Tag: Public funds
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“Ministers who breach ethics should get no compensation” – Arnold Cassola
Following revelations against Clayton Bartolo, his wife, and Clint Camilleri, there are increased calls for the Prime Minister Robert Abela to take immediate action to ensure that ministers who resign in disgrace are not given terminal benefits. In a statement this morning, Arnold Cassola insists that such benefits should be given only to those who…
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The couple jewel in the crown of the University of Malta
When the government gives money to the University of Malta, it is giving value added to society. Let’s travel the world and share our adventures with our friends on Facebook. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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State of the University of Malta
If you give me €150 million that is value-added to society. If you give me the €1.5 billion that is ten times more the original added-value, so it is ten-times more better for society. I am the University of Malta. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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The University of Malta hardly publishes any research: asking it for money is like trying to squeeze water from a stone
Upon being criticised by the Minister for Finance Clyde Caruana that the University of Malta doesn’t make any money, its academics released a press statement that reads like an explanation by someone who is financially illiterate. The value added is technically 0 (or -€125 million short) because the funding is external (public funding) so this…
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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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Food prices: another problem “solved” by throwing money at it
Prime Minister Robert Abela has solved the food price inflation problem like he solves any other problem, that is by throwing money at it. A new scheme has been announced whereby food importers and distributors will be subsidised to reduce the prices of some of their imported products. Robert Abela has been issuing subsidies for…
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The FIAU prefers to spend money on MaltaToday and Lovin Malta rather than on other media
This is more as to why the public funding to the press in Malta is made indiscriminately and according to political allegiances rather than marketing and audience statistics. The FIAU which is supposed to be an independent state authority prefers spending money with MaltaToday and LovinMalta even spending more with them than they do with…
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Raiding the culture ministry, again
It’s great to see Nationalist Party MPs doing some opposition work, given that the Nationalist Party seems to be dead and its MPs on permanent holiday. Julie Zahra, a newly elected PN MP is taking the Culture Minister to task over the reckless spending at Heritage Malta. Heritage Malta is being accused of constant misuse…
