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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 29 JULY 2018 19 CLASSIFIEDS Located a few minutes away from water- front. Freehold. €240,000. Phone 7974 7724 / 2339 2461. MOSTA - Finished, spacious, and cen- trally located, three bedroom apartment, with open views and large balcony on the second floor. €260,000. Phone 7902 8283. MOSTA - A three bedroom and two bathroom ground floor maisonette, in a private area. Property also has a large backyard, and optional garage which can be interconnected. €303,000. Phone 7974 7720/2339 2456. MSIDA - A two bedroom penthouse with 70sqm terrace and distant sea views. €225,000. Phone 7974 7724 / 2339 2461. NAXXAR - Finished and spacious, three bedroom penthouse, with large front ter- race, storage area, and separate store room. Freehold and ownership of roof and air- space. €393,000. Phone 7974 7725/2339 2460. TA' XBIEX - A selection of two bedroom apartments in a smart block. Shell form and under CONSTRUCTION. Starting from €142,000. Phone 7974 7724. XEMXIJA - Two bedroom and two bath- room penthouse, with a new kitchen, large terrace and sea views. Served with lift. €340,000. Phone 7974 7720/2339 2456. ZABBAR - A two bedroom apartment in the limits of St Peter's area. Fully furnished and ready to move into. €180,000. Phone 7974 7725/ 2339 2460. SERVICES NEWSPAPER adverts - Book & pay on- line on www.perfecta.com.mt - no extra charges. Call on 21322452 SITUATIONS VACANT BUS STOP LOUNGE - we are recruit- ing bartenders and waiters, part-time and full-time, to work in restaurant. Must be fluent in English and ready to work on weekends. Contact: 79288544 email: alan.galea6@gmail.com CHEF - full time position specializing in Asian cuisine with at least five years experience. Must be flexible and able to work weekends and public holidays. For more info please call Village Concept on 99885352. DRAUGHTSPERSON - iArchitects Ltd require a Draughtsperson with a minimum of two years' experience. Kindly send CV to info@iarchitects. com.mt KITCHEN HANDS - JF Services Staffing Ltd is currently seeking to recruit Kitchen Hands. Candidates must support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen. This involves assisting in food preparation, maintaining orderliness of food supplies and equipment, sanitation control and kitchen equipment main- tenance. Required to clean all kitchen surfaces, mop and sweep kitchen floors, put away dishes, pots and pans, organ- ize food, clean out freezers, and remove trash. May also need to chop vegetables, wash fruit, defrost meat, and prepare sauces and marinades. Gross Weekly Wage: €172.51. Interested candidates are to send their CV application to recruit- ment@jfservices.com.mt KITCHEN PORTER - full time posi- tion, minimum wage, must have expe- rience and able to work flexible hours including weekends and public holi- days. For more info please call Village Concept in 99885352. LIVE¥IN NANNY – we are looking for an experienced nanny to help my wife with her three kids. Will need the nanny to during the day and a few times at night. Feeding, changing nap- pies, bathing, playing and helping with daily chores. Salary between 770 -780. Interested candidates can forward their cv to galeagayle@gmail.com LONDONER PUB - The Londoner Pub Smart City, is looking to recruit experienced bartenders and waiters to serve beverages and food as per our menu. Immediate employment on a full- time basis. Pay rate €4.50 per hour. Send your CV by e-mail to: accounts@thelon- donerpubs.com.mt NEWARK NURSERY & KINDERGARTEN - Newark Nursery & Kindergarten is looking for full-time or part-time Childcare workers and kin- dergarten assistants. Must speak and understand Maltese and/or English. Salary bracket €800 - €1050. Interested candidates can forward their CV to Lorraine Camilleri email: info@newark- kindergartenmalta.com OZO SECURITY - seeking to recruit individuals to work at the position of security officers. Candidates should speak fluent English and should be able to work night shifts, weekends and public holidays. Kindly send a CV to careeres@ozogroup.com or by mail to Ozo Group Head Office, No 6, Triq L-iskultur, Qormi. SIGNAL 8 - Signal 8 Security Malta Ltd. requires filling positions as Clerks, Security Guards, security for places of entertainment and cleaners. Applicants should be customer care orientated, smart and flexible for shift work. Email your CV to hr@signal8securitymalta. com.mt STEEL FIXERS / SHUTTERERS - Thomas Azzopardi Construction are looking for STEEL FIXERS / SHUTTERERS to work on several con- struction projects that require steel fixing, shuttering and other various jobs. Salary based on experience. 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Normally, MaltaToday on Sunday should arrive on Monday and the MaltaToday Midweek should arrive on the same day (Wednesday). NEWSPAPER BY POST WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post PAGE 9 • Editorial WEDNESDAY • 17 JANUARY 2018 • ISSUE 570 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY 3 Final vote on pilots' collective agreement expected on Sunday YANNICK PACE LATE on Sunday evening it was announced that representatives from ALPA, the pilots' union, had reached a mutually satisfactory agreement with the Air Malta and the government over a col- lective agreement for the next five years. The agreement will now have to be approved by the union's mem- bers in a vote, which will take place on Sunday morning. The result of the vote will be known on Sunday evening. In comments to MaltaToday, union president James Fenech said he expected the agreement to be well received by the union's members. "We are happy with the deal and look forward to the next five years, and seeing the airline grow," he said. KURT SANSONE THE hospitals concession agreement with Vitals Global Healthcare was to span 30 years, according to the documents tabled in Parliament in October 2016. But doubts have now been cast on the length of the concession after parts of the contract that had been blanked out were leaked to the media. It was the Times of Malta that yester- day reported how St Luke's hospital was transferred on a 99-year lease to Vitals, while the government retained a buy- back option for the Karin Grech and Go- zo hospitals. PAGE 6 4 DID GOVERNMENT'S HOSPITALS DEAL CONCEAL A 99-YEAR CONCESSION? Syrian man's residence permit renewal woes preventing him from working I would like to receive the newspaper for a period of one year. 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I would like to receive both the MaltaToday on Sunday and the Maltatoday Midweek for a period of one year. 14 15 10 11 Newspaper post maltatoday today today SUNDAY • 14 JANUARY 2018 • ISSUE 949 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Analysis of PQs confirms that commercial sensitivity cited more under Labour Worst flu season ever, doctors say See page 3 YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT €1.75 INTERVIEW Joe Perici Calascione The FKNK president explains why he wants a fair deal for the hunters' lobby Sales agreement between Steward and Vitals entered in mid-December Teachers deceived over promised pay rise KURT SANSONE TEACHERS are fuming since most teaching grades will be getting less than half the promised pay increase suppos- edly agreed upon between their union and the government. After being kept in the dark over the details of the sectoral agreement signed on 21 December, educators were sur- prised to learn that the new allowances structure would only lead to an increase of between 11% and 12% over the five- year period. Billed as a historic agreement, details were revealed online by MaltaToday last Friday, leading to a barrage of dis- appointment in various online forums for teachers and learning support assis- tants. Educators who spoke to this newspa- per said they were deceived. They had been asked by their union to respond to an online consultation last December that asked them whether they agreed with the prop o s e d increases. SIGNS that Vitals Global Healthcare had serious issues in not raising the capital to fi- nance their operation was evi- denced by severe problems in paying suppliers. The agree- ment allowing Vitals a 30-year concession was heavily criti- cised in the media for the lack of transparency on the matter. MaltaToday can confirm that talks between the American health company and Vitals kicked off months ago and in mid-December both sides en- tered into a sales agreement. The two sides have appointed a committee to look into the pending liabilities and Stew- ard has agreed to settle these. The hospital concession agreements with Vitals Glob- al Healthcare to run the Gozo and Karin Grech hospitals would have cost taxpayers more than €40 million this year. It was announced with much pomp and enthusiasm by the Muscat administra- tion but the whole project has fallen f lat on its face just two years after it started. A de- bate on the transfer will take place on Wednesday. According to the financial estimates in Budget 2018, the government will be paying the private company €28.2 mil- lion for the running of the Gozo general hospital. 6 PAUL COCKS AS negotiations with ALPA, the pi- lots' union, remain at a standstill, sources close to the negotiations have told MaltaToday that time is running out for Air Malta to con- clude a deal. This newspaper is informed that Air Malta has offered its pilots a package that will see first officers' salaries increase by an average of €72,392 over a five-year period, while the average increase for a captain would be €105,600. Furthermore, arrears of €6,000 have been offered to each pilot for the expired period of the collective agreement between January 2016 and December 2017. The company has also guaranteed the immediate promotion of ten First Officers to Captains in 2018 and 2019, with a further 15 promotions planned over the subsequent three years. The company has stressed that the offer is its final one but it ap- pears that a significant segment of the pilots are still unwilling to fly longer hours in exchange for the increases offered by the company. Earlier this week, the government announced that it had set up a new company, which would also be seeking to obtain an Air Operating Licence (AOC). The government has said that the move was intended to protect Air Malta's lucrative airport slots, but the sources said it could also serve as a contingency plan in the eventuality that an agreement is not reached with Air Malta's pilots over their working conditions. "The minister had said that all collective agreements needed to be signed by the end of 2017 but realistically, the airline will start to face significant difficulties once the new scheduled routes planned for 2018 start," the sources said. Financing the airline would also be difficult unless all employee sec- tions agreed to a new collective agreement. PG 6 New airline, if pilot talks fail As Air Malta continues talks with its pilots over a new collective agreement, a new airline being set up by the government could provide it with a fall-back option, should an agreement remain elusive Vitals faced cash flow issues and could not pay suppliers SEE BACK PAGE Newspaper post today today today Sales agreement between Steward and Vitals entered in mid-December Teachers deceived over promised pay rise KURT SANSONE TEACHERS are fuming since most teaching grades will be getting less than half the promised pay increase suppos- edly agreed upon between their union and the government. After being kept in the dark over the details of the sectoral agreement signed on 21 December, educators were sur- prised to learn that the new allowances structure would only lead to an increase of between 11% and 12% over the five- year period. Billed as a historic agreement, details were revealed online by MaltaToday last Friday, leading to a barrage of dis- appointment in various online forums for teachers and learning support assis- tants. Educators who spoke to this newspa- per said they were deceived. They had been asked by their union to respond to an online consultation last December that asked them whether they agreed with the prop o s e d increases. that Vitals Global Healthcare had serious issues in not raising the capital to fi- nance their operation was evi- denced by severe problems in paying suppliers. The agree- ment allowing Vitals a 30-year concession was heavily criti- cised in the media for the lack of transparency on the matter. MaltaToday can confirm that talks between the American health company and Vitals kicked off months ago and in mid-December both sides en- tered into a sales agreement. The two sides have appointed a committee to look into the pending liabilities and Stew- ard has agreed to settle these. The hospital concession agreements with Vitals Glob- al Healthcare to run the Gozo and Karin Grech hospitals would have cost taxpayers more than €40 million this year. It was announced with much pomp and enthusiasm by the Muscat administra- tion but the whole project has fallen f lat on its face just two years after it started. A de- bate on the transfer will take place on Wednesday. According to the financial estimates in Budget 2018, the government will be paying the private company €28.2 mil- lion for the running of the Gozo general hospital. 6 PAUL COCKS negotiations with ALPA, the pi- lots' union, remain at a standstill, sources close to the negotiations have told MaltaToday that time is running out for Air Malta to con- clude a deal. This newspaper is informed that Air Malta has offered its pilots a package that will see first officers' salaries increase by an average of €72,392 over a five-year period, while the average increase for a captain would be €105,600. Furthermore, arrears of €6,000 have been offered to each pilot for the expired period of the collective agreement between January 2016 and December 2017. The company has also guaranteed the immediate promotion of ten First Officers to Captains in 2018 and 2019, with a further 15 promotions planned over the subsequent three years. The company has stressed that the offer is its final one but it ap- pears that a significant segment of the pilots are still unwilling to fly longer hours in exchange for the increases offered by the company. Earlier this week, the government announced that it had set up a new company, which would also be seeking to obtain an Air Operating Licence (AOC). The government has said that the move was intended to protect Air Malta's lucrative airport slots, but the sources said it could also serve as a contingency plan in the eventuality that an agreement is not reached with Air Malta's pilots over their working conditions. "The minister had said that all collective agreements needed to be signed by the end of 2017 but realistically, the airline will start to face significant difficulties once the new scheduled routes planned for 2018 start," the sources said. Financing the airline would also be difficult unless all employee sec- tions agreed to a new collective agreement. PG 6 airline, if pilot talks fail As Air Malta continues talks with its pilots over a new collective agreement, a new airline being set up by the government could provide it with a fall-back option, should an agreement remain elusive Vitals faced cash flow issues and could not pay suppliers SEE BACK PAGE WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WEDNESDAY EDITION €1.00 Newspaper post PAGE 9 • Editorial WEDNESDAY • 17 JANUARY 2018 • ISSUE 570 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY 3 Final vote on pilots' collective agreement expected on Sunday YANNICK PACE LATE on Sunday evening it was announced that representatives from ALPA, the pilots' union, had reached a mutually satisfactory agreement with the Air Malta and the government over a col- lective agreement for the next five years. The agreement will now have to be approved by the union's mem- bers in a vote, which will take place on Sunday morning. The result of the vote will be known on Sunday evening. In comments to MaltaToday, union president James Fenech said he expected the agreement to be well received by the union's members. "We are happy with the deal and look forward to the next five years, and seeing the airline grow," he said. KURT SANSONE THE hospitals concession agreement with Vitals Global Healthcare was to span 30 years, according to the documents tabled in Parliament in October 2016. But doubts have now been cast on the length of the concession after parts of the contract that had been blanked out were leaked to the media. It was the Times of Malta that yester- day reported how St Luke's hospital was transferred on a 99-year lease to Vitals, while the government retained a buy- back option for the Karin Grech and Go- zo hospitals. PAGE 6 4 DID GOVERNMENT'S HOSPITALS DEAL CONCEAL A 99-YEAR CONCESSION? Syrian man's residence permit renewal woes preventing him from working CleanSource Ltd A vacancy has arisen within the housekeeping department of CleanSource Ltd. We are looking to recruit cleaners on a full-time basis. The selected candidate must be willing to work flexible hours and will be responsible for all the cleaning that is needed. The prospective candidate must have a pleasant person- ality, be trustworthy, self-motivated and possess excellent customer service skills. Apply on: info@cleansourcemalta.com or on 77545555