Tag: Minister of Finances
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The new Labour Party chasm
A new rift is forming within the Labour Party, one that has previously gone unnoticed by the political pundits and regular “opinion-writers” in the press. Prime Minister Robert Abela does not have a very good relationship with his Finance Minister and it is just because the Finance Minister has been challenging him regularly on many…
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Paying off government largesse with income tax
Being unable to control the excesses if his ministerial colleagues, the Minister of Finance Clyde Caruana is managing to balance the government’s budget by collecting more taxes, namely income tax. Being tougher on tax collection has been a hallmark policy of this Minister ever since taking office as Finance Minister and no one can contest…
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“Iddejjaqt u xbajt” – When Labour’s Minister of Finance, ?u?è Abela resigned
?u?è Abela was Labour’s Minister of Finance until in June 1979 he resigned from his office and altogether from parliament with a resignation letter saying he was “tired and fed up”. Interestingly, he was also appointed chair of Labour’s Committee for Discipline in 1988 which was meant to purge the party of its criminals. There…
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“Iddejjaqt u xbajt” – When Labour’s Minister of Finance, Ä użè Abela resigned
Ä użè Abela was Labour’s Minister of Finance until in June 1979 he resigned from his office and altogether from parliament with a resignation letter saying he was “tired and fed up”. Interestingly, he was also appointed chair of Labour’s Committee for Discipline in 1988 which was meant to purge the party of its criminals. There…
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Here’s the cruel reality on Greek Dubai
The Minister of Finances is currently captivated with strong delusions of grandeur as he stretches his arms into the air and gloats with patronising speeches about socialism and wage increases. Malta is currently bereft of an in-depth discussion on its economic-social and environmental model which is forcing the youth to leave for literally, greener pastures…
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Project Greek Dubai
Reports in the press that poverty in Malta has been increasing are becoming ever more alarming. The government intends to substantially increase the COLA in this year’s budget and issue additional payments to pensioners which are undoubtedly welcome but the government has no plans to address the structural problems in our economy which are driving…
