Business Today

Bidder protests, alleges “highly irregular, abusive” tender procedures
David Darmanin
Some weeks ago, the media put pressure on the Contracts Department over tender procedures related to the Malta South Sewage Treatment Plant (Works) contract. Yesterday Costruzioni Dondi S.p.A., one of the aggrieved bidders for the same tender, filed a judicial protest on grounds of a dozen alleged irregularities against the director of contracts, finance minister Tonio Fenech, the Water Services Corporation (WSC), infrastructure minister Austin Gatt and prime minister Lawrence Gonzi. >>

New MCA chief deems former Melita top post “advantageous
Charlot Zahra
The newly appointed executive chairman at the Malta Communications Authority (MCA), Philip Micallef, has defended his appointment as MCA chief, despite the fact that he comes straight from the top seat at Melita Cable, a communications key player which he will now have to regulate. >>

Climate change: The global challenge and an action plan for Malta

New MBA chairman elected

Ministry confronted on stinking sewage plant saga

IMF delegation visits Malta

England elimination renders Euro 2008 TV rights unfeasible

GRTU insists on energy cost cuts for restaurants, grocers

Government mum on autonomy of OFC following Commission for Fair Trading decision

MBB presents considerations on MEUSAC re-launch

BOV appointed Manager, Registrar and Underwriter in the RS2 Software p.l.c. Initial Public Offering (IPO)

GO Plus TV reaches 25,000 subscriber mark

Parliamentary reform - the feminine perspective at TransEuropaExpress 2008

Recent Interviews

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Winston J. Zahra	Andrew Cross	Sonny Portelli
Julian Jaeger	Karlheinz Knapp	Tonio Fenech
Charles Attard	Edward Fenech	Charles Mangion
Reno Camilleri	Alfred Mangion	Alan Camilleri
Ross Mason	Joseph Farrugia	Sina Bugeja

INTERVIEW

The future of telecommunications
In his first newspaper interview, the freshly-appointed Executive Chairman of the Malta Communications Authority (MCA), Philip Micallef, speaks to Charlot Zahra about the future of the telecommunications industry in Malta as technologies converge and the role of the Authority in this scenario increases in its importance >>

EDITORIAL
Financial turmoil in international markets
It is appropriate that the Institute of Financial Services is organising its annual seminar on the theme of the financial turmoil in international markets. >>

OPINION - George M Mangion
An ode to Shipbuilding
Returning from a business trip in Asia last week I was impressed by the growth of their economies and the inventiveness of their politicians. Armed with a low cost of living, they are exploiting their comparative cost advantage in many sectors – such as in tourism, luxury residential and office space, manufacturing, shipping, large scale crop production and financial services.>>

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28 May 2008
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