The Malta Independent 23 July 2019, Tuesday

Relationship between Malta and EU Commission 'never as good as now' - Juncker

The relationship between Malta and the EU Commission has never been as good as it is now, outgoing Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday. Speaking at Castille, Juncker said that...

latest comment from Zeppi, 23/07/2019 08:19: Relationship between Malta and EU Commission 'never as good as now' - Juncker. The relationship is set to get "better" with him gone and someone must be really feeling the heat under the collar.
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NGOs raising funds to take legal action against Central Link project

After the Planning Authority (PA) shockingly approved the Central Link project, residents from various localities together with fourteen NGOs will be initiating legal action to challenge this...

latest comment from Christian Borg, 23/07/2019 08:17: Of course, because a wider road, with more cars, and less greenery will reduce pollution. Logical. Maybe they will increase speed limit to 120kph now... at that speed it's been found that Co2 becomes an inert gas.
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High turnover and shortages driving up labour costs – MEA study

A survey from the Malta Employers Association has suggested that, whilst there are many variables that affect the revue of businesses, rising labour costs due to high turnover, shortages and increased...

latest comment from Catharsis, 23/07/2019 08:07: At a business breakfast last October, Stefan Olson, Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion for the EC recommended that employers should be forward looking. No further comment needed.
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Malta will implement Moneyval report recommendations - government

Malta will be implementing the recommendations made in the Moneyval report, the government said in a statement. Malta is committed to preventing, detecting, and prosecuting money laundering and...

latest comment from Maria l-Maws, 23/07/2019 07:31: Do you remember when, Alfred Sant went to Vittoriosa, invited the media, and proclaimed Dom Mintoff a "TRADITUR" with ministers of his cabinet approving? No "Wash the Dirty Linen at Home" then.The MLP establishment, ON THAT OCCASION, had put muzzels on its loyal subjects' mouths so that nobody would dare defend their most acclaimed ex-leader at that time.
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Maltese ‘maestro’ Gianrico Farrugia leading change at Mayo clinic in US - report

Maltese physician Gianrico Farrugia came in for some praise from Minnesota’s largest newspaper, which described him as leading “a venerable institution through an industry’s...

latest comment from Phil Zammit, 23/07/2019 04:16: Do you speak from experience or just spouting rubbish? I have lived in the USA for 42 years and categorically deny your statement. Truth be said, you must pay your monthly medical insurance premium (which isn't cheap!) but most working people do. Generally, the employer covers 75% of the cost and the employee gets 25% deducted from his paycheck. Those at the very bottom of the ladder (unemployed or on welfare) get their medical needs covered by the state. Don't be a fake info punk about the USA!
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Moneyval report: Government needs to say what steps it will take – PN

The consequences of the Moneyval report are extremely serious on Malta's financial services sector and Malta's economy and Malta has now 12 months to rectify all the shortcomings identified by the...

latest comment from Mark Sant (Misha), 22/07/2019 19:59: The Moneyval report while not surprising shall be hitting the financial services industry hard - very hard. Malta's financial services business has been steadily in decline since the breaking of the Panama Papers scandal and its aftermath. The reputation of Malta as a financial centre is at an all time low. Loss of reputation in this industry, especially loss of reputation due to lax compliance to EU financial and anti-money laundering directives sends a message to shady financial operators that our country is the right place to park their ill begotten funds. The problem is compounded when the financial services market is shrinking as it is at the moment. This puts immense pressure on Maltese financial services operators to accept as clients individuals and entities that they would normally turn away just to be able to stay in the black. So in an environment where Malta should be tightening its compliance procedures, in practice it is the opposite that happens which leads to further loss of reputation. I think you see where I am going with this.
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PA Board to hear application for Mdina road fuel station on Thursday

A planning application to construct a fuel station on Mdina road, Attard, is set to be discussed by the Planning Authority on Thursday. The application would relocate a kerb-side fuel station and...

latest comment from Hans Horst, 23/07/2019 08:37: Kerb site fuel station should be illegal for obvious safety reasons. Existing ones are debatable, new ones absolutely unacceptable.
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A tiny, unrepresentative electorate picks UK's new leader

Britain's next prime minister will govern a nation of 66 million people, but only 0.25% of them had a say in the choice. Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will be announced Tuesday as the...

latest comment from Silvan Said, 23/07/2019 08:38: Theresa May's decision should have been to call an election and lead the conservatives with a promise to sign her deal. In resigning and leaving the door open to hardline brexiteers she did her last disservice to the country putting her party's interest before her country's.
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Government aims to open Naxxar community hub for persons with disability in 2022

Project Reach, a community Hub for disabled persons is planned to be up and running by 2022.  The Malta Independent asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Persons with Disability and Active Ageing...

latest comment from joe camilleri, 22/07/2019 11:03: When the going gets tough, bring on the pantomime horse of disability for a little comic relief! Here it is again Malta's very own, never-ending project: 'Segregation by Stealth'. This 'project' flies in the face of forty years of international disability activism, culminating in the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (2011) which enshired the concepts of inclusion, choice and independence as inalienable rights for disabled people. Shame on all disability NGOs, disability activists, parents of disabled people, disability services and educational establishments, and, above all, shame on disability rights commissions/ organisations if they remain silent, or worse still, condone this small retrograde step for Malta, but one colossal leap back into a dark age we, Maltese disabled people, hoped we'd left behind us forever. The nightmare continues ...
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