EMM News Explorer: Vince Farrugia

[said:]: They don’t come because of people like you.

timesofmalta 27-MAY-10

[ said]: Shops should have been given the permission to open and consumers would have had their rights met.

di 01-MAY-10

[-commented]: Government should not intervene with the rights of the consumers

di 01-MAY-10

[said that:]: when the PM walked down an empty street and met a few football enthusiasts swapping pictures he believes that everything is fine with business in Valletta

MaltaToday 29-APR-10

[-added]: It is as if Valletta is now only history, and the business community is a suffered presence,

MaltaToday 29-APR-10

[-insisted that]: This government is simply not delivering and no excuse covers their shame. We have always tried to take a positive conciliatory role during negotiations but it takes two to tango and we will not continue to play the games government wants us to.

MaltaToday 26-APR-10

[-said]: The fact that I contested for the European Parliament on the PN ticket gives nobody any sort of hold over me. I represent my people and act without fear on their behalf as long as they have faith in me while using the tactics I believe are best without having to apologise to anyone,

MaltaToday 26-APR-10

[also wrote that:]: we have ensured that while the (criminal) case is sub-judice, Mario Debono will not act as Officer of GRTU.

MaltaToday 19-APR-10

[-said that]: The astronomical increase in fees will definitely have a detrimental effect on the waste operators who will be left with no option but to pass charges onto the consumer when Wasteserv decides to stop paying the relevant fees.

MaltaToday 08-APR-10

[ said]: This was met with great disapproval, and we both raised our voices,

MaltaIndipendent 26-MAR-10

[said that:]: had no one arrived to intervene, I am sure that Mr Chetcuti would have gone all the way and killed me

MaltaIndipendent 26-MAR-10

[ said]: Up until this day, I cannot get this scene out of my head. He must have punched me about 15 times. When I was ushered out of the GRTU premises, Mr Chetcuti threatened me and yelled that if he did not manage to kill me today, he would come with his brother tomorrow to finish the job off,

MaltaIndipendent 26-MAR-10

[ said]: Since the GRTU also forms part of the MCESD, it is unacceptable for a council member to leak strictly confidential material to someone as influential as the Opposition Leader,

MaltaIndipendent 26-MAR-10

[-told]: He used to speak on Xarabank as a property developer, while we had contractors and developers as members and no-one was ready to take the lead,

MaltaToday 15-MAR-10

[-said]: The exact amount will emerge following submission of audited accounts and subject to a government ceiling and depending on the number of business who opt for financial compensation,

MaltaToday 11-MAR-10

[-said]: on the criteria that should be used as a basis for negotiations with Government as it was imposing an early deadline for closure of these shops,

MaltaToday 11-MAR-10

[ said]: If the latest report is correct, it proves that the sample survey conducted by GRTU is correct because we calculated a 10 per cent to a 15 per cent drop of retail trade over the Christmas period but we cannot rely on Eurostat statistics. It further reflects the actual performance of the economy and unfortunately the Gross Domestic Product calculations are also based on these figures,

MaltaBusinessWeekly 04-FEB-10

[ explained]: The credibility of the figures does not hold because when they are compared to those of previous reports these are changed. Therefore a real analysis cannot be made leaving businesspeople not knowing where they stand,

MaltaBusinessWeekly 04-FEB-10

[-explained that]: whereas those that sell exclusive and high quality brands – such as designer label clothing, did not have to come up with any sales or offers and still fared well.

MaltaToday 30-DEC-09

[added:]: The GRTU strongly urges the government to take some serious professional advice on how to handle its public relations if it really wants consumer confidence to grow and business to thrive in a world economic scenario which is definitely not comfortable. The GRTU intends to keep pressing the government for a reassessment of its whole package of economic incentives to small business.

timesofmalta 17-DEC-09

[-said]: We should have learnt from this experience,

MaltaToday 17-NOV-09

[-said]: A few years back, government introduced a very costly registration system whereby importers of pharmaceuticals would register the medicines they import on a schedule,

MaltaToday 17-NOV-09

[ said]: GRTU would happily plan the phased introduction of this reform at MCESD. In my opinion it is not the time for a reduction to 25 per cent in the present economic downturn as we plan to renovate and reinvest in the necessary momentum for an economic upswing unless a miracle happens at MCESD level, where employers, trade unions and civil society agree on a really tough programme of public expenditure cutting. One must also know that tax reductions, though always welcome, are less effective when firms are losin

MaltaBusinessWeekly 05-NOV-09

[-asked]: Will he increase them?

MaltaToday 21-OCT-09

[-added]: a published formula on which the international fuel prices are factored into the tariff, and the tariff almost invariably increases,

MaltaToday 21-OCT-09

[-said]: Again listening to his explanations and to detailed stage of Planning reached so far by the Smart City Directors I felt I should not fear that the project will not be completed,

MaltaToday 08-OCT-09

[-insisted]: People here talk as if nothing special happened in the world since June 2008,

MaltaToday 08-OCT-09

[-added]: It is not a question of rethinking but a practical appreciation that investments need to move on with a clear appreciation of actual market demand as a building of a City that becomes a ghost town will not signify smart planning,

MaltaToday 08-OCT-09

[-said]: This new increase comes at a time when all businesses were reducing prices to remain on the market, and as a consequence, businesses could pass on the increase to consumers fuelling further inflation,

MaltaToday 07-SEP-09

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