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Over 4,000 reported Covid-19 cases in 2023
While many might consider the Covid-19 pandemic to have been consigned to the history books, it transpires that there are still hundreds of cases in the community albeit not as…
Ageing 1950s infrastructure, pledges and power cuts
A faulty cable in Sliema installed in 1955, an ageing 1961 transformer in Zebbug and a power cabled laid in Naxxar in 1958, were among the causes for the widespread…
Food prices keep soaring as UHM reiterates call to stop taxing COLA
The sharp increase in food prices is showing no signs of abating, despite indications that inflation is gradually starting to ease. Latest official data published by the National Statistics Office…
Malta losing fight against obesity
Low consumption of fruits and especially vegetables, high intake of soft drinks and sweets, irregular breakfast patters and poor activity levels are being blamed for Malta’s lack of progress in…
Signs of a property slowdown
Latest data by the National Statistics Office could be an indication that the property market is showing signs of slowing down with a significant drop in the number of final…
2021 Census exposes sharp drop in housing affordability
Ownership of newly constructed residential dwellings across the Maltese Islands has fallen to the lowest rate in 75 years, due to the sharp rise in property prices which is seriously…
850 MCAST students dropping out each year
Students in apprentice-based courses struggling to find placements Some 850 full-time MCAST students are dropping out during the first year, while an unspecified number believed to be in the hundreds…
Work-life balance, purchasing power in Malta deteriorating
Maltese workers are finding it increasingly hard to juggle between their job and personal life with a worrying deterioration in their work-life balance, an international study has concluded. It transpires…
