Government is ‘either being incompetent or unwilling to listen’ – data law expert
The government is “either incompetent or unwilling to listen”
Newsrooms, press freedom organisations rally against court records law
Six Maltese newsrooms, along with the Daphne Caruana Galizia
Underwhelming Asset Recovery Bureau has seized just €18,000 since 2020
The Asset Recovery Bureau (ARB), initially set up in
Legal experts slam ‘reprehensible’ new law on court judgements
Two legal experts condemned as “wholly reprehensible” a new
Sister of PM’s wife appointed to four different government boards since 2013
Alison Zerafa Civelli, the sister of the prime minister’s
Government ministry staff numbers jumped 14.6% in 2021, swelling total to almost 34,000
The number of employees in government ministries and departments
Hard hearts
They didn’t like what she was reporting, didn’t like
19 government MPs stonewall questions from Opposition MPs since re-opening of parliament
A total of 19 government MPs failed to answer
Rosianne Cutajar failed to attend Parliamentary Assembly meetings discussing her conduct
Labour MP Rosianne Cutajar has been called to attend
The vote buyer
“I have a duty to help whenever possible”.  This
Repubblika warns prime minister to keep promises made after publication of public inquiry report
Civil society NGO Repubblika called on prime minister Robert
What’s up?
I am not referring to the chat application frequently
A ministry is the gift that keeps giving
Joseph Muscat is the national curse that keeps on
A parliament of larcenists
Maltese taxpayers are the victims of a merciless, unending
‘Yorgen Fenech’s bosom buddy should not be reforming laws’ – Moviment Graffitti
“Yorgen Fenech’s bosom buddy”, Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis,
Edward’s plagued acquaintances
What is your relationship with Yorgen Fenech? This was
The tapir and the elephant 
As public demands for his resignation mount, Edward Zammit
Tyrants and murderers always fall in the end
“When I despair, I remember that all through history
The billboard wars
Yesterday evening social media sites lit up with excited
Protest calls for resignation of justice minister
In a protest calling for the resignation of Justice
The rule of delinquents confirmed
As Robert Abela, prime minister and former adviser to
Speaker and government block further witnesses on Standards Commissioner’s report on Cutajar
The parliamentary ethics committee voted in favour of forwarding
Justice through the looking glass
If you want to understand the government’s intent, you
The great tax diversion
Rosianne Cutajar acted as a broker in a €3.1
Standards Commissioner defends conclusions of Rosianne Cutajar ethics probe
In a chaotic sitting in which the parliamentary committee
Cabinet members declare €4.5million in savings
Cabinet members have declared over  €4.5 million in financial
Keeping things in check #2
We at The Shift were not exaggerating when we
Denting the supremacy of the Constitution: Chamber of Advocates says new Bill ‘unacceptable’
The Chamber of Advocates has expressed “serious reservations” about
Dodger’s gone, Dodge City remains
Babylon had Hammurabi. Judaism had Moses. Classical Athens had

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