Former Opposition leader Simon Busuttil testified in court this morning, as did the Prime Minister’s More
What to do when statistics don’t suit our purposes
We sack the head of the National Statistics Office, and because we can’t do the …
The matters we take so lightly are not to be taken lightly at all
The prime minister and Mrs Muscat introduce Prince William to Cyrus Engerer, who only a …
Ah, I see they’ve hauled out Louis Grech for a quick show ‘n’ tell
I wonder what exactly it is he does in between being wheeled out for rare …
UPDATED WITH PODCAST/Read this BBC News Magazine piece – it’s wertit
They’ve interviewed Lawrence Gonzi, not Joseph Muscat – properly acknowledging that it was under his …
One billion euros – a quarter of the country’s entire budget – goes in social benefits
Michael Farrugia, the king of social benefits, celebrating the Labour Party’s victory in March last …
Not a great morning in the OPM communications office, I would say
I’ve just had a quick look through Times of Malta’s print edition. Those bad boys …
Couldn’t they have thought of a different slogan this year?
Last year it was a ‘Budget to make work pay’. And this year again, the …
Just like Sai Laing’s husband was confident he would have a power station by March
The government “will not be taking a Big Bang approach”, the prime minister said. Let’s …
That sarcastic tone will eventually lead to Joseph Muscat’s undoing
It has even begun to grate with Kurt Sansone at Times of Malta. If you’re …
Passports be damned. Looks like Malta under Labour has a thriving business in Schengen visas for Chinese.
Three thousand Chinese people have applied for Schengen visas through the Maltese embassy in China …
Oh no! The bus contract too has hit a brick wall. Tsk tsk.
The power station has gone AWOL. The casino tender is beached in a court wrangle …
The John Dalli connection (you know there has to be one): how Eric Schembri and Alfred Mifsud got into insurance
John Dalli Eric Schembri Alfred Mifsud Back in the early 1990s, when John Dalli was Minister of Economic …
More Taghna Lkoll cronyism with public money
Allcare Insurance chairman Eric Schembri has, besides a son called Simon Schembri, who is Allcare’s …
Joseph Muscat wanted Eric Schembri to be Air Malta chairman
Joseph Muscat with Allcare Insurance chairman Eric Schembri When Tumas Group’s Ray Fenech gave up the …
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