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Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 15:15

Update 2: PBS says Labour's attack has to do with audiences

Labour's concerted attack on popular TVM presenters Peppi Azzopardi, Lou Bondi and TVM news has nothing to do with balance in broadcasting but with audiences, PBS said this evening.

It was replying to points raised during a news conference given by the Labour Party this afternoon, in which the PL demanded action by the Broadcasting Authority to rein in PBS which, it said, was breaking the Broadcasting Act with regard to the actions of some of its presenters and reporters.

Party spokesman Gino Cauchi, speaking at a press conference, said a legal notice issued in terms of the Broadcasting Act (clause 19) laid down that reporters and presenters of news and current affairs programmes on the state broadcaster should not reveal their political views or involve themselves in political activities.

The legal notice says: "Those known to the public primarily as presenters of, or reporters on, news programmes or programmes of current affairs broadcast on the Public Service broadcaster must be seen to be impartial. It is important that no off-air activity, including writing, the giving of interviews, or the making of speeches, leads to any doubts about their objectivity on air.

"If such presenters or reporters publicly express personal views off air on controversial issues, then their on-air role may be severely compromised.

"It is crucial that in both their work with the Public Service broadcaster and in other non-public service broadcasting activities such as wring, speaking, or giving interviews, they do not:

"1. state how they vote or express support for any political party;

"2. Express views for or against any policy which is a matter of current party political debate.

"3. Advocate any particular position on an issue of current public controversy or debate;

"4. Exhort a change in high profile public policy".

Two weeks ago, Mr Cauchi said, the PL wrote to the chairman of PBS enclosing articles written by presenter Lou Bondi which showed his clear political bias in favour of the PN. More recently, Mr Bondi said, in a Net TV interview, that he would not hesitate in voting PN at the next general election.

Mr Bondi' had every right to write whatever he wished, Mr Cauchi said, but he could not break the law which governed broadcasting. His actions disqualified him from presenting news and current affairs programmes on PBS.

The situation worsened yesterday when it was revealed in court that Xarabank presenter Peppi Azzopardi had coached Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando before a televised press conference less than a week before the 2008 general election.

Mr Cauchi said Mr Azzopardi, through his coaching, had participated in the electoral campaign of the Nationalist Party in a decisive stage of the campaign. Yet this man had even presented debates between the party leaders. Did anyone know if he had actually also coached Dr Gonzi?

This situation was simply unacceptable, Mr Cauchi said. The PL was demanding nothing more than a level playing field on the public broadcasting station.

Mr Cauchi said that personally, he did not expect PBS to rectify the situation. After all, the PBS CEO was Anton Attard, who in March 2008 had been in the PN team which went to the PBS studio for the press conference.

However the PL expected effective action from the Broadcasting Authority as the regulator of broadcasting. 

The BA could no longer be passive in this situation but needed to take effective action, Mr Cauchi said.

He did not rule out legal action by the PL.

However, informed sources pointed out to timesofmalta.com that the legal notice quoted by Mr Cauchi provides that clauses 18 and 19 "are not enforceable by the Broadcasting Authority but may be applied by the public service broadcaster."

Mr Cauchi said that this was a self-regulatory measure but the Broadcasting Authority could bring it to the attention of PBS.

PBS said in its statement that Mr Cauchi was probably not aware that things at PBS changed drastically from the time he used to form part of the newsroom.

Mr Cauchi seemed to conveniently ignore the fact that Mr Azzopardi's services have been used by several epople including the leader of the opposition, who used him to draw up the Labour Party Code of Ethics for the media as well as to give seminars to One News journalists on how to convey the message in a more professional way, PBS said.

Moreover, PBS said, the section of the law quoted by Mr Cauchi was not enforceable by the BA.

Yet TVM enforced it when there was some kind of election.

"It is ironic that when Lou Bondi said he was in favour o divorce, the PL sadi nothing because Lou Bondi's position was congruent with Labour."

It said that TVM has continued to improve its audience share in the local broadcasting scnee because it was attracting better quality productions.

These had a negative impact on competing TV stations which lost audiences as well as advertising revenue, which PBS believed was the real reason behind "the harsh orchestrated campaign" against it.

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George Azzopardi

Oct 12th 2011, 13:44

You seem to be living in a stonage world .. so be it if you really think that this is the right strategy to win next election!!! You really think that new generation will really believe that two wrongs can make a right? You're on the way down! Your problem will be how deep down you intend to go so that when you get rid of Dr.Gonzi, you'd manage to get up straight again!!

PL had the same problem in the 80's. There were 2 people, who tried to open eyes but at the time they were seen to be as desrters and doing party damage. They were dismissed from the party back then. These 2 people came back within the party and were finally accepted back. One of whom is now deputy leader, Tony Abela! The same will happen to PN with JPO, John Dalli and many others. He's opening your eyes but you're too blind to accept the truth!

Joseph Camilleri

Oct 12th 2011, 21:12

What about the people who are labour activists and are on PBS!? I dont know the names as I only know them by face! I remember in the 80's and 70's no PN person was allowes into the Building! Kemm ninsew fejn rridu hux?

R. Gauci

Oct 13th 2011, 00:35

L-uniku wiehed li hemm hu Dr. Joe Mifsud, ifli l-iskeda sewwa u tara kemm hemm Laburisti. Anqas fl-80s ghax kien hemm aktar Nazzjonalisti ma TVM, Charles Saliba per ezempju u dak iz-zmien tuzzana kienu mhux mijiet bhal-lum.

Ms D Galea

Oct 13th 2011, 10:19

@Mr Azzopardi and Mr Gatt;

I was simply asking a question that cropped up naturally as a result of what got said earlier by Mr Laiviera.

All that I expected was a simple YES or a NO answer , not a boring encyclical apologizing for the golden Mintoff era.

Thank you.

Ms D Galea

Oct 12th 2011, 10:54

Was Malta a democracy in the golden Dardir-Malta Mintoff-era of the 70s and 80s?

Mr Joseph Aquilina

Oct 12th 2011, 11:31

"It is ironic that when Lou Bondi said he was in favour o divorce, the PL sadi nothing because Lou Bondi's position was congruent with Labour."

Have anything to say about that? PL and PN are one and the same!?

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 12th 2011, 11:47

As I have already told you, if you want to find at least some of the people responsible for that you would have to look for them in Herbert Ganado Street, not Mile End Street.

George Azzopardi

Oct 12th 2011, 11:58

@Ms D Galea

so if it was not so democaratic at the time you mentioned (70' and 80's) .. then it's ok to continue with this PN biased TVM? Well ok so why not continue going back to the 60's or maybe the 50's?

Come on, we're living in 2011 you're going back 30 and 40 years!!! If you're honest enough you'd simply say that these 2 presenters (one more than the other) are politically biased. The problem is that they think that us normal citizens are so naive as not to realize this!!!

But the real reason is that they already know that their end with TVM is very near and so don't really care in continue to damage TVM's reputation!

Ms Lynn Zahra

Oct 12th 2011, 14:36

Mr.Joseph Aquilina:

Peppi and Lou Bondi have always been for divorce so they couldn't take a stand against it and be credible , now could they?

Brian Gatt

Oct 12th 2011, 16:11

@Ms D Galea,

Ms Galea, is Malta a democracy in this Par Idejn Sodi - tmexxija ghaqlija - Gonzi - Gatt -era??

The answer is yes if you compare it to the Mao Tse Tung - Stalin eras, compared the rest of the EU countries ......but you know the answer to this one yourself


P.S. no-one answered my comment further below. Well I guess i hit the nail on the head and and the PN supporters have to check in with however is coaching them to see what kind of answer they should wrtite down!!!! And who may that be????

Patrick Pace

Oct 12th 2011, 08:40

Ghandek ragun imma llum isiru affarijiet ohra. AKTAR BIL-PULIT. Daqqa man-Net TV daqqa mal-PBS, jerghu man-Net u terga tarhom mal-PBS. Nahseb int intelligenti bizzejjed biex tinduna, jekk ghandek tikkritika ikritika lil kulhadd.

Mr Carmel Garcia

Oct 12th 2011, 12:08

Patrick Pace, Naqbel perfettament mieghek dwar Net - PBS - Net etc. Il-gvern taghna naghmlu li rridu u dan qed nghidu ghal kull gvern li jkun fil-poter.

Joseph Borg

Oct 18th 2011, 17:43

Well Labour is getting a taste of its own medicine of the 70's and 80's era????? so Two wrongs make one right???/ are you saying so? Do you think that in 2003 MLP lost th election because tehy boycotted Peppi and Lou?? I thought in 2003 MLP lost the election because of their stand about teh entry of Malta in the EU???

stupid me!!! ....mela after all it was because of thatboycott , that the maltese electorate decided to vote PN!

u hallina!

silvio loporto

Oct 12th 2011, 09:25

The law is there for everybody.
It is not fair that some should feeel to be above the law.
I don't see why you find clause 19" ridiculous" it is there to protect you and me.

Mr Joe Vella

Oct 11th 2011, 21:55

Noel Abela, so why the people from mile high in Hamrun invite Peppe to participate in PL sponsored activities.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 23:40

"komplu ikfu l-maskri tal-PBS." .... you said it!

Kemm għandek raġun!

Mr Matthew Psaila

Oct 12th 2011, 01:36

maybe you're too biased

Mariano Camilleri

Oct 12th 2011, 12:38

yes every maltese pl and pn normal hard working people should join forces into one and not turn tvm on this will teach pbs who is in charge.its us the viewers and not pl or pn or any other one that is in pbs. it should teach pbs to respect the viewer more

Noel Mifsud

Oct 11th 2011, 23:22

Peppii Azzopardi ahjar jibdel ismu u jsemmih San Peppi, iva jien ghalija jistya jsir San, jibqa Peppi ujew isir Sur Joe ghax kemm jista jkun ma narahx. Ghax apparti li jdejjqni, narah li tieghu biss tajjeb. LIl Alfred Sant ma kien jahmlu u bil fors lil PN ihbbhom hux, ghax sqewh, temawh u kiel minghandhom.

Paul Giordimaina

Oct 12th 2011, 06:54

Mr Piscopo you are living in another world there was nothing wrong and here everyone say what he is big deal.Remember in the 80s the PN had to transmit offshore .

Mr Hans Borg

Oct 11th 2011, 21:09

@ Tony Borg

Well said.

Saviour Sam Agius

Oct 11th 2011, 22:08

Hekk qed ngħid jien ukoll. Tweġiba mimlija botti politiċi, meta dan suppost qed jippruvalna li l-PBS imparzjali. Mhux biss il-politikanti qegħdin jitkellmu bħat-tfal u bħall-boloh, imma anki x-xandir pubbliku issa.

Mr Mark Farrugia

Oct 11th 2011, 20:25

Spot on !!!!! Agree with you 100% ... PL think that they can control everything and everyone even from the Opposition ... they are trying very hard to gain audience on their station in order to influence a greater share of the population with their political agenda, especially now that the election is nearing. They know that xarabank and bondi + are simply too good for them to challenge, so they revert to such things in order to put peppi's and lou's programmes in a bad light ... agree with this comment if you share my thought !!

Anthony Grech

Oct 11th 2011, 21:30

Dear Joe, while at it, why mentiom only the 70's. What about the 60's ? Did your pn ever cancelled a name from a list of a labour applicant for a SIMPLE job?,Do you by any chance have a ststistic of how many MLP supporters had to emigrate because of this? I was one of them.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 23:51

Have you any proof of that?

Ms D Galea

Oct 12th 2011, 01:22

TANGLE what?
Talk about getting one's knickers in a TWIST.
:)

Mr Joseph Calleja

Oct 11th 2011, 18:40

If a Show host wants to express his personal political opinion then he/she should go on a Political sponsored station and not on Public Sponsored Television.

Andre Cilia

Oct 11th 2011, 18:53

ghaliex? tal-PL ghandom ragun?

Fabien Calleja

Oct 11th 2011, 19:42

Kollha ghejra ghax diga qed tibzaw li ha titlfu elezzjoni ohra!

A. Cachia

Oct 11th 2011, 21:50

le stenna tal-PL ghandhom ragun.......

A. Cachia

Oct 11th 2011, 18:07

...too fair for certain people

John J. Borg

Oct 11th 2011, 18:13

Presumably you meant to say Sant "governed" rather than "ruled" (interesting insight into a Labour mindset there). Which raises the question of why Sant was so quickly dumped by the electorate if he was indeed "ruling" so fairly.

Andre Cilia

Oct 11th 2011, 18:54

pity that 'fair' didn't let him govern for the whole five years... + he didn't win another election since...

S. Vella

Oct 11th 2011, 21:57

Ruled? Who was this - King Alfred and the PL Knights of Mile End?

anthony bartolo

Oct 11th 2011, 23:07

Tell it to the mariines.

Paul Giordimaina

Oct 12th 2011, 06:58

How can you talk like that Mr J you never stop mentioning the quarrel with the church if you got glass back dont trow stones.

Fabien Calleja

Oct 11th 2011, 19:43

Proset well written!

Andre Cilia

Oct 11th 2011, 18:55

I was born in 1990 and clearly remember Gino Cauchi reading the PBS news... how the 80's came into this only you know...

Mr Michael Debono

Oct 11th 2011, 17:55

Mr Giovanni Demartino: you are still asleep after 25 years. What a sleep longer by years of the Bear sleep.
It is doubtfull whether Mr. Giovanni Demartino, what a nice Italian name, is still ruminating the past.

Mr Paul Micallef

Oct 11th 2011, 17:58

Hemm hu, lehhen il PN, ilek ma tarah ix-xandir li issemmi??? mela BONDI,U PEPPI, mhux xarabank issa ghax ha biddel issu,, ARRIVEDERCI. Are taht ALFRED SANT hemm baqaw hemm jerdaw, u by the way jien nippreferi nara xi program fuq HITLER ghax ihhob juzah BONDI. Sur editur jekk dan is-sinjur jattaka bil pinna hallina han wigbuh. Smajt li daqt tigi, bit 20 EURO minn fuq DAHRI, tal PL.

M. Bezzina

Oct 11th 2011, 18:01

GIOVANN qas nistennija minnek andkom il PBS u in net f idejkom hi!!zewg stazzjonijiet bhall dawk!!

G Schembri

Oct 11th 2011, 18:21

Dejjem isemi x'gara 30 sena ilu, dak iz-zmien in -nies ivvutaw biex ibiddlu l-gvern, ghax il-PN kien wieghed Demokrazija, mhux Regim Faxxista. Il-poplu Malti ma vvutax biex ixxandir minn Mouthpeice ta Regime isir mouthpiece ta Regime iehor avvolja aktar sottili. Jien nippreferi kif kien dak iz-zmien ghax ghal-inqas konna nafu li dawk kienu favur l-MLP. Imma dawn jilaghbuha tal-paladini tad-Demokrazija imbaghad minn wara jkunu qed jikowcjaw lil tal-PN biex fuq it-TV jidhru ahjar mil-PL. Allura wiehed jista jahseb li qabel xi Xarabank debate tal-PN ikunu jafu x'se jigu miststoqsija u tal-PL le. Jien nipreferi nara NET u ONE ghax ghalinqas tkun taf x'inhi l-political agenda wara l-program. Imma programmi tal-WE ghandhom hidden agenda. Jien daqshekk rajthom.

Zack Piccinino

Oct 11th 2011, 18:35

Why is it every time I read a comment by Mr. Demartino it's always the same old story - he's stuck in the rut of days gone by.

You're stuck in a moment mate.... a moment long gone !

Mr Ray Borg

Oct 11th 2011, 18:48

Mr. Demartino if you want to go back why don't you start from were the Labour party news paper il- Helsien, could not enter in governmental departments, you tend to forget that was PN freedom press.

Saviour Sam Agius

Oct 11th 2011, 22:11

Jiġifieri tajjeb li ma jkunx imparzjali allura? Tajjeb li nibqgħu hekk? X'jimporta min qed jgħid il-ħaġa? X'jimporta x'kien jagħmel qabel? Li jimporta huwa l-messaġġ. Illum qegħdin ngħixu u l-problemi tal-bieraħ ma nistgħux insolvuhom illum, mela tal-anqas insolvu tal-lum!

John J. Borg

Oct 11th 2011, 17:52

Well-said.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 17:36

It won't wash, Mr Borg.

You cannot escape the fact that Peppi Azzopardi is paid from PUBLIC FUNDS (unlike ONE or NET) to produce balanced current affairs programs which he is not delivering.

Mr Paul Micallef

Oct 11th 2011, 17:52

You think that the PN are Democratic???
Let me hope that the Editor posts this. I had a good job with the BOV, i was a handy man, you know what the PN did when they come to POWER, throw me out, and sent me to HALFAR naqta il haxix.
Democracy??? 500 Euro wage increase for the boys when and all the perks that come with the job??? You my friend maybe living the high life, but not us.PL supporters are treated like crap, so when you say that the PL is not a truly DEMOCRATIC PARTY you dont know what you are on about. LOOK at Alfred sant THE DEMON, what did he do??? He left all as is, no transfers and so on, he knew that he was going to lose the election, but still had the guts to do it. We are against Freedom of expresion??? Look at our statsion full of PN supporters, PBS and NET, not over there dead body that a PL supporter passes true.
I am not a gullibile person,had mu ha jixtrili il-VOT jew ittini fridge.
JOSEPH is a true maltese he attakes the regime not the people, and he uses words.

As one great man said the pen is Mightier then the sword.



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Michael Magri

Oct 11th 2011, 17:52

Sur Godfrey.. I can assure you that floating voters know exactly what they want / and don`t want to see in this Country, as come next general election, they will surely make their presence felt....!!

For example.. They want our national broadcasting to be ABLE to be balanced and newtral... Tipo BBC of London. They want to have all broadcasters to administer Political Impartiality.. They want to see that the state funding of TVM does not go into the hands and pockets of broadcasters, producers / presenters and top management individuals with a HIDDEN Agenda.. They also do not want to see and, or hear, party political arrogance galore.. and so on and so forth......

That`s exactly what they want Mr. Camilleri..


John Mifsud

Oct 11th 2011, 17:58

The floating voter is made up of a better and different stuff than to what you are tying to insinuate. This is the 21st century Mr Camilleri. Zmien il-babaw ilu li spicca, nispera li indunajt........

Today's floating voter and the electorate in general, can very well read between the lines. The floating voter has learned many lessons, to his/her expense.

I am sure that what I'm writing will be reflected in the next general election.

G Schembri

Oct 11th 2011, 18:32

Mr Camilleri the floating voters will vote AD or PL. Now both AD and PL are after the PN voters - those who have had enough of this Regime and its subtle manouvers. Next time round PN will lose many voters, the question is which party will get them AD or PL. Will we have a PL government or a coalition between AD and one of the major parties?

Mr Joseph Fava

Oct 11th 2011, 19:28

Such a bleeding heart for the good of the PL. Don't worry the utility bills, GonziPN's arrogance, his self-given pay hike of 500 euro a week have already convinced the folating voters where their interests lie. Don't cry for us dear Godfrey. Cry for your disintegrating party.

Mr Paul Micallef

Oct 11th 2011, 17:07

DIK MHUX PL IMMA PN, and by the way, daqs kheem u passtas A.G ha naqra doza mil medicina tighu stess.

silvio loporto

Oct 11th 2011, 17:52

You might be right ,all PBB presenters have the right to say publicly their voting itentions,BUT NOT WHEN THEY ARE BEING PAID BY All OF US.
If they want they can go and say what they want on the other two Political stations,but not on TVM.which is a national station not a political one.

Mr Joseph Calleja

Oct 11th 2011, 18:36

Thank you Mr Loporto.
@Mr Brincat. "the fact that PBS is financed through our taxes!" Good one. It is not paid for by any political party but paid for by by the PN , PL and independent voter Tax Payer. Get it? Focus Mr Brincat. There is a lot wrong when a PBS presenter expresses his personal political opinion when this station is financed by the Tax Payer.

Joe Camilleri

Oct 11th 2011, 17:11

The situation at these two stations is more or less as you describe it. It's a pity that both parties are wasting their resources on fruitless propaganda.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 16:46

Not while he or she is being paid from PUBLIC FUNDS to present balanced current affairs programs, no.

Mr Rodnick Abdilla

Oct 11th 2011, 16:47

u zgur li le jekk qed tghamel programmi politici li tista tinfluwenza bil pozizzjoni tieghek ,la hemm regola dwara

Ray Gatt

Oct 11th 2011, 19:39

@ Victor Laiviera - and in the 70ies and 80ies, was it not the public funds who paid? Where were you then?
What about a level playing field then? Remember in those days we had one TV station, the public one Has Gino Cauchi forgotten how things were done in those days. If there's any bias today, which there is not, then what did we have then. Do these gentlemen remember that the leader of the opposition's name, Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami was not to be mentioned on TV or radio.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 16:48

Yes, Ms Galea - sometimes one can be too trusting. After all, Jesus chose Judas as one of his disciples.

Mr ALBERT FENECH

Oct 11th 2011, 17:13

Mr Cutajar - why are you surprised? Perhaps you are too young, or maybe just not old enough to remember that in the 1950s a leading Maltese newspaper had instructions from its owner/s NOT to mention Dom Mintoff by name but merely to refer to him as the Leader of the MLP. On the counter-balance, the names of Dr Giorgio Borg Olivier and Archbishop Gonzi were ALWAYS to be given great prominence. This was a time when there was no radio (except the BBC World Service) and no television because they had not yet appeared in Malta. What goes round comes around. Unfortunately some people only remember the history that is convenient for them to remember.

ALBERT FENECH
Qawra

Charles J. Buttigieg

Oct 11th 2011, 17:02

Andrew, I read your lauding bit in your blog just now and I would not deny that Peppi Azzopardi has his strong virtues too, after all we all have our strengths and weaknesses, however our weaknesses can’t be justified by our strengths. Without by all means draw parallels, I ask you- are you aware that Al Capone, the infamous American Gangster was also a very kind hearted and a very generous person when it came to charitable help to the sick and the poor? But was that a justification for killing the police and his opposing gangsters?

Mr Anthony Borg

Oct 11th 2011, 17:35


A comment with a lot of sense Mr.Borg!

In my eyes, the PN is more guilty than the MLP! At least, you knew where you stood with the latter.

With the PN of today, they pose as the protectors of righteousness and integrity, but they too are rotten, through and through.

This is the perception that seeps down to the roots.
Come election time and you will hear the discordant note of how we must be nearer to our people.


Mr Rodnick Abdilla

Oct 11th 2011, 16:35

ghallura jekk qabel sar hazin nirepetuh ? dak li kin hazin ghandu jigi kundanat mhux imsahhah

Mr Paul Micallef

Oct 11th 2011, 17:09

MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO?????

john muscat

Oct 11th 2011, 17:21

Insejtu iz-zmien meta jekk tkun laburist ikollok salib ahmar ma ismek u ma ssibx job? Jew il- gurament falz ta Terinu?

Christian Ellul

Oct 11th 2011, 16:40

jien nahseb bqajt f' 80's int. Nemmen li kulhadd ghandu dritt jghid li jrid dament li ma jwegga lil hadt. F' zmien il-Labour mhux talli ma stajt tghid xejn, imma isem il-Kap tal-PN ma' setax jixxandar fuq Xandir Malta. Messkom jisthu!

jesmond zammit

Oct 11th 2011, 17:55

nahseb int insejt kemm newwahtu fit 80 ijiet .

Mr Ivan Cutajar

Oct 11th 2011, 18:08

Mr. Steve Zammit it you how should not make us laugh and find something better to entertain yourself !! This show how the PBS was and is running under the PN. When Alfred Sant fell to the provocation which was organised by the PN and with the corroboration of the PBS. You can ask if they will tell you the true people who worked in the PBS station in a very good position.

Mark Anthony Vassallo

Oct 11th 2011, 16:33

Issa lqat il-musmar fuq rasu. Minn tant nies Gino Cauchi gie jitkellem fuq l-imparzjalita tax-xandir. Il-vera ghandu memorja qasira biex nesa zmienu

john muscat

Oct 11th 2011, 17:07

So, are we going back 20 years,Mr. Borg? Live the present or are we doing the same as it was way back? One bad thing does not justify another, and PBS is paid from PN and PL supporters taxes, therefore it should not be one sided .

Kendrick Bondin

Oct 11th 2011, 16:32

Allura ghandna nibqaw hekk? Minghajr stazzjon li jkun newtrali?!

Mr Rodnick Abdilla

Oct 11th 2011, 16:41

so jekk sar zball nigustifikawh b iehor ?

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 16:50

Ms Galea taf fejn qegħdin il-persuni responsabbli minn dik l-arma tal-partit? Mur fittixhom Herbert Ganado Street, mhux Mile End Street.

Mr Victor Laiviera

Oct 11th 2011, 16:51

Jesus chose Judas as one of his disciples.

FRANS H SAID

Oct 11th 2011, 16:09

Two wrongs do not make a right. He should never have been involved in politics. Now when people view "xarabank" they will know that they are being taken for a ride.

Philip Hili

Oct 11th 2011, 16:18

@ Frans H Said

Therefore stop watching this soap-opera in order not to be taken for a ride.

Mr Henry Spiteri

Oct 11th 2011, 16:21

@ FRANS H SAID

PL Leader Joseph Muscat invited Peppi Azzopardi to participate in an Ethics Commitee for the PL media.

Mr Andrew Cauchi

Oct 11th 2011, 16:32

@FRANS H SAID

When you go on a Xarabank you demand to be taken for a ride.

Mr Joe Micallef

Oct 11th 2011, 17:09

Henry, in fact I have feeling that is why Joey did nothing with the findings? Not only he went the exact opposite way and reached new abysmal lows. He must have thought that the findings where a PN booby trap.

Fenech MD

Oct 11th 2011, 16:11

Meta Mr Cauchi kien jaqra l-ahbarijiet ma kienx ghadu hareg ghall-politika.


Philip Hili

Oct 11th 2011, 16:16

@ Gino Cauchi
Imbierka s-Sapjienza t'Alla!!!. Issa stembah dan? Fejn kien meta kien impjegat ta' Xandir Malta li wara ftit kellu jibdel ismu u jibda' jissejjah "Dardir Malta". Kien f'sensieh dan jew? Nesa' il-hnizrijiet li kienu jsiru fuq ix-xandir ta' l-istat meta hu kien impjegat ta' dan l-istazzjoni. Nesa s-Sur Cauchi meta isem l-Ecc. Tieghu Dr. Fenech Adami ma kienx jissemma fuq ordni tal-PL'? Nesa meta siehu, Jason Micallef kien ukoll impjegat tax-xandir u kien itella' programm dawr il-granet importanti ta' ma tul is-sena pero' meta kien jasal ghal 21ta' Settembru, is-sur Micallef taqbdu "id-dimensja" u jinsa li fil-21ta' Settembru ta' kull sena jigi ccelebrat jum l-Indipendenza pero' dik id-data ma kieitx tissemma, tinqabez. Qieghed insemmi din ghax kont insegwi dak il-programm.

Gino, nahseb jekk qabel tparla ghal gallarija biex forsi darb'ohra takkwista siggu iehor fil-parlament, taqta' figura ahjar.

A Cuschieri

Oct 11th 2011, 16:47

@ Fenech MD

Informa ruhek qabel tasal ghal konkluzjonijiet.

Gino Cauchi dahal mal-ONE Productions fit-2000. Qabel dan kien mal-Broadcasting Authority sa fejn naf jien. Minn 1995 san-1998 kien Sindku ta' Pembroke.

Rodrick Grech

Oct 11th 2011, 16:48

@ Philip Hili
Jien ma nafx kif tipretendu li xi darba nigu il quddiem fdan il-pajjiz meta minflok tghidu iva dan il-bnidem ghandu ragun, le nipprovaw naraw xha nsibu fuq dan il-bnidem, biex inehhu l-attenzjoni fuq li qal hu (tajjeb kemm hu tajjeb). Gara x gara fil-passat, illum qedghin 2011 u dalwaqt jekk alla jrid dehlin 2012 u jekk ha nibqaw nahdmu bil mentalita li ghax qabel gara hekk minn partit A allura partit B mghandomx jitkellmu u vici versa, mela allura missna ma nghamlu xejn qatt u noqghodu niggildu l-hin kollhu. Bhal meta jkun hemm problema bejn koppja mizzewga u biex kulhadd jghatti tieghu jibqaw jaraw xi jkun ghamel l-persuna lohra fil passat, hekk vera nimxu l'quddiem.

Ejja nqumu mi raqda l-ahwa ghax matul iz-zminiejiet iz-zewg partiti kellhom taghhom il-labour mod, u l-pn u l-hbieb tal-knisja mod iehor. Ghaldaqstant biex nimxu l quddiem mghandniex triq ohra hlief nippruvaw nirrangaw dak li hu hazin mhux billi naraw xha naqilaw mill-hama.

Gino u nies b vizjoni bhal tieghu ghandna bzonnom fi zewg partiti forsi xi darba nieqfu nitkellmu l-politika ta zmien in-nanniet u l-buznanniet u kulhadd jahdem bl-ghan wihed li nmexxu dan il-pajjiz l quddiem. Sinjal tajjeb hu li in-nies godda fi zewg partiti diga qed jghamlu dawn l-affarijiet u iktar kemm ma nibnu politika fuq xha nghamlu ghada milla xgara mis-sittinijiet sal-llum iktar nkomplu nigu l quddiem. Dawn l-affarijiet li l-partiti ta Malta qishom 2 timijiet kbar tal-futbol u kulhadd johrog it-tazzi u jahbi ir-relegations iridu jispiccaw, u la mghandniex iktar timiejiet, ejjew almenu nahdmu ilkoll biex l-ahjar team hu min hu jirbah it-tazza li jmiss, u jgawdi pajjizna.

Philip Hili

Oct 12th 2011, 00:44

@ Rodrick Grech

Rodrick, jaqaw inti iehor li meta tisma' l-passat moqziez tax-xandir taht gvern Laborista titwerwer?
Jekk kont twelidt:-,

tiftakar xandir malta, mhasses mis-suldati?,

tiftakar li kul fil-ghodu l-istazzjon jiftah bl-arma tal-PL b'akkumpanjament ta' "in-nazzjonalisti kollha fniek"?

tiftakar li isem Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami ma setax jissema b'ordni tal-PL?

tiftakar l-insluti li t-telespettaturi nazzjonalisti kienu jaqilghu?

tiftakar rappurtagg kontroversjali bhal meta waqt il-hruq tat-Times, l-istazzjon xandar ahbar li ma kienetx
minna - li kienet li n-nazzjonalisti kienu qeghdin jahirqu il-kazin laborista ta' Birkirkara?

Jekk ma tiftakarx dan, ghalxejn tparla u tilghabha ta' xi qaddis!!

Rodrick Grech

Oct 13th 2011, 09:01

@ Philip Hili
Mhux kull partit ghamel affarijiet li mghandux ghalfejn jkun kburi bijom habib? Jien li qed nsaqsik ghalxiex tahsbu li ghax fil passat saru affarijiet hziena allura illum u ghada ghandna nibqaw nigustifikaw affarijiet hziena?

Le ma tghamilx sens siehbi, qed nghixu illum u illum iridu nirispettaw lil kull min qieghed hemm fil-parlament jahdem biex jbiddel il-present u l-futur ta wliedna. Il-hazin nuzawh biex nitghallmu minnu u ma jirrepetix ruhu iva, imma nuzawh targa kontra min qed jigbed l-attenzjoni fuq xi haga hazina le.

Nawgura li jkollna hafna aktar nies/politikanti b'vizjoni moderna bhal ta Gino fi zewg partiti.

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