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PL seeks recusal of Vitals magistrate from hearing Siggiewi ghost voter cases

The Labour Party is seeking the recusal of Magistrate Gabriella Vella – the same magistrate who has recently concluded the hospitals inquiry – from hearing cases concerning the...

latest comment from Paul bermon, 07/05/2024 14:09: The PL said in a statement that it is intervening in a number of cases where “the Nationalist Party wants to stop a number of families with difficulties who qualify for social housing in Siggiewi from voting.” Rubbish, they need to vote in the area they actually live in, look at the small majority the current dictatorship had in Siggiewi and you can see why they want to cheat. You know when they are lying, their lips are moving
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TMID Editorial: Attacking the judiciary

The Prime Minister’s attack on a member of the judiciary over the past weeks is both wrong and dangerous for justice. The news that the Vitals magisterial inquiry came to an end emerged in...

latest comment from C Xerri, 07/05/2024 14:16: "The Prime Minister’s attack on a member of the judiciary over the past weeks is both wrong ....." And is it only the Prime Minister who attacked ( although it is quite questionable if commenting on the timing of presentation of an inquiry report is actually an attack) a magistrate? Were there any other attacks on the courts by the same people who are now accusing the Prime Minister of attacking the Courts?
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PM's statements ‘pose a grave threat to the foundations of democracy’ – aditus foundation

The Prime Minister's statements attacking the judiciary and journalists 'pose a grave threat to the foundations of democracy,' the aditus foundation has said. The foundation strongly condemned...

latest comment from C Xerri, 07/05/2024 14:08: "The pillars of democracy are fundamental to upholding the rule of law ..." But the pillars of democracy may be abused too,
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PN MPs walk out of Parliament after motion to discuss need to publish Vitals inquiry is turned down

PN Leader Bernard Grech on Monday filed a motion in parliament urging Parliament to discuss the urgency surrounding the need to publish the Vitals magisterial inquiry. In the motion, Grech said...

latest comment from Vani, 07/05/2024 06:07: When, and if, the PN go back to parliament, they should stop addressing anglu as sur president, and call him Mr. Speaker. Better would be to ignore him completely. Furthermore the practice that one should address him when speaking should be stopped, and the PN speakers should address the camera, or their leader. Anglu has to learn that respect may not be imposed but earned!
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Manuel Cuschieri calls on supporters to gather outside court if Joseph Muscat is arraigned

Labour Party activist Manuel Cuschieri has called on supporters to “stand in solidarity” with former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat outside the law courts if he were to be charged, saying...

latest comment from mario mifsud, 07/05/2024 13:40: Il-populiżmu huwa firxa ta’ pożizzjonijiet politiċi li jenfasizzaw l-idea ta’ “in-nies” u ħafna drabi jikkuntrastaw lil dan il-grupp ma’ “l-elite”.L-populizmu ta 'spiss huwa assoċjat ma' sentiment anti-establishment u anti-politiku. Għalhekk irridu nagħtu attenzjoni għat-theddid tal-populisti għall-istat u l-istituzzjonijiet tiegħu.
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Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy in US

Steward Health Care, the largest physician-led hospital operator in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy early Monday morning, US media report. Over the past few days an "emergency operations plan" had...

latest comment from Vani, 07/05/2024 02:56: We were already pretty certain that there was no way the Maltese taxpayer would have ever recuperated its money in full as the commissions made a substantial dent in those 400 million, but this is a guarantee that we will never see a brass farthing of that sum.
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An ‘abomination’ - Joseph Muscat comments after charges filed

An 'abomination,' was the phrase former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat used in a post following the news that charges have been filed in relation to the Vitals inquiry. On Monday news broke that...

latest comment from adriang, 07/05/2024 08:38: Joseph Goebbels once said "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.". I think even JM himself now believes his own lies.
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First step was full employment, the next is quality jobs, PM says

The first step towards a better economy was reaching full employment and, now that this has been achieved, the next step is creating jobs of a better quality, Prime Minister Robert Abela...

latest comment from adriang, 07/05/2024 08:35: The first step was full employment... by employing everyone unemployed with the government using an entity that expoits people. The second is quality jobs?? When you've done all that you could to keep salaries down by flooding the country with foreign workers? Who's he kidding?
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Cassola says BA schedule ‘insulting’ to serious independent candidates

Independent MEP candidate Arnold Cassola said that the way the Broadcasting Authority had scheduled programmes related to the EP and local council elections is insulting to serious independent...

latest comment from S. Camilleri, 06/05/2024 10:41: "They were also only granted a five-minute slot for independent speaking, and a 45-minute debate among other independents". The BA is absurd. "It was an enormous insult to me". It is an enormous insult to the electorate.
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