Neville Borg, Author at MEDDMO

Fact-check Malta: People showing up in Naxxar to collect dogs that never existed

January 23, 2026 A scam operation posing as a dog breeding and adoption agency is cheating would-be dog owners of their hard-earned cash, a veterinary clinic and grooming salon close to the operation’s listed address warn. Last week, a social media post by Abaigeal Ragogna, an employee at a dog grooming salon in the town […]

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Fact-check Malta: How much are political parties declaring in donations?

Fact Check, Politics

January 23, 2026 Party financing in Malta came under the spotlight in the run-up to Christmas, as opposition party PN belatedly submitted the party’s financial reports for 2021 to 2024 on December 15, leading to conflicting claims from acolytes of both of the country’s main political parties over the other’s sources of wealth and donors.

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Fact-check Malta: Is Malta’s Cabinet receiving a salary raise?

Fact Check, Politics, Uncategorized

November 7, 2025 A series of social media posts posted by opposition party PN in the immediate aftermath of the annual budget held on Monday October 27 sparked a debate over pay raises for Malta’s Cabinet ministers. The posts compared the weekly COLA increase (cost-of-living adjustment, a sum handed out to compensate for inflation) given

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Fact-check Malta: AI-generated videos of unusual incidents on Malta’s streets

Fact Check, Society, Technology

November 4, 2025 A series of AI generated videos posted in recent days showing unusual sightings in Malta’s streets have duped many people into believing they are real. The videos range from plausible events, such as photorealistic depictions of near-traffic accidents, to seemingly implausible, such as the sight of exotic animals freely roaming Malta’s streets.

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Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations

Fact Check, Society, Technology

October 21, 2025 Claim: The family of a tragic car crash are requesting donations through a Facebook page. Verdict: The Facebook page was set up by scammers, hoping to defraud people of their funds. Online scammers are soliciting donations in the name of Sandra and Kevin Bonnici, one of the two couples who died tragically in

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Fact-check Malta: What does a proposed planning reform say about regularising illegal properties?

Environment, Fact Check, Politics, Society

October 13, 2025 Claim: A proposed reform to planning laws only allows illegal developments to be regularised if a small part of the development is illegal Verdict: The proposed laws allow people to apply to have an entire illegal development regularised, not just a small part of it. A fiery debate between Michael Stivala,

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Fact-check Malta: Is MEP Daniel Attard facing charges of bribery?

Fact Check, Politics

May 27, 2025 The news that Labour MEP Daniel Attard is embroiled in a bribery investigation came as a bolt from the blue, with Attard issuing a statement on Monday 19 May, describing his attendance at a football match in the presence of a Huawei lobbyist. The matter raised several questions over Attard’s future and the extent

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Fact-check Malta: What happened at the Għargħur local council?

Fact Check, Politics

May 27, 2025 The local council of the sleepy town of Għargħur has hit the front pages in recent weeks, after councillors ousted the mayor, flipping the council’s previous PN majority to a PL-led one. The turmoil led to protests and earnest appeals for new elections, with several people across social media painting conflicting pictures

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Fact-check Malta: Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?

Fact Check, Middle East, Politics

May 12, 2025 On Friday 2 May, Malta woke up to the alarming news that the Conscience, a ship operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, had been attacked some 26km off its eastern coast. The ship was reportedly en route to Gaza, carrying humanitarian aid when it was attacked. The news quickly drew international attention

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Fact check Malta: Labour Party supporters use AI to turn civil society protest into a partisan battle

Fact Check, Politics, Society, Technology, Uncategorized

April 14, 2025 Supporters of Malta’s Labour Party are sharing photorealistic AI-generated images in partisan Facebook groups that attempt to portray opposition leader Bernard Grech at a civil society protest in the capital city of Valletta. A protest was held by a number of local NGOs on 2nd April 2025 outside the parliament building in

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Fact-check Malta: People showing up in Naxxar to collect dogs that never existed

Fact-check Malta: How much are political parties declaring in donations?

Fact-check Malta: Is Malta’s Cabinet receiving a salary raise?

Fact-check Malta: AI-generated videos of unusual incidents on Malta’s streets

Fact-check Malta: Scammers use fatal car crash to solicit fake donations

Fact-check Malta: What does a proposed planning reform say about regularising illegal properties?

Fact-check Malta: Is MEP Daniel Attard facing charges of bribery?

Fact-check Malta: What happened at the Għargħur local council?

Fact-check Malta: Why was a Gaza-bound aid ship attacked near Malta?

Fact check Malta: Labour Party supporters use AI to turn civil society protest into a partisan battle

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