Mark Anthony Sammut

L-artiklu tiegħi li deher fil- mument  ta' nhar il-Ħadd 24 ta' Frar 2013 Fi ftit ġranet il-votanti se jkunu qed jagħżlu min se jmexxi l-pajjiż fil-ħames snin li ġejjin u min se jkun qed jirrapreżentahom fil-Parlament. Din mhijiex deċiżjoni li tittieħed fuq bażi istintiva. M’hijiex logħba tal-ażżard. Għaldaqstant, f’nofs kampanja ta’ billboards ikkuluriti, u  slogans sbiħ u retoriċi, huwa importanti li l-votant jiddixxerni u jiffoka fuq dak li hu importanti. Fuq il-prioritajiet. Fuq dak li hu essenzjali. Id-dinja għada kemm għaddiet mill-agħar riċessjoni ekonomika ta’ dawn l-aħħar tmenin sena, u għadha ma rkupratx minnha kompletament. F’bosta pajjiżi, il-banek tfarrku, il-gvernijiet ikkollassaw, intilfu għadd ta’ impjiegi, il-miżati tal-Universitajiet għolew, in-nies għadhom qed isofru l-konsegwenzi ta’ deċiżjonijiet populisti u ta’ deċiżjonijiet ħżiena ta’ gvernijiet li naqsu milli jieħdu deċiżjonijiet iebsa minħabba l-bżonnijiet elettorali. Iżda m

The Nationalist Party is proposing that with the commissioning of the inter-connector with Sicily (a submarine cable through which Malta would be able to buy electricity from the European grid and which will allow Malta to close down the Marsa power-station), coupled with finishing the installation of smart meters by this year's end,  night tariffs for electricity will be introduced in March 2014 . This will be possible because European countries have a surplus of electricity generation during the night, which they are eager to sell at very low prices. There is also another long-term benefit in introducing night-tariffs. It gives an incentive to both industry and domestic users to run certain electricity-consuming processes during the night, whenever possible. This balances the load difference between day and night, and reduces the peak demand for electricity. In simple words, if certain processes instead of being run during the day are run at night, demand during the day go

L-artiklu tiegħi li deher fil- mument  ta' nhar il-Ħadd 17 ta' Frar 2013 Gvern Nazzjonalista wassal sabiex jinfetħu is-swieq beraħ u kullħadd ikun jista’ jixtri u jimporta dak li jrid. Il-politika tal-Partit Nazzjonalista waslet sabiex is-settur privat tassew jikber u joħloq il-ġid. Ġid li gawda minnu kullħadd u li ma ħalliniex pajjiż tat-tielet dinja. Fost l-inizjattivi li ħa Gvern Nazzjonalista biex ħoloq ix-xogħol, tejjeb l-edukazzjoni tagħna lkoll u saħħaħ is-servizzi tas-saħħa kien hemm il-Public-Private Partnerships, magħrufa aħjar bħala PPP. Dawn rajniehom f’setturi varji fosthom fi scholarships li ngħataw lil eluf ta’ studenti, f’eluf ta’ operazzjonijiet li saru fi sptarijiet privati, fl-immodernizzar ta’ faċilitajiet sportivi u fit-tisbiħ tat-toroq. Imma għal Labour u l-forċini tiegħu, PPP ma tfissirx ħolqien tax-xogħol, edukazzjoni aħjar għal uliedek u servizz tas-saħħa li jixraqlek. Anzi l-PPP li l-Labour qed jgħid li ser jagħmel mal-privat għall-power-s

Yesterday, during an interview,  in relation to the Enemalta oil procurement investigation, Joseph Muscat is reported as having said that : "a whistleblower act would have avoided all this because politicians, who may have an interest in the case that comes before them, will have no say in who gets a pardon." Frankly, this is just another chapter in a series of misguided manipulations we are witnessing in this campaign by an ex-Super One reporter who knows no better. Let's get things straight. The impression that the Whistleblower Act  is the be-all and end-all of solving corruption, which Joseph Muscat has been trying to give, is false. The Whistleblower act is "an act to make provision for procedures in terms of which employees in both the private sector and the public administration may disclose information regarding improper practices by their employers or other employees in the employ of their employers and to protect employees who make said disclosu

L-artiklu tiegħi li deher fil- mument  ta' nhar il-Ħadd 10 ta' Frar 2013 Meta tmexxi bil-politika ta’ “the end justifies the means” u meta twiegħed kollox lil kullħadd, tkun qiegħed biss tuża lil dak li jkun għax għandek bżonnu illum. Wara li tkun għasartu, trid biss tibgħat għalih u ttih sitt tiri kiesaħ u biered. F’kelma oħra, tarmieh. Muscat jużak illum u jarmik għada. Ħafna nies li żort fl-aħħar xhur tkellmu miegħi dwar żjarat li kellhom minn kandidati Laburisti. Kif wieħed għandu jagħmel meta jżuru politiku, dak li jkun isaqsi mistoqsijiet dwar f’hiex temmen, x’qed jipproponi l-partit tiegħek u kif lest twettaq dak li qed tipproponi. Ħafna u ħafna familji qaluli li baqgħu bla risposti ċari jew saħansitra kandidat tal-Labour qallhom mod u kandidat ieħor ta’ Muscat qallhom mod ieħor! Lanqas il-kandidati tal-Labour ma jafu kif se jwettqu dak kollu li qed iwegħdu, aħseb u ara kemm se ssir taf int! Lanqas id-Viċi Mexxej tal-Labour stess ma kien jaf x’qed jippropon

Singer William Mangion was telling us in the past days that he does not trust Gonzi anymore because tourism is going downhill, and he is suffering the effect because he is not being asked to perform at hotels as much as he used to do. I just wish to point out to William that according to figures published by NSO, 2012 is the fourth record year in the last five years. 2,060,000 tourists visited Malta. Tourist arrivals increased by 19%, and tourist expenditure in Malta by 27%. And these results where achieved while the world all over was going through the worst recession in the past 80 years. Maybe William needs to look for other reasons as to why he is not on such a high demand any more, rather than blaming it on the Prime Minister. Where else in the world is this type of reasoning accepted as logical? Is-soltu mentalita' socjalista - fejn ma nasalx jien, tort tal-Gvern. Hasra. With Joseph as Prime Minister, he is hoping more hotels will be sending for him again. Though

L-artiklu tiegħi li deher fil- mument ta' nhar il-Ħadd 3 ta' Frar 2013 Sa minn ċkunitek tibda tagħmel l-għażliet. Malli fil-klassi, l-għalliem isaqsi mistoqsija, tista’ tagħżel li tkun awtur billi tipprova twieġeb. Tista’ wkoll tagħżel li ma tgħid xejn, toqgħod bi kwietek ħalli żgur ħadd ma jgħidlek li weġibt ħażin. F’dak il-każ tkun biss spettatur. Issib ukoll min ikun pinnur. Dan illum jgħid mod u għada jgħid ieħor. Jien għażilt li naħdem fil-Partit Nazzjonalista. Inqis il-PN bħala l-awtur ta’ Malta indipendenti, ta’ Malta fl-Unjoni Ewropeja u fuq kollox l-awtur li ġab ‘il-Malta ‘il quddiem, b’ekonomija moderna, u ħoloq opportunitajiet ta’ xogħol u edukazzjoni. Bħal kull min ikun awtur, trid tippjana, trid tiddjaloga, trid tisma’, trid tħassar u terġa’ tikteb, trid taġixxi u trid twettaq. Hekk għamel Gvern Nazzjonalista fl-aħħar leġislatura. Bħal awtur ta’ ktieb, jiġu mumenti fejn tħoss il-pressjoni, jiġu mumenti fejn il-muża ma tkunx fl-aqwa tagħha u jiġu mumenti

Nationalist candidate Mark Anthony Sammut tells MIRIAM DALLI how the PN believes in the individual’s ability to reach higher… and wants to empower him to do so. What is your background? I'm a young 26-year-old hailing from the small village of Gudja. I graduated as an engineer in 2008 and I've worked with a private telecommunications company since then, also reading for an MSc through distance-learning with the Queen Mary University of London. I have also been a local councillor in my locality on behalf of the Nationalist Party for the past seven years. How did you get involved in politics? I've always been involved in a number of voluntary sports and youth organisations, and accepting to contest the local council election seven years ago was a continuation of my active participation in civil society. Even though I was the only councillor on behalf of my party, I learned to work co-operatively and effectively even with councillors from a rival party, and I mana

"How can you perform all the necessary risk and safety assessments, Environment Impact Assessment, and MEPA permits, and still have it ready in two years?", we asked. "We'll do a 60-day fast-tracking process like government did for SmartCity", Konrad said. Today  the Times reports that although Mepa considered Smart City to be a priority, the complicated process – which included changes to the local plan, approval by Parliament, an Environmental Impact Statement and an obligatory public consultation – was only complete after more than two-and-a-half years. 31 months. And the risk assessments didn't involve anything having to do with LNG gas tanks a step away from a power-station.

L-intervent tiegħi waqt il-Kunsill Ġenerali tal-25 ta' Jannar 2013, li approva l-Programm Elettorali tal-Partit Nazzjonalista għall-elezzjoni ġenerali tad-9 ta' Marzu 2013.