More than 200 academics denounce attacks on Maltese judiciary More than 200 academics at the University of Malta have signed a statement in defence of judicial independence, denouncing attacks on the judiciary coming from government exponents including Prime... Comments (0) Share
MEPs ‘cast doubt’ on Malta’s Commission nominee Fearne over criminal charges Members of the European Parliament’s health committee have questioned the nomination of Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne for the post of European commissioner after... Comments (0) Share
Bernard Grech announces protest on Monday over Vitals inquiry Opposition Leader Bernard Grech announced a protest next Monday, 13 May at 6pm in front of the Parliament building in Valletta, saying that there is a “democratic deficit” against the... Comments (0) Share
Attacks on judiciary ‘strike at the heart of Malta’s democratic credentials’ - employer bodies The Malta Employers’ Association, the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry, as well as the Malta Chamber of SMEs have stated that the current situation regarding the magisterial... Comments (0) Share
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... Comments (2) Share 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. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Updated: Man critically injured after falling off ladder dies in hospital A man was critically injured on Wednesday afternoon after he fell off a ladder in a private residence in Xemxija, the police said. The accident took place in Triq l-Awwista at 4.30pm. The... Comments (0) Share
TMID Editorial: The PL’s negative campaigning It is quite common that politicians and political parties contradict themselves. They say one thing because it suits them, only to change tack and do the opposite when the circumstances warrant a... Comments (0) Share
Man slips on rainwater puddle, in hospital with critical injuries A man who slipped in a rainwater puddle suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital on Thursday morning, the police said. The accident took place in Orazio Diacono Street, Zejtun, at... Comments (0) Share
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... Comments (6) Share 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! New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Speaker turns down PN motion for urgent debate on Chris Fearne’s position Speaker Anglu Farrugia on Wednesday turned down a Nationalist Party motion for an urgent debate about Chris Fearne’s position as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for EU Funds, as he faces... Comments (0) Share
March tourism sees 38% rise, NSO says Total inbound tourists for March 2024 were estimated at 240,851, an increase of 38.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2023, the NSO said Thursday. During the month under... Comments (0) Share
Associated Press Klopp keeps drama going to the end as Liverpool beat Spurs 4-2 in his penultimate Anfield match
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... Comments (0) Share
Robert Abela’s thesis: ‘A judge must be free from political or other pressures’ Anyone is free to change one’s mind, but there is a chasm between what Robert Abela wrote as a law student in his thesis more than 20 years ago, and what he is practising today. Since... Comments (12) Share latest comment from L-argument, 09/05/2024 07:48: Dak biex tara khemm hu FALZ il bniedem.Robert Abela min dejjem iqarraq. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Late extra time goal sends Wanderers into FA Trophy Final Sliema Wanderers will meet Floriana in next Sunday’s Izibet Trophy after the Blues beat Birkirkara by a solitary goal scored four minutes from the end of extra time. It was a match which... Comments (0) Share
Eurovision Song Contest kicked off with pop and protests as the war in Gaza casts a shadow Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. Performers... Comments (0) Share
Gudja to get residents priority parking from June Residents in Gudja will be able to enjoy priority for parking in certain areas of the locality overnight as the government clamps down on people leaving their cars there for several days as they... Comments (1) Share latest comment from Carmelo Bezzina, 09/05/2024 09:13: Was this sytem considered as illigal years ago and was dropped? What has changed since then? New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
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... Comments (3) Share 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. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Real Madrid rally late to beat Bayern 2-1 and reach another Champions League final After yet another magical night at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid is back in the Champions League final. The 14-time European champion pulled off another thrilling comeback on... Comments (0) Share
‘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... Comments (9) Share 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. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Grech says Speaker blocking debate on hospital inquiry was pre-arranged by Abela Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech on Wednesday claimed that the decision by the Speaker to block a parliamentary debate on the publication of the hospitals inquiry was pre-arranged by Prime... Comments (0) Share
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... Comments (1) Share 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!!!!!! New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 1
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... Comments (4) Share 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. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
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... Comments (2) Share 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. New Comment Reply Click to rate 1 0
Chris Fearne, Edward Scicluna to be charged with fraud over hospitals inquiry Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne and Governor of the Central Bank of Malta Edward Scicluna are to be charged with fraud and misappropriation over the Vitals inquiry, The Malta Independent is... Comments (1) Share latest comment from Angus Black, 08/05/2024 15:09: 'We have greatly sinned, in what we have done and in what we have failed to do'... we are ready to atone. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
Abela says people must vote to keep the power to determine their own future Prime Minister Robert Abela said that the elections on 8 June have taken on a new dimension, saying that people must now vote on whether they want to keep the power to determine their own... Comments (0) Share
Muscat to be charged with bribery, corruption and money laundering Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and others will be charged with fraud, money laundering and making fraudulent gains, as well as conspiracy to commit an offence that is punishable by imprisonment... Comments (6) Share latest comment from The Hell With Politics !!!, 08/05/2024 12:46: A good advice is one of the best things a friend can ever give you. Novelist Samuel Peaton A.D. 1242 New Comment Reply Click to rate 1 0
Watch: PM continues to target Vitals inquiry, says until now justice 'not being seen to be done' Prime Minister Robert Abela has continued to target the Vitals inquiry, claiming that right now justice 'is not being seen to be done,' through the inquiry. Abela has been questioning the timing... Comments (2) Share latest comment from Jake T, 08/05/2024 11:20: Is there any thesis to support this ? New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0
PBS and Broadcasting Authority are part of the government censorship - Grech PN Leader Bernard Grech said that Wednesday's court victory against PBS and the Broadcasting Authority, in favour of his party, should serve as confirmation that the Public Broadcasting Services,... Comments (0) Share
University students denounce PM’s behaviour towards judiciary in solidarity protest University students gathered in Republic Street, Valletta on Tuesday evening and collectively condemned Prime Minister Robert Abela's recent comments against the judiciary in light of the conclusion... Comments (1) Share latest comment from RF, 08/05/2024 05:43: I don't believe Robert Abela's local university dissertation was actually written by him. New Comment Reply Click to rate 0 0