Soldier fast-tracked to senior rank now leads Identity Malta despite controversy
Mark Mallia – President George Abela’s right-hand man at
The Shift Team
February 8, 2022 14:35
Press freedom groups urge government bodies to drop appeals in The Shift’s fight for public information
Seven international media freedom organisations are urging the 30
The Shift Team
February 7, 2022 13:28
Use of public property by Muscat deemed ‘illegal’
The concession of public property at Sa Maison to
The Shift Team
February 4, 2022 06:34
Government pays €20,000 to Labour Party for partisan newspaper supplement
A partisan 32-page newspaper supplement published by the Labour
The Shift Team
February 3, 2022 16:21
Tourism Minister’s secretary and girlfriend shifted to Gozo Ministry payroll to hide ‘ethics breach’
The girlfriend of Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo, who served
The Shift Team
February 1, 2022 13:08
EXCLUSIVE: €84 million gas pipeline payout to be tax free for Electrogas, emails show
Electrogas secured a sweetheart deal with the taxman on
Caroline Muscat
January 30, 2022 10:45
Taxpayers fund Steward’s debts on cancer equipment
The government has been forced to top the €90
The Shift Team
January 29, 2022 07:53
Carmen Ciantar’s daughter also gets job with Chris Fearne
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has appointed the daughter
Caroline Muscat
January 26, 2022 09:34
PM blocks Data Commissioner’s investigation into Joseph Muscat’s golden handshake
An investigation by the Data Protection Commissioner into the
Caroline Muscat
January 24, 2022 16:42
Tax dodgers still being awarded multi-million euro tenders through ‘creative tax compliance’
Vague tax compliance certificates are being issued to companies
The Shift Team
January 24, 2022 11:09
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne in breach of governance rules implemented by his own Party
The decision by Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne to
Caroline Muscat
January 23, 2022 09:17
Permanent Secretary involved in FTS corruption scandal chosen as chief taxman
Joseph Caruana, the permanent secretary who had lost the
The Shift Team
January 21, 2022 16:32
Largest chunk of lotteries fund goes to… the finance minister’s district
The majority of funds allocated through the Social Causes
Caroline Muscat
January 20, 2022 19:43
After 2 years of ‘ongoing negotiations’, government drops threats of ending hospitals deal
The health ministry has ignored questions on the outcome
Julian Delia
January 20, 2022 08:45
University issues €9 million in direct orders, Auditor General has trouble explaining it
The University of Malta has issued a total of
The Shift Team
January 19, 2022 11:57
More taxpayer money sent Saviour Balzan’s way
The co-owner of Media Today, Saviour Balzan, has been
The Shift Team
January 19, 2022 09:24
Mayhem and abuse found at housing estates’ maintenance company
The company set up by the government to oversee
The Shift Team
January 15, 2022 11:51
Fearne appoints his canvasser Carmen Ciantar chief of staff on top of her €163,000 role at FMS
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has confirmed he has
Caroline Muscat
January 13, 2022 15:05
Fearne puts his campaign manager on €163,000 ‘irregular’ contract
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne has put one of
Caroline Muscat
January 12, 2022 13:20
Infrastructure Malta admits blacklisting measure ‘limited’ as Polidano set to win €40 million in contracts despite tax arrears
Infrastructure Malta last year awarded Polidano Brothers, supposedly blacklisted,
The Shift Team
January 10, 2022 08:08
Malta’s newest batch of citizens: Putin insiders, a game hunter, and an oilman facing sanctions
An analysis of the list published by the government
The Shift Team
January 6, 2022 12:08
Joe Gerada, of FKK Acapulco fame, demands tribunal ban The Shift from asking questions
The former aide of disgraced ex-minister Chris Cardona, teacher-turned-lawyer
The Shift Team
January 5, 2022 11:19
Government in desperate legal scramble to hide Saviour Balzan deals in defiance of FOI order
At least 29 government entities, ranging from the Education
Caroline Muscat
January 4, 2022 09:00
Sister of new education minister pocketed at least €25,000 from government jobs since 2020
The sister of new Education Minister Clifton Grima, Charlene
Julian Delia
January 3, 2022 16:00
Cabinet secretary stonewalls on new €30,000 payment to disgraced ex-minister Justyne Caruana
Cabinet Secretary Mario Cutajar has refused to disclose whether
The Shift Team
January 3, 2022 11:26
Indian business tycoon who bought 30,000sqm of Dwejra coastline becomes Maltese citizen
Vijay Kumar Berlia, an Indian business tycoon who had
The Shift Team
December 29, 2021 15:21
Gozo Channel subsidies increase sixfold as staff costs, direct orders increase
Taxpayer subsidies to Gozo Channel have soared to unprecedented
The Shift Team
December 28, 2021 17:37
National Festivals Agency run like a village club, NAO says – but the chairman gets a medal
State agency Festivals Malta is being managed like a
The Shift Team
December 27, 2021 10:39
Albanian authorities did ‘absolutely nothing to probe supply of bomb that killed my mother’
Speaking to The Shift in a quiet cafe in
Alice Taylor
December 23, 2021 07:21
Cardiologist who resigned from MP to join VGH says government ‘bamboozled people’
Professor Albert Fenech, a former PN MP who had
Julian Delia
December 22, 2021 09:39

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