10 years ago - The Times
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Student survey: One in 10 wants stipend removed
More than one in 10 students who receive a stipend want their €84 monthly allowance removed, according to a survey carried out by the University newspaper The Insiter.
The survey randomly targeted 130 students and, among other things, asked whether the stipend should be removed: 11 per cent said yes.
“Students are starting to realise their pocket money could be better used if it is invested in quality education,” the University Students’ Council’s education coordinator, Daniela Bartolo said when contacted.
Car registration VAT refunds could cost €50 million
If the government had to reimburse VAT levied on the registration of vehicles, it would cost Malta about €50 million, Finance Minister Tonio Fenech said yesterday.
However, he stressed it was only the European Court that could declare the imposition of VAT on vehicle registration as illegal and the Maltese government was sticking to its position that it was not.
25 years ago - The Times
Saturday, February 26, 1994
Home Affairs Ministry hits out at MLP over ‘ID cards’ claims
The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday rebutted charges by the Labour Party claiming intrigues behind a new identity cards system and said that information the MLP said it got to know of only last month, had been available since February two years ago.
The ministry was referring to a news conference by MLP deputy leader George Abela and general secretary Jimmy Magro.
The ministry said that a Directorate General for the Interior had been mentioned by the government since the appointment of the new Cabinet in February 1992.
In the Government Gazette notice of February 27 that year assigning responsibilties to ministers, the responsibilities for the Home Affairs and Social Development Ministry were: the police, immigration, airport security, prisons, health, care of the elderly, social assistance, passports and identity cards.
This made it clear, the ministry said, that the identity cards system being separate from the electoral office was already in mind at the time. It was further developed in the document by the Office of the Prime Minister the following June.
Half a century ago - Times of Malta
Wednesday, February 26, 1969
Housing shortage: PCP suggest building of new town
The building of a new town and the setting up of an independent authority for housing and town planning are two of the suggestions made by the Progressive Constitutional Party to solve the acute housing problem.
Miss Strickand, leader of the party, told a crowded press conference at the PCP headquarters in Valletta yesterday, that housing was a controversial subject not only in Malta but also in many other countries.
In an effort to stimulate further public conscience, the party had prepared a statement containing views and suggestions on how to solve the housing problem. Miss Strickland had written to the Prime Minister on February 13, welcoming on behalf of the party and its supporters, the housing debate in the House of Representatives.
Miss Strickland said that the acute housing problem could only be solved by the building of a new town, “and in so doing provide for home ownership”.
She pointed out that in Australia the government could boast that 70.8 per cent of the Australian people owned their own homes.