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TRUTH IS OF NO COLOUR WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 13 AUGUST 2023 • ISSUE 1241 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Selling your home or property is a major decision. Frank Salt Real Estate Est.1969 franksalt.com.mt/listings WE ARE THE LOCAL EXPERTS YOU CAN COUNT ON. Is the team spirit within the Labour Party gone? PAGES 12 - 13 Is the Saudi Pro League the next big thing? PAGE 15 Lawrence Gonzi has a bone to pick... but should he? PAGES 10 - 11 Un-united? Football Party island Out of sight maltatoday PAGE 4 TIMMY GAMBIN argues that underwater heritage must be 'taken to the people' INTERVIEW MT2 NICOLE MEILAK THE number of people working a part-time job on top of their full-time employment has increased by 9.4% over the past year. Figures published by the National Statistics Office show that 39,538 people held both a full-time and part-time job in March this year. This makes up 15% of total workers who are 'gainfully occupied'. While this increase may be partially attribut- able to previously undeclared part-time work becoming official because of a more attractive tax rate – the part-time tax was cut to 10% - union leaders are worried that workers are feeling the need to supplement their ordinary income because of the higher cost of living. Josef Vella, CEO of the UĦM, a trade union, said workers are struggling to keep up with the cost of living. "Every day we hear workers telling us that they are not making ends meet at the end of the month and this situation is pushing people to look for secondary part-time work to boost their inadequate existing pay," Vella said. PAGE 2 MATTHEW FARRUGIA ANTON Refalo has remained silent on police investigations into his possession of a historic British-era stone marker in the garden of his private residence in Qala. The Agriculture Minister has been investigated over the past year after the stone marker ap- peared in the background of a private party photo uploaded to social media by his son. Silence over investigations into Anton Refalo's historic stone marker Anton Refalo Inflation erodes wages forcing more to seek part-time job €1.95 maltatoday MIDWEEK EDITION WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED THIS WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST AND WILL BE BACK IN PRINT ON 23 AUGUST 2023 The number of workers holding a part-time and full-time job increased by 9.4% in just one year in attempt to boost income