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Government regales taxpayer with
dockyards’ burden
By
Matthew Vella
A photo opportunity for the press and drinks for the Prime Minister
and General Workers’ Union boss Tony Zarb was all the media
would get during the signing of the "historic" collective
and restructuring agreement between the government and the union.
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Is consumption tax on government’s
mind rather than VAT?
The announcement of proposed tax increases usually
brings about a veritable hoo-ha in any country, but amazingly,
the recent revelation, so far not denied, that government is proposing
tax increases as part of its welfare reform has raised many questions,
but little to no public debate. READ
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Calls
for more transparency in awarding of public tenders issued
By
Matthew Vella
Opposition health spokesperson Michael Farrugia yesterday claimed
there had been no sort of mistake within contract procedures after
an appeals board annulled the decision of the director general
of contracts to award a Lm25 million contract to Italian company
INSO SpA for the supply of medical equipment to Mater Dei Hospital
in Tal-Qroqq. READ
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OPINION
Developing a competitive
knowledge-based economy
Finance and Economic Affairs Minister John Dalli
addresses Friday’s Federation of Industry’s conference:
‘Europe – Most Competitive economy by 2010? How
will Malta benefit from this process?’ In his wide-ranging
speech, Dalli extols the advantages of a knowledge based economy,
he urges that we need to be committed to work together to
introduce the necessary changes in order to secure a better
future, and addresses a wide range of issues including the
tremendous costs associated with using Malta’s ports |
NEWS
BICAL - An exercise in destruction
FIMBank issues new shares, 35.6
per cent shareholder discount
Candidates ask for changes to euro
adoption procedure
BA confirms that viewership survey
coincides with airing of juicy programmes
maltaNET enters VoIP international
call market
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