467 births to single mothers in six months

dino galea galea

Oct 20th 2012, 10:41

qazzu l kulhadd il gvern irid jara xha jaghmel mil ktar fis possibli

Dennis Agius

Oct 19th 2012, 09:06

Grazzi ghal ghaqdiet u programmi li qed isiru fuq il mezzi tax xandir........illum xejn mhu xejn.... qed nitkellmu wisq fuq id drittijiet u xejn obligazzjonijiet...... grazzi ghal dawn in nies qed neqirdu socjeta........ issa ha jaghddu madwar 10 jew 20 sena ohra u ha jkollna rizultat tajjeb hafna....... kullhadd sar miskin imbarra dak li hu vera miskin. J'Alla li qed nizbalja!

Maria Vassallo

Oct 19th 2012, 06:17

Insejt nghid haga:
gawdu nanniet u erghu ibdew rabbu lil ulied uliedkom!
Jalla tinghataw 'commission' ghaliex insomma haqqkom!

wayne scicluna

Oct 18th 2012, 22:26

I wonder how many of these have a phantom ''unknown father''.....Abusers should be hunted down and fined plus all benefits stopped. Stealing is a crime after all.

wayne scicluna

Oct 18th 2012, 22:25

I wonder how many of these have a phantom ''unknown father''.....Abusers should be hunted down and fined plus all benefits stopped. Stealing is a crime after all.

K Duncan

Oct 18th 2012, 17:27

Ghal dawk kolla li ma jafux xi tfisser il kelma 'SINGLE MOTHER'.. il persuna trabbi it tarbija taghha weheda, jew ma partner mhux fi zwieg, jista jkun li tahdem alura fdak il kass ma jkolix beneficji, jew inkella tkun tghix go dar ma partner taghha mux fi stat mizewgin u hemmek ma tihu xejn anqas. U jekk tahsbu li bil beneficji ta gvern tghix hajja kuntenta u ma jonqsok xejn nehuwa min raskom.

Ronnie Callus

Oct 18th 2012, 16:57

Din nghidula socjeta moderna ? Nixtieq naf x'socjeta se' jkollna daqs 20 sena ohra !! Veru l-pajjiz tilef kull sens ta' direzzjoni u spicca blibertinacc kbir. Illum kwazi jiftahru dawn wara l-bibien ta' li skejjel bi tfal kif gabuhom u l-genituri jrabbu t-tfal u t- trabi taghhom. Flok jistriehu spiccaw jergu jibdew irrabbu. X'ma jkun hanwx tensjoni fil-hajja u spejjes zejda tal-Gvern mit-taxxi.

Kirsty Vidal

Oct 18th 2012, 16:55

It does not mean that if you don't want to get married, but still want to have kids, take social benefits. The aspect of being single mother with 'unknown father' means that you have full right for the social benefits. What worries me is, that these young and even adult women have these wonderful gestures even towards their parents (which I hope that they pay taxes also), STEALING!

Maria Vassallo

Oct 18th 2012, 16:26

Jalla l-gid!
Afli inhobbuhom it-tfal!
Povri tfal!
Msejkna dawn l-ommijiet (u l-missirijiet ????) li jkollhom igorru r-rimors tal-htija ghomorhom kollu!
Hallas tax-payer, qum filghodu kmieni, stinka, bati u ahdem u dawn paxxuti minn fuq darek'
Addio valuri!

godwin difesa

Oct 18th 2012, 15:55

I can understand that some young teenagers can become pregnant by mistake and the welfare should help them,but many of them they become pregnant on purpose so they not go to work for minimum wage.The very strange think is that they register the baby unknown father.The social security department should give 4 chances to bring forward the males for DNA to identify the father or no money .

R. Cilia

Oct 18th 2012, 15:50

Single mothers should be given children allowance and nothing else. Fullstop.

m borg

Oct 18th 2012, 14:19

VIva r-Relief !!!!

Joseph Camilleri

Oct 18th 2012, 14:04

And the story goes on thanks to the welfare state now we have abusing single mothers abusing the welfare state

free hospital turned into an imposed old age home by the same mentality people who dump their elders and block the hospital

free this and free that amounting to a staggering nation where the worker is being burdened with heavy taxes while single mothers enjoy fun.

Harry Borda

Oct 18th 2012, 13:35

haha very good and we taxpayers pay for this! single mothers, unknown fathers etc my foot!

E. Azzopardi

Oct 18th 2012, 13:26

Incredible. This has now become the norm. I think more babies were born to single mothers than to married couples! Babies do not come just like that. If the mother does not know the father, then, I in my opinion, there is only one word for that mother!

Nothing has been done to discourage this but I think it is about someone responsible wakes up.

Siddhartha Gautama

Oct 18th 2012, 13:21

You mustn't throw the baby out with the bath water. That being said, there should be random checks to verify if the social benefits claimed are justifiable or if they merely form part of the long list of people in Malta who are committing fraud as if it were their given right!

Ms charmaine cremona

Oct 18th 2012, 13:15

if i am not mistaken, single signifies the status of a person. it does not mean unemployed, bummers, teenagers or men eaters. A percentage (how much i don' t know) of these ladies are self supported, work and raise their own family. Some are single by choice and not on any social benefits. i for one have a number of friends who are single mothers, have an honest job and have a good pay.

C Agius

Oct 18th 2012, 12:49

Single doesn't mean unemployed or that the father is unknown. Single means unmarried. Fullstop.

anthony sultana

Oct 18th 2012, 12:27

Single women is a fake, actualy they have more than one man.This girls they don't just love men but also they love freedom. Who can blame them?This is the western modern life, that's what I tell my girls to do,have children, and stay single,appreciate your freedom.

Andre` Vella

Oct 18th 2012, 12:17

Singel Mothers does not mean unemployed

Karl Consiglio

Oct 18th 2012, 11:58

Single? Then how did they get pregnant?

Peter Murray

Oct 18th 2012, 11:56

how many of them knew the name of the fathers?

Ruben Hili

Oct 18th 2012, 11:56

The government should address this problem. Why should I sponsor a child of someone who I dont know? Is it some kind of new business. Every child must have a father ....at least I think...so he or they should pay for supporting for their child and in case they don't have the money then their parents must help support them.

Amanda Scott

Oct 18th 2012, 11:49

Probably the Government should work on this not by adding up social benefits but on enforcing the law and check on such cases if it's true or not single mothers are actually single and living alone...

Charles W. Sammut

Oct 18th 2012, 11:42

"47 of the mothers were foreigners."

That is over 10%. Can we have more details? Although I can well imagine the nationality of most of these.

Stephanie West

Oct 18th 2012, 11:34

Does this figure include unmarried women that live with partners? I wouldn't class those as single.

Joseph Borg

Oct 18th 2012, 11:32

Haha... Good one. If the authorities check each and every one of them, they'll find out that most of them are living with their partner without civil recognition. Guess what? They'll claim for social benefits even though their partner still mantains them.

Stephen Micallef

Oct 18th 2012, 11:29

It would be interesting to know how many of them registered the father as "unknown"? I for one would like to be informed regarding how many will be enjoying my taxes.

joseph mifsud

Oct 18th 2012, 11:27

u ahna nhallsu it taxxa ghalihom hekk sewwa.

victor bonello

Oct 18th 2012, 11:24

as much as the bona fide mothers need to be helped, on the other hand non bona fide ones should be punished. Taking advantage of such a noble scheme in not only stealing, but putting at risk the benefits of those who really need this help!

Jay Oatmon

Oct 18th 2012, 11:23

My question is:
Assuming there is a 'known father' (in most cases) how much expenditure does he save over a year by non disclosure of the truth?

Paul Camilleri

Oct 18th 2012, 11:21

social benefits galore!!! viva t-taxxi taghna.