Schembri

Fingers have been pointed at several political figures, from Economy Minister Silvio Schembri to former planning minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, while others, such as Schembri’s predecessor Chris Cardona have gone under the radar.

At the time, Fenech had already been unmasked as the owner of 17 Black, a secret company set up to funnel money into the Panama accounts of then OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri and minister Konrad Mizzi.

Being a well-known preacher with a doctorate in theology, Don Schembri preached the so-called missions that preceded pastoral visits.

Carabott asks Schembri if he ever met Electrogas owners to discuss the power station project.

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri also boasted of the package and said the government has laid out a very ambitious plan, but the real success lies in ensuring that nobody is left behind and that every citizen benefits from the generated wealth.

He has worked on the MaltaHip since the project started over five years ago, after teaming up with the device’s main inventor, anatomy lecturer Pierre Schembri Wismayer.

Ms Schembri said it's exciting to look at how far she has come.

On the other hand, Schembri had first tried to explain the overlapping but as the interrogation progressed, one explanation appeared to contradict another, said the inspector.

Schembri also denied intervening to stop the police questioning Electrogas chief Yorgen Fenech in 2018 on the secret company 17 Black.

Schembri has acknowledged that his offshore company, Tillgate, was due to do business with Fenech’s firm, 17 Black.

Along with fellow Corradino developer Matthew Schembri, Buhagiar faces criminal charges of involuntary homicide in relation to the collapse of a timber factory development in December 2022 that buried six people and killed 20-year-old Sofia.

And Schembri’s case was also brought forward, with the judge setting an urgent hearing on Friday.

Asked why the bays had not been removed as ordered by TM, Schembri said it had been raining the day the council planned to remove them.

But Schembri has also been given additional responsibilities in the form of 'Enterprise and Strategic Projects'.

Clint Camilleri, Minister for Gozo and Planning and Silvio Schembri, Minister for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects paid an official visit to The Magro Food Village on Friday.

Sources say Joseph Muscat, Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri are among a long list of people likely to face charges related to money laundering, with Chris Fearne and Edward Scicluna also expected to be charged, albeit for lesser offences.

That information promptly triggered a reaction by Schembri’s lawyers who filed an urgent application before the court hearing the constitutional case.

The ex-Accutor director further claimed that Accutor’s accounting team told him payments made by the Swiss firm to the Cayman Islands were intended for Mizzi and Schembri.

Azzopardi asks about the reference to “Alex” in the recording and asks Theuma whether he was aware that Keith Schembri's assistant was called Alex (Muscat).

Economy Minister Silvio Schembri, Environment Minister Aaron Farrugia and Energy Minister Michael Farrugia, who have all been ordered into mandatory quarantine, drew comparisons between themselves and Grech.