There are no solutions or new ideas in the Labour Party’s plan for the health sector, Health Minister Louis Deguara said yesterday....

Once in government, the Malta Labour Party will set up a task force to analyse the burdens of taxes on local industry and to draw up measures to reduce the burden, MLP leader Alfred Sant said yesterday....

Labour’s four proposals on energy and on buying oil at preferential rates are nothing short of pathetic, the Investment, Industry and IT ministry has said....

The General Workers’ Union yesterday ordered industrial action for cleaners at the St Vincent de Paule residence for the elderly after a union statement claimed the health authorities ignored the union’s request to find a solution to understaffing. ...

For yet another time, the Nationalist government has sold its stake in one of the country’s best companies at a price that is much less than its value quoted on the stock market, Labour spokespersons Charles Mangion and Joe Mizzi said yesterday. ...

The government has proposed a number of changes to the Criminal Code which address anomalies in the law and which will also facilitate the work of judges and magistrates to ensure the proper administration of justice....

Applications for the euro 10 million bond offering by Global Financial Services Group plc (GlobalCapital), which is listed on the Malta Stock Exchange, closed within two hours of opening yesterday morning. ...

Twenty-one contestants will compete for this year’s Miss Italia Nel Mondo – Malta 2006 title. ...

Eight members of the Association of Malta Car Importers yesterday filed a judicial protest against the General Workers’ Union for breaching the terms of a collective agreement....

Yesterday’s most interesting news was delivered by Svantes Stockselius, the head of the Eurovision Song Contest within the European Broadcasting Union – EBU: “Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will take place between 10 and 12 May”. ...