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USA Spagna
Opposition resorting to provocation because it has run out of ideas - PM
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat this morning called for unity warning that the Opposition was resorting to provocation in a bid to create division and incite hatred as “it has run out of ideas... it has nothing to offer". “We should respond by extending the hand of friendship,” Dr Muscat said. The Prime ...
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Spagna Panama
PN to present bill for removal of precautionary warrants against journalists
The Opposition is tomorrow presenting a bill in Parliament calling for the removal of precautionary warrants against journalists, PN leader Simon Busuttil said. Addressing a big crowd in Sliema, Dr Busuttil spoke on the Chris Cardona brothel scandal saying the Economy Minister had taken an “extreme and savage measure” by requesting the ...
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Malta
Savouring the art of excellence
Pet’s Plates ZenPortomaso Food: 9/10 Location: 9/10Service: 9/10Value: 8/10Overall: 10/10 This place has got to be up there with the best restaurants that Malta has to offer. The menu held the promise of ingredients like fresh tuna, crab and prawn. I wanted it all. It was our duty to work our way through the ...
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Panama Malta
Anti-money-laundering agency workers still clueless about new head
Employees of Malta’s anti-money-laundering agency, which investigated the country’s connection to the Panama Papers, are still in the dark about who will be taking over as their new head following the departure of Manfred Galdes last August. Despite an announcement by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna more than three weeks ago that ...
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Messico USA Spagna Malta
‘This country needs this government again' - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said today, during a political event in Paola, that Malta needs the Labour Party to be re-elected, and said that people should not judge this government solely on what has been achieved, but also on what they are going to obtain.He said that the public's choice ...
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USA Panama Malta
PN to file motion to prevent use of garnishee orders against journalists; demonstration announced
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said today that the PN will present a Parliamentary motion to stop the courts from having the ability to issue garnishee orders against journalists, and invited the Prime Minister to join him "if he believes in freedom of expression."PN Leader Simon Busuttil was addressing a large ...
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Messico Germania Spagna Malta
Multiple international journalist groups report Cardona’s garnishee order to Council of Europe
A number of international journalist groups, including the European Federation for Journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Press Institute, have all filed a complaint with the Council of Europe regarding the warrant of seizure filed against journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.Mrs Caruana Galizia reported allegations, based on a ...
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USA Spagna Panama Nuova Zelanda
Editorial: Draconian action against journalists has no place in a democracy
The draconian action taken this week by government minister Chris Cardona has absolutely no place in a free and democratic society. We are not referring to the libel cases that he and his ministerial employee have instituted against journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, which of course he has every right to ...
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Malta
Government’s new land valuation formula is here to stay, Mizzi and Schembri confirm
Despite the controversy raging on how the valuation of the land at the ITS site in St George’s Bay was calculated, the government will be sticking to the modus operandi it had commissioned from Deloitte for the site as a means of selling public land in the future.Contacted by this ...
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Messico USA Spagna Malta
Brothel allegations: Minister Chris Cardona will not take lie detector test
Economy Minister Chris Cardona has dismissed the notion of submitting himself to a lie detector test to allay the public’s concern over whether he is lying or telling the truth about his alleged visit to a German brothel with his policy consultant, where the two are reported to have engaged ...