Joseph Muscat gives government 5 recommendations to handle inflation

Jul 25 2022

Former Prime Minister and now chairman of MPFCA, Joseph Muscat has recently posted on Linked.In his views on inflation in the country. He also recommended and put forward five hard facts towards not only the government but also stakeholders.

He said that in his opinion the analysis on inflation rates tend to be more superficial and most of the time focus more on figures found in headlines rather than reports.

He went on to say that at 6.1%, Malta’s inflation is the lowest in the Eurozone countries, because of the government’s policy to absorb energy and fuel price shocks. Even though this strategy is expensive in Muscat’s opinion it only helps local consumers and business.

However he later goes on to state that without energy and fuel contributions to inflation, Malta has one of the highest cost of living in Europe, the eight highest in the Eurozone to be precise.

He also recommended to the government that they simulate the economy without fear. This means not being cautious to decrease spending, increase taxes and make further controversial decisions which will work in the long run.

Muscat also points out the need for policy and fiscal measures aimed at the transport and logistics part of the economy. This is because an increase in transport will not work in the long run due to Malta’s geographic size.

The former Labour Leader ends his post by motivating trade unions and employers representatives to tackle the small minority of economic players who are taking advantage of the current global narrative to artificially inflate prices.

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WATCH: Malta Eurovision Song Contest superfan gets logo tattooed on arm

Jul 25 2022

There are Eurovision fans, then there are EUROVISION FANS.

You may be an avid follower of the Eurovision Song Contest and the Maltese edition building up to it, but are you dedicated enough to get it tattooed? Because one person is and they’ve decided to get marked for life with the song contest’s logo.

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Sporting a Maltese flag in the shape of a heart accompanied by the iconic Eurovision lettering, a TikTok video of the Eurovision tattoo shared by the artist has since garnered close to 9,000 views.

This is the most recent in a series of quirky Maltese tattoos after a local student recently got the Twistees chef tattooed on his leg whilst in Turkey.

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Eurovision announce UK as next years host

Jul 25 2022

Eurovision have announced that next year’s event will take place in the United Kingdom due to the ongoing war in last year’s winning country Ukraine. The BBC will be in charge of broadcasting and producing the event but they will reportedly work alongside Ukraine station UA:PBC to include Ukrainian elements in next year’s show.

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Many believed that UK would be the country to host next year’s event, due to the ongoing war and because of the fact that they were runners up in last year’s Eurovision held in Italy.

Now a bidding process will commence in order to see which city will the event take place in. As of right now all these cities have expressed their interest, Sheffield, Bristol, London, Manchester, Brighton, Liverpool, Cardiff, Leeds.

The UK has hosted the contest on eight previous occasions, in London, Edinburgh, Brighton, Harrogate and Birmingham.

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70% of students receive positive results at this year’s O Level

Jul 25 2022

It has been reported that 70% of O Level students have passed from the three core subjects, which consist of English, Maltese and Mathematics. The newspaper Kullħadd also reported that 10,887 SEC certificates were awarded to this year’s students.

Considerably positive marks were also obtained in other subjects such as the sciences; Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science. Students reportedly also went well in English Literature and foreign languages.

There was also an increase in the number of students who tool the exams. There were one hundred and thirty students more than last year.

Around 4,000 students applied for A Levels, with the most common exams being Maltese, Marketing, Biology, Pure Maths and English. Approximately 60% of all the students who gave a A Level exams a shot managed to pass.

The best A Level results were awarded in Maltese, Biology and Marketing whilst in Intermediate level English and Systems of Knowledge saw the best results.

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