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FORMER LABOUR MP PAGE 4 Get €100 cashback when investing €5,000 or more TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 SUNDAY • 9 JANUARY 2022 • ISSUE 1157 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday The conversation €1.95 MATTHEW VELLA A company belonging to Nationalist MP Da- vid Thake has had no accounts filed with the Malta Business Registry since its incorporation in 2011, save for its annual returns. Thake did not dis- pute assertions by MaltaToday that his company Mal- tashopper Ltd, a s u c c e s s f u l stockist of Ikea and M a i s o n s du Monde f u r n i t u r e , is facing an assess- ment for over €550,000 in moneys owed to the VAT department. The revelations come a week since it was revealed that Thake's other com- pany, Vanilla Telecoms, owed some €270,000 in unpaid VAT, which is now part of a repay- ment plan with the authorities. Thake is sole shareholder in both Mal- t a s h o p - per and V a n i l l a T e l e - coms. Contacted yesterday, Thake said he had tak- en action "many months ago" to appoint new com- pany auditors and engage new persons responsible for compiling Maltashop- per's financial accounts. "All overdue accounts will be filed this month. Of course, all the relevant penalties for this admin- istrative failure will be paid in full." Thake did not deny that Maltashopper owed over €550,000 in VAT, but insisted that all his dues were tax-deferred under the government's COVID scheme. MARCELLINE NAUDI KURT SANSONE THE former Labour MP Silvio Grixti is refusing to acknowl- edge repeated requests for comment, on allegations of fraudulent certifications used by patients attempting to be 'boarded out' of government work. Grixti resigned from parlia- ment after being interrogated by the police over an investiga- tion into allegations of falsifi- cation of medical certifications. PAGE 4 We need to talk about sex, toxic masculinity and our historical entitlement as men JAMES DBEONO MT2 PAGE 12 PN's anti-corruption drive Doctor's signature, certification falsified in 'boarded out' case Grech unveils package of 12 Bills targeting mafia crimes, political influence, and special anti- corruption investigator PGS 2-3 MP's business filed no accounts for 10 years, has €550,000 VAT bill David Thake 'Justice elusive as long as police do not treat abuse on women seriously' PAGE 5 Whose right to forget? The press versus the powers that be: GDPR and the right to forget on court decisions 10-11 "It starts with: 'Aw, gisem!'… and, at the clean other end of the spectrum, it ends in femicide" INTERVIEW MT2 Employee seeking 'boarding out' had falsified certifications