Update 4: PN electoral programme highlights: tax cuts, business incentives, tablets for students, night tariffs
Stipends to be linked to cost of living index
PN electoral programme highlights: tax cuts, business incentives, tablets for students, night tariffs. Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
The Nationalist Party this morning unveiled highlights of its electoral programme ahead of formal approval by the party council.
Addressing a news conference, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said the PN was presenting a plan which was credible and sustainable for the next five years.
The point of departure, he said, was a secure future, in the same way people were given a secure past and present with finances and the jobs situation kept under control.
"The country's main challenge is to continue to create jobs. We need to create at create at least 25,000 new jobs in order to maintain our momentum," Dr Gonzi said.
The government introduced new sectors in the economy and would continue to do so. It also supported traditional manufacturing and invested heavily in education and training. The PN government also reduced taxes and the tax burden on the workers in Malta was among the lowest in Europe.
A future PN government would aim at balancing the budget.
TAX INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESS START-UPS
New schemes would be introduced for further training of the workforce. Those under 25 or the long-term unemployed would be encouraged to enter the business world. In the first two years of their business they would be totally tax exempt and have their national insurance credited for them.
This benefit would also apply to women who form a business, but the incentive would continue for three years.
There would also be tailor-made incentives for business start-ups in Gozo.
TAX
Dr Gonzi said a PN government, where possible and sustainably, would continue to reduce tax. If economic results met expectations, income tax bands would be adjusted for tax cuts for all the people.
Dr Gonzi also revealed that succession duty on property inherited by children would be removed in all cases, not just for residential property.
RENTS
Final Withholding Tax on rents for all residential properties would be reduced to 15 per cent from 25 per cent.
CHILDCARE
Turning to childcare, Dr Gonzi said the PN government had pioneered childcare centres in Malta. The government would open more such centres and give more incentives for the private sector. A total of €5million would be allocated for a voucher system. Parents working full-time, part-time or reduced and flexible hours, as well as parents who are studying, would be eligible for vouchers to cover their total or partial cost of childcare centres. It would be up to them to select a state or private childcare centre.
This proposal, he said, was different from Labour's, which was promising free childcare only for full-time workers and said nothing of part-timers or parents who were studying.
SICK LEAVE
Dr Gonzi said that when a child fell sick, parent would be able to use their sick leave allotment to stay with the child.
HEALTH
On health, he said priority would be given to community services and improved health centres. Malta would also have a new rehabilitation facilities - one focused on the elderly and the other for those recovering from surgery.
Diabetes would be at the centre of health policy, while the current focus on cancer care would continue.
More medicines would be included in the free medicines scheme.
To tackle the problem of medicines that were out of stock, the Government would refund patients who had to buy medicines they normally got from the Government.
STIPENDS TO BE LINKED TO COST OF LIVING
Turning to education, Dr Gonzi said it was useless for Labour to apologise for its past mistakes. Those who had lost out were feeling the consequences. Education was the key for the people to shape out their future.
A new PN government would be committed to continue to opening a new school every year.
With regard to stipends, students had complained that the value of stipends was being eroded because of the cost of living. In the future, the stipends would be adjusted pro-rata with the cost of living to ensure that value remained constant. The preferential stipends for those sectors considered crucial for the country, such as the sciences, would continue to be improved.
Furthermore, students who continued to study would be credited their national insurance contributions as an incentive to continue to study.
TABLET COMPUTERS FOR ALL SCHOOLCHILDREN
Dr Gonzi said it was essential that technology was applied in schools. He said it was useless to give computers only to teachers and tablet computers would also be given to the students to all children in primary and secondary school. This was an essential tool for a secure future, he said. Furthermore, plans were in hand for the format of schoolbooks to be electronic and included in the tablets. It was also essential the new tablets communicated well with current school technologies including the white boards installed over the past years by the PN government.
ENERGY - SAVINGS THROUGH NIGHT TARIFFS
Dr Gonzi said the PN remained committed to reducing power tariffs in a sustainable manner. This would be given in line with plans to commission the interconnector as well as the higher efficiency derived from the new power station extension. This process would be continued further with plans for a gas pipeline by 2018.
The interconnector would be commissioned in March next year, contributing 70 per cent of Malta's energy needs. The interconnector would enable the Government to introduce a new reduced night tariff for residents and industry.
It was estimated that as a result, between 10pm and 6am there could be savings of between seven per cent and 26 per cent. This new system would only come about thanks to the new smart meters, Dr Gonzi pointed out. The system would be introduced next year, when smart meters would be introduced everywhere, and Malta will be able to buy cheaper electricity at night through the interconnector.
Under a Green Home scheme, government officials would also call at home to advise on power savings.
Families would receive a 50 per cent subsidy - up to €3,000 - on the installation of PV panels and the feed-in tariff would remain generous.
Families who cannot install PVs may participate in solar farms.
Dr Gonzi said the PN in the coming days would publish the costs of all of the measures which it is proposing.
Replying to questions, Dr Gonzi said water tariffs would not be touched.
On the Frank Sammut controversy, he said it was Alfred Sant's Labour government which put Mr Sammut on the fuel procurement board.
On the White Rocks project, Dr Gonzi said that while talks would continue, the project would not go ahead until the Government was assured of the benefits it was seeking for the country.
On SmartCity, he said building and landscaping works were continuing and it was hoped that the developers would soon transfer some operations to Malta. Dr Gonzi said it was the PN government which created the ICT industry in Malta, and no one could argue that it was not a success which had created many jobs.
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adrian agius
Jan 28th, 17:06
can you imagine living in a block of flats and everybody switches on the washing machine at night ???????
Salvu Borg
Jan 25th, 21:59
You know why the offer of the PN was put forward because they know that the generation done is not all used and it is being wasted, so he want us to make use of the sleeping time duration to make use of the wasted generation KW if we use it at night we will pay for something that at present is being wasted Although the system automatically switches itself to lower generation. there is waste of KW
Salvu Borg
Jan 25th, 21:58
You know why the offer of the PN was put forward because they know that the generation done is not all used and it is being wasted, so he want us to make use of the sleeping time duration to make use of the wasted generation KW if we use it at night we will pay for something that at present is being wasted Although the system automatically switches itself to lower generation. there is waste of KW
R. Lewis
Jan 25th, 15:57
Interconnector tiela u nizel. Can we also have the costings presented to show us what the price per unit will be if there are any. Then you expect Dr Muscat to put his workings laid down. Charity begins at home. That system was mentioned to compliment the smart meter system. What about the digital meter costings. Was that money down the drain. Its good to know how much they costed.
R. D'Emanuele
Jan 25th, 12:19
Dr Goniz,
l-ewwel haga u proposta li rridu nisimghu minn ghandek hu li ha tnaddaf il-partit mil-qiegh nett u dahal ir-responsabilta ta rrezenji, u zomm nies li huma relevanti mieghek u mhux bil grazzja. minn hemm tkun bdejt il-mixja biex il PL ikollu oposizzjoni kif tixraq.
Joe Griscti
Jan 25th, 10:08
Anight rate is good for the industry but not for families. At the end every family wants reduction to its cost not for hotels,bars etc... So Gonzi failed to say a plan for families.
John L Galea
Jan 25th, 09:48
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells. Freebies for everyone as long as we vote for GOnziPN. After the elections....oooops we have a crisis we cannot deliver. We have to increase the W&E because we have HFO and prices go up and we need to make more commission out of it so we can retire in style.
GonziGimmicksPN....a sign of exasperated panic!!
Edward Mallia
Jan 25th, 07:47
A night rate is NOT a gimmick. We have had one for industry for years; only discount was too small. Industry, with increased labour costs at night could hardly be tempted to take on EXTRA activity.
Now, we are promised a night rate but no info as to its basis. Does Min. Fenech know what IC energy - average day, peak, and night is going to cost? Has he had any discussions with Terna at all?
Alex Cutajar
Jan 25th, 01:18
This, along with white rocks was one of PN's proposals a few years ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK5vtEimsc
How can you re-trust people who have a record in breaking promises?
Mr Jimmy Vella
Jan 24th, 23:48
People in Europe have been making use of what they call economy 7 for decades this is nothing new even without the Interconnector the demand is lower at night so it could have been introduced in Malta many many years ago. I live in the UK I make use of the cheap rate in fact it is more than 75 % cheaper than the day rate.Yes I make sure that the washing machine and Dishwasher come on at night only
A. Mifsud
Jan 24th, 23:07
the reduced night tariff makes financial sense, and so do the tax incentives and reductions. Other than these I fail to be convinced, especially with the sick leave proposal. Tablets for all? Is this educational tool proven or simply experimenting?
This electoral campaign is getting surreal. Both parties are promising everything for everyone - without looking into the real implications.
M. Grech
Jan 24th, 22:22
Dr. Gonzi, I do try hard to believe you but the difference is getting too much. All proposal from Muscat are being presented with all their costs! We, common people have to rely on what we hear from politicians and Muscat is being more convincing than you. He is telling us on how, when and also the number of people who will be affected. I am angry at you and at myself for believing you before!
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 09:51
You are speaking for yourself while others speak from themselves saying the opposite of what you say.
A. Agius
Jan 24th, 22:18
One honest and genuine question: how will Enemalta know how much I am consuming at night? The obvious answer is with the new smart readers. OK, so if the smart meters are working, why today I just received a bill with an "Estimate" figure? Logically I should have received an Actual bill, no?
A. Xuereb
Jan 24th, 21:02
I am interested to know how the sick leave proposal will be working out.Will one need to present a doctor,s certificate for the sick child? How will abuses be curbed?
James Sultana
Jan 24th, 21:01
70% of the country's energy needs coming via the interconnector? Apart the fact that we were never told what price has been agreed with the "European" suppliers for electricity, the fact that if something goes wrong for a few seconds the country will have a near-total blackout and it would take a long time to start our own turbines from stand-still (keeping them on standby would mean fuel cost)
Sharon Bonello
Jan 24th, 21:00
The PN was elected and had been 25 years governing thus making them able to do these proposals why he did not? Secondly Dr Gonzi and some colleagues laughed about Dr Muscat proposal of reducing the bills how they are now proposing to reduce electricity by night? If the Labour did wrong in 1996 decreasing the stipends why did not the PN give the students back their stipends?hadn't chance in 15yrs?
G Tonna
Jan 24th, 20:40
Dan il gvern ghandu ideat hafna ahjar min tal-Labour. Bilhaqq il-Labour ghadu mhux lest.
R. Lewis
Jan 24th, 20:19
I asked my wife to do the washing, cook, iron, etc between 10pm and 6am and switch of the Refreg, etc between 6am and 10pm. But are you for real trying to beat Dr Muscat with these gimmicks. I made an appointment at Mater Dei for a particular medical check and I recvd this morning appointment for May, by which time I will be dead. Inti bis serjeta tghidhom dawn l-affarijiet. Eh dak is-siggu.
David C
Jan 25th, 00:37
Narrow Minded & stupid comment Lewis! 25% off your bill will give you what? 200Eur off? how's that different? did you know that Malta's economy is based mainly on the Tourism industry?? Just an ex. a hotel with 100/200 rooms has a monthly bill of approx Euro 30,000.. Did you know how that would help the industry at night (eg. a/cs - heaters - boilers)? such a hotel employs about 100 ppl.
R. Lewis
Jan 25th, 15:46
C.David. I think its you who gave a stupid answer. I challenge you to mention just one of the above mentioned promises mentioned by GonziPN, which was listed in the budget. Dr Gonzi and Tonio Fenech stated that electricty prices cannot come down, but now all of a sudden we hear different stories. Your hotel example confirms that we have very high utility rates. 30000 euro monthly/100 rooms hotel.
A Vella
Jan 24th, 20:15
Dan ir-reklam Tajjeb lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbISYjQlbvc
A Vella
Jan 24th, 20:04
Nahseb ahjar fl-ahhar snin biddilt il-computers li hemm fid dipartimenti tal-gvern mhux hafna minnhom ghadhom bil-pentium 4
Joseph Bajada
Jan 24th, 19:55
kullhadd jajat bl-istipendju li jaghti l-partit nazzjonalista. jien student ta ITS u ahna l-unika studenti bla smart card! xigifiri?
John Grech
Jan 24th, 19:53
Wow x' ideat!!! Il-lejber zgur se jghid bhal budget ..... AHNA SE NZOMMU KOLLOX L-ISTESS!!
Zgur li JM se jikkopja dan il-programm tal-PL li ilu jigi ppreparat ghal xhur shah!! Ghalkemm hemm cans kbir li il-lejber jiirbah l-elezzjoni imma il-PN huwa l-ahjar ghazla u bl-ahjar ideat.
Marthese Cassar
Jan 24th, 19:51
Salient points of PN manifesto
Night tariff- We will now do like bat's work at night and sleep during the day.
Sick leave- encourage the abuse of sick leave. Will the company doctor examine the child. What do employers have to say.
Out of Stock medicines- Better pay the suppliers of medicine and ensure a serious procurment system so that medicines are out of stock in the first place.
GIMMICKS
B Testa
Jan 24th, 19:50
Just bought a new A+ washing machine and it does not allow for use of timer. So how am I to benefit from such night tariff. Additionally one has to pay attention as if something goes wrong during the night they will not know until they wake up.
Now I am waiting for Lou and Peppi to ask our dear PM by when each of these promises will become a reality as they did on the utility tariff of PL.
Chris Gatt
Jan 26th, 19:47
Jesus wept! Put this man out of his misery and explain how a timer works. And whilst they are at it can they please explain to him that one does not usually stand guard over a washing machine , night or day. As to when they can becoem a reality, its actually quite easy with the new meters. Its just a bit of software.
Edward Borg
Jan 24th, 19:44
Prosit Prim! keep up the good work
Mr J. Bonnici
Jan 24th, 19:34
A tablet for every child? How would that improve a child's educational performance in real terms if I may ask?
How foolish it would be of anybody to assume that most pupils would use their tablets for anything except gaming and social networking.
These are nothing but toys for (parents') votes if you ask me.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 10:08
They are toys ONLY to those who know nothing about the great utility of IT technology in education.
marius mifsud
Jan 24th, 19:22
this government could have easily implemented the night rates issue! why wasn't it implemented?
Joshua De Bono
Jan 24th, 19:21
This is the kind of electoral programme that we really need with more job opportunities, more stipends to encourage us with our studies and a great health for all of us. Reduction in tax would definitly increase income for all of us and therefore more money in our pockets. It will also encourage investment in Malta. "Let's go for it !"
Charles Massa
Jan 24th, 19:16
Programm elettorali tal bahh.
Tnaqqis fi taxxa - l istess wedgha ta 2008 li Gonzi ma zamx
Witholding tax fuq kera, childcare centres tablets - ikkupjati mil programm tal PL xejn gdid
Tnaqqis fil fkontijiet ta dawl - il PN qabadhom paniku fil proposta tal PL. Mhux se ninsew li Gonzi ivvota bil qalb biex jizdiedu l kontijiet tal energija
White Rocls Complex/Smart City l istess promessa ta 2008
Mark Scicluna
Jan 24th, 19:15
When will all these promises come to life, on the eve of of the 2018 election?
Francis Saliba M.D.
Jan 26th, 10:13
It is reasonable to assume that they will come to life much earlier than the proposed LP power station and the reduction of electricity tariffs that are supposed to come to life even before the power station could ever be completed.
C Schembri
Jan 24th, 19:12
U jekk ha jigi kont wiehed kif ha tkun taf kemm rahas. U ohra liema meter fih x'hin qed tahhli d-dawl.
Joe Sammut
Jan 24th, 18:55
Sensible proposals and cost effective come from the PN.
By next Sunday we would know precisely what’s on offer by the PN , after being approved by the general council tomorrow.
Good sound proposals take a lot of time in brain storming sessions.This is the fruit of many meetings at AZAD under Simon’s direction some months ago .
It seems that Joseph has a free hand on the PL program
David Magro
Jan 24th, 19:32
All under a Gimmick just like the promise of Tax reduction...done in the last days of GonziPN...if electorate give GonziPN thumbs up we will face 4 misarable years and the last year he will try to impliment some of these Gimmicks!
Mr Stephen Borg
Jan 24th, 19:47
I think that the state of affairs are more or less the other way round as in these last few years whe have seen a more inclusive Labour Party and a more exclusive and divisive Nationalist Party. No one was ever consulted as regards the 500 euro payrise or the BWSC Heavy Fuel Oil running Power Station.
Naomi Attard Borg
Jan 24th, 20:20
Gonzi + Simon = excellent leaders .... excellent proposals
Mr Stephen Borg
Jan 24th, 21:26
@Naomi Attard Borg
Yeah Yeah they are really really good
Brian Debono
Jan 24th, 18:49
Any repeater class pls
G. Cachia
Jan 24th, 18:48
Ghalfejn qed tippanikkjaw sinjuri Laburisti. Bhal xejn ma hsibtux li l-PN kien se jibqgha b'idejh fuq zaqqu u ma johrogx bi programm ghall-elezzjoni aqwa milli kellu?
Dan ghadu bidu ghal min ma jafx. U ghalhekk huwa mportanti li nivvutaw PN u mhux b'kapricc sabiex nghixu hajja ahjar u fis-sod.
David Magro
Jan 24th, 19:34
Ha ha , fis-sod...GonziPN gab il-pajjiz ghal kubtejh= BBB+ certificate minghand Standard & Poors
G Tonna
Jan 24th, 18:45
Fantastic start to an electoral programme that makes sense.
A government that spends 1.5bn euros on social services cannot be critisiced for petty shortcomings here and there.
The Nationalist are the only party Malta merits in government. Labour is not fit for purpose.
G. Borg
Jan 24th, 18:36
Well done Dr. Gonzi !!! Prosit...........
Joe Griscti
Jan 24th, 18:31
Ma nafx lim individwu min kulhadd li kiteb hawn taht juza iktar dawl mil 10 sas 6 ta filodu. Kunu realistici mux ax jejda il partit li thaddnu tajdu tajba. Nixtieq nara lim individwu wara l10 ta bil lejl iqum jixel il machine umbad jekk ikollu bzonn id dryer umbad jati daqqa ta hoover umbad jixel il forn ta lelletriku bix jikol u fl ahhar jixel naqa tv u jmur jorqod u jinduna li jrid iqum ax xol.
joseph saliba
Jan 24th, 18:43
Numru ta fabriki jahdmu bil-lejl. Hawn min il-'water heater' jixghelu bil-lejl biss. Tista tipprogramma 'w/machine' biex tahdem x'hin tkun rieqed. Dawn ezempji tal-mument. Wiehed jista jahseb u jadatta ohrajn.
Chris Xuereb
Jan 24th, 18:48
Mela ghax tmur torqod int kulhadd irid imur jorqod, il lukandi jaghlqu ghax rieqed int? il fabriki ma jistawx jahdmu ghax rieqed int?
il bars u ristoranti ma jifthux ghax rieqed int? l'airport, freeport,ma jahdmux bil lejl, hadd ma jista jixghel bozza ghax rieqed int? hares ftit izjed mil ponta ta imniehrek siehbi.
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 18:53
Joe Grixti....haven't you heard about timer settings, setting a timer for the washing machine, dishwasher, ovens etc before you go to bed?
Joe Griscti
Jan 24th, 19:13
Bir rispett kollu lejn min wiegeb aw fuq. semmejtu hafna fabbriki. Intom xha tgawdu minna? Xejn ux andkom ragun mela. issa il kont tijak ibatu lil xi lukanda ejdila hallsu int ax jien ma frankjat xejn.halluna naqa. Bil proposta tal pl ha jgawdi kulhadd. Issa oqod ixel il machine u dishwasher ustorbju bil lejl u il tal flat ta fuqek ejdlu issaporti ux. halluna naqa
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 19:32
Qatt ma smajt bil-bars, restaurants, hotels, etc?
Hafna fabbriki jahdum 24 siegha.
U hemm l-isptarijiet, u tant posijiet ohra.
Fl-ahharnett, ippermettili, ser inkun nista' nixghel l-aircondition sajf u xitwa biex ngholli l-livell ta' l-ghijxin.
Grazzi PN.
Kevin gauci
Jan 24th, 20:03
Nahseb fi zmien sajf tkun tajba din liskema nahseb la/c jew fan kulhadd jixghelu ghal bil lejl, u ghal washingmachine bit timer tahdem wkoll, jew tghid tixghel naqa lwater heater ghal filghodu
N. Agius
Jan 25th, 13:05
Ma nafx qattx mortu tixtru washing machine u jghidulkom li preferibbilment, fil-hin li din tkun mixghula, inti tkun ghassa maghha u kif tlesti mill-hasla titfiha anke mill-plakka, dan minhabba xi hsara elettronika li tista' ssir u ssib id-dar f'huggiega wahda. Vera ma tantx nisimghu bihom, imma jistghu jigru. Mela ghalfejn qed tippretendu li nhallu kollox jaghti wahdu bil-lejl?!
Ramon Mangion
Jan 24th, 18:18
Mela l-ewwel nohorgu b'hanfa pompozita imbghad.... the White Rocks project, Dr Gonzi said that while talks would continue, the project would not go ahead until the Government was assured of the benefits it was seeking for the country.
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 18:56
Which administration in the world can claim 100% success in all projects? not even N Korea.
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 19:32
The same could happen with the private investor for Labour's energy plan. What if the guy does not turn up?
Steve Zammit
Jan 24th, 18:10
Well done PN
A Trapani
Jan 24th, 18:09
I am still trying to understand how the labour party will actually manage to reduce the power tariffs by 25% and in a years time while building the plant in 2 years.... However, Its easy to understand how and give credit to the possibility that the PN can actually reduce the tariffs by means of the Interconnector. If i were to vote on Energy proposals.... I'd certainly choose the PN
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 24th, 18:19
Gonzi and PN have for the past legislature been harping that energy tariffs will not go down. The gas pipeline and interconnector have long been promised. Now that labour have come up with their proposal (however doable or not it is) they are suddenly coming up with reducing our bills too. Very nice of them to keep this big secret from us all....maybe they wanted to surprise us.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 24th, 18:30
Besides the squabbles about ships and tanks and stuff like that (which none of us can decide who is right or wrong) the main argument by PN of labours plan is the very tight 2-year plan. That is very worrying....because it seems that if this plan was rolled into motion instead of BWSC we would be having cheaper tariffs already!
Joe Sammut
Jan 24th, 18:33
So you never followed why the smart meters are being introduced?
Better metering, difficult to cheat, can switch your power off remotely , no need of meter readers, you can monitor your consumption from a PC,and off-peak (night) tariffs.
Edmond Micallef
Jan 24th, 18:03
Seems that these measures announced today are half-baked measures - a symptom of PN's panic state-of-affairs.
Why not staffing schools with adequate numbers of teachers and LSAs instead of promising pies in the sky, dear Dr Gonzi?
And what about having less students per classroom, thus ensuring better teacher-student interaction and a closer proximity to individual attention?
Stannis Baratheon
Jan 24th, 18:20
less students per classroom is not necessarily a benefit. It means less kids to socialise with, more space required to accomdate increased classrooms (which probably means having to transfer students to new schools). Classrooms are fine as they are. You can learn just fine if you want to learn, and you will have time to ask teachers questions.
Joe Sammut
Jan 24th, 18:35
Those were appetisers not half baked measures,Edmond.
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 19:01
The number of pupils in a classroom has been around 25 for decades and nobody has felt the need to reduce it. Perhaps you can enlighten us about the need for downsizing.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 19:34
You have'nt even heard the beginning of it!
Stay tuned, and panic....!!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 18:01
@George Cutajar
"Now that the PN's energy plan has been made public how about the MHRA and MEA"
Do you really call these half baked and copied proposals as energy plans?
jb
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 18:54
What is so half baked and copied about this proposal? It is a statement of a measure which can and will be implemented without any burdens on the tax payer , without a new power station and without a gas terminal. This measure does not need permits, EIA's and tenders to be implemented and will save the leisure industry and many factories like SGS as well as the I gaming industry thousands.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 19:37
Half baked when the interconnecter plan has been on for years?
Half baked when we know that cheap power at night can be bought from Europe?
You're in panic mode cause this is what really makes sense. Won't even give PL's energy plan the honour of being half-baked. It's raw and with all the wrong ingredients.... indigistjoni.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 18:00
Gvern ghaqli jizgura li ma jkunx hawn "medicini out-of-stock ! U mela jghidlek li jekk tixtri l-medicini int jirrifondulek il-flus !immaginaw ikollok tapplika u toqghod tistenna s-snin biex tiehu l-flus li tkun hallast. Staqsu lil min ghandu jiehu minn ghand il-gvern kemm ilhom jistennew ! Is-soluzzjoni hi LI JIGI ZGURAT LI MA JIBQAX IKOLLNA MEDICINI OUT-OF-STOCK !
Joe Sammut
Jan 24th, 18:37
Ahjar jiccargjaw hamsin centezmu fuq kull ricetta.
Xi tghid Ed?
Edward Borg
Jan 24th, 19:46
amen
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 20:27
Vera ma tisthix Eddy! ...jider carr min nies ta mentalita bhall tieghak ghala il -Lejber ijlu daqsek fl`oppozizjioni.
G Tonna
Jan 24th, 20:38
Eddy issa tista tixtri il pirmli minghand il privat jekk ikunu out of stock u inhalsulek ahna.
Pero ibza ghal sahtek ghax hliebtna tibla pirmli Eddy.
Joseph M. Saliba
Jan 24th, 17:59
We do not need tablets as there is a big percentage of students who are not computer literate. Malta needs quality education including discipline, less truancy and less drop-outs.
Stannis Baratheon
Jan 24th, 18:25
" big percentage of students who are not computer literate" Are you serious or are you really that naive? Most kids in primary school can use a computer at a basic level nowadays, let alone kids in secondary.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 19:38
Living on Mars?
Kids play with tablets, iPhones and iPods all the time. When anyone needs to solve a PC problem, ask a seven-year old kid.
David Bonnici
Jan 24th, 17:57
Does any one off you people from both sides know whether there is another country in the industrial world that give tablets for free to students.
Children learn more by writing things down on paper by using their heads and imagination and not cut and paste from articles by other people.
stephen portelli
Jan 24th, 17:54
cut taxes how much you like but do not cut the electricity for 8 hours like today in paola. you must be ashamed .
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 17:51
MLP stop panicking!
B. Theuma
Jan 24th, 18:53
Come on, let's be realistic, the only party that is really in panic is the PN.
Steve Zammit
Jan 25th, 20:02
Are you sure B Theuma? More like the other way round :)
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 17:45
Now that the PN's energy plan has been made public how about the MHRA and MEA making a statement and tell us whether they agree with the night tariff proposal. Surely it will leave more money in the pockets of their members and it is certainly doable.
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 19:06
Maybe it's not in the MHRA's and MEA's interest to make such statements. It seems that they are quite happy to ingratiate themselves with Labour.
N. Agius
Jan 24th, 17:44
Regarding education it would be better to invest more in dealing with disruptive, offensive and violent students in the enormous schools which you have built. Talk to teachers and most of them will tell you that most of the reforms that are being currently done do not have their support.
Edmond Micallef
Jan 24th, 18:05
And how much will this cost the tax payer, with the BWSC HFO power station puffing and huffing and all?
Addio polluter pays principle now, eh?
Marisa Deguara
Jan 24th, 17:42
So the present government couldn't afford to employ more LSAs but all of a sudden we have enough funds to supply all students with a tablet!!! Truly and honestly You cannot be trusted!!! What are your plans regarding SERIOUS ISSUES in schools... What are your plans to make our schools truly INCLUSIVE??? One direction... Ghal gol hajt bis-serjeta...with Gonzi behind the wheel!!!
Naomi Attard Borg
Jan 24th, 18:05
Most probably the tablets will be sponsored. Our laptops were sponsored!! Fejn qed tghix?? Can you give us your opinion on how school can be more inclusive??
david debattista
Jan 24th, 17:37
I would be happier as a citizen if I see more transparency, Law enforcement, a drive to rid the 2 islands of corruption . and a clean up in the court, police force, AND ABOVE ALL A DIRECT SAY BY OUR PEOPLE IN SECTORS SUCH AS HEALTH. THE ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION AND,,,,,,, IT PAINS ME TO SAY IT BUT I MUST BECAUSE IT IS FACT A NEW STRATEGY TO COMBAT CHILD ABUSE IN ALL FORMS !
M Grima
Jan 24th, 17:35
PN stands for gimmicks
PN stands for unkept promises
PN stands for 'hbieb tal-hbieb'
PN stands for inefficiency
PN stands for mismanagement
PN stands high utility bills
PN stands for Arriva mess
PN stands for Fairmount scandal
PN stands for Kickbacks
PN stands for Ghost City
PN stands copying
PN stands for over spending
PN stands for huge waiting list
PN stands for patients in corridors
PN = 0
H. Psaila
Jan 24th, 17:50
Ara veru m'ghandekx zejt f'wiccek u veru ma tisthix. X'ghamel LP u Joseph Muscat, totalment zeroooooooooooo. Kieku nibda fuq il-MLP ma nieqafx jien, forsi inti m'ezitejx fiz-zmien meta kien hawn ghaks u guh, la dawl u lanqas ilma, lanqas bicca cicculata m'issib. Il-Maltin kienu imorru Sqallija biex jixtru bicca cicculata ghalkemm il-bazuzli Laburisti kellhom u kienu ibieghha.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:52
hbieb tal-hbieb' = on Labour's books. vde H.Dalli
high utility bills = just wait, god forbid, for the gas !
copying = Labour's policies, electoral gimmicks...etc
over spending= 600 Million on a new Power Station
unkept promises= Labour forever
gimmicks = That is joseph Muscat's main asset!
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 19:08
M Grima....how original! Bet you are parroting some Labour spokesmen. Get a life.
N. Agius
Jan 25th, 13:32
H Psaila, x'power kellu Joseph Muscat f'dawn l-ahhar snin? Xejn. Allura l-affarijiet nippretendi li ghandhom isiru minn GONZI u MHUX minn Muscat, ghax hu kellu l-power kollu, izda Gonzi ghogbu biex il-power juzah ghalih u ghal shabu biex jimlew bwiethom u jaghtu l-commissions!
U cikkulata ma kontx issib, imma medicini iva ;) .. issa jekk ghalik pirmla hija cikkulata ma nafx!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 17:34
@Mary Camenzuli
"Are they seeing some negative polls?"
It must be GonziPN seeing the blues
LOL!!!
jb
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Alfred Vassallo
Jan 24th, 17:31
Dear PM in 2008 you made the same promises regarding the tax but everyone knows what YOU actually did
One thing I am positive that you will definitely do....and that is to unfreeze those 500 Euros which you unashamedly took for yourself and your entourage...and that's a FACT.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:53
Alfred
That raise was discussed in parliament but was never adopted.
Get your facts right!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 17:28
'Turning to education, Dr Gonzi said it was useless for the PL to apologise for its past mistakes.'
Do we want this future? The future of us and them, the future of divisiveness, the future where the few gobble everything and the many are left to yawn, the future where the fat cats entertain themselves to commissions and bribes, the future where the PM and his cabinet get a €600 a week payrise.
Joseph E Briffa
Jan 24th, 19:11
M Grima....... you seem to have a very good memory of Malta in the 70s and 80s, the golden years, according to the acolytes of JM.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 17:26
Let's go for it.
This is the way, no gimmicks, no pie in the sky, and all costings will be published. To me this is a first by any political party.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 17:55
Ricahrd Caruana: You haven't seen ONE costing as yet, and you are saying "no gimmicks " ! The PL has been anouncing costings on each proposal it announces. Let me give you ONE GIMMICK already mentioned by Dr. Gonzi - THE TABLET TO ALL CHILDREN , without mentioning age , costing, etc..
A Trapani
Jan 24th, 18:15
Eddy, I know you won't admit but the credibility of the energy proposal by PN cannot be compared to the vague proposal of building a new plant in 2 years (and resulting in 25% figure savings) which has been seen as a mission impossible by many including international experts in the field. You won't admit.
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 18:58
@ Eddy have you seen something which was not public? What costings are you talking about? Our electoral program has taken away the wind from your over inflated sails and has brought you face to face with reality. We do not promise pies in the sky but feasible and sustainable policies which are built not on a desperate wish to please everyone but on keeping this country on track.
Naomi Attard Borg
Jan 24th, 17:22
Excellent!!
Edmond Micallef
Jan 24th, 17:19
Every promise should be costed, checked and double checked for correctness.
The PN has the habit of trying to downplay all that is proposed by Labour. They play the omnipotent geniuses who know-it-all but their proposals are full of flaws and imperfections, half-truths and deceits.
PL and every genuine voter should scrutinize all PNs proposals vigorously. Gimmicks are Pieta's specialities.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 17:31
You'll be able to do just that Mr Micallef. The PN will be publishing all the costings.
Just look at the difference between the PN and PL tablet initiative. PL to give it solely to Form IV and that's it. The PN tablets will have textbooks included. Meaning kids won't need to take bulky books to school and save millions in buying all those books, paying for the cost of the tablets.
E Zammit
Jan 24th, 17:43
Dan kollu jghodd ghal-PL ukoll, le?
Anzi kullhadd jaf min dahaq b'min (VAT-CET), min qed iwieghed kollox lil kullhadd, min issa ghax hekk jaqbillu (voti), qed izeghel b' Dr.E.Fenech Adami !!!!
Iva, l-poplu ghandu jgharbel u jgharaf min hu c-champion tal- 'GIMMICKS', il-PL, 25% rohs fil-kontijiet tad-dawl !?!?!? Unbelievable Joke of the Century !!!!!
Maria pia Bartolo
Jan 24th, 17:17
Nahseb li jaghti kumpens ghal dawk medicini li xi hadd ma hax mijix soluzzjoni...jien nahdem fil qasam tas sahha u labbuz lihawn minn medicini fejn nies jibqghu igibuwom mil ispizeriji ghax "bxejn" biex ihalluwom id dar jiskadu ghax jiddecidu li ma jibqghux johduwom hijagharukaza u hela kbira...din jonqosom nies...u xgaranzija ghandu lgvern li lmediCINI LI MA tax inxtraw mil pazjent?
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:54
Meta l-Labour dahhal hlas fuq Medicini.......Nahseb li hemm nergghu immorru!
Andrew Cumbo
Jan 24th, 18:34
Saqsi lill min qieghed immur u ma jsibx hall itkun taf x'jipreferi jekk ihallasx 50c jew il- mijjiet ta euros ghall dawk il- medicini li mhux qieghed issib.
margaret schembri
Jan 24th, 17:11
What I always wished is the REAL iplimentation of the law regarding the education or the lack of education in individuals coming from problematic families. We have to take care of these people because most of these are the higher percentage of the unemployment list.
Carmel Portelli
Jan 24th, 17:06
Jien niskanta kif intom tal labour titkelmu l ewwell ghattu li Il PN ma ghandhom xejn lest issa wara li beda jghid il programm elottorali diga ghandkom ugieh ta ras kif ser tipruvaw tigdbu u tghidu li il Kbir Gonzi mhux ser izomm il kelma ahseb u ara Il Filosfu Muscat kemm ser jasal . Il PN ser ibaxxi it taxxa u tal Labour f 10 ta Marzu ghall gol Kaxxa .
Charlie Portelli .
John Scerri
Jan 24th, 17:05
To PL and PN
1. I would replace School Books with e-books on tablets.
2. Parents will buy subsidised tablets instead of books .
3. Govt will provide free e-book download to each student.
4. Each year tablets will be updated with ebooks for next year
5. No more heavy loads on students` backs.
6. Great cost savings .
7. Less Back pain.
8. environment Friendly.
9 Many trees saved.
Vote 4 me ?
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 17:27
I disagree on env friendly. ipads are very short lived. plastic and hazardous stuff inside are definitely not env friendly, also you have to recharge them i.e. electricity required.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 17:46
@ Scerri
Thats the Theory. The Reality is much different.
Stannis Baratheon
Jan 24th, 18:33
Finally an unbiased worth reading and with a valid point instead of repeating what Muscat/Gonzi says. I highly agree about the heavy load kids carry on their backs everyday. Although trusting a tablet containing all school related e-books on it to a kid is not a good idea either, so much easier to lose it.
Joseph Bajada
Jan 24th, 17:05
ahjar nehhew l uniformijiet mill iskejjel! Hemm in nies kienu jiffrankaw xi haga, mhux il monopolju baqa!
Carmel Serracino-inglott
Jan 24th, 20:06
The starts the competition by parents to 'dress' their children. You know the saying and truth 'I do not want my child to be or even look inferior to my neighbour's' I am for uniforms but it is true that the cost of uniforms should be checked and addressed.
Nadia Caruana
Jan 24th, 17:02
Wow i'm impressed Mr. Gonzi! can you kindly justify and further explain how tablets are "an essential tool for a secure future"... are you aware of the current educational system ? are you aware that our schools lack the human support necessary to ensure a quality education?Are you aware of the huge number of children who are lacking behind. Building schools and buying gadgets is NOT the solution!
Joe Fenech
Jan 24th, 17:00
With The Tablets , It Will Save the Goverment Loads of Money on The textbooks for Children . This will bring Malta to a newer and modern level of education .
Maria pia Bartolo
Jan 24th, 17:19
Ma tahsibx li naghtu tablet fidejn tfal daqsekk zghar mhux ha tghin....lewwel nett tfal qed jitilaw ma japrezzaw xejn feta daqsekk zghura. Biex twassal edukazzjoni tajba ma narax li ghandna ghalfejn nqassmu tablets...teachers tajbin u dixxiplina jrid ikun hemm mela tablets
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 17:29
they didn't let us use calculators when we were younger for a reason. to think and to work basic math problems mentally. same thing here. let the child learn how to write first. sure give them computer classes and science classes but they are too young for this kind of modern education
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 17:34
Fejn tghix Ms Bartolo?
It-tfal jghallmuna nhaddmu l-PCs! Mela qatt ma rajt tfal jigru b'tablets, iPhones u iPads f'idejhom?
Barra li l-gvern jiffranka jixtri l-kotba, ser iserrah it-tfal milli jgorru dak it-toqol ta' kotba mid-dar ghall-iskola u lura kuljum. Nithassarhom ghaddejjin mghobbija daqs hmar.
Freddie Micallef
Jan 24th, 17:00
l ewwel kienet l issue tal power station issa ghanda din il gdida ta tablet.gonzipn jidher li irid ikun l aqwa ghalhekk qed johrog il poposti wara ...halliena man
Carmel Portelli
Jan 24th, 17:10
Sur Micallef inti tghix malta jew fl ispazju ma tafx Gonzi kemm gieb L edukazzjoni l ahjar fl ewropa nahseb taf x kellna f zmienkom skejjel tal ribass hmieg u strajks u xi drabi kriminali jghalmu lit tfal taghna flok it teachers ,Il Lum dawn L affarijiet ma ghadhomx isiru .
Charlie Portelli .
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 17:31
carmel, edt tqabbel skejjel t'issa ma skejjel tas 70? anke jekk tmur l-amerka u l-gappun l-iskejjel ta 1970s-80s kienu xeba hmieg. :/ ghaddew 30 sena ta!
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:55
Hallina xejn.
Ahna jinteressana L-Edukazzjoni u X-Xoghol.
Mhux il-Gimmicks
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 16:57
IS TODAY FIRST APRIL ???????
Carmel Portelli
Jan 24th, 17:17
Sur Brincat taf meta ikun L ewwell ta April meta xi bravu hareg bil bravura tal Power station Gdida li ma gghandiex bzon anzi dik hija il farsa tas Seklu
Charlie Portelli .
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 17:38
Carmel Portelli
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H. Psaila
Jan 24th, 17:55
@ C. Portelli - the kind of people like Mr. Brincat are only seeing red. These people nowadays want another power station when they didn't even want the actual power station in Delimara. They forgot how much they protested against it, but now they want another one. You can never ever ever trust these people. First they should start getting a life & then maybe I believe them & take them for granted.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:56
That is when the Gas Power Station will be inaugurated
N. Agius
Jan 25th, 13:47
Portelli, Psaila & Pace - Qiskom kuntenti bil-HFO minflok bil-gass. Filkas ghidu naqa lilGonzi jcaqlaqha minn fejn qieghda u jigi jaghmililkom wara l-biex ta' darkom flok xi ghalqa li hemm fil-vicin jekk toqghodu n-naha ta' fuq, ghax ahna hawn isfel ma rriduhiex!
Silvana Buttigieg
Jan 24th, 16:57
May I also suggest that something is done to reduce the lengthy court cases, particularly separation cases where children are concerned. The children suffer a great deal emotionally, because of the prolonged stress this causes, but also financially, as many parents cannot cope with the financial demands of a case that takes eight years or more.
Abe Sammut
Jan 24th, 16:56
well for me i would prefer ipad for year 4 children which cost only 1.5million yearly than the rental for "theatru bla saqaf" which cost the goverment 1.5million yearly. My opinion though
Silvana Buttigieg
Jan 24th, 16:51
If students do not show respect for any school property because it is not theirs, then why would they show any to ''tablets''? May I kindly suggest that any thought of introducing new policies or equipment to schools be discussed with the teachers who actively teach, the people who really know what's going on in schools and are aware of all the shortcomings. It is taxpayer's money...those who pay!
Roderick Cordina
Jan 24th, 16:46
I do not think that a tablet for every student will help...I work in a school environment and I can say that this is not the solution...the solution lays in the first primary years, in specialized dyslexia teachers and in opening again the trade schools. So students will have a tablet and LSAs are not even given free photocopies to use with students let alone a laptop...very good
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 16:45
Can Gonzipn tell us from where he is getting 15 million euro for these tablets? Pl estimates that for year 4 only it cost 1.5 million.
This is crazy thing from both parties. I think we have to apply for a bailout then because we simply have to borrow more on our skyrocketing debt. Its not free at all.
Richard Caruana
Jan 24th, 17:03
How nice of the PL, for year 4 only.
What about the other kids? Are they lesser mortals?
And if year 4 students get them this year, what about next year when there will be a new class of year 4 students?
As usual, PL do nothing but gimmicks.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 17:42
@ Cuarana inti qatt ma trid tifhem il-proposti tal Labour. Tablets kull sena ghal tal year 4.
A
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:57
Right
From where will the LP get 600 million for a new Power Station?
H. Psaila
Jan 24th, 18:00
Sur Carauna, the Labour was only for the Labour supporters only and they stated it openly that once they are in the Government they will the there for their own people only and nobody else . They only see and think red and they care for nobody else except themselves and their canvassers. That is the way it was and that is the way it will be if they are elected. God forbid.
Olivianne Farrugia
Jan 24th, 16:41
We are in the situation that schools are so big that we do not even know all the students' names and whenever we are supervising during mid-day break supervisions and any of the students is breaking any school rule... we cannot even report him as we DO NOT KNOW HIS NAME!! Let alone his family background and other particulars which are of educational concern. Is this the education that we are proud
Tarcisio Mifsud
Jan 24th, 16:39
Jekk vera l-PM qal li Sammut gie mpoggi fuq il-Fuel Procurement Committee minn gvern ta' Sant, allura jew ghandu taghrif hazin jew mhux qieghed jghid il-verita. Sammut kien fuq dan il-Kumitat bejn 1987-1990, bejn 1992 - 1993 u bejn 2003 u 2004 meta kien konsulent tac-Chairman. Min jaghti dati ohra ma jafx x'qieghed jghid.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 17:59
Evarist Bartolo implika lil haddiehor li kien fuq dan il-kumitat.
Men may come and men may go....qalilna
Olivianne Farrugia
Jan 24th, 16:37
Wouldn't it be better to invest in having support teachers? Can you look up the statistics to check how many teachers are resigning and the population drop in B.Ed course? Doesn't this sound the alarm?
Marisa Deguara
Jan 24th, 18:00
No dear as if... The present government refused to employ more LSAs due to lack of funds!!! LSAs are still without laptops... Lsas are not being given the right to extend their studies to a degree level ...why??... No funds... But we do have funds to give a tablet to each student!!! What about students with special needs are they going to be given the chance to sit for MATSEC. Using their tablets
G. Ellul
Jan 24th, 16:36
Father Christmas is back...!!!
Amanda Borg
Jan 24th, 16:36
Discrimination galore! why if one is under 25 years no tax and if one is 25 years and a day has to pay tax! Why women opening a business benefit from tax reductions and men not? And Gozo more businesses ?! there are 2 shopping centers killing each other, restaurants in winter they are always closed! Gozo's population cannot afford more businesses! and yes i 'am' or rather was a Nationalist!
B. Cachia
Jan 24th, 16:35
In 2008 there were a lot of nice promises too, including immediate tax cuts. It didn't happen.
Olivianne Farrugia
Jan 24th, 16:35
Are these politicians learning anything from the current education system in secondary schools? Do they actually know what the new college system has brought us to? Is there anything being done with the feedback from us teachers... or is this study leading nowhere? What happened to the study carried out by Profs.Borg and Giordamaina... Have they fallen in deaf ears? Are tablets the answer?
Roderick Cordina
Jan 24th, 16:48
I agree with you 100%....this is not the solution.....lanqas LSAs ma ghandhom laptop...ahjar nahsbu ghal hekk l-ewwel
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 16:29
This night tariff proposal is full of sense. Private individuals will make savings by timing their washing machine to wash at night but above all hotels, bars, clubs, restaurants and industry will save thousands upon thousands of euros. Just imagine a NIGHT club. Energy costs today are high but with the new night tariff there are savings to be made and without the need of a new power station.
Carmelo Sammut
Jan 24th, 16:28
Irnexillek tikonvincini Prim Ministru biex din id darba nivota bil qalb kontra l partit
Qatt ma niftakkar l partit taghna f tahwid daqshekk fl istorja
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:27
what i think education should aim for is: making Maltese obligatory even after secondary school (i'm ashamed I forgot how to write proper Maltese), start basic science and IT from primary since they are 2 of the most imp branches, make religion studies - general religion (not only christianity) and reduce its syllabus together with social studies for more imp subjects.
Joseph Gauci
Jan 24th, 16:25
"Will publish the cost of these measures in the coming days" prosit kemm int preparat tajjeb ghal kampanja ellettorali dear prime minister. Daqs Joseph. Hrigtu bil-proposti bil-fernezija u l-panic u lanqas kontu kapaci tikwantifikaw kemm se jiswew lil pajjiz. Bhal tal-income tax deduction tat-2008 din, tfajtuha bl-addoc u mbghad indunajtu li mhux feasable. Game Over Mr. Care Taker Prime Minister
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 16:51
Forsi ghandek miktub li dawn huma just il-highlights?...u leee!
Louis Craus
Jan 24th, 16:21
Dan kif qed jghid li ser irahhas it-tariffi tad-dawl.? U kif jista jkun? U kif ? U kemm ? U meta ? U bil- kemm? U liema ? U min fejn ser igib il- flus? Hallina Wenz?
Amanda Borg
Jan 24th, 16:38
Hahaha nahseb dahhal idu fil but Tonio Fenech u ghamel cheque! Ghax hu stess qal li impossibli!
Marco Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 16:16
Proposta li ma hemx alfejn nitkelmu dwara la iz-zewg partiti ser iwetquwa........Issa min vera ser iwetaqa!!!!! ghalkemm jien personalment ma naqbilx li dawn jinataw lit tfal. Ahjar il-flus imorru ghal bzonn u narmaw l-iskejel sew mhux bhal ma qeghdin prezentament. Hemm bzonn ta aktar ghodda f' l-Mcast, mhux tmur taghmel kors u juruk kif tqarfad minflok il-metodu propju!
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 16:32
Ghalmenu ghandek Mcast, ax il- Lejber kien ghalaqa.
K Grech
Jan 24th, 16:47
xi nghidu dwar smart city qee david, dik xkanat fetaha l PN, ahh x amlitlu l Pompa tad dranagg :/
Thomas Borg
Jan 24th, 16:14
Regarding this whole tablet debacle, more harm than good can come from it. What can an 8 year old possibly do with a tablet besides playing games and wasting time. personally i don't think an 8 year old can make the right choices when its so easy to be distracted from school work. Im 20 years old and i still find it impossible not to waste time on gadgets and people my age would agree!
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 16:26
Maybe they would have to leave it at school...Probably it would be linked to the interective white board.
Thomas Borg
Jan 24th, 16:42
yeah we have interactive white boards at university..... In the past 2 years we have one lecturer who used it.. The rest are via powerpoint, and some of the older lecturer don't even know how to switch on the laptop.. besides it took almost 2 years just to change 2 projectors which are used DAILY. which technically should have been working since the beginning..
Thomas Borg
Jan 24th, 16:43
but i could be wrong.. in this case i really really really do hope i'm wrong.... for all our sakes..
Peter Simpson
Jan 24th, 16:11
Integrity in politics is based on promises: those that you don't make and especially those you don't keep!
Thomas Borg
Jan 24th, 16:10
Once on the topic of education. Medical and Dental students have to do clinic hours in summer, and we are not being compensated while others from the faculty of health sciences are. Being a student and university doesn't mean you are subject to being their slave. In summer we also have other projects to do to further our education but still related to the course and we can't work!
Evarist Sammut
Jan 24th, 16:07
This is not fair. I was 90% sure I would vote PL this time. Now I will have to do some serious thinking again...
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 24th, 16:39
Serious thinking? Based on what? Shall we compare proposals? Whats so attractive in the PN's proposals? Nothing much. Same words all the time. A speech full of nice words but when you summary up you find out alot of "ifs". The major issues like energy, accountability, safeguard of jobs weren't tackled as I expected by PN. The only one i appreciated was the medicine. Good but too poor.
Charlie Tabone
Jan 24th, 16:04
l istorja tal fenek u l fekruna waslet...........il fenek jigri u jigri ......u l fekruna timxi bil mod......u hekk qed jigri......joseph gera gera u ghejja......u gonzi jimxi bil mod u jasal.......
J. Camilleri
Jan 24th, 16:03
Fuq tat tablets ma tantx naqbel. Proposta li harget miz-zewg partiti. Kemm ha jintuzaw tajjeb dawn it-tablets?
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 16:07
they are going to be built for educational purposes. Neither Apple nor Android has been mentioned, let alone their uses as you are implying.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 17:03
Karl, calculators are also built for educational purposes however thankfully, I wasn't allowed to use them till form 3/4. Finally I realise that now I can do multiplication, add, sub, division mentally and without relying on a technical device. same thing here. kids should learn writing first, and not spoiling them with more technology in their hands.
Karl Borg
Jan 25th, 09:02
@Mario Buhagiar.. I guess times change. I'm sure that in your day of calculator, you didn't have mobiles, netbooks, quad cores etc... and whoever said that there won't be a balancing of things?
Maria Sharp
Jan 24th, 15:59
Where is court & parliament reform, whistle blower act, financing of party act etc? & this is the party that was rightly noting the stupidity of past Labour budgets listing the price of cheese and tuna fish. Seems like we've made a full circle. Shame!!
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:24
Ms.Sharp these are only the highlights of the PN electoral programme.
Lucienne Spiteri
Jan 24th, 15:59
The original proposal about tablets for children was actually mentioned in an article on the times some months ago with a link to they guy who was proposing this.... I remember me commenting on the article too
http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2012/08/05/mark/
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120827/local/Primary-school-blazes-the-trail-in-technology.434495
PAUL BUSUTTIL
Jan 24th, 15:58
This Country needs an Election and a visit from the Pope every year that way we will have all the good things Politicians promise and tarmaced roads every year making Malta a beautifull place to live in,
IF ONLY !
M. Bezzina
Jan 24th, 15:56
Nispera li l musmar il qadim jaqla lil gdid Dr.Gonzi.Ghax veru partit li jekk tasar ma tohrog xej hlief arroganza!!Jien niskanta kif aw min jivvota lil PN ghax il kieku rajt il gid fil but tieghi nghid ejja hemm xi haga pozittiva!!Imma xej !!!!!Xejjjjj!!!Jaraw il hazin u jkompli jghidu li mixjien tajjeb!!
N. Montanaro
Jan 24th, 15:58
seems like there's no other option other than voting blue... sorry
Charlie Tabone
Jan 24th, 16:08
siehbi.....forsi laqtek xi gid mill proposti ta joseph konrad....u shabu??
albert galea
Jan 24th, 16:18
If N. Montanaro will vote blue, he should be sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
N. Montanaro
Jan 24th, 16:36
sorry albert, i voted red in 1996 and yes, i was sorry. i really think that there's a big need for change, but we need someone to continue building on the success of this government rather than the other way round. I'm sorry about the situation how 90% of the voters see everything black or white (or may I say blue or red). It's really getting frustrating
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:47
Montanaro, in 2003 Malta had 1 billion liri in debt. Now there is 5 billion euro in debt. we got 2 down grades in 12 months. On top of that, he continues arguing HFO does not contribute to cancer, and gives himself 500 euro raise, and waste money on ugly projects like parliament etc (arrogance). I really think there is a need for change now :/
N. Montanaro
Jan 24th, 17:32
Mario, I don't think the 500 euro was such a bad move,after all they are professionals earning 1/5th of what their university colleagues earn.2nd, i don't mind debt as long as we have jobs and so on (USA must be thinking of suicide if we should worry) and about the down grades, who didn't get 1? no? I don't know but it will be hard this time
stephen portelli
Jan 24th, 15:56
gonzi taxes you can cut how much you want but to leave us again and cut the electricity in paola for more than 8 hours thi is unacceptable. you must be ashamed for such incidents .
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:27
If you are really serious, deciding to which party you vote for because of such instances. Therefore i feel sorry for our country.
M Cutajar
Jan 24th, 15:56
JIsta xi hadd ifehmni kemm se jorhsu l-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma? Forsi hemm xi cans ituna presentation cara ta' x'ha niffrankaw u minn meta?Ammonti cari b'kemm se jorhsu. Jew forsi issa jkun hemm il-programmi ddedikati lejn il-proposta tal-PN rigward l-energija primarjament? Malli l-PL hargu bil-proposta taghhom fl-ewwel gimgha tal-kampanja kif kien imwieghed, kien hemm barage shih mill-media.
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:30
Se jkunu introdotti it-tariffi ta' bil-lejl bejn l-10 pm u is-6 ta' filghodu u tiffranka bejn 7 u 26 % mis-sena id-diehla mieta jibda jahdem l-interconnector li issa hemm il-permess ghalih mill-kunsill ta' Ragusa u l-gvern Taljan.
K Grech
Jan 24th, 16:53
Jospeh Spiteri u matul il gurnata? ejja ma ninsewx li hafna min negozji ihadmu matul l gurnata ta u fl 10pm mhux ikunu ilhom mghaluqin lol. fabriki li andhom magni jahdmu manwalment mil haddiem, dawn zgur mhux ser idahhluhom fl 10pm sa 6am. Mill banda l ohra ha tkun tajba ghal clubs.
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 15:54
Proset PN
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 15:52
illl xtitqelbu! dawn proposti mela tal- lejber!
J. Camilleri
Jan 24th, 15:59
Quote: "Dr Gonzi said a PN government, where possible and sustainably, would continue to reduce tax"
Dr. Gonzi maltemp qed ibassar u mhux tax reduction! - u bdew juzaw il-kliem "where possible and sustainable" biex jekk ma jaghtux dak li weghdu, ikollom skuza fil-maltemp!
din bhal tal-kontijiet tad-dawl - fejn qali tal-pn jiprruvaw jaghtu l-orhos prezz skond il-maltemp imma!
M Cutajar
Jan 24th, 16:00
ara tfehmnix naqra ezatt kemm se tiffranka familja ta' 4 persuni per ezempju, ghax ghadni ma fhimtx . Heq kif tridni nqabbel din il-proposta ma' tal-PL? Nispera' li jkun hemm hafna gurnalisti jsaqsu lil tal PN biex ifehmuna sew ghax inkella ma nkunx nista' niddeciedi ta' min hi l-ahjar proposta, kemm mil lat ta flus u anke ta' sahha.
Mario Mercieca
Jan 24th, 17:50
Sur Cutajar..jekk trid tiffranka tista tixtri pastizzi kuljum u tehles b`2 euro..il-punt mhux kemm ha tiffranka imma li il-pajjiz jaghmel dak li jiflah u l-PN mhux iweghdek affarijiet li huma impossibli. Ghaldaqstant minflok ma hu se jaghbbik bi spejjez bla bzonn u profit ghal il-privat qed jaghddilek il-prezz baxx li bieh jkun xtara l-elettriku min Sqallijja
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 15:52
Dear Gonzi pn >>> Girls do no need your broken promises they just want to have fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A
James Muscat
Jan 24th, 15:51
Kulhadd iparla u ilablab... Kulhadd espert...... IL PL ilu 5 snin jahdem fis skiet u fis silenzju biex ihejji pjan serju al pajjiz. Kif tista tohrog b xi haga fl ahhar ftit gimghat qabel elezzjoni biex tirribati pjani mhejji sew. Biex tmexxi trid tkun taf torganizza u ikollok leadership tajjeb... IL PN Konsulenti biss kellu u qatt bhala partit ma ha decizjoni hu - dejjem ax l esperti qalulna......
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 16:16
"Pjan serju"- delusional!!! It is all a gimmick.
PN governed the country for the best part of the past two decades so surely decisions have been taken by the party. More so the decisions that were taken were responsible even though they triggered some unpopularity.
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:32
Lanqas taf x'qed tghid habib
Michael Campbell
Jan 24th, 15:44
How insipid.
Will you be putting more RAM in the tablets than the LP?. LOL.
If so, I will vote for you Mr. magnificent.
The more rubbish the two parties talk the more I realise how valuable the role of AD in all these charades is.
Let us hope that fra due litiganti Il terzo gode.
I strongly believe that AD would provide a safety against the follies of the exiting administration.
Adrian P. Cassar
Jan 24th, 16:26
Couldn't agree more!!
Joe B Edwards
Jan 24th, 15:44
Both parties are going to drive our country into the ground. They've already already driven some of us up the wall with their crazy proposals.
Joe Tabone
Jan 24th, 15:43
A Government with s VISION and an opposition with NO CREDIBILITY!!
K Grech
Jan 24th, 17:00
No credibility? Seriously how can an 'opposition' lose credibility from being THE OPPOSITION? talk about 500 that i think all PN supporters have gained something from since they all defend it, talk about going to HFO rather than Gas, smart city, and where is the surplus? closing down of dellimara plant? Malta being laughed at by foreigners for accepting a handycap bus fleet.
Robert Borg
Jan 24th, 15:41
Sorry ta imma l-ewwel ridtu lil gonzi johrog bil-proposti issa ghax tajomkom qed tghidu li kollha gimmicks...mela x'ridtu li jghidilkom? U dan mhux ovvja li kull partit iwieghed id-deheb...tahsbu li il-PL ha jwettaq kull ma qed iwieghed? wieghed it-tankijiet tal-gas f'sentej u kulhadd qed jghidlu li mhux possibli...mhux ga prova bizzejjed li ma jistax iwettaq li qed iwied?? ma nafx jien...
K Grech
Jan 24th, 17:04
kulhadd - PN followers, bdw if u browse a bit, the interconnector ( submerged under water) took 2 years to be completed, and here i am not talking only about the actual works, but the tender procedures, studies and the works. So how cannot something be done in 2 years on land? Take a look at how much time is taken by some companies to build their plants too, you will laugh at your comment then.
Paul Borg
Jan 24th, 15:38
OMG ...Gonzi PN is beginning to sound like Labour. I think Dr Muscat was an eye opener for the PM. Should we beleive him ? I think not. There has been not one project without a whiff of corruption and delays and above all overshot by billions...just look at our national treasure..ooops DEBT !!
Alan Abela
Jan 24th, 15:54
Aktar Il-PL ijsu il pn...Bil blue u x naf jien
J Grima
Jan 24th, 17:50
'Aktar Il-PL ijsu il pn...Bil blue u x naf jien' Is that all you got? No wonder PN's becoming a laughing stock, with supporters like you!
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 24th, 15:38
Gonz it-tqanzieh ghal haga wahda biss tajjeb.
Neil Bugeja
Jan 24th, 15:38
Other than the tablets for all students, I completely agree with all the key points so far! Increased stipend according to living wage, reduced energy tariffs and, most importantly, INCENTIVES to become better, rather than simple hand-outs!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 16:27
On Tablets, the PL clearly explained its proposal. Who, inityially will receive it and how much it will cost the government at most ! Dr. Gonzi just said that it will be given to "all children" . ALL ? 3 year olds ? 4 year olds ? 5 year olds ? etc.etc.. ??? Not one word how much this will cost ! Journalists can have a field day asking for DETAILS which they have been asking from Dr. Muscat
B. Borg
Jan 24th, 15:37
Nispera li ma indejjaqx lill girien meta naghmel il-hasla, u naghti daqqa vacuum f'nofs tal-lejl.
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 16:30
You should consider using the timer that every washing machine has. Load before you go to sleep and it will power on so when you wake up you will find the wash ready.
Ms Lisa Camilleri
Jan 24th, 15:37
so.....they give a laptop to EVERY primary and EVERY secondary school teacher, they give a tablet to EVERY student......yet us Kindergarten teachers and LSAs remain without a simple laptop..........u mela!!! nibqghu sejrin hekk!! ghax ahna mux importanti daqs it-teachers tal-primarja usekondarja!
Jay Aquilina
Jan 24th, 15:36
tas sick l iktar li ghogbitni ghax aqta kemm se ngib skuzi biex noqghod izjed id dar hahahaha hallina sur prim
Alan Abela
Jan 24th, 15:56
Habib tieghi, min ix-xoghol jahharbu u japprofita mis-sick leave kien, ghadu u se jibqa jaghmel hekk. Din il-proposta taghti aktar FLESSIBILTA lil xi hadd genwin li jkollu t-tifel jew tifla marida u ma jkollux ma min ihallihom!
R Axisa
Jan 24th, 16:14
Alan Abela - tiehu s-sick leave hija haga, u tkun aktar flessibbli hija haga ohra. Meta tkun bis-sick leave, ma tiehux xoghol mieghek biex toqghod taghmlu d-dar - dik flessibilita'. U nghiduha kif inhi, tahseb li m'hawnx min jiehu s-sick leave ghax ikollu t-tfal morda d-dar??
Joe Griscti
Jan 24th, 15:29
It tablets min ha johodom ? tal knisja u il privat ukoll ax fdaqqa wahda qed naraw kbir. id dawl filodu xha jigri ha jola jew jibqa kif inu ax ma edt xejn ? it 3000 rebate tal pv mux ga kienet tezizti sa fejn naf jien? kemm ha jizdied bil cola stipendju? bil kalkolu min 10euro fsena sa 24 tigi al min jihu 86 fix xahar.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 16:32
Joe Griscti: Id-dawl jibqa bl-istess rati mis- 6 am sal- 10pm. Ir-rohs - JEKK VERU - ikun ghal dawk li flok jorqdu, joqghodu jahsklu l-hwejjeg, u jonxru l-hwejjeg BIL-LEJL ! Il-progett tal-PL huwa rohs tal-inqas 25% ghal gurnata KOLLHA, lejl u nhar !
Carmel Portelli
Jan 24th, 15:27
issa bdejna invaraw il program tal PN u diga tal Labour bdew jippanikjaw il kbir ghadu gej ser jigrilkom bhal ta l istoja minn gera hafna tilef issa naraw sur Filosfu joe Muscat .
Charlie Portelli .
M Cutajar
Jan 24th, 15:44
tInt bis-serjeta sur Portelli? nahseb ridt tghid li l-PN ilu panic mode u ra kif ghamel biex fl-ahhar johrog xi tip ta' programm elettorali. Mela l-ewwel ara kemm kienu ilhom jibbumbardjaw lil PL biex jghid il-proposti tieghu u issa fl-ahhar waslu b'xi haga . l-aqwa li tal-PN m'hemm xejn gimmick.....................
Prosit Dr Muscat tas-serjeta u professjonalita tal-programm elettorali tal PL
K Grech
Jan 24th, 15:50
What sort of Labour panic are you talking about? Or you have nothing special to say?
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 16:33
Carmel Portelli: Jidher li b'dawn il-proposti Gonzi AKTAR SE JITLEF KREDIBILITA, jekk fadallu x'jitlef !
Josephine Muscat
Jan 24th, 15:19
Ara min jista jemmnu..... Ghid..... Ghid... Gonzipn
pacifico galea
Jan 24th, 15:19
Nixtieq nistaqsi lil liema tfal taghom it tablets ghax tieghi ghandu 16 issa qatt ma ha xejn u bilkem kont qed niehu childrens allowance avolja kul ma ghandi paga hija 900 euro fix xaghar jaqtali minhom u dejjem jaghajat li min ma jaqbiz 10000 lira maltin jiehu il full Halina Wenz tkompli tiprova tingana in nies bhal ma dejjem ghamilt
Maria Xuereb
Jan 24th, 15:14
Dr. Gonzi iktar ma twieghed u tghid li ha taghmel fil-5 snin li gejjin iktar nivvota bil-qalb lil Joseph Muscat ghax issa jiena naf fiz-zgur li inti qed qeghraq u qed tipprova ssalva ma tibna. Jiena naf ukoll li l-weghdiet tieghek huma fierha, fantazmi u tigi biex tawwahom lejliet elezzjoni ohra. Xbajt tidhaq bina u ghalija issa zgur li ser nivvota lil Partit Laburista ghall-ewwel darba.
paul azzopardi
Jan 24th, 15:39
L-wedghi li saru mill partit nazzjonalista hames snin ilu tista tghid li kwazi kollha gew imwetqin mill-partit minkejja l-problema li kien hawn u ghad hawn fid-dinja bhalissa. Ejjew naprezzaw l-gid li hawn f'pajjizna u mhux neqirdu biss.
Terence Zammit
Jan 24th, 15:14
Good and astonishing proposals from the PN!!! If I was in fairyland where 'they lived happily ever after' I would definetly vote for PN but im not. The thing is that half or more of PN's electoral program is not implemented during the 5 years legislature and a number of taxes are introduced each year not even during the budget! THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF LETS CHANGE DIRECTION VOTE PL
M Borg
Jan 24th, 15:58
I think you had better read it again ! it seems that you did not understand it.
A second reading of the above is what is needed .
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 16:32
@ Terrence Zmmit - seems you watched Labour's promo. Cool isn't it?
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:38
Which are the taxes taxes that were introduced during the last 5 years, each year Mr. Zammit ?
Terence Zammit
Jan 24th, 18:36
@ M borg : if u dont understand simple english i will put it in maltese. tibzax mil bidla ax l unika biza hi l biza iniffisha!!!
@ george cutajar : thats the only thing there is to watch for now. PN did not make any proposals that we didnt hear of in the past weeks
@ Joseph spiteri : water and electricity bills / gas / fuel / etc ...
Noel Abela
Jan 24th, 15:12
GonziPn - COPYCATS. I believe that someone withing GonziPn is at it again and once again is getting caught.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Jan 24th, 15:10
Tax - too many ifs and buts to be taken seriously. Should we ask for workings, figures and calculations, like Ginzi did? Dont bother - its all pie in the sky.
Joseph Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:40
You will know the workings soon Mr. Camilleri as the PM already said. At least the PM is being honest and said that some measures will be taken where possible and sustainable not like JM. He promises everything to everyone without any workings.
D. Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:09
Min dawn il-kummenti li qed taghmlu tidhru li xbajtu wisq fil-gid.....ma nistax nafda qatt lill-PL li nara li qed jaghmlu huwa kollu copy tal-PN. Xbajtu tghajru ghax Gonzi PN u wahdu biss issa PL saru Joseph Muscat ma kullimkien. Min imaqdar irid jixtri jghid il-malti. Niskopru x'ha jaghmel il-PN u nohorgu l-proposti qabel.
Mark. Galea
Jan 24th, 15:08
PL supermarket now open at Mile End.
A M Bonello
Jan 24th, 15:06
Savings at night?good luck to those who want a decent night sleep with everyones washing machines on!
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 15:25
If you can hear your neighbour's washing machine you must have paper thin walls ...... here's a REAL chance toour energy bills but you are so blinkered you cannot see the obvious. What hope do we have?
Carmel Portelli
Jan 24th, 15:31
dont worry tell your wife to wash in the morning so it looks that you ahve lot of money in your pocket
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 16:38
Carmel Portelli: I believe ALL women (and men) prefer to do their washing throughout the day and not wait till after 10 pm, when they usually watch TV and then sleep, especially thos who have to wake up for work in the morning ! With the PL's project, they will save at least 25% on their energy bills even if they do their washing during the day.
D Axisa
Jan 24th, 15:04
To all those saying that the PNs energy plan is more realistic. Gonzi is worried that with PL's plan if an explosion occurs we will be without light (NO SUCH PROOF OF EXPLOSIONS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED). But on the other hand, with the PNs plan we will be dependent only on the Interconnector and the Gas Pipeline and dependent on other countries. What will happen in case of disagreements with these!
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 15:13
D Axisa What will happen in case of disagreements with these!
http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumblarge_493/12707862859e23Zs.jpg
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 15:03
Dear Gonzi pn
We all know your promise what they are just lies
SO YOU DO NOT IMPRESS ME MUCH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLRcu3u8W2o
Gabriel Micallef
Jan 24th, 15:00
I don't think that given tablets to 6 year old children is the right thing to do!!
Gorg Sciberras
Jan 24th, 15:32
My five year old has been using an Ipad at home for the last two years. She also uses an ipad at school in the nursery here in Sweden. In what way is that wrong? Do you know how many educational tools you can find on tablets, besides the possibility to carry a whole library of books with you?
Joe Borg
Jan 24th, 16:00
As much as I think that a tablet is a marvelous learning tool, I have to agree with you Mr.Micallef, I can not understand, with all the problems and social needs, Malta has at this point in time, we should spend all that money on tablets to primary and secondary schools. At the moment it is just a very expensive luxury for Malta.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:39
Gorg the calculator was invented years ago, however I was not able to use it till I was in form 3/4. and thanks God for that because now I know how to mentally do a plus, times, division, minus etc. The same thing here. I think kids should first learn how to write, then be given a tablet.
j schembri
Jan 24th, 15:00
@ Karl
Karl jien kont uni in 96, had a stipend and option to double it with a loan only if I wanted more! So d stipend was still there but who needed more could opt to have a subsidized interest loan.
D Caruana
Jan 24th, 14:54
In my opinion giving tablets to students its not something extroardinary. One should remember that we are in 2013 so nothing excitment. Giving tablets to students is just saying giving a toy to take an electoral vote advantage. The PL was the first gov in the 80s to start giving school books to students free, and education was always FREE for all. Why all this fuss on tablets!!! or excitemnet!!!.
James Vendetta
Jan 24th, 14:53
to all, we have to have this please: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies_(Luxembourg) , a vote for AD or Franco is not a waste indeed. PN needs to clear its mess/corruption, thus it needs some time in opposition. PL with other parties involved in parliament, would be far better. Thanks.
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 14:51
Gonzipn will promise heaven on earth so he " TRIES " to win
for if Joseph will win he knows that he will introduce the
Whistle Blower act and gonzi pn knows what it Means !!!
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 15:27
PN did give us a taste of heaven which will unfortunately be destroyed once PL take over. Anyone with an ounce of sense will regret voting PL- time will teach us all a lesson including yourself Mr. Brincat since you seem to believe that no corruption will exist under PL- you're in for a big disappointment!
George Cassar
Jan 24th, 15:48
If 5,000,000,000 debt is a "taste of heaven", I think I want to go to hell to see what is there!
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 16:10
@ George Cassar: I do not think you're begging or subjected to austerity measures. We are well within budget and the debt wil be paid off. At least in the meantime our families stand on their feet.
You will soon experience hell dw... under JM and his crew (same old faces who put Malta to shame)
Mr Evan Camilleri
Jan 24th, 14:50
I do not agree with most freebies and some other things (like the sick leave issue) but i think the energy plan of PN is more realistic
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:41
@ energy plan more realistic. What if the Italians decide to halt their energy supply to us? what will we do? both have their advantages. but I think the PN plan is risky if we ever had to quarrel with the Italians. Tell that to the Ukrainians and the Russians in 2009 and 2012.
Mr Evan Camilleri
Jan 24th, 14:48
SICK LEAVE: Dr Gonzi said that when a child fell sick, parent would be able to use their sick leave allotment to stay with the child.
And who's going to pay? And what about lost production? Let's hope this is not intended for the private sector as well!
George Cremona
Jan 24th, 15:11
Ezatt il-hsieb tijaj!! Filli nghidu li riddu nzidu l-produzzjoni u filli natu izjed skuzi biex jiehdu sick leave u l-employer jiffacja l-problemi.
Shaun Camilleri
Jan 24th, 15:18
Jien nghix il Lussemburgu, u is sitwazzjoni hi ezatti kif Dr. Gonzi qieghed iwieghed.
Gorg Sciberras
Jan 24th, 15:34
I live in Sweden and parents here are allowed unlimited leave paid for by the government in case the children are sick. Of course it comes from taxes eventually, but this is one way of supporting families where both parents work and those with limited support (bla nanniet etc).
ivor scicluna
Jan 24th, 14:47
school children do not need tablets!!! Where is the data protection ??? We will all finish on you tube!!!!!!!!!! All they need is their childhood back. They are living in a concrete world with no concrete proposal for them. i don t want my son to own a tablet being only 6 years old. I want him to have a social live not a social network.
Ivor
Mark Spiteri
Jan 24th, 15:23
school tablets will only have access to educational material
m borg
Jan 24th, 14:43
Kemm ha nivvota bil-qalb fuq di lol !
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:37
after such proposals.. the only thing that Joseph Muscat will have accomplished will be publishing his biography of accomplishments whatever they may be.
M. Bezzina
Jan 24th, 14:33
On the Frank Sammut controversy, he said it was Alfred Sant's Labour government which put Mr Sammut on the fuel procurement board.:
Answer: And it was under your management that corruption took place Dr.Gonzi. So you are the responsible one not Alfred Sant as Sant was downed after 22months and your party has been in power ever since that time .....do not throw mud like you used to say in the past.
W. Cassar
Jan 24th, 14:33
I could only consider voting PN if Gonzi stepped down.
J Mizzi
Jan 24th, 14:28
"Dr Gonzi said the PN in the coming days would publish the costs of all of the measures which it is proposing".
something the labour is not giving regarding the power station proposal.....
Clayton Borg
Jan 24th, 14:26
Sur Gonzi : jien owner ta' pet shop : tista' jekk terga titla taghti kelb/qattusa f'kull dar f'malta forsi jizdiedli ftit il-bejgh ?! Grazzi .
Alex Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:00
forsi jekk tghid lil Santa Joe Claus jaqdik ahjar lol
G Zammit
Jan 24th, 14:26
Whats the point in opening a new school every year if they open half finished like Handaq girls secondary school.
Back at school for 4 months now and they have not yet got their lockers carrying heavy school bags back and forth every single day. Only allowed on a small part of the play ground cause the rest isnt finished yet. not all the rooms have blinds and broken tiles everywhere.
Alex Cutajar
Jan 24th, 14:24
I would imagine a 4 year old with an iPad!
Alex- www.alexcutajar.com
D. Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:17
My son is 4 year old and has a tablet already and knows how to use it very well. tqabbilx l-eta tieghek Sir, mat-tfal tal-llum
Maria Borg
Jan 24th, 14:20
Il-Passat garanzija tal Futur.... I will not be fooled again !! Not this time - decision made
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:36
You are right Maria....Never again as in 1996 when all of us were fooled
D Mifsud
Jan 24th, 14:59
Mela ahsiba sewwa la l passat garanzija tal futur mrs borg ghax n nies li rega ghandu l labour huma in nies li lilna z zghazagh rieduna niddejnu u l istess nies li werwruna bl ewropa illum kollha favur l ewropa. Kulhadd jizbalja ghax kulhadd uman ima l bambin jilliberana li ma nigux bhal pajjizi li ghal joseph kienu ahjar minna. Ez Cipru Grecja Spanja. F daqqa wahda Eddie gie l king ghal Muscat?
G Zammit
Jan 24th, 14:20
Whats the point in opening a new school every year if they open half finished like Handaq girls secondary school.
Back at school for 4 months now and they have not yet got their lockers carrying heavy school bags back and forth every single day. Not allowed
B. Farrugia
Jan 24th, 14:15
Elections are now verging on the ridiculous.
B. Farrugia
Jan 24th, 14:08
Xmas all over again,
yuppie!
Patrick Jansen
Jan 24th, 14:06
Don't you think it would be better to start talking about getting rid of political TV stations, newspapers and mass rallies, instead of being so divided between red en blue. It will stop you of getting brainwashed and make Malta a better place. It seems to me that a huge number of people in Malta are brainwashed by both political parties. They see everything from the other party as a bad thing!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 14:01
We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more!
We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more!
We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more!
ALL together now:
We want more! We want more! We want more! We want more AND more!
jb
Antonio Pace
Jan 24th, 14:53
Funny how much you praised Muscat's proposal to give tablets to Year 4 students this morning....
J Micallef
Jan 24th, 14:01
Gosh, with all these tablets. we'll need lots of water to take them down... ;-)
M Ellul
Jan 24th, 13:59
'' Dr Gonzi said it was useless for Labour to apologise for its past mistakes.'' ... and yes, it is useless saying getting an extra 500euros was a mistake!
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:37
That did not affect our childrens' future.
Small minds
Leonard Cole
Jan 24th, 13:58
Well reading some of the comments from one track mind bloggers boils is nothing less than appalling. PN has an electoral program me, where as PL as everything said verbally wishing that one this and the other that. PL offered a power station and has yet to publish the studies which everyone is waiting for. within the PL there is no credibility.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:57
@Joseph Aquilina
"j brincat ... we all know its Joseph who promise all to everyone"
OMG!! No!!!
Who was he that in 2008 promised manna on earth and then gave us the shock of our lives with the W & E bills!
Gonzi just promises a lot JUST to win votes BUT delivers VERY little!
So, please be serious just for once!
jb
Paul Meilak
Jan 24th, 13:55
Kemm nixtieq li ghadni student .. ituk kemxa flus mhux hazin, ituk ghazla vasta ta korsijiet li jwassluk ghal xoghol ta kwalita u b'salarji tajbin, sistemi ta taghlim moderni, skejjel moderni mghamrin bl-ahhar teknologija, WI-FI kullimkien u wkoll issa jtuk tablet pc !
U nghid jien... min wassalna s'hawn? il-PL li ma riedx idahhal il-PC f'Malta jew il-PN li dahhal il-PC f'Malta?
Analise Vella
Jan 24th, 14:56
Naqbel mieghek perfettament!
Alex Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:12
imma l-injurant supperv u ma jammettix. Issa l-MLP, skuzawni irrid nghid il PL irid jirkeb fuq dak kollu li ghamel il PN u jghamlu tieghu, ibda mic-childcare centers u spicca fi-Smart City li JM qal se jimligha bil haddiema. Mela ghallura Smart City mhix falliment imma success kbir. Il PL jitfixklu fi kliemhom stess.
Imma forsi il Malti ghandu bzonn jitaghllem dak li nesa
John L Galea
Jan 24th, 13:55
GonziPN tell us how? how much? from which money? when?
C Falzon
Jan 24th, 13:54
So we have to wait until the next general election (mhux tat 2013 ta imma tat 2018) to have a reduction in electricity bills....u dan ghal bil lejl biss!!!! And what abt the stipends.....zieda ta EURO 2.00 fix xahar!!!! No way Dr Gonzi.
M Borg
Jan 24th, 16:10
So explain ... do you mean you do not want any stipends, that you want to have loans like any other student in most countries ?
Does your " no way " mean that the stipends being given are enough ? Believe me some of the things you write do not make any sense.
ThankGod that you live in Malta and that our students are given stipends while they are learning !
Joseph Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:52
Prosit tal-istipendji u Grazzi hafna. Dr Muscat dalghodu ghalkemm tkellem dwar l-edukazzjoni ma semma xejn u meta mistoqsi qal li se jibqghu l-istess! Meta ghafsu lil Evarist Bartolo aliex qabel il-1996 kien qal ukoll li se jibqghu l-istess u mbad nafu x'gara, Evarist Bartolo qal li ax sabu qaghda finanzjarja dizastruza! Nahseb raguni tajba biex jergghu jaghmlu l-istess!
MT Caruana
Jan 24th, 13:52
Mr.Gonzi, can I have a tablet for my cat please?
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 14:48
At the very least Dr. Gonzi- show some respect.
Secondly: you can pose that question to dear JM as well
S. Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 14:49
Ask Joseph Muscat to give it to you...ghax kollox b'xejn qed iwieghed
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:51
@Karl Abela
"Joseph, infakkrek li l-partit tieghek fil-gvern kien nehhihom l-istipendji u ghamilhom loans"
AND Gonzi in his time REDUCED them!
jb.
A Cachia
Jan 24th, 13:50
The PLPN election proposals are getting worrying.
M. Bezzina
Jan 24th, 14:29
easy do not vote if u feel like that
A Cachia
Jan 24th, 15:32
There is always a third option.
Not voting is not me.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:50
@George Cutajar
"Not only will the PN not remove stipends bu they will increase according to to the COL"
AND this translated to 50 cents a WEEK (no not €500 a week)
And I was before Mintoff's time and in my Lyceum days I never received a dime in stipend!
jb
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:38
should have voted more wisely, then!
Charles Vella
Jan 24th, 13:48
...this is what I needed to hear. Enough politics for me. I'm sticking to PN... I was intrigued with Labour's plans... they are sort of nice, but doesn't confince me. I prefer a PN government, more stable and have more knowledge to run a country. Thanks.
N. Montanaro
Jan 24th, 14:47
Made your decision it seems! Mine is getting closer as well. The negativeness I read from most PL supporters down here is too blind
E. Xuereb
Jan 24th, 13:48
Nothing new!! We already heard most of these proposals or similar ones from the PL in the last two weeks!! Moreover, whenever PL are revealing a new proposal, they are saying how, by how much and when. Contrary to what PN apologists are saying, the highlights of the PL manifesto have been approved since last September during the Congress were people were free to discuss their views on the subjects
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:46
Please, Sir, can I have some more!!!
jb
Hossam Helwani
Jan 24th, 13:56
sure you will have some more!!! under this Govenment you will have some more , under lejber you were locked out , without pay, beaten up, gwu hand in hand with lejber, work to rule, working under military conditions. This is the more you will have under lejber with experience 1971 - 1987 j brincat, all this is factual a reality we experienced it, lejber is nothing but cheap gimmicks.
Albert Bonello
Jan 24th, 13:57
Definately not you jb, you've had to much already :)
joe carpenter
Jan 24th, 13:45
REGARDING CHILDCARE...
It seems that PN has found a way how to provide
free childcare to all and at the same time
protect the investment made by the private sector.
How exactly is the issue of protecting the investment of the private sector
being tackled by the PL?
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:58
Pertinent observation. What the PN is proposing empowers parents to make their decisions and is more in line with how Norway implements such measures.
Mr Evan Camilleri
Jan 24th, 14:53
"protect the investment made by the private sector."....don't be sure about that. if a child is sick parent stays home not on leave but on sick.... Who pays this??? hmmmm NOT FREE. Let's hope it is not paid by the private sector but even if government pays (from where?).... who will pay for lost business/production?
Joe Busuttil
Jan 24th, 13:44
Dr Gonzi, as always ,are you sure of the facts? When was Mr Sammut appointed in his post with Enemalta? And when did the supposed graft take place? In both instances there was a Nat govt in place. If you need proof read the article in the Times about the police questioning Mr Tancred Tabone . Trying to blame Alfred Sant is despicable. If ever there was a true gentleman it was him.
Charles Vella
Jan 24th, 13:56
Alfred Sant and his ministers made a mess out of our finance, and being the owner of a Pet Shop my prices had to go up with the 22% CET he made of 'F' itmes which are taxable, and cat/dog food went down by 1 or 2 Maltese cents! I voted Labour in 1996, and smashed my Sarema cash register somewhere... it was only 2 weeks after that the VAT people came and fined me Lm250 for not having a till!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:43
How many of the PN apologists commented about the €5,000,000,000 public debt (and ever soaring) that GonziPN burdened us with?
Will he take an SPV to finance the tablets to ALL!!!
Incredible!
EU must be laughing its head off while Moody, S & P's, and Fitch watch in amazement!
jb
john farrugia
Jan 24th, 13:41
IF gonzi is re elected we have to wait 10years for the gas pipeline so that the bwsc powerstation is converted to gas
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:39
If necessary...yes. We need EU funds.
Otherwise...GASS down gol-hajt!
Antonio Pace
Jan 24th, 14:56
I think that you need a crash course in SIMPLE maths. 2018 -2013 is 5 not 10 years.
Russell Attard
Jan 24th, 13:41
Hehe....those elections are looking more like Christmas everyday! Pathetic!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:40
@Karl Abela
"I like your sarcasm"
Birds of the same feather (blue) invariably flock together, hux?
jb.
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 14:01
Nowadays blue includes Cyprus Joe, who is rightfully ashamed of his colours!
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:07
same as you do my friend. You leave your comments and sarcasm only in PN related articles.
Joseph Bajada
Jan 24th, 13:37
Lil l istudenti GonziPN qed iweghdhom li se jzidhom 45 euro cent fil gimgha! 9 euro cent kulljum...
il PN idahhak in nies bih! think another one. It is not even worth the paper the proposal is written on!
ara kieku se ttuhom xi 600 euro fil gimgha bhall ma tajtu lilkom infuskom, hekk haga ohra!
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 13:42
Joseph, infakkrek li l-partit tieghek fil-gvern kien nehhihom l-istipendji u ghamilhom loans.
G Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:48
Much better than a loan don't you think. Even though I have my reserves as I pretend that both parties take a stand to recover lost stipends. There are students who are extremely careless and just take one or two years of stipends and don't give anything back.
C Busuttil
Jan 24th, 13:49
@Karl
We are in 2013 not in 1998, new leader new policy
WAKE UP and wake this government
moira sciberras
Jan 24th, 13:52
Well said Karl u zaghzagh flok marru jiccelebraw kastilja morna niprotestaw imma dak li jigri bil partit laburisa fil gvern
Vince Piscopo
Jan 24th, 13:55
Karl infakrek li gvern laburista kien holoq l-istipendji u huwa meqjus bhala avangardista fil-qasam tal-welfare. Aqra l-istorja u tkun taf.
A Abela
Jan 24th, 14:16
@k abela
L uniku prim ministru li naqqas l istpendji (aggusta) kien Dr Gonzi
K Grech
Jan 24th, 14:29
Karl, il prim qal li l 500 li kien jiehu 3 snin ilu hu passat u kapitlu mghaluq, mid dehra il konsistenza hi nuqqas f demmkom
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:39
L-istudenti jafu min sahhah l-edukazzjoni.
Tinkwetax!
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:40
@A.Abela
Int taf x'qed tghid?
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 24th, 14:51
All you students thank the one who is now deceased and who many PN supporters wanted to crucify! It was he that started the stipends. In my days not only we had no stipends but we had to pay for education, especially uni and, therefore, families could not send as many children as fhey wished to uni. And the PN voted against this measure; this if you want to live in the past. Be fair.
Mark Spiteri
Jan 24th, 15:33
@Joseph Grech Attard...what was the use of having stipends then when the number of places at University were limited to a handful of students. 400 then.......12000 NOW !!!
G Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:37
Fenomenal to say the least. When the night tariff comes in place it would be ideal to invest in an electric car. Charge it during the night and spend much less than on fuel. Excellent proposal.
Albert Bonello
Jan 24th, 13:36
To all those PL bloggers who are getting frantic that the PN has provided a little peek to its electoral manefest I advise them to be patient till tomorrow when more will be unvailed. Then you can start to panick!!
C Busuttil
Jan 24th, 13:52
Sur Bonello
wait to be unveiled ??? no wait until its amended to included free tablets LOL......
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 13:54
This is only the tip of the iceberg and they already can't handle it!
G Zammit
Jan 24th, 13:36
OH look free tablets on this side also woooooo hooooooooooooo... morons
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:48
Guess you are calling lejber supporters morons too because they have the same plan ... mmm ... wonder why ... copy as usual?
Steven Brockwell
Jan 24th, 14:13
i get my free tablets from my pharmacy ????????????????????????
pacifico galea
Jan 24th, 13:30
Nixtieq nistaqsi lil liema tfal taghom it tablets ghax tieghi ghandu 16 issa qatt ma ha xejn u bilkem kont qed niehu childrens allowance avolja kul ma ghandi paga hija 900 euro fix xaghar jaqtali minhom u dejjem jaghajat li min ma jaqbiz 10000 lira maltin jiehu il full Halina Wenz tkompli tiprova tingana in nies bhal ma dejjem ghamilt
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:38
qatt ma ha xejn? stipendju ta' 83 ewro fix-xahar u 900 ewro smart card .... qas tisthi
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:38
If I understand the article correctly that is WHAT they are promising to do and not what they already did. So it is not a question of Gonzi tricked you but probably you did not understand the article (and possible any related article before this one).
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 13:39
Pacik, aqra sew. It-tablets hija proposta.
Wenzu mhux qieghed jingana in-nies. Qed jinganak min qed jihallsek 900 euro biss. Li kieku minnek inbiddel il-post tax-xol ghal kundizzjonijiet ahjar.
John Bonello
Jan 24th, 13:29
There is only one way forward now so that the maltese electorate can decide who is going to govern this little island. Both parties need to show their workings and let the people decide. I have a funny feeling that the PN knows exactly what he is talking about and has no problems to give us the workings. On the other hand the PLhas much more to do since he must start from the power station working
Thomas Anderson
Jan 24th, 13:48
For your information PL already gave all the costings re the Power Station as for GonziPN they still have to do all their costings.
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 14:37
@ Anderson: Have you been following anything that has been going on? PL publicly said that they will not show the costings (claiming that this is because PN will find a way to unjustly tear them down). All they showed are some miscalculations (by millions please note) of how much this whole proposal of theirs will cost- very worrying if you ask me!
Robert Cassar
Jan 24th, 13:27
impressive - well done. Re the tablets, will this be also given to children in Private schools?
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:26
@A. Zammit
"With such handouts, who the hell wants a change in Govt. Prosit Gonzi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
And can't you even realise that you are being taken for a ride - a long one for that matter!
But if you persist in believing the vain promises of GonziPN then it's your choice.
Remember that we have a record public debt of 5 billion euro!
jb
Shaun Camilleri
Jan 24th, 13:26
These tablets/ipad will eliminate all kind of social life kids requires to have. Invest in sports, not in cicci bilqeda fuq l ipad!! I do not agree with both PN nor PL on the tablets/ipads for schools.
Jeffrey Camilleri
Jan 24th, 13:23
Wow now we can charge our mobile during the night for a reduced tariff. A very good proposal. Dear Gonzi your best before date is 9/3/13.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:23
@Anton Attard
"I am a student earning a EUR100 stipend /month. I am doing some calculations.
....EUR4.06 over a minimum wage base of EUR168/week. Thus us students will get an increase of Eur2/month. Get off it"
Keep up the pressure any by the end of the campaign GonziPN will promise you an increase of € 600 a WEEK!
jb
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:40
j brincat ... we all know its Joseph who promise all to everyone, including giving free money to those who do not even themselves to improve their standard of living. That student is complaining on 2 EURO!! I mean do you agree with someone who gets 100EURO and complain because he is going to get 102EURO rather then 104EURO!! Try to be serious for once!
Charles Cremona
Jan 24th, 13:42
You are very lucky to get anything at all, Malta must be the only country left were you get stipends, paid to peple like you by the hard pressed taxpayer.
Anthony Borg
Jan 24th, 13:22
Mill Paroli ghal fatti hemm bahar x'tikombati.... Futur Fis-Sod?????????????????
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:42
Yep you are right... the same sea - if not an ocean - that their is between Joseph Muscat (paroli) and Gonzi (fatti).
Vince Piscopo
Jan 24th, 14:07
Mr Aquilina you seem to still believe in fairytales! Where are the facts? In copying PL! Where is PN's real strategy apart from that to promise "heaven" as long as to remain "glued" to the hot seat in Castille. GonziPN had the priviledge to do this in all these years in power but the only thing he did was promise a surplus and leave us with an increasing deficit instead! L-aqwa x-xinxilli!
Joe Borg
Jan 24th, 16:18
The same sea is between us and the "gas boats"
Anthony Borg
Jan 24th, 19:30
@Joseph Aquilina . Ghandek ragun tajd Gonzi Fatti . Ghax 500 euros fil gimgha hadhom. U li qata taxxa lil minn jaqbad l'aktar saret Fatta.. Smart city saret fatta u Kumpanija Braziljana saret fatta???? Dawk huma il fatti ta Gonzi..... Dejjem haseb f'minn jaqla hafna u dejjem kisser lil minn jaqla ftit.... (Fatti)
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 13:21
Il PN qatt ma kienu ppanikkjati daqs illum. Programm elettorali nofs lehja. Gonzi qal li l- costings ghadhom se jghamluhom fil-granet li gejjin. Min ma jemminx jista jisma l Press conference. Ghax ma sarux qabel? Mela twieghed u matafx kemm se jigu jiswew!
Jidher li hemm qasma fil-kurituri tal PN. Dan kollu johrog l'ghada ta l-elezzjoni.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:42
Eve Axiaq......Din fejn sibtha?
Alice in Wonderland?
T Gauci
Jan 24th, 13:21
Breaking news there are tablets that cost less than 100 Euros, it doesn't have to be an apple or samsung tablet.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:19
@S Portelli
"I like more Joseph Muscat than Lawarene ...?
You should continue:
From a PM who votes against the wishes of the people expressed in a referendum
From a PM who promises heaven on earth BUT delivers very little.
From a PM who in spite of having lost the majority was hell bent to remain glued to the seat of power.
From a PM who NEVER enacted the Whistle B. Act!.
jb
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:44
cont...
for a PM who sustained Employmnt and investment
for a PM who invested heavily in Education
for a PM who invested heavliy in the Health Sector.
for a PM who saved employment of hundreds of workers
Thanks JB for reminding us!
S Portelli
Jan 24th, 15:21
Mr Brincat relax. Gonzi admitted defeat in referendum. Gonzi made sure legislartion goes through. JM actually said that he won and continue insisting that partnership won! Missiereijietna jghidu minn jitwieled tond ma jmuxs kwadru.
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 17:58
Better than a potential PM who lead the ANTI-EU campaign, better than the potential PM who lead the ANTI-EURO campaign, better than the potential PM who wanted us to follow Cyprus, shall I continue?
francis Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 13:18
Tablet computer to all school children. Who is going to believe you Gonzi you didn’t even gave a computer to the teachers you lend it to the teachers. Who is that businessman behind this idea?
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 13:44
Francis, this is a proposal which incidently Joseph Muscat also came up with today.
I bet you dont know about it, ghax kieku ghalik kienet tkun proposta tajba.
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:11
ignorance at its best.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:45
ask JM....he just copied it!
Joseph Borg
Jan 24th, 13:18
Smart City, tax deductions, health, stipends.... The same old story. Come on, you should have Simon Busuttil now. Can he come up with something copied from abroad, at least?
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:50
Let me write down a word or two on Smart City. I know you have heared the word "recession" several times and most probably you still do not know what it means. But let me help you out. Let us say Joseph makes it. Let us say that he gets a private company to invest in his dreams of gas. Let us say that company for some reason goes bankrupt. What would happen to Joseph dreams of gas??
R. D'Emanuele
Jan 24th, 13:17
We want more and newer promises of reforms and actions to be delivered responsible, accountable and transparency!!! And who fail must resign. "must be the priority!"
Talk!
Talk!
Talk!
Talk........
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 13:16
GonzPN does not want to change direction. We have already gone 2 steps down financially. So keep going in the same direction - DOWN!. A few steps more downwards and we will soon reach the bottom. That's the direction to go. Ghal gol qiegh.
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:12
1 of the steps due to your beloved party not voting in favour of the budget. sooo....
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 13:15
The issue of tablets to schoolchildren is linked to the electronic facilities at the school like the electronic whiteboards. This is an evolutionary proposal not an election gimmick. Unfortunately the MLP cannot see this because it has embarked on a massive marketing campaign that is superficial an lacks substance. However, MLP followers will benefit as PN governs for all without distinction.
Brian Gatt
Jan 24th, 14:39
PL came up with the same proposal on the same day and I think (and i stand to be corrected) that actually the PL issued the statement first, now talk about a copy cat!!!
Mark. Galea
Jan 24th, 13:15
MLP ceased to exist after last elections. Now it is the turn for the PL to follow the same route.
John L Galea
Jan 24th, 13:44
What is your point exactly?
pat muscat
Jan 24th, 13:15
As Dr Franco Debono said on his blog, Dr Gonzi should have given a free inhaler to the children living in the south of Malta!
Joseph Grech Attard
Jan 24th, 13:13
Why speak about the plan before it is published? To be first before the PL so that one can speak, once again, about copying the PN? Nothing new in the PN's manifesto. It is exactly similar to GonziPN's manifesto of 5 years ago i.e. a 1001 Arabian nights' story which never ends and never materialises. The past is an excellent image of the future!! Credibility, for many, is lost.
Denis Pace
Jan 24th, 14:46
Precisely....20,000 jobs.
What a change from Labour!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:13
Marco Galea
"I l-PN ikkopja lill-MLP fuq l-istipendju ... le stenn hawn ha jizdied mhux se jsir loan ... oops"
Perhaps it will be again the same as when GonziPN decided to reduce it!
eqqq sorry!!!!!
jb
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:13
Il-progett tal-PL irahhas il-kontijiet MHUX BIL-LEJL BISS izda l-gurnata kollha !
D. Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:12
u jghollilek it-taxxi
M Grima
Jan 24th, 13:12
Nahseb li il-kelb tieghi ser jivvota GonziPN ghaliex issa nista inhallilu il-bozza ta l-eletriku mixghula ghax jibza mid-dlam. Kemm ser jifrah issa li Dr. Gonzi ghamillu din il-weghda!! Pero ghandi dilemma ghax jien m'ghinix kuntent bhal kelb ghax it-tnaqqis ta' l-income tax li weghdi Dr. Gonzi hames snin ilu ghada ma sehhitx. Issa iddecidejt li il- kelb naqflu fil-kamra halli ma jmurx jivvota.
D. Ellul
Jan 24th, 15:13
Qeghdin nghixu fl-istess pajjiz ghax lili naqsuli taf
Charles Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:12
PN electoral programme highlights: tax cuts... .............now someone please remind me, where did we hear that promise before??? once beaten twice shy Gonzipn!!!
Paul Caruana
Jan 24th, 13:12
So, irrespective of who gains power (PL or PN) we have the solution for our primary school education woes.....tablets for everyone!
And this brilliant solution is based on solid evidence, not just a politically convenient "let's pretend we are doing something useful", presumibly?
Mr Joe Cardona
Jan 24th, 13:12
Weghdiet li ma jinzammux jew isehhu xi 20 jew 30 sena ohra gahx wara l-elezzjoni miljun skuza igib.Lil min tafu issaqsix ghalij Gonzi PN.
Le ma nafdak qatt.
S Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:09
I like more Joseph Muscat than Lawarene Gonzi. Why? Because Joseph has always been consistent in what he said. From a Anti European he became European. From a socialist he became a convinced nationalist.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:21
Yes he has been very consistent in one thing ... getting it all wrong! VAT, STIPENDS, EU, EURO, ILLEGAL MIGRATION, CYPRUS, ENERGY ... you want me to continue!? How can you trust such a person to be the PM of the country you love? Unless of course you aren't brainwashed from the day you where born and limit yourself to only the option you where spoon fed to take.
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 13:31
I like your sarcasm.
Indeed, Joseph Muscat is already inconsistent from the opposition sofas, let alone in government where the going gets tough.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:32
S. Portelli: Min dahaq bil-haddiema tal-GO, Air Malta, Tal-Linja, tat-Tarzna, tas-Sea Malta, bil-poplunkollu dwear il- LM 100 miljun mill-UE kull sena - biex sa llum hallasna aktar lill-UE ahna milli rcevejna fondi mill-UE etc..etc.. ISA ERGA AFDAH !
S Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:59
Eddie - Relax- offcourse nafdah lil PN. Joseph muscat is not listening to you. You were one of the causes that Labour stayed in the opoosition for the past 25 years. Now Jospeh is getting advice from Nationalists that supported the EU/VAT etc. bye bye Eddie.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:08
@Paul Debono
"Mill progetti li mhux se jaghmel il-lejber. PN delivers. PL gives us just gass!"
PN delivers - LOLL the joke of the century. Where have you been in the last 5 year, perched up there with GonziPN in his ivory tower?
PL gives us just gass - Don't you know that under GonziPN gas in now a luxurious commodity as thanks to him the price more than trebled!
jb
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 13:18
It is so sad that you are so blinkered in your outlook. The PN has delivered 25 reductions in taxation, 20,000 new jobs, 20,000 students at MCAST and University and ITS, clean seas and cleaner air, incentives for business and incentives for alternative energy.
The MLP is just hot air and a promise to commit us to a 600 million Euro project we do not need.
The choice is so clear it is scary!
Brian Gatt
Jan 24th, 14:43
@ Julian Borg. Please give us the statistics about the 20,000 jobs, something even the PM is unable to do? if you include in the 20,000 jobs those people being given a month by month contract and eachtime its renewed it counts as a new job then you have a huge problem....you cant count !!!
R Axisa
Jan 24th, 14:49
Julian 20,000 new jobs?? Jien ghadni kif gew f'idejja karti ta' haddiema li jahdmu ma' group of companies (3 kumpaniji) u kull tant xhur igeghluhom jiffirmaw Termination of Employment Form minn ma' kumpanija u jiffirmaw u Commencement of Employment Form ma' kumpanija ohra. U joqoghdu sejrin hekk minn kumpanija ghall-ohra - u dan mal-haddiema kollha! Dawk huma 20,000 job gdid!
Anton Attard
Jan 24th, 13:08
I am a student earning a EUR100 stipend /month. I am doing some calculations.
We will earn an increase pro rata according to PN's proposals.
Meaning cola this year was calculated at EUR4.06 over a minimum wage base of EUR168/week. Thus us students will get an increase of Eur2/month. Get off it
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 13:19
Vote MLP and your parents will save 50 cents a day and pay more than that in new taxes!
M Borg
Jan 24th, 13:24
@ Anton Attard
Well are you complaining ? What a cheek !!
Do you know that you are being paid to continue with your studies ?
Do you know that students in other countries have to take a loan to be able to go on studying ?
Do you know that many students in England have to take up loans whichwill take students 30 years to pay them off ?
Be thankful you never had it so good !!
Nicholas Borg
Jan 24th, 13:24
You should be grateful that you are being paid to study and not having to take out a huge loan and work part time to pay your tuition fees as happens in most other countries.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:29
You get already get 100 EURO to study and you complain about the 2 EURO? I mean are you serious?
Alfred Dimech
Jan 24th, 13:30
Believe me,
If I, or indeed anybody sane, was in charge of this country, I'd remove your stipends faster than you could say 'entitlement'. Then I'd use that money where's it's needed most, in the university to offer students a decent (i.e. comparable with Europe) education.
G Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:32
Thank God that you're getting an unconditional increase. Even I as a taxpayer funding your studies pretended more. I pretended for example that stipends remain free only for students who succeed in their studies. What is being done to recover stipends given to students who are given one, two or more years of stipends and then fail?
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 13:37
Anton, it is very evident that you are young and inexperienced.
Under the Alfred Sant era, stipends were given as a loan, that means you had to pay them back.
The soon to be labour finance minister recently mentioned that he would prefer if stipends were loans.
Now do you your calculations again Anton and do some research work before commenting.
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:39
qas tisthi wkoll ... jien ghall-informazzjoni tieghek fin-1997 kont tieni sena studju, dak li llum qisu Junior College ghalikom u tlift l-istipendju u int ghandek il-wicc tgerger!
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 13:44
@ Anton Attard - rather than moan and groan why don't you thank the Nationalist administration for what you are getting and not having to pay out of your nose to study. It is students like you who sometimes make me wish that stipends are done away with. But then you are not in the majority.
Mark Spiteri
Jan 24th, 14:00
X'wicc irid ikollok biex tgerger Anton....Labour had turned stipends into loans....get informed my friend
Mario Muscat
Jan 24th, 14:08
During my studies I had wake up at 4 am to work part time and you have the cheek to complain!!!
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:14
@Anton Attard.. go and find a part time job to finance your studies, same as other students in other countries do. Stop grumbling. Start acting.
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 14:21
The audacity of the people in this country is just frightening. Just thank God that you actually receive a stipend and that this will be taken into consideration when calculating COLA.
Surely you must think JM has something better to offer. Pathetic... really.
Anton Attard
Jan 24th, 16:02
Who cares about Labour or PN - all i am saying is don't insult our intelligence by giving us EUR2/month. It is RIDICULOUS
R. D'Emanuele
Jan 24th, 13:08
We have to admit that people are getting disillusioned with the political process. We have to understand what the causes of this disillusionment are and we have to do away with this with sensitivity
Dav Bezz
Jan 24th, 13:06
Nahseb kulhadd qed jiehu l-edukazzjoni for a ride. Mela kif edna t-tfal kapaci jinhlew fuq l loghob flokk l lesson. Barraminhekk ghal dawk t-tfal tal-ispecial needs jridu n-nies mahom biex jejnuhom joperawhom. Issa bizzejjed bhal skola li qijed m'hemmx LSAs bizzejjed ghal mat-tfal li hemm, ahseb u ara bit-teknologija f'idejhom.
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:10
liem bicca minn "tablets built purposely for educational purpose" issib bi tqila? mhux it-tablets kollha huma ANdroid jew Ipad!
Norbert Vella
Jan 24th, 13:29
@Marco Galea - Jew Windows 8, jien dak ghandi
A. Zammit
Jan 24th, 13:06
With such handouts, who the hell wants a change in Govt. Prosit Gonzi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 24th, 13:12
"Such handouts"??? Go and checkout 2008 PNs electoral programme and you will find the same proposals
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:15
A. Zammit: Mela issa mhux Dr. Muscat "iwieghed kollox lil-kullhadd "??? Id-differenza hi din. Lil Gonzi l-poplu diga ppruvah u sab li jwieghed hafna lill-kullhadd. U wara jwettaq ftit u jikser il-weghdi li jaghmel ma eluf kbar ta' nies !
Robert Camilleri
Jan 24th, 13:26
@A Zammit
mela nsejt li Gonzi jpacpac biss!!! kemm int tifel sew jekk temmnu
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:31
I want Gonzi as PM because I trust he can take hard decision putting the country - which is us after all - before politics.
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 14:24
Mr. Privitera the difference lies in the fact that PN is proposing to give out tablets and simultaneously arguing that we have a stable economy (finanzi fis-sod), while the PL is proposing to give out tablets and simultaneously arguing that we are currently in a disastrous/dangerous economic state- I would say this is rather irresponsible then no?
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:04
@Andre Briffa
"Wow some people are so close minded"
Why bother about rival things what matters is that YOU are so open minded!
jb
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 14:00
You've written around 50 comments on this article j brincat.....stop panicking!! This is just the tip of the ice berg, tomorrow all proposals shall be unveiled and after that all the costing will be also... I suggest you save your panicking for tomorrow!
Joseph Galea
Jan 24th, 13:04
Mela issa tajbin it-tablets ghal-iskejjel?
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:32
I think an e-Reader would be better then a tablet for students.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 13:04
i'm sorry i don't agree with the ipads. mela rridu t-tfal jitghalmu jitaznu u juzaw il-computer qabel jitallmu jiktbu. idea hazina miz-zewg partiti. mill-bqija kwazi da kollu li semma l-PN, hu imnizzel fil-programm tal-laburisti.
L Galea
Jan 24th, 13:20
Spot on. They will become impatient to write after many years using a computer. Literacy is also based on reading, I see no push at encouraging reading (books) to a very lazy population of readers.
Chris Grillo
Jan 24th, 13:34
It says clearly tablets built for education purposes... la ipads u lanqas androids....
John Cachia
Jan 24th, 14:30
PN is simply building on what it has been working on throughout the past years (people are living extremely comfortably- spoiled perhaps) the PL had quite a clear idea of what the PN will be proposing and they are simply acting faster to seem as though these ideas were initially theirs.
Difference= PN actually show the workings behind their proposals while PL are unable to do so since copied
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:17
Chris Grillo, I'm a student. In lectures I get distracted even with paper, ahseb u ara a tablet. For kids its just a toy. Also I think we are raising a more spoilt children generation than it is now with all this technology and free stuff. I agree with a modern library and free computer labs in schools but thats it
Maria Borg
Jan 24th, 13:02
Balanced Budget..... 5 years ago PN said that we should benefiting from a SURPLUS within the next years !! So now we are moving from a Surplus to a Balance !!????
S Portelli
Jan 24th, 13:11
Maria - where you living on Mars and just returned to earth today?
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 13:34
5years ago, a few months after the election, ALL THE WORLD (that is why we call it global) entered in a RECESSION. Now go find a dictionary or search the meaning of the word RECESSION on Google because I think Lejber media prohibit the use of that word because it might imply that PN actually DID ONE HELL OF JOB to give us a good economy and plenty of jobs!!
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:02
II l-PN ikkopja lill-MLP fuq l-istipendju ... le stenn hawn ha jizdied mhux se jsir loan ... oops!
K Grech
Jan 24th, 13:08
keep digging yourself in the past, that's the only escape you have, waqt li tikkontradixxi lil Prim meta jghid li il kwsitjoni tal 500 fil gimgha kapitlu mghaluq, il vera zzommu l konsistenza sieheb
Nazzareno Cortis
Jan 24th, 13:36
@Marco Galea
Staqsi lill Gonzi tieghek min kien il partit li holoq l-istipends ghall ewwel darba???
U ghall informazzjoni tieghek dak iz-zmien il-PN kien kontra!!!
Li twieghed li haz-zid mhux problema---jekk tasalx jghodd!
Tinsiex kemm weghdi saru qabel l-ahhar elezzjoni minn Gonzi PN qabel lahhar elezzjoni--u ma nzammux!!
Staqsi lill min hu mgarrab!!
S Farrugia
Jan 24th, 13:01
Anke fl-2008 kien weghdna tnaqqis fit-taxxi, imma ma tahomlnix, ghax Franco waqqa l-gvern u l-bagit m'ghaddix. U tghidx mhux se nafdah bil-vot tieghi!!!!
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:01
Dan tal-Labour imsieken jghidu ghal haddiehor bil-paniku ... issa ghax il-PN ah xi proposti tajbin minn taghhom u tilfu l-vantagg li kienu jtuhom qed jeqirdu li kkupjaw .... insejtu min se JIKKOPJA L-BUDGET??? Jekk xi haga hi tajb x'jimpurtani harigx biha l-PL jew PN??? Mela jekk it-tajjeb jigi kkupjat ngergru issa!
GROW UP (u ghax cert uhud minnkom ma tifhmuiex, bil-Malti tigi: IKBRU)!
JL Deguara
Jan 24th, 13:55
What an intelligent comment! Keep it up!
D Axisa
Jan 24th, 13:01
As regards Frank Sammut he said that reporters are to ask the PL why he was put in the procurment board. But from yesterdays data supplied by Enemalta he was on the board since 1987 and who was in government at that time?
Mark Borg
Jan 24th, 13:00
Is that it? PN panic here. PN panic there. PN panic everywhere. Tick tock. Tick tock....
Bernard Pollacco
Jan 24th, 13:03
"The Nationalist Party this morning unveiled highlights of its electoral programme ahead of formal approval by the party council. "
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:00
@Mary Camenzuli
"At least they didn't copy Cyprus!"
Was wondering whether GonziPN is copying Ireland?
You never know!
jb
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:15
well, at least he realised his mistake about Ireland, and didn't keep on pressing the issue as your Joseph did.
D Axisa
Jan 24th, 12:59
So now instead of helping business to employ personnel, PN is proposing that people go and open a business themselves.......how many people the PN is expecting to take up this option? What about bureaucracy?
D Axisa
Jan 24th, 12:57
What about NIGHT TARIFFS as regards business outlets. Surely these don't open at NIGHT, or now we will be telling them to open at night an we will do our shopping at night as well!!!! Dr.Gonzi said that gas pipeline by 2018, are we to belive this when the EU hasn't committed itself yet? And looking at other projects' timeline are we to belive this?
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 13:10
re: night tarrifs - didn't you listen to Mariella (of Orienta) saying that she can't afford to keep the showroom lit up at night for passersby to see her products even whilst the shop is closed?
Now she can but I doubt she'll say it.
Alex Falzon
Jan 24th, 13:11
You either don't know how to read or you understand would you want. The savings with the NIGHT TARIFF is that 'Malta' would be able to buy electricity cheaper saving between 7 to 26% if electricity is bought at NIGHT!!!!
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 13:12
Ask a butcher who has his refrigirators on all day and night!
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 24th, 13:17
@ Alex Falzon....
Nahseb int ma tafx taqra taaa...Gonzi qal li bl-smart meters ha tkun possibli naghnlu in night tariff.....x'ghandu x'jaqsam li nixtru l-eletriku bil-lejl lol. Mur erga aqra
Fran Abela
Jan 24th, 12:57
Judging by the hundreds of comments below I wonder who is really panicking now ! The electorate have not yet decided you know why, because we have a brain and we are going to use it properly.
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:56
MLP supporters all panicking!
MT Caruana
Jan 24th, 13:52
@Andre,
And why should we panic????? hehehehe.
A Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:56
L MLP qas ghandu program eletorali, jqum fil ghodu u jghajd ha nghamlu li jahseb li jaqbillu fdik l gurnata. L PN jghajd bil mikub l program eletorali.MLP jhaddem mohhu halli wara ,ma tkunx tista tghajru ghax mghandu xejn bil miktub, ergajna ma tistax tafdah.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 13:07
Tant il PL jisma lil poplu li l-proposti johroghom ftit ftit biex jghati lok ghal diskussjoni. Filfatt id-diskussjonijiet sa issa saru kollha fuq il-proposti tal PL. U hekk se jkomplu sa l-elezzjoni.
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 13:11
@ Eve Axiaq
Tnat irid jaghti lok ghal diskussjoni li qas jistieden lil gurnalisti ta' Media.Link ghal press conferences. mma malta taghna lkoll.
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:20
A. Mifsud: Il-PL ilu jippjan l-programm elettorali minn hafna xhurv ilu mhux fl-ahhar 3 gimghat, kifv ghamel GonziPN ! Ghalhekk lanqas ghandu ideja dak li semma kemm jiswa lill-pajjiz !
E. Xuereb
Jan 24th, 13:41
@ A Cuschieri
Tant il-Media.Link ma jkunux mistiedna, kif jghidu huma li f'kull press conference tal-PL dejjem ikunu ta' l-ewwel u fuq quddiem biex isaqsu mistoqijiet, li jkunu ga gew mwiegba kemm -il darba jew tul il-press conference stess!! Is-sabiha hi li anki jekk tal-PL jaghtuhom risposta cara u diretta, huma jghidu li harab milli jwiegeb!!
John L Galea
Jan 24th, 13:46
@A Mifsud: Veru ma tafx x'qed tghid!!! Kumment bla sens, bla bazi u bla sustanza.
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 13:48
@ Eddy Privitera - the MLP has been hearing and promising everything to everyone. The PN has been busy saving and creating thousands of jobs and has now come out with this electoral programme which, add to it the budget, is going to be a very act to copy by the MLP vintage socilaists.
A Mifsud
Jan 24th, 15:02
Grazzi John ,inti qieghad tghajd li l kumment bla sens ,mela hu pacenzja ibghatli wahda ftit l program eletorali tal MLP pls :)
J Muscat
Jan 24th, 12:56
Now where are the PN apologists who bombarded the other post?! Oh myyy your beloved PM is taking the same way! JM is doing such a great job that in Malta FOR THE VERY FIRT TIME in my life the caretaker government is following exactly the opposition's proposals! Keep them coming Mr. Muscat!!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:55
The more I hear of these panic driven promises from the PN the moreI am convinced that the only party which is for real is LABOUR.
pat muscat
Jan 24th, 12:55
Its 'more of the same' from the 2008 manifesto. Probably these 'promises' will never see the light of the day if elected!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:53
By right the PN should provide us with the full costings, full workings and full details of when and how the PN promises would materialise.
These promises are the result of the frenzy and panic which has hit GonziPN. What is even more sinister and bizarre is that the core nationalists are believing everything that is being dished out by the chef.
GonziPN - what a farce
A Farrugia
Jan 24th, 12:53
Dr Gonzi, insejt isemmi iz-zieda ta 600 ewro li tergu tiehdu FIL- GIMHGHA jew dik mhux affari taghna........Give us a break DR Lawrence will you please, we are no idiots Sir !!!
S. Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:52
As much as I want a tablet given to every student, I doubt it will be a possibility.
Joseph Portelli
Jan 24th, 12:52
Prosit dwar l-istipendji! Dalghodu Muscat ma semma xejn u meta mistoqsi dwar x'se jigri bl-istipendji wiegeb li mhux se jintmessu. Meta komplew jaghfsu, Evarist Bartolo qal li fil-1996 bilfors kellhom imorru lura mill-weghda li ghamlu ax sabu l-finanzi f'qaghda dizastruza! Mhux skuza tajba biex jergghu jaghmlu l-istess eh?!?
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:28
Joseph Portelli: Allura ma smajtx lil Dr. Muscat jghid kif hu prodott tal-istipendji. U ghalhekk QATT mhu se jmisshom. Anzi, kien qal li jkompli jestendihom. U jghid ukoll li l-AHHAR PRIM MINISTRU LI NAQQAS LI STIPENDJI, KIEN DR. GONZI ! Il-gurnalist "Matthew" ta' GonziPN ma felahx jiftah halqu ghax jaf li veru, dak li qallu Dr. Muscat !
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 12:52
It's called smart planning.......but the MLP are out in force to discredit what is good for this country.
K Grech
Jan 24th, 13:10
smart planning? which means a 3 week planned electoral manifesto?
M Grima
Jan 24th, 13:18
If this so called smart planning resembles SMART CITY, we are in for a big surprise. The PL was the only party who acknowledged the good on the PN during the past 25 years contrary to your beloved GonziPN who demonise everything which looks or smells PL.
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 13:51
@M Grima
Where has the MLP praised the PN if not for its own electoral advantage? Perhaps it was in advising that Joseph Muscat was wrong on the EU, the Euro, on emulating Cyprus, on the Libya war etc etc etc. MLP _ always ont he wrong side of the right decision!
John B. Borg
Jan 24th, 12:51
Do not worry guys. Gonzi will deliver.......a few weeks before the next election. Just remember the tax reductions he promised five years ago...delivered in last November's budget to be implemented over three years. You can fool some of the people some of the time but you cannot fool all the people all of the time. Remember that Dr Gonzi. If you don't we do. Wake up Malta and don't be fooled again
adrian dimech
Jan 24th, 13:13
yes vote for maturity
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 12:50
Buildings and landscaping in Smart City is good. However, if the buildings remain without workers, it is useless.
James Muscat
Jan 24th, 12:48
Min jaf kem iridu nisimaw b numri u figuri differenti !!!!! Il Qattusa ghaggelija frieh ghomja taghmel !!!! Il PL ijed inidi proposta kuljum u jispjegaha bir ritmu li hemm bzonn !!! IL PN kollox f daqqa ha jider bombastiku !!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:47
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E Zammit
Jan 24th, 13:03
Ma nahsibx li min xeba jirbah ghandu ghalfejn jippanikkja siehbi.
Normalment jippanikkja min jitlef dejjem u jkollu jwieghed kollox lil kullhadd, anke jekk diga jaf li mhux possibli jzomm il-wieghdi ambizzjuzi tieghu. Bhal per ezempju VAT - CET
J. Grima
Jan 24th, 13:13
E Zammit
Imma llum min xeba jirbah spicca tant fi krizi li jrid akkost ta' kollox jibqa ggranfat mas-siggu ghax ghaddej tajjeb!
U ha nghidlek, meta tara li se titlef is-siggu IVA tippanikja ta!!!
Ethelbert Schembri
Jan 24th, 12:46
The PL proposed to give a tablet that is used from every modern country ..
The PN is proposing to give our children the tool given to third world country children ...
http://one.laptop.org/stories
A Zammit
Jan 24th, 12:51
Your name says it all...
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:53
No. The PN proposed to give a tablet with educational material and school books pre-installed. The PL said none of this!
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:53
Whats this all about
James Spiteri
Jan 24th, 12:53
are we living in the same Malta? din fejn smajta?
R Falzon
Jan 24th, 12:46
Jingle bells, Jingle bells !!! Shame on you Dr Gonzi !!! Looks like we are leaving in Disney Land !!!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:55
Why are we leaving the fantastic world of Disney?
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:17
where are we leaving exactly R Falzon??
James Grech
Jan 24th, 12:45
Min qed ikun popolista?
Sure the BWSC plant will continue to work on HFO until a pipeline is created, in 6 to 10 years time. And in the meantime the carrot is reduction through night tariffs. Which btw could equally be adopted by the PL to further reduce the 9c6 already reduced price through the conversion to gas.
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 12:54
In the mean time there may be also few people taking enormous amounts of money as commissions.
Mr Mike Farrugia
Jan 24th, 12:45
I would rather politicians give Gym shoes and track suits to our children than tablets to play with.
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 13:08
Agree 100%. Excellent statement. Students need sports and physical activities and more social events (not social network ones). There are University graduates that seem to have never been out of home since they were born and don't know anything about life!! This is not a joke or a pun.
Stephen Borg
Jan 24th, 13:56
Agree 100 %. However reducing the heavy load of books students have to carry every day also helps them a lot.
Mark. Galea
Jan 24th, 12:45
MLP is finished.
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:52
Galea, wisq nahseb li inti 'finished' ! Tick tock
*Joseph Brincat
Jan 24th, 13:00
Mark. Galea MLP is finished IN THE FRONT ha ha hi
S Farrugia
Jan 24th, 13:00
It haven't even started yet. The best is yet to come!!!
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 13:02
Agree, now there is new PL movement committed to improve the quality of living; financially, healthwise and evironmentally!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:08
Mark Galea: Gonzi has confirmed that they have prepared their electoral program in just a few weks WITHOUT bothering what it would cost MALTA !!!!!!
U jekk il-kontijietvtad-dawl KIEN IMPOSSIBBLI LI JORHSU ( dan qaluh kemm Gonzi u Tonio Fenech), kif issa qed twieghed li t-tariffi JORHSU BIL-LEJL ?????
Darren Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:44
issa gie l Christmas father il blue LOL
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:44
The things which had been promised five year ago or others which should have been already given are now being promised by the PN. Are these people for real or do they think we are a bunch of morons, Doesn't GonziPN realise that the electoate has already made their choice and the obvious one is entrusting the country in the leadership of Joseph Muscat.
PN - HYPOCRITES & COPYCATS
Darren Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:44
Karozza antika inutli tipprova issewija, jasal z zmien meta trid tixtri wahda gdida. Dan iz zmien ta partit gdid. Jghid x jghid Gonzi PN, hemm bzonn bidla
sammy cassar
Jan 24th, 12:43
Prosit! Speech serju, proposti konkreti, elokwenti u li nafu li ser isehhu. X'differenza mit-tahwid u l-incertezza tal- GAS!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 13:10
Proposti li l-ebda wahda minnhom ma jaf kemm kieku tqum lill-pajjizna.!!! Aqta kemm jehles mid-deficit sal-2015 !
Frank Gauci
Jan 24th, 13:22
@ Eddy... Nahseb li bil fixla ma qrajtc sewwa jew ma fhimtx .....
"Dr Gonzi said the PN in the coming days would publish the costs of all of the measures which it is proposing"
Fil-jiem li gejjin se jippubblikom u mhux se jara kemm se jisweh. F' dak il-kas anke l-PL ghadu ma jafx kemm se tiswieh il-Power Station ghax ghadu qas ippubblikom il-figuri. Nitkellmu l-verita u mhux li jaqbel lilna biss
Darren Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:43
We can't beleive a word that you say...il-passat immedjat garanzija tal futur Vote PL
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:55
So what about PL's promise 96? 33 taxes bellawna!! 33 TAXES!!
George Cassar
Jan 24th, 15:42
@Andre Briffa
Ehe, wahda minnhom kienet 50 centezmu biex ma jinheliex hin zejjed u l-ohra kienet li l-PN kellu jerga jrahhas id-dawl ghal livelli ta qabel in-1996. Rahhashom - ma tarax! Il-PN kien jaf li l-Enemalta ghandha il-problemi anke fin-1996!
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 12:43
PL's tablet proposal is more achievable and more credible. And step by step PL will be introducing the table to all studends. But one cannot promise everything to everyone at once and is expected to be believed. Did PN say where and when they will be getting the funds to achieve this?
John Borg
Jan 24th, 12:42
It is news like this that Gonzi PN has steered us far away from:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130124/world/six-million-jobless-in-spain.454524
C Montebello
Jan 24th, 13:20
well said, I would not want to risk giving PL a chance of changing thing for the worse.
Darren Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:42
The more we hear from this party...the more I am convinced to Vote PL
Dav Bezz
Jan 24th, 12:47
Same as me
R Abela
Jan 24th, 12:53
SAME HERE
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:53
Mela mhux bhali..
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:19
tidher habib li wiehed minn dawk mela li taccetta li jghidulek, minghajr ma tiprova tara ux vera ;)
joe vella
Jan 24th, 12:41
PN in government would be aiming for a balanced budget
is this new? I am sure we have been hearing this year in year out, election in election out and yet we are still puffing up our deficits!!
l-aqwa li finanzi fis sod
V. Cauchi
Jan 24th, 12:39
Night tariffs are beneficial but they can also be a source for trouble. Imagine with our closely built flats and double walls (bid-dublu) not existing any longer, and housewives deciding to work their washing-machines and other home appliances at night on the other side of the wall of a neighbour's bedroom. I bet the police will have some further night problems to deal with.
George Cremona
Jan 24th, 15:02
Ezatt kif ghandi jien magenbi, il-garra tixel it-tumble dryer bit-timer bil-lejl u tinstema kwazi mid-dar kollha!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:38
Smajt li tal-lejber ser iweghdu €600 zieda fil gimgha ghall kullhadd.
Ara vera 'copycats' tal-lejber meta diga jafu li Dr. Gonzi u shabu diga qeghdin jehduhom.
GonziPN - il-parit tal-ikkupjar!!!
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 12:58
Inti taf li Gonzipn ghadhom m'ghamlux il-costings tal-proposti taghhom? Ma jissemmew imkien. Se jaghmluhom fil granet li gejjin qal. Dik is-serjeta! Vera marru l-bahar.
John Lusignan
Jan 24th, 13:14
yeah right! Talk about blatant copying - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU
Frank Gauci
Jan 24th, 13:23
@ Eve
Dr Gonzi said the PN in the coming days would publish the costs of all of the measures which it is proposing.
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 24th, 12:38
That's great I can now leave the lights on while I am asleep at night!
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:55
No but you can use your airconditioned
j brincat
Jan 24th, 13:37
The problem with GonziPN is today NOBODY believes him except, of course, the gullible or the acolytes who are earning thousands of euro in consultancy fees!
jb
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:20
"The problem with GonziPN is today NOBODY believes him except, of course, the gullible or the acolytes who are earning thousands of euro in consultancy fees!"
Haha and the problem with PL is exactly the opposite my friend. People gullible enough to believe anything that they are told.
M. Debono
Jan 24th, 12:38
Just love it how in over 20 years in Government the PN haven’t brought most of these measures forward, however now that they are almost certain to lose the coming election they suddenly realise these measures feasible! Wasn’t it the PN who claimed that it was not possible to reduce tariffs? .. Here come the promises!
Francis Deguara
Jan 24th, 12:37
The PN we loved has become so ridiculous! I can't believe Dr Gonzi is acting like this!!!
M Farrugia
Jan 24th, 12:53
When did you lose your love Mr Deguara (ex-PN) ???
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:22
Francis.. take a look at the financial crisis happening all around you, and ask yourself that question again
Joseph Bajada
Jan 24th, 12:37
dan GonziPN gabna qisna friefet il-lejl! Irridu nahdmu bil-lejl biex forsi jorhsillna d-dawl! Kummiedjanti prima klassi!
Joseph Attard
Jan 24th, 12:35
Hemm xi carbon paper biex nikkupjaw?
Tablet lill-istudenti? Smajtha filghodu mill-PL!
Tnaqqis ta' taxxi? Meta ? Qabel l-elezzjoni 2018? U dejjem jekk possibli. Bħal tal-mina t'Għawdex din
Tas-Sick leave? Hemm min diġa jagħmilha tibżax
Julian Borg
Jan 24th, 12:59
Mela issa mur hallas 600 milju Ewro biex tiffranka 50 cents kuljum.....mela le!! U halluna! PN = serjeta; MLP = gimmicks superficjali!
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:35
Our family have already made a roster of how we intend to save on electricity with the new reduced night tariff for residents.
Monday 10 00.pm - washing and drying
Tuesday 11.00 pm - ironing
Wednesday 12.00 pm switch on the PC for school project
Thursday 01.00 am - my dog can have his electric massage
Friday 02.00 am - switch on the electric heater and whole family have a bath
U halluna!!!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:50
With all you luxuries, no wonder you complain about the utility bills. Like your MLP masters you have the wrong priorities.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:08
U veru hallina Mr. Grima ghax 12.00pm ikun ghadu nofsinhar xbin!
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:26
you might consider taking a look at other countries similarities, and see that it is not that far off. No need to be such a sceptic. If you don't like it don't make use of it. Simple
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:34
@A Cuschieri
"No, he was developing the Gozitan infrastructure to ..."
You mean like the Cirkewwa Sea Terminal???
It had been promised by successive PN governments and where are we today?
And yes where was GonziPN in the last 5 years?
Is it NOW that he is promising to see to the needs of Gozo?.
Too little and TOO late!
But you can't fool the Gozitans!
jb
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:56
I speak of Gozitan infrastructure and you mention a Malta-based project. That says it all ...
Without the terminal you mention ferries still functioned and people still went to and from Gozo. Unless you see otherwise - which wouldn't surprise me.
Gaby Spiteri
Jan 24th, 12:34
To both Gonzi and Muscat: It's insulting for us grown ups who don't afford a tablet for ourselves, to be paying taxes for other people's 7 year olds to have a tablet! And why are my kids (aged 11 and 9) not eligible for one?! I think you're both losing votes over this!
I think that the sickleave for parents, with the sick child is of great help to us working mums. That the only good point here.
George Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:47
Depends what you understand by "tablet". Tablets start from around 150 euros. If you think they are promising the well publicised tablet that cost around 700 euros you are grossly mistaken!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:53
Contrary to the usual discriminating MLP style, the PN proposal gives your children a tablet!
Cornelius Murphy
Jan 24th, 12:55
Gonzi is proposing to give tablets to ALL primary and secondary school students, so your children will get one. I agree that it's a bad idea, though.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 13:07
i agree with Gaby, this tablet thing is stupid! children need to learn to write before they can use the tablet. I know how easily it gets to get distracted during class (i'm a student), and a tablet will definitively distract the students. This will ruin our educational system for sure. Bad decision both parties.
Joseph Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:11
The PN's proposal is for ALL school children to have such tablets - so I guess your 11 and 9 year olds would still qualify no!
Mr Joe Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:36
Buhagiar with all due respect and through experience, I absolutely disagree with you!
The tablet already is, but will become even more, an indispensable tool. Used properly it opens a fantastic world of learning opportunities that are otherwise inaccessible.
Throughout the history of mankind it is a question of making good use of new discoveries.
Gaby Spiteri
Jan 24th, 14:48
At Mr. Joe Micallef: I think that a person needs to walk before it runs.. As much as I do believe in technological progress, and kids evolving.. I believe that by giving our kids a tablet at such a young age, you'll only be investing in a more nonchalant generation! Our kids are losing the value of 'earning'. A tablet is just a toy, in the hands of a primary student.
Mario Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 16:22
again i agree with Gaby. I agree with schools having computer sessions, and computer labs etc which would be open and free even probably after school hours, but this idea will distract children, not letting them to learn to write properly and spoiling the children. Im in Uni, and even I find it difficult to write on paper in exams since all my notes and assignments, i do them using my pc.
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 12:31
Allura il costings u dettalji tal power station ta Konrad ma tridux tafuwhom? mhux ta bxejn Muscat kellu iwarrabu min nofs bhal Anglu.
William Caligari
Jan 24th, 12:31
weghdi, weghdi u aktar weghdi!!!!
u ghall-anzjani bil-penzjoni, li jhallsu l-income-tax xejn?
tafu li ghall-penzjoni hallasna taghha?
meta sa' dahlu,li, l-penzjoni mhux taxxabli?
A Tonna
Jan 24th, 12:30
This is an electoral program based on panic
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:28
PN in Panic Mode!
jb
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:54
Hehe, ha naraw how labour would panic now
MT Caruana
Jan 24th, 13:50
@Byron Abela
Can you mention 1 GOOD reason why should PL panic? Caue after reading the above I can't stop laughing.
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:27
I rather think it is the other way round. At least sound proposals.. not farces and gimmicks.
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:28
Well, look at it this way. Under Mintoff computers were not allowed into Malta. Mintoff called computers "gozz wires". Under a PN government, computers were introduced in schools. As tax payers we are investing in our children, our future. We are providing them with modern skills. Mintoff and MLP (yes those same politicians still there with Muscat) made Malta obsolete. Labour never change
Mr Evan Camilleri
Jan 24th, 12:28
As I said in the comment to MLP, I will say here.... stopping giving things for FREE !!! They are not free!
m. borg (slm)
Jan 24th, 12:27
Once again PROMISING HEAVEN ON EARTH.
May we ask "Min fejn ser igib il-flus Sur Gonzi?"
Paul Debono
Jan 24th, 12:41
Mill progetti li mhux se jaghmel il-lejber. PN delivers. PL gives us just gass!
Joseph Portelli
Jan 24th, 12:41
b'differenza minn Muscat, il-PN se jippubblika l-costings kollha habib (jew habiba!)
Alex Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:27
Just to let you know . . PL is addressing his manifest from bottom to top. . . Till now on Education sector covered from childcare centres to primary students. . . . Last 50 days are ahead so keep in touch. . . PL leads other follow. . . Good idea from both Sides. .
Joseph Portelli
Jan 24th, 12:42
bil-qatra l-qatra kuljum!!!??!! meta jippubblika l-Programm Elettorali l-MLP? PN leads, other follow!!
Alex Cassar
Jan 24th, 13:36
Keep In touch Mr Portelli just learn and do not panic. . .
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:27
All children???
Does this mean a tablet from kindergarten?
Unbelievable but then GonziPN wants to remain glued to the seat of power at ALL costs!
jb
jb
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 12:52
Which part or Primary and secondary students do you need me to explain for you?
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:29
if kindergarten for you is primary school. sure be my guest.
George Cremona
Jan 24th, 12:26
Dik li jiehdu is-sick leave l-ommijiet jekk jimordu uliedom tiskoraggixi lil employers milli jhaddmu izjed nisa ghax jiehdu iktar sick leave habba it-tfal.
Alan Attard
Jan 24th, 12:31
George, I'm writing this in English so you won't be able to understand it...The above statement refers to parent not mother only taking sick leave. Filkas, ghidli u naqlibielek ghal malti...
Cornelius Murphy
Jan 24th, 12:32
Taf li jista' jiehu is-sick leave il-missier wkoll?
S. Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:33
hemm limit ta sick leave li tista tiehu u nimmagina li jkunu jridu juru xi certifikat li t-tfal veru huma morda
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:34
"a parent" tfisser kemm l-omm u kemm il-missier jista jaghmilha.
Gaby Spiteri
Jan 24th, 12:35
Your comment is sexist! It can be the father who takes his sick leave and stay with the kids!
Paul Debono
Jan 24th, 12:39
Anke l-irgiel jistghu jiehdu s-sick leave habba t-tfal George. Mela anqas irgiel m'huma se jhaddmu! La ma pproponiehiex il-lejbar, hazina trid tkun, mhux hekk?
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:40
Proset, ma stajtx ghidta ahjar habib! Qassata galore ta' Gonzi din!
R. Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 12:46
Diga hawn employers ma jimpjegawx nisa minhabba l-maternity leave. Min hu hanzir, hanzir jibqa.
E Zammit
Jan 24th, 12:51
Dr.Gonzi ma qalx 'Nisa' izda wiehed mil-genituri, ghalhekk dan jista jkun ragel.
Mela l-punt tieghek ma jregix, ghax inkella l-'employers' jispiccaw ma jimpjegaw il-hadd!
George Cremona
Jan 24th, 14:26
Ok jistghu jiehdu il-leave anke il-missirijiet pero xorta ma naqbilx maghha, kieku il-pajjiz tmexxa sew f'dawn l-ahhar 25 sena anqas biss missna qedin nithadtu fuqa din il-proposta ghax kieku xi hadt mill-genituri joqod mat-tfal il-gurnata kollha mhux iridu jahdmu it-tnejn biex ilahhqu mal-hajja!!
E Zammit
Jan 24th, 17:27
@George Cremona 14.26
Jaqaw ghadek tghix fil-medju evu George?
L-ewwel nett, il-lum jahdmu kemm ir-ragel u l-mara ghax in-nisa emancipaw u edukaw ruhhom, grazzi ghall avvanzi kbar li saru fl-edukazzjoni. It-tieni nett, hlief ghal ftit eccessjonijiet, mhux vera li t-tnejn li huma jmorru jahdmu sabiex ilahhqu mal-gholi tal-hajja, izda biex ikunu jistghu jtejbu l-livell tal-ghejxien taghhom.
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:25
That is why the PN have been asking the PL to publish their electoral manifesto so that they could start copying the proposals and offering much of the same. A most glaring example is the promise for a tablet computer which had already been promised by the PL.
This is GonziPN in its full glory of manipulators, copycats and deceit.
S. Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:33
just an hour earlier? i don't think so....
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:33
Issa ghax proponew mizuri bis-sens ha jibda it-tgemgim.
Robert Borg
Jan 24th, 12:35
don't know about you but...do you really think the PN introduced this proposal this morning without any studies??? Seriously??? If I'm not mistaken PL suggested this proposal this morning..or am I wrong?
James Abela
Jan 24th, 12:35
Tablets were offered (only to year 4 students) just this morning; just a few hours before the PN announsed their plans.
The PN plans were not written this morning, so it is not fair to say that the PN is copying Labour.
Besides the PN is offering tablets to all students in primary and secondary schools not just year 4.
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 12:36
Do you really think pn need to copy a party with such a hopeless track record?
Tablets for all primary & secondary, it's a fact of life, what pl do pn do better.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 24th, 12:37
At least they didn't copy Cyprus!
Isn't it obvious that they had been through all the party's bodies to approve the programme?
Ara Muscat ma ddiskuta xejn ma' ħadd.
Cornelius Murphy
Jan 24th, 12:42
The copycats and deceitful are KonMiPL, who proposed to build an unnecessary power station and gas terminal and promised impossible electricity price reductions. Then, the very next morning, while all sorts of experts were shooting down their crazy scheme, Joseph Muscat said that by the way, they would build the PN's gas pipeline too.
That said, giving out free tablets is a bad idea all round.
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:33
welcome to 2013.. where we are no longer sexists.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:24
@Matthew Borg
"You probably think that the PN would have inserted that last minute just to copy Labour.
But alas, unlike dear Joseph, the PN doesn't discriminate!"
Mhux ovvja GonziPN is just a copycat!
AND what he promises he does NOT deliver as we have unfortunately witnessed during the last 5 year!
But then you find those gullible few, don't you?
jb
Cornelius Murphy
Jan 24th, 12:49
@jb
Were you one of those who voted to remove VAT and then got us lumped with CET and 30+ more taxes?
Were you one of those who believed Joseph Muscat when he said NO TO EU?
Were you one of those who believed LE GHALL-EWRO?
Are you one of those who believes Joseph Muscat will lower your electricity bill by 25% without any side effects?
What gullible few? I think you mean the GULLIBLE MANY!
Matthew Borg
Jan 24th, 13:01
Talk about repeating the same old record. Zzzzzz.
Terence Valentino
Jan 24th, 12:23
Am I on the wrong to say that we already heard most of these "proposals"?
James Abela
Jan 24th, 12:36
Think you are wrong.
Karl Borg
Jan 24th, 14:34
def on the wrong.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 12:23
Gonzi ghadu kif qal li ghad m'ghandux idea kemm il-poplu se johrog flus fuq il-pipeline ghax l-EU matafx kemm se taghtina. Issa pipeline jiswa xi 700 million.
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:21
The measures proof to be another nail on MLPs coffin. Well done PN.
anton cassar
Jan 24th, 12:36
Byron why don`t you put your money where your mouth is ?
R Casha
Jan 24th, 12:43
they could be doing the nail on MALTA's coffin...so check the coffin you're seeing again and do that well mate!!
George Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:21
I thought that it was IMPOSSIBLE to reduce the power tariffs! Wasn't it that what the Prime Minister said a few weeks ago?
James Abela
Jan 24th, 12:38
The Prime Minister has always said that it is not possible to reduce power tariffs until the interconnector is operational. If you listen to news and not just super one you would have heard this.
Norman George
Jan 24th, 12:21
Dr. Gonzi, you are as credible as the letter you sent me in 2008 guaranteeing my job at Air Malta. Look what I got voting for you!! Just fade away, will you pls?
moira sciberras
Jan 24th, 12:20
Prosit Dr.gonzi jaghmel x jaghmel il labour ghalxejn.grazzi f isem ibni taghli dejjem gharraft li l edukazzjoni hija l aqwa pilastru tal pajjiz.grazzi ahna dejjem warajk!!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:20
GonziPN things that we are living in the 'Land of make believe'
BUT he is forgetting that we know what GonziPN really means - a lot of empty promises!
jb
James Abela
Jan 24th, 12:39
No, j brincat: you are living in the land of Alice in Wonderland!
Noel Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:19
Issa nistaw nabbuzaw mis sick leave mela ukoll. Tajba l istorja.
moira sciberras
Jan 24th, 12:39
U tahseb li dawn l affarijiet ma kienux jigru fil passat b Dan il mod Mara ghandha cans tahdem b mohha mistrieh.huwa Di dmir min ihaddem Li jara li l persuna responsabli u mhux kapricuzza.
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 12:57
Ghax skont Noel mhux se jitolbu c-certifikat tat-tabib tat-tifel l-employers ...
M Grima
Jan 24th, 12:18
PN-TABLET COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
The PN strategists have not only lost their soul and mind but they are now copying the PL in everything they do, even an electoral promise which was just a few hours old. The only difference is that the PL promised the tablet to year IV students only as logic dictates that younger students may not yet be of age to operate a tablet in a proper manner.
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:32
I am quite sure the PN did not amend the measure after one hour.
The PN did not specify the age as yet.
S. Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:45
"logic dictates that younger students may not yet be of age to operate a tablet in a proper manner."
Why not? Touch screens are not that hard to use.
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 17:00
"logic dictates that younger students may not yet be of age to operate a tablet in a proper manner."
Yeah right, logic from the 80s maybe.
Kids these days amaze even me, a 25 yo computer geek, with how much confidence they use computer equipment. Soon 5-6 year olds will be doing PC formats! Tablets are nothing more than PCs with an on-screen keyboard and fingers instead of a mouse.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:18
Which party is going to promise a brand new solar car for EACH household?
The other party would even better the offer and we may end up with some super car!
Wishful thinking but then it doesn't cost anything!
jb
Norbert Vella
Jan 24th, 12:18
About time jibda hiereg xi haga ghax s'issa, li qieghdin fit-tielet gimgha tal-kampanja elettorali, min-naha tal-Partit Laburista smajna xi haga biss. U dan meta kienu qieghdin jghidu li l-PL m'ghandu xejn lest. U milli qieghed naqra s'issa hemm hafna proposti l-istess.
Xi haga ohra, mhux imbilli nohorgu l-proposti, kemm inwettqu minnhom l-importanti.
pat muscat
Jan 24th, 12:17
Shall we add these promises to the 2008 ones not fulfilled?
Joseph Portelli
Jan 24th, 12:44
ezempji pls?
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 12:54
No problem as long as mlp stay where they belong, in opposition
MT Caruana
Jan 24th, 13:36
@Joseph Portelli
Min jaf forsi smart city?
Tonio Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:17
Issa kulhadd jixghel il-washing machines u t-tumble driers bil-lejl u n-nisa flok imorru jorqdu joqghodu jghaddu l-hwejjeg bil-lejl. Il-fran tal-elettriku nixgheluhom ukoll bil-lejl halli nhallsu bl-irhis. Mela noqghodu mqajjma bil-lejl u mmorru norqdu fuq ix-xoghol matul il-gurnata!
Joseph Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:20
Min ghandu fran tal-elettriku sinjal li jiflah ihallas siehbi!
Kenneth Williams
Jan 24th, 12:17
Il kif u l kemm u l meta meta se nibdew nisimghu sur Gonzi forsi nibdew nemmnuk?......About time tibda xi haga!!
John L Galea
Jan 24th, 12:16
Gonzi ikkopja hafna mill-proposti li diga' ppropona l-PL. Issa rridu naraw kif, meta u b'kemm fuq kull proposta. Minn fejn gejjin il-flus? etc, etc.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 12:16
@J Sultana
"mela t-tfal taghna ghax mhumiex fil-Year 4 tal-primarja bghula?? Ghaliex Yr 4 biss?"
The problem is that GonziPN promises a lot BUT delivers very little - vide 2008 promises!
Besides GonziPN hurriedly came with this proposal after the PL beat them to it.
They had to come up with something, no.
Copycats!
jb
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:54
You must be blind if you think the PN would copy something in a matter of hours without proper evaluation.
Even if they did it wouldn't be as bad as PL pondering on an energy proposal for 3-4 years and get their cost evaluation wrong by almost 50%.
I think the PL must have had an inkling to what was coming and tried to jump the gun. however how it chose the Year 4 students only I cannot fathom.
M Ellul
Jan 24th, 12:15
Dawk kollha li jibzaw jorqdu fil- dlam filghaxija, grazzi ghal GonziPN, ha jkunu jistaw jaffordjaw jixelu nightlamp ... Grazzi Gonz ! hahahahaha
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:37
Wow some people are so close minded
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:48
Allerwieh, dahhaqtni ftit Sur Ellul, grazzi
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:52
So pitiful I'm at a loss for words, really.
Oh wait I think I found two that suit you:
Grow up!
Vincent Mercieca
Jan 24th, 12:15
"Those under 25 or the long-term unemployed would be encouraged to enter the business world. In the first two years of their business they would be totally tax exempt and have their national insurance credited for them"
Tonio Fenech as a professional accountant must know that the first 2 years are the most difficult and normally a business registers a loss or a small profit. Tax free on NIL profit
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:51
I'm not a business guru, but I believe that the NI is considered an expense by businesses and so is tax on profit.
Sure it may not look like much to you, but it could help a business survive the initial years and get established in the market.
Do you have to whine about incentives too? I'm sure you would be cheering if it were a new tax, wouldn't you?
Joseph Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:13
After all the missed promises of the last five years one must be a real sucker to swallow all this!
Peter Zahra
Jan 24th, 13:21
Then who voted for a labour government in 1996 to remove the Vat and to have a so called "Bidu Gdid" what were they ???? To add insult to injury, the Labour party today (15years after), is still proposing the same old faces !!!
George Tonna
Jan 24th, 12:13
Il-Partit Nazzjonalista minn dejjem kien il-partit li hareg bl-ahjar incentivi u inizjattivi matu is-snin. Dawn huma fatti li ma jista' jichadhom hadd u kieku kellna nibdew insemmu ma nieqfux. Il-lum ninsabu fejn ahna grazzi ghad-decizjonijiet kuragguzi li hadu Eddie Fenech Adami fil-passat u Lawrence Gonzi matul l-ahhar snin.
Ghazla wahda hemm: PN ghax mal-Labour fjaski biss!!!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:48
Sur Tonna nassigurak li jekk tfittex issib lil min jichadhom. Hemm min anke s-silg jara iswed.
Paul Debono
Jan 24th, 12:12
The comments by pro labour supporters being posted show that the idea of tablets should be replaced by cheeseboards for those who are so dumb and won't use them anyway!
Charles Bayliss
Jan 24th, 12:12
I am still waiting for what the PN is proposing to Gay People. GonziPN after leaving gay people out in the wilderness for 25 years has come out with Civil Partnerships and most probably only because the PL has promised Civil Unions (which in substance are the same) and the AD Marriage Equality (to progressive for out country). They had not tabled the Cohabition Law after 14 years. A BIG ???????
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 24th, 12:12
Which election the one coming or the one after? If there is anything worhwhile in the programme Joseph will take it up along with the PN budget after the 9th of March.
Tony Zammit
Jan 24th, 12:10
Last promise not mentioned:
Sorry but because Is- shab u ix -xita u il- maltemp kollu, Harsu lejn L-ewropa.Ahna naghmlu dawn il- mizuri fil-buget li immis u fl-ahhar buget ma jkun ghamel xejn.
I agree with Mr. gonzi that during this election, one need to evaluate his proposals.
What happened to last proposals like White rocks, Maghtab family park, Chircewwa terminal, Ta Qali huts etc etc.
Jeremy Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:09
no proposal regarding LGBT rights.
Max Portelli
Jan 24th, 12:09
Dejjaqtuni ta t-tnejn li intkom issa... il-flus li m'ghandniex ha tonfquhom bl-addocc f'kapricci ghall-voti. Mishuta dil-politka u fejn gabitna... U biex nghidilkom din tat-tablets l-izjed... u dawn ir-reklami tal-politici jidhku u jghidu li jhobbu l-Malta... forsi xi darba hekk kontu imma issa karba ghall-poter u l-flus... isthu ja giddieba u egoisti
Joseph Bajada
Jan 24th, 12:08
qatta copycats. damu daqshekk biex johorgu l proposti u hlief copy and paste mhux qed nara! ara vera l PN is a bunch of hot air... nothing more nothing less
Lawrence Fenech
Jan 24th, 12:08
Which election the one coming or the one after. If there is anything worthwhile in the programme Joseph will take it up after the 9th of March as he did with the PN budget.
David Buttigieg
Jan 24th, 12:07
What is the obsession with tablets?
PN\PL, did you consult parents on this? Young children should be playing with children, toys and outside!
We are already all becoming more and more anti-social with smartphones, this is all children need!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:45
Mr Buttiegieg the tablets can be set up to only run school-related software like text books, homework apps, etc.
I don't know about Android tablets as I've never owned one, but I'm pretty sure iOS devices can have restrictions put in place as to prohibit kids from using them for games and such.
George Cutajar
Jan 24th, 12:06
The campaign has only just begun. Serious and doable proposals and not simply pandering to the wishes and whims of one and all with a view to running up the steps of Castille and doing a Rocky!!!!
Mario Camilleri
Jan 24th, 12:06
Issa nistenna lil dawk kollha li kitbu fil-blog u maqdru u kritikaw negattivament meta l-PL ħareġ bil-proposta tat-'tablet computers' għall-istudenti:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130124/elections-news/labour.454521
jew issa m'hix ser tkun proposta stupida?
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:43
Li hi diskriminatorja zgur. Ghala lil tal-year 4 biss? dawk izghar ghadhom zghar skond hu? U dawk ikbar??
Illum il-gurnata t-tfal ta' 5 snin ukoll iwerrcuhom lin-nanniet b'kemm jafu fuq il-komputers.
Noel Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:05
Din ta l energija sabiha ta, ara kemm se jibdew isiru dnubiet matul il gurnata u jistiehu halli bil lejl il mara tad dar tqum tahsel il hwejjeg. Tghid nibdew nahdmu bil lejl u norqdu filghodu. Ma nafx ta
J Sultana
Jan 24th, 12:05
PN- Il-Partit veru tal-progressivi.
Kekk thares lejn il-proposti tal-edukazzjoni biss ukoll titwerrec.
Dawn zgur proposti bis-sens.
m Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:04
One great electoral programme except the tablets given..all the other proposals are great well done pn!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:41
Mr Micallef what do you have against the tablets?
Paul Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:03
COSTINGS................ TIME.................HOW.....................IF YOU WANT TO BE BVELIEVED.............we remember smart city.............white rocks..............marsa sports center.............. inc tax rebate.................etc etc etc
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:16
Do you also remeber that there was a global recession which effected the company responsible for Smart City. Maybe you also remember how this government managed to safe guard jobs, even better created new jobs, and at the same time managed to deliver a strong economy. I do not know ... do you remember that?
Oliver Grech
Jan 24th, 12:19
Look who's talking....the labour party who doesn't want to publish its reports.
David Smith
Jan 24th, 12:25
Which is best - to present sums which are then shown to be fictitious, as they were based on a lot of assumptions, as in the case of PL's energy proposals, or to do your homework right and present sound costings??
Paul Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:31
david..................both your assumptions are wrong....................labour's are sound as several experts vouch...pn estimates have generally gone very, very wrong.
Paul Cassar
Jan 24th, 14:19
joseph..........................the economy thrived IN SPITE OF GOVT and thanks to our careful banks and businessmen........................it took the pl several months of prodding for the govt to move and help.
Jessica Xuereb
Jan 24th, 12:03
programm li jolqot lil kullhadd mhux lil tfal ta yr 4 biss. xoghol sahha edukazzjoni.... jinteressa lil kullhadd
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 12:08
haha lanqas jisthi Gonzi. Diga jaf li ma tistax titwettaq. U il- costings ghadhom se jghamluhom qallek taf. Il PL kien aktar realistiku f'dil haga.
J. Grima
Jan 24th, 12:21
@Jessica Xuereb
Iddahhaqx. Ghax issemma t-tablet ghal ta' Yr 4 ifisser li t-tfal l-ohra se jigu njorati?
Taf x'jinteressa lil kulhadd...xi 500 Ewro zieda li hadu l-Ministri ta' Gonzi minn wara dahrna!
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:22
@Eve Axiaq
Lejber realistic, they got the new power station figures wrong by around 300million!! please!!
Christine Vella
Jan 24th, 12:54
Ma tantx hija reali li taghti tablet lil KULL student. X'jigri meta l-istudenti jitilghaw sena ohra? Jihdu tablet iehor? U x'jigri meta jidhlu studenti godda kull sena, tibqa taghti tablets? Iktar taghmel sens li kull student li jasal fir-raba' sena jkun jmissu tablet li jibqa jintuza ghas-snin ta wara. u mil-banda l-ohra tfal taht ir-raba sena forsi jkunu ghadhom daqxejn zghar.
Noel Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:02
Thx Sur Gonzi wara 25 sena haqqna dan kollu. Mhux se najdlek about time, imma thx. Int hadt 500 hames snin ilu issa almenu it tifel tieghi jiehu tablet ta 200 euro darba., Thx minn qiegh qalbi.
R Casha
Jan 24th, 12:01
"TABLET COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN"
How many school children are there?
Where costings done?
Come on...just a way of buying votes!!!!!
Shame!
J Mizzi
Jan 24th, 12:13
at least to everyone not just year 4 students...Malta taghna ilkoll :)
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:16
So children vote now?
Oliver Grech
Jan 24th, 12:20
Ahseb u ara the labour proposals. They did the costing wrongly by around Eur300Million.
R Casha
Jan 24th, 14:00
@Joseph Aquilina
Don't be a joke!
Don't children have parents!!
Be realistic...if know how!
R Casha
Jan 24th, 14:05
@Oliver Grech
Qed tara wisq in-NET TV...
Just await the publications and then you can or cannot say such thing....
Victor Calleja
Jan 24th, 15:31
It tablet jigu wara hames snin bhal ma giet tat taxxa. Hallina Gonz
J Sultana
Jan 24th, 12:01
@j brincat
mela t-tfal taghna ghax mhumiex fil-Year 4 tal-primarja bghula?? Ghaliex Yr 4 biss?
Il-PN se jaghti tablet lill-istudenti KOLLHA tal-primarja u sekondarja.
It-tfal taghna billi mhumiex fil-Year 4 mhumiex bghula ta!
Noel Mifsud
Jan 24th, 12:14
Sur Sultana it tifla gfhanda xi 90 euros fix xahar, tmur MCAST u tahseb li b 90 euros fix xahar se tixtri tablet./ Ghandek 2 months stipendju ghalih biss mill inqas. Tal year 4 kienet hazin, imma din kacca ghal voti ghax kieki kien itijhom minn year 4 il fuq. Iftah ghajnejk habib..
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 12:15
Dak ghax pl qata qalbu min di l'elezjoni u qed jikacca il voti ghal elezjoni ta 1018
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:24
Imma tinsiex ... Malta taghna lkoll
Michael Gatt
Jan 24th, 12:36
Ismabol fors u hemmen jeff trid
J. Grima
Jan 24th, 13:08
Donnu kulhadd se jistenbah u jibki ghax irid tablet issa...
Darrell Buhagiar
Jan 24th, 12:00
I will sleep during the day and work during the night!!
R Abela
Jan 24th, 12:00
Gonzi gives a new meaning to nightlife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:18
This is the same as all over the EU. At night electricity costs less. The idea is to do some things at night by - yes you can do that - leave you washing machine to wash at nights ... or you stay watching your washing machine while this is working!?
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 12:00
Issa ma nibqax norqod bil-lejl. U nahsel il-hwejjeg, it-tfal u d-dar bil-lejl u nsajjar ukoll.
P BORG
Jan 24th, 12:15
Dear Ms. Axiaq.... the whole civilised world does that.... can you tell us why we should remain an exception?
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:25
Kemm qed iggibuha bit-tqil jahasra.Tidru li ma tafux x`jigri barra minn Malta fosthom il-Kanada !!
Kenneth Williams
Jan 24th, 12:30
Mr White din suppost ila li dahlet esuppost ghalhekk infaqna xi €8 smart meters biex ghadom ma jahdmux!!
Victor Buttigieg
Jan 24th, 11:57
I was just wondering. Have we by any chance struck oil and the two parties are not telling us?
R Abela
Jan 24th, 11:56
Mela issa nibda nghix bil lejl minflok .............hallina gonz!
Alex Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:35
Prepare a Family roster . . . Night In and Night out on all family members. . :-) This decisions are unbelievable. .
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:27
Very funny.
If you don't want the savings from using heaters, water heaters, fridges, freezers, a/c, TV, computers at night I'll take them in your place don't worry.
You keep paying full daytime rates all day if you want to.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:56
"There would also be tailor-made incentives for business start-ups in Gozo"
Where was GonziPN in the last 5 years, napping?
jb.
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:19
Making sure you and many others still have job. Making sure that while other countries around us go to borrow money from the EU, we here in Malta can be proud to have a strong economy!!
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:22
No, he was developing the Gozitan infrastructure to accommodate business needs. NOW he's encouraging this business needs. It's called planning - obviously you wouldn't know much about it seeing that your party is just blurping proposals left, right and centre without and substance or structure.
R. De Giorgo
Jan 24th, 11:55
Too little, too late Dr.Gonzi.....25 years is more than enough !!!! GAME OVER
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:20
Nice comment, now tell us why 25years are so much!? How is lejber a better alternative? How can you believe Joseph Muscat who has a track record of always being wrong plus being part of an administration that promised something and gave us back something back.
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:39
I love how MLP follwers choose not to mention the MLP win of 96 and how they brought this country to its knees! Ashamed of your past!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:24
Here's another PL elf that has such a short memory that he forgot that the MLP had a disastrous short term of 22 months in 1996-1998.
In those 2 years you did too much damage in an unbelievably short time! And the plan seems to be to break that record with the PL's energy proposal guaranteed fiasco.
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 11:55
Free tablet for all (primary, secondary AND teachers) with EDUCATIONAL RELATED stuf..
tghid ghalhekk dalghodu l-PL hargu b'press conference mhux ippjanata jghidu li se jaghtu tablets? biex janticipaw?
daniel farrugia
Jan 24th, 12:26
tal PL kienet pjanata , il PN sa fejn naf jien ghada kellu johrog il manifest skond kif qal Simon dalodu !
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:55
"Turning to education, Dr Gonzi said it was useless for Labour to apologise for its past mistakes"
Has GonziPN forgotten that it was HE who reduced stipends?
jb
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:20
You know who was in Government in 1996 right?
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:28
Has jb forgot that it was a labour government that eliminated the stipends??
Anthony Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:30
A lie. Didnt Evarist Bartolo and Alfred Sant want to remove the stipends. It seems even Edward Scicluna wants this. Labour closed UNIVERSITY COURSES and SCHOOLs. Maybe you dont care JB but the rest do. Labour is wrong for the country
Carmelo Sammut
Jan 24th, 11:55
kemm hsibthom boloh in nies ha jemnuk wara li kissirt lil kullhadd soon Gonzi-pn game over in nires mhux boloh
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:24
Are you sure you live in Malta? I mean I live in Malta and I am sorry to inform you that outside the world depicted by lejber media there is life. I wonder how come restaurants are always full? How come so many people take weekend breaks? How come so many afford to go holiday abroad! Maybe YOU are not doing enough!?
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:29
Jew inkella inti tara ahmar biss
edward vella
Jan 24th, 11:55
Don't know why it's taken so long!! Qisu is sigriet ta Fatima!! Jien ghidt mur ara biex se johorgu!! Insomma ilhom fil poter dawk is snin kollha u issa qabadhom ferh ta genn biex jergghu iweghdu kollox lill kullhadd!! In nies dratkom bizzejjed!! din id darba ma nahsibx li se ssibu hafna imzazen jibilghu il-lixka tinten taghkom!!Nistennew u naraw!!Ghandi fiducja ghamja fil poplu Malti!!
Victor Calleja
Jan 24th, 11:55
Sahhnu id dar bil lejl biss. Ahsel il hwejjeg bil lejl biss. Ara it TV bul lejl biss. Ixghel il compjuter bil lejl biss u flahhar ixghel il fridge bil lejl biss. U dan metya jasal linterconnector.
Grazzi Gonz.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:54
Saving in night tariff was a recommendation by Dr Muscat a LONG time ago!
But GonziPN ignored the recommendation
jb
Joseph Aquilina
Jan 24th, 12:25
They did an interconnection for that ... for me that is the opposite of ignoring it. Besides, we did not need Joseph Muscat to say the obvious!
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:19
So.... if the PL recommended it, why isn't it in their manifesto?
Open your eyes for once!
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:51
"The interconnector would be commissioned in March next year"
That would be the day!
But GonziPN NEVER finished any project on target!
jb
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:20
If you have a way to get things done faster with the same standard of quality then by all means go and propose your ideas to the government. Don't just be a fence-sitter just criticizing like always.
Antonio Pace
Jan 24th, 11:51
The MLP can have a lot of money for this campaign but can't but the PN's never ending ideas.
Karl Abela
Jan 24th, 11:51
This is the real deal. What a difference!
Joseph, watch and learn. This is the authentic PN !!
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 12:26
Gonzi qallek ukoll li l costings ghadhom se jghamluhom fil-granet li gejjin. Dik serjeta! Joseph dejjem semma l-costings ma kull proposta.
Matthew Ciantar
Jan 24th, 12:30
meaning copycat PN? xD
Alan Abela
Jan 24th, 12:43
@Eve...Barra ma l-iktar proposta importanti li hi tad-dawl u ilma. Sinjal li hemm xi haga ma taghmilx sens f'din il-proposta!
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 24th, 17:24
''This is the authentic PN !!''
Minus the real beef.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:50
"Dr Gonzi said a PN government, where possible and sustainably, would continue to reduce tax. If economic results met expectations, income tax bands would be adjusted for tax cuts for all the people"
Too LATE!!!
This promise was ALREADY made in 2008!
Whom does GonziPN expect to believe him this time round!
jb
Andre Debono
Jan 24th, 11:50
qishom il voda u go, min jaghti l iktar tablets b'xejn....
J Micallef
Jan 24th, 13:57
good one!
A Spiteri
Jan 24th, 11:48
SOCJALIZMU KONTRA SOCJALIZMU!!
Warren Griscti
Jan 24th, 11:47
Issa nqumu nixelu id dawl u nsajru bil lejl ejdlu il gonzi
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 11:52
Air conditioners are put on at night warren.
Mario Muscat
Jan 24th, 11:53
grow up! veru ma tafx mela x'jigri f'pajjizi ohra
Bertrand Gove
Jan 24th, 11:56
Yes, Warren. This is the most sensible proposal regarding energy coming from any party. Most of Europe has this system. It means you will need to be a bit clever on the use of electricity during the day and switch on the guzzlers at night. Case in point is water heaters. Switch it on at 10pm and off at 6am. then you have hot water for the rest of the dat at a cheap price.
Christian Ellul
Jan 24th, 11:57
I think you use heaters and air conditions at night don't you Mr. Griscti?
At least such a commitment to reduce costs conservatively won't result in us having to sign a power purchase agreement for 25 years!
Antonio Pace
Jan 24th, 11:58
Do you have an idea what that means to the industry and tourism accommodation?
B Ellul
Jan 24th, 11:59
Where are you living?On Mars? Night tarrifs exist in many places around the world. I suggest that you do a simple search on the internet to start learning what to do at night!
Amateur comment !
Bertrand Gove
Jan 24th, 11:59
And again, yes Warren. This measure should trigger certain factories to operate at night.
But then again, you are one of those who will vote PL for josephmuscat2013.com because you will save €200 per year in your electricity bill. Guess what you'll do next. Get an airconditioner for the bedroom now. and spend the €200 anyway during the year.
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 12:01
Bi smart meters tista tapplika biex thallass dawl bil gholi bil lejl jekk trid, peress li hadd ma jhobb ipappi min fuq il gvern specjalment dawk li joboduh.
edward vella
Jan 24th, 12:01
Ara veru qeghdin sew dawn ta Gonzipn!!! Mal-gurnata inhossu il kesha u niffrizaw u nissaportu, imma mbaghad bil lejl inqumu u nixghelu il heaters halli nishnu ftit ghallinqas!! Igri tidhol fis sehh din in- night tariff!! Ole!!!Viva Gonzipn!!
J Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:02
Le...issa naqbdu l-meter tad-dawl u nwahhluh mal bumper tal karozza fl-10 ta Marzu 2013, Mr. Griscti.
Sergio Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 12:06
mela issa l AC ul fridge itfihom ta bil lejl !
Reuben Griscti
Jan 24th, 12:07
Imma kif f'Malta bilfors inmaqdru jekk mhux tal-Partit taghna! L-ideja ta' rata irhas bil-lejl hija biex tinkoragixxi li certu attivitajiet li jirrekjedu hafna dawl, bhal WASHING MACHINES/DEHUMIDIFIERS ecc,isiru bil-lejl meta l-poplu qed juza nqas dawl! Irringrazzja lil Alla li xi haga ha jorhos,flok teqred biss!
Roderick Beck
Jan 24th, 12:11
for those who at night turn on their electric blanket,electric heater or aircondition its ideal to save lots of money and also ideal for those factories with night shifts...no one told you to cook at night which again,normal people dont need electricity to eat...
Warren Griscti
Jan 24th, 12:15
Air condition tuzah 3xhur fsena sa fejn naf jien. Forn bid dawl tuzah kuljum 365 days filodu sa fejn naf jien mux wara l-10 ta bil lejl. Et tejdu ax ha tifrankaw 200euro f'sena bil proposta tal-pl nixtieq inkun naf kemm tiffranka bi proposta ta bil lejl biss.
Gilbert Busuttil
Jan 24th, 12:24
Don't be ridiculous..it's a great incentive. One can do the laundry at night for example and hang clothes in the morning. A/Cs work mostly in the night during summer so that's a bonus too. Why can't you see the bigger picture? It is these incentives that take care of the environment not building a new powerstation to generate more at a cheaper price...so you can waste all you want.
j brincat
Jan 24th, 11:47
"tablets for students2
The PL has already beaten the PN to it as it promised the same but EARLIER!
jb
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 11:52
Not of yr 4 but.. :-)
Matthew Borg
Jan 24th, 11:54
You probably think that the PN would have inserted that last minute just to copy Labour.
But alas, unlike dear Joseph, the PN doesn't discriminate!
B Ellul
Jan 24th, 11:57
Dahhaq! The last time the MLP promised anything on eduction it did exactly the opposite!
Julien Cachia
Jan 24th, 11:59
to all students not only grade 4
G Grima
Jan 24th, 12:00
But to year 4 students only. Basta Malta Taghna lkoll!
David Smith
Jan 24th, 12:00
What you say is impossible - more likely that PL had an inkling of what PN was going to announce and Joseph Muscat rushed to say it to appear as if he had come up with the idea. But Pl is promising tablets to Year IV students only, Pn is promising tablets to all primary and secondary school students.
Jake Attard
Jan 24th, 12:00
1 hour earlier ? you think they are going to invent and make calculations in just 1 hour
Jacqueilne Muscat
Jan 24th, 12:01
but for parents working full time only.
Jake Attard
Jan 24th, 12:01
1 hour earlier ? you think they are going to invent and make calculations in just 1 hour
J Micallef
Jan 24th, 12:01
Only PN will put its promises in place with not so much pomp.
J Brincat, the people have had it good for quite a while, and they're taking everything for granted. A/C in every room, kids with the latest gizmos, waking up knowing that you have a job, waking up knowing that your rigths is not being threatened...yet they complain because their luxuries are costing money.
Funny people, aren't we?
Brian Grima
Jan 24th, 12:03
For your info PL promised this only for year 4 students !!
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 12:07
the same?
PL promsied tablets for Year 4 - PN promised it for PRIMARY, SECONDARY and TEACHERS and for EDUCATIONAL purposes ONLY
maybe you're right though, thats why the PL did not issue a program but is promising a thing a day, just to make Pn as if they are copying ... maybe that's why they announced an unplanned press conference this morning to anticipate PN
A Cuschieri
Jan 24th, 12:08
qattusa ghaggelija frieh ghomja taghmel.
Tkellem mhux meta thabru proposta, izda meta twetquwha - u ghamel review ohra ftit taz-zmien wara, meta l-poplu jinduna minn fejn ha tiffinanzjawha (i.e. minn band'ohra).
Mario Borg
Jan 24th, 12:08
LOL. You have no idea how petty you come across with comments like that.
mary pace
Jan 24th, 12:10
yes muscat said it today, BUT if you read the pn programme, it was already in it, so who do you think beats hu??????????????????????????
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:34
Yeah right. Where is Malta taghna lkoll motto? So the other students are forgotten? Only yr4??
Mario Tabone
Jan 24th, 14:59
@ J Brincat
There is nothing worse than a person who will not admit he is wrong or does not want to understand what is being offered for whatever reason. Alas you come across as such a person.
G Caruana
Jan 24th, 11:46
Kemm ghandu x'jaqdef Joseph, laqqass biss jibda hdejn il proposti tal pn
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:29
Xi proposti? Dawn issejhilhom proposti? Dan paniku u fernezija ta' xi hadd iggranfat mal-poter u lest li jwieghed kollox u lil kulhadd!! Allinqas ikollhu d-dicenza GonziPN li jwieghed xi haga fattibli, konkreta li jgawdi l-poplu u jkollhu purchasing power ahjar! Evidenti u car li hafna retorika politika u sustanza xejn Simon, tidher li lestejtuh f'xi gimgha ta' malajr. Kemm, Kif. Meta Dr. Gonzi???
R. De Giorgo
Jan 24th, 11:45
TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS
Dr Gonzi said it was essential that technology was applied in schools. He said it was useless to give computers only to teachers and tablets would also be given to the students to all children in primary and secondary school.
LOL.....Gonzi = COPYCAT
David Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 20:56
Interactive white boards min bdijom?..... LOL= Gahan
anton cassar
Jan 24th, 11:45
S`issa xejn gdid !!
Warren Griscti
Jan 24th, 11:44
Nixtieq nara issa min qal li mux idea tajba tat-tablets xha jajd ax qala il-pn
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 11:43
Allabierek il costings tal-proposti taghhom se jsiru fi ftit granet. Dik x'serjeta ta kalkoli huma? Ahjar japplikaw ghal bailout!
Anna Camilleri
Jan 24th, 17:57
Taf meta konna napplikaw ghal bailout Eve kieku smajna min Joseph u ghamilna bhal Cypru- dik intelligenza!!!!!
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 11:43
Whatever Gonzi promises will be taken with a bucketful of salt ! Once bitten TWICE SHY !
Andrew Azzopardi
Jan 24th, 12:27
Yes Eddy. Thats exactly why the MLP hasn't been in power for the last 25 years(excl those 2 disastrous ones). As you said, once bitten twice shy. Lets hope that Dr Muscat will stick to what he is saying this time round because I doubt MLP will ever get another chance if they fail when they are in power again.
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:35
Like the issue of stipends dear Eddy !! Hehe
B Ellul
Jan 24th, 12:36
Hekk hu.... remember Sant in 1996-1998?
Reuben D. Spiteri
Jan 24th, 16:08
@B Ellul
Don't remind me.... ugh!
Although some people may need their memories refreshed!
Sarah Grech (Zebbug)
Jan 24th, 11:43
And which household needs electricity between 10.00pm and 6.00am, dear Prime Minister?
U hallina. L-ewwel tnellahtu bina ghal dawn is-snin kollha u issa tistennew li ser nemmnuk?
Jien almenu le ghax m'hinix mazzun.....Haddiehor ma nafx!
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:38
Inti fittex naqra u ara li din mhux xi haga unika fid-dinja. Ez wiehed biss biss anki li jkollok ac mixghul fis-sajf mill-10pm l`hemm jigik naqra inqas.
Alan Abela
Jan 24th, 12:47
Mela int ma tixalx airconditioners, heaters jew water heaters bil-lejl?
Mario Tabone
Jan 24th, 14:54
@ Sarah Grech
All advanced countries in the world use night tariffs !!! It is a way of buying cheap electricity when the demand is not so high. People use this when using things like washing machines and tumble driers in households. Apart from this all other items in a household that are using electricity 24/7 like fridges , airconditioners would benefit from lower tariffs. Ignorance is bliss !
Mark Spiteri
Jan 24th, 15:37
@Sarah do you switch off your fridge and freezer at night ?????
R Casha
Jan 24th, 11:42
"Dr Gonzi said the PN remained committed to reducing power tariffs"
ma kienx qal li mhux possibli, u li kienet GIMMICK!!
lol
M Gatt
Jan 24th, 11:41
Why are we increasing all these costs when our government needs more income to balance our books!? GonziPN is driving Malta down into a wall!
A Dimech
Jan 24th, 11:39
Min ha jkun l ewwel NAzzjonalist li jikkummenta fuq t tablets issa? Year 1 jafu juzawh ax hekk qalulek tal PN? Issa mhux "mnej ha jgibu l flus?"
Proposta tajba hi proposta tajba tigi mill liema naha tigi. S socjeta Maltijja trid timmatura politikalment. Isthu jekk tafu kif talli inthom daqshekk close minded u INJORANTI
Eddy Privitera
Jan 24th, 11:39
Has Dr.Gonzi given any COSTINGS of his proposals as the PL is doing ?????
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:43
Learn to read Eddy! Maybe you should also receive a tablet to aid you in this!
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 11:38
Tablets to ALL children???? U kemm se tiswa? At least PL proposal on tablets seems more realistic. Mela bdejna nistampaw il-flus!
adrian dimech
Jan 24th, 11:37
tablets ridiculous I think I will not vote for both Parties
S. Bugeja
Jan 24th, 12:50
Why are they ridiculous? Not everyone in incapable with touchscreens you know.
V. DeBono
Jan 24th, 11:36
will they copy all PL's proposals?
M Gatt
Jan 24th, 11:36
So now I take it tablets are great for children because GonziPN is making the proposal?
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 11:35
Cyprus Joe step aside...THESE ARE REAL PROPOSALS!
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 12:31
Xi proposti? Dawn issejhilhom proposti? Dan paniku u fernezija ta' xi hadd iggranfat mal-poter u lest li jwieghed kollox u lil kulhadd!! Allinqas ikollhu d-dicenza GonziPN li jwieghed xi haga fattibli, konkreta li jgawdi l-poplu u jkollhu purchasing power ahjar! Evidenti u car li hafna retorika politika u sustanza xejn Simon, tidher li lestejtuh f'xi gimgha ta' malajr. Kemm, Kif. Meta Dr. Gonzi???
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:45
Stop panicking Mario! All costing shall be released in a few days time. This is only the tip of the iceberg and it already crushed all PL's proposals! Bye bye Cyprus JOE!!!
Bernard Mamo
Jan 24th, 13:01
From this morning's Labour tablet story...
Andre Briffa
Today, 10:09
Is this guy for real?
Andre Briffa
Today, 10:53
Simple things please simple minds
Yawn! I'm getting bored seeing your name licking PN's hands. So the tablet proposal here is different in what way?
Joseph Mifsud
Jan 24th, 13:07
@Andre Briffa
Possibli ghadek tiftah halqek anki wara li l partit tieghek hareg proposti li mhuma proposti xejn. L-unika sentenza rikorrenti fil-proposti kollha ija "jekk ikun possibli" jew "jekk ikun sostenibbli". Maa...u dawn il"proposti" huma immirati biss al certu grupp ta nies. Bhal dejjem taht GonziPN ma hemm xejn ghal middle class bhali u maggoranza tal popolazzjoni. GonziPN tks but no tks
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 13:50
@ Bernard Mamo, I still do not see the use of giving tablets to students. I would rather a new school is built for each year of the legislation....JUST LIKE GONZI ALREADY DID! Also, PN's proposal goes into more detail and states that educational material and schoolbooks will be pre-installed on the devices! PL says nothing of the sort! PL just trying to win votes..PN actually winning votes!!
JL Deguara
Jan 24th, 14:02
Dream on Andre! Hehehe
Bernard Mamo
Jan 24th, 16:28
@Andre Briffa
Thanks for confirming what i just said. PN puppet. So first you say you don't agree with giving tablets, then saying that PN is winning votes with the tablets. Are you still voting PN even though you don't agree with the proposal?
P.s. Here's something that might help reduce your panic (better than filling here with puppet talk)
http://interwetten.com/en/sportsbook/l/406810/
HA!
Alfred Vassallo
Jan 24th, 17:20
The more the pn comes out with these GIMMICKS the more everyone is sure to put them where they belong: In opposition!
Ethelbert Schembri
Jan 24th, 11:34
Haven't we already heard these proposals ?????? PN will never change, they are promising things that they fail to do in 25 years but now they are promising to do them in the next 5 years!!
Fool me once shame on you.. Letting you keep on fooling me shame on me !!
JOHN WHITE
Jan 24th, 12:39
It`s your choice to be fooled by the PL.Better the devil you know
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:48
Havent we heard MLP make a huge promised before like removing VAT?
Marco Galea
Jan 24th, 11:32
AMAZING
Those under 25 or the long-term unemployed would be encouraged to enter the business world. In the first two years of their business they would be totally tax exempt and have their national insurance credited for them.
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 11:32
"Students who continued to study would be credited their national insurance contributions as an incentive to continue to study"
Well done..
Andre Briffa
Jan 24th, 12:46
Brilliant! Thats the difference between Gonzi and Muscat....Gonzi gives incentives and creates ambition....Muscat just gives and creates laziness.
Byron Abela
Jan 24th, 12:50
That's the difference between a SOCIALIST party, and one within the PPP.
Malcolm Seychell
Jan 24th, 11:32
Not even North Korea would come with a socialist idea like this....
.SICK LEAVE
Dr Gonzi said that when a child fell sick, a parent would be able to use his/her sick leave to stay with the child..
M Cassar
Jan 24th, 12:27
If you know anything about working mothers you would know most mothers call in sick when their children are ill.
Eve Axiaq
Jan 24th, 11:32
U issa minn fejn gejjin il-flus? Iz-zewg partiti hadd minnhom ma semma li l IMF dil-gimgha qalet li r-ricessjoni u l-qaghad se jizdiedu dis-sena u worst is still to come. Ahna qeghdin fuq pjaneta ghalina.
Mario Scicluna
Jan 24th, 11:32
Stembhu!! Tghid dawk l-hekk imsejjhin 'gurnalisti' fosthom Ivan Camilleri(gharef li staqsa ghall ircevuti), Lou Bondi(baised Lou) u ohrajn ta' GonziPN pertinenti bl-agenda taghhom ser isaqsu b'aggressivita kif ghamlu kontra l-PL Kemm?, Kif?, Meta ? U mhux retorika politika, weghdiet u tidwir mal-lewza Simon, l-gurnalisti iridu ikunu iebsin u l-esponenti GonziPN iridu jwiegbu car u fid-dettal.
MT Caruana
Jan 24th, 11:31
25,000 jobs not bad ehhh...u hallina Gonzi, never trusted you never will.....
Edward Mallia
Jan 24th, 11:30
About time too! PN has been far too busy publishing other people's reports, consigned long ago to the official dustbins. Time for some fresh ideas.
Alex Falzon
Jan 24th, 11:29
And the real battle until the 9 March starts now...
R. Balzan
Jan 24th, 11:28
"Dr Gonzi said that when a child fell sick, a parent would be able to use his/her sick leave to stay with the child". This is sheer madness, is probably illegal and will continue to burden companies with abnormal quantities of sick leave absence. which in most cases is already a huge problem. I expect the MEA to voice its opinion on this.
daniel farrugia
Jan 24th, 12:29
my same taught !
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 24th, 13:18
Yes, of course, and Muscat willl agree with them
as he agreed with them not to increase the minimum wage.
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M Farrugia
Jan 24th, 11:28
Foregt the electoral programs ......I just want a TABLET for free.
Mary Camenzuli
Jan 24th, 13:19
Why do Labour keep chastising the government
with one of their own who was appointed by Alfred Sant?
Are they seeing some negative polls?
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