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Recommendation not implemented: student complains that the University of Malta unfairly treated him in the examination and grading of his dissertation

In terms of Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman, Mr. Anthony C. Mifsud, and the Commissioner for Education, Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent A. De Gaetano, have sent to the House of Representatives the Final Opinion on a complaint lodged by a matur...

Recommendation not implemented: The University of Malta fails to assist in due time a third-country national in renewing his work permit.

Recommendations not implemented: Primary School teacher on a career break not allowed to work temporarily in the private sector

A group of students from the Maria Regina College, Mosta Secondary School visited the Office of the Ombudsman

A group of Year 9 and 10 students from the Maria Regina College, Mosta Secondary School visited the Office of the Ombudsman to acquaint themselves with the institution's work. The students participated in an information session addressed by the Commissi...

Recommendations not fully accepted: unfair treatment during a scholarship interview

In terms of Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman Mr. Anthony C. Mifsud and the Commissioner for Education, Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent A. De Gaetano, have sent to the House of Representatives the Final Opinion on a complaint lodged by a Theolog...

Recommendations not implemented: unfair treatment by the Planning Authority in the processing of a minor amendment

In terms of Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman Mr Anthony C. Mifsud and the Commissioner for Environment and Planning, Perit Alan Saliba, have sent to the House of Representatives the Final Opinion in relation to an allegation of unf...

Recommendations not implemented: Final Opinion on works carried out by the Government in Comino

Recommendations not implemented: Final Opinion on the regularisation process vis-à-vis the CTB concessions sent to the House of Representatives

Further industrial actions affecting patients and old people’s homes residents

Despite the Press Release issued last Friday by the Commissioner for Health in the Office of the Ombudsman, another Union, on Monday 19 April 2021 issued other directives which affect patients in hospitals and also residents in old people’s homes. This time...

It is inhumane that patients are used as pawns during industrial actions

As he had the occasion to report recently, the Commissioner for Health at the Office of the Ombudsman wants to show his preoccupation that Unions persist in using patients as pawns to pressure the authorities to accede to their requests. This is inhumane. ...

Recommendations not implemented: The Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Education send report to the House of Representatives

In terms of Article 22(4) of the Ombudsman Act, the Ombudsman Mr Anthony C. Mifsud and the Commissioner for Education, Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent A. De Gaetano, have sent to the House of Representatives the Final Opinion on a complaint lodged by three ind...

The Parliamentary Ombudsman presents Case Notes 2020 to Parliament

The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Mr Anthony C. Mifsud, presented the Case Notes 2020 to the President of the House of Representatives, the Hon. Anglu Farrugia. In his foreword to this year’s edition of the Case Notes the Ombudsman noted that “These last five...