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A magistrate has indicted the step-daughter of ex-footballer Darren Debono and a former high-ranking bank official, declaring that there is sufficient evidence for them to stand trial for alleged money-laundering. The ruling was delivered against Florinda Sultana and Albert Buttigieg, after criminal proceedings kicked off against them last week over their involvement in a number of commercial entities operating the Porticello - former Scoglitti- restaurant at Valletta and Capo Mulini at Marsaxlokk, both allegedly involved in laundering funds linked to oil smuggling. The two had first been tar...

A sincere apology implies a genuine recognition of any pain that has been caused and a true resolution to right wrongs. The pressure is growing on Labour to do

There’s betrayal and then there’s betrayal. One means letting the side down through carelessness or a fit of madness. The other is systemic betrayal of the entire project, the destruction of its reason for being. Among the ways of reacting to having betrayed others: impenitence, regret and remorse. Regret is being sorry you failed your side. Remorse is shame that you betrayed yourself as well as others. It’s possible to regret only that you’ve been caught; remorse always involves disappointment with yourself, the recognition you should have known better. During the Joseph Muscat years...

Will Abela ever have his Khrushchev moment? It is true that there are a number of Labour supporters who still adore Joseph Muscat and foolishly think he is a victim – not of himself, but of others who betrayed him. This is nonsense, of course Michael Falzon 6 April 2021, 7:34am Joseph Stalin (left) and Nikita Khrushchev: the latter took the Soviet Union through a process of destalinisation Following the revelations on the owner of ‘Macbridge’ last Monday, the Prime Minister on Wednesday held a press conference announcing proposals to reform cannabis laws, coolly ignoring the elephant i...

PN says Labour Party must apologise for wrongdoing The Nationalist Party says that while an apology will not be enough, it is the first step in the right direction 6 April 2021, 2:59pm by Laura Calleja The Labour Party should apologise for government officials' wrongdoing, Nationalist Party candidate Ivan Bartolo insisted. However, he warned that an apology may not be enough but was a start. Speaking at a press conference alongside PN candidate Paula Mifsud Bonnici, Bartolo said an apology was the first step in the party taking accountability for their wrongdoing and seeking to correct ...