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23 CLASSIFIEDS maltatoday | SUNDAY • 3 MARCH 2019 ST PAUL'S BAY- Apartment compris- ing an open plan, 1 bedroom, en-suite, walk-in wardrobe, main bathroom, study and balconies. €210,000. Phone 7946 3806. SWATAR‡ 3 bedroom terraced house with 2 bathrooms, full ownership of roof and backyard. Total area of 150sqm. To be sold fully furnished. €535,000. Phone 7902 8283. TARXIEN - Larger than usual first floor duplex maisonette. Three bed- rooms; double glazed windows; invert- er air conditioners including solar water heater. Being sold furnished. Own airspace with possibility of fur- ther development. Contact owner on 99912005/99450639. VALLETTA‡ Ground floor maison- ette. 51sqm. 1 bedroom. Ideal for 1st time buyers. Strategic rental invest- ment. Sold furnished. Freehold. Very nice finish. €305,000. Phone 7905 1578. ZEBBUG‡ Converted house of char- acter with 3 bedrooms and 4 bath- rooms, garage and a yard in an urban conservation area. Room for a roof- top garden and pool. €680,000. Phone 7974 7720. PROPERT Y TO LET ST PAUL'S BAY- 4th floor apartment served with lift, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath- room, kitchen / dining area and 2 spa- cious balconies front and rear. Situated in a quiet area. For rent: €850 per month. Phone 9900 9737. XLENDI - catering premises in prime site to let. Can be used for other com- mercial purposes. Phone 79493021, 79426883, 77481592 or 77484029 SERVICES NEWSPAPER adverts - Book & pay on-line on www.perfecta.com.mt - no extra charges. Call on 21322452 SITUATIONS VACANT ARCH I T ECT URAL DESIGN SPECIALIST - Fulani Properties are looking for a talented and experienced Architectural Design Specialist to join their ever-growing team. Phone 7979 7045; send an email to hr@famalco.net; or apply on www.FamalcoCareers.com - Fulani Properties, Attard. B O U T I Q U E C LE A N I N G SERVICES - we require labourers, cleaners, waiters, kitchen hands, drivers and plasterers. All vacancies are for on a full-time basis, job entails being compe- tent and responsible. Lower secondary level of education is required and avail- ability to work on weekends and public holidays. Interested parties are to apply by sending their cv to email: info@bou- tiquecleaning.com CLEANER - Ristorante La Vela requires the services of a cleaner to work on a part time basis. The applicant must be either Maltese and/or English speak- ing. Interested candidates are to send and email to lavelamalta@gmail.com CLEANER - Danzah Limited require an experienced cleaner. The applicant must have 3 years' experience and pos- sesses a good level of spoken and writ- ten English and Maltese. The candi- date will be expected to perform clean- ing duties and any need help. Previous experience will be considered an asset. Driving is a must. Interested individu- als can apply by email: infodanzah@ gmail.com CLEANER – TP Carparks Ltd require an experienced cleaner. The applicant must have 3 years' experience and pos- sesses a good level of spoken and written English. The candidate will be expect- ed to perform cleaning duties and any needed help. Be a team-player willing to work in a rapidly changing and dynam- ic environment. Interested individuals can apply by email: christian.miggiani@ dtemalta.com or call on mobile: (356) 9999 5034. HOUSEKEEPER - required for pri- vate home to clean, wash, cook, etc.. Minimum wage offered. Applicant must be trustworthy, mature and hard work- ing. Please contact: 99583594 LABOURERS & STEELWORKES - Thomas Azzopardi Construction is looking for full-time Labourers & Steelworkers to work on various con- struction sites. The applicants can apply at thomasazzopardiconstruction@gmail. com MARKETING ASSISTANT - An established ELT school requires the services of a person to work in its marketing department, specifically to promote its services with ex-Yugoslav countries. Ideal candidate would have at least 3 years in a similar position in ELT, have own transport and an excellent command of English, pos- sibly Maltese, Serbian, Croatian and other Slavic language. Please send a detailed CV and cover letter to iscerri@ elamalta.com P HARMACIST ASSISTANT/ DATA ENTRY CLERK- Full time position. Responsibilities include updating and maintaining information on the company's databases and assist- ing the pharmacist in the smooth run- ning of the pharmacy. Ideal candidates must have a minimum of three years working experience in a pharmacy, be familiar with data entry and possess good organisational skills. The job requires working Monday to Saturday both morning and afternoon shifts, occasionally Sundays. Candidate will also be requested to accommodate any short notice change in shifts. Salary: 6 euro per hour. A copy of clean police conduct is required. Applicants must send their curriculum vitae together with a covering letter to Ruth@ceb- group.com.mt 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 SPA THERAPIST Required for a bou- tique hotel. Full time hours including weekends and public holidays. Must be flexible with hours. At least 5 years' experience in a similar post. Must be specialised in colonic irrigation. For more info please call Village Concept on 99885352. VACANCIES - La Vallette Outsource Ltd are currently recruiting waiters/ waitresses, bartenders, cleaners, back of house and factory workers. For further detail s and to apply call on 79860350. 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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. MaltaToday on Sunday - €94.59 MaltaToday on Sunday and the Maltatoday Midweek - €149 MaltaToday Midweek - €59 I would like to receive both the MaltaToday on Sunday and the Maltatoday Midweek for a period of one year. 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? 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