Minister Clayton Bartolo’s chief of staff admits Amanda Muscat’s recruitment had nothing to do with qualifications
John Grima, who in 2020 served as Tourism Minister
The Shift Team
November 19, 2024 10:25
Clayton and Amanda are in trouble
Two years ago, The Shift revealed that Amanda Muscat,
Caroline Muscat
October 24, 2024 10:06
ADPD requests investigation on abuse of public funds for minister’s wedding
Updated to include the minister’s reaction The Green Party,
Caroline Muscat
June 30, 2024 17:34
Eyebrows raised as minister’s wedding coincides with film awards set-up
Updated to include minister’s reaction Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo’s
Caroline Muscat
June 29, 2024 18:49
Comino deckchair concessionaire now also ferry service shareholder
Daniel Refalo, one of the two concessionaires offering the
The Shift Team
May 16, 2024 11:14
Comino deckchairs: minister issues third extension without tender
Aqra bil-Malti Despite promising to take action, Tourism Minister
The Shift Team
April 17, 2024 16:50
Government silent on costs of new Visit Malta Cup in London
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and Malta Tourism Authority CEO
The Shift Team
April 14, 2024 13:10
Comino deckchairs out again as minister’s plan remains shelved
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. As another summer approaches, three
The Shift Team
April 4, 2024 19:03
Opinion: Taxpayer funding of the Labour Party’s campaigns
In July 2023, Nationalist Party MP Julie Zahra asked
Kevin Cassar
March 7, 2024 12:14
Grech’s film festival costs exceed more than two years of local industry funding
Johann Grech’s extravagant film festival last summer, supposedly to
The Shift Team
March 5, 2024 17:15
Johann Grech presents no invoices for €4 million spent on film festival
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti Malta’s Film Commissioner Johann Grech
The Shift Team
March 1, 2024 08:36
Government defies information commissioner order over Man United deal
The government has defied an order of the Information
The Shift Team
February 14, 2024 13:06
Villains, heroes, liars and fails
At The Shift, I often find myself reading the
Alice Taylor
January 1, 2024 08:29
Opinion: Labour’s aura of secrecy
Aqra din l-opinjoni bil-Malti. “Falsehood flies, and truth comes
Kevin Cassar
December 29, 2023 12:37
Phantom consultancy at Tourism Ministry raises doubts on transparency
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. The Ministry for Tourism, led
Sean Montebello
December 23, 2023 12:47
Ministers dodged 750 parliamentary questions since March 2022
Government ministers have left some 750 parliamentary questions unanswered
Sean Montebello
December 18, 2023 16:27
Tourism minister, ministry contradict each other on free concert tickets
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and
The Shift Team
December 12, 2023 10:56
Opinion: Bravo Clayton
Clayton Bartolo has done it again, messing up so
Kevin Cassar
November 27, 2023 13:10
Tourism ministry changes stance on ‘free’ Man United tickets
Aqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo’s ministry
The Shift Team
November 23, 2023 08:53
Lou Bondi denies conflict of interest in new contract with tourism ministry
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. Former Nationalist Party communications
The Shift Team
November 17, 2023 11:55
Tourism minister silent on MTA-sponsored Calleja-Bocelli concert
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo has again refused to divulge
The Shift Team
November 16, 2023 13:00
No answers on film festival spending despite 24 parliamentary questions
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo and Film Commissioner Johann Grech
The Shift Team
October 30, 2023 15:13
An epic failure of blockbuster proportions
Tista taqra dan l-artiklu bil-Malti. For the past four
Caroline Muscat
October 25, 2023 19:10
Air Malta’s ‘new’ consultants are those who failed to save it
The Abu Dhabi-based consultancy company that will be paid
The Shift Team
October 12, 2023 18:01
Film Commission studies contradict themselves as filmmakers lament ‘lack of transparency’
Big differences in the reported findings of two unpublished
Sean Montebello
September 21, 2023 14:00
Where’s the economic benefit from funding foreign films, Opposition asks
The tens of millions of euros the government is
The Shift Team
August 22, 2023 16:35
Failed Enemalta and Air Malta chair given new task at €60 million ITS Campus
Former Enemalta and Air Malta chairman Charles Mangion –
The Shift Team
July 25, 2023 17:30
Labour MPs want PAC paused until October although Muscat is available
Even though disgraced former prime minister Joseph Muscat has
The Shift Team
July 22, 2023 14:00
€60 million ITS campus still on the cards after EU post-Covid funding cut
The €60 million Institute of Tourism Studies campus slated
The Shift Team
July 14, 2023 13:43
Minister dodges questions on Mediterrane Film Festival expenses
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo is once again dodging questions
The Shift Team
July 11, 2023 12:54

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