Tag: Construction industry
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Saved by too many scandals
ADPD are right in demanding the resignation of the three government ministers responsible for regulating the building and construction industry, namely Stefan ?rin?o Azzopardi, Miriam Dalli and Silvio Schembri. Last week, Albanian construction worker Bari Balla was killed as a roof collapsed in a construction site in Sliema. One of the Ministers who is partly…
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Construction and safety authorities have been weakened further after Jean-Paul Sofia’s death
Ever since the young construction worker, Jean-Paul Sofia, died at the illegal construction site run by Labour Party activists and Robert Abela’s friends, Robert Abela has successfully made sure to weaken even further the construction and safety and authorities. He has also opposed tooth and nail a public inquiry on Jean Paul Sofia’s death which…
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There’s nothing wrong with making money if you do it right
I’ve watched this insufferably cringe interview with Michael Stivala for journalistic purposes given that he is a significant person in our political scene: he is the head of the Malta Developers’ Association and one of Malta’s large building contractors. His group, owned and run by the three brothers, Martin Stivala, Ivan Stivala, and himself, Michael…
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A part-time CEO for the Occupational Health & Safety Authority
The new OHSA CEO, Josianne Cutajar is fulfilling her duties on a part-time basis, barely being at her office and doing very little at all. She has briefed her senior managers telling them that she will “allow them to do all the work” since she is not qualified in the field. She is also allowed…
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Meet the new CEO of the OHSA: a Labour appointee with no experience in OHS
In the past few years, as we went through a Jungle Rules-styled construction boom, we have also witnessed an increasing rate of construction workers’ deaths. As a result, the Occupational Health and Safety Authority has been under scrutiny with its previous CEO Mark Gauci claiming that the authority was under fire by the Prime Minister…
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Some important points that came out of David Xuereb’s testimony
Yesterday, David Xuereb gave a very brief testimony as Chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority to the public inquiry of Jean-Paul Sofia. He is also a director at the Building and Construction Authority. The testimony was so curt that most of the important structural issues involving this case are being deliberately ignored. David…
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The economy doesn’t depend on the construction industry
I am getting the impression that by now Clyde Caruana is either totally corrupt like the rest of them or totally oblivious and incredibly incompetent. These comments of his are rather embarrassing and bizarre, to say the least. Malta doesn’t depend on construction and even at its peak, the construction and real estate industries barely…
