In the Press: Report shows smart card scheme was run 'like a fiefdom'

The Times of Malta

Prime minister Joseph Muscat has urged those who witness wrongdoing to come forward and report public officials in the wake of the alleged misuse of public funds by the husband of former PN minister Giovanna Debono.

In-Nazzjon

A report by the European Stability Initiative, an international group that reports on various Balkan states, considers MP Joe Debono Grech an 'Azeri apologist', in part for justifying the country's politics despite its poor human rights record. 

L-Orizzont

A 2014 report on the management of the smart card scheme reveals how a deputy of former minister Dolores Cristina ran the scheme 'like a fiefdom', independently taking decisions that were meant to be put before the board and contributing to the degradation of the scheme between 1999 to 2010. 

The Malta Independent

Former PN leadership hopeful Ray Bugeja's name appeared on the Swiss leaks list, associated with hedge funds managed by the company Kairos, of which Bugeja was CFO. The $629 million were not in Bugeja's name directly and he claims he has never held a Swiss bank account of his own.