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THE MALTAFILE

MALTA.....THE TRUTH is not so sunny as the island

THIS INFORMATION IS OF IMPORTANCE TO...

• EU DELEGATES AND IT'S MEMBERS
• THE TOURIST
• FOREIGN INVESTORS
• YOU WHO WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT MALTA
• PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING OF MOVING TO MALTA
• FOREIGN COMPANIES

INFORMATION ON ......

WHAT YOU MISSED-----------What the EU should know
THE TOURIST--------------------What YOU should know before you decide going on holiday to Malta.
COMPANIES WHO WANT TO SET UP BUSINESS HERE--------Get to know some facts first.    
WATER BOARD-------------------Why bad water and water cuts still goes on in the year 2003
ELECTRICITY BOARD---------Why electricity cuts still goes on in the year 2003
THE TELEPHONE BOARD----With the most expensive phone calls in Europe
DUMPING SITES,  SEWAGE DISCHARGE and POLLUTION-------The truth
HYGIENE AND SANITATION--------------------------------------------------Non-existent
SAFETY-------------------------------------Non-existent
INFRASTRUCTURE-------------------Why everywhere is a disgrace
CRIME-------------------------------------For such a tiny island crime is blooming
CORRUPTION--------------------------Where? Everywhere
HYPOCRISY and MEANNESS-------------Read about the Maltese people
MALTESE AND NATURE-------------Read about how the Maltese are treating animals
PHOTOGRAPHS -------------------------------Beautiful Malta
WHAT TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS SAY------Disgusted.....Never again etc.
COMPLAINTS--------------------------------------------A must read
COMPLAINTS about HUNTING--------------------A must read
OTHER COMPLAINTS--------------------------------A must read
COMMENTS--------------------------------------By us
THE FUTURE---------------------------------------------What we think
WHO WE ARE--------------------------------------------And what other projects we are doing
WHOM DID WE SEND THIS TO
EMAILS WE RECEIVED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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YOU WILL GET TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN A COUNTRY RAVAGED BY CORRUPTION,  TOURIST HOLIDAY NIGHTMARES, THE NONEXISTENT HYGIENE IN RESTAURANTS AND FOOD PROCCESSING PLANTS, THE CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FROM THE WATER WORKS TO THE CUSTOMS, CRIME, THE TOURIST AND FOREIGN INVESTORS. THERE ARE LOTS OF PICTURES AND NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS. WE GATHERED INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES,  FROM PEOPLE WE KNOW A LONG TIME. NOTHING IS MADE UP, EXAGGERATED OR LIED ABOUT. WE DIDN'T NEED TO. THERE IS ENOUGH OF THE REAL STUFF IN MALTA TO FILL A BOOK. WE WILL END WITH SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, COMPLAINTS AND COMMENTS.

A NOTICE FROM US TO YOU
We did not fabricate the information in these pages, there is definitely no fiction and we did not invent anything.
We did not need to. Most of these pages are built with clippings of local newspapers.
NOTE:
Because of the sensitive nature of the information on these pages WE CAN NOT name persons. We will refer to them as "FRIEND" any person, man or woman who contributed information to us. We will use the word tax or taxes referring to levy, vat, tax, excise, duty, etc.
We ask recipients to send us an email confirming they have seen this MALTAFILE.
Thank You
Bob Aspar & Assoc.

We lived in Malta for a long time and worked in different places and even have our own business here. We decided to write these pages simply because we had enough of the way things are run here in Malta, fed up with the corruption which you notice on a daily basis, by talking to people or by just looking around you. We are fed up with the bad water, the bad sewage systems, the dumping sites, the dirt, the stink, (Malta...the country of Smells, Yells and Bells so said Lord Byron on visiting the country) the constant water and power cuts, the Maltese selfishness and rudeness and their extremely hypocritical nature, the way they treat the tourists and foreigners, the greed etc. etc. We are ashamed to ask family or friends to visit us. Malta is in a sorry state indeed. If you, the reader don't really believe all that is written here or if the reader thinks that we are exaggerating, we suggest that you try Malta for yourself. But you have to actually live there to experience what we go through on a daily basis.  There is always something wrong with almost everything you purchase from pre-packed ham slices to a power drill. This applies to probably 80% to 90% of everything. No one cares or wants to make things better. The whole country is in a mess. Try it and you see. No matter what political party there is in government. Malta has never changed. Oh yes they have new technologies but do they know how to use them?
We despise corruption. You will be amazed how much information one can gather. The Maltese love to talk and we had no problem to get information from very dependable sources on delicate and not so delicate matters from among others, political members, supporters, government workers, friends and teachers.
You might say as to why don't we go back to our country.  It's not as simple as that really. We have businesses to run. Our children have lived here all their life,  and so we wait maybe someday  things will change now that Malta joined the EU.

We will in these few pages show the tourist and the foreigner what Malta is. We will show the EU what they have missed, things the Maltese government doesn't like to talk about. We will show the companies who are planning to invest here things they should know. We made enough research on the matter MALTA. So let us start.

EU DELEGATES .. NOW READ THIS

Whenever a delegate or a diplomat comes to Malta the chauffeur is instructed to always drive on the specially made roads. The driver wouldn't dare take you on the real roads that the Maltese people use everyday. So the delegates really never know the bad and deteriorating infrastructure of this country. A civil engineer once said that 98% of all roads are so bad that they need replacing very soon and not just repairing. What about the dumping sites that delegates don't know about? Like the site behind the nature reserve at Mellieha and about a kilometre from the Paradise Bay Hotel. This is officially closed but still used at will. And the sewage output just 1 km from the Paradise Bay Hotel and the Danish Complex? This sewage output is behind the nature reserve at Mellieha by the illegal dumpsite just mentioned. And the dump site at Manikata? Photographs at the bottom of this page will prove this. And what about the hunting of birds of prey by the hundreds if not thousands (pictures below). And the amnesty the authorities gave (last May) out to hunters and collectors of illegally shot and mounted birds, that whoever shot any illegal birds (up untill May), any birds that is, from a short toed eagle to an osprey can register them to make them legal. And why after spending millions on the reverse osmosis plants, Malta doesn't have good drinking water? Where is the money generated from road and petrol taxes going? Maybe to cover the wages of over 40,000 government employees? Actually that's right. Many got the job from favours to others although there is no work for them. A friend said less than half are needed to do the job. He said that many have nothing to do except phoning family and/or friends for a chat from the government office where they work just to pass the time. Why after spending millions,  power and water cuts still happen in the year 2003? On a daily basis. And why are roads and pavements (after years of road and petrol tax collection) a disgrace?   If someone asks us these questions my answer must be......CORRUPTION, DISORGANISATION, INCOMPETENCE and INEFFIECENCY with NO CIVIC PRIDE whatsoever. There is no other answer. The proof of corruption is the condition of the country. 
We vigorously appeal to the EU to:  enforce all their means and capabilities to take action in......
stopping all illegal dumping and hunting. Investigate where all monies (taxes) of car and petrol are going if not for the road structures, lightings and signs (one can see that the infrastructure is a disgrace, so where is the money going?). And to investigate why water is bad, why water and electrical power is still being interrupted (cut off) on a daily basis.
Also, we ask the EU to enforce laws which already exist in other countries but are ignored in Malta, to make owners of all food outlets attend courses in customer care and hygiene. Also we like the EU to investigate why the MEPA (the Malta Environment and Planning Authority) is passing applications for new constructions (buildings etc.) on protected areas (of ecological value).

The newspaper clippings at the bottom shows how democratic this country is. Just because a 16 year-old girl supported the National Party and the EU, she suffered serious injuries to her face with a beer bottle thrown at her by a Labour Party supporter. Is this democracy; when you can't even say anything about a specific party in a public place without having your face ripped or being beaten up or worse. What about the unsolved letter bomb murder of years past, just because a professor broke a strike, a letter bomb was send to him. His daughter happen to open this. In Malta both parties  have fanatic followers. What happened to this girl was caused by a savage folk. Folk who get offended if you say that they have Arabic tendencies, looks, language, temper and taught. Because consciously and deep down they know they are of Semitic (Arabic) descendants and get offended quite strongly to the point of a fistfight. This we never understood. The Semitic language of the Maltese that is understood by Arabic speakers, is the people's primary distinction from Sicily and Italy. Also, if it were not for the Knights and the British, Malta would most likely have been absorbed by the Arabic world. Nevertheless because of its bad infrastructure, hygiene, safety standards etc. the Maltese people should just accept that Malta is still a third world country and not pretend that it is something else.

What happened to this girl was caused by a savage folk.   Doesn't matter if its 1903 or 2003........savagery all the time..... Please read on Just because she supported another political party and the EU.

Because her dad broke a strike

THE TOURIST

Poor people. We felt so sorry for them this year. After consulting a holiday brochure with the loveliest pictures of Malta they decide to spend their holidays here. What a nightmare it can turn out to be. First the beaches. They are now so polluted that a summer can pass without a single swim. The authorities do erect warning signs against swimming where and whenever they feel like it. Greedy businessmen remove them straight away. Signs like that does not attract swimmers and bathers. The businessman then cannot sell his ice creams, drinks or sandwiches. So signs are removed instantly when they are put up. No arrests are made probably because no sales of drinks etc. means no VAT and TAXES for the government. By chance you might hear of a warning that swimming is hazardous in a certain beach. In desperation, with the feeling of that summer heat, you try the outdoor swimming pools. We found out through a friend that many of the pools are filled with polluted seawater.



Not many tourists know that right? So you still get it no matter what. And the fee for two people for a day by the pool is 10 Maltese pounds. What cheats.
There is always something wrong with the cash machines. There was a fault that lasted a week. There was no means to withdraw money with any foreign card, visa, master etc. For the tourist this meant a whole week with no money. The authorities said tourists should have taken cash with them. We asked three different tourists what the banks have told them as for the reason that the machines were faulty. They said every bank had a different reason and blamed it on.. 1^st the thunder, 2^nd the rain, 3^rd a satellite fault.
What an unforgettable nightmare these tourists went through. No money no food and no one is going to help them, and indeed no one did. Who can say that the Maltese people are generous and friendly except maybe the Maltese themselves? We believe these tourists will never come back here again. Dont forget that the Maltese prefare well off tourists with loads of money to spend, definitely no 3 star tourists.

Overcharging the tourist: real or not? A tourist we know was charged two Maltese pounds for 3 cheesecakes that normally cost about 30 cents. In a bar where one of our associates was having a drink a tourist asked for one bottle of beer. From ten pounds he was given almost four pounds in change. Again it should not cost more than 35 cents. He said he saw him complaining outside and asked him that he should go back for more change. He did and got some more money back. The barman said he did a mistake. He saw another tourist paying 1 pound for 2 apples in the Marsaxlokk market. The Maltese are ripping the foreigners off at the first opportunity.

In a restaurant an associate heard a tourist complaining as to why did it take over 50 minutes for their meal. The uneducated person who happened to be the owner himself answered "are you joking, it takes time to cook". The meal was not the one they ordered (after waiting 50 minutes). Another tourist was grossly overcharged for a soft drink. When she did not want to pay the whole amount the bar owner brought the police. And arrested HER!!!
A few weeks ago an associate was driving with his wife and sons, at a crossroad they saw a man on a horse and cart lashing his whip at a driver. Probably for not letting him pass first. They said that it looked like from the prehistoric ages.
Beware walking in the country. You are bound to meet a wild dog or dogs as friends of ours found out. If the dog owner, usually a farmer or hunter is around he will entice the dog to go and bite the hikers. This has happened to us. The owner just stood there watching his 3 dogs.
Countryside or no countryside, stinks are everywhere. Stinks of sewage, manure, rotten dead cats and dogs and exhaust fumes. Then you have the dust, dust of building work, dust from the power stations, black particles that dirties your drying clothes, stone quarries and the dump sites.
They will tell you that if you don't like it go back to your country. Some friendly people we say. You will experience racism at some time or another. The Malta Independent of the 11th of July 2003 on page 5 says it all. If you are a German tourist you be called Hitler or a Nazi and if you are a Scottish or Irish you be called a Drunk if you don't like what they offer you. If you complain they repeatedly tell you to **** off to your country. This is the truth.....This is the Maltese.



The Arabic people are not spared neither from the Maltese racist remarks. Some nightclubs will refuse their entry. If you give the slightest hint that a Maltese person looks Arabic, you will probably get punched. They truly get very offended.  
You be blamed for wearing high heels if you trip on a broken pavement. Caution!! broken pavements everywhere.
If you suffer from asthma and complain to the bus driver to stop smoking, he will tell you to leave the bus.
If you are first at a parking space let the one behind you park instead, if you don't want to be beaten up.
etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.
And don't be fooled to think that because it's a small island crime does not exist. Please read on.

THE MALTESE HOSPITALITY

Tourist nightmare holiday in Malta. An ill tourist thrown out of hospital. Maltese hospitality

Beaten and robbed

Two English women beaten and robbed. One pregnant. Both in same ambulance with a man full of blood. At hospital they wouldn't check if the pregnant woman's baby were all right. When woman got angry at the way they were treated the hospital guard was so rough that he bruised her and were thrown out. When women asked policeman for a lift he replied "take a taxi".  More Maltese friendliness. DISGUSTING

A tourists' day.

Maltese savagery Read more further down the page

They drive like made. A rat race. And the island is only about 30 km long If this culprit know someone in government this case will be forgotten.

Tourist runs over by bus. Again more Maltese savagery.

Maltese "kindness" Maltese "kindness" at the highest level. A dog without fur or skin after someone threw boiling water on it. Read more about the Maltese hypocrisy further down the page

RIPPING OFF TOURISTS

You cannot go out alone anymore.

Check your hotel's star ratings

In broad daylight...at 1pm

That is all this murderer gets for killing a 16-year-old. A suspended sentence. WHERE IS THE LAW ???????????? Complaining gets you nowhere. So don't bother. And don't try to be a hero...YOU WILL BE BEATEN UP This one was fined £M 100 for causing serious injury to the forehead. Don't bother sueing if you are beaten up. Barbaric people indeed. Read more about crime in Malta further down the page

Cross the zebra crossings with eyes wide open That is if you can, because here an idiot is parked on the crossing AND near a police station.

Does anyone believe this !!!!!!!!!!!!! Tourists have to suffer long waiting times because of airport shutting down the runway because of fireworks.

Yes it still happens in Malta.....WATER AND ELECTRICITY CUTS Read more about this further down the page

Dust and stink everywhere Read more about this further down the page

BEAUTIFUL MALTA Streets extremely dirty. Many more pictures at the bottom of this page.

Anarchy everywhere. It is like living in the wild west as one rightly so put it........ It is a In the dark you won't see this hole. No warning signs.....WHO CARES....and in case you are injured well.....you can sue but it will take 4 or more years for a court case and you probably loose it anyway)  After a few hours of rain. Water draining system is a disgrace.

Don't help or else

Read more about hygiene further down the page

Crime is not only in big countries. Check at the bottom of the page for more about crime and corruption. Read more about crime further down the page

The tourist was the passenger of a car driven by an Austrian man and was waiting to turn. So the car wasn't even moving. A "savage" driving like mad drove straight into them killing the 24-year old Austrian woman instantly while the woman driver of the other car suffered from shock. The man lived. She will probably end up paying a little fine. IT'S MALTA. We are extremely saddened by this so-called "accident". We call it murder. Tourists are involved in traffic accidents like this one every year. WHY? Because they think that they can drive while observing traffic rules as they do in their country. In Malta these are non-existent and no one gives a darn.

Your life is in their hands

Be careful of the hunters when out for a walk in the country.

BE VERY CAREFUL

Selfish and inconsiderate Maltese drivers. Read more about this further down the page

HOTEL FIRE Wrong alarm bell Maltese hospitality. But no-one help these tourists Fire escape door could not open......DISGUSTING A short circuit caused the fire....typical for Malta.....shabby work everywhere. Luckily no one was hurt Read more about safety further down the page

Again, woman run over by bus

Don't mess with taxi drivers on fares or you be thoroughly insulted and thrown out. YOU BEEN WARNED So you have to take a taxi. You are lost Awful Read more about the tourist at the top of the page

This is what can happen if you don't donate money to the parking attendant.

And even horses don't have a chance Read more about the Maltese hypocrisy further down the page

Take good care when you are at the beach.

No one is safe Read more about crime in Malta further down the page

DON'T WALK IN THE COUNTRY. Farm and wild dogs on the loose. 2 dogs were set loose on a German family walking in the country. One dog bit their boy. They told us that the farmer stood there watching and did not bother to stop the dogs. How friendly the Maltese are. A dog bit a tourist pensioner on a country walk. The owner let him out "for fun" after the tourist. The Maltese hunters and farmers dislike tourists and Maltese walking in the country.

Maltese drivers do not use indicator lights and don't care about double white lines. Some even overtake when you are doing a 90 degrees turn, actually turning with you. No consideration whatsoever....so BE VERY CAREFUL

DIRTY POLLUTED BEACHES Read more about pollution further down the page

We heard of people who couldn't stop itching from a skin rush after a swim. Some even got ill. So take care.

Read more about pollution further down the page

Close your hotel or apartment door properly

Oil stained beaches

Oil spills in many places. Not shown in brochures right?

ASTHMATICS BEWARE

Malta's wildlife

Be careful where you swim. Read more about pollution further down the page

Malta in a sorry state indeed

Expect to be harassed by time share and other sellers.

Close your door wherever you live.

Sewage stinks. Not mentioned in brochures either.

Building work starts at 6.30. No peace and quiet. You HAVE to wake up early on your holiday. No consideration whatsoever. A very dusty environment. Building work on every street, all of the time. A DUMP

Be prepared for a lot of noise.

Be prepared with a gas mask or some other filter system.

Drainage seeping in the subway.

Take it and like it. Breathing other peoples' smoke No one dare to do anything in a country where bullying rules and no law and order

OVER 1200 PERSONS PER KILOMETER Overpopulated, polluted, smelly and very noisy.

EXHAUST FUMES IN THE MORNING. A family of 4 has normally 4 or more cars, never less.

To the right is a tourist attraction..... But to the left are 2 dumping sites....(to open soon) How can tourist not be effected by this? The smell from these rubbish dumps will be extreme.

A WARNING IF YOU PLAN TO WALK  IN THE COUNTRY Stray vicious dogs. Beware.

Dangerous dogs: We have followed the case of the child recently savaged by stray or neglected dogs and we fully sympathise with the child who was grievously harmed by the attack.

Hungry dogs in an abandoned garage.

Criminals target the weak and helpless

2 dogs were set loose on a German family walking in the country. One dog bit their boy. They told us that the farmer stood there watching and did not bother to stop the dogs. How friendly the Maltese are.

WILD DOGS LOOKING FOR A BITE be prepared when you go out for a walk in the country Wild dog in the country waiting for a bite. Wear thick ski clothes to protect your body if you go for a walk. We found these clothes to be very helpful indeed against a dog's bite.

Read more about the Maltese hypocrisy further down the page

Horses waiting in 55C in the sun for a fare.

This is what some idiot wrote. And this is how they care........ A bird caged for life in a cage just as big. And this is the Maltese national bird....disgusting Read more about the Maltese hypocrisy further down the page

More caring............ And here is the reality. Rabbits skinned alive.

BEWARE OF THE IDIOTS

An idiot completely on the other lane at a sharp bend.

EVERYWHERE, AT EVERY TIME And this is what can happen. Your life is in THEIR hands

Even buses are driven by mad drivers jumping the poorly visible double lines and at sharp corners.

Another idiot. Most drivers don't know what the centre white lines on a road mean.

Asthmatics beware...... fumes everywhere.

Idiots drive like mad as one can see here. No consideration is taken even when having handicapped or disabled people on board.

Asthma sufferers beware....EXHAUST FUMES everywhere....

And where there is a No Smoking sign in any department government or otherwise, is completely ignored. On buses there are No Smoking signs but bus drivers ignore them. They will probably throw you off their bus if you tell them to stop smoking.

If you are driving, give him way and don't argue even if it is totally his fault otherwise he might just turn the horsewhip at you. (Seen it happen myself, read further down the pages)

Never argue or ELSE

A 100 Pound fine for seriously injuring someone in the face. BE CAREFUL

And if that is not enough an idiot approaching a corner might crash in you as double centre lines are absolutely ignored by ALL.

Keep your car doors locked

Drive carefully on the worst roads in Europe.   Read more about the crumbling infrastructure further down the page. With lots of photographs

At this rate there will be one car for every living person in just a few short years. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

COMPANIES WHO WANT TO SET UP BUSINESS HERE
and for foreigners who are thinking of moving to Malta.
We always suggest that a person who wants to open a business in Malta needs to talk to a few  established companies before he/she decides. Just to verify what we have said.    

We say beware.
The Maltese mentality is still from the dark ages. When it comes to business, local or foreign you will undoubtedly get problems unheard of in the rest of Europe. When one of the political party heads say that Malta should not join the EU because Europe has AIDS and that in the recent case of pedophilia he comments as...........



Or a comment like this one below which the Maltese people truly and honestly believe. Even in the year of 2003..........



Or after England's complaint about the shooting of birds in Malta, a local hunting paper said that the British kill children and the Maltese kill birds. You start to imagine how these people think. The red tape, the bureaucracy, the corruption. It is pointless to explain to them any problem incurred through your new business venture. They have their ideas and no one can change that.
Malta will soon be part of the European union. Tax exemptions and other advantages will be removed. Obviously this is a disadvantage for Malta. How are they going to convince companies to open a business here? Would companies like to set up their business in a country where  continuous power cuts and water cuts are the norm.
Problems and corruption should minimise now that Malta will be part of the EU (wishful thinking? maybe). Nevertheless have a look at the file we are compiling on corruption in Malta at  http://www.maltafile.5u.com/
There you will read how a government turned on a local bank, took all its assets, ships, hard cash, companies and hotels for its own purpose. How assets worth thousands were sold for pennies. And how a government destroyed a company that directly and indirectly used to employ over 3000 people. A very interesting read indeed.

No matter how much money your business brings to Malta. Your company is bound to experience a lot of difficulties from government departments. Any problems you get locally will most certainly result in your bank accounts frozen especially if your query is with someone who has a judge as friend. Court cases will normally take years to resolve a matter.




There is the Consumer Claims Tribunal. If you are in dispute over a matter with a Maltese businessman or you purchased something from a shop that when you try it at home it appears to be deffective and not in working order you could turn to them for help to resolve the matter. The problem is that when the shop owner is ordered by the tribunal to appear for a hearing or asked by the tribunal to compensate you he would most probably not do so and would not turn up for a hearing neither, as he will just ignore all, and you cannot do a thing as you can see from these newspaper clippings below.........

 



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The "closed for lunch" attitude does not contribute to your business. The telephones company Maltacom: some departments are closed for lunch (who cares). Internet Service Providers: customer care closed for lunch. What about that transaction you had that was maybe worth lots of money?
ANY establishment that says they will phone you back on whatever matter will NEVER return your call. You will most certainly experience this. Even if the company (small or large business)  promised to call you back NO MATTER WHAT  and are involved in earning a bit of money from you, they will not bother.....WHY?? you say. Because they simply lack the kind of education and business know how that you are so accustomed to abroad.
Malta is trying to build a high tech industry on a crumbling infrastructure. Every year companies have to suffer losses because of water cuts and electricity failures, forcing production to a standstill.



You will experience that doing business under candlelight is very tedious indeed not to say embarrassing when you are entertaining foreign businessmen.

As will be mentioned further down the page; electricity, water and telephone cuts happen every week if not everyday.
No one cares if you are in the middle of work; on computer or otherwise. Maybe some of your expensive machines need time to shut down and cannot have a sudden power cut. You will definitely experience this. And a major setback it is. The industry complains that it's loosing orders and having delays for every hour (or day) that passes. Letters of complaints takes you nowhere these are normally ignored by ALL places, from government departments to companies you do business with.

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You are never warned in advance of a power cuts.

 

What about the water supply cuts? Can be as frequent as electricity cuts and happens every week if not everyday. Normally one has a large tank on the roof and this is used as reserve in case of water supply interruptions. For reasons of  water and power interruptions look further down the page. 



Then there are the telephone cuts - so-called "disruptions". Telephone lines are sometimes damaged by building and road contractors, engineers etc.



But the "telephone line disruptions" are caused by maintenance work. Maintenance work on electricity, water and telephone works has been going on every week for the past......20,30 40, years. Never ending. No consideration to anybody. No organisation and control exists in Malta. No-one held accountable.Everyone does what he or she wants.



Then you have the customs departments. These people are there to cause more problems to your company. They will find a way to extract money from you. Forms have to be filled for just about anything imaginable. You always hear about the so called "lost" things. What happens is this. You send for some boxes full of your stuff from abroad. And they will arrive opened with some of your things missing or "lost".  Depending on what the customs person fancy, it could be anything really from a painting to toys. You've had it...Now they've got it. And you CANNOT do a darn thing. Then there is the process of customs clearing of things (could be anything for your company to work efficiently, from an electronic spare to raw materials) send to your company but which are always kept at customs for clearing. Normally these much needed parts arrive directly at your company if your company is situated in say Germany. This is considered an emergency, as your company is not operating because of broken parts or lack of raw materials. And that's how you were accustomed abroad.
In Malta your things go to customs first. The longer your things are kept at customs the more you have to pay them. Called rent, we call it extortion, your parts are stuck at customs for NO reason whatsoever except to extort storage fees or "rent" from you. But that is not all. You will need customs officers to clear the paperwork etc. They will normally ask you to come to their offices when they are not working (could be on weekdays in the afternoon, even on a Saturday) so you pay them overtime. And still that is not all. A lot of paperwork needs to be stamped by many government departments depending what you are importing. Government departments are closed in the afternoon in the summer. And many other departments, shops etc. are closed for 3 hours for siesta in the afternoons, summer and winter. Many times the people  you are in desperate need to reach are not in their offices or their phone engaged (it is not unusual that they are talking to family or friends). It is extremely rare that the receptionist will connect you with the right person. It is normal that after waiting for 10 or more minutes to talk to someone you get cut off, as switchboards seem to be always faulty. You really need to talk to established businesses to check for yourself.

By nature of their business bank clerks must not disclose any information regarding your bank account to anyone without a court order.  Confidentiality is non-existent. They will reveal your account status to close friends and relatives. So forget confidentiality. Malta is too small for that. Everyone knows each other here.

Normally the post is delayed or ignored completely if it rains until the next day (if it stops raining).
If a postman delivering a letter cannot find the corresponding street he just put this letter in someone else's post-box.
It is normal that whenever a post office (main or otherwise), grocers, shops in general feel like having a day off (closed all day) for any reason whatsoever, they have no decency to leave a notice outside their business to inform when they will open again. Sometimes letters are opened or taken if they seem to contain something hard. This makes the postman think that it's a present of some sort and he/she will just take it.   
Malta is famous for it's incompetence and disorganisation in any sector, private or public.

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Expect a lot of grief. Generally the Maltese people are not proud of their work. As long as it is functional it's all right. As an example: if a car door does not close properly and so is half-open, it does not matter as long as the car still works. Expect a lot of grief from just about any sector. 

IF YOUR ORDER CAME DAMAGED, IF MACHINERY YOU ORDERED DOES NOT WORK, IF SOMEONE CRASH INTO YOUR CAR WHILE YOU ARE PARKED, IF YOU ARE INJURED, WHATEVER THE CAUSE........ DO NOT SUE ANYONE.  IT WILL TAKE YEARS TO RESOLVE (take it and like it Malta style) EXAMPLES Case of unpaid proffessional fees from 1992 Case of the Nat. Bank from 1973 Case of person injured in eye from 1990 Case of damage to hearing from 1991 Case of injury by dog from 1994 Case of a traffic accident from 1993 Case of a traffic accident from 1998 And hundreds more.

A local bank transferred a client's money to the wrong account, to the wrong country, namely to another person's account in another country and the client has not had his money back since. He has to take the bank to court to try to get his money back. As one can see nothing is easy in Malta,  this procedure can take years to solve.

Who would be embarrassed having to face business associates who been waiting for hours trying to land in Malta but could not because of some stupid fireworks display (every year off course) and Malta had to close it's airports' runways? You or the Maltese Government? Or when the local papers call Malta a..... AND How can you explain as to why the office where you and your business partners were   discussing a business deal is now in total darkness (or no phone line or no water). Because of power cuts that happens regularly. Is this embarrassing for you or the Maltese Government? Jokers........ The thing is that no one is held accountable in this disaster country. No one cares. Read more further down the page

As confidentiality is non-existent we don't think the above is so unusual.

What can we say?

Confidentiality !!!!!!!!!!!!! A Joke Confidentiality non-existent as you can see below. We got these 2 letters from a friend.

Efficient Maltese courts....... 20 years to decide...ridiculous Inefficiency at any department : Rude and uneducated.

Notice the "personal and confidential" written in the middle.

Notice the "personal and confidential" written in the middle No confidentiality at all. More at the bottom of the page

IMPORTANT Beware !!! Your container could take at least 3 weeks, (never 2 hours or 2 days to clear from customs. And even after this time delay, often only part of your consignment is released. Companies regularly have to throw away goods after picking them up from customs, because they are not being stored properly (e.g. at 50C in the summer heat). Doesn't matter if you are in desperate need of the stuff in your container. And it doesn't matter if your company has to stop operating because of the customs delaying your goods................

That is to say if your container with goods haven't been "lost" (stolen).

ELECTRICITY, WATER CUTS........ALLWAYS   Read more about this further down the page But even when you get your goods - can your company operate with electricity interruptions on a daily basis???? What about the phone lines??? Yes it still happens in Malta.....WATER AND ELECTRICITY CUTS all of the time   FAULTS ALL OF THE TIME

And after a lot of big talk by the government on the introduction and implementation of e-government, nothing works as you can see. Computers jamming, e-mails ignored completely by all departments. Read more about this further down the page

PATHETIC STATE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE It lasted a few hours and NOT a few weeks. Malta, a state of misery. A few hours of rain, and all of Malta is drowning. Same every year. Water draining system is a disgrace.

Is the airport shut? Are businessmen visiting you prepared to wait until Malta decides to open it's airport runways?    Tourists have to suffer long waiting times because of airport shuting down the runway because of fireworks.

It is quite clear from the above information that a person who wants to open a business in Malta needs to talk to a few established companies before he/she decides. Just to verify the above information.

WATER BOARD

On paper everything looks nice and in order but in reality, well. Malta has 4 reverse osmosis plants. This should give good clean drinking water, but. Whenever one fills a bathtub the bathroom smells chlorine gas. After a bath some people complain of itching all over. People cannot drink it, cannot do tea or coffee or even cook with it. They buy bottled water all of the time. It is a daily burden, buying water for a family of four or more. You often need to carry 15 litres of water and that is quite heavy if you consider there is the shopping too. But water from reverse osmosis plants should be good to drink, you say. We agree. But.

An ex water department engineer explained why the water tastes bad. It seems that the water department does not change the filter systems and membranes at specified time intervals. Why? Any of the four reasons; 1^st. because there is no money to buy filters, or 2^nd. by using the filters longer than the specified time for changing, the government saves money on filters, or 3rd because it's too much of a bother and too much work to change them and 4th there is no filters so why bother. This person says that the second reason is more viable i.e. using the same filters over and over again. And by doing so people are purchasing bottled water that generates taxes etc. Most water boreholes are contaminated now. We heard of a man throwing 4 litres of car oil in the water borehole so that the pumping mechanism will get lubricated. How stupid can they be. So now we know why the water is bad. So what about water supply cuts? Like electricity cuts,  it happens weekly if not daily in towns and villages. Building and road contractors carelessly damage pipes when they are working. Normally one has a large tank on the roof and is used as reserve in case of water supply interruptions. Now what is happening to the money generated from water bills. Well read on and you will find out.

Daily newspaper notices

From local newspapers.

The water supplied by the authorities. Filter on the left used for 1 week  and filter on the right used for 1 month. Does the EU say anything about this? The people are fed-up carrying heavy bottled water.

PEOPLE ARE FED-UP. This been going on for years.

AND THE USUAL disorganisation, incompetence, inefficiency and everything half done. After 8 weeks the pavement still looks like this. Who cares.

ELECTRICITY BOARD

What about the electricity supply? How many times we had to work under a paraffin lamp this year? We think 5 times already. You experience this every year, summer and winter. Come rain or a little wind and there goes the electricity. The usual excuse from the electricity board is that the wind cut the cables or too many air-conditions are on. So why didn't they thought of that before? Why didn't they foresee that in the future more people will afford to buy air-conditions and so more power is needed. One doesn't need to be a wizard to foresee something like that. But then even if they did predict that more power would be needed, the power supply will still be interrupted and cut off "for maintenance". But the real reason is they are INCOMPETENT with no discipline and organisation in their work. The structure of the electric system is badly done. There is the manpower although the electricity board says that they have only three vans to cover Malta. There is a new power station. The board promises that failures will not happen again when the power transformers are repaired and can handle the power needed to run this country. But when the air conditions go on in the summer, the transformers fail again and Malta is again without electrical power. Power surges (a sudden flow of very high electrical current when the national grid is switched on again, but very bad filtering indeed we say) are normal and we heard of people that had fridges or television burn or even explode because of that. You will NOT be compensated NO MATTER WHAT.


Every year, all year, there are electricity cuts somewhere in Malta on a weekly if not daily basis. These weekly/daily power cuts are also brought by the electricity boards' so
called maintenance work, which cuts the electricity off in towns and villages with no consideration to the peoples needs or to the industry. Contractors carelessly damaging the power lines contribute to power cuts too. Companies, foreign and Maltese are not warned in time of a power cut. Imagine having some delicate, advanced and very expensive machines that need to stop gradually at certain speeds. Abruptly shutting the electricity supply will be catastrophic. The industry complains that it's loosing orders and is having delays for every hour that passes. The electricity board normally ignores these. But where does the money generated from the electricity bill go? Well just continue reading and you'll soon find out.

Daily newspaper notices Cowboy work carried out. As usual Incompetence rules here in Malta. Have they calculated right in other countries, France, Spain........... which are a thousand times bigger than Malta? The fact is that you cannot manage a thiny island like this one period. Unbelievable.....disgusting. That's a long list is it? Well it's everyday in Modern Malta BAD CURRENT FILTERING Burnt television Electricity supplied by the authorities. Power cuts everyday. After a power cut, your electrical equipment will experience high power surges (a sudden flow of very high electrical current) and this happen at the moment the power is turned on by the electricity board. We heard of people having their washing machines or television burn or explode because of that. Yes it still happens in Malta.....WATER AND ELECTRICITY CUTS all of the time PEOPLE ARE FED-UP This been going on for years.

THE TELEPHONE BOARD

The telephone company Maltacom. Now this company is generating millions every year. Malta has one of the most expensive telephone calls in Europe.

   

The company's telephone operators are always engaged, probably talking to relatives or friends (like in most departments) so imagine when in an emergency. People working for this company are rude and uneducated. It is disorganised and inefficient. Try it and you'll see. No matter how many computers, PLC's, switchgears etc. they purchase to modernise the company, it is still prehistoric with a prehistoric mentality. If you suffer from asthma it will be a killer visiting Maltacoms' offices because although there is a No Smoking sign at the entrance, the security, the cashiers, clerks etc. smokes. Very difficult to change a small island's mentality. They will ignore ANY letter of complaint you send. They don't give a darn. Just like the water, electricity and gas boards. We asked as to why Maltacom is always engaged. The person said that at times there is only one person attending directory operations (unconfirmed). Another said that "They too need to go to the bathroom sometimes" So a company that makes millions, who has the most expensive phone calls in Europe, who frequently "disrupts" the telephone line, who every week bombards you with wrong numbers, who is always engaged, who pays bad wages (found out about this through a telephone engineer working on the streets), who will ignore ALL your letters and complaints.......etc. etc.



P.S. But Malta should get a new one next year. Some jokers.
About time.

Even telephone lines are sometimes damaged by road builders, engineers etc.

Maltacoms' tidiness  NO PRIDE of their work.

Although "modernised" the exchange is still not working properly. Every week hundreds of  wrong numbers are dialled out.

Year in year out. Some service.

DUMPING SITES,  SEWAGE DISCHARGE and POLLUTION

Fortunately we never became ill simply because we don't dare go swimming (in indoor pools only). Most beaches and shores are polluted now. It is hazardous to swim in them because of contamination from discharge of raw sewage and chemicals. Some discharge pipes (drains) are not a mile or two away from the shore as one tourist thought. Some are by the shore. So if you go swimming and don't know where the discharge pipes are you will end up covered with raw sewage. Here no consideration is taken for families, tourists, wildlife etc. Sewage treatment is almost non existent in Malta. They think that by throwing all at sea the problem is solved (or hidden). There are a few Maltese that know where the sewage pipes are but the tourists don't and don't have a clue as to where he is swimming. As for warning signs. The authorities do erect warning signs against swimming where and whenever they feel like it.



 
Sewage outlet just 1 kilometre from Paradise Bay

Greedy businessmen removed them almost straight away. Signs like that do not attract swimmers and bathers. The businessman then cannot sell his ice creams, drinks or sandwiches. So signs are removed instantly they are put up. No arrests are made probably because no sales of drinks etc. means no VAT and TAXES for the government.
The mountain (or hill) after you pass St. Andrews and situated at your left is made of trash. But it is not full of just any trash. The trash comes from households, hospitals, animal clinics, chemical industries and factories, building sites, car garages etc etc.Wild grasses are slowly covering it. It is hazardous to walk on.

A friend who used to work for an animal clinic told us that at 8 in the morning, a few times a week, they go to the site to throw away the sick dead cats, dogs and other animals. Another guy from the hospital says that some parts of bodies which been operated  on (removed) are dumped there. This includes tumours as an example. My local garage says that he regularly throws old car oil and batteries etc. and so do other garages. Hazardous, very toxic chemicals are buried there without their appropriate leak proof containers.

When it rains it sips through the dump and out comes a concoction of toxic liquid straight to the beach, which lies opposite this "mountain". Gravel is put on the trash to hide it.
Dumping of all kinds of rubbish is happening everywhere in Malta and which EU Diplomats can not see. Here are some of the places. Behind the nature reserve at Mellieha, Opposite of Popeye Village, Marsa near the old abattoir, by the St.Lucia Castle at Birzebuggia and hundreds of other places.
Dust mainly from limestone quarries, erection of new buildings and black dust from the power station and the dumpsite Mahtab is a major problem. Many people suffer from asthma because of this and many more just with breathing difficulties. Homes get dusty very quickly. Whenever you go out for walks you need to wash your hair and face when you come home. Clothes hanged on the roof  to dry can get black with dust easily. Malta has a very dusty environment.

Big industries, factories etc. are not as much separated from populated areas as one likes. Small-scale businesses are not at all separated from populated areas. One can have a garage nearby which does electrolysis or is spray painting cars or furniture. This small scale industry which is normally next door to your house creates not just noise pollution (which is unbearable in itself) but chemical (paints and spirits) fumes that mix with the air you breath and which comes in your house in abundance. You can not complain to the authorities because they will have given the workshop a permit to have that kind of polluting business in inhabited areas. No one cares. If the polluting business premises bother your health they just ask you to move house.

     

SOME DISTURBING PICTURES

Building work everywhere on a massive scale creating tons of dust in all of Malta.	Building work everywhere on a massive scale creating tons of dust in all of Malta.
The mountain of trash. Trash of all sorts is thrown here, from animal parts to toxic chemicals.	The mountain of trash. Trash of all sorts is thrown here, from animal parts to toxic chemicals.
Ugly and dirty	Overpopulated, very noisy and polluted. A definite Rat Race.
Disaster everywhere	Building work everywhere
Dumping off the streets	Dumping off the streets
Hardly any green areas left	Dirty and very smelly indeed.
Sewage outlet just 1 kilometre from Paradise Bay	Sewage outlet just 1 kilometre from Paradise Bay
Dumping off the streets	Dumping off the streets
Dumping off the streets	Dumping off the streets
Dirty and smelly	Dumping off the streets

They don't even bother to dump the empty bottles in that prehistoric looking trash bin.	Dirty beaches
Exhaust fumes everywhere	Building work in every town and village

Building work all of the time.	Disaster everywhere.
Overpopulated and polluted.	Overpopulated and polluted.
Small or large hills look nice BUT beware, as under the overgrown wild grasses there is....>>>>>>>	Rubbish dumped illegally, from dangerous broken bottles, rusty pieces of iron to car batteries as you can see above and below...>>>>>>>>>>.
Disaster everywhere you look. Notice the Draining Pipe (just beneath the pavement) straight to the road. But most are from the house to the pavement. No building control, no set rules.	The authorities can easily catch the villains but no one cares.
Exhaust smells everywhere	Mount RubbishDump
Filth everywhere you look.	Sewage overflow But in many parts of Malta too and not just Mosta.

DISTURBING INFORMATION

HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

A friend said food-processing factories would not allow visitors in general. They are dirty and smelly. Outside (just a few metres away) of these processing plants it is extremely dirty, with chunks of rotting meat or sausages lying everywhere. The smell in the summer is unbearable. He knows what he's talking about, he works in one of them.  

At a food processing plant one worker said that a rat fell in a tank which was full and ready for processing. When he asked the manager if he could stop the machines because of a rat in the tank the manager said that they cant afford throwing all that food away and it WILL be pasteurised anyway so it wont harm anyone.
It is normal that if you complain at a restaurant they will spit in your food. We hear this all the time.
It is also normal for a shop assistant to stop washing the floors and when asked to slice foods they do so without washing their hands.
It is normal that ham and other foods are off. They don't know how to handle fruit and vegetables. Because of that you will only find rotten, soft, wilted and mouldy ones. Truly, the climate is very hot but with proper management everything can improve. However management and efficiency is unheard of in Malta. Hospitalising a whole wedding reception as happened recently because of food poisoning makes one shiver with disgust. And this is not the first time it happened neither.    
Here is a small article from an English tourist that confirms only the tip of an iceberg.........
"Staff were clueless and used FLY spray to kill cockroaches. Food was revolting and cold. We watched them collect  unused milk and return it to the fridge after four hours on tables".
Although the above article happened in a hotel, lack of hygiene is everywhere as one can read below:
The shop owner will not set the temperature of the fridge or freezer high enough so he can save money:
Sometimes they put the fridge off for the night. Ham (pre-packed or not) will only last a day in your fridge then it start to smell. The same goes for fruit and vegetables. Rarely can you find clean shops. They are normally smelly and very dirty. The produce is kept at all sorts of temperature variations, usually they are off before you even buy them.
It is normal that bread is in an open cardboard box on the floor with flies all around:
There is no protection against the insects (flies etc.) or the dust produced by sweeping the floors or by people walking in and out of the shop and which settles on the bread.
A container arriving in Malta which is full of food:
for example: margarine should be given priority and dispensed quickly or at least it should be connected to a power outlet so that the temperature inside the container would stay stable and the food would not turn bad. Many times this is not done. Frozen vegetables are usually defrosted and frozen again a few times before they're in your freezer. Margarine is melted in a container without the proper temperature. The margarine becomes hard again at the foodstore's fridge. And you wouldn't know this is happening. Then there is the power cuts. Shopkeepers would not throw thawed food away mainly because of greed but also because of the constant power interruptions (one cannot afford to continuously throw food away).  NO ONE CARES.
We followed a meat delivery van to its destination:
When the driver opened the back door to step in, we looked at the inside and were horrified. The floor of the van was extremely dirty. The driver stepped in with his shoes on (with no protection like a shoe bag; the ones he use to walk the streets, doesn't matter if a while back he might have stepped on dog or cat dirt) to get frozen meats. He threw the meat on the van floor so he can reach them from the outside and do his delivery.
Buying sandwich meats or cheeses by loose weight:
After handling money, dusting and cleaning, washing the floors or picking their nose a shop assistant or shopkeeper will slice the food your want without the least taught of washing or putting protective gloves on their hands.
Although smoking:
is not allowed in food stores many shop owners  and the Maltese smoke on the premises. Hygienic Maltese people .....or is it the authorities' fault?

We easily find these greedy and dirty culprits so why can't the government send some people to investigate like we do. If we can do it so can the state. We can only report their doings. So why don't the state do something about it? The state has the people and the power, inspectors could be send and issue fines on the spot.
No the state cannot do it because there is no willingness to enforce the laws here. As you should know by now, everyone does what he or she likes. Like this delivery company below....


 
We have reason to believe that at least 55% of ALL food stores (grocers, butchers etc.) shut off their fridge and freezers when they close for the day. The appliances are put on again in the morning. This practice has been going on for years so greedy storekeepers can save on electricity bills.  Does the E U allow this?
Because of greed, shopkeepers always order just under the amount of goods needed to supply the population. This is practised in all commercial outlets from an ironmonger, household commodities to a food store. For example, by doing so, foodstore owners won't have any leftovers on their shelves, as all will be sold out. Basically if you don't do your shopping at 7 am you will not find milk or cream or bread, for the reason mentioned above. If you are used to buy a certain brand of margarine or anything really, and your local supplier runs out it will take anything up to six months to see that brand again on the shelves. And that is if you are lucky because most of the time the supplier changes to another brand. This happens in all food product outlets. Even in other outlets like ironmongers, household commodities stores etc. Blame the wholesalers if you wish because they too contribute to this mess by not importing enough goods. Inefficiency and disorganisation but greed takes first place here.
Customer care is non existent in Malta. Shopkeepers are very rude and mean at times and will overcharge you when there is an opportunity to do so.

SOME DISTURBING PICTURES

There are always some kind of insects in packets of grain and raisins. This one has "Natural Health" written on the packet. A third of the sliced loaf of bread belongs to another loaf. They use it to produce more full loafs. WHY? Is that third from an expired loaf of bread or what?

Drainage seeping in the subway.

Sewage overflow But in many parts of Malta too and not just Mosta.

Bags with urine left near school wall by the street market owners.

Food and trash dropped by rubbish collectors is not picked so expect foul smells everywhere.

Free Showers

Drainpipes direct over pavement.

Drainpipes direct over pavement.

THE MEAT PROCESSING FACTORY AT MARSA This meat processing plant is situated opposite a very dirty and smelly abandoned building. AND NOONE GIVES A DARN. Not the health department not anyone.

Delivery van parked outside a derelict building full of dirt. Closer look. Delivery van waiting to load.... Near the DIRT And here is the abandoned building full of dirt and smells opposite the meat factory.

Nothing works--No-one cares

HORRORS AT THE MORGUE PREHISTORIC MALTA...... DEFINITELY

SAFETY

Non-existent in Malta. Few years ago, 3 drain workers went down to open a drain and never made it. They died of toxic fumes.
Where were the protection masks and clothing? There weren't any.
We have been informed by a dependable source that safety equipment which has been passed by quality control abroad is not purchased by the Maltese authorities because it makes them more expensive to buy for Malta. The government prefers to buy the cheaper variant which has not passed through good quality control. This for us is a gross safety risk and very irresponsible by the government to knowingly issue workers with untested helmets and clothing.
Because of lack of education and training, road workers do not realise the need for proper road markings.
At total darkness of the night, a man drove straight into a bulldozer. The bulldozer was parked in darkness with no warning  signs whatsoever. Many streetlights do not function at all. The reason given by most Maltese people is that the government doesn't want to bother with them because no lights means less energy needed. So there is a money saving opportunity for the state here. Who cares if you see at night.
An island in the middle of a  road was being prepared with stone and concrete. The road workers did not bother with warning signs after the day's work. So the island was all in the dark. A few drivers not realising the new island in the middle of the road were badly hurt as they crashed straight into it.

  AND
NO ONE CARE

SAFETY... A BIG JOKE No safety laws enforced so accidents do happen almost every week.

MINI BUSES NO CONTROL ON PRIVATE TRANSPORT FIRMS A departmental inquiry is launced..........Some jokers. This is Malta, nothing will ever happen. Probably the girl  has to suffer the rest of her life because of this barbarism. ************************************ Most of these mini buses will be scraped in the rest of Europe. Bad brakes, rusty, indication lights unheard of, bad tyres, very nasty drivers sometimes as young as 15 with no driving license. Always in a hurry to do the next job or to go home, they drive tourists and school children around Malta at very high speeds and do not respect traffic signs or other drivers on the road. They pack people like sardines in these horrendous "mini buses" which is illegal. The amount of people allowed on these vehicles is limited by law but noone respects it.  A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT OFF COURSE THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN MALTA...... WHERE ONE CAN GET A VRT FROM FRIENDS WITHOUT DOING THE TEST AT ALL (VRT is a test done once every 2 years  on the road worthiness of an automobile)

Disgusting

NO ONE CARES

People are let off the bus near roundabout and in ongoing traffic. A culprit parked on a zebra crossing infront of the police. No consideration to pedestrians.....The selfish Maltese.

NO ONE CARES TO DO ANYTHING

INFRASTRUCTURE

Needs a complete build-up.
They are trying to build a high tech industry on a crumbling infrastructure. Every year companies in Malta have to suffer losses because of water cuts and electricity failures, forcing production to a standstill.  It is not just the simple ordeal of falling and tripping while walking on broken pavements. We see that all the time. A friend even bandaged a German woman after she fell because of a broken pavement. He heard a person saying that she should not wear high heel shoes. A partner sprained his foot many times. He said his wife tripped and fell on her back twice. He added that when his children were small they tripped and bruised themselves all the time because children don't look down when they're walking, they just go.

And it is not the black dust that comes from the power plant and onto our clothes, into our houses and into our lungs. A good filtering system could prevent all this misery. The misery of people who suffer with asthma and other breathing difficulties. And the black dust that has to be cleaned every single day. Malta has one of the highest rate of breathing diseases in the world.
And it is not just the evil smells that the people of Mahtab have to live with day after day, year after year. The smell is foul and persistent. People would not open their windows in the heat of a summer's night because of the burnt and acrid smells. There are people in Mahtab that suffer greatly because of this. People who cannot breath properly any more. Some have abandoned their houses, which was bought through hard-earned money. This is GROSS NEGLIGENCE of the state.



It does not matter if it is the labour government in power with their "Switzerland of the Mediterranean" slogan". Aren't you, the labour, ashamed of other countries hearing you saying this? Have you been to Switzerland? How could you compare such a beautiful country with Malta? We feel stupid even to mention it. How can you even think of such words. Shame on you.
And it does not matter if the nationalists are in power. ANY Maltese government (any party which is in power), does not really care except for their own well being.



And it is not the overflow of raw sewage because of bad drainage system at Salinas, Mellieha, Valletta and Msida.
And maybe not even when it rains a whole 5 minutes that you need a boat to cross from one road to another not just in Msida but anywhere in Malta. It is typical that drainage overflows when it rains in Malta and so it mixes with the rainwater in the streets - imagine the ordeal, the stink and the mess.

It wasn't the monsoon exactly but the infrastructure, the draining system is in a mess.

The country is built with shoddiness and cheapness: taste and style is a foreign objective that doesn't need (and don't want) to be pursued. Pride in workmanship - non-existent. Things: vending machines, toilets, telephones, drainage, most of the time don't work. There is an inescapable air of decrepitude and neglect, broken streets and sewers, unrepaired buildings and fetid smells. Malta is extremely dirty.



And if a bus approaches you, you have to run for cover. Yes cover your nose and eyes from diesel fumes thrown at you. Buses are so outdated and so very polluting that in other countries they would be made illegal to use.
No it is not one of the above but all of the above need doing. What is the point of closing chapter after chapter of the EU obligatory points if the most important things that need to be dealt with will stay as they are?

SOME UPSETTING PICTURES OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE

Road collapsed from the weight of a coach with tourists

Infrastructure collapse. Another road collapse.

DISGUSTING...and they have to fight hard for compensation...if they get it.

Disaster waiting to happen

No one cares

No shame

Outdated drainage system (or non-at all) and bad maintenance means floods even after 5 minutes of rain.

Sewage overflow But in many parts of Malta too and not just Mosta.

Ineffective drainage systems 10 minutes of rain and this road to becomes a river.

Normally these floods happen every year.......

.........and cars are swept away like toys. A few hours of rain, and all of Malta is drowning. Same every year. Water draining system is a disgrace. They called it terrential rain. It lasted a few hours and NOT a few weeks. Malta, a state of misery. Ineffective, bad design draining systems. Cowboy work.

A Pavement or?????

ROADS......Still A DISGRACE.  Nothing to show for your road and fuel taxes Be prepared for loads of flat tyres. The roads are the worst I've seen. You can't see holes on the road when it rains. Stop markings and zebra crossings lack paint. So be prepared.

No one cares

Triple parked People are let off the bus near roundabout and in ongoing traffic.

Inefficiency

A little rain and.......FLOODS EVERYWHERE

PAVEMENTS AND MARKINGS A DISGRACE

There is a pavement here somewhere

Here too..... If you fall and hurt yourself they will say that you shouldn't wear heeled shoes.

If you fall and hurt yourself they will say that you shouldn't wear heeled shoes.

Disaster everywhere you look

Damaged signs.

ROAD HUMPS  all need painting

Any size road humps as they please. If there are standards no one uses them. If they are painted white or yellow (whatever they like really) the paint is gone within few weeks.

There should be a hump across the road painted yellow or is it white>>>>

>>>>>> You can never see this hump especially at night

Some are painted white !!! Notice the faded stop markings at top of photograph.

ZEBRA CROSSINGS a dangerous state

Where is the white paint?

Dangerous at night

No one gives a darn.

STOP  MARKINGS in a dangerous state

White paint almost gone

Now you cant even see it

BUS STOP MARKINGS a joke

Bus stop is written somewhere

ROAD MARKINGS A JOKE

Where is the double line ??????????

And if there is a double line NO-ONE CARES

DISASTER EVERYWHERE

Walls collapsing after it rains.

In every town and village.

BUSES A DISGRACE

Cables hanging everywhere

NO ONE CARES. The Maltese people have no pride in their work. Just for maintenance DISGUSTING

CRIME

One does not expect a high crime rate on such small island. In fact many tourists believe that Malta is crime free probably because of it's size and the "friendly" way foreigners are greeted by the hypocrites. But crime free it is not. So let us see what it has to offer.
A rape by 3 youths on a foreign girl.
Another violent attach on 2 boys.

  

An indecent assault on a 17 year old German tourist. The villain gets £300 fine and a 3 years probation for this
1 in 10 homosexual people are violently beaten just because they are different . But rarely anyone gets arrested.
Girl sexually assaulted by bus ticket inspector.
30 reported rapes in the year 2000 .
Since the year 2000 schools referred 370 cases of child abuse of sexual and physical nature .
There were 9096 reported thefts in 1999 with 526 solved. .
There were 10366 reported thefts in 2000 again with 526 solved.
There were 2857 criminal cases in just 2 months .

Old people are not safe neither 



16 hit and run cases in 2002.
Buss driver assaults pregnant woman .
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You won't get much for having an illegal shotgun and shooting someone
with it in an argument, as one can see from this clipping  



And even for corrupting a minor you get a suspended jail term.



Burned  a dog (for fun) and left it on a footpath decomposing for 2 weeks and nothing was done .
Chief justice and a judge granted bail on bribery and charged for corruption .
Malta, where criminals are protected .
And take a look at this............

 

Disgusting you say......well look at this then......





And the court grant him bail......what next????

What next???? This barbaric murder.........

Some newspaper clippings

The poor woman ended up with a broken leg, injured chest and face and probably traumatised for life.

Mean people. A probation sentence for burning dog for fun

Dog burnt live in a skip.

More cruelty from mean people

Another dog burned for fun.

ROAD RAGE: The President of the General Workers Union (port section) charged with attempted murder in a road rage.  Same case as above. The accused was driving on a one-way street. Someone stood up to him and got beaten real bad. Some are savages of the first degree.

An arson case

Even the police aren't safe

The culprit.....A taxi driver

Keep all doors locked

Savagery

Savagery

Savage attack. Don't you dare talk about politics in Malta...Some democracy

Couple in their fifties robbed in early morning.

Even in Malta you get these perverts

You can be shot over a little argument.

Don't they earn enough money ?????

Even in Malta

Violent assault on girls

Malta, where criminals are protected

Stabbing in Marsa

Old beaten by a teen.

Savagery in everyone

School head attached by parents.

Man attacks 17- year-old boy.

Home violence

Close your doors

Disgusting....when even a school teacher isn't safe from Maltese savagery.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE POLICE

One can see that crime is not only in big cities

CORRUPTION

A friend said that it is almost a custom to prepare an envelope with £M20, 30, 40 whatever, when you are expecting a government person. This person could be from just about any department (the amount could be much higher depending on the reasons or favours involved sometimes into the hundreds of pounds).
Favours -  extended endurance of obligations that are features of the Maltese people are readily realisable in such small and interconnected social systems.
We have been hearing lately that the tourist authority employs more than enough people and these have hardly anything to do at work. It is the custom that relatives or close friends are employed first and foremost. Even when a vacancy notice is given out to the general public as law dictates. We know of persons who applied for a job who were not qualified to do the work and also know persons who had years of experience and an unqualified person got the job with no problem whatsoever. Why? Because they knew someone working at the government department who issued the vacancy notice.
So similarly, the outcome of a job application depends mainly on the actual kinship, political allegiance, favours etc. that have nothing to do with the qualification needed to perform the requirements of the post. This is most disturbing for the person who has just graduated and is applying for a post.
Through these pages we kept saying as to where the money of the bills you pay like the electricity or the road tax go. There are over 40000 government employees. What about the planning and environment departments who together has a workforce of 400.



With such a large workforce you shouldn't see any illegalities like:
illegal buildings, boathouses, garages etc., illegal hunting and illegal dumping right? Wrong. Just look around you. What are they really doing these 400 workers?
Like we said there are over 40000 government employees and the wages needed to cover this massive number is so great that a big part of the government income has to go for salaries. Thousands of these workers have absolutely nothing to do. They are just there as favours, close friends and relatives who need a job.
And what about the Malta Environment and Planning Authority?  Read these newspaper clippings.

  AND

You don't need to investigate...just look around you....the hundreds of illegally erected buildings. Garages, beach huts and seaside buildings, hunting blinds, gates, rooms in the countryside etc etc.

 

A friend said that imported goods i.e. foods, general hygiene stuff like washing powders etc., machinery etc.must have instructions written in English. This is not so as most things you purchase are normally with Italian instructions or in some other language. Import agents who collect their goods at the ports normally give a small bribe to the official to let the goods through. No strict law enforcement is present to get ride of this obvious corruption.
A very dependable source has said that some policemen are so badly paid that they sell the drugs they confiscate (look at  newspaper clipping above). We are even hearing that some policemen are selling their uniforms too (look at newspaper clipping below).
A Maltese mystery. A container arriving from the Netherlands and supposedly filled with hundreds of cases of water was found to contain about 700 cases of alcohol when the customs seized it. Somehow this 20 foot container disappeared and never to be found. So we asked a friend if the Sicilian Mafia operates here. His answer was...."Who needs the Mafia we've got the Government, that should be enough" We understand what he meant after we talked to shop owners who imported electric bikes, paid their taxes and VAT's etc. and then there was a ban on these bikes. Now they are stuck with them.



A customs official helped a government consultant who worked at the ministry of social policies to take out a package containing 3-kg cocaine from a post office.
And one of the biggest corruption case in Malta's history was when the Bank of Valletta gave a loan of about £M 7,000,000 to Paola Motor Ltd, an automobile dealer, knowing that this same company was in trouble. A year or two later this company was declared bankrupt with the liquidators' report showing assets of just £M 600,000. No one knows what happened to the rest, which was approximately £M 6,000,000. Could this large sum of money disappeared in the pockets of the owner of the car company, the finance minister and the bank director? Maybe and maybe not. 

A little about Maltese bullying (But not as you know it) Bullies here mean anyone in government and the Maltese living in Malta. Why? Let's take an example.... If you are driving and you meet a car coming the opposite way in this one way road that you are in, and you would not oblige by reversing all the way up this road so the culprit in his car (or horse with carriage for that matter) can pass illegally, you most certainly will end up with a black eye or worse. He/she can afford to do this because they know the law will not protect you. Everyone does what he or she wants here. Another example this time from ANY government department. Let us say that you applied to the planning authority for an extended doorway and you need planning permission to do the work. They will ask you the width and you say 3 meters. Now comes the bullying. They will tell you that you can't have the doorway's width wider than 2 meters. You say why. The answer is usually "because I say so". There is no paragraphs written no laws to abide with just the person in charge. Now the law might say no large doorways are allowed. And there are no specifications written. So you depend on the discretion of the man in charge. And naturally bribery here is involved all of the time. arbitrary. That was Maltese bullying.

We are doing a MALTAFILE 2. The MALTAFILE 2 site is going to be only on corruption. You can get more information at the end of these pages about this new site.

MALTA...... WHERE ONE CAN GET A VRT FROM FRIENDS WITHOUT DOING THE TEST AT ALL (VRT is a test done once every 2 years  on the road worthiness of an automobile)

3 photographs of illegally erected summer houses. Pre election promises are that if the owner removes the illegal property the state will built a new one for them that looks better. For free. No fines or any punishment is involved .   People who illegally built a summerhouse are actually offered a new summer house FOR FREE if they remove the old one. And there are load of these summerhouses which been illegally built.

Rather than warning people of the hazard of sewage close to this beach, greedy people set up a sign with prices for umbrellas, food, drinks and toilet visit at 25cent.

Illegal concrete bridge in a protected green area Illegal stairways.  The authorities know who the culprits are BUT !!!!!!!!!!!!

And if that is not enough...

MAIN ATTRACTION from the Malta Today on Sunday of the 08-06-03

AND WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE.....  Chief justice and a judge granted bail on bribery and charged for corruption (from The Malta Independent of 5-08-02)

HYPOCRISY and MEANNESS

The Maltese, friendly, generous, kind, church going people are the biggest hypocrites.




Excluding the odd intellectual and educated (but not necessarily), some are uncivilized and quite uneducated.



They do not know how to present themselves in public or at dinners. They think they are special and think they have the best country in Europe if not the world (what jokers). They have no consideration when it comes to animal suffering. Some kill animals for fun (look at the dog and swallow  massacre at the bottom). They are greedy, selfish and hypocritical. They don't give a darn about nature or anything else.



It is normal that they will shoot at your car (at will) when you are in the countryside just because you are there and hunters don't
like that.
The burning of dogs (and cats) as we mentioned earlier surely shows how cruel some Maltese can be.
2 dogs were set loose on a German family walking in the country. One dog bit their boy. They told us that the farmer stood there watching and did not bother to stop the dogs. How friendly the Maltese are.
Just so they can get ALL the business for themselves they will >>>>>>>>>>>>> 



But these people attend mass on Sunday and start all over again on Monday with their bad doings.
What about asylum seekers. You just have to read Mr. O'Flaherty's article to get an idea on how they are treated. Some actually end up in a mental hospital because of the strain and the Maltese hospitality.

AND

We say to Mr. O'Flaherty that YES, hospitality is shown with grandeur as long as tourists or anyone for that matter can show
a wallet full of money.
A dog bit a tourist pensioner on a country walk. The owner let him out "for fun" after the tourist. The Maltese hunters and farmers dislike tourists and Maltese walking in the country.
During the credit card ordeal many tourists were without money because the ATM machines did not work for a whole week. One tourist family said that no one would offer any help. Not the grocers or general stores...NO ONE.
Friendly as long as you can show hard cash.
What about the swallow, lark and buzzard massacres (look at the bottom of page)?
A friend said that every autumn he knows of people that go out at sea and shoots plenty of birds of prey. He said he has seen 2 sacks full of dead buzzards and some harriers. This is happening on a regular basis in every autumn, every year.
One of our associates managed to catch a person actually throwing bags of shot larks in the rubbish. He asked as to why does he do that? He said, "for practise and for fun and that there is nothing else to shoot on so what am I suppose to do?"
If wildlife is merely something to shoot at then that is the grossest lack of mental reasoning. It often represents the difference between an educated country and just a mere country.
Every spring we witness a swallow massacre.

And what about this>>>>>>>>>>>

And the suffering of horses.

Or the caged birds






Maltese "kindness" at the highest level.
A dog without fur or skin after someone threw boiling water on it.



Or when some property company wants your land....they do anything to get it.

THE ASYLUM SEEKERS SITUATION IS A DISGRACE IN CATHOLIC MALTA

HORRENDOUS CONDITIONS

AND

MALTESE and NATURE
incl COMPLAINTS

2 men are pulling a horse. It's only alternative is to sink or swim. They don't care.

The Maltese kindness and hospitality.

The Maltese....A church going people. But these women are taken care of by Maltese PIMPS

Discrimination on people using contraceptives Animals dont use it so why should you. Maltese priest reasoning.

Sexual abuse by priests in institutes

Rabbits skinned alive.

Is this evil or ? Maltese barbarism at the highest level. A dog without fur or skin after someone threw boiling water on it.

We get sick when we read of villains hurting elders. This is some kind of a habit with criminals in Malta because the old people are relatively weak and helpless.

A heron wounded from shotgun shot. The police don't care.

A shot flamingo.

HAWKS SHOT FOR FUN AND THROWN IN THE RUBBISH Hawks shot for fun and thrown in the rubbish.

The sacks full of buzzards now at a taxidermist.

Snowy owl skins smuggled in and stuffed in Malta. Corruption at airport and freeport.

Another barbaric act. But the villains will probably NOT be charged (like the swan killers of above)

Bag of larks shot for practice	Dead larks shot for fun
P.S. THESE MAD DOGS ARE OUT FREE OF CHARGE AND CASE FORGOTTEN. (someone knew someone knew someone etc, etc, same old story.....corruption) Maltese hunters shooting swans.....	P.S. THESE MAD DOGS ARE OUT FREE OF CHARGE AND CASE FORGOTTEN. (someone knew someone knew someone etc, etc, same old story.....corruption) .........and picking the dead swans
4 Hawks shot	Maltese hunters caught at airport after a trip to Egypt What the papers say Millions of migratory birds are shot and left to rot (from The Malta Independent ).
Curlew shot and stuffed.	Short toed Eagle, again shot for collection.
A injured White Egret	.  Stuffed swan shot in Malta.
A smuggled Golden Eagle skin stuffed in Malta.	Stuffed stork
Discounted Baby Swordfish Anyone? Baby swordfish are being caught every year with no taught of how it might effect their survival. They don't even let them grow to adults. They only think of their pockets first. What we know is that the swordfish population is declining fast and no one seems to know or even care about the situation.	Live Bird Market in Valletta. Tourists disgusted over what they see. Birds are kept in 50 C heat in the sun for sale.

Live Bird Market in Valletta. Hardly any space to open their wings in 50 degrees heat.	And Maltese barbarism to the highest degree. A dog without fur or skin after someone threw boiling water on it.
Abandoned dogs everywhere in the country and waiting for a bite.	Bird of prey wounded from shotgun shot
The case against the villains that massacred the swans has been hushed down and most probably will never open in court. We found out that the culprits are friends with a minister.	Birds of Prey shot for a collection
Harriers shot to pieces. Some still alive. Purple Heron shot. Night Heron injured from a shotgun blast _________________________ ________________________________ The Truth Statistics show that in Malta every year  3.4 million finches are trapped, 50.000 golden orioles, 60.000 birds of prey, 400.000 swallows and 400.000 thrushes are shot in Malta. Most of these birds are thrown away but some are stuffed for private collections and some are eaten.	Swallow shot. Osprey injured Owl injured Cage as big as the thrush and caged for life. AND IT'S THE MALTESE NATIONAL BIRD TOO....DISGUSTING _______________________________ An Eagle shot by Maltese "Hunters" in Egypt. The murderers were caught by customs at the airport with another 700 birds and animals in their luggage. ______________________

ABSURD AND DISGUSTING Don't join the EU because Europe has Aids. A labour party saying. You shouldn't wear high heels. A Maltese to a tourist after she tripped on a broken pavement.  A teacher was fined £M500 for taking his class on an outing because he must have a tourist guides license A mime was arrested and sent for 7 days in the asylum because the authorities said normal people don't do that. Maltacom: some departments (like customer care) are closed for lunch. Internet Service Providers: customer care closed for lunch. What about that transaction you had that is worth maybe lots of money? A local hunting paper called (after England's complaint about the shooting of birds in Malta) the English murderers for killing their children. They said that the British kill children and the Maltese kill birds. As if it is the same thing.

 

SOME PICTURES OF THE SWITZERLAND OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
with some COMPLAINTS and COMMENTS at the bottom.

Usually the Maltese leave their rubbish behind after a picnic. Do not ask them to pick it up or you end up with a black eye (like one of us experienced). You can report with the registration number of their car to the local police but 99 out of a 100 they won't bother. They dump rubbish  wherever possible and it doesn't matter if it harms you or the surrounding nature. They have this believe that as long as it is not on their doorstep then it's all right. It's illegal but it's all right. Do not swim. You might end up itching all over your body or worse you could get pretty ill. Most hills are made up of old rubbish and rubble. Wild grasses have grown on these hills and make them look natural. They are not.

Be prepared for loads of tyre punctures. The roads are the worst I've seen. You can't see holes on the road when it rains. Road markings are a joke. So be prepared.

Complaining gets you nowhere. So don't bother. And don't try to be a hero...YOU WILL BE BEATEN UP

Eventually you come to realise that Malta is for the Maltese and that is how they like the condition of their country.....In a mess, polluted, smelly, disorganised, and extremely dirty.

Beautiful MALTA Many streets littered and stink Off street dumping in Manikata

Trash left behind after a picnic in Marsa.

Somewhere in Zurrieq

What ? A turkey or?

Somewhere in Zurrieq

Dirt and disaster everywhere you look.

Trash collector don't pick up what he drops.....who cares.

Outside Valletta

Mellieha

Mellieha

Mellieha.

Marsa

Outside Valletta

Near Delimara

Golden Bay

Birzebbugia

Mellieha

Dirty beaches

St. Pauls Bay

Ghaxiaq

Ghaxiaq

Qormi

Qormi

Qrendi

Qrendi

Marsaxlokk

Marsaxlokk

St.Paul's Bay. Filthy beaches.

Siggiewi

St Pauls Bay

Sliema. Filthy beaches.

Salina. Unimaginable smell here.

Salina

Unimaginable smell here.

Near Blue Grotto

Mqabba

Sewage in Mellieha about 1 km from Paradise bay. Unimaginable smell here.

Sewage in Mellieha about 1 km from Paradise bay. Unimaginable smell here.

Sewage in Mellieha about 1 km from Paradise bay

Near Anchor bay.

Zurrieq

Siggiewi

Mosta. Eventually this heap of rubbish will be covered with wild grasses.

Salina a smelly dump.

St. Andrews

Marsaxlokk

Near the Blue Grotto

Birzebbugia. Trash left behind after a nice picnic.

Near the Blue Grotto

Rinella Bay oil and dirt

Dirty and polluted beaches

ROADS......Still A DISGRACE.  Nothing to show for your road and fuel taxes Be prepared for loads of tyre punctures. The roads are the worst we've seen. You can't see holes on the road when it rains. So be prepared.

Beware. These holes are covered after it rains.

Patched work, Maltese style

Patched work, Maltese style.

PAVEMENTS ANOTHER DISGRACE

If you trip and hurt yourself someone is bound to tell you that you shouldn't have worn high-heeled shoes.

 

WHAT TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS SAY

A letter to the editor of  The Times of Malta

A year ago we invested our savings in an apartment in Malta and six months ago we retired here.
Since then we have seen Xemxija deteriorate rapidly. Unfinished buildings everywhere and builders rubble in the streets give the appearance of a war ravaged country, litter covers every green area and roadside and we see cockroaches everywhere, the beach is a disgrace and the smell is disgusting. There is not a decent road and the pavements are virtually non existent.

Do people in authority go around with their eyes closed? We are too embarrassed to invite friends or family over to see the Third World conditions we live in. Is Xemxija the rubbish capital of Malta or do you know different?

S. Whiteman


COMPLAINTS

These are some of the hundreds of complaints we have .


From the Times of Malta Written by Mr. E. Wade

Danish tourist
I will never come back to Malta. The country is very dirty and the food is expensive.

Dutch tourist
The good service and politeness on this island is non existent.

English tourist
We came to enjoy the beach but found we couldn't swim anywhere. Everywhere is dirty.
Don't go to Malta.

English tourist
Our last visit to Malta was 15 years ago. We will not come back. Why? Everywhere smells sewage, in fact at one point my wife almost threw up. The place is over populated now. Exhaust fumes everywhere. We noticed that the people are less friendly than the last time we were here. On the positive side, the food was excellent. Bus fares still the cheapest in Europe. But like I said before we don't think we come back to Malta.

English tourist
I rented a car when I was in Malta. It was a nightmare. Everyone drives like mad. I have found that the Maltese are very selfish indeed in the traffic.

English tourist
Malta Bargains are rubbish rubbish rubbish. Our reps were never there, rude and unwilling to deal with complaints. We were sold a trip to the fiesta, but arrived after the fiesta had ended, another trip was to see Gozo but all we saw were shops.

Mahtab man
We cannot open a window in the summer because the smell coming from the rubbish dump at Mahtab is so strong and bad. It is like plastic and rotten meat slowly burning together.

English tourist
Holiday was spoilt by the owner/head waiter of the Neptune's Restaurant at the sea front at Marsalforn. We weren't very hungry so we chose one fish to share. We asked for half a bottle of wine and he said he'd give us a full bottle for the same cost. The fish arrived and he offered to remove the bones for us. When he asked us for eighteen pounds (a normal full meal with wine usually costs less than ten) .Our mistake was to pay, without seeing an itemised bill first. We queried why it cost so much and eventually we got a receipt and with some more insistence got a fictitious bill, which said, we'd had two 'mixed fish' at seven pounds each. He'd also charged us for a full bottle of wine!!! His reaction to this was disgusting, he jeered at us, and lied through his teeth and once even threatened us with a barstool. ! Ask the prices beforehand, insist on an itemised bill BEFORE you part with any money.

German tourist
Indicator lights are non-existent in this lawless country. I do not recommend Malta. There are other places much nicer and cleaner.

Maltese man
I know, the country smells bad but we love it that way.

French tourist
Malta the most beautiful country? Keep on dreaming. I will not come back.

Dutch tourist
Why are the cash machines always faulty? It is the year 2003 and not 1903 you know.

English tourist
We stayed in Sliema. We went around Malta twice and found it too noisy, smell of sewage and very dirty, Sliema was a disgrace. Digging and dust wherever we go.

American tourist
And they say New York is a rat race. Go to Malta. Driving in Malta is hell everyone thinks they are race drivers. Rushing and driving you almost off the road. Night driving is the worst. Everyone seems to like having the main beam on. They are selfish and inconsiderate. As long as they can see while driving it's all fine. The food is very expensive, the service non-existent, the hygiene unheard of. But they bake some good bread. I find that important. Hell, what is life without bread, right?

English tourist
The hospital is a dump. Go private.

Dutch tourist
There is not a minute of peace and quiet on Malta. It is absolutely not a relaxing holiday.
Yes it is very dirty.We rented a car and when we stopped at a stop sign someone hit us from the back.We will not come back.

German tourist
Horrible country. I will not come back.

English tourist
One night we decided to eat at the hotel Pizzeria and ended up walking out! The food when it arrived was wrong, over cooked, poorly made and generally inedible! Do not go to Malta!

English tourist
The hotel was classified as 4 star accommodation. In my opinion it should be a 2 star due to the following reasons:
1) Accommodation extremely basic even though we had upgraded to a "superior room". It was tiny with useless air-conditioning, it blew hot air around the room.
2) Upgraded to a so-called sea-view room, when we pulled back the curtains our "view" was of the concrete roof from the restaurant below and large air-conditioning ducts.
3) The hotel was poorly maintained all over - there were broken sunbeds, scaffolding poles were used to keep up terrace roofs, and the amphitheatre was a concrete shell with uneven flooring and very badly painted. The "private beach" had sharp foreign objects in and was unsafe to walk on and the water sports that everyone else was glad about had vanished during our stay. Not a soul in sight.
4) The food was inedible. Hardly any choice, cold, watery and tasteless. Presentation was extremely poor - an example for you - the dessert was Kiwis cut in half and a tub of melting ice-cream.
Loads of other things wrong whilst we were there. Everyone was complaining and although the staff was very friendly and helpful a miracle was needed to turn this back into a 4 star hotel.

English tourist
As we touched down at Malta Airport, I thought we'd caught the wrong plane. At no point did I say I wanted to go to what looked like Beirut (albeit there weren't any fighter jets around). But, no, the hostess confirmed that this was indeed Malta. I could feel a long week coming on. After a surreal coach journey (they use old English Charabancs) and the roads have no markings, lines or traffic lights. Driving seems to involve careering around at high speed, hooting all the while and the winners survive. I was in abject terror.We finally booked into the hotel, which advertised as having disabled facilities. This involved 4 house bricks under each leg of the bed to make it higher. Luckily, at this point I was physically OK, just stunned at what I'd seen. We went to a restaurant for a meal. As the waiter brought the food up, the ash off his cigarette fell onto the food. Now, I'm a smoker and not obsessive, but I tend to use an ashtray, not bacon and eggs. Then, I made a mistake - I went into the toilet. The flushing was not working so a bucket was provided. We left the premises.
That was the start of the most chaotic days of my life.

French tourist
Malta reminds me of Bombay in miniature form. If you like the smells, the rush, loads of traffic, pollution, noise and overpopulation than I recommend Malta.

English tourist
Why is that every time I come to Malta there is an electricity failure? Do I bring bad luck?

English tourist
Went to this run down hotel for Christmas, what a disgrace to the Maltese nation this place is.The food is not fit for pigs let alone humans, the whole hotel smells musky, the rooms are like large toilets. Bed linen and towels stained!! Enough to give you the screaming haddabs. The staff is a joke, won't talk to you let alone help, if you have a problem they will just tell you to move elsewhere.
This must be the worst hotel in Malta we don't think we could find another to match this HOLIDAYS FROM HELL. Beat this if you can.

English tourist
Glad to be home what a nightmare this so-called hotel is, don't go to this hotel if you want a good holiday. You will not be given any respect by the owners or staff, all they think of is your money, the place is the PITTS, worse than any hotel from HELL, the place needs a good makeover, new beds and bed linen, towels everything is stained, and it's a wonder that nobody has had food poisoning yet. As for the resort no good, out of the way and nothing to do. Would we go back? Not to this HELL HOLE, at any price.

English tourist
NEVER GOING BACK, CAN FIND A BETTER HOLIDAY THAN THIS AND CHEAPER.

English tourist
Now the big question. Will we go back?
I doubt if we will go back to Malta. Why?
Mainly because of the overkill on their religion and the anomaly that if they are so religious and pious why are so many ordinary Maltese people that you meet in shops, markets, buses, the hotel etc--- so downright rude, cheats, liars and surly to tourists?

Italian tourists
Don't go to a night-spot called Paceville if you don't want to be beaten.

English tourist
The food was terrible (we were half board but ended up eating out), the bathroom smelled of sewage, as did the very small lifts, the swimming pool was so murky you could not see the bottom and the sun beds were lined up so closely you barely had room to turn over. Luckily we hired a car and spent our holiday sightseeing and on the beach, incidentally we saved about eighty pounds sterling by NOT hiring our car through the holiday reps.

English tourist
The walls in the room were crumbling, sewage was in the pool & around the hotel, locals were allowed to use the pool as a lido, breakfast was served in the dingy open for all cafe which was full of flies & dinner was buffet.

English living in Malta
A lawless country. Most of the roads are bad. When it rains it floods everywhere and the roads became worse. New tyres did not help, I had 2 punctures in 1 week. Sliema is awful, very dirty and noisy. There isn't a place to park.

English tourist
Driving can be a bit hazardous even though they drive on the left. They say that locals always drive in the shade, and some of them do! The roads are not very good, especially the ones off the main highways. So again be warned.
We were disappointed to find quite a lot of rubbish left about by the locals in most places we visited, especially on the popular beaches and this we found quite off-putting.

Some more complaints can be found here.......
http://www.holidays-uncovered.co.uk/frames.htm
http://pub124.ezboard.com/bholidaytruthscommunity
http://www.maltacritique.org/

COMPLAINTS ABOUT HUNTING

Netherlands tourist
Please sent this complaint to the representatives of the Maltese Government in protest at the continuing hunting of birds. I will not tourist in Malta again as long as this bird massacre continues.

Irish tourist
I die before I'll set foot in Malta and I shall be encouraging everyone I know, whether they're interested in birds or not, to boycott the country and it's tourist industry until they stop shooting these helpless birds. 

English tourist
I wish to protest the slaughter of birds in Malta.
We were planning a trip to Malta but now we will visit only countries that do not condone barbaric practices.

German tourist
I heard of the mass shooting on swallows years back and I can't believe it's still going on. I will not holiday there ever again.

German tourist
I  support your campaign on Malta with my signature if needed. It completely disgusts me what's going on in there.

English tourist
What the Maltese are doing in Malta and in Egypt is barbaric. I will never visit the island again.

Finland tourist
If someone in my country shoots a bird of prey he will have to pay a fine of about 700 Maltese pounds or more and the gun license taken. What do you get in Malta?

English tourist
We have been getting reports about the slaughter of birds of prey not only in Malta but also in Egypt by Maltese hunters.
What is the Maltese government doing about this? I know of at least 7 people who are not holidaying in Malta this year until something is done.


OTHER COMPLAINTS:

Overcharging has always been a problem. Everyone overcharges. Ask first for the price even if it is written on the object. Check the change in the shop. When the sales people hear you speak a language other than Maltese they assume you are a tourist. They will cheat you of every penny you've got if possible. Maltese cheat other Maltese on a daily basis. What do you think they will do to a tourist? Everyone has to be very careful. For overcharging extremes read above.
No there is no peace and quiet in Malta. On the contrary. If you complain they tell you to go to a cemetery. The police will not help. If you complain to them about noise or any disturbance they will ask you to move house. Because the Maltese start work early, you will certainly wake up from building work close to your hotel or apartment. 
Digging of cable trenches and the constant building of houses which in turn produce a lot of dust and noise is done on a daily basis. Everywhere you go there is someone building or digging. They have been using green area for building even though there isn't much left. But corruption rules in Malta. It is normal that whenever a post office (main or otherwise), grocers, shops in general feel like having a day off (closed all day) for any reason whatsoever, they have no decency to leave a notice outside their business to inform as to when they will open again. Sometimes you hear someone complaining that letters are opened or taken if they seem to contain something hard. This makes the postman think that it's a present of some sort and he/she will just take it. But you always hear about the so-called "lost" things. What happens is this. You send for some boxes full of your stuff from abroad. And they will arrive opened with some of your things missing or "lost".  Depending on what the customs person fancies, it could be anything really from a painting to toys. You've had it...Now they've got it. And you CANNOT do a darn thing. 
Malta is famous for it's inefficiency and disorganisation in any sector, private or public.



Expect a lot of grief. Generally the Maltese people are not proud of their work. They have no shame on what they offer. Just read this small article from an English tourist..........."We stayed at Palm Court last week (feb). It was a basic holiday and we expected a basic hotel and basic food. What we got was a nice reception area but damp ridden hotel, cockroaches in the bedrooms, restaurant and swimming pool. Staff were clueless and used FLY spray to kill cockroaches. Food was revolting and cold. We watched them collect up unused milk and return it to the fridge after four hours on tables. The electrics were in places dangerous".
As long as it is functional it's all right. As an example: if a car door does not close properly and so is half-open, it does not matter as long as the car still works. Expect a lot of grief from just about any sector. But can the Maltese do anything right?



Unfortunately the sad answer is NO (see above and below). Why? Because of lack of discipline, civic education, competence,organisationsolidarity, teamwork and efficiency that other countries in Europe pride themselves with. Even a simple school certificate is given the wrong results as one can see here below and that the parents had to file a judicial protest in the civil court against the University of Malta etc. 



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  Although Malta has reverse osmosis, which should produce and supply the country with good drinking water, it does not, because of the reasons mentioned above. The water is terrible so you need to buy bottled water all the time. We find this unacceptable. Companies need to be prepared for power cuts too. A power cut will result when there is a storm or a little wind
gust or when the system is overloaded with air-conditions being switched on in the summer. So-called maintenance etc. will also result in a power cut. No point complaining in Malta. No one gives a darn. The Maltese are by tradition Roman Catholics. But this is by name only. They try to cheat and rip your shirt off if they can. You see them attending mass on a Sunday. But the grossly hypocritical folk will corrupt and cheat come Monday. They all pretend to be friendly as one has heard so many times abroad about the Maltese people. Because of the small island they live in, because natural resources are almost non-existent, because Malta is so populated, and that everyone knows each other, it goes without saying that they do not trust each other. They are very suspicious of one another. They are greedy and they are cheaters. You have to be, to survive on such a small island. For the simple reason that there is no resources. The little things they can get, let it be from overcharging, corruption, cheating etc. is welcomed. We call this the Small Island Survival Syndrome (SISS). This is unacceptable in a modern society.
In Malta everything is political; politicians would not dare introducing new laws because they are afraid of loosing on votes. Malta is small, everyone knows each other. Imagine the policeman who give out fines what will happen to him? A traffic warden was murdered because she was doing her duty. One very important thing is missing from Malta, and that is solidarity. Solidarity within the police and strict enforcement of the law is unheard of.



So everyone do what one wants. A cowboy country really. And this is mainly because it's an island with habits that are hard as stone to crack and traditions hundreds of years old and also because of it's size (the SISS mentioned above). If a friend of a friend working in a bank can disclose a companies bank account status or for that matter any other persons, you can imagine how easy it is to find where the policeman or traffic warden who gave you a fine lives. This is an absolute disgrace.

 

COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE

Most complaints are on dirt, pollution, roads and the lack of consideration to fellow drivers and hunting. But are they true?

Dirt. Well the pictures above say it all. Dumping is happening all over the country, anywhere really. We have seen old washing machines dumped over the Dingli Cliffs. But no one cares. An associate once asked a person who was throwing a bunch of ad-papers in the street, to pick them up. He started shouting at him angrily, challenging him for a punch-up. And told him to look at his country instead. Pollution. Go to regency road at 7.30 in the morning and you can smell the car fumes all over. Go to Bahar ic-caq and you can smell that evil smell from the mountain of rubbish called Mahtab. Many Maltese suffer from asthma because of the pollution in Malta. Around the Marsa area people have been complaining for ages about the black dust produced by the power station.



All raw sewage is pumped into the seas around Malta. Consideration in traffic. Does not exist in Malta.

The fashion now is to drive with the brakes on so you get the scare of your life. They love it. They try to push you off the road and it does not matter if off the road means in a field, the sea or a cliff. The main beam is always on at night. Who cares if it blinds you, as long as they see well.

And off course an idiot thinks that the Maltese are the best drivers in Europe as one can see from this Times of Malta clipping below and he continue by saying that the dog is sitting on the driver too. What an idiot.

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Parked on a zebra crossing (above).  And by the police station too. Who cares.
What gets us is when we see a driver purposely driving through a paddle of water to make a pedestrian soaking wet. They do this regularly when it rains. And believe us THEY LOVE IT. They love to see you all wet, screaming and swearing. They get a kick, you get a ruined coat. Do not be surprised if while over-taking a car another is over-taking you, from the right or left depending on how the driver feels. Indication usage is non-existent. Maltese drivers do not use indication lights and don't care about double white lines. Some even overtake you when you are doing a 90 degrees turn, actually turning with you. No consideration whatsoever....(uneducated, inconsiderate) so BE VERY CAREFULL. Some Maltese idiots suggest to do like the Romans do, when in Rome.......would that be any better? Here is some clippings from the local newspapers





The roads are a disgrace. The money from road and petrol taxes seems not to be enough. But in the last 10 years or so roads could and should have been improved.

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But the money is needed to pay the thousands of wages to government workers. Over 40,000 men and women are employed there. Many got the job as favours to others although there is no work for them. One friend said that less than half is needed to do the job. He said that many have nothing to do except phoning family and/or friends for a chat from the government office where they "work" just to pass the time. So bad roads are a big problem for Malta. The Maltese are used to them but tourists hate it. What about road contractors, the road builders? These people don't have the manpower, they have very old machinery, are lazy, incompetent and most importantly they lack the know-how. And we should mention disorganisation and inefficiency too.

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New roads usually are brought back to the same conditions (especially after it rains) as before because they simply can't build roads in Malta.  Where in Africa a 500 km road takes up to 8 years to built, here a 2 km stretch takes over 3 years. At this pace it will take Malta over 700 years to build a 500km road.
The buses. Old from the pre war era, many vandalised with torn seats and a shamefully dirty interior. In a bus one is constantly breathing in exhaust fumes. The suspension is murder and you arrive at your destination (that is if the bus is not involved in an accident created by mad driving or an engine failure) with aches and pains all over. The No Smoking sign is completely ignored by bus drivers  and if you complain you WILL be thrown off the bus. Hunting. Don't go to the countryside when it's the hunting season or you end up fighting with some trapper or hunter who is trying to make public land his own. Your rented car WILL be shot at as a warning. Hunting laws are written but never practised. We talked to many tourists who have experienced some kind of massacre on swallows or larks and even buzzards.

 

THE FUTURE

At a population of almost 400,000 people (that's well over a thousand per square kilometre) the future looks not so pretty.
Corruption hinders the few restrictions for new buildings. Because if you pay well enough you can literary build wherever you wish. You can see small rooms in fields (and the so-called boathouses) everywhere. They are built illegally.



If a room were removed by the state after 8 years; the owner would have enjoyed it for free for 8 years. So there is nothing to loose, no fines no anything except for maybe the £M300 removal fee and that is not much considering you enjoyed a room by the beach for 8 years. People are taking large areas of fields and hills and set up a gate with the words PRIVATE on it. Naturally this is illegal and the authorities do nothing. The nations labour force is  highly disorganised and inefficient.



The country is built with shoddiness and cheapness: taste and style is a foreign objective that doesn't need (and don't want) to be pursued. Pride of workmanship non-existent. Things: vending machines, toilets, telephones, drainage, most of the time don't work. There is an inescapable air of decrepitude and neglect, broken streets and sewers, unrepaired buildings and fetid smells. Malta is extremely dirty. People should just accept that Malta is
still a third world country and not pretend that it is something else.

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Disorganisation, lack of control, inefficiency and the unwillingness to enforce very high fines to culprits results in a country of a shameful state. The Maltese people have no pride in their work.

     
As long as what they do is functional then it's okay.

 
But as long as you have a ticket then it's okay.

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Everything they do is half done and looks extremely messy. Just look around you. It's free to do what they like,
example....draining pipe from buildings straight over and to the pavement (you get showered with dirty water), or to the roads instead of a proper draining system. Large or small, very high or low pavements or none at all. As they like really,



because there is no control over what they do and how they do things. This was just a little example.



This newspaper clipping is from a man complaining about the airport shutting down it's runways for a fireworks display. What a joke.
So with this kind of attitude the country will stay in a sorry state. Like it has always been. . But there is a solution to that too. Solidarity within the police and strict enforcement of law.
We expect that in a few more years, the relatively wild areas left like the Armier and surrounding areas will become like Mosta, Bugibba, St.Pauls etc. with apartments, hotels, promenades and burger and ice-cream stands.
Not because of a large population growth but because some business men with the idea to develop will bribe someone at the government and get the go ahead to built on green areas. If one start than you cant stop the other.
With no control over the dumping of rubbish, the little country area there is left will be destroyed with bad smells, rusty iron junk, broken furniture and the lot.



Cars are a major pollutant.




At this rate there will be a car for every living person in just a few short years.
And they need a lot of space for parking. We know of a family of 5. All three children have a car each and 2 more cars for the parents. That's 5 cars. Two of the children attend university in separate cars. The wife uses hers for shopping and the husband uses it to go to work 400 meters from home.
Think for a moment when all the 12 year olds become eighteen in six years.



This is ridiculous on an island of just 300 square km. 
 

 

We end with this letter from the Times of Malta

 

WHO WE ARE

Who we are and Why we wrote this. We are a group of men, some ex servicemen some law graduates who have been living on the Maltese islands for many years. Because of the length of time on these island we established trustworthy connections through friendship and are 100 per cent reliable. We have had years of experience on life in Malta. We talked to hundreds of people within most sectors for our information that is presented to you on this website. The information gathered is 100 percent. Here is an example of how we work. Let us say that one of us is inquiring on how much water is produced from a specific reverse osmosis plant. We do not settle with an answer from one person, that is not enough and absolutely not reliable. We will need at least 3 answers from 3 different persons to satisfy ourselves. And the answers need to be more or less the same or we have to start all over again. We wrote this article named The Maltafile because we saw no end to the prehistoric ways this country is run. We saw only total lack and unwillingness by the state and it's people to improve life on Malta and it's island. Everyone knows the state is a coward to enforce law and order because the party in power (whichever party is in power) does not want to loose votes. Because of them the Maltese islands are and will stay like a pool of stagnant water. Our aim is to stir this pool. We see no upheaval of the regular power cuts, bad water and bad sewage systems, the whole infrastructure in general, the bad roads (roads newly build are a disgrace with everything half done, even the white road markings start to fade a few weeks later), the dirt and stink, the illegal buildings (everywhere you look), anarchy on the roads, everyone does what he/she likes, there is no respect for the law or for the fellow man. No upheaval of the way things are run; that ever familiar prehistoric mentality that seem to linger for decade after decade no matter what type of new technology or education there is. Corruption is everywhere. The unwillingness to enforce the law by the state on most things. Dealing with ANY government department (of any party) is like dealing with a terrible ulcer, dull and extremely painful. No efficiency, organisation or understanding but the ever-present incompetence that rules. It is disgusting that things are still the same as they were decades back. The Maltese think that it changed just because they have DVD or laptops. So ridiculous indeed. Water, roads, electricity are still like in the 1940's. Crumbling infrastructure, sewage smells and dirt everywhere you go. So what has changed?  No improvement can be seen in the near future. In fact it is worse than ever. We've had enough and now it is time to act. We will act hard, relentless (as with the Ballut Blocks case down below and Maltafile2 and other cases) and efficient (as with all the information we gathered up above with over 500 pictures and almost 600 emails collected) all the way. You can read about a new project called the MALTAFILE 2 further down this page. This will take some time to finish, it will be solely on corruption. Here is an example of the work we are doing for others....... We are in the procedure of helping a group of local people whom we introduced to a German law firm to help them take legal action in the EU courts against a Maltese company named Ballut Blocks Ltd. of Naxxar, Malta. The group is holding Ballut Blocks Ltd. liable for damages. This group is claiming common right of land, land that belongs to all the Maltese people and is taking the matter to the EU courts. They claim that the quarry of Ballut Blocks Ltd. which is situated by a valley named Ghasel Valley in Naxxar, through intentional reckless behaviour and relentless destruction, the company demolished parts of the named valley, the location being to the right (facing north-northeast) of the valley walls and it's land further beyond to at least 400 meters. That the named company, without consideration for the surrounding fauna and flora and with intention and reckless behaviour uprooted and destroyed trees and other indigenous plants. The group claim that this area belongs to all the Maltese people and that the aforementioned company had no right to destroy parts of the named valley even if they might have had a planning permission to do such destruction. Furthermore they will ask the courts to summon the persons responsible who might have issued such permits. Surely the planning authorities would not have given permission to quarry the valley and by doing so destroy not just the valley itself but also the fauna and flora in it. We hope the planning authority is aware of the responsibilities it has in deciding on a planning application nevertheless here is what our lawyers said.... The planning authority should be concerned with the way land is developed and the effect that buildings have on the surroundings. Also, the intention of a natural and conserved area is that not only will the features of the area be preserved but also that they will be enhanced especially if the area which has specially attractive features. It should be protected against unsuitable development. Although planning applications had been properly registered with the planning authority the government namely the planning authority required to give special attention to the question of the desirability of preserving or enhancing the character or appearance of an area when deciding on an application for planning permission. They also must take into account whether the applicant in part or whole could make any destruction to the surrounding area, be it natural or otherwise. The group will be asking the courts to force the named company to built and restore the named valley in it's original state with soils and plants and rebuilt the demolished valley walls etc.. This will indemnify the Maltese people wholly and will be accepted by the group. If the company does not comply to the courts order the group will sue the aforementioned company and will ask the courts for the sum of not less than 3.2 million Maltese pounds for the restoration and building of parts of the named valley. The courts will determine the final sum of monies to be paid. This money will pay private restorers to do the job. Any money left over will go to charity. The group is vigorously going to fight this in court, they have the means and the money to do so. We are dedicating our time and resources on this matter and on the matter Malta and the MALTAFILE 2. Here are some photographs taken by an architect. Massive parts of the valley wall have collapsed (D1 and D2) due to the irresponsible destructive work done by a company named Ballut Blocks Ltd. Eventually, the planning authority has to answer some questions regarding this mindless destruction of land that belongs to all Maltese people. A group of locals are taking the Ballut Blocks Ltd. to the EU courts.    The view from the valley itself. Facing northeast, one can easily see that Ballut Blocks Ltd. has not only destroyed parts of the wall (D1 and D2) but also land (D 3) belonging to this habitat and situated further beyond to approximately 400 meters. Many indigenous plants have suffered due to this destruction.   A hole (D 4) has been filled with loose rubble from the quarry side. This will eventually collapse and another gap in the wall will materialise like D1 and D2

We are in deep gratitude and thank wholeheartedly the people at : http://www.itranquil.net/ , http://www.fortunecity.com/ , http://www.tripod.com/ , http://www.5u.com/  for providing us with webspace for these pages and for letting us express a fundamental right which is the core of democracy "The Freedom of Speech".

 

 

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We are compiling Maltafile 2. The information will be strictly on corruption.
It will be shown on this site >>>>>  http://www.maltafile.5u.com/   Please Note.... For the time being we have temporarily put some very interesting information until the Maltafile 2 is ready.
Many people within the government departments (of ALL parties) and some private sectors of importance will be mentioned by name. It will also show what was involved in the transactions (money etc.). Sensitive information of this type needs to be backed by concrete proof. This is hard to get but not impossible. And sensitive information it will be.....We have new information regarding the BICAL, Midland, BOV and Paola Motors cases. We will supply information on where all the monies from BICAL and Paola Motors went. And we will talk about Mr.Bonnici, Mr. Bonello, Mr. Dalli and the BOV bank, Mr. Mintoff, Mr. Bondin, Mr. Camilleri, Mr. Bartolo, Mr. Sant, Mr. Pace and many others including certain judges. You will also get to know about the chief justice who was charged with bribery. Does he have any past corrupt doings? And what about an ex commissioner of police? Anything to hide? You need to wait for the Maltafile 2 for that one.
We shall look at the issue of bribery and "inconvenience caused payments" where a person gives some money to an official for causing "inconvenience" to that official. Inconvenience here means anything from letting the official drive 6 minutes to filling an extra form, although this is actually his work. Basically you have to give him money to carry out his job as a public servant unless you are prepared to wait until judgement day or incur all sorts of other inconveniences (like being sent from office to office many many times) to get the service you are rightfully and lawfully entitled to. So if you
want things done you should always say   "sorry for the inconvenience caused" at the same time you hand over an envelope with cash in it. We will also mention the people who accepted so called "presents" in cash (and sometimes NOT in cash as you shall see).

The Maltafile 2 is being compiled at a steady pace with new, old and very old information being gathered and edited. You might ask us as to how do we get hold of such delicate information.  We got the information from very dependable sources on delicate and not so delicate matters from amongst others: political members, supporters, government workers, friends and teachers. We cannot give out names due to the sensitiveness of it all, what we can say is that we have tapes with recorded information going back 32 years. We even got hold of some remote video transmission recordings of later years. Unfortunately we all have to wait a while to edit and compile all information we possess. We are also helping some people achieving their goals. The time needed reflects our effort to insist on a 100 percent accuracy of the information presented to you.
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Bob Aspar and Assoc.

 

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EMAILS WE RECEIVED

I haven't seen a site with so much information about one country like the Maltafile website. Very informative indeed.

First it was Cyprus then the Balearics and now its Malta's turn. Bob Aspar and his associates spare no one. Like their previous ones, Maltafile is a very interesting site.

It's good to see someone with guts like the Bob Aspar team. These people will say all no matter what. Well done.

You shouldn't write about our country like that. Shame on you and to hell with you all.

You f******  bast***

During a holiday in Malta my family became terribly ill due to food poisoning. HURRAH FOR MALTAFILE.

They don't give a darn. Bob Aspar and his associates say how it really is in the country. So they are being persecuted for writing about the truth. DISGUSTING.

None dares to speak his mind against Malta or its politics. You risk getting hurt by some guy or guys. Some democracy. You did it for us. Thanks Bob and Co.


SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FROM YOUR EMAILS 


Can I meet Bob or any of his associates?
Unfortunately not.

What does OBE stand for?
Organization for a Better Europe.

Do you have anything to do with Maltacritique.com?
Absolutely not.

Who finance you all?
No one.

We love to beat the sh** out of you?
We know. Some like to shake our hands too.

What does SOMI Europe stands for?
Society of Medditeranean Islands in Europe.

Do you have any Maltese contacts?
Yes. Plenty. Some of us have lived here since before the war.

Where are you based?
Malta, Brussels, and the Netherlands.

Can I join you?
Unfortunately not.

What does B.A.A.A. stands for?
Bob Aspar And Associates.

It seems all information is based on the truth but is it really?
Newspaper clippings and photographs speak for themselves.

How many are you?
11 if we include our associates in Malta, Brussels, and the Netherlands.

Can you help in getting back some of the money my family lost
(the government took is more appropriate) in the past?
On your email you said this happened 30 years ago. That's a long time
nevertheless we shall consider this.

What can Bob Aspar & Associates do about the mess (rubbish) left over
on Comino during the summer period?
Not much. We are not the government. We will publish photographs of the areas involved
so that the Maltese themselves can realize what harm they are doing to their country.

Why don't you look at other countries instead? Roads in other countries are not perfect.
Why don't you look at the rubbish dumps in France for example?
This is probably the most popular question we receive, every day.
The answer is simple.....We live in Malta and not in "other countries".

Ballut Blocks Ltd. of Naxxar....what has happened?
This case is taking its time. As you all know this case has been given to a German law firm.
They are helping a group of local people to take legal action in the EU courts against a Maltese
company named Ballut Blocks Ltd. of Naxxar, Malta. They are holding it liable for damages,
for destruction this company incurred on the habitat surrounding its works area namely part
of the valley in Mosta/Naxxar limits. So what has happened? Some of this local group went
to Germany to present their case to the advocates. One of this group telephoned the person in charge
of dealing with quarry permits to let him know that some people are taking this matter
to the E.U. courts now. This case is at its infancy. (read more about this further up the page)

Lies.....all lies.
You all must be very angry to show this.
Again. Most of these pages are built with clippings of local newspapers and photographs.
Not angry but disappointed. Disappointed that after so many years Malta is still suffering
like a third world country. Power cuts, bad water, bad manners, noise and aggravations
on a daily basis, overcharging tourists, ripping-off the Maltese people by the Maltese businessmen.
Hygiene and safety are non existent. Dirt and dust created by continuos building work all over
the country. The illegal hunting which disgraces Malta. The infrastructure, drainage, sewage.
The miserable state of the roads and the overall state of the country is proof enough
of the corruption that exists. And some emails say that our website gives out an unfair and
unreasonable report.

Your website rocks. I will give you some publicity.
Was meant to. Thanks

Can we send you some photographs and would you include them on your website?
Unfortunately not. For the moment we have enough material.

WEBSITE RESPONSE STATISTICS

Many are against it and again many said that we are doing a good job. Our statistics show that about 40% of emails received are for the site and the remainder against it. Some of the 40% wanted to supply us with more information and photographs on Malta to add on our website. And again some of the 40% asked us to help them; 2 examples are given here: asking the authorities to employ wardens to check on people who leave their rubbish on the island of Comino, example: to investigate a certain bank transaction dating back 30 years, and few others.
We were surprised by this response.

PLEASE NOTE

SOME EMAILS WE RECIEVED WERE INFECTED WITH
A VIRUS OF THE TYPE  32NETSKY.
WE ASK YOU TO CLEAN ALL EMAILS WITH AN ANTI VIRUS
SOFTWARE BEFORE SENDING THEM.

   
All correspondence should be send to

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We will answer them in due course.

A NOTICE FROM US TO YOU

We did not fabricate the information in these pages, there is definitely no fiction and we did not invent anything.
We did not need to. Most of these pages are built with clippings of local newspapers.
NOTE:
Because of the sensitive nature of the information on these pages WE CANNOT name persons. We will refer to them as "FRIEND" any person who contributed information to us. We will use the word tax or taxes referring to levy, vat, tax, excise, duty, etc.  




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