Tag: Food
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Inflation rate keep subsidising but food still going higher
Malta’s National Statistics Office has released its latest round of inflation figures for May and inflation is following its declining trend. Inflation in May was at 1.5%, 0.1% lower than the previous month but food items are still increasing in price at a 0.78% increase. Current and immediate global supply chain problems mostly gravitate around…
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A list of countries whose economies crashed partly due to energy and food subsidies
Food and energy subsidies have been a major cause of many economic collapses. This is a list of economic crises that took place partly because the government’s balance of payments was weighed down by excessive food and energy subsidies. Ecuador: 1999 Pakistan: 2008 – 2009 Venezuela: 2008 – present Zimbabwe: 2008 – present Egypt: 2008…
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Continued humanitarian air drops over Gaza show that Israel has lost most of its trust and has little credibility left
As Western nations are being compelled to install harbours while droping humanitartian air drops on Gaza, Israel is losing its trust and credibility among Western nations. The very fact that air drops have to be effected by third parties is also a damning indictment that Israel is intentionally blocking aid from the ground. Bebnjamin Netanyahu’s…
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Humanitarian agencies in Gaza are running out of food
Humanitarian agencies in Gaza feeding the population are warning they are running out of food and that Israeli authorities should step up their efforts to make sure that Gazans in the north are provided with food, water, and medical aid. Ceasefire negotiations brokered by the US have so far postponed Israel’s planned attack on Gaza,…
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Alf Mizzi and & Sons are muscling small retailers to preserve monopoly pushing prices up as a result
This is part of an extensive and ongoing investigation on food price hikes, inflation, and profits by food importers following an official complaint to the EU Commission by Alex Agius Saliba alleging that monopoly food importers in Malta are using their monopoly power to artificially keep the price of food products high. Initial findings of…
