Nine years and €540,000 squandered: Blunder leads to cancellation of €30 million tender for home for the elderly
A €30 million contract to develop a new home
The Shift Team
August 13, 2022 14:31
One bidder for double the price: controversial tender for cancer treatment facility closes
Tista’ taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti hawn. A controversial €24
The Shift Team
July 18, 2022 17:17
Taxpayers forced to pay almost double the market value for offices to be used by new Authority for Gozo
Taxpayers are being forced to fork out almost double
The Shift Team
July 16, 2022 11:11
Christian Borg, akkużat bi ħtif, lest biex jirbaħ kuntratt biex lill-ġudikatura jipprovdilhom il-karozzi
Read this article in English here. L-imħallfin u l-maġistrati
The Shift Team
June 8, 2022 19:12
‘Tainted’ tender for EU-funded cancer machine published as value more than doubled
A public procurement exercise to acquire an EU-funded machine
The Shift Team
April 21, 2022 12:38
Infrastructure Malta ordered to cancel €55 million tender awarded to Joseph Portelli
A €55 million government contract earmarked for Gozitan developer
The Shift Team
January 25, 2022 16:03
Contract for cargo facilities goes to Joseph Portelli for €18 million more than cheapest offer
The contract to build a new quay and cargo
The Shift Team
October 14, 2021 11:00
Transport operator challenges ‘illegal’ secret ferry concession to Zammit Tabona – Bianchi Group
Updated to include ‘Right of Reply’ received from Marsamxetto
The Shift Team
July 8, 2021 10:42
Chair of construction industry regulator defends Joseph Portelli’s illegal batching plant for tender
The government-appointed Chair of the Building and Construction Agency
The Shift Team
June 22, 2021 16:50
Zammit Tabonas nab Mtarfa hospital after tender goes to daughter of former Fortina chief
The former military hospital at Mtarfa, leased out by
Caroline Muscat
June 14, 2021 06:39
Cost of Gozo Sports Complex almost doubles after tender is awarded
The costs for the building of a new public
May 12, 2021 08:43
Government makes u-turn on Gozo fast ferry service after eight years of stalling
A full eight years following the governing Labour Party’s
March 8, 2021 15:52
Government extends Grand Harbour concession without tender
The government has decided to drop the need for
March 3, 2021 17:59
No seaplanes… but Transport Malta to construct €90,000 slipway
A public tender issued by Transport Malta calls for
February 6, 2021 08:41
New ‘emergency’ permit for Gozo Sports Complex raises questions on abuse
The Gozo Ministry has obtained the Planning Authority’s swift
January 18, 2021 07:50
OPM agency forced to reverse decision after breaching rules
A government agency that falls directly under Principal Permanent
January 14, 2021 09:01
EXCLUSIVE: Fast ferry ‘war’ to move from Gozo to Sicily route
The Shift can exclusively reveal a looming commercial war
December 16, 2020 12:18
Jimmy Magro to face corruption charges in court after three years
Next month the Court will be hearing a case
November 26, 2020 14:59
Government lambasted over third cancellation of call for promised fast ferry service
The government has once again been caught on the
October 28, 2020 08:12
Ferry service providers at war over latest call for lucrative 15-year concession
The latest government attempt to award an exclusive concession
The Shift Team
September 15, 2020 17:35
Call for ferry services concession suspended again following claims of ‘serious illegalities’
Transport Malta has again been constrained to put on
The Shift Team
September 12, 2020 08:00
€99,000 tender set to be awarded to architect for own clients’ project
The Gozo Ministry has found “no evidence of a
Caroline Muscat
August 13, 2020 19:07
Offers for detention vessels for migrants amount to tens of thousands per day
The government’s latest idea to re-introduce the detention of
The Shift Team
August 11, 2020 10:01
Urgent call for prefab hospital still undecided one month later
A rushed call last month for a prefabricated hospital
The Shift Team
May 1, 2020 17:41
Rogue company awarded €8.7m tender
The government’s home for the elderly St Vincent De
The Shift Team
April 14, 2020 17:27
A lesson in ethics
When the Shift published an article on 18 March
The Shift Team
April 2, 2020 10:10

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