Increase in price of gas
The price of a 12 kilogram Liquigas gas cylinder will be going up to €19.60 as from Monday, the company said.
The cost of a 15 kilogram cylinder will be €24.50, up from €23.10.
Gas prices were last revised in June when the price of a 12 kilogram cylinder had gone down to €18.50 from €19.70.
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S Vella
Oct 1st 2012, 11:19
Ha joghlew il-prezzijiet......tiftakruha din il frazi li harget minn fomm l-emeritus ex PM u ex President EFA??
Money No problem kien jghid ukoll, mhux ghalina imma.
J. Zammit
Oct 1st 2012, 10:57
The increase in the price of gas is most regrettable and will hit one and all including the lower wage earners/pensioners who use gas to cook and heat. Those of us who have invested in gas based systems to heat our homes, because gas was a cleaner, cheaper and more ecological alternative to fuel, kerosene or wood, are now having to face the fact that their investment becomes increasingly less cost-effective.
But what bothers most is not the price of gas itself - the long term price of gas is set to increase (albeit not at the rate it has increased locally). It is the sheer arrogance of the gas distributors who hoot and honk their horns loudly in the streets, every two or three metres causing nothing but a disturbance to residents and offices a like, sometimes way into the very early hours of the morning.
Is it really possible that such a primitive way of advertising one's wares cannot be replaced. Or are the powers that be incapable of reducing this form of noise pollution?
Mark Said LL.D.
Oct 1st 2012, 10:28
This gas business will one day explode with a bing bang!
Justin Spiteri
Oct 1st 2012, 08:32
I sure am not going to switch my car to AutoGas (Propane + Butane Mix)
j brincat
Oct 1st 2012, 07:40
@Roy Muscat
"Eja ha jitla joseph ha jamel il mirakli !!!! Mela il gas il gvern jolih, kemm aw minn adu lura jahasra"
Who privatised the Enemalta gas division, not GonziPN?
And what was the effect of such a privatisation? Prices increases galore! The price of a 12 kg cylinder MORE than trebled.
Such social conscience!
(jb)
andrew spiteri
Sep 30th 2012, 22:48
all companys love gonzi, wonder why they are getting richer
Francis Attard
Sep 30th 2012, 20:55
Qieghdin f'xifer ta' falliment kolossali.
Tonio Bugeja
Oct 1st 2012, 07:26
stenna sakemm jinbidel il-gvern u inkunu nafu x hemm mohbi lest ghalina il-maltin. Jien nghid li Malta falluta u kollox qieghed taht it-tapit...... Dan sabu Alfred Sant wara li tela u is-sitwazzjoni hija ferm aghar milli kienet dak inghar.... stennew u taraw! Tal-biza!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roy Muscat
Sep 30th 2012, 20:16
Eja ha jitla joseph ha jamel il mirakli !!!! Mela il gas il gvern jolih, kemm aw minn adu lura jahasra
Eddy Privitera
Sep 30th 2012, 21:26
Roy: Meta l-gvern ipprivatizza l-importazzjoni u d-distribuzzjoni tal-gas, b'hekk fetah dan il-prodott essenzjali ghal-familji KOLLHA, inkluzi dawk foqra, ghal l-ebda kontroll fuq il-prezz, minkejja li taparsi hemm regolatur. U din il-privatizazzjoni sehhet BILFORS ghax Malta qieghda fl-UE. Dan beneficcju iehor milli weghduna bis-shubija fl-UE !!!!!
A Tonna
Sep 30th 2012, 21:57
Fejn joghlew il-prezzijiet il-gvern qatt ma jkollu x'jaqsam ghalikhom, imma meta jorhsu (rarament) kollu fanfarri jkun u tghidx kemm igibu fuq TVM !!
Guido Farrugia
Sep 30th 2012, 22:52
IMMA INT IL QUDDIEM EH!!!! Qiesek l-anglu tal festa, bil musmar wara i tibqa tidhaq.
joseph demicoli
Oct 1st 2012, 02:16
nispera li tibqgha tirraguna hekk meta jitla Joseph Muscat. iz-zmien itina parir lol
David John
Oct 1st 2012, 07:34
Titkellem hekk ghax inti ta' kulur Blu. Li kieku kien hemm il PL fil-gvern kemm kont tirraguna l-istess. Ma tantx nahseb.
Mario Camilleri
Oct 1st 2012, 09:25
@Roy Muscat,
Mhux qed nistennew mirakli meta (mhux jekk) jitla Joseph għaliex Simon diġa tana ħjiel ta' kif inhi l-pożizzjoni finanzjarja tal-pajjiż: - http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120916/local/Busuttil-will-stand-for-election.437047 -
S Vella
Oct 1st 2012, 11:15
Meta Alfred Sant kien jghid li l-gas ser jittripla kont dgiddbuh u tippruvaw tirredikolawh....il-lum ghax iz-zmien tah ragun taraw kif iddawruha fuq Josep Muscat.....min jaf min ghadu lura Roy!!
Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO
Sep 30th 2012, 19:20
Increases in the price of gas will hit old age pensioners hard as the cold weather will soon kick in. To keep just one room warm using a gas heater will cost about 30 Euro per week. Many pensioners simply cannot afford it but even those who can have an ingrained mentality that one cannot simply spend such a large amount on money on heating The net consequence is going to be that our old folk will try to economize by switching the heater on for just a few hours or keeping it too low. The net result is going to be a great increase in hypothermia cases in old people with the consequent medical complications that follow . Expect a large number of hospital admissions of old people this winter and all shall suffer as Mater Dei will not be able to cope given the lack of sufficient beds to accommodate them and us ..
Chris Coleiro
Sep 30th 2012, 20:37
30 euro per week?? Your gas heater has some serious trouble if a cylinder lasts just 5 days! Either that, or you are referring to heating your internal yard!
P Pace Balzan
Oct 1st 2012, 08:48
@Chris Coleiro
My gas heater is switched on (mainly) during the night and I use app two12Kg cylinders a week.
An aged pensioner would usually remain at home for longer periods of time (ie during the day).
This implies that a pensioner would spend more on heating that a working adult.
Eur30 per week is in my opinion a correct estimate.
J. Zammit
Oct 1st 2012, 11:00
No - Albert's calculations are just about right. One cylinder a week is as easily used up by a gas heater that is turned up to half its heating capacity.
john vernon
Sep 30th 2012, 18:47
Well if this doesnt stink of profeteering i dont know what does, winter just around the corner, cold weather demand will go up, does the so does the price, summer comes warm weather demand down so does the price. What a bunch of rip off artists are you. Shame on you al,l the poor and the old will suffer again.
Joseph Sant
Sep 30th 2012, 20:15
We need a system where basic needs such as cooking Gas, electricity, Water and heating is subsidised in a way that those who cannot afford it do not suffer. I do beleive the PL has this plan in place, similar to the Living wage system which may need some tweaking.
Kevin Pace
Sep 30th 2012, 18:41
Alla jbirek dejjem l hadd joghlew l prezzijiet, u alla jbierek qisa gejja x xitwa, dak kien jiswa 6 euro ta u isa gie xi 3 darbiet aktar. Mal eu gas mithomx taqblu mal prezzijiet.
R Axisa
Sep 30th 2012, 18:23
This is to confirm that Gonzi is all out against the word 'freezing'! Ara min lahaq ha zieda ta' 500 ewro fil-gimgha lahaq faddal ghal dawn iz-zidied kollha!
E Mamo
Sep 30th 2012, 18:13
Do I smell Winter around the corner?
Peter Murray
Sep 30th 2012, 17:33
Why are these price increases always announced on Sunday when one cannot take advantage of the old-almost always lower-prices?Are they decided on-and approved and sanctioned by the MRA- at a special Sunday morning after mass meeting per chance?
anthony dimech
Sep 30th 2012, 17:32
you can tell comments made by lejburisti cos they forgot when almosy all the street lights had been switched off thats how the pl can save energy putting us back half a century
Shaun Anthony Camilleri
Sep 30th 2012, 19:43
You can tell when they're Nazjonalisti as when someone complains about a price increase the Nazjonalist brings back a past era. Complaining about a price rise to them is complaining about their perfect political party that never makes mistakes and is clean as a whistle. Come to the present stop harking back to the past which most people of a certain age do not remember nor care about.
Paul Portelli
Sep 30th 2012, 17:32
ara xkull wahda mela sewwa kienu qalu tal-labour li tank gas gej 20 euros
A.f Ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 17:27
Mela rega ghola l-gas,petrol,pittrolju ,id-dawl u dawn huma oggetti pzonjuzi fil-hajja,vera wasal iz-zmien biex nibdew nieklu kollox nej u ma nsajru xejn bhal meta kien il-bniedem fil-bidu tieghu,tghid immorru nirrangaw it-tempji mega litici u nghixu go fijhom wkoll bhal ma kienu ghixu huma,
Jimmy Tanti
Sep 30th 2012, 17:23
Dak li bassar Dr Alfred Sant kollu sehh .Hafna ma tawx kaz anzi zzuvjettawh.Hu go fik ja poplu.Min nehha l-bulk buying illum qieghed gvernatur,dak jiflah ihallas.
anthony dimech
Sep 30th 2012, 18:09
mela bil bulk kollox skadut uchoice wiehed meta il maltin kienu imorru sqallija jixtru il barilla qiesna boloh
Joseph Arpa
Sep 30th 2012, 18:28
@Anthony Dimech
Int biss serjeta???? Mela hekk gejna sew issa...hawn ghazla enormi ta affarijiet imma ma jibqalix flus fil but biss nixtri, u allura nixtri min Llidl jew Carrefore .....u l ghazla enorni noqghod inhares lejha biss!!
M Grima
Sep 30th 2012, 17:21
Just when the summer season is almost over we get a gas price hike. These are not coincidences but pure daylight robbery. Thanks to GonziPN we are living in a price anarchy.
M Grima
Sep 30th 2012, 17:19
For those who have voted GonziPN in the last election little did they know that they were voting for an incompetent starry eyed government who is only concerned on making life easier for the few selected fat cats who do give a heck if the price of gas doubles or not. I am sorry but this is what got for trusting a bunch of hypocrites.
Next time round use your vote more diligently by ousting out these idiots.
GonziPN has never worked and will never work!
Jeffrey Mallia
Sep 30th 2012, 17:04
4 years ago we were paying 6 EURO for the same cylinder.............Privatization at it's best !!
Ray Mercieca
Sep 30th 2012, 16:48
Can someone states, the total amount of tax we have to pay, and the importer's (Farsons) profits on each 12KL gas cylinder?????
Mr C Camilleri
Sep 30th 2012, 16:37
I wonder where all the Investimenti fis-sod went ! If there ever were any.
Thank you PN.
Mark Piscopo
Sep 30th 2012, 16:24
@Gil Falzon
Tahseb li aghmel tajjeb Gonzi meta nehha s-sussidji min fuq id-dawl u ilma u ghamel surcharge qawwija? Tahseb li ghamel tajjeb meta pprivattizza din is-sezzjoni tal-Gas fl-Enemalta sabiex b'hekk qeghdin nhallsu hafna iktar ghac-cilindri tal-gas? Tahsebli ghamel tajjeb meta nefaq miljuni kbar f'teatru bla saqaf u parlament gdid? Tahseb ser jaghmel tajjeb,jekk jerga' jitla u jerga jibda jiehu z-zieda ta' eur500 fil-gima huwa u l-ministri tieghu? Tahseb ghamel ghazla tajba meta nefaq miljuni mit-taxxi taghna f'powerstaion li tmarrad li tahdem bil-heavy fuel oil, meta f'Malti ghanda l-ghola rata fid-dinja ta' nies li jbatu bl-azma?
gil falzon
Sep 30th 2012, 23:54
I don't get your point. All I said was that in Malta I pay half of what I used to pay in Italy.
Paul Smith
Sep 30th 2012, 16:21
Some of the comments are ridiculous. Malta is an empty vessel (has no Oil, no Gas) and could not grow enough food to feed it's large population (for a minute country). So you have to earn tourism euro's to pay for imported food, Oil and Gas and fertilizers. You even have to import oil to make water via RO. The only place the price of oil Gas and Food is going is Up Up and Up.
Lawrence Fenech
Sep 30th 2012, 16:56
@Paul.
I agree no problem salaries are also going Up Up and Up - in smoke.
pat muscat
Sep 30th 2012, 16:18
With all these energy sky high prices the economy won't work ! Neither will our future work with lies, half truths and private monopoly!"
C Cassar
Sep 30th 2012, 17:40
Well, all the financial institutions that have rated and tested Malta's economic health completely disagree with you. I know who I would trust and that isn't an uninformed comment by someone on the internet.
C Apap
Sep 30th 2012, 16:17
Funny how gas price reduces in June when demand is low due to summer and will increase now that winter is around the corner!!
A Trapani
Sep 30th 2012, 16:25
.... Maybe we should consider gas hedging if not yet implemented
Charles Mangion
Sep 30th 2012, 16:12
Ithink the PN are fed up governing Gas and Fuel going up before Election Parkers loosing their jobs Trees uprooted and what else is to comein the next few months
A Trapani
Sep 30th 2012, 16:24
I hope that they are not fed up as the only alternative there is, is not really proposing anything that makes sense for those that know what sense really is....
Christopher Zahra
Sep 30th 2012, 15:58
Out of control situation and still keeping our head buried in the sand.
Joseph E Briffa
Sep 30th 2012, 15:57
I's obvious that the price would return to its June level It was reduced for the summer months when people use less gas for cooking as they usually go for cold dishes. Demand for gas starts going up in October, hence the rise in price. Market forces.
Joseph Micallef
Sep 30th 2012, 15:55
When Gonzi comes to visit my in my kitchen (as Franco Debono refers to him as 'the kitchen cabinet), he will find me waiting for him with an empty gas cylinder.
Lawrence Fenech
Sep 30th 2012, 16:57
@Joseph.
With Gonzi in your kitchen you will have two empty gas cylinders.
Claire Busuttil
Sep 30th 2012, 15:40
grazzi PN
Mauro Camilleri
Sep 30th 2012, 15:32
Though it's not what Dr. Muscat said . . . I'd rather have a wage freeze than a MELTING WAGE!!!!!
J.C. Borg
Sep 30th 2012, 15:31
EVEN THOUGH ELECTION IS BEHIND THE DOOR??????????
GL Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 15:27
Here we go again. First the increase in bread, now the Gas, what is next? And the Finance Minister is very proudly saying that everything is fine? Who is he trying to kid? Very few people got an increase in pay but many did not and they and the elderly are the ones to suffer the most. Maybe all is not well on the seafront?
anthony sultana
Sep 30th 2012, 15:25
It is still cheap 19.60 cent, the delivery itself is worth 5euros,you thing you are going to get everything for free.WHO WORK FOR FREE.Even 50euros it is not so bad, the worst thing is if you don't get noting.
cesco di luigi
Sep 30th 2012, 17:53
In sliema dingli circus area there is no reliable delivery sir, we go out and get it ourself. so check first OK?
A Said
Sep 30th 2012, 15:20
Certain people at the helm think that people are fools. So price was put down for summer, and now that in 5/6weeks time we start using gas more often, someone puts the price up again. maybe these persons think that they are more intelligent than others!!
Victor Vella
Sep 30th 2012, 15:14
Sewwa qal Joseph Muscat. Well done Joseph. Sakemm GonziPartit Ngann jitwarrab, il-prezz tal-gass ikun sar 20€. Veru GonziPN WON`T WORK. PN Humbug.
A Trapani
Sep 30th 2012, 16:30
Problem is ..... labour wont work so no choice really..... Well done Joseph for what ? For proposing a min wage freeze.... Oh sorry he didn't mention freeze he said no minimum wage increase... Whatever the difference is...
Peppi Borg
Sep 30th 2012, 15:13
How many elderly people are going to suffer this winter?
Robert Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 15:31
What does Gonzi care about this, you forgot that he gave himself and tal klikka a 500 euro weekly increase. Thats what he should have told the people on il FOSOS, and not invent about the minimum wage.
Alfie Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 15:12
FAO Mr A.F, Ellul YOUR REPLY TO gil falzon I coudnot have put it better
A.f Ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 17:16
Sorry, mistake postage.
gil falzon
Sep 30th 2012, 15:04
Still beats €40 for a small cylinder I used to pay in Italy!
A.f Ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 15:07
Go and live in itally,after all their wage is 20 times of mine.thanks for your advice.
Ronnie Callus
Sep 30th 2012, 15:16
How come you compare Italy with Malta when the wages are far much different.
Robert Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 15:23
I heard someone saying that he saved euro 1.30c because he ran after a bus instead of boarding on it. I told him, next time he should run after a taxi, he would save euro 25. This applies to your arguement.
S. Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 15:28
20 times? Have you actually ever worked abroad? If you did you would have said twice or thrice. And then again, their income tax can be as high as 45%, plus communal taxes, property taxes and all that. So dream on. Not all that glitters is gold!
E. Vassallo
Sep 30th 2012, 16:12
veybody thinks that wages in Italy are far better than here. What a lot of Labour utopian close minded thinking!!
Ray Buhagiar
Sep 30th 2012, 17:30
I worked in UK, the gas price was alot more expensive than here. And I am ready to compare salaries as well...The British are not getting home more pay than the Maltese. In UK I had to pay council tax, electricity, VAT, national insurance (which was the best in Europe). My take home salary in UK was appox 50Euros more per month than here in Malta. Hence I returned back. At least I work half days and enjoy the sunshine.
gil falzon
Sep 30th 2012, 23:51
Is €800 to €1000 a month a lot? That's what they get there.
Alfie Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 14:54
What this country really needs is not privatization but a massive liberalization than and only than we will see fair prices, still only wishful thinking, heck, I forgot I,m in Malta and these things never happen. BBQ here we go
Charles Grixti
Sep 30th 2012, 15:11
Prvatization will not stop anytime soon. This is one of the articles of faith of the neo-cons and has been implemented for years all over the globe. In fact, the IMF (a consortium of private bankers) demands that a country privatize its public assets and hand them over to private companies and corporations. What usually follows after a company has been privatized is massive layoffs and downsizing (called restructuring in neo-con lingo). The cost to the public of the product of service given by the newly privatized entities will then climb steadily up (need constant increase in profits you see, otherwise the shareholders will not be satisfied) and attempts to increase profits even further by cutting costs means that cheaper materials need to be sourced and employees downsized further. At the end you are left with a monoploy that provides inadequate service at a higher cost. But that is OK as long as the ' job creators' as the new private owners are then known, are makaing more profits each and every quarter.
S. Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 15:23
Easy then Charles Grixti. Save a bit, buy some shares and become a shareholder. That way you'll enjoy the company's profit as well.
Charles Grixti
Sep 30th 2012, 18:41
@S. Callelja
Easy you say? Save some money and invest? Not as easy as that,
Most ordinary punters that put their life savings (which they can ill afford to lose), in such investements usually lose them, besides the fact that you need to be already wealthy to be able to buy enough shares, plus insider information that is not available to ordinary mortals, to be able to make money from these investment to make a difference to your economic class.
and
Why should anyone with any decency jump on the bandwagon to impoverish families and whole nations for the sake of greed and more money then they know what to do with. Does not anyone see any conflict here between this and their professed Christian beliefs?
Mr Clayton Mangion
Sep 30th 2012, 14:50
why so sad? the maltese people love the PM so much !Guess youll be sleeping in the cold while he sleep with his a/c on heating mode and you pay his electricity bill !
Robert Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 14:42
Liquigas the gas prices on your website was last updated on 1/2/2012, we are now on 1/10/2012, that is 8 months later, can you please update with the revised prices.
Ray Buttigieg
Sep 30th 2012, 14:42
does not feel like winter yet!!!!
S. Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 14:41
Well some of you have solved the mystery themselves. Winter is coming. Demand will be higher. Higher demand implies higher prices. Basic economics. A company will set the price of a product or service not to maximize unit sales, but to maximize profit. Since this is a private company, better get used to it. It happens all over the rest of the developed world.
B. Storace
Sep 30th 2012, 14:52
And in the meantime we are chopping down more and more trees to meet the demand for fuel to warm our houses.............well done everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vanessa Desira
Sep 30th 2012, 14:38
Mr Attard, I understand your thinking but spend a few minutes thinking about this - so the distributor stocked up his truck last Friday.. thus he paid the 'cheaper' price for the whole truck. Saturday morning, he sold all the cylinders at his fixed selling point for the 'cheaper price'. On Saturday, the new gas filling plant is closed, so on Monday the gas distributor has to go and change the empty bottles he sold for the 'cheap price' and pay the 'higher' price for them. Does this make him the 'bad' guy now? his commission doesn't change. So the truth is that the increase is just for the benefit of liquigas and not for the distributor.
A Cachia
Sep 30th 2012, 14:29
In a few years time...eating raw food will no longer be a trend but a necessity :)
S. Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 14:38
Try sushi!
R. Cilia
Sep 30th 2012, 20:04
S.Calleja, do you eat sushi made with raw rice?
Chris Gatt
Sep 30th 2012, 14:28
What, is it winter already?
j brincat
Sep 30th 2012, 14:24
Will the price of petrol and diesel follow suit?
We wait with bated breath!
(jb)
j brincat
Sep 30th 2012, 14:14
@John Azzopoardi
"The price of gas will keep going up and up regardless of who is in power, TAxes have to come from somewhere. However, this is not good for Gonzi"
But the profits are going to a private company (thanks to privatisation by GonziPN) so its not a matter of taxes have to come from somewhere!
Capito?
(jb)
c scudi
Sep 30th 2012, 14:12
Oh well,we have to thank the present government for all this..Privatising and giving this Italian company a monopoly on what is the basic form of cooking on the Islands.Prices have quadrupled since they sold the Gas!!
Thank you for the great benifit this government brought tothe people...
effie stafrace
Sep 30th 2012, 14:11
in a few more hours we will be hearing a rise in petrol and diesel.talking about wage freeze why are these prices never frozen?
Joe Grech
Sep 30th 2012, 14:11
What's happening to minimum wage earners Another big bite and a big hole in their pockets.
anthony borg
Sep 30th 2012, 14:08
Fi 25 sena ta gvern nazzjonalista hlief zidied fil prezzijiet ma rajniex . Ahseb u ghara kemm ha joghli il pagi .. PAGA PJAGA..
Mr leo attard
Sep 30th 2012, 14:00
they tell you the day before so people won't store cylinders. this to me is entrapping the consumer to pay the high price and i stake my life that we'll be paying higher prices for gas on the cheaper prices stored by the distributors. query --- Has anyone ever had the experience of a distributor in gas or fuel say: hey, you don't have to pay the higher price for this because I had it when it was still on the old price?
Paul Barrett
Sep 30th 2012, 14:20
True, not on gas or fuel, water and electricity but I have had shopkeepers charge me the old price on older stock rather than the higher new price on "just arrived" stock.
vella m
Sep 30th 2012, 13:58
Hu ja gahan malti , Hallas ja GAHAN MALTI ,L- importanti li tmur tivota ,LOL
j brincat
Sep 30th 2012, 13:50
@ R. Saliba
"No worries people. Jekk Alla jrid, ftit xhur ohra jkollna l Joseph u jerga irahhasulna"
Remember that GonziPN has privatised Enemalta's gas division.
AND the result is there for all to see!
(jb)
Mr J Xerri
Sep 30th 2012, 13:49
Remember the outright denials by the Government when Dr Sant said that the price of gas would triple.!!?
John Azzopoardi
Sep 30th 2012, 13:48
The price of gas will keep going up and up regardless of who is in power, TAxes have to come from somewhere. However, this is not good for Gonzi
Alfred J. McEwen
Sep 30th 2012, 13:47
Alfred J. McEwen
There are those that say that the minimum wage should not be increased because it will cause inflation. If this price increase is not a blatant contributer to inflation then I don`t know what is, wait and see the price of petrol and diesel going up anytime soon.
j brincat
Sep 30th 2012, 13:47
Here is GonziPN for you.
His Choice but not mine!
(jb)
D. Caruana
Sep 30th 2012, 13:45
@r.saliba - ohlom!
Alfred Grech
Sep 30th 2012, 13:40
There is one word to describe these price increases: Vili.
W Cassar
Sep 30th 2012, 13:39
What a coincidence just as the weather is starting to change and people start thinking of stocking up their gas heating.
We need more competition in this sector!
Jeffrey Mifsud
Sep 30th 2012, 13:35
Hmmmmm mid-dehra diga hawn xi leak ta gassss minn xi apertura hahahaha
George Smith
Sep 30th 2012, 13:35
Poplu kwiet u joqot ghall kollox u pagi baqaw l-istess ... ingergru biss!! Il - Unions ghala qedin siekta ?
effie stafrace
Sep 30th 2012, 14:13
george il unions qedin kwieti ax pupazzi tal partiti.
Nazzareno Cortis
Sep 30th 2012, 15:00
George smith----L-unions qedin kwieti ghax il-haddiem irnexxielhom jaqsmuh f'hafna bicciet ta unions----kollha bi skop li jifirdu lill haddiema------ (IFRED U SALTAN)----hekk gara ---firdu lill haddiema ---u jsaltan min jiggverna!!!!!!!!!
Il-haddiem gie bla sahha---ghax union tordna strajk--u ohra tghid lill membri taghha biex ma jistrajkjawx!!!!!! Il-poplu jidher li hekk kuntent!!!!!---forsi xi darba l-haddiema jindunaw li union wahda u kbira jkollha s-sahha ta vera biex tikkumbatti lill min jahkem fuq il-haddiem!!!!
Charles Grixti
Sep 30th 2012, 15:26
@Nazzareno Cortis
Not only have the Unions been fragmented but I dare say that the Unions have been co-opted from within.
This happened in Malta through the political divide but it could very well be done through dishonest Union leadership that secretly back the employer or government or buying out Union leaders or installing Union leaders that are secretly working hand in hand with the powers that be, creating 'management Unions' that are used to goad their membership to relinquish more and more benefits and to accept lesser wages, as has happened to many of the Unions in Europe or North America. When that fails, government can always legislate against Unions (as is happening to teachers and public employees in Ontario) . Union busting legislation has been used very effectively since Thatcher and Reagan, two icons of neo-conservatism. If all else fails, the police are sent out to bust heads.
Guy Mahoney
Sep 30th 2012, 13:33
This is absolutely ridiculous. Everytime you need to buy a new bottle of gas you would have to check the current price. Why cannot the companies set a price stable for at least 12 months and they take the risk themselves like any other commercial enterprise.
Chris Gatt
Sep 30th 2012, 14:30
Please mention one commercial enterprise that takes such a risk. Airlines will add a fuel surcharge at the blink of an eye. Hotels will create some other excuse. So tell me which businesses are you referring to?
Edmond Micallef
Sep 30th 2012, 13:31
Din mhix parti mill-wage freeze gimmick ta' GonziPN hux?
Apparti wage freeze Gonzi qiehed kontinwament jghabbina bi spluzzjonijiet tal-prezzijiet.
U hawn min jibqa' iccapcaplu. Jahasra.
G. Ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 13:30
One of the weaknesses of privatisation, folks....
Mr Clayton Mangion
Sep 30th 2012, 13:29
PAR IDEJN SODI !
Mr raynond ciancio
Sep 30th 2012, 13:29
qassistuna issa, sewwa nghid jien, min kollox qed taghmlu biex ma tergawx titilaw, halli il problemi thalluhom lil hadd iehor.
Charles Cremona
Sep 30th 2012, 13:24
Joseph the saviour will sort gas and electricity prices if he gets in? Unfortunately for the country and if he keeps his promise, after a few months, he will be seeking a bailout from the Eurozone.
Anthony Pace Gouder
Sep 30th 2012, 15:07
IL-BAILOUT kagun tad-dejn u tahwid finanzjarju u ekonomilu li jkun halla warajh Gonzi-pn ?
A. Mizzi
Sep 30th 2012, 13:24
Why not FREEZE IT Dr. Gonzi, "FREEZE IT"!
Robert Lewis
Sep 30th 2012, 13:22
Dr Debono make these ipokriti step down from there, otherwise you will be taken as part of the klikka. PL tomorrow put up a billboard with gas prices.
J. Camilleri
Sep 30th 2012, 13:21
PLEASE FRANCO DEBONO SAVE THIS COUNTRY! Waqqa l-gvern min hemm il-lum qabel ghada. F' dan il-gvern presenti ma baqaliex viducja, naghti cans lil-labour party issa!
Ma jistax ikun.... fejn ha nibqaw sejrin b'dan il-pass!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Micallef
Sep 30th 2012, 13:20
Thank you GonziPN! And this guy is speaking about wage freeze. Ahjar jaghti kaz dawn iz-zidiet esplosivi. Thank you GonziPN, I will remember you at the polling station.
Manuel Scicluna
Sep 30th 2012, 13:14
Fuq l ghadba tal-elezzjoni u jolli l-affarijiet essenzjali! mela l-ghada tal- elezzjon x'jaghmel kieku Alla hares qatt kellu jerga jitla
Mark Busuttil
Sep 30th 2012, 13:14
Rega ghola ghax risqa ix xitwa, u jintuza hafna iktar il gas milli fis sajf.. Issoltu!!!
Misshom jisthu!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Sep 30th 2012, 13:11
Well seems like I won't be coming out of my room then. My PC's exhaust is hot enough warm up the entire room while I'm playing a demanding game.
Still man this sucks. what about petrol? I guess i should go and fill her up huh?
Anthony A. Mifsud
Sep 30th 2012, 13:10
How could that be, I read the futures of this commodity and spot price haven't changed ! So are they selling August delivery in October ?
Same as fuel the oil price is $109 bbl and its been there for months now.. Who is giggling the figures
Are we paying for the new Depot Gas installation ?
We can't afford the heating any more, now that winter is round the corner they are trying to make the loss in summer.
Nothing more to add.
Ninu
Peter Murray
Sep 30th 2012, 13:09
Nothing to so with the price of gas on the world market -just that summer is over so now people will now inevitably use more gas.So what is the rationale by Liquigas for such an increase and the required approval by the MRA?
A.f Ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 13:07
kollox moghla sema,il-lum kwazi kullhadd isajjar bil-gas,sploda il-fuq,il-pittrolju lis-stess, u ma ghadux jintuza,
l-energija tad-dawl go sema wkoll,lunika haga li fadal naghamlu hija li nieklu kollox nej.nergghu nibdew mill bidu tal-bniedem.kemm gejna sew,tghid immorru nirrangaw it-tempji neolitici u nghixu go fijhom? xi tghidu?
Anthony Pace Gouder
Sep 30th 2012, 15:13
Hobz biz-ZEJT (taz-zebbuga LI ghadu m'gholiex) u t-TADAM spiccajna !
Martin Busuttil
Sep 30th 2012, 13:06
Wow!
But we're still going to be saving 10c!!
What a joke.
We sure are being taken for a ride.
gonzidcgpn is sure not freezing the minimum wage, because he's reducing its purchasing power by the minute.
R. Saliba
Sep 30th 2012, 13:05
No worries people. Jekk Alla jrid, ftit xhur ohra jkollna l Joseph u jerga irahhasulna.
Paul Zammit
Sep 30th 2012, 13:15
gullible!!!
Hugh Morris
Sep 30th 2012, 13:34
Imla rasek Saliba
F. Azzopardi
Sep 30th 2012, 13:52
L-importanti li dan qed jissodisfak bizejjed!
carlos ellul
Sep 30th 2012, 14:01
Skond l prim l pajjiz sejjer wisq tajjeb biex n nies jaghtu fiducja l pl.
A M Bonello
Sep 30th 2012, 13:03
Total disaster!!!!
Very mean to the people.
Very hurtful considering winter will be with us soon!
Think about the poor old pensioners freezing in a limestone/breeze block uninsulated house/flat.
Terrible just terrible.
Silvio Abela
Sep 30th 2012, 13:03
Loghob bil-bzallu. F'daqqa wahda kollox jghola. Allura qabel il-gvern kien qieghed jibla dan il-gholi wahdu? Kif qatt ma tkellmu li l-gas suppost huwa daqshekk? Li ma nistax nifhem hu kif wara li nbieghet is-sezzjoni sploda l-prezz u bdew l-iskuzi. Ahjar jghidu li jridu jgibu li nefqu fl-aqsar zmien possibli.
Paul Zammit
Sep 30th 2012, 13:03
Lawrence?? hello?? Have u seen this?
Joseph?? L minimum wage ma ghandniex alfejn inziduha hux??!?!??!?
JPO ... please help us!
Richard Caruana
Sep 30th 2012, 13:08
Qed tistenna wisq minn JPO habih!!
Pippo De Marco
Sep 30th 2012, 13:17
JPwhO ? - Oh yes, I remember him.
Victor Calleja
Sep 30th 2012, 13:03
Din ma qaliex fuq il fosos!
A. Mizzi
Sep 30th 2012, 13:26
FRIZALU ilsienu u FRIZATLU l-memorja KONVENJENTAMENT!
laurent caruana
Sep 30th 2012, 13:28
Mela tista tghidli minn fejn ha jgib il-flus jekk irahhas kollox JM? Wait and see
A Micallef
Sep 30th 2012, 15:19
sur laurent, gonzi min fejn gabhom il flus al progett bla sens tal belt u il bridge li ma jwassal imkien? ghax al progetti bix naqtaw iz zigarelli aw flus, bix itaffi lil poplu ma nsibux Alla jbierek
John L Galea
Oct 1st 2012, 07:34
@ Laurent Calleja: Ghidilna minn fejn se jgib il-flus tas-shopping spree li qed jaghmel GOnziPN. S'issa GOnziPN qatt ma qalilna minn fejn se jgib il-flus ghal kull froga li ghamel.
D. Xerri
Sep 30th 2012, 12:58
il-Gas Rega Sploda !
matteo lamanna
Sep 30th 2012, 13:04
Matteo Lamanna
is this why yesterday there were not so many truck around selling gas cylinders?
Please choose the reason of your report below: