Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, who earns almost €60,000 as executive chairman of the government’s science agency, only frequents his office on Wednesdays and is at his dental practice on the other days of the week.
When Times of Malta contacted the Malta Council for Science and Technology posing as a client seeking to speak to Dr Pullicino Orlando, the receptionist said it would be better to call his dental clinic as he was normally only at the MCST office on Wednesdays.
The receptionist then provided the phone number of Dr Pullicino Orlando’s private clinic in Żebbuġ.
When Times of Malta followed up with a call, it was told that Dr Pullicino saw clients from Mondays to Saturdays every morning, except Wednesdays; and he was available in the afternoons every Monday and Tuesday.
When contacted for a reaction, Dr Pullicino Orlando said his financial package came up to €55,000 and was identical to that of his predecessor – former CEO Nicholas Sammut who resigned in 2013.
Read more, including the transcripts of the phone calls, in The Sunday Times of Malta.