UPDATED: Total mediocrity. What utter rubbish.
UPDATE: Oh dear. They pulled the video. Did Heritage Malta have to watch it through our eyes to understand suddenly how bad it is?
This video should be preserved at some research department at the University of Malta, as a prime example of all that is wrong with Maltese ‘cultural communication’, distilled to its very essence.
It’s so awful that I barely know where to begin. So I shan’t. Everything has to be dragged down to ghastly ignorance, ham-acting, vulgarity, a hint of ‘seks’, women in their proper place and men in theirs, vile stupidity, crass production, terrible costumes, childish execution and total hamallagni.
I can’t stand it anymore. It’s too much – the tastes, preferences, ideas and aesthetic choices of the summer boathouse crowd, inflicted on the entire country with the blessing of heritage organisations and the state, and presented as the epitome of being Maltese.
And this when in sane civilisation it is the other way round. Imagine a heritage national trust in Britain, France or Italy producing something like this.
These idiots probably think that there’s no difference between what they’ve done here and ‘Bleketterrrr’.
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Who on earth made this crap?
Its neither ‘total mediocrity’ nor ‘utter rubbish’.
It is ABSOLUTE CRAP – created by minds who do not know any better.
Unfortunately (or not?) it is meant to be a cultural advert for Maltese history.
Make a move to Canada. You will like it here.
And the point of the video is…?
Absolutely ghastly. At first I thought it was some online betting advert.
I thought it was those two from Italian TV – Paolo Bonolis and Luca Laurenti – advertising yet another new product from Lavazza and whiling away their time in ‘heaven.’
And no happy ending either.
Complete rubbish. They don’t even know where to begin. Mitt sena lura.
It seems that mediocrity is synonymous with Heritage Malta.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140613/local/Bringing-an18th-century-square-piano-back-to-life.523122
Hopefully, that piano will not be ruined by these do-gooders.
Triccas is the one in the middle, and it’s a far cry from Hotel California.
I have now words, but only initials: FFS.
Well, I thought the police video was bad, but this has left me speechless.
I refuse to believe that Malta Heritage approved this crap.
I refuse to believe that our museums are in their hands.
Why even think about having such a video when they had this? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SWPBXNxWTw
Why? The answer is very simple.
The left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing.
And that goes for normal people – not the cretins currently running the show.
And why are the women mute?
The young man seems very prudish…having a towel cover him up even though he is wearing swimming trunks….Utter rubbish!
I spoke to a friend about this just a moment ago. I saw it on TVM and was shocked. In Maltese you cannot copy things like Horrible Histories. The humour is just not there. We cannot translate British humour literally. The result is a total mess.
Laqwa li uzaw il-kostumi tal-Gimgha l-Kbira ghax sabuhom lesti.
Actually the Roman soldier is one of Heriage Malta’s employees. Don’t know why he agreed to do the part. I had a better opinion of his sense of humour.
And while we’re at it, isn’t that presenter on TVM’s cultural programmes, Mario Coleiro (Hadd Ghalik, etc.) equally crass?
Apart from the fact that he’s an employee of the national agency – and one wonders how he finds time to prepare for the televised programmes – he peddles himself as some expert on heritage, irrespective of whether the subject matter is vari tal-Gimgha l-Kbira or anything high-profile like prehistory. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a hand in this.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140701/opinion/Civil-service-reform-journey.525794
They have no shame.
In just a few days after being elected, the PL government took decisions which caused massive disruption and harm to the civil service. It forced all permanent secretaries to resign (except that two were retained after they realised their mistake). It appointed a political activist as Principal Permanent Secretary. Other key appointments were based, not on competence, but for (political) services rendered.
How can they talk of civil service reform when they acted so swiftly and effectively to harm the service?
All the progress made in the Civil Service in the previous two decades was undone in just a few weeks.
And what exactly was the progress made in the previous two decades, please? Do you call private secretariats doing all the work while the jobsworths continued to do FA progress? Oh, I forgot – we had e-government too = still less work for 40k jobsworths. Progress? Yeah, right.
Chris Ripard, I disagree with you. There are sections within the civil service which used to work very well.. Of course there were sections and departments which were very weak and ineffective.
What the PN in government did was to establish mechanisms which allowed for the continuous improvement of the Service and for weaknesses to be addressed. Was it perfect? Far from it but improvements were made.
Instead PL in government has sent the message that merit and competence are irrelevant. What is relevant is whether you have served the political interests of the PL in the past legislature.
More then ever, being a civil servant requires the ability to navigate one’s way through the system to reap maximum benefits with the least effort.
Quo vadis Heritage Malta?
Can someone explain what this crap is pls ?
Mediocrity seems to be the order of the day in everything we experience these days. There is no longer an element of professionalism; we are in the hands of amateurs and people not even qualified to clean the public lavatories! I am not surprised that we get such crass promotion for our heritage and cultural…..
Total mediocrity II.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/40619/gulia_reappointed_mta_chairman_after_stern_rebuke#.U7J3lJSSyig
Hoteliers concerns include the fact he does not deliver, has no notion of his position’s responsibilities and will insist on conflict with the CEO.
Nice going there Joseph. Just the man then.
How to sabotage Zammit Lewis. It’s a known fact that Gulia’s after Formosa Gauci’s blood.
Rubbish, that’s all it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcHq1HpeDYY
Chile dedicated this one to inspire the players. And it did.
Meantime, all I see around me is people with no motive in life.
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— who is heading Heritage Malta —
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PLEASE RESIGN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
Disgusting u bla sens.
Daphne, I couldn’t agree more with your comments. We have reached rock bottom after only 15 months of Labour government. Can you imagine where we will be in four years’ time?
I laughed not because of how funny it is, but how ridiculous and stupid it is.
This is 1:01 of my life I will never get back.
Compared to this, that Malta Police warning feature could be a prize-winner, and yet it was withdrawn.
What will be the fate of this (mis) production? Who is behind all this? Who’s idea? And what’s it’s cost (moneywise that is)? Who’s footing the bill?
My guess is that this was one of many others produced. Heritage Malta is clearly in a mess, I pity the few decent workers who are still there, trying to survive.
You’d sooner expect the National Archaeology Museum to come up with something educational and historically accurate. (You don’t say ‘si’ to mean ‘yes’ while pretending to speak Latin).
If I could venture a guess, I’d say that interest in their exhibits is at an all-time low, so they had to resort to sexvertising and dull humour to attract attention – only the wrong kind of attention from people who couldn’t care less about national heritage.
Iss hej, the video has suddenly disappeared and before I and thousands of others got to see it. Does anyone have a copy of it somewhere?
This video has been removed by the user.
Buggeroo, the “video has been removed by the user”!
Just as well…I’ve had enough dumbing-down for a lifetime.
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-07-01/news/live-compilation-of-evidence-against-erin-tanti-continues-5677875201/
The video has been removed. I didn’t manage to watch it.
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/40623/white_rocks_is_natura_2000_site_but_not_a_nature_reserve__minister#.U7KSXZSSyig
‘A Natura 2000 site is not a nature reserve.’
I see Labour’s panache for inverse logic expressed in negatives to turn the subject into an ‘obstacle’ has reached its limits. A nature reserve must have official sanctioning in the form of wooden signage pointing at nowhere in particular. Thus this one isn’t. Ergo drop and build to call it ‘luxurious’. The taghna lkoll social model nothing more than gated communities as class distinction latin America style, make that Chindia, gathers momentum and consent.
And isn’t this in keeping with Australia Hall’s rape which happens to be next door?
Gold plated everything Dubai has nothing on us.
They’ll have to come clean on everything, Marsaxlokk, Ghallis, Pembroke, San Blas, Lapsi, Fulija and presumably others.
Ghax issa ahna jmiss was never as urgent. Erbgha gremxul m’ghandhomx itellfuna were his words.
Lawrence Gonzi sorely missed, and was he arrogant and lacking in empathy. Pity he didn’t wear his hair rastafarian.
Damn, missed it. Seems like it’s been removed.
The video’s down. Maybe someone got the message that it was just abysmal.
Video seems to have been pulled, but as far as I am concerned, most Maltese output and standards would look right at home on the front page of a “Mediocrity “R” Us” website.
Applies to everything not excluding the supposedly top newspapers and the rest of the media.
U ijja, l-aqwa li ftehmna, hux.
The video has been removed by the user.
and the video has now been removed by the user
Once again, your judgement is absolutely correct.
Kultura a la Lejber. Tal-iskipp.
It’s gone.
Any other link? This has been removed
‘This video has been removed by the user’ … was it that bad ?
The video has been removed. Why? I did not get to see it. Any valid reason?
Don’t bother. There are no African people in it.
It’s been removed, I can’t see it.
… and now for something completely different: the sartorial choices of our very own Parliamentary Secretary for Research and Innovation.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140629/social/Malta-National-Dance-Council.525463
OOOOps, it has ”been removed by the user”. Presumably , the ”user”is an avid fan of this blog.
Video removed
What was the video about? It has been deleted and is no longer visible!
Video is gone
Every time you post a video like this, it gets deleted. Paging John Bundy.
can’t view the video
“This video has been removed by the user” !
Can’t see the video :/
What happened to it?
Did they delete it already?
Has anyone managed to copy it first?
Totally off-topic, but I thought it maybe relevant as the subject has been extensively covered here.
The ElectroGas consortium has taken up their shareholding in Malta Power and Gas according to documents filed at the MFSA.
Gasol 30%
GEM Holdings 30%
Siemens 20%
SOCAR 20%
The new directors appear to be persons attached to each of the companies above.
The share issue was increased to 10,000 shares @ 1 Eur each on May 9th and this amount has not been increased upon transfer to the ElectroGas consortium.
Therefore the consortium appears to have gained the company for 10,000 Eur as it stands at present and unless ElectoGas are paying 3,000 Eur per share (the 30 million Eur that ElectroGas were supposed to be paying for Malta Power and Gas).
I assume the ‘power deal’ covered by the Times article below is merely the share transfer agreements with the respective ElectroGas consortium members and is probably the reason why it was all signed behind closed doors. I would imagine the Power Purchase Agreement will be signed when Malta Power and Gas is named to ElectroGas Malta.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140522/local/power-deal-signed-but-upfront-30-million-payment-is-staggered.520110
Excellent work, Gary.
Some observations:
1. The Malta company is still called Malta Power and Gas Limited. According to LSE AIM statements by Gasol plc, this company will change its name to Electrogas Malta Limited once the project financing is in place.
“ElectroGas intends to rename MPGL “ElectroGas Malta Ltd.” prior to closing the financing for the Project.”
http://hsprod.investis.com/ir/gas/ir.jsp?page=news-item&item=1762588006285312
So we can deduce that the financing is still pending. Gasol plc had also stated that they expect bank financing to the tune of 80%.
2. As you say, we cannot even conclude whether the consortium members have financed the amount of Eur 30 million for the acquisition of MPGL. Unless they paid Eur 3,000 per share, they have only paid Eur 10,000 into the capital of 10,000 shares.
3. Who is Gerhard Benner, one of the new directors of MPGL? By deduction, he should be representing Siemens Project Ventures, but I could not find any links between the two on the internet.
4. Who exactly is Gasol LNG Imports Limited? Gasol plc is not one of the new shareholders of MPGL – instead, there is Gasol LNG Imports Limited. Were we not told that the bidder was Gasol plc?
According to public announcements to the LSE AIM issued by Gasol plc over the past few months, Gasol LNG Imports is one of three divisions of Gasol plc. In an announcement dated 30 May 2014 about the signing of a gas agreement with the Volta River Authority, Gasol plc refers to Gasol LNG Imports Limited as a subsidiary. But this subsidiary is not mentioned anywhere in Gasol plc’s interim report of 30 September 2013 or in their annual report of 31 March 2013.
So, is Gasol LNG Imports Limited 100% owned by Gasol plc, or are there any third party minorities, and if yes, who are they?
Gasol LNG Imports Limited shares the same UK registered address with Gasol plc, so it must be a UK registered company.
So if Gasol plc is a ‘cash shell’ without any cash or business, one can only imagine what Gasol LNG Imports Limited looks like financially.
On point 3, who is Turab Musayev?
By rights, he should be the SOCAR rep. But a but of searching shows that there is a person of that name working for Macquarie Bank who are an Australian bank involved in power trading. He is the Asset Manager for their Power Origination and Trading group.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/macquarie-uk-power-expansion-idUSL2N0CJ1I720130328
http://www.macquarie.com/mgl/com
So what is the involvement of Macquarie Bank and why do they have a representative on the board of MPGL? Are they going to finance the project?
On point 4, I can only find two companies related to Gasol on the Companies House website (UK equivalent of the MFSA)
GASOL plc Company No. 05350159
GASOL (COTE D’IVOIRE) LIMITED Company No. 08762827
Both are registered at:
40 NEW BOND STREET
LONDON
W1S 2RX
There is no Gasol LNG Import Limited registered at this address with company number 8762786 with Companies House. However, I called CH and found that the company is registered (formed on 5 Nov 2013), just not listed yet for some reason.
But at present, it’s just a shell by the looks of it.
Hey Gary, great work. Love this investigation.
Good observation about Turab Musayev. Yes, I agree that he should be the Socar guy. Here is what I found about him:
1. Person named Turab Musayev on VK – apparently this is a Russian social network similar to Facebook.
http://vk.com/id160091288#/id160091288
The Turab here has a Baku connection, and speaks Azerbaijani, English, Russian and Turkish.
2. Turab Musayev is also on Facebook. One of the pictures on Facebook is the same as on VK, so it must be the same person.
https://www.facebook.com/turab.musayev#!/turab.musayev
3. A LinkedIn account for Turab Musayev, who speaks the same languages as in 1.
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/turab-musayev/1/325/297
So it must be the same person.
I cannot access his details, but his skills include petroleum, banking, capital markets and so on.
4. Your link to Reuters refers to the UK business of Macquarie.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/macquarie-uk-power-expansion-idUSL2N0CJ1I720130328
5. Then I found this, from 2004.
http://transparency.az/transpfiles/klim35.pdf
“LETTER TO COMMITTEE ON FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
Submission of corruption cases on “against Bekhtiyar Gasimov RMB -Teletrade Ltd.”
RMB is acting in arrangement of computer courses and was registered in Ministry of Justice, 24.08,2001.
Teletrade D. Y. International Consulting Ltd. – say it is registered in Hong Kong and presents itself under name of broker in world finance market. But by letters I received from Azerbaijan Republic’s Justice Minstry and Hong Kong state
registration department, it is an illegal organization not registered in both these countries.
According to false documents presented to court later, Teletrade was to arrange education courses on financial markets by RMB and but in reality, for acting in currency markets of Baku, named companies open currency trade center in Baku city, B.Seferoglu, 199 and deal with attraction of customers’ money in that market by deceiving advertisement in mass media.
Contract was signed, 17.01.2002, between I, in person of investor, and Teletrade, through Turab Musayev, former representative of Teletrade in Baku and at the same time founder of RMB. After a short time my investments are lost and both companies mentioned above break contract’s terms and run away from responsibility.
According to inquiries I conducted, it was discovered that there was no legal basis of currency trade center organized by Teletrade-RMB and made a proceeding against this.”
What you reported about Gasol LNG Imports Limited is indeed interesting. A company which was only registered in November 2013, and it’s registered in the UK.
Let it be known that we have no knowledge about this company – its financial situation, its shareholders, directors, and so forth, and that it was not the company which won the Malta bid.
It has been removed. Does anyone have a copy? What was it about?
In Maaaalta our videos get deleted (again).
Damn the video has been removed. I was so intrigued to watch it.
Oh wait…from the comments submitted above I suspect it must be the video advertisement encouraging people to visit the Archeology Museum in Valletta.
It was on yesterday on TVM and my husband and I were left speechless. It’s such a shame that the Archeology Museum should be advertised like this. Shame.
Found another two – just as bad….
http://www.gozotv.com/marketing-pr/
Why do Maltese women always simper?
To all those who have missed seeing the video – I say it was one reason to bang your head against a brick wall.