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Matthew Vella
Government yesterday unveiled a 55 per cent surcharge in electricity prices and a 3.3 cents increase in excise for every litre of LRP and unleaded petrol as part of measures intended to make good for the increase in the international price of oil.
Kurt Sansone
Stiff competition and an expensive product are contributing to industry’s woes as statistics show that Malta registered a massive decrease of 52.3 per cent in industrial new orders in August when compared with the same period last year.
Matthew Vella
In just a short space of seven days, the island’s poultry trade suffered the brunt of sensationalist journalism and an avian flu simulation exercise that was far too real for the Maltese public.
INTERVIEW
 The ‘50 million dollar’ question facing government is how to make up for the oil price hike and keep on track with its deficit target without drying up the well of economic initiative in the country.
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OPINION
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Experts estimate that at today’s consumption rates, known global supplies of oil and natural gas would be depleted within decades. In the second and final part, the author takes a look at alternative energy sources READ MORE >>
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