More Maltese going abroad

Bobby.R. Blake

Feb 14th 2009, 18:38

@Camilleri/DeMatrtino don't mean to be rude of funny like my Maltese friends, but it amazes me why everytime someone sends a comment about travelling say or the weather or what ever takes their fancy, we always tend to get POLITICS somewhere in between, is there nothing more important on the Maltese islands then boreing politics day in day out ,24 hrs a day ,12 months a year. Surely u guys got other things to talk about then Boreing Labour or Nationalists i think? or the Green party, it sounds like carnival to us foreigners.Why not book a table order a bottle of nice Maltese wine , a good meal and Bobs your uncle , and have a good conversation about say the top 20, football, sex & religion seems to go hand in hand in Malta, anything But Politics, please changethe tune,it tends to give one a pain in the buck . Bobby Blake

GiovDeMartino

Feb 14th 2009, 11:30

But haven't I been telling you for ages?? Under PN we have NEVER had it so good. U bil-PROVI.

c.camilleri

Feb 13th 2009, 20:43

This is a great blow to the moaners and whiners who see everything black. It seems that with Gonzipn everything is possible.

Cliff.Rogers

Feb 13th 2009, 19:56

@Cynthia Busutill sorry Cynthia i don't recall, my memory is not all that brilliant it must have been in the days of the Ark! since then in general alot has progressed and moved on besides we are now more civilized then the olden days or as time gone bye that one only read in history books. Now a days everyone is free to travel its their democratic right yes? Rogersons

c.t. busuttil

Feb 13th 2009, 19:18

"The most visited being the UK and italy". Obviously thanks to the low-cost airlines recently introduced and lower departure tax. Do you remember when Mintoff had introduced a restriction on travelling?

M.Rogers

Feb 13th 2009, 18:19

@Mr. Galea i lost the plot now i haven't got the faintest what this got to do with reading an English speaking paper in English, as i said earlier if its a Maltese publication well and good no problem, but i see you a true patriot and thats good nothing wrong with that but we are talking on something much different here my friend, maybe you don't like us Brits. taken over Yes?still good luck and have a nice day you are entitled to defend your language i wish i could be bilingual then maybe i wouldn't be a Mr.Meldrew.

John Borg

Feb 13th 2009, 18:10

Mr. Rogers - trust me mate, you're not missing much.

lgalea

Feb 13th 2009, 16:47

M.Rogers I think it's a bit rude for a foreigner to expect everyone to speak and comment in his language in our own country and not learn OUR language, whether spoken or written. And why should The Times not allow comments in Maltese when some comments are not easily translated or if translated lose their meaning?

R. Formosa

Feb 13th 2009, 16:05

To almost everyone who has commented so far

No where in the article is the mentioning of Maltese people going abroad to find work. These are figures for the actual number of Maltese people who have travelled out of Malta. Thus, including anyone who went aborad for any reason whatsoever. If you want figures for those people who did actually relocate abroad, I suggest you ask the governments all over the world to trace them up.

Corey Attard USA

Feb 13th 2009, 15:48

To J Farrugia,please stop commenting about people spending money,let me tell you how they spend there money,the go to restaurant they buy the cheapest thing on the menu(pizza) and a cup of coffee,and they share between two or three people,that's spending.

John Borg

Feb 13th 2009, 15:44

How can some individuals have so little to do with their day as to waste time and energy getting all worked up over how and why people travel abroad?

Ingrid Jones-cameron

Feb 13th 2009, 15:26

Of course we go abroad!!!! In todays Malta it is cheaper to go to London than spend a week in Gozo. How come that you can EAT-AS-MUCH-AS_YOU_LIKE in Max ORIENT in CAMDEN TOWN LONDON for a mere 9.50 sterling (ca 11 euros) and you pay 9 euros for a meager pizza in Sliema?
GReedy maltese businessmen are not only turning away tourist but now the maltese as well.
A double room in kings cross cost us 179 sterling for 5 nights. When we wanted to visit Gozo they asked 31 euros a night per head!!!!

M.Rogers

Feb 13th 2009, 14:52

I thought the Times was an English reading news, why are some comments in Maltese.. come on Joe, how can we comment if we can't read and understand what's being said, this is like being a foreigner sitting amongst people of different tongue when one just start starring at the ceiling wondering whether they are talking about me or the weather. Its a bit rude in my books, if it's in Maltese well and good no objections but come on its suppose to be international newspaper or is it a slipof the tongue. Mel. Rogers EU citizen

J Farrugia

Feb 13th 2009, 13:31

@Edwin Formosa - hekk tridu lil haddiem Malti biex jaqla l-hobza ta' kuljum ? gol-korpi? Isthji jekk taf? Hekk tridhom lil uliedek ihaffru t-trinek fit-toroq, xemx jew xita? hekk tridhom lil haddiema taghna, tallaba minghand il-politici? Jekk il-poplu Malti hux tallab jew fqir mur ara lil dawk in-nisa tad-dar jigru minn tombla ghal ohra, jew mur sal-restaurants u ara l-coffee mornings tal-partitarji laburisti. u nazzjonalisti. U mhux f'San girgor u tarahom jilghabu l-flus fit-tombli, ecc. Mur nhar ta' sibt u hadd fil-hwienet tal-lokalitajiet turistici u tara Maltin jieklu mal-familja. U ghandek il-wicc tfakkarna fil-korpi tal-pijunieri meta kien hawn qghad u ghaks imgiddem u serq galore? Il veru li l-lupu bidel ismu imma qalbu ghada hadra. U l-Brigata hemm ghada minkejja lli l-gdida qaccata.

Mr.Williams

Feb 13th 2009, 13:09

@F.Bartolo. wrong. getting a job in Britain now is not what it used to be,there is hardly any work going round for the British much less for people from Malta or any other EU country looking for employment besides the unions are creating an uproar because of foreign workers taken the jobs that should been offered in the first place for British workers, i guess what goes round comes round which brings me to my next question - time share jobs be first and foremost be offered to Maltese citizens and not outsiders.The airport looks diserted! a reduction in plane fare would be a help or an asset then perhaps we'll see even more passengers going abroad.You know it makes snece. Del.

Clinton Farrugia

Feb 13th 2009, 12:55

Here we go again....news updates are being turned into a political debate.

J.Bartolo

Feb 13th 2009, 12:43

@Scerri:- i think you got the wrong message my Maltese friend.. i'm all for it , read, and think before commenting. thankyou sir and good day to you. John Bartolo UK.

N.Calleja

Feb 13th 2009, 12:42

What a hotch-potch of comments! The same lamentations by those who do not wish to read positive results. Why don't we say that despite all the world financial troubles, we Maltese manage to overcome such bad conditions. Obviously this will not be reported on One News!

A Bezzina

Feb 13th 2009, 12:37

I agreed 100% with Scerri S. and if you go to london you will find a good bargains trough sales not like here . And thanks to Airmalta if you book well in advise you will have cheap flights also.

Anders Jansson

Feb 13th 2009, 12:27

Of course, now with the Euro in our hands it has actually become cheap(er) to travell abroad. Would never have happened if the Lira would have stayed!
Good job

E. Vassallo

Feb 13th 2009, 12:18

@F.Bartolo
Ha ha ha ha ha Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!! Are you serious??????Tajba din!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edwin Formosa

Feb 13th 2009, 12:13

""More Maltese going abroad> Why doyou blame them i see most are in the 25-44 age bracket.looking for work no doubt i say good luck to them and i don't blame them one little
bit, """ Sew qed tghid Sur Bartlu, meta kellna l-korpi ma kienx ikollom ghalfejn isiefru xi gita flok jahdmu.!!

Scerri S

Feb 13th 2009, 12:06

@F. Bartolo - are you serious? Finally going to Italy/UK for a weekend is not that expensive anymore, isn't it clear? Let the people travel more and enjoy themselves and stop moaning.

Joe Morana

Feb 13th 2009, 12:01

How is the age group of travellers identified at MIA?

F..Bartolo

Feb 13th 2009, 11:48

More Maltese going abroad> Why doyou blame them i see most are in the 25-44 age bracket.looking for work no doubt i say good luck to them and i don't blame them one little bit, Malta is only fit for the rich and the old, although i'm not so sure about the pensioners how they can servive on their potsy little pension do you?If the newly school leavers with all their hard work achieving good diplomas they can never use over here as there is no decent jobs or soon will be no work for them i can see a high percentage of young Maltese and Gozitans increasing sharply and who can blame them certainly not me. F>bartolo

Edwin formosa

Feb 13th 2009, 11:47

Dan missu jara GonziPN . L-ebda Malti ma ghandu sold biex jaghamel kapricc.

M. Catania

Feb 13th 2009, 11:31

Dal waqt nibdew naraw il-kummenti li dawn kienu fuq xoghol fl-EU!!!!!!