Mark Anthony Sammut

The Prime Minister, Parliamentary Secretary Owen Bonnici and Minister Konrad Mizzi are being reported across all media to have stated that " consumers with any information on the tampering of smart meters that could lead Enemalta and the police to catch the "spider that weaved the web" can avail themselves of the Whistlebower Act. " Now this got me quite muddled up, since as far as I know the Whistleblower Act only comes into play to protect employers who uncover illegalities at their place of employment from being disciplined by their employer. In fact, I went through the Act which can be found online  which clearly states the following: "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 disclosures from detrimental acti

Economy indicators over the past months have shown worrying negative trends, notwithstanding the Prime Minister's call for everyone to be positive and labelling 'negative' and 'traitor' whoever criticises him or his government. Unfortunately, it seems the economy is not driven forward by smiles and positiveness. In an article in Il-Mument last December I had highlighted the huge decrease in industrial production experienced by Malta in 2013, a year in which Europe recovered, compared to the increase experienced in 2012 when Europe was on the decline. Local newspapers have now picked up the Eurostat report. In brief, it results that in 2012 Malta registered the largest increase in industrial production in Europe while Europe experienced an overall average decrease, in contrast with 2013 in which Malta registered the largest decrease in industrial production in Europe while Europe experienced an overall average increase. This is not only worrying, but clearly