Sunday, 17th May 2009 - 15:24CET

Light bulb vouchers coming soon

The vouchers with which one would able to get the energy saving bulbs are being distributed to families in the coming weeks, Resources Minister George Pullicino said this morning.

Speaking during a visit to De La Rue he said that the government was investing €4 million on this scheme and would be distributing over a million bulbs.

One to two person families would get five bulbs, three to four person families eight bulbs and families with more than five people 10 bulbs.

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michael catania (on 19/5/09)

If my calculation is right, these energy savers are costing the country about one euro each. Well if this goverment had any sense about saving the state some moneyit would have done better going to John Lewis UK and bought its stock for a much lower price. I bought some for the princely sum of 37 new pence each. As usual we have a goverment whose motto is "money no PROBLEM" so long as its not their own money.

Monique Agius (on 18/5/09)

'dixitque Gonzi fiat lux et facta est lux' and Gonzi said let there be light, there was light (before the election week.)

Bid-dghajsa gejjin dawn l-bozzoz. Tghid bhas surplus ta 2010? :D

Rina Cutajar (on 17/5/09)

I hope that the minister will distribute LED bulbs at least and not Mercury ones. Who want mercury bulbs nowadays? These are no longer in demand. I doubt if any of the European countries still put them on their shelves. Mercury bulbs have toxic waste so they are not eco friendly either. They must have been given to the government for free. Hehe very funny to be getting them just before the elections.!!!! Are there people out there so gullible as to vote because they are given some five cheap light bulbs?????

John Micallef (on 17/5/09)

Excuse me all but if there is a cost of 4mil where is the money coming from ? Government .....right ? where does the gov get the cash......? US !!!!!!!!!!!!!........so every half idiot who thinks these stupid bulbs are free they are very wrong !!!............nothing is free in life and there is a price for everything.......

laurence schembri (on 17/5/09)

Please gentlemen a little bit of respect, praise where is due, the least one can say is, that Lawrence is going to light-up part of your life, in my case being single, only one fifth of it.

Paul Barrett (on 17/5/09)

"One to two person families would get five bulbs, three to four person families eight bulbs and families with more than five people 10 bulbs"

Is this an exam question, I am sure I had one like this somewhere between the ages 10 to 11 years old: Your starter for ten is: "How many bulbs does a family with five persons get".

malcolm seychell (on 17/5/09)

X pajjiz tal biki

james cutajar (on 17/5/09)

Ridiculously laughable!!! These things still happen only in Malta. We should include this with the list of records that Government is accumulating across the EU and Euro zone. So just to name a few, least increase in wages, highest deficit, highest increase in fuel prices, highest increase in cost of living.etc etc and dulcis in fundus, highest number of free bulbs provided :)

Lawrence Bellizzi (on 17/5/09)

I had invested in LED bulbs which consumes much less then the normal energy savers bulbs. LED bulbs around 3 watts, energy savers around 15-20W. Anyone could find the bulbs on ebay at a lower price. Can someone tell me from where the €4 million are coming? What a shame in the small island.!! Heard that they will invest in a new power station is that right? And then I heard Simon Bustill saying they will invest in wind turbines and other energy saving sources. And they are doing opposite what Simon said. When we are going to improve and change our mentality? Politics should do it first.

Galea. L (on 17/5/09)

joseph cachia
Can we have the link please?

A Agius (on 17/5/09)

I was in Scotland early March and Morrison's Supermarket was selling energy saving bulbs
(and a good & well known brand) at 50pence every five bulbs. And this Government of ours
has been dragging this for so long. Disgrace

James De Giorgio (on 17/5/09)

Can't be more obvious that an election is coming. We should have one each year!

C. Scerri (on 17/5/09)

All of you writing here do not seem to realise that this is in fact a Structural Funds project that was adjudicated last July (project 88 - check it out on the ppcd.gov site). These projects take over a year to start from the time that they they are chosen. This is because mainly due to heavy bureaucratic processes involved both by the EU as well as the Maltese government (see David Casa's comments a couple of weeks ago). So now the Maltese government has received the go-ahead for the distribution of these bulbs - so for once it has nothing to do with elections.

philp pace (on 17/5/09)

Hooray, Hooray, Hooray!
Blow the trumpets!
Beat the drums!
Let us say alltogether, 'Thank you very much Mr.Prime Minister!
Now who is going to collect the same bulbs when spent?
Read the EU regulation on this!

Michael Caruana (on 17/5/09)

Yesterday I was in Crawley London (near Gatwick Airport) and branded bulbs wimilar to what the Government is giving, were being sold through the Pound Shop at a pound each, the equivalent of 50 Euro cents!!

joseph cachia (on 17/5/09)

Dawn l-bozoz la huma ta ekonomija u lanqas ta tharis ghal ambjent.

2004 l-EU hallset bil quddiem miljuni ta EUROS lill diretturi ta kumpanija germaniza biex
jipproducu dawn il bozoz. ( l-istess diretturi jaghamlu parti minn BORD li jaghati pariri lill
EU dwar l-ambjent)
2007 kumpanijji ohra li jipproducu bozoz differenti ghamlu stharrig fuq dawn il bozoz u iddikjaraw li dan il prodott LA HUMA EKONOMIKI u LANQAS IHARSU L-AMBJENT .
Dawn il bozoz iridu jergu jinbidlu fi zmien 5 snien. (2013)
EU biex tehles mill miljuni li hemm ordnati u imhallsin iddecidew li il pajjizi kollha ta EU (u anke li mumiex) jiehdu dawn l-bozoz GRATIS biss ihallsu in-nol. u jitqassmu minghajr ebda
hlas .
ARA BORD dwar ENERGIJA 01107 EU

Marcel Dingli (on 17/5/09)

Isimghu -- dawn mhux ser jinghataw b `xejn lil Gvern tafux !!!

Joe Galea (on 17/5/09)

The title of this article should read:
"L9ight bulb vouchers coming soon as the elections are coming soon"

New Pn Billboard: "Flimkien ingibulkom aktar bozoz".

LOL

C Cilia (on 17/5/09)

ha ha hajjjj ghadu johlom bil bozoz gonzi! imnalla ha jibatomna ghax ilni sena u nofs fid dlam nistennihom! by d way Sur gonzi illum l energy saving bulbs ga saru teknologija antika ta! Illum pajjizi ohra LED qeghdin juzaw!

Anyway, Thanks Gonzi for the Bulbs, I will surely vote for PN in the elections!!! (ticcajta :p)

Francis Attard (on 17/5/09)

Kienu jghidu ghal haddiehor dawn. Ghax ser jghatina erbgha bozoz qisu ser jaghmel karita maghna.
Kemm kont iblah meta kont nahseb li dawn huma xi qaddisin jghimxu fl'art!!!

Anthony Grech (on 17/5/09)

At last we are going to see the light. Alleluja Alleluja Gonzipn ser jibda jiddi.

G. camilleri (on 17/5/09)

Issa gejjin bil-bozoz?? I think it would make much more senseif we are given candles or torches instead because people are switching off all their lights including energy saver ones to avoid paying those scandalous electricity bills. U halluna!!!!!!!!!

Brandon Camilleri (on 17/5/09)

THANK GOD FOR ELECTION TIME !!!!!

At least it is the only period in the year when the state delivers positive things and all that was promised in the previous election.

Pity the period after the election we receive only bills, new taxes and levies and increases in tariffs !!!!!

Remember the utility rates, the gas prices and the inflation rates. This is what we shall be getting without control during the next months.

M Saliba (on 17/5/09)

Why not reduce the water and electricity bill and with the money we will buy the energy saving bulbs. This way the ministry and the postman will save alot of energy.

J. Mifsud (on 17/5/09)

Please, enlighten me - I am in great need to be illuminated................................................................

Is an Election round the corner by any chance??????

Raymond Camilleri (on 17/5/09)

Surprise! A pre-election gift!! hehehe... they treat us like little children....

C.Caruana (on 17/5/09)

Ha tixtrina bil bozoz wara li gibtna nitkellmu wahidna, Sur gonzi

M.Caruana (on 17/5/09)

Reno Parnis
Jaqaw qieghed tibza li fuq bozza shabek tal-partit l-ahmar ser jaqilbu l-fhema u jivvotaw Blu ?
Mela ha nghidlek - sewwa jghidu. Tal-partit l-ahmar mejtien bil-guh u bla principji.

Tajba ukoll din l-iskuza tat-timing. issa anka fuq bozza ser jaqbzu l-homor ! Hanina, twerwru min bozza energy saving issa. Mela fil-kaz, sur segretarju generali tal-PN, faqqalhom 4 bozzoz 4 snin ohra erga, ghax dawn jintilfu fuq bozza.

R.Gauci (on 17/5/09)

Dejjem tgergru hawn 4 !!
Irringrazzjawh lil ministru ha jtikhom il-bozoz biex tarawh tiktbuh sewwa l-1!!

Joseph Caruana (on 17/5/09)

Madoffi xhela ta flus.... Ghal ftit ejja ixtrili d-double glazed windows, solar panel, wind turbine u welcome carpet halli ma tithammig id dar fjiem ta xita.

4 milliuni down the drain! U strategija ghal malta ghada mijiex publika fuq RES

jesmond zammit (on 17/5/09)

i hope stricia la notizzia include this comedy

reno parnis (on 17/5/09)

HA HHHAj gejja elezzjoni, kollox bid delay. Imma kumbinazzjoni issa kollox sew.

Anthony Magri (on 17/5/09)

The distribution of bulbs is very comic. It is based on the number of persons in the household. Five bulbs for 1 to 2 persons. If they live in one room they have for a good number of years service. If their house is three roomed they have 2 bulbs in reserve.
If the family consists of 4 and live in a four roomed or five roomed house they are in the same position of family of two living in a two roomed house.
But the powers that be have had to take a decision never mind the family living conditions.
Perhaps it would have been better to didtribute the same number of bulbs to all the families, since the distribution is gratis and not based on finances of the household.

Isabelle Agius (on 17/5/09)

It seems these lightbulb vouchers will be the solutions to all our problems by the way the Minister has been announcing them.

clive borg (on 17/5/09)

viva pullicino and co... waslet il-EP election se jahseb fina taparsi ma insiniex... qed iwetqu il-wediet... kieku qadt nistenna l-bozoz ilni bla dawl id-dar...

Galea. L (on 17/5/09)

p.s. we were all promised 10 bulbs and it was never said originally that the number of bulbs depends upon the number of persons in the household.

K. Vella (on 17/5/09)

Just in time for the election. Don't get me wrong, I think the initiative is brilliant, but the timing is just ridiculously obvious.

Galea. L (on 17/5/09)

Anyone bets that they will start being received a week before the EP elections?

Gianni Xuereb (on 17/5/09)

Investing in mercury, someone is getting rich. Well done Pullicino! Whilst the rest of the world is moving to LED technology Pullicino just discovered the "energy saving" light bulbs! Hallina man! I already dumped CFLs for LEDs. €4 million down the drain.

Light bulb vouchers coming soon

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