10 years ago - The Times
Friday, November 28, 2008
Rift between MUT and CMTU escalates
The rift between the Confederation of Malta Trade Unions (CMTU) and one of its affiliates, the Malta Union of Teachers (MUT), widened yesterday with the MUT declaring it had no confidence in the CMTU leadership.
The charge came a week after the MUT and the CMTU squabbled over a suggestion to set up a Trade Union Council (TUC), which itself followed a historic protest bringing together all the unions against the government’s proposed energy rates.
The row erupted after MUT president John Bencini took exception to the fact that the president of the CMTU, William Portelli, had referred to the MUT’s call for a TUC as “untimely”. Mr Bencini demanded that Mr Portelli withdraw the word but he refused.
The MUT yesterday went one step further by declaring that it had no confidence in the CMTU leadership and its modus operandi. This time, the issue is the new water and electricity rates.
The MUT was irked that the CMTU declared publicly it agreed with the government’s latest set of proposals. Even the Union Ħaddiema Magħqudin, another CMTU affiliate, said it was very happy with the changes to the original tariffs.
25 years ago- The Times
Sunday, November 28, 1993
Malta hosts family world forum
A four-day forum on the theme “Promoting families for the well-being of individuals and societies” is starting in Malta today. Some 900 delegates from the world’s NGSO (Non-Governmental Organisations) will be meeting here to launch next year’s International Year of the Family.
The delegates from 100 countries will represent a variety of cultures and traditions, said Dr Louis Galea, Minister for Home Affairs and Social Development, at a press conference yesterday. “We will have practically all the cultures of the world which will be meeting to discuss the most fundamental unit in societies, which is the family,” he said.
Tigné residents protest
Tigné residents yesterday morning urged the government to consider their integration into the new Tigné Point-Manoel Island project instead of evicting them from their homes.
The 80-or so families, who have been worrying about the future of their homes for the past 20 months, marched in a peaceful protest in the streets of Tigné, carrying placards with slogans such as “We are here to stay” and “Save our homes”.
Half a century ago - Times of Malta
Thursday, November 28, 1968
Malta offered as base for Indian exports
The Prime Minister, Dr Borg Olivier, has offered India to use Malta as a base for Indian exports to countries in the Mediterranean and southern Europe.
Malta, said the Prime Minister, could also be used by Indian industries for the assembly of components of machinery for export.
Dr Borg Olivier’s proposals were made during talks with Mrs Indira Gandhi, the Indian Prime Minister last week. The Prime Minister and his delegation terminated their official visit to India yesterday. They are now in Singapore on their last lap of their Far East tour.
Dr J. Spiteri, Minister of Trade, Industry and Agriculture, said in India that Australia was already making use of Malta as a centre of distribution for its products.
He also said that the Ministry of Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs was studying an Indian proposal for the setting up of a permanent commercial mission to step up trade between the two countries.
Dr Spiteri also said that early in 1969 Malta will issue a stamp to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi. The stamp will be issued to mark Gandhi’s centenrary.