Companies talk to Labour about energy plans
A number of companies, both Maltese and foreign, have expressed interest and sought more information from the Labour Party since it announced its plans for the energy sector, Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this afternoon.
He said he was not surprised by these developments since Malta would be opening up an important sector for which there was demand, given that the plans allowed for profitability and a guaranteed market.
Dr Muscat said it would not be prudent for him to reveal the names of the companies, but they were welcome to speak up if they wished to. The government too, he said, did not reveal the names of companies which spoke to it, say about the gas pipeline.
Dr Muscat said the Nationalist Party was contradicting itself, on one hand saying that private investors would not be interested in Labour's proposals, and on the other questioning if there already was a done deal.
No deal had been struck with anyone and the PL was open to all companies, Dr Muscat insisted.
WREATH LAYING
During the afternoon Dr Muscat placed flowers at the foot of monuments marking milestones in Malta's history including the Independence Monument, the Freedom Monument, the Sette Giugno Monument and the plaque marking Republic Day.
At the Freedom Monument in Vittoriosa, he told a small crowd that Freedom Day was as important to the Maltese as Independence Day and Republic Day and all such milestones should be celebrated equally because, as Labour said in its election slogan, Malta was for all.
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Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 10:54
@ Joseph Bonnici yesterday 18:42
YOU are in a panic mode because YOU are asking me not to type more comments. I am ready and eager to counter any real argument you may care to submit provided it is not unsolicited advice or brash opinion.
John Bonello
Jan 13th, 13:19
Thats funny beacuase he's been saying the same to me.....who's in panic mode now Joseph, seems like you want to shut all those who are making a reasonalbe argument
Stephen Gambin
Jan 13th, 10:18
Imma dawn ghandhom wisq fuq xix jahsbu iffokaw ftit fuq dawn il punti Jew Ejja insejhuwlhom ahjar frejjeg,
Il fjask tal arriva
Il fjask tal BWSC
Il fjask tad divorzju
Il fjask tal gvern imwaqqa min membru parliamentarian tan Naha taghhom stess
Il fjask ta lewwel Id dawl ma jistax jorhos u Issa f faqqa wahda jistgha
Ara solvu dawn lewwel imbghad forsi tkunu tistaw tikkritikaw forsi ta !!
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 13th, 11:38
600 miljun ewro għal power station għalxejn
biex tipproduċi elettriku li l-konsulenti li ħallas Muscat
ammettew li jiġi OGĦLA minn tal-pipeline.
GASS DAWN ĠOL-ĦAJT!
.
Albert Borg
Jan 13th, 16:54
@Mary Camenzuli....
Min qallek li l-PL ser jonfoq 600 miljun?? Jaqaw int tara Net TV??
Jew inti xi konsulenta gdida fuq l-energija???? Ghax tidher li tifhem qisek.
Joseph Gauci
Jan 13th, 09:03
Veru P L kellu xi pjan? Kelna xamma-ngibu il-flus mill-Hela u Inneficcjenzi. SPICCAT il-Hela? Hela meta taghmel Tankijiet tal-gas u wara sentejn Pipeline-Dissett 12.1.13 u tiskrapja it-tankijiet ? Xi pjanijiet?tankijiet fuq l-irdim/hdejn il-vilel?taht l-art?jew taht il-bahar?Ghamlu is-somom ,izda hadmu bil maqlub-bdew mil-answer{VOTI] ziedu immoltiplikaw u spiccaw fil -P st, INKREDIBLI TAL_BIZA
Frank Zammit
Jan 13th, 08:48
The sign that a person is lying/has week argument,is when that person starts making things up or exaggerating his arguments. As is the case with GOZI PN. But to honest I don't think it's all lying. It could be the result of sheer ignorance on the subject. Ex.,Buy SHIPS to buy GAS. Even now, MALTA buys GAS/OIL, we have no SHIPS cos GONZI PN drove SEAMALTA into the wall, but MALTA always managed.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 13th, 07:18
Jekk JM ikollu bzonn xi opinjoni ta xi inginier jistaqsi ghal Mary Camenzuli ghax donnha tifhem hafna fil generazzjoni tad dawl.,....
John Bonello
Jan 13th, 09:57
No kenneth and people are no Makku as well and they deserve to know the true fact int his proposal so unless the MLP refrain from publishing the studies they conducted we will not vote for the MLP, the proposal if full of if and buts and the MLP is denying our right to know the full implications of this proposal...were is the transperancy you preached about for 5 years
C Busuttil
Jan 13th, 10:40
@John Bonello
your mentality and reasoning is a temptation to vote labour but rest assured I will not vote them but neither that obsolete political party that is now the PN, which I was member of until last election.
Your arguments are simple parrot talk which you must have heard on Net and 101, admit it labour came out with a good plan and concentrate on other issues.
Warren Griscti
Jan 13th, 06:33
Yesterday on Dissett it was confirmed by an expert that gas we use at home is more likely to explode than lng because lng requires more conditions to explode so it is safe. I would like to say to tf to stop saying nonsense of exploding and bombs. People are not "cwiec" like you refered to us and they don't believe what you say. GonziPanik
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 09:14
@Warren Griscti
As you say, people are not "cwiec". That is why they understand what you don't. LNG when kept in huge storage tanks in the immediate vicinity of the country's power station and nearby village populations
is NOT SAFER than small domestic gas cylinders.
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 13th, 06:02
Id differenza hi li Gonzi mohhu fil partit u il bwiet ta madwaru hbieb u konsulenti, mentri Joseph mohhu biex igib Malta il quddiem u iserrah but il poplu. Gonzi m.'ghandux idea x'qed jghid meta jghid li in-nies ghandhom aktar flus fil but. Il-faqar sploda kemm ilu imezzi hu ghax il-flus tal kaxxa ta' Malta hlihom fi progetti inutli u fi zmien haziln. M'hemmx ghaqal fil finanzi.
Alex Frendo
Jan 13th, 01:31
Jaqbadni d-dahk meta naqra b'Nazzjonalist li jmaqdar il-proposta tal-PL ghat trahhis tad-dawl u l-ilma ghas semplici raguni li jahseb li b'hekk inkunu qed nipprivatizzaw is-settur. Mid-dehra n-Nazzjonalisti jhobbu jinsew fejn jaqbillom, Airmalta, Maltacom, Tarzna..Dawn x'inhuma?? Infakkarakhom f'kemm xogholijiet intilfu wara dawn id-decizjonijiet taht il-PN.
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 12th, 23:09
With Joseph Muscat’s plan our energy supply will be in the hands of the private investor and we would become dependent on this foreign supplier.
Addio to our independence and thus we become once more a ‘colony’ of ‘il-barrani’!
Thank you Joseph Muscat for your “wise” decision!
JC.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 13th, 08:49
Sur Cauchi .. tidher li mintiex aggornat ma x'inhu jghid anke Simon Busuttil li qed jaqbel li rridu ndahli investiment f'dan is-settur! Ara vera ma tisthux tikelmu meta xbajtu tipprivatizzaw inthom stess. Ma ta Alex Frendo (Today, 01:30) inzidlek MIA, Mid-Med, BOV u dan li qed niftakar bhalissa!
Bil-paniku li ghandkom anqas tafu x'qed tghidu w min jghid haga w l-iehor jikuntradixxi!
Antonio Micallef
Jan 12th, 23:02
Names please
Darren Agius
Jan 12th, 23:00
Proposta fattibli.energija ghall industriji u is soluzzjoni ghall problemi tal familji taghna. Grazzi pl. Fl ahhar proposta serja ghal energija affordabbli u sustenibbli, ambjent nadif li jixraq lilna u lil uliedna.
Edward Mallia
Jan 12th, 22:56
All this talk about 11c/unit and a night 3c/unit is based on a sudden eurption of "detail" from Min. Fenech, after a long time of saying nothing. Dr.Chris Ciantar on Disett was quite clear that "discussions" on the Sicily IC price have not yet taken place. Sicily units in Sicily seem tocost less than the Enemalta 18c. When we have seen the govt. reports on the matter we can discuss.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 12th, 22:18
Muscat piz ta' 600 miljun.
GASS DAWN GOL-HAJT!
Michael Magri
Jan 13th, 09:05
Dear Mary.. I realy pitty guys like you, you know. Unless ofcourse, you might be sitting on the proverbial `golden egg`...!!!
Peter Simpson
Jan 13th, 10:17
Mrs Camenzuli: Gol-hajt diga qeghdin! Business and companies and housholds are complaining that electricity bills are choking us ! Besides, our health is going haywire; toxic, and dirty power staion that spews poison in the air which we breath!! On GonziPN menu: EneMalta on its knees, studies upon studies and no decisions! We have to reverse, change direction and the helmsman who lost his compass!
G Tonna
Jan 12th, 22:08
Muscat should be proud there are large foreign corporates interested in his energy plan. If that is really the case, nothing would stop him from divulging the names. It would give credit to his plan. I suspect otherwise.
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 21:23
Min jara dissett jikonferma li studju li sar juri li malta lng terminal anda bzonn izda gi skartat ax kien emm commisions involuti. It tieni tf ma nafx kif et jejd li ha jibda jgib il units bil 11 u bit 3 bil lejl meta dan adu qas inbena u tini mamel lebda agreement ma supplier umbad imaqdar proposta tal pl. In nies nahseb 1+1 jamluh u jafu li tal pl setat saret min pn imma skartawa habba comision
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 21:07
@ f. zammit
INSEJTU SIEHBI L-GASS TAD-DMUGH F'TAL-BARRANI BIL-KRIMINALI LEJBURISTI U L-PULIZIJA FLIMKIEN MAGHHOM KONTRA IL-POPLU MALTI.
Chris Grillo
Jan 13th, 08:53
Jiena kont xoghol iz-zejtun dakinhar... bikkewni bil biza tal mlp. Ghidt 'Daqshekk'.
George Azzopardi
Jan 13th, 09:26
Dan kien zmien ikrah li bdieh EFA bil-provokazzjoni tieghu li wasal anke sa mwiet! Nerga nghid li dan kien hazin bhal meta kellna l-kampanja ta teghdid ta bombi ma l-ambaxxati w nies prominenti! L-problema hi li GonziPN qed jiprova jixhet dil-biza imma JM qed imexxi bi stil ta movument w kulhadd veru huwa rellevanti! Ibqa cert li PL taghlem mil-izbalji tal-passat pero dan ma jidherx hekk ghal-PN!
Richard Ellul
Jan 12th, 20:53
Maybe it is time for the PL to suggest that a percentage higher than 50 should be invested as shares by the Maltese people (not the caqni) in this proposed new power station as it will be truly ours to control.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 12th, 22:28
50% of 600 million for a useless power plant?
GASS DAWN GOL-HAJT!
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Richard Caruana
Jan 13th, 09:22
You're wecome to put up your money if you're that interested. Can't see local small investors following suit really, since the profits will be going to a private entity and not government coffers. Moreover a private comapny will never guarantee interest rates or even any interest at all. We all know what happened in the BoV saga. Once bitten.....
Mr Lawrence Calleja
Jan 12th, 20:28
This visit was called 'Pizza Quattro Stagioni". Marzu (Spring), Gunju (Summer), Settembru (Autumn) , u Dicembru (Winter).
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 21:14
That is a good one. LOL
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 12th, 20:26
For a moment switch-off your average natural thinking endowment and believe that Cyprus Joe’s plan is feasible. Some calculations tell me that Joey has been taxing us for at least 5 years
He’s been at it for 4 years and with bazwar l hawn and l hemm methods the new plant will deliver a 25% saving from 2014
This means that Joey has imposed a 33% tax on my utility bills for the last 5 years
Joseph Micallef
Jan 12th, 21:56
Mamma mia, poor Joe Micallef.. can't you find anything more interesting rather than your usual, dull, run of the mill, non-sense comment? Don't you feel ashamed of yourself speaking about taxes? GonziPN promised us tax cuts from 35% to 25% in 2008 not now. Did he deliver? NOOO.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 13th, 07:22
Sewwa qieghed tghid ghax bis sahha tieghu fl ewropa qedghin nitkellmu bil Malti...nehha it taxxa min fuq is satellita...nehha il hlas tal licenzja ta TV li dan il gvern il jghaddik biz zmien budget wara l iehor ...jghidlek li ser innehuha u ghadna nhallsuha sena wara l ohra.....u l lista tkompli
Abigail Camilleri
Jan 13th, 09:00
Joseph Micallef - just in case you have been oblivious to the world-wide economic conditions which took over in 2008, should our PM carried out the tax cuts, we would have ended up just like Greece, Spain and Italy. His decision was wise - this is why Malta has a stable economy ( I trust the German Chancellors opinion far more that the so-called local experts' biased ones)
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 13th, 10:48
Micallef I really wasn't expecting you do understand my post. One only needs to read your baloney to know that.
Willams thank you for the laugh! Mind you it's not because of you joke.
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 20:00
PL deceit confirmed on Maltastar!
They provided agreements for ten years on the supply of gas!
BUT THIS HAS NO FIXED PRICE FOR TEN YEARS!
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 21:28
Tista pls jekk int bravu daqsekk tejdli kif tf eyt jifrah li ha jgib bit 3 c bil lejl u bil 11 filodu meta dan qal u stess li fuq website qedin ekk. Xgaranzija andu li mux ha jolew sakem isehh ax mind you il permessi ta sqallija adom ma hargux
Ray Buhagiar
Jan 12th, 19:55
This proposal is indirectly privatizing the energy sector. Thanks for the proposal but I am not interested in allowing private sector to take over our control of energy distribution. Malta ma tibqghax taghna lkoll.
What does GWU and UHM have to say about this?
M Farrugia
Jan 12th, 19:48
Kieku tigihom wahda hazina l-MLP. Issa anki l-privat maghhom, u ghadna l-ewwel gimgha. Il-maggoranza maghhom, jistghu jieqfu jahbu l-emblema tat-torca, xorta mhux ser jitilfu bizzejjed voti biex jitla l-PN.
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 19:42
The PN candidates must blitz the island and explain to the people that PL is not credible and the Energy Proposal is proof of that, obviously citing the above as examples!
K Grech
Jan 13th, 01:24
X tahseb li qed jaghmlu l pn sieheb? Bla ideat u proposti wara l ewwel gimgha, l unika haga li ghamlu hija li urew in negattivita taghhom. Taht il PN, anki jk jibda bil proposta tal pipeline mill ghada tal elezzjoni jk jitla, dan xorta andu tal inqas 6 snin (li aw malta jsiru 10 taht il pn dawk) u alla jaf km joghlew r rati biex isir u sakm isir dan.
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 19:40
The tragedy is that the Maltese are going to vote for this tragedy as you did in 1996!
After the majority make this mistake, it will be too late!
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 19:53
Jekk tridu lilma u dawl jerga jola azlu pn. Et ibezza in nies mioskin tonio ax issa sirna gonzi panik
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 20:01
Thisis what they're voting for ..
Nixtieq nara dik il-ġurnata li Laburist jiċċellebra l-Indipendenza daqs Nazzjonalist u Nazzjonalist jiċċellebra l-Ħelsien daqs Laburist, għax dawn mhux festi ta’ xi ħadd biss, izda festi ta’ poplu wieħed, għax Malta tagħna lkoll. - Joseph Muscat
Denis Pace
Jan 12th, 21:17
Independence---a gimmick!
Joseph Micallef
Jan 12th, 21:58
I'm proud to vote for tragedy, for the bomba laburista in marsaxlokk, for this 'żball kriminali', for this 'barmil mimli toqob' etc. Basta ma nivvutax għal qerq u ingann ta' Gonzi. Jiddispjaċini iżda mhux biss importanti li ma nafdax lill-Gonzi iżda li rrid niżgura li Gonzi ma jmexxix il-pajjiż billi nivvota, bil-qalb, għall-Partit Laburista.
twanny borg
Jan 13th, 06:20
@joe borg l-uniku helsien u jum nazzjonali hija l-indipendenza. Fil-31 ta' marzu iffakarna biss fl-invanzjoni tal-libjani ta' gaddafi bil-bnadar hodor.
Kenneth Williams
Jan 13th, 07:25
Semplici tista jekk trid la jitla JM ibqa hallas il kontijiet li ghandek bhalissa la int kuntent bihom. B hekk JM jista jghaddihom fuq l ohrajn u jorhos izjed...Ara jekk hux tajjeb hekk fil kaz heggeg lill shabek in Nazzjonalisti biex jiffolowjawk.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 13th, 08:33
@Denis Pace .. grazzi tal-kumment!
Din il-problema taghkom w tghidu lilna bil--gimmicks! Anqas hemm riedha mil-kapijiet taghkom ghal-ghaqda fil-pajjiz w din li qed jaghmel differenti Joseph!
L-ezempju jkaxkar. L-ezempju jrid jghamlu Gonzi u minflokk qed jixhed xibka ta mibeda w tbezzieh! Anqas biss tirrikonuxu l-gurnata w int stess qed tghidu dan! Kif tista gibu ghaqda, inthom meta mibeda tridu!
Julian Borg
Jan 12th, 19:39
Maltese and foreign companies are lining up to screw the Maltese people out of an amount of money equivalent to what the EU has given us since joining. All this so I can save €150 a year for TWO years - and sell my soul to a private company. Makes a lot of sense!!!
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 19:55
U tgergrux minfuq li ha jorhos. Kemm ma tisthux. Le jerga jollih gonzi bix jifdi id dejn li fega lenemalta fih. Adu qas bena linterconnector ga jaf lio ha jbihulu id dawl bl 11c miskin. Hallina tonio
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 19:38
Google and you will find out that PL are liars!
Utility bills are amongst the lowest in the EU;
Power Purchase Agreements can be done but they can no longer be made for a fixed price of more than 3 years;
You cannot place Gas Tanks on rubble;
It will take more than 2 years to build the unit;
You need to make a call for tenders; and
and the Gas pipeline is cheaper.
W. Cassar
Jan 12th, 19:57
Why don't you google how to reduce electricity bills while you are at it.... or better still use the yellow pages.
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 19:58
il gas pipeline ilkom min 1999 tweduh lol ma ntikx tort ta tahseb li ma jsirx fsentejn ax ekk derrikom il pn li min 1euro jigi jiswa 3euro intom u minn sena jsir fi 17 il sena lol intom biss et tmaqdru ax kulhadd laqaha tajjeb barra gonzi panik
Alan Xuereb
Jan 12th, 21:17
@Warren
You have all the best memories of your labour party in 1996! VAT removal..introduction of 33 taxes, student stipends turned loans and so on. please check when the pipeline could be part financed by the EU?
RONALD ARRY
Jan 12th, 22:23
google on the 600euros every week waqt li kinu jejdulna namlu sagrificji , google fuq il power station il gdida li ghada lanqas bdiet tahdem u diga bit trouble , google fuq min ha tender tal powerstation il gdida trough yellow pages,google lil schiavone ,google lil franco debono il musmar fil warrani ta gonzi,,google fuq il u turn li kinu ha jhaffru taht il konkatidral , google fuq il parkings ,.
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 22:31
W.Cassar, google what? You have not understood anything, as the Maltese people did not understand anything in 1996!......until the day after the election!
Victor Vella
Jan 12th, 19:36
We've been had once again bythe PL.They gave us a small piece of food to talk about and have not mentioed anythiung else since then.What are the PL's plans for inclome tax, will they raise it? The NI contribution? The traffic problem? Will they change the Arriva schedules? Will they keep the stipends ?Will we see justice reforms and how will they work?Can they publish the manifesto?Come JM publish
m farrugia
Jan 12th, 23:27
will pl keep subsidising low cost airlines or will they say that it's better to protect airmalta ? in that case we will go back at least six years.
maltes families would need to pay 1100 euros in airfares with airmalta as opposed to 460 euros or less with ryanair. and then mr zahra of mhra would have had it his way - lower utility bills but no tourists as happened before lccs arrived
Joseph Cauchi Senior
Jan 12th, 19:23
Is it the 31st March?
JC.
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:38
Nixtieq nara dik il-ġurnata li Laburist jiċċellebra l-Indipendenza daqs Nazzjonalist u Nazzjonalist jiċċellebra l-Ħelsien daqs Laburist, għax dawn mhux festi ta’ xi ħadd biss, izda festi ta’ poplu wieħed, għax Malta tagħna lkoll. - Joseph Muscat
Joseph Vassallo
Jan 12th, 20:01
Joe Borg, X'ghandu x'jaqsam?
Denis Pace
Jan 12th, 21:18
@Joe Borg (Senior)
Why should anyone celebrate 31stMarch (end of Contract)?? Labour or Nationalist!
George Abela said it quite clearly
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 13th, 08:31
@Denis Pace .. grazzi tal-kumment!
Din il-problema taghkom w tghidu lilna bil--gimmicks! Anqas hemm riedha mil-kapijiet taghkom ghal-ghaqda fil-pajjiz w din li qed jaghmel differenti Joseph!
L-ezempju jkaxkar. L-ezempju jrid jghamlu Gonzi u minflokk qed jixhed xibka ta mibeda w tbezzieh! Anqas biss tirrikonuxu l-gurnata w int stess qed tghidu dan! Kif tista gibu ghaqda, inthom meta mibeda tridu!
George Azzopardi
Jan 13th, 09:07
@Joseph Vassallo .. dan hu l-stil gdid ta tmexxija li jrid il-poplu u bl-ezempju JM qed imexxi. L-istil il-gdid li qed ikompli jhawwad lil GonziPN ghax huma qed ibellaw li hu bil-kuntrarju! Il-kbira hi li n-nies li jkunu hemm wkoll irridu dan. Jigifieri rieda min naghha tal-PL hemm. Nispera li l-PN (wara li jispicca GonziPN) jimxi wara l-passi taghna!
Laurence Brincat
Jan 12th, 19:16
If the wreath laying is not a gimmick, then dunno who could be! Re the LP Electricity costs plans, well, my opinion is that it seems too good to be true. Undoubtedly we have many more weeks hearing about there plans, the more time passes the more holes are found in their plans it seems. Tinsewx, it tigrija sal barkun!
Adrian Gouder
Jan 12th, 19:16
Wow foreign companies must have been watching Super One if there already know about the energy proposals, or are these the companies that want to sell a power station?
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 12th, 19:08
By the way, if one wants to know about the transparency of the present government under GonziPN, one has only to study carefully the Auditor's report.
Denis Pace
Jan 12th, 21:19
There wouldn't be an Auditor's report if it were not!
How about the Labour plans and studies....
George Azzopardi
Jan 13th, 09:11
@Denis Pace ..audit report for BWSC power station was started after PL interventions and when Power station was already way under way and the contract was already given to BWSC. Remember that this was a double UTurn (gas in 2006, changing decision and regulations in 2008 and now aagain with gas after hearing PL's proposals)
M. Zammit
Jan 12th, 19:06
From my experience on how things work on this island, reports are made to be read to impress, then forgotten when reality sets in.... in a word... it takes more that a report to impress me!
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 19:01
L-UNIKU GASS LI L-PARTIT LEJBURISTA JIFHEM FIĦ HUWA "IL-GASS TAD-DMUGĦ"
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:24
Gas ghal GonziPN huwa double UTurn! 2006 ridu ghal-Gas, 2008 bidli ligi biex ghazlu BWSC power station bl-iktar zejt li jnigges .. issa meta din il-power staion ghad anqas biss bdiet tahdem kollha (ghax hemm partijiet bil-hsara) iridu jaqilbuwa ghal gas.
U dan x'qed jipruvaw ibellaw, ghax bil-pjan tal-pipe tal gas din tista ssehh biss 6-7 snin ohra!!.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 19:31
hahahaha ...this have to be the best comment I've read so far good one mate
f. zammit
Jan 12th, 19:37
Sihbi il gas ta dmugh tafu bih intom ax fi zmienkom ta sag mecxija min demarco tefa fuq it tfal bix infakrek sihbi go bormla waqt regatta jew insejt
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 21:04
@ John Bonello
Good for you mate at least I made you laugh ghax bhalissa INTOM IL-LEJBURISTI MAHRUQIN
Denis Pace
Jan 12th, 21:20
Comment of the week!
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 12th, 19:01
It is of no surprise that many staunch PN and GonziPN bloggers make remarks about the credibility of the PL''s promises of reducing energy tariffs at all costs. They, like us, are so used to false promises by their party (money no problem, smart city, heaven on earth, etc) that they judge everybody else by their party's own vote-catching measures. PL always gave what it promised.
Denis Pace
Jan 12th, 21:22
PL always gave what it promised.:
No VAT ...but 33 others to make up for the debacle
Stipends will not be touched....and we ended up with bank loans instead
Dockyard Council won't be touched.....did not last a month under labour
Economic revival.....Under Labour, record Unemployment and closure of companies. Record low investment.....
Thanks for reminding us!
George Cutajar
Jan 12th, 18:55
J m constant boasting about his proposals and how they are being taken up by one and all without him giving us any proof , documentary or otherwise, is a clear sign that things are not as clear as they are making them out to be. We need and have a right to know what the hell is going on or what has already been agreed. JM is talking of a deal for 25 years and it is imperative that he explains.
George Cutajar
Jan 12th, 18:54
J m constant boasting about his proposals and how they are being taken up by one and all without him giving us any proof , documentary or otherwise, is a clear sign that things are not as clear as they are making them out to be. We need and have a right to know what the hell is going on or what has already been agreed. JM is talking of a deal for 25 years and it is imperative that he explains.
Nicholas Scerri
Jan 12th, 18:49
It was so much simpler before joining the EU. Every thing was cheap, you could make a good living and there was less red tape. Let us leave the EU become the worlds biggest tax haven then we could have power for free to consumers
Tony Borg
Jan 12th, 18:43
John Bonello seems to be getting very hot under the collar and reminds me of the chap during the divorce saga who kept writing umpteen comments about "victory is garaunteed"
It's only the begining of the election campaign. God help us if this goes on for the next 2 months
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 20:10
If anyone is getting hot its the MLP die-hards who they believed so much that JM will come out with some magic formula and make everyone believe that he will be MR. fix it all for us that now they're panicking, listen to JM trying to convince the voter that his last proposal is not empty pre-electoral pledge why would you be making such statements if his proposal is genuine
j brincat
Jan 12th, 18:39
Angelo Vassallo
"Meta il- PN jagħti il- kuntratti lil-istess Kuntrattur li huwa benefattur ewlieni tal- PN ikun hemm trasparenza?"
Jekk inti kapaci semmi b'isimhom lil dawk li inti qieghed tghidilhom "benefattur/i ewlieni tal-PN" mhux tpacpac biss Indri"
Taf li werwirt lid-dingkua kollha Ang!
Wr're shaking, Ang!
jb
V. Cauchi
Jan 12th, 18:34
We were recently told that the main cause of outages was our outdated distribution equipment throughout the island. Unless the whole system is changed, assured supply of whatever kind would still not guarantee an even endpoint distribution especially at peak load times. Is changing the system being considered and factored in? Will cheaper rates eventually boil down to night/ day different rates?
twanny borg
Jan 12th, 18:30
li joseph muscat jghid li hemm kumpaniji interessati huwa ovvju biex jaraw jekk hemmx qliegh. li jrid jghidilna biex il-progett jeghleb ostaklu minn hafna huwa jekk hemmx xi christmas father interessat.
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 18:05
@ Andrew Cumbo
"Meta il- PN jagħti il- kuntratti lil-istess Kuntrattur li huwa benefattur ewlieni tal- PN ikun hemm trasparenza?"
Jekk inti kapaci semmi b'isimhom lil dawk li inti qieghed tghidilhom "benefattur/i ewlieni tal-PN" mhux tpacpac biss Indri !!!!!!!!!!!
Mr Alistaire Gill
Jan 12th, 18:04
Milli jidher certu nazzjonalisti jipprefer li nibqghu mifrudin fuq kollox.
Nahseb li ahjar jibdlu l-motto ghal divide and rule.
Raymond Micallef
Jan 12th, 18:01
Well done
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 12th, 17:58
The whole country is "talking to Labour" and asking questions about its energy plans but no one is getting any straight answers, only promises by a deputy leader that the answers would be given only at what the LP believes would be the proper time. Serious industrialists would not be impressed not even by any assurance that a deal has not been struck already with anyone. Chi si scusa s'accusa.
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 18:22
The pn has no project to decrease w&e tarrifs. Only pn is trying to destroy the plan because they know it can be done. Gonzi panik.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 18:37
They are waiting for the PN to find flaws in their proposal and then update them to cover up their incompetence in this issue. If they seriously done their studies they wouldn’t hesitate to come out with their report, so far I’ve seen nothing credible from this proposal and they lost my votes and many others. Yesterday Xarabank TF exposed their gimmick
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 18:53
So first you say no one is believing PL and in the same sentence you're accusing that a deal is already struck!
Typical GonziPN talk.
This is like when both Tonio Fenech and Simon Busuttil are saying that PL plan is false and then pointing out and agreeing with PP presentation by Mr.Mizzi on the costings for converting BWSC power station.
So this part of the study is ok and the rest no!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:19
So first you say no one is believing PL and in the same sentence you're accusing that a deal is already struck!
Typical GonziPN talk.
This is like when both Tonio Fenech and Simon Busuttil are saying that PL plan are false and then pointing out and agreeing with PP presentation by Mr.Mizzi on the costings for converting BWSC power station.
So this part of the study is ok and the rest no!
David Magro
Jan 12th, 19:35
Dr.Saliba, is'nt clear that Labour is setting the agenda and that gonzisimonpn are out of breath!
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 19:40
@ Joe Borg,
you cant blame us for the confusion, you only have the MLP and JM to blame, in one minute they tell you this and in the next they tell you other. we're only commenting on this fiasco & confusion the MLP created. My opinion is to ignore the MLP and vote PN for stability and progress, for record in tourism, for better education & for the best free health service
Warren Griscti
Jan 12th, 20:09
Nahseb iktar il pn stenna lil pl johrog bil proposta bix issa jikopja xi haga u ax adu qas qal proposta wahda. Ma nafx imma fuq xarabank konrad hareg bit twegibit kolla u wera li ija fattibli. Min qijed imaqdar ax mandux proposti hu.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 12th, 22:01
Is it possible Francis Saliba that you're not understanding the plans of Labour. You must be a rarity. The industrialists, the hoteliers and the public at large understood and endorsed this... except you. I feel sorry for you.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 12th, 22:02
@ Francis Saliba,
Since it seems that you are an expert in discriminating between sectors and people within the same sector, can you be so kind and provide us with a list of 'serious' industrialists and 'non-serious industrialists' please?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 09:28
@Warren Griscti.
The PN is carrying out credible measures to contain utility prices as low as practicable in the face of adverse international developments over which Malta has no control. The LP only offers pie-in-the sky risky experiments that would wreck Malta just as that other LP pie-in-the-sky did when it promised removal of VAT. If the LP doesn't ever learn, we do!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 09:37
@Joe Borg (Senior) yesterday 18:53
No one is believing that the LP has not already stuck an underhanded deal. Do you understand, now? Most probably not because you do not understand that Simon Busuttil and Tonio Fenech do not agree with anything propsed by Konrad.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 11:07
@JosephMicallef yesterday 22:02
I am not "an expert in discriminating between sectors and people within the same sector" whatever you may mean by that, therefore I cannot help you. I can only spot pretentious posturing fools from a mile off.
Victor Pulis
Jan 12th, 17:56
There we have it! it's official now, Independence was not a farce after all!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 12th, 17:46
It is worrisome that Joseph Muscat finds it necessary to give an unsolicited assurance that a deal has not been already struck with unidentified private investors at the same time that he mentions that "a number" of companies have "expressed interest" and "sought more information".
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 18:12
thats exactly what I call panic mode, shall i run to the left or to the right, good now we need to see the reports and the independed consultans conclusion on the time frame, the estimates, feasabilty and doable as claimed by the MLP and JM....where is the transperancy JM ????????
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 12th, 18:36
@JohnBonerllo.
Who needs more transparency over and above yesterday's repeated insistence that answers will be given in due course but only when the LP decides to do so. It is true that they say that "one is born every minute" but must they all be born here!
Joseph Bonnici
Jan 12th, 18:42
The way you've been writing lately Mr.Bonello and Mr.Saliba it seems that you are really in a PaNic mode. Just relax and give your keyboards a rest. Well perhaps you have nothing better to do.
Victor Caruana
Jan 12th, 18:44
John Bonello, panic mode ikollu min johrog b'4 risposti differenti fl-istess gurnata, kif gralhom Simon, Tonio Fenech, Pullicino u Gonzi meta thabbret il-proposta tal-PL. Dwar it-trasparenza, saqsi ftit lill-Awditur Generali dwar ix-xiri tal-powerstation tal-BWSC ha jurik kemm sab informazzjoni u dettallji fuq dak l-iskandlu!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:19
So first you say no one is believing PL and in the same sentence you're accusing that a deal is already struck!
Typical GonziPN talk.
This is like when both Tonio Fenech and Simon Busuttil are saying that PL plan are false and then pointing out and agreeing with PP presentation by Mr.Mizzi on the costings for converting BWSC power station.
So this part of the study is ok and the rest no!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 13th, 10:40
@Joseph Bonnici
Panic is shown by an LP sending three "deputy leaders" in succession to be annihilated in turn by Simon Busuttil, and when its first "deputy" is really a NP reject. In its confusion the LP beheads A Farrugia with one hand and beckons him with the other. It then it pushes forward a tyro power station (non)expert only to see him mauled by Tonio and Simon. That is the real panic!
V. Cauchi
Jan 12th, 17:36
Given this week's vaunting that night electric current supply from Sicily will cost some 3c/unit, and the advertised benefits deriving from the use of smart meters, I hope neither party in govt will encourage us to work on our jobs or at home at night to save on electricity and for it be true to its electoral promise of cheap supply. It is the day supply which has to be guaranteed and cheap.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 12th, 17:35
Pity there isn't a specific monument for EU membership
(of course all EU projects are such monuments)
għax he would have laid a wreath as well.
Such effrontery from this guy!
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John Bonello
Jan 12th, 17:33
PT7. Is this the change in direction JM was preaching about ….I ask again where is the transparency in all this?? You preached so much about and accused the PN government on lack of transparency. You’re treating us like this now days before the election, can anyone imagine what would happen to us if they are elected. They would walk over us
Joe Busuttil
Jan 12th, 17:45
You seem to have been visited by the muse to-day Mr JB. One piece of advice if I may. Keep it short and sweet. People prefer to read a few lines instead of a hundred.
Andrew Cumbo
Jan 12th, 17:48
Meta il- PN jagħti il- kuntratti lil- istess Kuntrattur li huwa benefattur ewlieni tal- PN ikun hemm trasparenza? Ma nafx għalfejn dan l-ugigħ ta'zaqq l-għadkom. Insejtu kemm il- direct order tagħjtu lill min dehrilkom u ma uzajtux din li qiegħed sejjaħ trasparenza. Kif ma tisthux.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 18:04
@Joe busuttil,
keep your nose out of my busniess if you dont like it you dont have to read it, I know the truth hurts but you cant hide from it.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 18:06
@ Andrew Cumbo,
“It is not possible to have a credible manifesto if you do not have clear and credible principles” I’m quoting JM words by words during one of his Sunday speech, live by what you preach Dr.Muscat it’s time to prove to us that we can trust you, publish your reports and your studies so you too can have a credible manifesto
j schembri
Jan 12th, 19:15
We would like to see some reports and studies of the myriad of projects that were proposed buy the PN in the last years please. Most of them where never explained and most of them where never brought to light to-date.
Joe Busuttil
Jan 12th, 20:23
@ Mr John Bonello----Sorry to have gotten up your dander,but I was only trying to help. Ha Ha.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 17:30
PT6. After all this on-going saga about the MLP proposal won’t bring some miracles, the interconnector alone which is in the process to be finished by the end of the year will have the most significant effect on the utilities bill with 7c/U reduction, and with the pipe line waiting for the EU fund will fare better than this 370 million gimmick for a mere 2c6/U reduction
V. Cauchi
Jan 12th, 18:10
Will the 7c/U reduction be a night time reduction only while the day rate will still be the same? I think we are in for a time of double-talk about day and night rates and electoral promises until the pipeline, powerhouse conversion or new LP project comes into effect.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 19:36
No, Cauchi this system exist in many countries in Europe, but with the interconnector the price per unit is fixed for the consumers...that it under a PN government, as things stand with the MLP one have to wait for another vote catching gimmick to please everyone. but the reduction of the utility bill is mostly significant due to the interconnector which is 7c reduction per unit, MLP =2c6
George Cutajar
Jan 12th, 17:27
Was not Independance Day the daybon which JM's predecessor ordered the SMU to throw gas canisters at us on the Fosos? Please stop these gimmicks as they are going a bit too far.
As regards the companies interested in Labour's proposals I now understand the traffic jam this morning at the Mile End.
George Azzopardi
Jan 12th, 17:44
It seems that the word gimmicks is the current GonziPN buzz word!
Funny how Joseph Muscat is talking about Malta to everyone whilst GonziPN and their loyalists speak about division, fear and personal hatred!
This is the main difference between the 2 parties!
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:41
Nixtieq nara dik il-ġurnata li Laburist jiċċellebra l-Indipendenza daqs Nazzjonalist u Nazzjonalist jiċċellebra l-Ħelsien daqs Laburist, għax dawn mhux festi ta’ xi ħadd biss, izda festi ta’ poplu wieħed, għax Malta tagħna lkoll. - Joseph Muscat
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 17:26
PT5. Even if JM resign after we would still have to face the music & pay higher taxes or utility bills for that matter, then all the damage is done and JM would find another window to escape back to Brussels just like he deserted his own party after the EU election for a top pay job. No thank you I trust the PN government again and secure my kids future with better education.
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 17:23
PT3.Claims like this are only thrown at us to manipulate us into believing in what they’re saying, if your policies are credible then you would have nothing to hid and publish your reports and your studies, we want fall for your promises, we want facts enough talk we want action & unless the MLP don’t give in and publish the reports then they don’t deserve our vote FACT.
George Azzopardi
Jan 12th, 17:46
PN did not even publish St.Philips contract some days ago and you want PL to disclose reports which need to be brought off for tenders in the very near future!
John Bonello
Jan 12th, 18:09
@ George azzopardi,
“It is not possible to have a credible manifesto if you do not have clear and credible principles” I’m quoting JM words by words during one of his Sunday speech, live by what you preach Dr.Muscat. its ok for the pot to call the kettle black then george
Kyle Bonnici
Jan 12th, 19:34
@John Bonello
What you have said implies and I quot"we want fall for your promises, we want facts enough talk we..publish the reports then they don’t deserve our vote FACT"than PN will not have a credible manifesto either, unless they submit the reports on how they will implement the gas pipeline and improve the primary health care system (something they failed to do in the last 5 year)right?
Joe Borg (Senior)
Jan 12th, 19:44
@John Bonello .. jidher li huwa biss GonziPN biss mhux qed jara l-proposti kredibli! Nahseb int xi wiehed li qed tisma biss Net TV milli jidher ghax hafna anke nies li kienu mal-PN qed jehmnu l-proposti tal-PL!
George Azzopardi
Jan 12th, 19:49
@John Bonello .. I wonder where the credible manifesto is within GonziPN since I'm seeing no reports on the gas pipeline which GonziPN is promising us! He is not even say how and when like they have been asking PL for the past months!
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 12th, 17:22
Give us names show us emails otherwise this is just a way for Joseph to cover his back for the "you are right" reply if asked if he would resign should this project be a flop.
Charles Grixti
Jan 12th, 17:17
Odd how a "Socialist" is proposing privatisation of electricity, a very Right wing neo-con thing to do. Beware, this is no panacea, California had a lot of problems and blackouts with private companies running the show. It goes to prove that there is no "Left" in politics anymore, just the facade and labels, in essence all parties have the same agenda - to make the rich richer.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 12th, 17:06
Il PN huma l-inqas nies li jistghu jitkellmu fuq l-energija specjalment xi Austin Gatt u Tonio Fenech. Dan ghaliex ghaffgu wisq u spiccaw ghamlu tlett kwarti ta biljun ewro dejn fl-enemalta biss u fl-istess nifs ghollew il-kontijiet. Issa gejjin bl-energija alternattiva meta ndunaw li il PL kien qed jahdem fuq pjan serju.
U dan il-famuz pipeline minjaf meta jkun lest knowing PN bil Materdei etc
Michael Seychell
Jan 12th, 17:03
Reading the above at first I got confused on which one of he five National Holidays falls on the 12th of January, I realised that my memory is not playing games, but Muscat seems to have forgotten how many times his Party took part in demonstrations against Indpendence Day, and the many times that Nerik Mizzi'sz bust was broaken. As JM said The End Justyfies The Means. M. Seychell Tal-Pieta
An Cachia
Jan 12th, 16:53
I must say that PL are very well prepared for this campaign with ideas coming out of the left field that are on paper fiesable, it has sent Gonzi PN in panic mode.At last we have a true opposition, and by the looks of it, a new government in two months time.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 12th, 17:46
... with Labour's own consultants saying Labour's option is dearer than the PN government's.
Before accounting for profit, distribution costs and government expenditure on this superfluous power station.
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A Spiteri
Jan 12th, 17:49
Ghax ipoggi xi bukkett Joe hu well prepared. Hallina!!
W. Cassar
Jan 12th, 19:53
Yes I got that impression as well, especially when you look at the PN and see that they have yet to issue their proposals and are just throwing mud for the sake of it. By just saying this and that is a gimmick does not cut ice with me.. talk is cheap as they say.
Angelo Vassallo
Jan 12th, 16:41
"A number of companies, both Maltese and foreign"
Tell us who these interested campanies are now, if you want to be BELIEVED Dr. Muscat. What happens if after the election, no one comes forward? Oh Yes, you already told us - you resign. But who resigns Dr. Muscat or the partit LEJBURUSTA?
j brincat
Jan 12th, 16:39
AND who said recently that that Malta should have just two National days?
Perhaps trying to appease both!
Spot on Dr Muscat!
jb
Ray Buhagiar
Jan 12th, 16:37
given that the plans allowed for profitability and a guaranteed market. - Jigifieri flus il-poplu mit-taxxi biex jithallsu 600 miljun euro ghal power station ta' alice in wonderland.
Svizzera ohra fil-Mediterran.
j schembri
Jan 12th, 19:26
I suggest one thing. Present a petition signed by you and your friends that asks JM, if labour is elected on 9 th march, so that you and your friends continue to pay the present tariffs to help our country more!!!
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 12th, 19:51
What we won't pay in HIGHER tariffs to a foreign company that will hold us as hostages we will pay in higher taxes.
This is another con just like VAT removal in '96.
Proof: Labour's own consultants whio confirm that unit cost with the PN's policy is cheaper than with Labour's option.
Something smells in all this.
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Ray Buhagiar
Jan 12th, 19:52
Labour will not be elected, because there plans are over ambitious and do not work.
Please choose the reason of your report below: