Arnold Cassola, Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party Chairperson, said, "That the Office of the Prime Minister has put on hold an ultimatum given by the Management and Personnel Office to Victor Galea, our party's Secretary General, to choose between his job as a teacher and involvement in politics is a step in the right direction, but is simply not enough." "The crux of the question is that the rules of the public service on this issue are obsolete for this day and age and have to be completely overhauled, not only for Victor Galea but for all government employees," continued Prof. Cassola. It is heartening to note that now the government spokesperson has stated that "Somebody decided to go by the ... Read more...

At 1,182, the non-fatal accidents at work increased by 7.4 per cent when compared to the same quarter in the preceding year. There were no fatal accidents at work during the period under review. Non-Fatal Accidents - This report covers accidents at work that were reported to the Department of Social Security (DSS) as from April to June 2008. The administrative records for the injury benefit of the DSS indicate that 1,182 persons had an accident in the course of their work in the period under review. Accordingly, the number of accidents in the second quarter of this year increased by 81 (7.4 per cent) over the same period in the preceding year. Many of these accidents at work occurred in the economic sectors of manufacturing (32.9 per ... Read more...

During the Festa week and the celebrations of the special festivities on the occasion of the 1750th anniversary of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the parish pf San Lawrenz published a book that should be of interest to all those who have at heart literature, culture, liturgy and the cult of the saints in our country. This book "Lawrenz: Xhud ta' Kristu u Qaddej tal-Knisja" (Lawrence: Witness of Christ and Servant of the Church) has an introduction by President Emeritus Ugo Mifsud Bonnici and with various authors who are experts in matters related to the life of St Lawrence, amongst whom were Bishop Emeritus Nikol Cauchi, Fr Daniel Xerri, Fr Gino Gauci, Fr Joseph Sultana, Fr Injazju Borg, Lorenzo Zahra, Fr Geoffrey Attard and ... Read more...

Victoria Local Council recently sent their proposals to the Minister of Finance regarding a new ring road and parking spaces in Victoria. The Proposals are shown below: Proposition - Construction of an alternative route around Victoria (ring-road) and the increase in the number of parking facilities within the City. Insertion / addition - Chapter 10 (Gozo), sub-measure 'Transport' Rationale - Improve inter-island traffic flows by improving access to and around Victoria. The laudable investment being undertaken by Government to improve access from the Port to the outskirts of Victoria and from the outskirts of Victoria to Saint Lawrence confirms that the authorities understand the strategic importance of Victoria within the socio-economic context of the Island. However the document falls short of tackling what is ... Read more...

Vodafone Malta Limited has announced that the Vodafone Liberty Plan has now been divided into three schemes to offer customers more value for money packages according to their needs. The Vodafone Liberty Platinum costs €23.37 a month and includes 5GB data bundle. The Vodafone Liberty Silver costs €15 a month, including 500MB data bundle and Vodafone Liberty Bronze costs €6 a month, including 30MB data bundle. "Vodafone Liberty is Vodafone's latest Mobile Broadband offering giving you access to the internet and email anywhere at anytime with the new Vodafone Internet Key. Just plug it in and you're online," said Alison Ellul, Data Marketing Executive at Vodafone Malta. Designed exclusively for Vodafone, the Internet Key is Vodafone's smallest, sleekest plug and play device. This Internet Key is ... Read more...

The long awaited festival is back for its 7th Edition and the countdown has started for the Gozo Music Festival. Following the success of last year's festival and the growing reputation of the festival, this year will be headlined by the biggest line up ever to by presented on the island of Gozo and will certainly be one of the leading in Malta for 2008. The venue with the capacity up to 8,000 people, is being held at the Gozitana Complex, which is being used for the first time for such an activity. As well as guest international acts, twenty top local artists will be performing exclusively on the night. The Festival line-up includes, Thomas Anders from Modern Talking, Junior Jack, Kid Creme, Ira Losco and Band (Gozo Album ... Read more...