Sandro Craus not suspended from public role despite criminal case
The Labour Party Mayor of Rabat, Sandro Claus, facing
The Shift Team
November 26, 2023 08:39
OPM protects MUMN Head Paul Pace, refusing FOI request
The Office of the Prime Minister’s Permanent Secretary has
The Shift Team
November 22, 2023 09:36
OPM spends €617,000 a year on 31 ‘mostly insignificant’ boards
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Some €617,000 of taxpayer
The Shift Team
October 16, 2023 09:13
‘Media Experts Committee’ journalists made €18,000 each from still-hidden ‘reforms’ report
The nine members of the ‘Media Experts Committee’, tasked
The Shift Team
September 9, 2023 10:48
Minister switches canvasser’s contract from photographer to adviser to dodge rules
Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg, who was outed by
The Shift Team
September 7, 2023 07:51
Ombudsman flags complaints about failure of public officials to reply to emails
The ombudsman has highlighted the fact that a number
September 3, 2023 17:24
Budget 2023 propaganda: from €35 to €175,000 and still counting
Tens of thousands of euros in public funds have
The Shift Team
June 26, 2023 16:40
PM warned of legal battle over Evans Building privatisation process
Prime Minister Robert Abela has been warned to handle
The Shift Team
June 21, 2023 18:02
Taxman can’t locate Keith Schembri’s wife to pay her dues
The courts have issued a public notification order to
The Shift Team
May 8, 2023 18:02
OPM changes the rulebook to increase Abela’s persons of trust
Just a month after forming his new cabinet last
The Shift Team
November 4, 2022 10:33
PL activist made cabinet secretary, as former spokesman calls shots at Castille
A young Labour Party activist close to Prime Minister
The Shift Team
September 2, 2022 07:46
OPM silent on concerns raised by the press on lack of access to government
More than one month after the Institute of Maltese
Joanna Demarco
July 4, 2022 10:39
Schembri faces court action over unpaid taxes
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. Keith Schembri, the
The Shift Team
June 26, 2022 06:00
Scrutiny and standards go hand in hand
Criticism is for has-beens, accountability is for fools, and
Caroline Muscat
May 14, 2022 10:59
Prime Minister’s communications team – a band of party loyalists
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s large team of communications officials
Julian Delia
April 11, 2022 12:49
OPM rejects FOI requests, insists that it has ‘nothing’ on Joseph Muscat’s severance package
The Office of the Prime Minister has stonewalled The
Caroline Muscat
March 25, 2022 07:33
First impressions: the governing party’s raft of electoral promises
In another instalment of The Shift’s 2022 elections series,
Julian Delia
March 12, 2022 18:27
Labour pollster given 28 direct orders in four years
Labour pollster Vince Marmara has been given 28 direct
The Shift Team
March 4, 2022 12:01
Abela silent on Muscat’s public building takeover
The Office of the Prime Minister has refused to
The Shift Team
January 27, 2022 09:37
The press needs good faith not just new laws
What’s needed to implement the Caruana Galizia public inquiry’s
Ranier Fsadni
January 16, 2022 06:52
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
OPM gave same day approval for Caruana to hire Bogdanovic, no questions asked
Education Minister Justyne Caruana began the administrative process of
The Shift Team
December 15, 2021 23:31
Condemning one’s own narrative
It was ultimately more surprising that a government spokesperson
Elizabeth De Gaetano
December 2, 2021 08:39
Former and current MPs milked OPM for ‘legal services’ worth €426,000 since 2017
A parliamentary question published on Wednesday revealed that the
Julian Delia
November 25, 2021 16:51
Sister of PM’s wife appointed to four different government boards since 2013
Alison Zerafa Civelli, the sister of the prime minister’s
Julian Delia
November 16, 2021 17:57
Government ministries stonewall questions on number of employees in state bodies
Every single government ministry has ignored questions sent to
Julian Delia
November 15, 2021 15:02
October’s media circus: how politicians dominate coverage
It is no secret that political parties in Malta
Julian Delia
November 4, 2021 12:14
Construct Furniture shareholders awarded millions in government contracts since 2013
Construct Furniture, the company currently facing court proceedings over
Julian Delia
November 1, 2021 16:58
OPM says it has ‘no documents’ on €120,000 golden handshake to Joseph Muscat
The Office of the Prime Minister is insisting that
Caroline Muscat
October 30, 2021 11:19
Government is ‘denying reality’ on Steward Health Care deal
Opposition MP Adrian Delia on Monday accused the government
Julian Delia
October 26, 2021 11:46

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