WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT
WEDNESDAY EDITION
€1.00
WEDNESDAY • 25 MARCH 2020 • ISSUE 680 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
COVID-19?
It's Mother
Nature's
revenge for
Bruno the
Bear…
Port workers:
Italian drivers
should be
checked
Health authorities
warn against
complacency
RAPHAEL VASSALLO
PAGE 10
PAGE 7
CORONAVIRUS
PAGE 5
Coronavirus Abela announces
third set of financial incentives
KURT SANSONE
GOVERNMENT will fork
out €61 million per month
to finance wages in sectors
hard-hit by the coronavi-
rus and €10.5 million to
sustain workers forced to
take leave.
A new economic aid
package was unveiled yes-
terday evening by Prime
Minister Robert Abela af-
ter agreement was reached
with unions and employ-
ers during a meeting of
the Malta Council for Eco-
nomic and Social Develop-
ment.
But while, under the new
measures, the govern-
ment will be paying €800
monthly to employees in
the tourism and related
industries, workers in oth-
er sectors will only receive
€147 per month.
PAGE 3
• Tourism industry employees to receive €800 contribution per month
• Employees in other sectors to receive only €147 monthly
• Prime Minister insists 'now is not the time' for windfall tax on big profits
• PN spokesman says new incentives will only seriously help 60,000
of 164,000 private sector employees
