Category: Mediawatch
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Freedom of Expression and Counter Protests
« On day 18 of the trial of those charged with supplying the bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia, as her family sit in court listening to every unbearable detail of the plot, out here in Great Siege Square, lowlife cowards continue to try to destroy Daphne’s memory and our protest for justice. » –…
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What do Trump and Peppi Azzopardi have in common? (Nikkonfermaw li Norfolk Tezisti)
In another life – pre-Trump, pre-Covid, pre-two daughters – in the early days of J’accuse this blog, I had posted a little piece called “Nikkonfermaw li Norfolk Tezisti”. Snowed in, in my comfy flat in Merl I had chanced upon an episode of Xarabank that for that day had turned into a Maltese version of…
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The seven year wait
Joseph Muscat’s government had been in power for 1682 days on the day Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated. That’s 4 years, 7 months and 7 days. On the last of those 4 years, 7 months and 7 days Daphne Caruana Galizia would write those fatal words that are now part of the history of this…
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Human Capital
“Abbiamo alzato la posta, ci siamo giocati tutto, anche il futuro dei nostri figli. E adesso finalmente ci godiamo quello che ci spetta.” from “Il Capitale Umano”, Paolo Virzi A migrant worker falls from the height of two storeys while working on a construction site. Someone, probably the migrant worker’s employer, puts him in the car with a…
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The EU Digital COVID Certificate and Malta’s Latest Measures
Malta’s latest COVID measures have still not been made into law. Although the measures announced over the weekend are meant to come into effect tomorrow, the Legal Notice that should make them law has not been published yet. The latest measures have proven to be controversial due to the stringent conditions imposed in what seems…
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Good Night & Good Luck 2021
This year has been a quiet year on this blog. Most of my writing has taken place elsewhere, mostly on the j’accuse column over at the Shift News. It’s not just COVID19 that is to blame for the year with least posts on www.akkuza.com but also the wonderful arrival of Maddalena Victoria into our lives…