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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 JUNE 2018 19 CLASSIFIEDS maltatoday MOSTA Maisonette in an extreme- ly quiet area, with two double bed- rooms and a large private backyard. €315,000. Phone 7902 8283. NAXXAR Penthouse in a small block of 5 units, situated on a quiet road. Property has a squarish layout and has two bedrooms and a large terrace. PIETÀ Fully furnished, 170sqm, three bedroom, third floor apart- ment served with lift. Property enjoys beautiful marina views and includes a car space. €270,000. Phone 7974 7723 / 2339 2452. QAWRA Three bedroom apart- ment with large terraces. Property has a squarish layout and includes an optional garage at an additional cost. €214,000. Phone 7974 7727. SENGLEA Converted, fully fur- nished, one bedroom, ground floor maisonette. Perfect as a buy-to-let investment. €175,000. Phone 7974 7724 / 2339 2461. SLIEMA Fully furnished, large, bright apartment with unobstructed sea views and three double bedrooms. €689,000. Phone 7974 7724 / 2339 2461. XEMXIJA Very bright apartment with back country views and front sea views. Includes three bedrooms and is to be sold furnished. Freehold. €255,000. Phone 7974 7727 / 2339 2459. ŻEBBUG Ground floor maisonette with two bedrooms and small back- yard. €179,000. Phone 7974 7723 / 2339 2452. ŻEBBUG Penthouse with two bed- rooms and large front terrace. To be sold semi-finished and covering a total area of 200sqm. Airspace is included in the price. €282,000. Phone 7974 7727 / 2339 2459. SITUATIONS VACANT ACCOUNTS CLERK - PF Services Ltd. are looking for a mature per- son who is able to work on their own initiative, is a good team play- er and has excellent customer ser- vice skills. They should possess an A Level in Accounts. Ideally, applicants should have one-year experience in an accounting environment. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, the chosen individual will be responsi- ble for: Performing general accounting functions, bank reconciliations, pro- cessing payments and receipts, timely issue of statements, maintaining the debtors and creditors ledgers, VAT returns, any other related duties as set by the Financial Controller. Interested candidates are to send their CV appli- cation to recruitment@jfgroup.com.mt DAY CARE - a position has arisen within our day care located in IKLIN VALLEY. Call on 21440054 for fur- ther information. GENERAL MANAGER - Trans Boundary Holding Ltd are seeking to employ a general manager on a 5 year contract for an office in Marsa. Interested canditdates shoould have at least 5 years experience in cul- linary and international trade, be flu- ent in English and be ready to learn Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu within the first 7 months of employment. Salary €40,000 to €50,000 per year. Aply by sending your CV to 4thdimension. mt@gmail.com HOUSEKEEPER - Live-in house- keeper required, you will be responsi- ble for all the house chores including, ironing, laundry, dusting, taking care of the pool, gardening mainly water- ing. Free accommodation will be pro- vided. Salary range 775 - 800 Euros. Interested applicants can forward their CV to gayle.galea@belfaservices.eu HR PLUS - we require Labourers, cleaners, waiters, kitchen hands, driv- ers and plasterers. All vacancies are for on a full-time basis, job entails being competent and responsible. Lower sec- ondary level of education is required and availability to work on weekends and public holidays. Interested parties are to apply by sending their CV to email: info@hrplusmalta.com IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT - Shutterers/Steel fixers/tile layers are required for immediate employment. Minimum of 3 years' experience is a must. Starting salary from €850 but negotiable. Send CV to martinovicvo- jko81@gmail.com or call Martinovic Vojko for further information on 79809259. LABOURERS - Thomas Azzopardi Construction is looking to recruit Labourers to perform general duties in connection with building construction works. The job is offered on fulltime contract and salary of €750 - €875 p/ month. Interested candidates can for- ward their CV to thomasazzopardi- construction@gmail.com NANNY - full time to help with our 2 young kids after school from 1400hrs onwards. The nanny must have a good education and speak fluent English. We are looking for someone that can do crafts and educational games. Help prepare healthy snacks and also clear- ing the house once children are in bed. Sometimes work evenings on weekends. Salary range 750 - 850. Interested applicants can forward their CV gayle.galea@belfaservices.eu 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 TEACHER - Needed for immediate employment. We would require a qual- ified EFL teacher willing to work both morning and evening for one of our Libyan agents. Ideal candidate would need to work with young learners and be required to have sound knowledge of Arabic. Please call us on 21317407 for an interview. WANTED COLLECTIBLE items such as panini albums and loose stickers, old postcards and posted envelopes, med- als, militaria, coins and paper money, books, toys, stamps, badges, paint- ings, gold & silver items etc. Call on 21310238, 99246632 Name & Surname .................................................................. Telephone: ........................................ Address ...................................................................................... E-mail: ........................................ 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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 @ maltatoday