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Government pussyfoots around dockyard
 By
Ray Abdilla and Kurt Sansone
Dockyard workers aged 56 and over opting for an early retirement
scheme were going to lose the customary Lm2,000 service bonus
but in a sudden change of heart that could cost taxpayers an additional
Lm800,000, government has decided to offer an ex gratia sum equivalent
to the bonus. READ
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Inflation hits a high
According to statistics released yesterday by the National Statistics
Office, last January Malta registered its highest rate of inflation
since April 1996. At a rate of 3.27 per cent, the figure breached
the three per cent mark for the first time since August 1998.
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Aznar visits Malta
Spanish Prime Minister Aznar arrived late last night in a lightening
visit where he met the Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami and other
top government officials. Spain presently holds the presidency
of the Council of Ministers of the European Union Spanish Prime
Minister Jose Maria Aznar has claimed that Spain feels that EU
presidency will be "a great opportunity for us to apply the
policies we believe in." READ
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INTERVIEW
Government calling on
your mobile
Vodafone Sales Administration Manager Malcolm A. Mallia tells
KURT SANSONE how SMS-crazy Malta can benefit from m-government.
OPINION
Restructuring to Compete
Addressing the Federation of Industry’s ‘Restructuring
to Compete’ conference, Frank Xerri de Caro – Bank
of Valletta’s Chief Officer for Credit Management and Retail
Business – explains the Bank’s creation of a customer-centric
organisation concept. Following are extracts from his speech
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