Small is abominable Granted. We have established a record in corruption on the local scene. However, the Financial Secrecy Index 2020 places our country in the 18th place. Above Malta feature such respectable countries as the USA (second) and Switzerland (third) and three EU member states, namely Luxembourg (sixth), the Netherlands (eighth) and Germany (14th). And yet none of these states appear in the infamous “grey list” by the FATF. One marvels how neither the government nor the opposition, nor the House of Representatives as a whole, nor the European Parliament, have ever noted and protested about this discrimination. Nor do I hear an outcry in the local media. And yet all these institutions, somehow or other, to a large or lesser extent, have through the years contributed towards this dismal reputation. Woe betide the family who contributes towards and then succumbs to the reputation that the mother is a certified whore. Small is abominable. So is political expediency. Joseph Psaila – Victoria Bernard Grech on looking after your money PN leader Bernard Grech I found it extremely difficult to choose which was the most incredulous statement made by the “temporary” PN and...