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MLP Criticises increase in price of fuel products

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The increase in the price of fuel products has increased the burden on Maltese families and sectors that contribute to the economy, Malta Labour Party spokesman Joe Mizzi said yesterday....

ADT To clamp down on illegal use of K and Y plates

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Transport Authority is to begin an exercise to clamp down on people who are illegally using vehicles with K and Y number-plates, which carry a reduced rate of registration tax....

Lm2 Million agreement signed with bus owners

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The Malta Transport Authority (ADT) and the Public Transport Association (PTA) yesterday signed a Lm2 million agreement covering the current year, while discussions on an agreement for the period 2005 to 2009 are to start immediately. ...

Privatisation Agreement ceremony will still be held today – government

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 15 years ago Malta Independent

The Union Haddiema Maghqudin wrote to the Malta Freeport chairman yesterday, saying that it was prepared to take industrial action unless its requests were met. The government, for its part, said that the union was making a last-ditch attempt to forc...

Office For Fair Trading accused of unfair treatment by group of supermarkets

Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

The decision taken by the Office for Fair Trading to censor a marketing campaign launched by a group of independent supermarkets is frustrating legitimate trade and is placing an unfair advantage on competitors, Jonathan Shaw, a spokesman for the gro...

Illegal Immigrants apprehended in Munxar

Monday, 4 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

A group of 25 illegal immigrants were apprehended by police in Munxar, Gozo, after they had arrived on land aboard a 20-foot boat found abandoned some time later....

‘Same Old PN’ – Charles Mangion

Monday, 4 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The present administration is a replica of the one preceding it, despite promises by Prime Minister Gonzi that he will be doing politics differently, MLP Deputy Leader Charles Mangion said yesterday as he quoted statistics showing that the government...

Three Teachers take a stand against obesity

Monday, 4 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 23 years ago Malta Independent

Three teachers from the Mons PP Saydon Zurrieq boys’ secondary school, Ms Helen Sammut, Ms Mary Gauci and Ms Cecilia Agius, have taken the initiative to tackle obesity and bad nutritional habits among their students. Over the summer, they devised a p...

Kinnie – A success story

Monday, 4 October 2004, 00:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Stefanie EschenbacherThe economic competition across the traditional national borders is becoming fiercer and with growing worldwide interconnections, the economic interests of individual enterprises increasingly focus on the world market. Like...

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