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Basket of essential items rose by up to 80% since 2020
A basket of basic essential items for a family of four has shot up by 37% in just four years, according to a study by Caritas. The spike was even…
€20.8 million defrauded in two years through online scams
Unsolicited SMSs, emails or WhatsApp messages requesting sensitive information such as logins and passwords for online banking platforms should never be answered, even if they seem 100% genuine. The warning…
New water production below 2021 target
New water production in the last two years has reached million cubic metres annually, which is less than a third of the projection made by the Water Service Corporation a…
Malta’s fleet of passenger cars getting ‘older’
Despite incentives to modernise Malta’s fleet of cars to reduce emissions, it turns out that over the last four years the average age of passenger vehicles increased. While in 2019…
‘Car alarms on Gozo ferry should be switched off’ – Ombudsman
Car alarms on board the Gozo ferry should be switched off to avoid noise disturbance for passengers and staff but especially for the wellbeing of hospital bound patients being transported…
Foreign workers more interested to acquire new skills
Foreign workers are more inclined to improve and acquire new skills compared to their Maltese counterparts. This notable trend is highlighted in the final report of the 2022 Malta Skills…
Actual expenditure on power network below the allocated amount
Despite irrefutable evidence of a sharp rise in demand, State energy provider Enemalta failed to carry out the promised capital investment in the distribution network, until it was completely exposed…
More books being loaned from libraries
Last year public libraries registered a significant rise in book loans while new membership rose by more than a third. Data published by the National Statistics Office shows that in…
Malta’s minimum wage stuck in 12th despite Low Wage Commission agreement
Despite a increase in 2024, Malta’s minimum wage remained stuck in 12th place overall among EU countries having this minimum threshold by law. Date published by Eurofound reveals that Malta’s…
Concerns raised over alternative facility hosting patients from Mount Carmel Hospital
A decision to transfer Mount Carmel Hospital patients to an alternative mental health facility at Villa Anna Teresa in St Julian’s has fuelled controversy following complaints that the latter is…