Sabrina Agius, communications coordinator with the government of Malta, boasts that she has been “offered a job as a prostitute”
Sabrina Agius (right) and her girlfriend Isabelle Sciberras.
Sabrina Agius, the RTK journalist who made the headlines for the underhand way she collaborated with the Opposition leader Joseph Muscat (read the exchange of emails below), for which she was sacked by that radio station, has been put on the government payroll as communications coordinator in Leo Brincat’s ministry, working for Animals and Hunters PS Roderick Galdes.
She apparently thinks it amusing to say on Facebook, given her position, that she has been offered a job as a prostitute (oh, right) but is hesitant. Her girlfriend – she’s a lesbian – Isabelle Sciberras thinks it equally amusing to say that she’s the only one allowed to offer her that job and she’ll be her only client.
And because EVERYTHING has to be spelled out in Malta, this is not about being a lesbian (who gives a damn) or talking about sex on Facebook (ditto). This is about being a government spokeswoman and communications coordinator in a cabinet office, and behaving like a total idiot with inappropriate remarks and behaviour on Facebook.
If Sabrina Agius doesn’t give a hoot about her own dignity, the people who put her on the government payroll should remind her about the dignity – such as it is – of the cabinet office she represents.
Korrispondenza bejn Joseph Muscat u Sabrina Agius (original)
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In my mind she represents a bunch of prostitutes so I think yes she was perfectly right in representing herself that way.
I think she is actually representing a bunch of pimps who are going to make the rest of us prostitutes
After all, this lot are “pimps, thieves and scoundrels.”
Facebook is a thing of the past. Are the Maltese still wasting time on Like buttons?
Amazing.
In the US, the teams are avoiding Facebook and opting for other trendy social media due to the presence of their parents on the former.
Do you mean teens?
Wasting time on Like buttons, uploading photos of cats and dogs, and of their ‘princes’ and ‘princesses’ (because, you know, they have learnt a new word) biex il-friends u l-family joqghodu jghidulhom ‘tal-gdiem’ (they can’t even spell it) u ‘looooove u’.
What a f***ed up culture.
Perhaps she means that they offered to put her on a Labour billboard.
I’d say XXL billboard, and one that is painted with all the colours of the rainbow, to be “liberal”.
For a moment I thought her masters offered her a job at The Times. “Ghandna bzonnok.”
Sabrina, please! You are not 18 anymore. Grow up.
It certainly isn’t about talk of being a lesbian on Facebook, or anywhere else for that matter.
But I don’t think it’s appropriate for any person that has a shred of self-respect to discuss their sexuality or their sex life on a public platform.
It reeks of immaturity and exhibitionism.
I agree with you. However, although I find it objectionable, I believe anyone should be able to post whatever they like. If they are adults they can face the personal and future professional consequences of those actions.
The problem here, a problem indeed which is rife and infects this government like a disease, is the intertwining of the private (and often inappropriate) sphere with the professional sphere. In any other liberal democracy around the world these would lead to severe consequences, including the loss of your job.
Malta seems to be the exception here – although it can hardly be considered a liberal democracy anymore now can it?
A country in name alone. This country is a college fraternity of people who just seem to land jobs without any need for them to have a sense of integrity or professionalism. Like I say ad nauseum, most likely to the annoyance of many a reader, this is a sackable offence and should be treated as such.
Forget it. The only one who gets the sack in this country is Father Christmas.
What’s sick is how they went on for five years doing a JFK, when all they wanted was a giopp mal-gvern.
Evviva Lawrence Gonzi meta ried jimxi dritt.
If only, Malta was still that sort of place.
Respect, integrity and professionalism have been thrown out of the window totally and completely.
“This is about being a government spokeswoman and communications coordinator in a cabinet office, and behaving like a total idiot with inappropriate remarks and behaviour on Facebook.”
So someone who is meant to be a communication expert succumbs to such inane instincts. What else is there to say.
This is the “dignity” of the klikka boys and girls chosen or approved by Joseph Muscat. In any case Joseph Muscat in his email of the 31 January 2011 to Sabrina referred to a “soap opera”.
A link to the original story which made Sabrina Agius famous.
“Joseph Muscat complains of hacking.”
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111019/local/joseph-muscat-complains-of-hacking-demands-investigation.389857
What the hack.
Well, Sabrina, I’m just a gigolo.
It is actually a Facebook game (a very silly one!)… users choose one from a number of statements… all equally stupid, such as ‘I’m pregnant’, or ‘I’m adopting a monkey’ etc. Its supposed to incite some sort of discussion. Nonetheless it is indicative of the level of maturity of the user…
Not just the maturity but also education, level of finesse, and judgment skills.
Its actually worse than that, its the facebook equivalent of the traditional chain letter. I received a similar message this morning, you’ll notice that hesitant prostitute is on the list:
“Well It’s a game and you have just become another part of it. Hehe. You never should have commented or liked my status, You fell in the trap, this is a game! (A great game) The person who likes or comments on my status must choose one of the following phrases and put it in their own Facebook status for at least 24 hours: 1. I have been in 42 different relationships 2. I think I am in love with someone, what should I do? 3. Someone offered me a job as a prostitute but I’m hesitant. 4. I’ve decided to stop wearing underwear. 5. I still love my ex. 6. I’ve decided to be gay/lesbian. 7. I am pregnant. 8. I’m getting a tattoo. 9. I want a baby. 10. A mouse just ran across my feet. 11. I’m adopting a monkey. 12. My husband/wife/lover found a new job, we are moving to China. Note: remember you can only use one of these sentences. No explanations nor comments. When someone comments or likes your status, send him/her this message.”
Ara veru m’ghandniex fiex nehdew !
I guess it all depends on how you feel about prostitution…
You don’t learn correct ethical behaviour from books; you live it. Or you don’t.
Someone should tell her that she has already allowed Joseph Muscat to pimp her out.
Labour has always been the epitome of bad taste, and although their dress sense has (superficially) improved because they have been copying members of the PN, they still have no idea how to behave because in this case it’s much harder to know what to copy.
This is a Facebook game ,she is NOT becoming a prostitute.
http://www.toptechbook.com/2013/12/cool-facebook-status-game-december-2013/