Greenland and Venezuela: Robert Abela Ian Borg, you are patheticWhen Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, and Malta was part of the UN Security Council, Malta’s position was that we can’t let might be right.Ian Borg and Robert Abela rode on that cry. And rightly so.Now for Venezuela and Greenland, just because the EU has no common position, Malta has no consistent and principled position of its own.Basta, all the empty words about rule of law and a rules based international order.Now they have gone silent; anzi even nominating Trump for peace prize.What a load of unprincipled opportunisti. ... See MoreSee Less


Momentum concerned that the Lands Authority issued its consent for a development application by the db Group to demolish a historic boathouse in St George’s Bay, despite the company having no legal title over the site. ... See MoreSee Less
The parliament Gamorri committee functioning perfectlyTOM reports that the Parliamentary Standards Committee has voted against adopting the recommendations of the Standards Commissioner on misleading comments made by Opposition leader Alex Borg on the Fort Chambray concession.The committee also voted against adopting the commissioner’s recommendations in two other cases concerning the use of public funds for advertising, involving Education Minister Clifton Grima and the Office of the Prime Minister.PN MPs Mark Anthony Sammut and Joe Giglio argued that no further action was necessary against Alex Borg.Casting his deciding vote, committee chair Speaker Anġlu Farrugia said that whether Borg’s statement - that responsibility for restoration works had been handed over to the concessionaires - amounted to a “lie” was a matter of interpretation.Farrugia also exercised his casting vote in the two other cases concerning PL Minister Clifton Grima and Prime Minister Robert Abela before the committee, both related to government advertising.In both cases, the commissioner had ruled that parliamentary ethics had been breached, and had admonished Grima and Prime Minister Robert AbelaHowever, the Speaker voted against adopting the commissioner’s recommendations in both cases, citing the fact that guidelines governing government advertising do not yet have the force of law.You scratch my PL back and I scratch your PN one. Prosit tassew, the Parliament Gamorri Committee is functioning perfectly. ... See MoreSee Less

Historic boathouse in St George's Bay risking demolition ... See MoreSee Less

Historic boathouse in St George's Bay risking demolition
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Protection urged as the db Group seeks permit to remove itNo to brutal repression in Iran ... See MoreSee Less
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