PBS spend questioned, as veterans say figures make no sense
An analysis by The Shift of how PBS distributed
The Shift Team
May 24, 2024 11:03
PBS board member rallying the masses to support Joseph Muscat
PBS board member Norman Hamilton is calling for people
The Shift Team
May 14, 2024 18:05
Taxpayers paid €611,000 for Saviour Balzan’s TV programmes for PBS
Over €600,000 have been used by the state broadcaster
The Shift Team
May 5, 2024 08:08
PBS director supplied Robert Abela’s New York tickets
Hamilton Travel, owned by Labour stalwart and PBS board
The Shift Team
May 1, 2024 08:06
PBS using millions of public funds irregularly, two-year FOI battle reveals
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that PBS
The Shift Team
April 28, 2024 08:30
Details on allocation of millions to PBS programmes soon to be revealed
The Shift has won a major challenge that will
The Shift Team
April 27, 2024 08:26
Opinion: salami slicing
There isn’t a single moment when a particular administration
Kevin Cassar
April 20, 2024 10:29
PBS blocks information on Eurovision costs
Aqra bil-Malti The state broadcaster is refusing to account
The Shift Team
March 25, 2024 18:05
PBS slammed for ‘amateur’ Eurovision festival as live audience blocked
PBS, the State company in charge of public broadcaster
The Shift Team
February 4, 2024 12:10
EU funds for decade-old carnival village project lost, Minister Bonnici slammed by enthusiasts
Culture Minister Owen Bonnici has been slammed on social
The Shift Team
January 23, 2024 18:48
Inexperienced reporters at TVM oust high-ranking veterans
State-owned television station TVM has promoted several staff, pushing
The Shift Team
January 23, 2024 14:58
NAO: State broadcaster loses money across the board, despite €6 million in annual subsidies
Malta’s state broadcaster, PBS, has registered massive losses across
The Shift Team
December 19, 2023 12:30
PBS, Maltese Language Centre to benefit from culture ministry budget boost
According to budgetary estimates, the National Heritage, Arts and
Sean Montebello
November 1, 2023 15:40
PBS blocks transparency on public funds again, citing ‘commercial sensitivity’
The Executive Chairman of Malta’s Public Broadcasting Services (PBS)
The Shift Team
October 17, 2023 08:48
‘Tell the truth, not Castille’s propaganda’ Repubblika tells public broadcaster
“Malta deserves a national broadcaster that tells the truth,
Sean Montebello
September 29, 2023 10:35
PM leaves media out of ‘historic’ agreement signing to avoid embarrassment over MUMN scandal
The media was not invited to the signing of
The Shift Team
September 27, 2023 08:24
Norma Saliba’s new job to cost taxpayers €73,000 a year
Norma Saliba, the former Head of News at state
The Shift Team
September 18, 2023 08:06
Albert Marshall, 75, cashing in on at least five different government jobs
Albert Marshall, the 75-year-old Labour veteran who used to
The Shift Team
September 12, 2023 10:30
Opinion: The resignation that wasn’t
“What will her salary be?” a journalist asked Owen
Kevin Cassar
September 11, 2023 14:47
PBS refuses to reveal Norma Saliba’s resignation letter and contract
The Maltese state broadcaster, PBS, has refused to make
The Shift Team
September 5, 2023 16:17
Opposition takes ‘propaganda machine’ PBS to court in bid to ensure impartiality
The opposition has upped the ante from the judicial
The Shift Team
August 30, 2023 14:59
PBS hiding the allocation of millions of euros of public funds
Public Broadcasting Services is refusing to give details about
The Shift Team
August 30, 2023 13:33
Opinion: Owen’s abject cronyism
“I go for those I believe have the best
Kevin Cassar
August 21, 2023 11:45
Centre of the Maltese Language Act was so rushed that it’s invalid
Culture Minister Owen Bonnici appears to have been in
David Lindsay
August 18, 2023 12:30
Backdated commencement notice for surprise Centre of the Maltese Language
The legislation creating the new Centre of the Maltese
David Lindsay
August 16, 2023 10:18
Former head of news at PBS bags new government job
Former PBS head of news Norma Saliba, who resigned
Sean Montebello
August 11, 2023 14:33
Robert Abela takes PBS chair’s side in Norma Saliba fallout
Norma Saliba’s resignation as head of news at the
The Shift Team
July 27, 2023 09:37
PBS director breached code of ethics by taking Mediterrane Film Festival job
Pablo Micallef was recruited by direct order for a
The Shift Team
July 23, 2023 17:06
PBS executive chairman was paid €8,666 per board meeting last year
PBS Executive Chairman Mark Sammut was paid €8,666 per
The Shift Team
June 10, 2023 09:00
Taxpayers footing thousands to keep Saviour Balzan’s public payments secret
The conclusion of 10 court cases the government filed
Caroline Muscat
May 7, 2023 11:06

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