances for hikes and round Malta trips. Or fire engines to set up street decoration in village feast?
Malta Taghna Wkoll
The RHIB can be found here http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1804636#
Might these be the new boats the poilce force are buying with the newly allocated funds?
I mean, it fits the purpose: cooking, boating and fun. Malta taghna lkoll…
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Qi-fWyTkG20/T2SsMMUo4MI/AAAAAAAAABM/CDtyHReMueU/s0/88%2BKopie.jpg
How can we get in touch with you?
[Daphne – dcg@proximuspr.com or 9949 3545]
You should put a prominent link to your e-mail on the front page.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/muscat.479591 – can’t wait to read what you write about this.
[Daphne – I had done so already: http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/those-young-people-who-can-do-so-should-pack-up-and-leave-its-only-going-to-get-worse/ ]
Maybe they were looking for the boat of Karmenu Vella some 30 years late. He had moored there by mistake he had said.
forsi kienu bil-leave..ma jistawx jiehdu gurnata off…pfff
[Daphne – Meta tkun bil-leave ma tuzax ir-RHIB tal-pulizija. Jekk tkun fir-RHIB tal-pulizija, bil-fors tkun duty. Dan bhal meta tara pulizija go patrol car: dak bil-fors xoghol ikun qieghed.]
Is this what they meant when they spoke of land reclamation?
Xi jmiss issa? Xi police-sponsored cocktail bar fuq xi bajja jew?
Now Bundy should sing “pajjiz tal-mickey mouse”
This is shocking! Why does nothing get done about abuse of power in this place.
If they were suddenly called out, just the amount of time taken to offload the people to get to duty would be inexcusable.
Those are German police interns who are in Malta. I don’t see nothing wrong with having good cooperation with other EU law enforcement agencies and by going for a swim in this heat.
[Daphne – There is nothing wrong with either. They should have done it on a privately owned boat, not police RHIBs. THAT is what’s wrong. This is the equivalent of using police patrol cars to take them out for a barbecue in a field.]
If you do not see anything wrong with a police RHIB (with PULIZIJA clearly written on it) sitting in a bay full of people in swimwear sunbathing, something must be fundamentally wrong with you Sunny.
When is the Police Commissioner going to wake up and smell the coffee?
If these are real police RHIBs then he and his Minister (who after all began his job by visiting the Prisons on a Sunday to catch wardens who were away without permission) should take action and as a minimum suspend the police officers involved and dock their pay.
If it isn’t then I’m pretty sure that it is illegal to have a boat kitted up as a police boat.
Have you seen this? http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621 Apparently the police has now also gone into the hospitality business.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
Next year I’ll be booking the Depot for my wedding venue.
Catering – the police
Cars – Il-Mondeo tal-Kummissarju (you can opt for a horse drawn carriage provided by il-Kavlarija)
Music – il-Banda tal-pulizija
Security – SAG
Honeymoon – Sqallija bid-dingi tal-ALE
Venue: the CID courtyard.
For God’s sake.
Are these people doing their best to make us the laughing stock?
Don’t they know where and when one has to draw a line?
Well after all Mrs Prime Minister did say that they intended to make the best of it all while in Government and they surely are.
Frightening, very frightening.
X’ser johorgu jghajdu l-Kummissarju u Mallia?
SHAME ON BOTH OF THEM.
Id-dinghies tal-pulizija “taghna lkoll”. We will soon see police cars working as taxis and police stations converted to bars.
I expect the Police Commissioner (His Master’s Voice) to investigate and issue an official explanation + what action was taken in respect of these officers.
And more importantly I expect the opposition media (jekk ghadha tezisti!!) to wake up from there eternal sleep and start doing what they are paid for – investigate and keep party in government under pressure.
There is the news doing the rounds on Newsbook about a circular signed by Minister Evarist Bartolo. Apparently he is open for suggestions for new names for colleges since these are all (or mostly) named after saints. Hasn’t he got anything better to do?
Or they were some foreign females in distress and the police came to their rescue….ha,ha,ha….unbelievable.
Dan ir-ritratt ittiehed ilbierah fil-bajja tal-Ghadira juri zewg dinghies tal-ALE (Pulizija) b’Pulizija Germanizi jilghaqu x-xemx waqt li huma qed jaghmlu programm ta’ attachment mal-Korp f’Malta.
Ftit iktar prudenza ma kienetx taghmel hazin, meta tqis x’haseb kulmin rahom u l-botti fuq il-Korp li ghaddejjin…
(this comment is taken from Jason Azzopardi’s Facebook page)
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621#.UfKHxDNC_AQ.facebook
In any civilised country, heads would roll. But don’t hold your breath. The arrogance of this government is unparalleled and we’re only 4 months into the legislature.
Real abuse of Government assets! Strange how media like Malta Today just do not report anything about these abuses.
Please tell me I got it all wrong. Are those (boats) the property of the police force? Our Police force? If this is the case mela vera morna l-bahar (literally)
Is the man wearing the cap also wearing some sort of police uniform?
[Daphne – Yes, he’s in uniform.]
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
If it’s true, then they should have used commercial sightseeing/cruise boats. That would have helped the economy whilst leaving the RHIBs free for patrol.
What?
Is this true? I cannot believe it! Police (state) owned property used in this manner so openly for everyone to see? Disgusting and abusive.
You hit the nail on the head
Undercover work, hey.
According to Times of Malta they are German police officers here on training or whatever.
Sure, WE are training the Germans now – pull the other one mate.
Dawn kienu puluzija barranin waqt btala hawn malta xejn kbir .l italja il puluzija ikun bil karozzi u vannijiet ta servizz ghal btala mal familja .Dan rajtu jien waqt btalaKienu gol lukanda fejn kont u kienu xi 50 ruh bil familja u t tfal. kemm tistagbu m xejn.
Jekk jagħmlu hekk l-Italja jagħmlu hazin. Qed jużaw proprjeta tal-pulizija – imħallsa mit-taxxi tiegħi, jekk mhux tiegħi – għad-divertiment, meta dawk l-istess dgħajjes jistgħu jkunu meħtieġa f’emerġenza. dan apparti mill-impressjoni li jagħtu.
Jekk temmen li dan m’hu xejn, jiddispjaċini għalik għax jew tapit jew tant diġa sirt abbitwat għall-korruzzjoni, – għax dak hi, użu ta’ proprjeta pubblika għal għanijiet privati – li għalik sar xejn m’hu xejn.
Il-bużillis hu li, kieku dawn ir-ritratti dehru s-sena l-oħra, probabbli kieku kont tkun minn tal-ewwel li titkaża. Imma l-istandards ta’ dak li l-poplu jistenna mil-Lejber veru baxxi.
http://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2013/7/26/ritratt:-il-pulizija-bil-malji-ghat-tahrig-fuq-id-dghajsa.8550#.UfKfBcxBv5r
I guess this their excuse .
Taħriġ – Flirting and Sunbathing 101. And next time they’ll probably go off to Sicily for a meal.
Times of Malta picked up your article
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
Well, let’s say that it’s true they are German police – that’s hardly the point. They’ve take not one but two police RHIBs out of service for the day and used them for entertainment. This is not acceptable.
I wonder what the Germans thought of it. They’re not really into bending rules.
Quote from ToM: ”A police spokesman said the people on the boat were part of a group of German police who are in Malta on an “attachment programme”.
Yet, even if this is true, things are not done in this manner and the foreign group should have been entertained on a boat appropriately suited for such services.
“part of a group ”
Where did the rest of the group go and were the latter all men?
Perks of the job perhaps
Although admittedly it does not look good, those enjoying the sun are actually German police officers who were attending a course here in Malta.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
If the Ministry wanted to entertain them, they should have hired an appropriate vessel not used a Police one – I think it might also be a matter of what a boat is licensed for.
They could have hired Joe Casha’s. Pierre Calleja would surely have negotiated a good price.
They came all the way from Germany to smell the coffee.
looks like they’re German police officers enjoying the sun…. still a bad pr idea guys….
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
These are German police officers on an “attachment programme” according to the Times of Malta.
Some attachment programme!
If that is an attachment programme then I am the Earl of Minto.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
Some of them seem to be very attached to the RHIBs.
I have a feeling that the Criminal Lawyer, Law Commissioner and Chief of Constitutional Reform is the type who is enjoying every bit of this Manuel Mallia beating.
The women must have found themselves in difficulty and were rescued by the police.
The man in the dinghy on the right-hand-side should be quite identifiable (to those who know him) by his tattoo, if not by anything else.
“The Home Affairs Ministry has requested an explanation from the Police Commissioner after photos were published online showing women in bikini sunbathing on two rigid-hulled inflatable boats belonging to the force.
A police spokesman said the people on the boat were part of a group of German police who are in Malta on an “attachment programme”.
In a statement this evening the ministry said even though he was informed that the people in the photo were German police on an exchange visit, he still felt the photo was not beneficial to the force and requested an explanation.
The Police Commissioner told timesofmalta.com he is investigating and will decide what action to take.” http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
… and I am the fairy godmother …
Prosit, Mallia. Vera se niffrankaw il-flus bik.
Flok marru jikru RHIB hadu tal-pulizija, mhux hekk hu.
Hallas it-taxxa, ja baghal Malti.
Can we have an official explanation by the police commissioner or Manuel Mallia?
Here is the “excuse” as reported by the Times of Malta online.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130726/local/police.479621
In my opinion, official equipment should ONLY be used for official business.
They should be summarily fired along with the Commissioner of Police and the Minister of Home Affairs.
Muscat has managed to undo in 5 months what the Nationalists built up in 25 years. Pride in our police force and the country in general.
Well done you 36,000 (or rather 168,000) idiots.
Taghna Lkoll
Kurzita’. Lil dawn it-Tunny Net ukoll nizzluhom?
Oh, the navy.
Daphne don’t you think that the responsible minister should ask for the resignation of the police commissioner rather than an explanation?
The situation in Malta is becoming a hilarious tragedy.
Can’t this Mallia get just one thing right?
Let us hope these boats where not financed r co financed by the EU .
The number of cruise passengers is down by 37% so to keep in line with the ethos of Malta Taghna Lkoll everyone has to pool in to make things better.
This is another initiative of our police force, which always rises to the occasion (let’s hope not literally, though). No doubt one of the passengers on the boat is an NSO official to count the chicks who are aboard.
No wonder the Attard police station is always closed.
Incredible. Daphne, what is your email address?
[Daphne – dcg@proximuspr.com]
Manwel is hiring them out to make some extra cash.
If it can be ascertained that the party was made up of German police colleagues, I see no wrongdoing whatsoever.
I do … the boats were not being used for the purpose intended.
If anything, there was a misuse of public property as well as bringing the police force to further ridicule.
The police appear to be branching out in all sorts of business lately. Maybe they’ll try their luck in the manufacturing industry next.
It is my duty, as per my namesake’s credentials, to post this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-DZ0KtR3RY
Was ist los? Was ist das?
Scooter? Still never managed to figure that out.
The greatest German musician since Bach, and the greatest philosopher since Nietszche.
Well done, Daphne, you are always ahead with the news. Just saw it on the 8pm news but had read it earlier on your blog.
Pointless to argue about it – the electorate screwed things up when they decided we needed a change. So here’s the change.
We’re done with politics. Just kill them all.
It’s OK for our government to spend taxpayer’s money on a day out around Malta for bikini-clad police, but this same government objects to desperate people on a different type of boat.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130725/local/104-irregular-migrants-on-their-way-to-malta.479426
I have just read Times of Malta and see that Minister Mallia would almost appear as if he has got nothing to do with the situation, so much so he is demanding explanations.
What we have to remember is that this is the culture and attitude that Labour is nurturing. “Xejn ma hu xejn”. Anything goes.
The media reported a press conference on simplification. I’ve been wondering whether it’s the simplification of governance or government by simpletons.
Are the police organising trips to Comino?
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2013-07-26/news/minister-demands-explanation-from-police-commissioner-2175401984/
Minister Mallia knew that they were German police officers here on an exchange apparently, and is now ‘demanding an explanation’…. Did he actually recognize some of them personally?
‘The Police Commissioner told timesofmalta.com he is investigating and will decide what action to take’
Can someone please enlighten me: is the ‘Police Force’ a dictatorship or a one-man show?
Isn’t there some internal mechanism to investigate such matters or is delegation suddenly out of fashion following in the footsteps of impartiality?
Litter bins in some places must be very full with discarded ‘procedure’, ‘integrity’, ‘impartiality’, ‘responsibility’, ‘truth’, ‘proven ability’ etc.
They were right, it is a new way of doing things but new does not equal better and in this case it is not even remotely good.
You can rest assured that the Prime Minister is preparing for his defence by filing through the archives in search of a tit bit that may remotely resemble this farce.
Everybody’s asking where the PN are. Where’s Simon Busuttil?
As everyone said, they were an arrogant government. They are now being an arrogant opposition, all cooped up in the Stamperija boardroom doing the ‘told you so’ dance.
Rightly so!
X’pastazata!
Muscat, Mallia and their puppets can do what they like – and they know it because the PN are – as always – asleep
Martin Bugelli – Head of the EU Representative in Malta – please note. These RHIBs were funded by EU money.
Ah that’s great. And because I tied a safety line to the swim zone at the Blue Lagoon in Comino while I took my 2 year old daughter to land as she was sea sick, I was told with a smile “We’ll see you in court, Mr. Galea”.
And I was anchored – I just thought that for some extra safety I’d tie a safety line for 10 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxwV1fLjy3I
Anyone up for a Maltese version?
Cops on a multi-tasking mission, this time not on catering services but pleasure cruising and BIRDWATCHING. Isn’t bird-watching part of the duties of ALE personnel?
According to Manuel Mallia’s spokesperson they’ve been doing it for the last 10 years. I’ll believe it when I see evidence.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130801/local/Bikini-police-cadet-snaps-surface-from-2010-2012.480302