Comments on: Nationalist Party leadership contender Adrian Delia and the €7.2 million debt to HSBC Bank

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Wed, 16 Aug 2017 07:38:00 +0000

I wouldn’t know. She’s British and her husband and sons ran a brothel in Malta some years ago. They had been arrested and charged. Not nice people at all, but definitely people who know about crime.

By: Sowxal

Sowxal — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:18:00 +0000

I agree 100%. Becoming PN leader gives him a strong layer of protection as HSBC will be reluctant to call in the debt and risk bankrupting the leader of the second largest political party. The PR (and beyond) implications for the bank could be ruinous.

By: Sowxal

Sowxal — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:15:00 +0000

Do you really need an explanation? Are you that dumb? This guy aims to run the entire Maltese economy and yet he cannot even run a building development company without wallowing in debt. Mulej hudni.

By: Davcus1979

Davcus1979 — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 22:26:00 +0000

With reference to both Dr Portelli and Dr Delia, has the bank shown any intention of resorting to a garnishee order? It seems that the banks are sometimes quicker to take drastic action against individuals who owe far smaller amounts of money…

By: Edward

Edward — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:29:00 +0000

In reply to Francis X Darmanin. Well, I l'm not an economist, nor did I study finance. I am only basing this on what I saw happen in the UK.

By: Francis X Darmanin

Francis X Darmanin — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:11:00 +0000

You’re right except on one thing. In such a scenario the government will bail out the banks (the developers indirectly).

By: Pandora

Pandora — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 07:45:00 +0000

What matters is that we can afford to flock by the hundreds and spend weekends on the sister island and hire sun beds and umbrellas on the once public beaches. That’s the thing to do in modern Malta. As to the rest, why give a damn?

By: Rosie

Rosie — Sun, 13 Aug 2017 07:39:00 +0000

I know plenty of people with bank loans but they all pay back. They are not called bankrupt but decent people.

Adrian Delia has to pay up. The bank is chasing him. Why am I repeating all this? Jekk trid tivvota Labour issa ghandek zewg options – jew Muscat jew Delia, la tahseb li dan waqa mis-sema biex isalva lil partit u lil pajjiz. Thobbu tissawtu wisq.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 21:58:00 +0000

One despairs.

By: Daphne Caruana Galizia

Daphne Caruana Galizia — Sat, 12 Aug 2017 15:37:00 +0000

Debts are not assets. They are liabilities.