Something new about this website
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December 2, 2014 at 3:07pm
Lots of you are going to be happy to find out that the ‘next’ and ‘previous’ buttons are back. There’s also a new function which tells you which posts you have read. And if you scroll down to the bottom of the page you’ll find an email address the terms under which news, information and photographs can be submitted. I am the only person who has access to that email address.
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Jozef, bil-Malta nghidu, ‘minn fejn iggibhom?’ Good one :)
Well done keep up your excellent work. Malta needs you.
Daphne. These features are great and I like the new layout. May I simply suggest that you increase the size of the fonts in each blog post?
If you use Chrome, under Settings there’s a zoom function.
Yes, thanks. Safari has that too. Zooming is annoying though especially when your eyesight starts failing because of age.
You can change the font size of your display or the size of the display itself.
I suggest you change the zoom level, Kevin
In IE, bottom right side, whilst in Firefox, top right.
@ Daphne
Could you fiddle with the settings so links open in another page please
Just press ctrl and click on the link.
Kevin just use ‘Ctrl and +’ together to increase and ‘Ctrl and -‘ together to decrease the page.
The easiest way to zoom in/out, is to press ctrl (either left or right), and rotate the mouse wheel.
Just one word.
Prosit.
that’s great news – makes my daily reading so much easier.
Prosit, ma nistax nghidlek kemm ill battikata hadt sabiex naqra dak li inti tikteb. Grazzi u vera napprezza ix xoghol li taghmel, li suppost qed jaghmlu min qed jithallas ghalieh.
What was it they said about the fate of this website after March 2013?
Thank you so much, makes it easier to go through the articles. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Daphne!
what about your photo on the right?
just great!
Thank you. If you are using a mobile with a relatively slow speed this saves plenty of time.
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-02/local-news/New-power-station-to-be-completed-by-June-2016-Energy-Minister-Konrad-Mizzi-announces-6736126720
It’s clear why they had to wait, interconnector first, excess supply later. A delayed interconnector, blasted Italian bureacracy, halted everything.
And wasn’t that irrelevant to Mizzi’s plans, 25% capacity and whatnot?
Which however prompts the question why they had to align the two suppliers into ‘one’ investment. So much for competition lowering prices.
Funny how an investment in Labour language implies guranteed return for eighteen years, no questions asked.
We have until June 2016 to prise that blessed rate per unit from the minister. Even because the interconnector can go wrong, miskin.
So the option of gasoil still on the cards, thank goodness BWSC can take HFO, gasoil and gas.
Jetty works to start in January, that’s stormy season.
The minister’s concerned for interconnectors over a 100kms long.
How does he explain this one then?
http://www.terna.it/default/home_en/the_company/about_terna/terna_group_abroad/terna_balkans_en/submarine_interconnections_balkans.aspx
That’s 400 kms across the Adriatic.
And how sweet of Labour to put us in line with Albania and Montenegro, cheap electricity suppliers is what they have in mind for us.
No strikes please, not until eighteen years are up.
Don’t get me started. MAPS.
Prosit, Daphne! I got used to the way it was but those keys and the new tabs are an asset to your blog.
These additions make your blog more user friendly and easier to read.
Thank you!
After first complaining about it, I have now got used to the new layout, but the newest buttons are a good addition to it. Well done!
Well done as always.
Thanks, Daphne. Your website is addictive.
Grazzi mill-qalb
May I suggest that a “Home” button could be included, so that you always go back to the main page from wherever you are?
If you click on the logo (Running Commentary in red and black top of page), you are redirected to the index page
Making it easier all the time.
Good work, keep it up, as you are the only ‘journalist’ who does not mind telling the truth backed by indisputable evidence which bothers the marmalja so much.
Thank you. Forever grateful.
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-02/local-news/Out-of-stock-medicines-problem-is-inexistent-apart-from-around-five-medicines-Labour-MP-6736126709
This gem by Labour’s Deo Debattista at the bottom of the article.
‘…He suggested that the former landfill at Maghtab should be covered will photovoltaic panels….’
Yes of course, let’s put panels on Maghtab’s north face, where the sun barely shines, and that’s till noon.
Well done. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
I only found the ‘previous page’ buttons. I scrolled down to the bottom of the page but did not find e-mail address. Could be something to do with the settings on my computer ?
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/budget_2015/47022/pullicino_reiterates_call_for_publication_of_energy_contracts#.VH3WsNLF9mM
‘..Insisting that a PN government would not bind itself to buy energy from ElectroGas, he said that purchasing energy from the interconnector would be cheaper and more flexible…’
And now for Konrad’s hissy fit, can’t have a sovereign state choose suppliers in an open market can we?
thanks
Thank you Daphne. You are better than a nap, than a night out or an early night, than watching TV or browsing the internet. I’m totally addicted to your blogs.
Daphne Tagħna Lkoll
(sorry I had to)
What is the reason behind the VAT office attack?
Is it a form of coercion or threat?
[Daphne – I have just put up a post about this. Please read it and pass it on.]
Thanks – and ‘kuragg’ (I and thousands like me know that you lack it not)
Praise the Lord.
More news from Labour_Confused.com :-
– the new power station will be up and running in June 2016 but still no contracts have been signed (source Konrad) – “a few months delay” points to this date which in reality points to a delivery sometime in 2018;
– Labour inherited Enemalta with a billion in debt (source Konrat today) – in March 2013 it was no more than 550 or 600 million. Where did the 400 million go Konrad?
– its a seven year plan (source Konrad) – where did he pull that one out of? Seven years for what? Why does he speak in riddles?
– we should have private public solar panel renting of roofs bla bla bla so that we “only have to use the power station a third of the time, only on cloudy days” (source MI quoting LAB MP Deo Debattista) – that’s the new 300 million euro power station we need along with that LNG time bomb in the middle of the bay. Unbelievable levels of IQ here;
– Communist China owns 33% of our national grid company and we are still in control (source Konrat) – like we control 66% of a company 100% mortgaged to a foreign bank owned by a communist dictatorship;
– “The Nationalists left us with 1,700,000,000 in debt” (source PM Muscat on Reporter) – the national debt is three times that much today. Does Muscat, the super economist, even care to know what he is saying anymore?
Just a small point here, correct me if I m wrong but Joseph Muscat’s doctorate is in marketing not economics. It definitely makes a huge difference. Think bigger picture. Long term strategy. Motivation and planning.
[Daphne – It isn’t in marketing or economics. It’s in public policy.]
thanks – it’s very helpful.
Thank you for the changes.
Defni di bast.
Thank you.
Hsibtek Evarist Bartolo. mhux ghax ma jidholx hawn gew ta.
Great, thanks for this, very helpful, but I notice the next and previous button are reversed. Web standards on all browsers have the left button taking you back and the right button forward. Maybe you would consider reversing them. I hope I am not sounding ungrateful, I appreciate the hard work you put in this blog. Keep it up and thank you very much.
proset king erm queen
Excellent.
Thank you.
Thank you
Grazzi hafna ta. Ma kienx jaghmel sens minghajrhom
Thank you very much Daphne for the great service you are rendering to this wretched island. With so many radio and TV stations, it is only this blog that furnishes us with real news and information. Please keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work … you are the best journalist and blogger around.
Keep up the good work. Grazzi ta’ kollox.
Brilliant. I was really missing the “next” and “previous” buttons.
May I however suggest that these buttons be located under the header, thus keeping the same location on each and every page – I believe that is how it used to be. At the moment readers have to scroll down to the end of each article to move on to the next one.
When connected to the header (or placed as the top of the article), readers will simply be able to click on the same spot.
This is not so much about never being content or being lazy as much as it is about the ease with which readers are able to navigate the site.
Keep up the good work. Well done.
Thank you, prosit keep up the good work, keep safe, Isewwa jirbah zgur
Thanks. you deserve all the praise and appreciation.
You are unique, especially on this island.
Ghax Defni taghna tisma
Any chance if introducing Disqus so if anyone comments on a comment one makes that person can easily follow the thread?
Għandna gvern li suppost jisma’ imma Daphne tagħti widen għat-‘tbatijiet’ tagħna.
M’hawnx għalik!
Can I suggest a like/dislike option is included?