Petrol price up 5c, diesel 1c
The price of unleaded petrol has gone up 5c, that of diesel 1c, Enemalta said.
The new prices, the corporation said, reflected the prices fetched by Enemalta for the latest shipments of imported fuel.
|
Product |
Previous Maximum Retail Price |
Revised Maximum Retail Price |
Change |
|
Unleaded |
€1.49 |
€1.54 |
€0.05 |
|
Diesel |
€1.35 |
€1.36 |
€0.01 |
|
Kerosene |
€1.35 |
€1.36 |
€0.01 |
|
Gasoil for heating |
€1.02 |
€1.03 |
€0.01 |
The new prices come into force tomorrow, Enemalta said. Initially, the corporation had said in its statement that the new rates become effective on Monday.
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Jeremy Baldacchino
Dec 7th 2012, 04:00
If it wasn't for government greed, low cost fuel would have reached our shores long ago. But we are a closed minded society, and let every one do with us as they please. Maybe fuel prices are higher in some countries, but there are other from which Malta could import if the people in charge weren't so fattened and addicted by their filthy greed. Malta, open your eyes.
denise hobson
Sep 3rd 2012, 12:17
I don't really know why some of my country are whinging, it is still cheaper then ours back home same goes for the booze still cheaper so really we have nothing to whing about, except to annoy the locals.
Keith Camilleri
Sep 2nd 2012, 01:23
At least Diesel always goes up by 1 or 2 c per litre. Since most businesses operate on Diesel, increasing it more then that will make it way harder to operate, BUT what do the people increasing the price have against petrol?? its ridiculous and my final passion for driving a petrol car is slowly fading away as well, what used to cost me 60 euros to fill up a tank a few years ago, now costs me almost 90 euros!!!!
Angelo Vassallo
Sep 1st 2012, 17:35
@ victor laiviera
in 2010, Malta’s average gross annual earnings stood at €21,446, about €5,000 less than the EU 27 average of €26,497.
The highest paid workers in the EU in 2010 were the Danes (€58,840), followed by the Luxembourgers (€49,316) and the Dutch (€45,215).
On the other end of the scale, Romanian (€5,891) and Bulgarian (€4,396) workers were by far the worst off.
In 2010, Malta’s tax rate on earnings from labour stood at just 18 per cent, the second lowest in the EU, only higher than Cyprus, where workers pay some 12 per cent of their earnings in taxes. Cyprus is on the verge of asking the EU for a bailout.
The situation in the rest of Europe is very different as the average tax rate in 2010 stood at 39 per cent, more than twice Malta’s average.
This makes a significant difference in the take-home pay of EU workers.
For example, while Maltese workers earning an average wage of €21,446 in 2010 paid €3,860 in taxes, an Italian worker, with an average wage of €28,230, had to fork out, €12,521 in taxes as the tax rate in Italy stood at 44 per cent.
This means that while an Italian average worker earns about €7,000 more than the average Maltese worker, he ends up with less take home pay. In some member states, labour taxes in the EU are very steep.
At 50 per cent, Belgium had the highest in the EU in 2010, followed by 46 per cent in France and 45 per cent in Germany, while the rate in Ireland was just 23 per cent and Luxembourg 28 per cent.
According to the EU’s statistics office, 20 out of the 27 EU member states had a statutory minimum wage in force at the beginning of 2012, with the highest being €1,801 a month in Luxembourg and the lowest being €138 a month paid to Bulgarian workers.
Malta’s minimum wage currently stands at €680 a month, the 10th highest in the EU.
Of course it could be better but this is very for Malta isn't it victor! hanks to GONZIPN.
T Ferro
Sep 2nd 2012, 09:27
@ Angelo Vassallo
1) I was employed in an entity and a position opened up and out of the blues a very young less qualified and totally inexperienced (but with official very strong political links) person arrived unnanounced. Cool huh
2) Oh a plethora of shcemes I would have qualified for. I just received a cold shoulder.
3) Employment is the area (obviously a specialisation in field), and the only exuse of an explanation I received was that it was not one of the priority areas for specialisation at the level I studied for.
4) I explained why I admire JM. I am not an LP fan but since you seem to ba staunch PN supporter I must admit that LG is as courageous.
5) I am NOT God's gift to humanity, nobody is. I am just a moderately intelligent being that calls things by their name.
T Ferro
Sep 2nd 2012, 09:41
@ Angelo Vassallo
I like statistics as much as you do and will not argue with your stats. Unluckily though, as with many statistics, I am not so sure whether the statistics you quote offer a fair picture of reality. As an explanation: our sample population is 1000. 200 earn 10 whilst 800 earn 2. The average wage would be 3.6 which in reality is almost double what 80% of the population earn.
Your final comments are what totally break the completely reasonable (though possible erroneaous) line of thought, especially the 'thanks to GonziPN'. Firstly I would have accepted a thanks PN but unluckily Gonzi led PN has given us no great assistance in this area. Secondly the 10th highest minimum wage says nothing about the qualified young people earning slightly better than the €680 per month. Lastly do you surely do not know that many people earn the infamous €680 a month and have to live on it, and I am sure that that is no easy task.
Might I suggest that you compare statistics that are less general eg: an IT junious in Malta vs his/her counterpart in Europe etc.
Angelo Vassallo
Sep 1st 2012, 16:07
@ T Ferro
What job that was due to you? What government managed EU schemes was due to you? What explanation is due to you and what payment for your professional studies is due to you? What is this area of extreme importance to any nation in the world that you are talking about?
What kind of serious and deep admiration you have for JM? How did you conclude that he is one of the more courageous persons in the world?
T Ferro from what you wrote you seem to think that you and "dear leader" joseph muscat have one thing in common: you both feel that you are God's Gift to Humanity! Very humble indeed.
Keith Mizzi
Sep 1st 2012, 15:30
Anybody converted his car to LPG GAS ? As if the prices of petrol keep on rising I am tempted to do it. But would like to talk to someone that did it before just to be sure it is worth it. I know countries all around the world have been operating with vehicle LPG Gas for years including the UK, Australia and even Thailand.
Still would love to talk to someone that did the conversion for that extra peace of mind. Even due to the fact that the operators that do the conversion here in Malta are relatively new to the system, so I just would like to make sure they know 100% what they are doing.
pat muscat
Sep 1st 2012, 11:00
Gonzi should reduce the tax on fuel to give some needed oxygen to families and businessmen alike!
Anthony Scicluna
Sep 1st 2012, 10:44
@M. Mizzi and others
Stop saying publish comparative wage rates please. It has nothing to do with global price increases of petrol. While lower wages and higher prices DO mean we have less money to spend, there is nothing that can be done on global rising petrol prices. And the two factors are only connected in that way - the price of oil DOES NOT depend on the average wage rate. So comparisons are useless especially when you only take a single item (petrol). If you take overseas rental/house ownership properties you will notice that in Malta it is much cheaper to rent and own a place then in comparable cities in Europe. If you want to make purchasing comparisons you need to take into account the purchasing power of the wage in all respects not just oil.
Anthony Pace Gouder
Sep 1st 2012, 10:31
Lets be frank , but isn't it questionable WHY our 'monopolized' fuel prices are when considering and weighing local income , third from bottom in EU, and other factors as quality and free market etc., ARE AT PAR with those iof neighbouring ITALY .
Last month there was an other increase of 4c / litre ! What is important to note is that the Italian 'Monti' Technocratic Government was forced to IMPOSE a heavy SURCHARGE , an austerity measure, on fuel to increase State REVENUE (taxation) , specifically/purpously to cut down the astronomic National Debth that runs in billions .
simon ellul sullivan
Sep 1st 2012, 10:03
can't wait for free fuel when JM is elected
Kurt Vella
Sep 1st 2012, 10:39
if anything with Joseph Muscat, buying and price setting of fuel will be a transparent exercise....
Anthony Pace Gouder
Sep 1st 2012, 10:51
Meta ser jittanta , Dr. Gonzi u l-ministru koncernat , flok jiftahru kemm konna strumentali u kemm tajna ghajnuna lill-Libya is-sena l-ohra , forsi jinnegozzjaw ftehim , kif kien ghamel MINTOFF , U JGIEBU il-ftit ZEJT u GAS li nikkonsmaw , bhala belt zghajra , bi prezz favorevoli (prezz baxx) .....................Jew ser ihall , ghax hekk jaqbel biex ikompli jigbor xi haga , sa LEJLIET L-ELEZZJONI ?
T Ferro
Sep 1st 2012, 11:45
Unluckily I am still waiting for the job that was due to me but was given to a 'friend'. I am still waiting for the government managed EU schemes that will help my business not those of 'friends'. I am, alas, still waiting for an explanation why I had to pay for my professional studies (no funding was available for me to specialise in an area that is of extreme importance to any nation in the world) whilst government sponsors so many less 'interesting' studies of 'friends'. Will Mr. Muscat change all this? I do not know but I really admire Mr. Muscat. I understand that the Gonzi administration have grown used to it but I have a serious and deep admiration for JM as he must be one of the more courageous persons in the world to want to govern the Maltese people. I still have to meet a people like us we manage to absorb all that is wrong from all the societies that we encounter.
S. Zahra
Sep 1st 2012, 09:33
stop moaning .... suggest solutions! else buy a bike.
I dont think Mr Gonzi is happy by increasing the price of fuel ... election is on the way.
On the other hand, I would like some more transparency and explanation how/why fuel price goes up from Enemalta.
Colin Camilleri
Sep 1st 2012, 10:02
That is the point S. Zahra. The people have been asking for ages to have transparency on the calculation of the fuel prices! The only reasons given are always either because of the weakening of the euro, or because of purchased stock or the increase from abroad. To make things look "nicer" Enemalta then compares the fuel prices with those of other EU countries.
However Enemalta and the government consistently failed to give credible explanations. Many times was the fuel in Malta more expensive than most EU countries. Then some other excuse is raised, but never the government or Enemalta are to blame. If they are so good, why is Enemalta virtually bankrupt then?
It is the government's and Enemalta's fault. Years on end it has been left operating without any sense of financial viability or responsibility and the only way to reduce its losses is to adjust fuel prices as it sees fit. Had the government and Enemalta backed their arguments with concrete and transparent calculations, then it would have made it credible and more "acceptable" to the common people. But since this is not happening - and is done on purpose - we as consumers have every right to doubt the honesty and seriousness of the entities involved.
Shaun Camilleri
Sep 1st 2012, 10:09
Suggest solutions,
remove VAT, duty and incompetence at enemalta.
Price of petrol will go down to 60c a litre!!
Matthew Grima
Sep 1st 2012, 10:32
Well said Shaun. Though removing is too much, as they'll end up taking from somewhere else. But since tax is a percentage, every time the price goes up, the government pockets more, so the percentage can be reduced.
Incompetence at enemalta is another issue, that won't go away any time soon....
Anthony Pace Gouder
Sep 1st 2012, 10:59
Negotiate with our Libyan neighbours , for special concession of cheaper , favourable FUEL PRICES , as experienced under Labour ( Dom Mintoff )Administrations .
Is the Gonzi-pn capable enough to achieve this ?
Eddy Privitera
Sep 1st 2012, 09:19
il-prezz ta-fuel jghola aktar milli suppost. U meta jorhos, jorhos ferm anqas milli suppost . Ghaliex ???
Anthony Scicluna
Sep 1st 2012, 10:45
ghax ghadu ma giex Joseph!!! Tisdinhom, Eddy. Bongu
Charles Mangion
Sep 1st 2012, 09:12
When you compere prices with other coun tries remember that some EU countries their minimum wage is 3 or 4 times more then ours and where is the liberazation why does not some EU Parlamenterious report Malta to the EU Commision
clive borg
Sep 1st 2012, 11:33
Why are you still living in Malta then, you are free to go live abroad...
if wages go up i'm sure unemployment will go up as well... or else currently factories are making huge profit if you are to compare our wages with EU countries ones. (out of which i don't consider it)
Glenn Zammit
Sep 1st 2012, 09:05
I think that some of the people that write comments here are happy go lucky and that is it. If tomorrow this government will wake up in a bad mood and say "well it has been a tough decision but we have to do it people over the age of 75 years will have 2 options 1.refuse your pension or 2.we will end your life soon" I think relatives of these old people will still go and shout "viva gonzi viva gonzi" . I am not saying that the myth of gonzi pn did everything wrong but these 4 years he did several huge mistakes. Malta started recession Gonzi PN had an increase in there wages. The expense of a ridiculous roofless theater and a parliament.
So all of you gonzi pn fans think about it, were all your taxes are going. This is addressed also to Joseph Muscat. When MLP will be in the government he has to 1. wage rises 2. decrease in taxes 3. Fuel prices down and so electricity bills also down. 4.those public holidays falling on a Saturday straight in our leave entitlement 5.Refund for those who imported cars from the UK.
These are all things that MLP has been promising us for the past years. Shall you keep ur promises? or we're going to hear the same song "we are in bad deficit please give us some time"
Mr Aaron Sammut
Sep 1st 2012, 09:04
I follow everyday the petroleum price fluctuations and understand that fuel prices are set according to purchases.
What is insulting to people's intelligence is that when there's a price hike in petroleum prices, we see an immediate increase and when there's a heavy drop in petroleum prices, the decrease in fuel price takes ages to happen, only to increase soon after.
People in this country have to get used to the situation that they have to suffer in bad times and not pretend to enjoy something from the good times.
Claire Busuttil
Sep 1st 2012, 08:52
Hajja difficli immens ghal poplu Malti....ghal haddiem.......
Angelo Vassallo
Sep 1st 2012, 08:52
@ Victor Vella
Issa jigi "dear leader" joseph muscat u jghidilna li META u JEKK jsir l-izghar prim ministru ta' Malta ser isolvi din il-problema darba ghal dejjem ghax il-petrol u l-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma mhu ser jgholew qatt u qatt izjed, anzi ser jibdew jorhsu u jorhsu kull xahar. U forsi jghdilna li l-hajja ser tibda torhos u torkos ukoll kull xahar.
mark borg
Sep 1st 2012, 08:20
ezattament x taxxa fih il petrol ?
Josef Schembri
Sep 1st 2012, 08:12
same as electricity so people use arriva duh........................... kanna wara kanna wara kanna
R Axisa
Sep 1st 2012, 08:07
How can Enemalta play such tricks on us????? First it said that prices will be with effect from next Monday, (and it was such reported on the tv news) and then it is changed as from today! Don't tell me that it was a mistake - it was done on purpose!
mark borg
Sep 1st 2012, 06:54
min nehhih il Hedging ??
Aaron Nind
Sep 1st 2012, 06:53
Please just call a an election and get this over & done with.
We are sick of the same old story of price fetching fluctuations.
At least give us the decency of a proper electrical service if that's the case.
Simply pathetic.
Charles Cremona
Sep 1st 2012, 01:47
I cannot wait to see what Muscat will do if elected at the next election.
Joseph Brincat
Sep 1st 2012, 01:42
THIS IS HOW GONZI PN ,HE IS BRINGING US
http://myteeth.co.za/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/empty-pockets.jpg
T Gauci
Sep 1st 2012, 01:20
B' Gonzi mohhok mistrieh they said
Steve Zammit
Sep 1st 2012, 01:03
the reason more i ride my bike instead
jay bee
Sep 1st 2012, 00:52
kifil politika tidhol dejjem nahseb gonzi mal breakfast qal ha ngholli il petrol ta halli nghalli in nies ifthu raskhom araw xinhu jigri fl europa qed imutu bil guh in nies hu jitilfu darhom hu kull ma hadmu ghalih hu intkhom meta taqa werqa ma l art tahsbu f gonzi paroli ghandkhom certu minkhom imma fatti tajbin daqs il hama
Robert Zammit
Sep 1st 2012, 00:36
BAD NEWS BUT TODAY ARE UGLY NEWS !!
J. Camilleri
Sep 1st 2012, 00:30
Ejja ha imorru ghal-elezzjoni! Onerovoli Debono, waqqa dak il-gvern inkompetenti min hemm! Kif jista jkun nibqaw sejrin hekk!!!
Mr Clayton Mangion
Sep 1st 2012, 00:28
Even tho we point our fingers at the government which to be honest I do it myself , Its not going to work ! I quite dont believe that any government can bring the fuel prices down cause its an international crisis . The only thing that we wont from the government is a more approach towards autogas ! Even tho autogas is now legal in Malta we arent getting the information we need . I frankly dont believe the giving a discount on the kit itself is going to happen , but if the government gives more information to people were to install the kits , approx cost and at least those cars equipped with lpg get there annual license downgraded in cost I myself believe the the government will be truly heading in the right direction if he keeps the lpg sector and a constant rate in price ! Hope this message falls in the right ears !
Joseph Micallef
Sep 1st 2012, 00:16
The PN saints claim that under Dom Mintoff, they were extremely concerned for not finding their desired toothpaste... they were extremely concerned. Nowadays, we are concerned for can't buying petrol, paying the electricity bills and can't cope with the explosion in the cost of living!
Thanks Gonzi, I'll remember your kind gestures at the polling station
Karl Consiglio
Aug 31st 2012, 23:24
There are too many cars, we're too rich, thats the problem
Aaron Cassar
Aug 31st 2012, 21:30
GRAZZI GONZI KANNA OHRA
Joe Galea
Aug 31st 2012, 21:24
VIVA GONZI.
William Caligari
Aug 31st 2012, 21:03
Meta l-EneMalta sa' tibda titrattana ta' poplu?
Tibda taghti spegazzjoni ta' kif u mod qed ikun inwassal dan il-prezz
lil poplu?
Ighidulu lil poplu kemm hemm taxxa fih dan il-prezz, mhux ahbar ta'
kull xahar, u daqshekk!!!!
R. Cilia
Sep 1st 2012, 11:13
L-Enemalta ma tasalx biex taghti spjegazzjoni ta' dawn il-prezzijiet inkella tkun qed tammetti l-ineficjenza taghha! Minn fejn iridu jigu l-pagi tas CEOs?
joseph demicoli
Aug 31st 2012, 20:57
keith Zerafa nispera li jekk ikun hemm gvern laburista tibqgha tirrqguna hekk u mhux tibda twahhal fit-tmexxija laburista meta jgholha il-fuel. Iz-zmien itghinha parrir.
Keith Zerafa
Aug 31st 2012, 23:13
Mela tameti li il pl et iwahal fil pn ghal kull haga ta xejn ghalxiex il leader tal pl ma jatix spjegazjoni fdan is settur
Claire Busuttil
Sep 1st 2012, 08:51
u aqtaha!!!......jekk int kuntent li ghola il petrol, hafna nies mumiex!!
J Spiteri
Aug 31st 2012, 20:50
Dejjem l-istess storja... kulhadd jifem u kulhadd bravu hawn Malta... Issa intom tahsbu li wara dan il-garr kollu kontra l-gvern fuq fuel etc... il-gvern se jibqa jollih ghax irid hu? knowing iz-zewg partiti.. l-ahhar sena li jkun fadallom inaqsu kollox u mela jollu kollox!!
Din hija problema mad-dinja kolla u kull min qed jejd biex inqablu pagi taghna ma haddiehor ma jafx xinu jejd u jiraguna sal-ponta ta mnihru... haddiehor ghandu aktar paga minna imma irid ihallas fuel,dawl.ilma.gas,ikel, taxxa tat triq, sahha u medicina, edukazjoni, u aktar affarijiet.
Hawn Malta ghandna sahha b'xejn, medicina b'xejn, edukazjoni b'xejn... imbad tigu teqirdu ax fuel zdied b'5c.. jew ahajr madwar 50c (jekk todd ziedit kolla).... Iragunaw u kul min qed jikteb hawn sinjal li jaf juza computer u biex tallem il-computer..b'xejn tghalmu mux bhal barranin
Qatt ma nistaw nqablu lilna nfusna ma barra ghax ahna sistema differenti minnom. Issa jekk tridu tibqaw tiragunaw sal ponta ta mnihirkom..ekk storja ohra
R Marquette
Aug 31st 2012, 23:16
l-ewwel haga, il-computer tallimt nuzah mhux ghax hadt xi kors b'xejn mill-kunsill lokali bhall ma jamlu bosta u minalijom li saru inginiera mil-lum ghal ghada.
It-tieni punt, ma nafx intiex tghix f'dinja jew tirraguna sal-ponta ta mnihrek imma sa fejn naf jien kulhadd ihallas il-fuel, dawl, ilma, gas, ikel, taxxa tat-triq (licenzja tal-karozza gholja ghall toroq sub-standard).
Rigward is-sahha u il-medicina nirrispondijk ukoll! Gieli gejt bzonn tuza is-servizzi tal-isptar u taghmel xi 7 sieghat fil-waiting room? Gieli tefawk fuq sodda f'nofs kurutur qisek annimal? Jew gejt bzonn xi medicina expensive u jghidulek li out of stock? issa ma nafx min qed jirraguna sal-ponta ta mnihru jien!
U rigward il-prezz tal-fuel li ngibu hawn Malta li huwa gholi hafna kumparat mal-kwalita tal-fuel li ssib ghall-bejh fi Franza, l-Italija u l-Ingilterra.
Grazzi.
C Busuttil
Aug 31st 2012, 23:22
Hallik milli problema mad-dinja kollha, meta il-prezz taz-zejt mad-dinja kollha nizel hawn Malta zied il-fuel u aktar min dan il-kontijiet tad-dawl u ilma. Dawn kollha skuzi iz-zieda fil-petrol u fil-konitijiet m'huma xejn hlief taxxa gdida imma taparsi ghola z-zejt. Apparti li jekk ikun hemm zieda minn barra taz-zejt il-gvern jista jiehu fuqu dik iz-zieda imma flus biex nibnu teatru bla saqaf hemm imma flus biex innehhu l-piz minn fuq il-poplu le. Fuq kollox il-poplu ha zieda ta' 1.16c u dawk fil-gvern 500euro.
Victor Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 23:32
Jekk ghandna il-medicini b`xejn etc etc irringrazzja il-Mintoff ghax li kieku kulhadd marid u qed immut bil-guh.
Aaron Cassar
Sep 1st 2012, 07:00
il gvern nehha il HEDGING !!!
George Smith
Sep 1st 2012, 08:50
@ J Spiteri .... Jekk tuza il karozza ghall bzonnijiet personali tkun taff kemm ikollom ragun minn igerger. Forsi int mandekx !! Naqbdu Arriva 1.5 euro ghall kullliemkin hekk se tirraguna ? Wake up !!!
OLIVER NANI
Sep 1st 2012, 09:28
VERY WELL SAID....PROSIT!
Glen Micallef
Sep 1st 2012, 09:36
Sur Spiteri
Ghandek tkun taf li kulhadd ihallashom is servizzi kollha li int semmejt - fuel, drawl, ilma, gas, ikel, toroq, sahha, medicina, edukazzjoni, etc - mit TAXXA!! Toqghodx tigi tghid li ghandna l-affarijiet u s-servizzi b'xejn! Anzi jmissek tghid li nhallsu ghalihom u ma nehdux servizz li qeghdin inhallsu ghalih.
J Spiteri
Sep 2nd 2012, 00:08
Sfortunatement dis-sena il-familja tieghi addiet minn esperjenzi koroh u kwazi kilnija l-ghatba ta l-sptar... qatt ma naf li stennejna (jew stenenjan ftit) u dejjem hadna servizz mil-aqwa... Kugin teighi andu bzonn medicina li trix tixtrija kull gimatejn u tiswa 240 euros.... Dan kollu b'xejn
Kuntent inhallas it-taxxa iva u meta nigi bzonna insiba hemm... Jekk ma tridx thallas taxxa u thallas edukazjoni u sahha inti... go for it ha naraw kemm tiflah tasal ;) ... just kemm nighled li operazjoni bhal ma kelli bzonn jien tiswa 20000 u degree li hadt jien tiswa 8000 kiku hadta privat. Issa jew tara kollox jew tara fuel biss.
Dwar zieda ta 500 ewro le ma naqbilx,, jien ma nzomm ma lebda partit u hazin/tajjeb ta tnejn li huma nejdu
U dwar uzu tal karozza ghal bzonnijiet ta kuljum.. iva jien bhalkom nuza tista tejd il-hin kollu u ma nuzax arriva ghax ikolli l-affarijiet mieghi ax kiku nuza... Hawn Malta hawn problema kbira ta karozzi.. hawn hafna..anzi esegerat.. Il-gvern missu jdahhal sistema li karozzi johorgu bit timetable fit toroq bhal ma hemm fpajjizi ohra.. Jekk nibqaw sejrin hekk.,. kull familja ghanda 3 karozzi jew aktar.. ma nafx fejn se naslu
Victor Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 20:46
Issa jigi Toninu Fenek u jghidilna kemm intom cwiec rahasna il-petrol, id-diesel, il-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma qabel il-budget. X`budget ghaminilkom cwiec Maltin. Par idejn sodi tridu biex jaghdukom mill-arbiel.
A Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 20:35
jghafas il-Gonz il-poplu!!
silvano vassallo
Aug 31st 2012, 20:32
Arriva is total failure.
those buses are really designed for the Maltese, especially the bendy ones.
the old transport was a luxury compared to what we have now.
It will not be long before someone gets killed in a horrific accident.
a word of advice, give way to those damned buses unless you drive a tiger tank.
Steven Smith
Sep 1st 2012, 03:09
well if car drivers did give way..the service would be a lot better and would more then likely run on time !...and you THINK the old system was better...what a short memory you have...or maybe an old bus driver with a grudge !
mark borg
Aug 31st 2012, 20:18
iz zejt veru li ghola min barra imma il problema il corruzjuni u inkompetenza ta enemalta u il gvern plus menta il gvern nehha il HEDGING !!!
James Ellul
Aug 31st 2012, 20:07
Bl'elezjoni fil-qrib, Gonzi lanqas jirbah ma jrid ghax kieku il-fuel zgur li jigi ssusidjat - ta lanqas sa l-elezjoni
u jien PN Supporter, mhux ghax nemmen li l-PN joffri xi futur brillanti imma ghax ma hemmx alternattiva, ll-Labour lanqas ideat ma joholqu ...kif jista wiehed ikun jaf x'ser jaghmlu la jitilaw fil-gvern???
Fuq scala min 1-10 ghalija:
PN 4
MLP 2
mark borg
Sep 1st 2012, 06:52
@James Ellul
Labour lanqas ideat ma joholqu ...kif jista wiehed ikun jaf x'ser jaghmlu la jitilaw fil-gvern???
argument pappagallesk biex tipruvaw igibu lura xi voti min tal Pn li tliftu bl eluf.......li hu zgur hu li il Pl se jkun gvern serju li jmexxi g hal interess tal polu u mhux ghal klikka ta ghaxra min nies.....barra min hekk min falla lil enemalta tul is snin u tella id dejn tal pajji zghir bhal tghana ghall aktar 5 biljun ?? zgur ma haqqu l-ebda voti min wasalna f din is sitwazzjoni jigifieri jhekk ghalik fuq skala qedin 4 il PN..nassigurak li min ma ghandux interessi personali u mhu qed jakkwista xejn ghalih, fuq dik l-iskala il Pn huwwa il partit li se jiehu pjacir jissetilja il kontijiet tieghu ma dan il partit li illum barra minhekk huwwa maqsum bil kbir .
Josef Borg
Sep 1st 2012, 07:10
Jien ezatt bhalhekk imma did-darba ha nipprova nbiddel ghax din l-arroganza ma niflahiex izjed.. Jekk ma nippruvax kif nista nghid li m'hemmx alternattiva ohra.
William Caligari
Sep 1st 2012, 07:55
Min fejn gibtu dan l-gherf s-Sur Ellul?
R. Cilia
Sep 1st 2012, 11:26
Sur Ellul, il-malti jghid 'Jekk ma tbiddilx, tqammel'.
R. Azzopardi
Aug 31st 2012, 19:50
I must be missing something here. I have been following crude oil prices for about 15 years now. How is it possible that fuel prices keep rising when crude oil prices have remained stable for the past couple of months? And it's not only in Malta, mind you (as a good number of people here have correctly pointed out). It's all over the place. When crude oil prices were hitting 147 US dollars a barrel in 2008, prices weren't as high as they are now. Is it due to the rate of exchange? can anyone enlighten me?
manuel Attard
Aug 31st 2012, 20:14
simple my friend , it's a good excuse to make up for other so called expenses that our so called leaders of the world might have !!
or else how can they enjoy life more then they are already doing ?
living like kings while you and i pay for everything
Mark Thorogood
Aug 31st 2012, 20:20
"when crude oil prices have remained stable for the past couple of months?"
The oil price is up about 15-20% in the last 2 months (in $)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business/market_data/commodities/143908/twelve_month.stm
Jonathan Camilleri
Aug 31st 2012, 20:42
Prices were expected to move downward further but the rise has been remarkable and almost continuous since then. The price on Thursday was $113.56 a barrel for the basket crude and the average for August so far is almost $109 a barrel as compared to almost $94 a barrel in June.
http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-prices-are-setting-their-own-course-1.1066069#.UDoJEj2TCEs.twitter
It seems you and I have been reading different news...
Mario Busuttil
Aug 31st 2012, 19:47
L-ikbar problema li nara hija meta individwu ikollu ill boghod ghal post tax xoghol kuljum,dan ser jonfoq hafna izjed fuq il fuel milli wiehed vicin.Is sena l ohra il Gvern ta incentiv lil min kellu thul baxxx u jiena ma qbiltx ma dan il fatt ghaliex kien hawn familji li hadu din l opportunita minajr ma kellom uzu ta karozza privata li kienet tinkludi il membri tal familja kolla .Nahseb li wasal iz zmien li naghmlu ezercizzju sew ta min ghandu bzonn vera jiehu din il providenza tal Gvern , jiena kuljum naghmel 45 kilometru ghax xoghol lura inkluz ,barra li fil bidu tal l-iskola jkolli naghmel 30 km ohra ,total ta 75 km......jekk issib it traffiku il fuel jinxtorob izjed malajr....gej zmien li ha tkun iebsa sabiex izzom karozza privata,,licenzji tad diesel 300 euro +insurance 200euro+maintenance ?+VRT 21 euro+service100 euro....nahseb Arriva jaqbillek u dejjem jekk ikollok xi zewg karozzi.....Ma nafx liema Gvern ser irahhas dan il fuel....
Daniel Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 20:42
cajta tajba u tintesa maz zmien meta semmejt l arriva ... minuta ghax ghadni nidhak. jien xtaqt nghaddi ghas servizz tal ghar Iva (arriva) imma wara 11 il xahar qtajt qalbi habba l inkonsistenza ,il kumdita kulhadd ihobbha
mark borg
Sep 1st 2012, 06:53
ragunament bazwi
Claire Busuttil
Sep 1st 2012, 08:54
L arriva ghada disastru....nistiden lil min jahseb li qed nigdeb biex juza l arriva ghal gimgha wahda biss.....imbaghd jitkellem....
Hinijiet ma jigux rispettati.....bla kontrol ta xejn.....grazzi gonz!
Keith Zerafa
Aug 31st 2012, 19:46
x dissperazzjoni ghandhom il Oppozizjoni Laburista u suppporters tijaw Iwahhlu fil gvern ax joghola il petrol dawn it tip ta nies li iridu imexxu pajjiz
ma jifaccawx ir realta li il gvern malti mandux xjaqsam u min hu fil gvern imma le al gvern laburista u supporters tijaw kul skuza tajba biex jipontaw subajom lejn il partit nazzjonalista infact they are happy to be lead by a novice in politics
C Baldacchino
Aug 31st 2012, 20:12
i soooo agree!!
mark borg
Aug 31st 2012, 20:24
dejjem ahjar lead by a novice mill lead by someone ikontrollat min klikka ta sitta !
Daniel Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 20:43
allura li tghid int u siehbek gonzi Bibbja?
William Caligari
Aug 31st 2012, 21:18
Keith, min hu sincier jitkellem differenti minnek
tista tghidilna kif inhu imqassam dan il-prezz?
Bhal perezempju x'taxxa fih?
Claire Busuttil
Sep 1st 2012, 08:55
miskin is sur zerafa ghandu lenti blu imwahla ma ghajnejh....nithassarhom nies hekk!!
Kev Samut
Aug 31st 2012, 19:33
Use Arriva bil-pulit qed jghidlek.
silvano vassallo
Aug 31st 2012, 19:50
do you think I am that stupid and did not put that into consideration. Most of the time I service my car, it is not rocket eng. But last jan it costs me around 120 euro, filter, oil, glow plugs , wheel alignment, cooling water,
In the long run diesel is far better .
I am not that stupid to buy a new car in Malta with the conditions of the roads and the erratic driving.
Mario Busuttil
Aug 31st 2012, 19:55
Jabillek zgur ,ghax kull min ghandu xi karozza u jaghmel il kalkoli ,zgur li jiffranka balla flus sabiex izzomm vettura privata.....ghandi 3 karozzi u hekk ser naghmel u jekk xi darba nohrog u ndum tard bil lejl naqbad Taxi...niffranka minn 3 karozzi Insurance+licenzji+VRT+Petrol u diesel u maintenance u servises madwar =2,600 fuel ghal 3 karozzi,1,400 euro Ins u licenzji,services 300 euro,u maintenance dejjem trid tonfoq meta jinqala???....dawn b'kollox jiguni 4,300euro fis sena barra mekkenik u x'jinqala ,,,,dazgur li jabilli bl Arriva...u ser naghmel inbih il vetturi kolla......
J Busuttil
Aug 31st 2012, 19:59
@ Silvano Vassallo
€ 120 is expensive ( Lm51 ) ???? min hu il-Mechanic ghax veru bomba ma tantx jiehu.
M Calleja
Aug 31st 2012, 19:17
Min m'ghandux interess politiku partigjan jew li jahseb li l-prezz tal-fuel joghla biss f' Malta, jista'i jara l-prezzijiet tal-fuel internazzjonali f din it-tabella:
http://www.energy.eu/
Actual prices per one liter of fuel. Download fuel price data for the past 12 years.
August 31, 2012 Unleaded (Superbleifrei, Euro sans plomb, Euro95) Diesel (Gazole, Gasóleo)
Country Retail Price Price (Excluding VAT) Retail Price Price (Excluding VAT)
Austria € 1.452 € 1.210 € 1.415 € 1.179
Belgium € 1.777 € 1.469 € 1.560 € 1.289
Bulgaria € 1.409 2.77 лв. € 1.174 2.31 лв. € 1.378 2.71 лв. € 1.148 2.26 лв.
Cyprus € 1.355 € 1.158 € 1.379 € 1.179
Czech Republic € 1.511 37.40 Kč € 1.259 31.17 Kč € 1.479 36.60 Kč € 1.233 30.50 Kč
Denmark € 1.851 13.79 kr € 1.481 11.03 kr € 1.663 12.39 kr € 1.330 9.91 kr
Estonia € 1.362 € 1.135 € 1.351 € 1.126
Finland € 1.728 € 1.405 € 1.563 € 1.271
France € 1.652 € 1.381 € 1.487 € 1.243
Germany € 1.745 € 1.466 € 1.558 € 1.309
Greece € 1.843 € 1.498 € 1.600 € 1.301
Hungary € 1.587 440 Ft € 1.250 346 Ft € 1.594 442 Ft € 1.255 348 Ft
Ireland € 1.664 € 1.353 € 1.568 € 1.275
Italy € 1.852 € 1.531 € 1.743 € 1.440
Latvia € 1.437 Ls 1.002 € 1.188 Ls 0.828 € 1.372 Ls 0.957 € 1.134 Ls 0.791
Lithuania € 1.462 Lt 5.05 € 1.208 Lt 4.17 € 1.361 Lt 4.70 € 1.125 Lt 3.88
Luxembourg € 1.454 € 1.264 € 1.320 € 1.148
Malta € 1.490 € 1.263 € 1.350 € 1.144
Netherlands € 1.854 € 1.558 € 1.526 € 1.282
Poland € 1.418 5.82 zł € 1.153 4.73 zł € 1.396 5.73 zł € 1.135 4.66 zł
Portugal € 1.772 € 1.441 € 1.561 € 1.269
Romania € 1.372 6.11 lei € 1.106 4.93 lei € 1.381 6.15 lei € 1.114 4.96 lei
Slovakia € 1.558 € 1.298 € 1.428 € 1.190
Slovenia € 1.562 € 1.302 € 1.392 € 1.160
Spain € 1.500 € 1.271 € 1.416 € 1.200
Sweden € 1.844 15.18 kr € 1.475 12.14 kr € 1.791 14.74 kr € 1.433 11.79 kr
United Kingdom € 1.738 £ 1.380 € 1.448 £ 1.150 € 1.790 £ 1.421 € 1.492 £ 1.184
EU AVERAGE € 1.602 € 1.324 € 1.497 € 1.237
Victor Laiviera
Aug 31st 2012, 19:23
Can you find a table showing the average wages/salaries as well?
silvano vassallo
Aug 31st 2012, 19:27
it will make more sense to add their minimum monthly wage to that list. A stand alone list like that means nothing.
M Mangion
Aug 31st 2012, 19:35
@Victor Laiviera
inti tahseb li jekk tmur tixtri xi haga u tghidlu li ghandek minimum wage irahhaslek fil-prezz?
L-istess haga din, pajjiz li jbiegh iz-zejt mhux se joqghod jghid ghax Malta ghandhom inqas paga, mela se ntihom iz-zejt irhas.
Niskanta kif certu nies dejjem jitkellmu kif jaqbillhom.
Vince Piscopo
Aug 31st 2012, 19:37
Very good observation Mr Laviera.
S. Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 19:56
@Victor Laiviera
International fuel supplies do not care about minimum wage. That is the price set - who can't afford it may use alternative and cheaper modes of transport.
I hope fuel keeps going up while I dream of Malta with 50% less cars.
J Busuttil
Aug 31st 2012, 20:05
Question for Mr. Laiviera.
Let us say you are an importer and you usually sell an on going good at € 20 and you buy it from abroad € 15. A month later you buy it € 18 will you sell it to me at € 20. Skond inti u shabek that is what we should expect. If you say yes my next question is: if you buy it at € 21 today will you sell it to me at € 20. Hallina Victor.
Matthew Grima
Aug 31st 2012, 21:27
Mangion, il maggoranza ta dak il prezz taxxa jkun, mux is seller.
Joseph Micallef
Aug 31st 2012, 23:50
jien ma jinteressani assolutament xejn minn dan Sur Calleja. Il-pagi tagħna huma fost l-agħar li jeżiżtu minn dawk il-pajjiżi li semmejt inti. Jien kif taffetwa lili jinteressani. Kieku kien hemm Partit Laburista fil-gvern, ibqa ċert li kien jagħfas sabiex jagħmel arranġament speċjali sabiex jinxtara petrol b'rati orħos, u dan minix noħolmu. Għamlu Dom Mintoff fil-passat hemm bżonn li dan isir jekk ikun il-bżonn. Jekk hemm bżonn, il-gvern jaqta ftit mit-tberqbiq tiegħu u jintervjeni sabiex jerfa parti mil-piż hu u ma jkomplix iġib ruħu b'mod irresponsabbli għal aħħar u jkompli jkisser, jakkes u jġib il-poplu arkobtejħ!! Fullstop!!
S. Zahra
Sep 1st 2012, 09:24
the "compare wages" statement does not hold! Reasons are:
1) who is selling fuel will not give a discount to countries that have a lower wage ... if you dont like it dont buy it
2) countries having 'higher' wages has much more expenses like property rental (around 800eur/month for a studio flat), no free medical services, etc)
Unfortunately we are in world were fuel prices will keep going up until fuel supply is exhausted! Our bad is that our public transport is rubbish.
silvano vassallo
Aug 31st 2012, 19:14
silvano vassallo
diesel is better, always had been and it will always be
do not moan take action now
my car gives me 200 miles per 14 ltr ie 20euro
Kev Samut
Aug 31st 2012, 19:31
Dear Mr Vassallo how much is it to service your car when buying an air filter,oil filter and fuel filter or a set of glow plugs? $ $ $ $ Try and compare them with a petrol car and what about when buying a new one? What's the price difference between when buying a new car whatever the brand when buying it petrol or diesel? $ $ $ $ +++++ Need I continue?
Mr robert micallef
Aug 31st 2012, 20:28
Dear Mr Samut you are not correct, i have 2 cars same make, one petrol one diesel. the service is nearly the same cost. Diesel cars do not change the glow plugs and fuel filters often. infact i'm actually thinking of changing my wife's car to a diesel. we do aprrox the same milage. she gives it an average of 60 euro a week i give it 35-40 euro. the diesel of today is not the same of 20 years ago when if its cold you would spend 20 minutes playing to start it up.
also you might to consider cycling with unlimited mileage :)
Mr Joe Cardona
Aug 31st 2012, 19:09
Wasal iz-zmien lil l-poplu jigbed habel wiehed u ma juzax il-karozza tieghu u taraw kif il-Gvern malajr inaqqsu bin-nofs il-petrol ghax imbaghad ninini jkollu dak l-introjtu kollu mill-petrol li juza il-poplu.
M Mangion
Aug 31st 2012, 19:08
filwaqt li bhall kulhadd ma niehux gost li oghla l-petrol, dan juri bic-car is-serjeta' ta' l-gvern.
Il-fatt li l-elezzjoni (fi zmienha jew le fadlilha biss ftit xhur), il-gvern jista' facilment ma jghollix il-petrol anzi sahansitra jrahhsu ha jidher sabih. Izda minflok ma kabbar l-problema, ha decizjoni iebsa u li taf tiswih ghadd ta' voti. Din hija serjeta' u mhux li tinghogob ma' kulhadd.
P.s. meta il-gvern johrog xi skema, kulhadd jghid li ghamel hekk ghax gejja l-elezzjoni, jigifieri issa ghax oghla l-petrol jfisser li l-elezzjoni baqala xi hames snin?
Daniel Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 20:47
hahahaj 50% taxx hi naqra hafna . ftakru li ahna qatra niehdu hdejn pajjizi ohra
Mr Joe Cardona
Aug 31st 2012, 19:06
X'se jghid u kif se jagixxi l-Onor Dr Franco Debono issa? Se jaccetta dawn il-pizijiet godda fuq il-haddiem?
Din il-gimgha Dr Debono talab lil Dr Ginzi biex inaqqas il-prezz tad-dawl u l-ilma. Nahseb li vera semghu ghax flok naqqas, biex jisfidah gholla l-petrol u d-diesel u b'hekk jitfa aktar pizijiet fuq l-imsejken haddiem u kif ukoll fuq dawk l-eluf li qed jizdiedu bla xoghol.
S. Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 19:58
Dan mhux piz. Il-karozza lussu, mhux dritt.
R. Cilia
Aug 31st 2012, 21:10
S.Vella, il-karozza lussu ghidt? Jekk qed tirreferi ghal min ghandu Jaguar ghandek ragun imma mhux ghal min jahdem, iwassal it-tfal l-iskola, izur lil genituri tieghu u mitt haga ohra!
William Caligari
Aug 31st 2012, 21:23
S.Vella, prosit ghalik kemm inti bravu!!!!
S Pace
Aug 31st 2012, 23:43
@ S Vella, il karozza kienet lussu fin 1950s mhux llum... jaqaw int ma tohrogx mid dar kuljum biex tmur ghax xoghol?
Joseph Micallef
Sep 1st 2012, 02:08
Eħe lussu hu li jkollok karozza S.Vella? Impressjonajtni bl-intelliġenza tiegħek. Jaqaw minn mindu hemm il-PN fil-gvern saret lussu? Jekk jitla l-Partit Laburista jaqaw issir neċessitá? Ħallina bajs, inthom minthom xejn ħlief oqbra mbajjda!
Tony Fenech
Aug 31st 2012, 18:58
@C.Bartoli. Jekk int mizzewweg paga skont int, peress li thallas 15% taxxa hija bejn €11,901 sa €21,200, naqblu? Jekk int guvni paga skont int bil 15% hija bejn €8,500 sa €14,500. Naqblu? Li ma nistax nifhem hu skont int taxxa L-Inghilterra kont thallas b'kollox li ha nerga insostni semmejt (b'kollox) 54% taxxa. Tista jekk jghogbok tispecifika min fejn gibt 54% taxxa ta L-Inghilterra li dik il kelma b'kollox tista tistona xi naqra. Meta tghidli li kont thallas taxxa L-Italja ta 38% nixtieqek tispecifika, ha nifhmuk u jkun kollox korrett, dejjem jekk jghogbok? Ghadtilna li jifdallek izjed flus hawn Malta mil Inghilterra u L-Itlaja. Ma nafx jekk kontx issajjar int jew tiekol barra? jekk kont tiekol barra min pub go L-inghilterra tohrog orhos min Malta fic-cert u tiekol ikel bhal laham. Jekk tmur go supermarket L-Inghilterra tixtri orhos min Malta, mhux bil ftit. Jekk tmur tiekol L-Italja skont fejn ghax in-North jista jkun ghola pero l-ikel ukoll go L-italja huwa orhos, anki min supermarkets. Anki jekk tixtri karozza kemm L-Inghilterra u kemm L-Italja orhos. Sintendi popolazzjoni hafna akbar min ta Malta allura aktar kwantita, bulk jgib prezzijiet orhos. Li ma nistax nifhem hu kif isemmi L-Inghilterra u L-Italja meta dawn huma fost l-aqwa pajjizi tad dinja fil G8. Paga go L-Inghilterra average ghax gos South hija gholja min North u bil maqlub go L-Italja n-North huwa aktar sinjur. Jien ghandi hafna hbieb Inglizi li jigu Malta u jghiduli kemm hi gholja l-hajja ta kuljum hawn Malta. Jigu Taljani jghidu li jieklu ahjar bl-istess prezz go L-Italja ikel bnin bhal hut. Go Malta skont fejn tmur ghax fis South ta Malta ikel min go Restorant tista tohrog b'orhos pero jekk tmur tiekol barra fin North ta Malta, nehhi Ghawdex ha thallas kemxa sew. Mur Ta Sliema , Bugibba jew Qawra. Pagi hawn Malta huma komparabbli ma pagi nghidu ahna bhal Cipru allavolja Cipru ghandom pagi naqra ahjar imma fuel ara naqra kemm hu jekk dejjem jghogbok? Nahseb xi €1.40. Elettriku ilma u gas ma kejjieltux , jew ma kkomparajtux ghax ma jaqbillekx , forsi? Jekk qieghed jifdallek il flus f'idejk hawn Malta aktar milli kellek l-Inghiterra u L-Italja nassigurak li ma nemnekx qabel ta tispjega sew tat-taxxa u x'kont taghmel bhala job, jekk jghogbok kun veritier ghax inkella ninjora kull ma ghad. Saqsejtek ghax naf li taxxa ta 54% b'kollox forsi bl N.I. ukoll fejn hawn Malta hawn N.I. 10% ohra. Dan mhux biex ninsultak halli nkun naf il verita, skuzani dejjem.
C. Bartoli
Sep 1st 2012, 16:41
@Tony Fenech, Jien inkludejtlek wkoll f dik it-taxxa kemm kont inhallas council tax u spejjez ohra bhal £270 fil gimgha transport ghax ma stajtx naffordja karozza gewwa Londra habba li biex insuq karozza gewwa Londra tehel £5 kuljum u insurance gewwa Londra hija over £2000 fis-sena + li trid ikkolok fejn tiparkja jew tehel average ta £120-£140 ohra fil-gimgha, Iva vera il-hajja jekk tmur tixtri min discount stores u tmur fil-ghaxija orhos imma tinsiex li l-euro irhas mil stg. Jien hawn Malta hadt skema tal gvern li kulhadd kien intitulat ghalija u solar water heater u PV gewni nofs prezz. Gas ma nuzax ghax id-dawl jigini irhas mil gas u nohrog darbtejn fix xaghar inhallas il-loan tad-dar u kelli karozza tahli hadt €1200 mand il-gvern u xtrajt karozza tahli hafna inqas u jibqali il-flus f'idejja.
David Bezzina
Aug 31st 2012, 18:54
I cannot understand why the government keeps on adding burdens on the lower and middle class workers.How can the government expect to get Malta out of this recession when he is continuously increasing financial burdens on the families and the industries ?
Just to point out,half the price of the fuel is tax.
silvano vassallo
Aug 31st 2012, 19:34
this is simple to comprehend. the government works like that, it is far much easier to control a population in these conditions than if everyone if financially safe. If you think that that government is there for you than you are delusional. wake up and start thinking for yourself and plan ahead.
S Pace
Aug 31st 2012, 18:51
I really don't know how these people live with themselves, they are simply robbing us alive and in our faces simply because they can and as they know that we can't do anything about it. So ok, maybe crude oil price really gone up, but what about when it is drastically cheaper and still we get no cheaper fuel? Shame on these people
Andrea Damato
Aug 31st 2012, 18:47
Ma nafx kif hafna minnkhom jibqghu jmeru s-sewwa maghruf u l-fatti fuq din il-kwestjoni tal-fuel. Iz-zejt ahna nimpurtawh u meta joghla minn fejn nixtruh ser joghla ghalina ukoll u din l-ebda gvern m'ghandu kontroll fuqa. Sa haenhekk sippost qbilna IZDA li hadd ma jsemmi hija it-taxxa tal-VAT li jimponi il-gvern fuq il-fuel li ahna nixtru mill-pompi fejn din iva JISTA jbaxxieha u b'hekk jitnaqqas il-prezz lill konsumatur. Umbad wiehed jrid isemmi il-hela fl-enemalta, pagi u perkacci ezorbitanti li ghandhom ufficjali oljin ta l-istess kumpanija etc kif ga semmew tajjeb uhud minnkhom hawn.
U l-ahhar haga, il-pagi tal-haddiema f'pajjizi ohra ta l-EU mhumiex bhal taghna l-Maltin !!
Leonard Brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 18:45
Ghalfejn qed tinkwetaw. issa min hu komdu jivvota PN u min qed isiba difficli jivvota PL. Billi joghla xi ftit il petrol u jizdied id defict u inkabbru xi ftit id dejn. Ahna il maltin igibuha ftit bi kbira. dejjem ingergru il maltin, jien ma nafx ghalfejn ingergru Possibli ghandha ghalfejn ingergru ma nafx jien ,.
Joseph Aquilina
Aug 31st 2012, 18:44
A one week ticket with Arriva costs 6 euro ... a car costs me minimum (including insurance, service, bump here bump there, and petrol) 30 euro a month ... The maths is very simple!!
The only problem is a vicious circle which no government so far has tried to address. The service is inefficient because of too much traffic, and there will always be a lot of traffic until the service becomes efficient.
In one way or another people need to be encouraged to make more use of public transport.
Claudia Schembri
Aug 31st 2012, 18:41
The same story at the end of the month!!!! We know it before it comes out on the news!!!
Matthew Mangion
Aug 31st 2012, 18:23
Minflok noqodu nibku habba il-prezz tal-fuel li prattikament ma tantx hemm kontrol fuqhom...l'ghaliex ma ssirx skema biex nnies tghinhom jaqilbu ghal autogas.. mhux mbilli saret autogas station l'airport u qatt ma rajt karozza. (jekk ha tirrispondu partiggjani please ghal darba fhajjitkom)
Chris Coleiro
Aug 31st 2012, 18:51
you can switch to autogas whenever you like.. i did so some time ago and am now reaping the benefits. Book your car and make the investment. it's easy!
R. Cilia
Aug 31st 2012, 21:24
A.Trapani, from your other comments I can conclude that nothing worries you because whatever GonziPn does is fine with you.Don't worry, your worries will start soon enough!
Godwin Dalli
Aug 31st 2012, 18:19
I do not own a car. I do not drive. I use the efficient public transport (mind you it is still a monopoly). Therefore I would like to hear that a litre of fuel costs 2 Euros as in Italy. The reason is that the Government will have more money to spend on more open spaces.
Mr F J Brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 18:29
Maybe you don't drive a car - but i'm sure that you, eat for example. - you do know that in Italy an increase in fuel also brought up the prices of foodstuffs right?
S Pace
Aug 31st 2012, 18:30
Godwin Dalli, can you tell me how someone could go to the supermarket using the so called efficient public transport? Can you tell me how you are going to pick up your children from school after work and go home with the public transport? Don't be egoistic and self centered please, think of others. And by the way our public transport is still rubbish
Sebastian Micallef
Aug 31st 2012, 18:59
Godwin Dalli good for you that you do not own a car and you use the efficient public transport therefore the increase in fuel does not effect you.
Why should you worry? Let those who own a car worry about the cost of fuel.
But I am sure that you have heard about chain reaction. The increase in fuel will effect everybody including you.
The cost of living will increase due to this chain reaction, but why should you care just as long that the Government has more money to spend more on open spaces.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 19:23
ok Sebastian, lets all get worried than and pray God that the international fuel rate will go down again ???? I'd say ... just live and stop complaining about issues you or your government has no control on ! Remember mate, if you worry you die, if you don't worry you die.... so why worry ??? .
John Tabone
Aug 31st 2012, 18:04
@Tony Camilleri... Jekk inti cert daqsek ...ghidilna minn hu il korrot... donok ghandek il provi u taf hafna...jew ghandek xi isem ta x'korrot...jew paroli fil vojt....jew wiehed li titfa il gebla u tahbi idejk...jekk int Tony Camilleri li naf...hekk int.....
Tony Camilleri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:52
IL-POPLU QED IHALLAS GHALL-KORRUZZJONI U L-INKOMPETENZA TAL-GVERN U TA' DAWK LI HATAR FL-ENEMALTA.
D. Xerri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:57
u l-eluf kbar f`pagi, perkacci u bonuses li jinghataw lill-Kapijiet tad-Dipartimenti li ma jgibux ir-rizultati mixtieqa minkejja kollox !
D Coll
Aug 31st 2012, 17:35
Kullhadd isemmi l-prezzijiet u ma semmejtux il kwalita'! ... Meta b'50 Euro kont nimla tank minn malta, kont tlajt Sqallijja u jien u gej spiccali u mort nimlieh qabel ma tlajt fuq il-katamaran..Tank Swieni 75 euro. Tlajt fuq il-katamaran u wasalt Malta bit tank mimli. Bazikament tank ta Malta li swieni 50 Euro biss min Malta kont nghamel xi 500 KM (10c/Km)... u bit tank li imlejt b'75 Euro kwazi 900 Km (8c/Km!!) u dan soqt l-istess toroq igifiri stajt inqabbel perfettament.
Ahjar flok naraw li jorhos, naraw li jkolna Petrol ta kwalita. inutli thallas 50Euro biss bix ikollok tghati l petrol kull gima, meta tista thallas 75Euro ghal istess tank u tamel gimatejn!
C. Agius
Aug 31st 2012, 17:59
ma ghandu xjaqsem xejn li qed tajd int sur Coll
Louis Craus
Aug 31st 2012, 18:19
Habib,jien ukoll ghadni gej mill - Gran Brittania, imma ma xtrajtx la petrol u l-anqas diesel.
Innotajt biss li l- prezz hu kwazi dak daqs ta' Malta, anzi rajt postijiet li hu irhas minn Malta.
Ma nahsibx li l- pagi taghhom daqs dawk li ghandna ahna l- Maltin.
Tista forsi tispjegali ghaliex?
Ghaliex f' Malta dejjem joghla,meta kien hemm kazi li l- fuel rahas drastikament?
Ruben Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 18:53
Mr. Louis Craus, Jekk irridu inkunu onesti.... 1. Ingilterra tipproduci iz-zejt.. cert li inti smajt bil BP (British Petroleum)!! 2. Veru li il pagi tal ingilterra huma ghola imma 1... kieku l-inglisi ghandhom listes spejjes taghna il Maltin kieku lingisi kollha imisshom huma sinjuri 2.. ghalkemm il petrol huwa irhas ghal raguni li semmejt fuq, trid taprezza li ghandhom distanzi hafna iktar minna, ghallura irridu jikkunsmaw hafna iktar litri ta petrol (ghallura ghandhom xorta aktar spejjes ghal petrol) Ahna Maltin Maltese gemgem!! Meta il petrol kien hafna irhass xorta konna ingergru! kieku il petrol ikun b'xejn xorta insibu raguni biex ingergru!!
Daniel Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 20:50
sew qed tghid kif il fuel taghna bla ditta jidhirli ahna fil eu bhall kulhadd
Joe Grech
Aug 31st 2012, 17:35
Risposta lil Twanny Borg:
Nifhem li dak iz-zmien meta kien inghad li flixkun ilma jiswa daqs il-whisky kienu qed jirreferu ghal flixkun ilma mid-distillatur li kien bena gvern nazzjonalista f'Hondoq ir-Rummien il-Qala fejn gew sparpaljati miljuni ta' liri fl-ahhar tas-snin sittin biex ilma bahar jigi imsaffi u jinxtorob. Dan id-distilalatur kien jithaddem bil-fuel u biex timla flixkun ilma kien jiswa daqs flixkun whisky. Importanti li dan id-distilatur wara li tlesta qatt ma hadem
wayne scicluna
Aug 31st 2012, 17:33
http://www.boston.com/business/news/2012/08/29/oil-price-falls-crude-supply-rises/Z2sAz6hrsumqghEknlfvJI/story.html
They think that we are idiots....its a MONOPOLY and nothing else!
George Joseph Cauchi
Aug 31st 2012, 17:24
As always Petrol cars owners bearing the brunt.
Victor Rodenas
Aug 31st 2012, 17:19
I knew it,last week the price of petrol in Italy increased substaintially.
Tony Cappello
Aug 31st 2012, 17:15
Remember folks someone once said " Those that can afford to pay, usually get it for free"!!! The Gov will always bleed the middle classes to pay for everyone else
Nikhail Karl Spiteri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:12
taht Gonzi pn il jum tal budget ma ghadux f novembru imma , l-budget sar kulljum.
Doreen Gatt
Aug 31st 2012, 17:10
Miniex qed nistenna li l-prezzijiet tal-fuel jibqaw l-istess jekk qed jghollew mad-dinja kolla...izda li nistenna minn dan il-gvern huwa sistema ta transport pubbliku efficjenti li jiehdu minn A sa B fl-inqas hin possibli minghajr ma jdawrek dawra nobbis u li jkun puntwali
Jekk din mhix possibli allura li mbaghad nistenna huwa li meta jikkalkula l-ghaoli tal-hajja jikkonsidra dawn iz-zidied..mela gie tani €4.66, gimgha wara hadli €2.30 zieda fil-bolol minnhom u l-petrol zdied kull xaghar...biex ma nsemmiex affarijiet ohra li ghollew ukoll!!!
j brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 17:04
Vote Gonzi and rest assured of a monthly hike in the cost of fuel!
(jb)
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:12
VOTE MLP and you never know what is going to happen. Ghadna bahh ghax qatt ma smajna x'se jghamel minhabba din il-problema li qeda tiffacja id-dinja kolla imma il PM il-gdid ha jibghatilna il bowser bil-petrol b'xejn id-dar. Imma kif ma tistafx tifmuha li jekk inaqqas it-taxxa mil fuel iridu nhallsu it-taxxa fuq xi haga ohra!
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:17
VOT for MLP u jbellalek taxxa ohra ikbar minn fuq li kien ifrankalek...ma tiftakruwiex inehhi il VAT u minfloka blajna ic-CET li kienet kwazi 23%, Jekk Muscat irahhas it-taxxa tal fuel bilfors irid igiba min ximkien iehor
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:19
And if we vote Joseph what will we get?
Ian Psaila
Aug 31st 2012, 17:35
Mela Issa jitla Joseph u jibda iqassam b xej l petrol!
Grazzi!!
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 17:55
Sur Bartoli, l-argument mhux minn fejn igibhom ghax igibhom bhal kull gvern iehor, mit-taxxi. Fejn iqassamhom l-istorja kollha. Min kien qassamhom f'beneficcji socjali u min qassamhom lil shabu f'forma ta zieda ta 500eur fil-gimgha. U sew qed tghid li jekk jitla l-labour ma nafux x'se jigri ghax ghadna ma doqniehx lil Muscat, ara lil Gonzi doqnieh u xbajna minnu!!!!
Nikhail Karl Spiteri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:03
well done
D. Xerri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:31
...... hmmm maybe we will buy fuel in advance --- something this Government has left aside because the other side used to do it and get fuel at a much lower price !
ghax f`Malta mhux x`jaqbel ghall-Maltin imma li l-Partit Taghna ma juzax is-sistema tal-Partit ta Kontrina lanqas jekk jaf li tajba biex tghaddi ta rasu u jibqa jippersisti li s-sistema tieghu hi it-tajba !
dik il-problema li ghandna go dan il-pajjiz li kulhadd tieghu BISS Tajjeb anke jekk jaf li ta` haddiehor kien ferm ahjar jibqa jghid li Tieghu BISS Tajjeb u Hu l-Bravu !
Charles Mangion
Aug 31st 2012, 17:03
I am sure the PN want to loose the next Election every other country buying fuel in advance to keep the price down in Malta I think it is bought on weekly basic that is one month is down 1cent the next month is up 4cents people will soon do their homework they will put PLin goverment against their will just to teach the PN a lesson
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 17:56
Niddubita Charles, ghax meta jorhos imbaghad indumu biex naraw id-differenza, bhal li kieku ghandu xi stock ta 6 xhur mixtri!
P Azzopardi
Aug 31st 2012, 18:41
it seems you only watch super 1 tv ......issa meta jitla joseph inkunu l orhos f kollox..
...what crass and hopeless bloggers !!
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 22:33
Din id-diska l-gdida li tefawlkom f'halqkom Sur Azzopardi? Jekk jitla l-labour ma nafx x'se jigri ax ghadni m'esperjenzajtux lil Muscat pero esperjenzajt lil Gonzi u l-bella kumpanija
j brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 17:02
@A Trapani
"For all the naggers who can't afford an extra cent and blame it on Gonzi..."
Can you inform these 'naggers' how much the cost of living has gone up under GonziPN?
And remember that he boasted of his 'Par Idejn Sodi'!
(jb)
(jb)
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 17:23
..........I have no idea how much the cost of living went up but could it be perhaps because it went up practically all over the EU ???.... I do know however that we're much much better than other bigger European countries who have their own resources and thanks to the par idejn Sodi we are breaking records month after month with our only resource (Tourism)... We're doing this with 50% of the island made up of naggers and other back stabbers with personal agendas. Can you imagine what we'll do if we were to be one united nation with a positive attitude ?
mark borg
Aug 31st 2012, 20:22
@A TRAPAN
We're doing this with 50% of the island made up of naggers and other back stabbers with personal agendas. Can you imagine what we'll do if we were to be one united nation with a positive attitude ?
issa naraw la jitla il PL kemm se tigbdu habel wiehed ..ok ??? daqs kemm gbituh mil 1971 sa 1987 bil strikes boycotts u elf haga ohra ghal 16 il sena shah...ommi ma ghadkhom teqirdu sal lum 25 sena wara !!!! aqta kemm inthom positive ! ajma hej !
A Trapani
Sep 1st 2012, 00:41
mark borg... dak iz zmien ma konniex neqirdu ghax il petrol u id diesel joghlew bi ftit centezmi... l-istrikes u il boycots saru ghal hafna affrijiet iktar gravi habib..... dawk kienu zminijiet fejn qas tiehu banju ma kont tista ghax tiftah il vit u ma johrog xejn.... biex insemmi punt wiehed ghax hemm mijja. Nigbdu habel wiehed kieku il PL jghidilna x'se jaghmel u kif se jaghmel la/jekk jitla imma s'issa ghadna ma nafu xejn.
Charles Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 16:56
...xi 5 gimgha ilu, il Laburisti qalu rahas ghax gejja l'elezzjoni! Mela issa x'gejja!?!?! L'ikla tal Milied!! LOL In Europe, prices change everyweek! Get used to it, and grow up! Issa j'alla jitla il Labour halli kif qal Joseph Muscat, jrahhasulna... ic cuccata hi li ma nafux kif se jrahhas dan! Maybe with the use of a magic wand? Well, we'll see once he's our jolly young Prime Minister! :D
Darren Attard Bonnici
Aug 31st 2012, 16:56
you realize that for a guy like me that spends 30 Euro of Unleaded each week, my fuel price went up to 34?
and how much was the pay raise in the last budget? .... 5 euro? ... good .. no no .. that's not good! ... THAT'S EXCELLENT!!!
Matthew Delicata
Aug 31st 2012, 17:33
It's not four euros more it's 80 cents more.......... It went up to 30.80
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:47
€30 @ €1.49/lt. = 20.13 litres
20.13Lt @ 1.54 = €31.01
simple maths ... it's€31 not €34
j brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 16:56
@A Trapani
"x'ghandu x'jaqsam il gvern spjegali?"
Ever heard of forward buying?
Besides we don't know whether we are really paying the international market price of fuel.
(jb)
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 17:02
yes and we are still paying amongst the lowest rates in Europe because of forward buying perhaps ?
Darren Attard Bonnici
Aug 31st 2012, 17:12
OH GOD ... alla hares ma nhalsux l-irhas fl-ewropa ... jekk biex tmur il belt min Zabbar tahli listess ammont ta fuel li tahli biex tmur min Londra sa Manchester! ....
U il-Pagi ma tikumparahomx A Trapani? ... Ikumpara il Pagi qabel ma Tikumpara il Fuel prices ....
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:20
Darren jekk ha tikkumpara trid tikkumpara kollox naqbel mieghek. Pero trid tghid ukoll li biex tghix f'pajjizi ohra huwa hafna aktar expensive. Hu mil-propjeta li hija necessarja biex tghix - kemm jekk tixtri u tikri hawn malta hafna irhas mbad.
Darren Attard Bonnici
Aug 31st 2012, 17:38
u tixtri propjeta mux xi haga ta darba? ... in necesetajiet limportanti .. anke thares lejn mobile phone contract u internet ahna inhalsu prezzijiet oljin ghal servizz imbarazz!
Ian Psaila
Aug 31st 2012, 17:38
Ghid nighdlek jb Issa jitla joseph jixtri bl quddiem ghal Sena jibda jahzen l petrol....eeee am nafx fej u l petrol jorhos b 1 euro l litru! Vote MLP!!!!
Grazzi Joseph
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 17:40
Darren.. fill fatt dak li qed naghmel habib.... il pagi taghna qedin fil media tal EU u il fuel huwa fost l-orhos tal EU.... issa fuq il kwistjoni kemm tahlilek il karozza biex tmur il Belt min haz Zabbar... dik mhix affari li nista nghinek fiha, skuzani. Il fatt hu li iz zejt jinxtara min barra, jekk jghola, irridu inhallsuh b'xi moghod issa jew joghla il fuel taghna jew joghla id dawl, jew namlu taxxa gdida... x'tippreferi habib?
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 31st 2012, 17:42
@Brincat.
Forsi jekk tiftakar li il-gvern qed jghamel qlieh ta' 50% fuq il-fjuil tigi fsessik.
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:43
Mela mbilli ta' darba tghid ma thallasiex cash f'daqqa l-propjeta. Mhux xorta mil-paga ha thallasha fix-xhar?
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 18:04
Sur Trapani, taghtix kaz x'jghidu fuq NET TV u mur ghamel ricerka int ta kif qeghdin l-affarijiet. Il-fuel f'Malta huwa fost l-orhos imma xorta nhallsu hafna ahna l-konsumaturi ghax ghandna fost l-ghola taxxa.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 18:30
Sur Mifsud.... hekk naghmel fil fatt la naghti kas in NET TV u wisq aktar il ONE tv... infittex fuq l-internet u insib il verita li irrid..... u il verita tghid illi "kif ghidt int wkoll il fuel qijed fost l-orhos" U anke it taxxa fost l-orhos... read here http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=tsiem070. see... no need for NET TV, just browse the NET .... but stay away from ONE as you'll think you're living a third world country my friend.
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 22:35
Habib lanqas biss ghani stazzjonijiet Maltin id-dar, tista tahseb kemm naghti kashom.
http://energy.eu/
Pls tikkumparax ma Sweden jew l-Olanda ghax il-pagi bejn 4 u 6 darbiet iktar u dan qed nghidulek bic-cert ghax maghhom nahdem jien. Tinsiex tghodd il-VAT ukoll!
Anthony Scicluna
Aug 31st 2012, 16:55
Here's why oil prices are rising in Malta
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Oil-prices-rise-ahead-of-Fed-chief-speech-3829601.php
M. Mizzi
Aug 31st 2012, 17:19
publish the wages of foreign countries too. cost of new cars too.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 16:54
For all the naggers who can't afford an extra cent and blame it on Gonzi... see what Italians next door are paying, stop the politics and thank God and the same Gonzi for not being in a the same situation as they are... click and learn.... http://www.prezzibenzina.it/
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 18:08
Mhux il-prezz biss kollox. Trid tara l-kwalita ta l-octane ghax dak jaffetwa l-ekonomija tal-karozza. Check and learn habib
S Pace
Aug 31st 2012, 18:27
A Trapani... if the price hikes don't bother you, just please don't comment as there are a lot of people who yes... they can't afford the difference. And its not 1c, if it were we wouldn't be nagging, its the 5c, 6c, 1c every month or 2 what makes the difference. Why don't you take in consideration the annual license, which by the way we pay for nothing since all our roads are rubbish, our wage and the cost of new cars?. So next time you comment, just think before you do it.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 18:58
@ S Pace.... i did think before i did it.... that's life my friend and since you live in Malta, you can't control the rise of international oil so you either deal with it or else you can expect the government to keep the same rate as you prefer and then add another tax to compensate for the rise. What are your suggestions here? What are Joseph Muscat's suggestions ? Would you expect Joseph to lower the price of international oil? We don't know.... no one knows what he's planning to do when he's there. With regards to new cars being more expensive, do as i did and get a cheap/decent second hand one.... and why would you buy a new car if as you say, you are effected by a few cents flactuation in fuel consumption??? probably you should be thinking of saving money and not getting a new car... mind you new cars are also becoming cheaper and cheaper. Also for your info, the annual road license is still cheaper than most other EU countries. Also thanks to EU accession, the roads are slowly improving and even though i have to agree with you that many are still badly in need of reconstruction, the newly built ones (and there are quite a few) are a pleasure to drive on them and up to EU standards.
Kurt Mifsud
Aug 31st 2012, 22:36
Get a bicycle or a motorcycle and tell me again what a pleasure they are!
A Cardona
Aug 31st 2012, 16:53
Local politics apart this happened because of an imminent war between Israel and Iran.
Yet the time frame of the change is not making sense. For sure fuel is no longer being bought for a 3 months supply.
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:50
In Malta it's all politics. There's no space for actually thinking and looking at the bigger picture - it's blue or red unfortunately.
twanny borg
Aug 31st 2012, 16:52
tal-pl jahsbu li n-nies imbiccilli. meta fil-1974 kien ghola z-zejt mintoff kien wera flixkun ilma u flixkun whisky u qal li l-ilma qed jigi jiswa lill-gvern tieghu aktar mill-whisky. sintendi l-ghada l-orrizzont u l-bella pappagalli hargu juru ritratti ta' dawn il-fliexken. jekk hazbu li in-nies insew sejrin zball. jemnukom biss dawk li twieldu taht il-pn u ma jafuh xi jsarraf il-pl.
Lydon Ancilleri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:03
Ezatt u jien tant minix pappagall li mhux ser noqod fuq li tghid inti. Jien ilni nghix hajti kollha taht il PN u naf x'sarraf, issa ser niprova l-PL halli nara xi jsarraf huwa wkoll... hemm hekk nkun nista nqabbel bejniethom it-tnejn!!
twanny borg
Aug 31st 2012, 17:12
@lydon prosit ghamel hekk tista' biss tmur mit-tagen ghal gon-nar.
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:15
@Mr. Ancilleri, li kieku naf x se jghamel Muscat tal MLP nazzarda nivvutalu imma kif ma tistawx tifmu li jekk Muscat jifrankalna it-taxxa minn fuq il-fuel, iridu nhallsu it-taxxa fuq xi haga ohra!
A Cuschieri
Aug 31st 2012, 17:34
Lydon, ha tiehu riskju ghax tinsiex li ghandek 5 snin imcappas bih jekk ma jkunx ahjar milli ghandek illum - u ma tkunx tista terga lura.
Change for the sake of changing is not healthy.
Claire Buttigieg
Aug 31st 2012, 18:14
enlighten me...aren't we living in the year 2012?!?
You are right..qed nhossni imbiccilli..mux bil passat imma b'dak li qed jigri madwari u ma nista naghmel xejn hlief inkompli nizvojta l but..
Karl Brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 16:51
U mela le... another opportunity for labour elves to point fingers at GonziPN... it is also GonziPN's fault that summer will soon end... Come on elves... quickly rush to your PC and submit your equally biased, non-sensical comments... hurry halli nimpresjonawhom !
M. Bezzina
Aug 31st 2012, 17:03
You are the first one Karl!!
Mr Joseph Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 16:50
get a small car, and start using your feet!
kenneth formosa
Aug 31st 2012, 16:49
kull hadd irrid jmur lura ...nergghu nibdew nuzaw l-muturi u roti bhal fic- cina ta' 30 sena ilu ....hekk gabna dal-gvern ax bl-Arriva tasal l-ghada flok lilohm !!!!
Carmel Dimech
Aug 31st 2012, 16:46
Issa we're getting used to it once in 4 months the price will go down with 1 or 2 cents but the rest of the months will go up by 3 to 5 cents. Daqqa we blame the oil price , daqqa the Euro and we keep on paying the taxes, Why don't you try to copy the French goverment Gonz if you do have a conscience.
Joe Grech
Aug 31st 2012, 16:44
Another tax for minimun and low income wage eaner's. Those who got good goverment job's, goverment provides them with free car and fuel paid from taxpayers, so that don't feel the high price of fuel. About this extra tax why don't the goverment give good an allowance to those living in poor4 standard?????
Antonia Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 16:43
Ergajna meta ser tasal l-elezzjoni
Andrew John Grech
Aug 31st 2012, 16:58
U jekk jinbidel il-gvern u il-prezzijiet ma jinzlux x'se tghid? Igri tigi elezzjoni ohra?
J.C. Borg
Aug 31st 2012, 17:01
Allavolja (skond il-PL) l-elezzjoni hi fil-vicin hafna, xorta gholew l-petrol ecc.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 19:09
@ J.C. Kieku il fuel rahas tal MLP kienu jghidu spin min naha tal gvern biex jigbor il voti .... issa illi ghola x'jghidu ? spin dry ?
Norbert Vella
Aug 31st 2012, 16:38
Give us a break please. In just 2 Months the price of the Unleaded Petrol went up by 10c. Unbelievable
C Cassar
Aug 31st 2012, 16:45
It's gone/going up all around Europe so it has nothing to do with the "government" but due to the price of oil.
Richard Zammit
Aug 31st 2012, 16:51
hallina Mr Cassar , ghidilna kemm ghandna taxxa fuqu , PROSET TAL PROGRAMM ejja ha tigi l-elezzjoni ghax vera tal misthijja .
W Cassar
Aug 31st 2012, 16:52
@ C.Cassar
Some governments cut the tax on fuel to help.
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 16:58
We all dont like paying more but we're amongst the cheapest if not the cheapest in the EU.... so be thankful and don't complain... http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/fuel_prices_europe.html
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:31
@W.Cassar, yes they did and they increased and invented new taxes.
Mr Clayton Mangion
Aug 31st 2012, 16:38
IMMA DAL GVERN MA JISTHIEX ?????????????
A Trapani
Aug 31st 2012, 16:47
x'ghandu x'jaqsam il gvern spjegali?
Ian Psaila
Aug 31st 2012, 17:42
Joseph ha irahass l petrol!!!! Jigri jitla l Lejbur !!!
Mr Clayton Mangion
Sep 1st 2012, 00:04
Mela Capcaplu GAHAN !
Brian Gatt
Aug 31st 2012, 16:37
Again.... enough is enough ta!!! its getting too much now, the fuel cost has become unbearable and unfortunately you cannot exist without a car considering that the Arriva service is bad!!!
Karl Brincat
Aug 31st 2012, 16:50
Do you think people are such fools as to believe your annoying nagging and lies ??? !!! Is this what you elves are brainwashed to do ... invent and cheat people !! Come on grow up you should not try to win elections by such games !!
C Cassar
Aug 31st 2012, 16:35
Still cheap when compared to other nations (even when taking wages/salary into account). In germany be prepared to pay €1.75 and in the UK, €1.80 and of course, you'll have far, far greater distances to travel so will use, far, far more fuel.
Ivan Calleja
Aug 31st 2012, 16:48
Sejjer zbaljat Cassar. Malta bit-traffiku li hawn u kull 30 sekonda trid tieqaf habba roundabout, give way, stop sign etc.....tahli hafna inqas petrol!! Bl-istess ammont ta fuel l-ingilterra ghamilt 5 darbiet aktar distanza ix-xahar li ghadda!! U fuq il-paga nahseb ahjar ticcekja sew l-affarijiet ta ghax nahseb sejjer ftit zbaljat!!!
Shawn Xuereb
Aug 31st 2012, 16:55
granted...oops, I believe you forgot something...salaries =) In Germany be prepared to earn an average of 25,000, and in the UK, 30,000 =)
N Camilleri
Aug 31st 2012, 16:57
when taking salaries into account no... the petrol prices are too high for us, as the every day needs go high in prices ridiculously high next to other countries.
you are right that they travel longer distances, but you are wrong when you say they use far far more fuel then us.. if you calculate good.. we have lots of traffic, they don't, we waste lots of fuel in traffic jams.
As I bought a car from the U.k., over there it does 47mies/gallon. but in Malta I do maximum of 35 miles/gallon.. so tell me who wastes more fuel please do
Andrew Siad
Aug 31st 2012, 17:00
mela x paga andek sur Cassar!!?
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:04
@ Ivan Calleja
Din tal paga vera ma niflahix. Tarawx il-paga, imma kemm ihallsu taxxa. L-ingilterra meta tikonsidra kollox kont inhallas 54% Hawn Malta vera ghandi paga inqas imma nhallas 15% taxxa u on the whole ghandi iktar flus f'idejja Malta milli L-ingilterra. L-istess meta kont nghix l-Italja 38% taxx u Malta iktar kelli flus f-idejja. Taf illi il boss tieghi il-Germanja ihallas €12,000 fis-sena ghal familja ta erbgha biex jekk ikollu bzonn juza l-isptar hu u il-familja tieghu.
C. Bartoli
Aug 31st 2012, 17:07
Petrol; bhalissa fl-Italja
http://www.prezzibenzina.it/ l-irhas €1.92
UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2108959/Petrol-prices-Cost-filling-family-car-96-today-pressure-grows-freeze-fuel-duty.html
T Ferro
Sep 1st 2012, 11:27
@ C.Bartoli: dear Mr. Bartoli, I think you might have your percentages slightly wrong... I lived abroad for some time and in no instance did I get less money in my pockets. In the UK for example you get to pay 50%+ of income tax only if you earn more than £150,000. In a position equivalent to what I have now in Malta, money in my pocket after taxation was almost double (€14,000 net in Malta while €27,000 net abroad) not to mention that I had full health insurance, gym subscription and two meals a day paid by my employer. Fuel costs are high everywhere but I got to spend roughly the same amount of money on fuel abroad as in Malta - why? - because I used public transport to go to work - efficient and effective public transport unlike Malta. I used the car only to do grocery shopping and for leisure (to the countryside). What is really expensive abroad is rent (unless you choose to live really farther from the centre) and entertainment (I used to pay roughly €100 for a simple night out with friends nothing fancy). To anticipate your questions - 'then why did you come back and why don't you go back?' Family needed me here and as soon as this is resolved I will, Mr. Bartoli.
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