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European Central Bank will not comment on charges brought against Edward Scicluna

The European Central Bank said Wednesday that it does not comment on pending legal proceedings, following questions asked about the criminal charges brought against the Governor of the Central Bank of...

latest comment from Vani, 09/05/2024 09:51: From what is gradually coming to light there are already 3 fellas, namely Muscat, Schembri and Mizzi, who are the ideal
team of three with knowledge and a good understanding of finance
Panama companies, experience in bird poo, wind farms, you name it, the three are the go to guys!
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Happy 300th Floriana

Today, 9 May is Floriana’s 300th birthday! On this day, three hundred years ago, in 1724, the Portuguese Grandmaster Manoel De Vilhena ruled out in a decree that the area which today is known as...

Speaker denies blocking of PN request to discuss hospitals inquiry was ‘pre-arranged’ with Abela

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has denied that the blocking of a request by the Opposition to have a parliamentary debate on the hospitals inquiry was “pre-arranged” with...

latest comment from Rachel Galea, 09/05/2024 10:40: Can someone explain the meaning of this part of point 2 please? 13. (1) No motion for the Adjournment of the House on a definite matter of urgent public importance shall be made unless a member at the commencement of business (i.e. after questions and before motions or orders of the day, as the case may be) rises in his place and states that he asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, whereupon he shall state the matter and deliver to the Speaker a written statement on the subject to be discussed. (2) The Speaker shall thereupon desire the members who support the motion to rise in their places, and if not less than ten rise accordingly, the motion stands over until 7 p.m. on the same day.
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Updated: President amends statement, says judiciary must be allowed to work 'serenely'

In what appears to be a hidden suggestion not easily decipherable, President Myriam Spiteri Debono said Wednesday that legal remedies exist if legal processes are in some way vitiated. The...

latest comment from RF, 08/05/2024 18:48: I thank her Excellency for her opportune statement. At last, we have a President worth her salt unlike George Vella who as Deputy Prime Minister and senior minister under Joseph Muscat could not have been unaware of the shady deals with Vitals, Azerbaijan, Electrogas, AUM, etc Surprised he is not on criminal list with Fearne.
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‘I have always fulfilled my duties with correctness and integrity,’ Chris Fearne says

Deputy Prime Minister and EU funds minister Chris Fearne said Wednesday that he has always fulfilled his duties with the “greatest correctness and integrity and have certainly never come close...

latest comment from odomos, 09/05/2024 06:28: “I only say that I have always, always fulfilled my duties with the greatest correctness and integrity and have certainly never come close to breaking the law,” Fearne said. Possibly, possibly true. But you have certainly been COMPLICIT. In my view, you are guilty for DERELICTION of Duty. one of 40 BLA KUKKI.
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ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately

The continuous irresponsible and rabble rousing speeches by the Prime Minister and even by Labour Party candidates, such as during a debate at MCAST yesterday, must stop immediately, ADPD-The Green...

latest comment from C Xerri, 08/05/2024 12:31: "ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately" Wonder if the ADPD could provide us with a similar statement when the criticism, termed as intimidation, did not come from a Labour source, but from other sources!!!!!!
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Newly-formed group unhappy with Maltese foreign policy, advocates benefits of neutrality

The newly-formed Grupp Newtralita’ u Paċi on Wednesday emphasised several points benefits of neutrality as it expressed its dismay at the way the government is handling its foreign...

latest comment from Bertrand Russell, 09/05/2024 10:22: That's completely irrelevant. Also, I'm not mixing anything. If you are confused it is confusion entirely of your own making. Aside from the practical considerations related to wiping of backsides with unilateral declarations of neutrality, neutrality in the face of evil is a also a moral failing, and without any guaranteed outcome, as evil cannot be trusted. This of course, aside from the fact that our neutrality was simply a face saving device in exchange for enshrining the principle of majority rule in our constitution. A principle so basic that it should not need to be enshrined anywhere. However in the face of deliberate gerrymandering by the human rights abusing, corruption enabling authoritarian Labour Party led by Mintoff in 1981 resulting in a pre-planned "perverse result' it had to be so enshrined. Otherwise, as was later clear from the 1987 election result, the Labour Party would have stolen a second consecutive election and cemented the country into a dictatorship.
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Former chief justice Said Pullicino defends under-fire magistrate

Former Chief Justice and Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino has come to the defence of Magistrate Gabriella Vella after she was harshly criticised by Prime Minister Robert Abela over the timing of her...

latest comment from Cilia Debono Emanuel, 08/05/2024 09:58: The attack on Magistrate Gabriella Vella is unjustified and unprecedented. It constitutes a threat ton the Independence of the Judiciary and to the rule of law.
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