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19 CLASSIFIEDS maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 20 JUNE 2018 picious people and ask for iden- tification, report rule infractions and violations, inspect and adjust security systems, equipment, and machinery to ensure operation- al use and to detect evidence of tampering. Applicants must com- municate effectively in English. Gross Weekly Wage: €172.51. Interested candidates are to send their CV application to recruit- ment@jfservices.com.mt SHU T TER WORKER - JF Services Ltd is looking for full- time shutter workers to work in various construction sites, fixing shutters, erecting and dismantling of wooden shutters and assisting with water and electrical installa- tions. Requirement: 3 years expe- rience, practical use of building tools, good communication skills in English. Gross weekly wage €210.35. Applicants can send their CV to recruitment@jfgroup. com.mt STEEL FIXERS - JF Services is looking for full-time steel fix- ers to work in various construc- tion sites, fixing steel bars and concrete, welding and assisting with water and electrical instal- lations. Requirements: 3 years experience, practical use of build- ing tools, good communication skills in English. Gross weekly wage: €210.35. Applicants can send their CV to recruitment@ jfgroup.com.mt WAI T ERS/WAI T RESSES - JF Group is recruiting full-time waiters/waitresses. Main duties will include; greeting custom- ers, presenting menus, answering questions about food and bev- erages, taking food and drink orders, serving food and/or bev- erages to customers at the tables as required. We require candidates to have at least 3 years of working experience in a similar post and the ability to communicate well in English. Salary gross salary €172.51. Apply to: recruitment@ jfgroup.com.mt WATCHPERSON - JF Services Ltd is currently seeking to recruit Watchperson. Candidates must have their own transport. Responsibilities include: Be alert and quick to detect any attempts to damage property, regular- ly patrol an employer's premises to stay vigilant against possible threats, take charge of the situ- ation an incident takes place on the premises, be able to work with minimum supervision and follow standard procedures, must be approachable, knowledgea- ble and should offer necessary guidance. Applicants must com- municate effectively in English. Gross Weekly Wage: €172.51. Interested candidates are to send their CV application to recruit- ment@jfservices.com.mt R O O M AT T EN DA N T / CLEANING ASSOCIATES - MSNC Group Limited (Zurrieq) is seeking to employ Room Attendants/Cleaning Associates to work with our clients in hotels and weddings across different venues. The roles involve chang- ing bed linen and making beds, cleaning rooms and public are- as such as corridors, addressing guest queries report any technical issue and maintenance needed, clearing of dining tables and buf- fets. Ideal candidate should be fluent in English and able to work long hours. Pay between €4.85 – €6.00 per hour. Contact:- sup- port@extrastaffmalta.com DELIVERY PERSON – Tessera Ltd require an experienced deliv- ery person. The applicant must have a clean driving license and possesses a good level of spoken and written English and Maltese. Applicant must be flexible, hard- working & self-motivated; be highly professional with a pro- active approach. Be a team-play- er willing to work in a rapidly changing and dynamic environ- ment. Previous experience will be considered an asset. Interested individuals can apply by sending an email to bcini@tessera.com.mt SIGNAL 8 - Signal 8 Security Malta Ltd. requires filling posi- tions as Clerks, Security Guards, security for places of entertain- ment and cleaners. Applicants should be customer care orien- tated, smart and flexible for shift work. Email your CV to hr@sig- nal8securitymalta.com.mt LABOURERS - Thomas Azzopardi Construction is look- ing to recruit Labourers to per- form 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 forward their CV to thom- asazzopardiconstruction@gmail. com HR PLUS - we require Labourers, cleaners, waiters, kitchen hands, drivers and plasterers. All vacan- cies are for on a full-time basis, job entails being competent and responsible. Lower secondary lev- el 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@hrplus- malta.com GENERAL MANAGER - Trans Boundary Holding Ltd are seek- ing to employ a general man- ager on a 5 year contract for an office in Marsa. Interested can- ditdates shoould have at least 5 years experience in cullinary and international trade, be fluent 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 DAY CARE - a position has arisen within our day care locat- ed in IKLIN VALLEY. Call on 21440054 for further informa- tion. OZOGOZO – we are seeking to recruit staff for the following positions; room attendants, pub- lic area cleaners, packers, machine operators and security guards. Those who are interested should apply by sending an email to careers@ozogroup.com or by mail to OzoGroup Head Office, No 6, Triq l-iskultur, Qormi. 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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