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Plans for Melvin Theuma’s arrest had to be changed after hitman Vince Muscat, il-Koħħu, was denied a presidential pardon in 2019

Yorgen Fenech, the chief suspect in the Daphne Caruana Galizia investigation had told police before his first request for a pardon was rejected that he felt &ld

The belief of many that Malta is a truly mafia state has been reinforced by recent shocking revelations about the brutal murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and the charges of corruption and financial crime brought in court against 11 persons close to the corridors of power in connection with two magisterial inquiries. Disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat’s chief of staff, Keith Schembri featured in two inquiries and faces the largest number of charges that incl...

The Roman Republic possessed an extraordinary institute reserved for emer­gencies. It was limited to six months, during which the appointed dictator enjoyed considerable powers. It was used sporadically during the course of two centuries. Eventually, it had to be formally abolished after Sulla and Caesar each enacted special laws to make themselves special dictators in perpetuity. Despite its abolition, Clinton Rossiter, of Cornell University, praised it for its positive potential when in the ...

More positive feedback for Trade Days following Sydney event Posted March 15, 2021 | By Arabella Roden • Editor Following on from the successful Gold Coast Trade Days, exhibitors have praised the sold-out Sydney event which took place on Saturday 13 March and Sunday 14 March, citing its positive atmosphere and professional organisation. Josh Zarb, CEO of the Independent Jewellers Collective (IJC) buying group – which also had a presence at the Gold Coast Trade Days – called th...

Don’t answer that phone! Can the always-on culture be beat? Malta will pioneer a law that gives workers the right not to answer work emails and calls after hours, but always-on culture can be hard to beat in the Maltese workplace 29 January 2021, 6:54am by Laura Calleja Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba’s report on the right to disconnect comes at the tapering of the shock pandemic that changed lives in 2020 and sent everyone ‘home’. Now working from home, flexi- and telework makes the alwa...

Speedy Gulia (aka The fastest resignation in the West)... Speedy Gulia has decided to apply his Superhero skills to the one area that arguably needs them least. Why? Is it because – as implied by the Opposition’s doubts – Robert Abela wanted someone else in his Parliamentary group, at this particular time… Raphael Vassallo 19 January 2021, 7:52am Gavin Gulia And to think that people still complain about the lack of a resignation culture in this country (and, worse still, to think that ...

Looking back at 2020 | Gloomy 2020 leaves PL ahead in the polls A look back at the MaltaToday survey results shows that the Labour Party retained a strong lead over the Nationalist Party in 2020 but Bernard Grech’s coming dented the armour. Kurt Sansone reports 28 December 2020, 7:40am by Kurt Sansone Robert Abela became prime minister in January on the back of a political crisis that rocked the Labour administration to its core. The incoming prime minister had to deal with the fallout that ...

Mark Camilleri, since 2013 the executive chairperson of the National Book Council, certainly has a way with words.  His outspokenness on social media is legendary, not least for being one of the few, if not only, critics of the same Labour government he has actively supported in 2013 and 2017. He has been active inside the party through the Senglea branch as recently as the last Labour election. But, as  one of the ‘critical-Left’ members of the Maltese political landscape, Camilleri ...

Mark Camilleri, beholder of ‘a brown Marxist ass’, is Labour’s abrasive conscience Mark Camilleri has a lot of sharp corners, but his social contribution far outstrips the inelegance of an online tiff with a criminal defence lawyer 17 December 2020, 9:08am by Matthew Vella It beggars belief as to how a foul-mouthed social media exchange could warrant instant resignation from the public service, when for years the Labour government resisted sacking the men caught operating a secret offsho...