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By Mario Muscat
Harvest time.
By Mario Muscat
Harvest time.
“Xogħol u tkabbir fl-ekonomija Għawdxija”
L-impenn tal-gvern biex joħloq ambjent kummerċjali favur in-negozju wassal għall-investiment barrani f’Għawdex sabiex jikber b’mod sinifikanti fl-aħħar ftit snin, kif ukoll dak min-naħa tan-negozji żgħar u medji Għawdxin. Fl-2018, il-korporazzjoni Malta Enterprise approvat mal-15-il proġett li ser isiru f’Għawdex, bl-investimenti ta’ dawn il-proġetti jlaħħqu l-€1.6 miljun u jfissru l-ħolqien ta’ madwar 100 impjieg.
Il-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, l-Investiment u n-Negozji ż-Żgħar Chris Cardona u l-Ministru għal-Għawdex Justyne Caruana, żaru tliet kumpaniji fiż-Żona Industrijali tax-Xewkija li esperjenzaw tkabbir u espandew l-operazzjonijiet tagħhom fl-aħħar snin. Dawn jinkludu Magro Brothers, Merit Precision Tools Ltd u Hutchinson. Fl-istess żona industrijali tax-Xewkija, il-Ministru Cardona ħabbar kif mill-2013 sal-llum, fetħu għaxar kumpaniji ġodda u l-impjiegi telgħu minn madwar 500 impjieg għal-800 impjieg.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex Justyne Caruana qalet li dan il-Gvern hu mpenjat li f’Għawdex ikompli joħloq l-investiment u xhieda ta’ dan huma diversi proġetti li għaddejjin f’Għawdex bħalissa, ewlenin fostom dak ta’ Barts. Il-Ministru Caruana qalet li apparti investimet dirett barrani, il-gvern qed jindirizza wkoll il-bżonnijiet tal-industrija lokali fejn sar investiment fiż-żona industrijali tax-Xewkija. Il-Ministru għal Għawdex stqarret li f’Għawdex, l-ażjendi lokali komplew jinvestu u jissaħħu u dan b’sinerġija mal-gvern.
Il-Ministru Justyne Caruana fakkret ukoll fl-investimenti kapitali li qed iwettaq il-gvern fejn qed jinbnew aktar spazji fiż-żona magħrufa bħala l-Ħofra fix-Xewkija, l-ICT Hub u l-proġett immexxi mill-Ministeru għal Għawdex, tal-SME Park. Il-Ministru Caruana qalet li apparti investiment fl-infrastruttura, il-ministeru ħaseb biex isaħħaħ il-kapital uman u dan permezz ta’ skema – il-Gozo Employment Scheme – immexxija mill-istess ministeru u li din is-sena assistiet 32 intrapriża u li permezz tagħha nħolqu 80 impjieg ġdid fil-gżira Għawdxija.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex qalet li l-sifida tal-konnettività wkoll qed tiġi indirizzata permezz tal-introduzzjoni tar-raba vapur, it-tqegħid tat-tieni fibre optic cable u issa wkoll permezz tal-konnettività bl-ajru.
“Nemmnu li punt permanenti bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer mhux biss ser itejjeb drastikament il-kwalità tal-ħajja ta’ Għawdxin li għandhom bżonn jivjaġġaw bejn il-gżejjer kuljum, imma se jagħti wkoll triq biex l-investiment dirett barrani jimxi lejn din il-gżira, u jagħti lill-Għawdxin aktar opportunitajiet biex jgħixu u jaħdmu eqreb lejn darhom. Jiena konvint li fis-snin li ġejjin aħna se nirrevedu dan il-perjodu ta’ żmien bħala l-ħin fejn Għawdex ħa l-aqwa riżultati ekonomiċi u soċjali tiegħu”, qal il-Ministru Cardona.
- Mej 22, 2019 20:40
- Miktub minn iNews
L-impenn tal-gvern biex joħloq ambjent kummerċjali favur in-negozju wassal għall-investiment barrani f’Għawdex sabiex jikber b’mod sinifikanti fl-aħħar ftit snin, kif ukoll dak min-naħa tan-negozji żgħar u medji Għawdxin. Fl-2018, il-korporazzjoni Malta Enterprise approvat mal-15-il proġett li ser isiru f’Għawdex, bl-investimenti ta’ dawn il-proġetti jlaħħqu l-€1.6 miljun u jfissru l-ħolqien ta’ madwar 100 impjieg.
Il-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, l-Investiment u n-Negozji ż-Żgħar Chris Cardona u l-Ministru għal-Għawdex Justyne Caruana, żaru tliet kumpaniji fiż-Żona Industrijali tax-Xewkija li esperjenzaw tkabbir u espandew l-operazzjonijiet tagħhom fl-aħħar snin. Dawn jinkludu Magro Brothers, Merit Precision Tools Ltd u Hutchinson. Fl-istess żona industrijali tax-Xewkija, il-Ministru Cardona ħabbar kif mill-2013 sal-llum, fetħu għaxar kumpaniji ġodda u l-impjiegi telgħu minn madwar 500 impjieg għal-800 impjieg.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex Justyne Caruana qalet li dan il-Gvern hu mpenjat li f’Għawdex ikompli joħloq l-investiment u xhieda ta’ dan huma diversi proġetti li għaddejjin f’Għawdex bħalissa, ewlenin fostom dak ta’ Barts. Il-Ministru Caruana qalet li apparti investimet dirett barrani, il-gvern qed jindirizza wkoll il-bżonnijiet tal-industrija lokali fejn sar investiment fiż-żona industrijali tax-Xewkija. Il-Ministru għal Għawdex stqarret li f’Għawdex, l-ażjendi lokali komplew jinvestu u jissaħħu u dan b’sinerġija mal-gvern.
Il-Ministru Justyne Caruana fakkret ukoll fl-investimenti kapitali li qed iwettaq il-gvern fejn qed jinbnew aktar spazji fiż-żona magħrufa bħala l-Ħofra fix-Xewkija, l-ICT Hub u l-proġett immexxi mill-Ministeru għal Għawdex, tal-SME Park. Il-Ministru Caruana qalet li apparti investiment fl-infrastruttura, il-ministeru ħaseb biex isaħħaħ il-kapital uman u dan permezz ta’ skema – il-Gozo Employment Scheme – immexxija mill-istess ministeru u li din is-sena assistiet 32 intrapriża u li permezz tagħha nħolqu 80 impjieg ġdid fil-gżira Għawdxija.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex qalet li l-sifida tal-konnettività wkoll qed tiġi indirizzata permezz tal-introduzzjoni tar-raba vapur, it-tqegħid tat-tieni fibre optic cable u issa wkoll permezz tal-konnettività bl-ajru.
“Nemmnu li punt permanenti bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer mhux biss ser itejjeb drastikament il-kwalità tal-ħajja ta’ Għawdxin li għandhom bżonn jivjaġġaw bejn il-gżejjer kuljum, imma se jagħti wkoll triq biex l-investiment dirett barrani jimxi lejn din il-gżira, u jagħti lill-Għawdxin aktar opportunitajiet biex jgħixu u jaħdmu eqreb lejn darhom. Jiena konvint li fis-snin li ġejjin aħna se nirrevedu dan il-perjodu ta’ żmien bħala l-ħin fejn Għawdex ħa l-aqwa riżultati ekonomiċi u soċjali tiegħu”, qal il-Ministru Cardona.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019,
Muscat, Delia face off in last campaign debate
Abortion, the environment, and migration, among a myriad of issues raised
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Opposition leader Adrian Delia debated abortion, the environment, and migration, among a myriad of other issues in a final TV showdown on Wednesday ahead of the European elections.
The two leaders largely stuck to their respective campaign messages but Dr Muscat appeared to be more confrontational than he had been in previous debates with Dr Delia.
Moderator Mario Xuereb rang in the first round with a toughly worded question on abortion for Dr Delia.
The PN, Mr Xuereb said, appeared to be approaching the election as one it knew it would lose. Dr Delia was raising the spectre of abortion, but this could not be imposed by the EU, could it? And, by framing the election as a referendum on abortion, surely he had just played into the pro-choice camp’s hands, since it was an open secret he would not be winning this poll?
Replying, Dr Delia said the PN had clear proposals for both the EP and the local council elections, giving a brief overview.
Turning to abortion, he said the PN was adamantly “in favour of life”.
On the other hand, the European socialists were calling for the introduction of a “right to abortion”. The Labour Party, having endorsed this European manifesto, might tell Maltese it was pro-life, but it was also backing the introduction of this right.
Labour, he said, was being inconsistent.
Dr Muscat retorted that the PN was waging a campaign without any sense and it had resorted to the issue of abortion because its back was against the wall.
The EU, he insisted, could not make Malta introduce abortion, and Dr Delia knew this.
The PN had “lost itself”, going from the party that had taken Malta into the EU, to the party that tried to spread fear about ‘too many foreigners’, and now that the EU would bring in abortion.
Mr Xuereb asked Dr Muscat why he had framed this weekend’s election as a choice between him and the Opposition leader.
Dr Muscat said he was in the middle of his second term as Prime Minister and it was only natural that the electorate would judge his performance. This was also Dr Delia’s first test and the electorate would be judging him, he added.
Asked about social inequality, Dr Muscat gave a resume' of government initiatives.
Then came a question for Dr Delia: Love it or hate it the Individual Investor Programme (passports for cash) is here, does the PN back it?
His answer was: “no”. As a result of the damage done to its reputation, Malta was losing out on genuine investment opportunities that would outstrip the IIP, he said.
Dr Muscat might think the PN was counting sheep, but it certainly wouldn’t pull the wool over anyone’s eyes.
And as for a ‘campaign of hate’ that some had criticised the PN on, Dr Delia said he had nothing to be ashamed of when it came to his party.
Dr Delia then raised the issue of long term planning – something he insisted the government was not doing.
Labour was widening roads, but this will not have solved the problem of traffic, and air will be even dirtier.
Another question for Dr Delia concerned foreigners in Malta. Was the PN turning to the far right?
Here too the Opposition leader responded with a quick “no”.
The argument, he insisted, was about the impact which a rapidly expanding population had on the country. “Sure there are more jobs today, but what do they pay?” he asked
It was not a matter of race. The PN had zero tolerance to racism.
“We need to see where the issue of racism is coming from. Perhaps Joseph Muscat can tell us about pushback?” he said, adding that he had been among the lawyers to sign an anti-pushback petition.
On the murder of migrant Lassana Cisse, several issues needed to be looked at. Had standards dropped in the AFM? And would the AFM or the Prime Minister say what was the mystery crime one of the two soldiers accused of the murder had already committed when he joined the army?
Dropping in some statistics from a recent economic impact study on the road works projects, Dr Muscat asked whether Dr Delia thought the government should have left the roads with potholes to stop people from buying cars.
He also warned against thinking Malta could control flows of people, saying the last European party to do this had been the UK conservatives, and now they had Brexit to deal with.
A follow-up question for Dr Muscat asked about concerns on over-development.
Here, Dr Muscat admitted, perhaps in the clearest way to date, that the environment had been a failing for his government.
The government, he said, had not been as “sensitive” as it should have been.
In his closing remarks, Dr Delia implored voters to ask what they expected from their MEPs.
Dr Muscat on other hand asked viewers who they trusted to get things done.
Muscat, Delia face off in last campaign debate
Abortion, the environment, and migration, among a myriad of issues raised
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Opposition leader Adrian Delia debated abortion, the environment, and migration, among a myriad of other issues in a final TV showdown on Wednesday ahead of the European elections.
The two leaders largely stuck to their respective campaign messages but Dr Muscat appeared to be more confrontational than he had been in previous debates with Dr Delia.
Moderator Mario Xuereb rang in the first round with a toughly worded question on abortion for Dr Delia.
The PN, Mr Xuereb said, appeared to be approaching the election as one it knew it would lose. Dr Delia was raising the spectre of abortion, but this could not be imposed by the EU, could it? And, by framing the election as a referendum on abortion, surely he had just played into the pro-choice camp’s hands, since it was an open secret he would not be winning this poll?
Replying, Dr Delia said the PN had clear proposals for both the EP and the local council elections, giving a brief overview.
Turning to abortion, he said the PN was adamantly “in favour of life”.
On the other hand, the European socialists were calling for the introduction of a “right to abortion”. The Labour Party, having endorsed this European manifesto, might tell Maltese it was pro-life, but it was also backing the introduction of this right.
Labour, he said, was being inconsistent.
Dr Muscat retorted that the PN was waging a campaign without any sense and it had resorted to the issue of abortion because its back was against the wall.
The EU, he insisted, could not make Malta introduce abortion, and Dr Delia knew this.
The PN had “lost itself”, going from the party that had taken Malta into the EU, to the party that tried to spread fear about ‘too many foreigners’, and now that the EU would bring in abortion.
Mr Xuereb asked Dr Muscat why he had framed this weekend’s election as a choice between him and the Opposition leader.
Dr Muscat said he was in the middle of his second term as Prime Minister and it was only natural that the electorate would judge his performance. This was also Dr Delia’s first test and the electorate would be judging him, he added.
Asked about social inequality, Dr Muscat gave a resume' of government initiatives.
Then came a question for Dr Delia: Love it or hate it the Individual Investor Programme (passports for cash) is here, does the PN back it?
His answer was: “no”. As a result of the damage done to its reputation, Malta was losing out on genuine investment opportunities that would outstrip the IIP, he said.
Dr Muscat might think the PN was counting sheep, but it certainly wouldn’t pull the wool over anyone’s eyes.
And as for a ‘campaign of hate’ that some had criticised the PN on, Dr Delia said he had nothing to be ashamed of when it came to his party.
Dr Delia then raised the issue of long term planning – something he insisted the government was not doing.
Labour was widening roads, but this will not have solved the problem of traffic, and air will be even dirtier.
Another question for Dr Delia concerned foreigners in Malta. Was the PN turning to the far right?
Here too the Opposition leader responded with a quick “no”.
The argument, he insisted, was about the impact which a rapidly expanding population had on the country. “Sure there are more jobs today, but what do they pay?” he asked
It was not a matter of race. The PN had zero tolerance to racism.
“We need to see where the issue of racism is coming from. Perhaps Joseph Muscat can tell us about pushback?” he said, adding that he had been among the lawyers to sign an anti-pushback petition.
On the murder of migrant Lassana Cisse, several issues needed to be looked at. Had standards dropped in the AFM? And would the AFM or the Prime Minister say what was the mystery crime one of the two soldiers accused of the murder had already committed when he joined the army?
Dropping in some statistics from a recent economic impact study on the road works projects, Dr Muscat asked whether Dr Delia thought the government should have left the roads with potholes to stop people from buying cars.
He also warned against thinking Malta could control flows of people, saying the last European party to do this had been the UK conservatives, and now they had Brexit to deal with.
A follow-up question for Dr Muscat asked about concerns on over-development.
Here, Dr Muscat admitted, perhaps in the clearest way to date, that the environment had been a failing for his government.
The government, he said, had not been as “sensitive” as it should have been.
In his closing remarks, Dr Delia implored voters to ask what they expected from their MEPs.
Dr Muscat on other hand asked viewers who they trusted to get things done.
Beppe Fenech Adami warns Malta has major crime problem, says Joseph Muscat is out of touch
The murder of Lassana Cisse Souleymane has further shown that Malta is not a safe country, the PN says
20 May 2019, 6:17pm
by Massimo Costa
Beppe Fenech Adami has accused the Prime Minister of being 'brazen faced' when declaring Malta is a safe country
Beppe Fenech Adami has accused the Prime Minister of being in a state of denial when describing Malta, a “safe place” after two soldiers were charged with racial murder.
The Nationalist Party MP said Joseph Muscat was “brazen faced” and out of touch with what people were feeling.
“Honest people no longer feel safe in a country where a man is killed because he is black, a journalist is killed for doing her job, an elderly woman is mugged and higher theft is recorded as a result of organised crime,” Fenech Adami said.
He was reacting in the wake of the developments over the weekend that saw the police charge two soldiers with the murder of an Ivorian man and the attempted murder of three other migrants.
Fenech Adami said the case shocked the country and Muscat’s use of the words “Malta is a safe place” in a tweet over the weekend was out of touch with what people were feeling.
But the former PN deputy leader rejected suggestions that the PN’s rhetoric about the excess number of foreigners on the island could contribute to a climate of hatred towards foreigners.
“The PN’s criticism is that the government has based economic growth on population growth. With all due respect, it has nothing to do with [the creation of a] racist element,” Fenech Adami told MaltaToday.
He said the PN understood that, as a result of Malta’s EU membership, foreigners would come to Malta. “But Muscat based the economy purely on increasing population size.”
Referring to Muscat, the PN MP said that racist was he who “fooled the Maltese people [into believing] that there is a solution to the big challenges faced by the EU in the last years” in relation to migration.
He went on to link the government's immigration policy to the current situation Malta was facing, where two soldiers had killed a migrant.
“Muscat spoke of pushbacks and put this into action, so much so that he left women and children stranded for weeks at sea in winter, to appear strong, populist and to attract votes,” Fenech Adami charged.
He added that a number of years after the Prime Minister had started to adopt such an attitude in relation to migration, Malta was now “reaping the fruit of the seeds which Joseph Muscat planted”.
Fenech Adami was taking questions after speaking at a PN press conference focussing on criminality.
PN MP Robert Cutajar also criticised the government for taking local law enforcement out of the hands of councils. “The government has abandoned law enforcement on a local level,” Cutajar charged.
Government captured the army and police
MEP candidate Dione Borg accused the government of “capturing the police force and the army” by putting its own people in charge.
“All that is happening is the fault of the government’s political manoeuvres, through which it sought to have absolute power by controlling all the important institutions,” Borg insisted.
“It did this when it appointed a Police Commissioner who is there to serve the government, not society. And it did the same with the armed forces – when the time came to promote the most professional and efficient people who could guarantee security, the government instead acted in a partisan way [when it dished out promotions],” he said.
Borg insisted the PN had reason to be worried about crime, as are the people.
The murder of Lassana Cisse Souleymane has further shown that Malta is not a safe country, the PN says
20 May 2019, 6:17pm
by Massimo Costa
Beppe Fenech Adami has accused the Prime Minister of being 'brazen faced' when declaring Malta is a safe country
Beppe Fenech Adami has accused the Prime Minister of being in a state of denial when describing Malta, a “safe place” after two soldiers were charged with racial murder.
The Nationalist Party MP said Joseph Muscat was “brazen faced” and out of touch with what people were feeling.
“Honest people no longer feel safe in a country where a man is killed because he is black, a journalist is killed for doing her job, an elderly woman is mugged and higher theft is recorded as a result of organised crime,” Fenech Adami said.
He was reacting in the wake of the developments over the weekend that saw the police charge two soldiers with the murder of an Ivorian man and the attempted murder of three other migrants.
Fenech Adami said the case shocked the country and Muscat’s use of the words “Malta is a safe place” in a tweet over the weekend was out of touch with what people were feeling.
But the former PN deputy leader rejected suggestions that the PN’s rhetoric about the excess number of foreigners on the island could contribute to a climate of hatred towards foreigners.
“The PN’s criticism is that the government has based economic growth on population growth. With all due respect, it has nothing to do with [the creation of a] racist element,” Fenech Adami told MaltaToday.
He said the PN understood that, as a result of Malta’s EU membership, foreigners would come to Malta. “But Muscat based the economy purely on increasing population size.”
Referring to Muscat, the PN MP said that racist was he who “fooled the Maltese people [into believing] that there is a solution to the big challenges faced by the EU in the last years” in relation to migration.
He went on to link the government's immigration policy to the current situation Malta was facing, where two soldiers had killed a migrant.
“Muscat spoke of pushbacks and put this into action, so much so that he left women and children stranded for weeks at sea in winter, to appear strong, populist and to attract votes,” Fenech Adami charged.
He added that a number of years after the Prime Minister had started to adopt such an attitude in relation to migration, Malta was now “reaping the fruit of the seeds which Joseph Muscat planted”.
Fenech Adami was taking questions after speaking at a PN press conference focussing on criminality.
PN MP Robert Cutajar also criticised the government for taking local law enforcement out of the hands of councils. “The government has abandoned law enforcement on a local level,” Cutajar charged.
Government captured the army and police
MEP candidate Dione Borg accused the government of “capturing the police force and the army” by putting its own people in charge.
“All that is happening is the fault of the government’s political manoeuvres, through which it sought to have absolute power by controlling all the important institutions,” Borg insisted.
“It did this when it appointed a Police Commissioner who is there to serve the government, not society. And it did the same with the armed forces – when the time came to promote the most professional and efficient people who could guarantee security, the government instead acted in a partisan way [when it dished out promotions],” he said.
Borg insisted the PN had reason to be worried about crime, as are the people.
“Dak li ġara ma jirrappreżentax lil Malta.
Huwa totalment l-oppost ta’ dak kollu li jsawwarna”
“Dak li ġara ma jirrappreżentax lil Malta. Huwa totalment l-oppost ta’ dak kollu li jsawwarna.” Hekk qal il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat hekk kif aktar kmieni llum iltaqa’ mal-mexxejja tal-komunitajiet tal-immigranti.
Huwa ltaqa’ magħhom fil-kuntest tal-arrest ta’ żewġ suldati b’rabta mal-qtil ta’ Lassana Cisse Souleymane, l-immigrant ta’ 42 sena li nqatel b’tiri ta’ arma tan-nar waqt li kien miexi fi triq f’Birżebbuġa.
F’diskors li għamel nhar is-Sibt li għadda fix-Xewkija Għawdex, il-Prim Ministru saħaq li ż-żewġ persuni arrestati ma jirrappreżentawx il-filosofija u l-mod ta’ kif jaħdmu l-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta. Huwa wissa wkoll li m’għandniex inħallu li tinbet fina ż-żerriegħa tal-mibegħda għax dan mhux dak li jikkaratterizzana bħala poplu.
Huwa totalment l-oppost ta’ dak kollu li jsawwarna”
- Mej 20, 2019 14:23
- Miktub minn iNews
“Dak li ġara ma jirrappreżentax lil Malta. Huwa totalment l-oppost ta’ dak kollu li jsawwarna.” Hekk qal il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat hekk kif aktar kmieni llum iltaqa’ mal-mexxejja tal-komunitajiet tal-immigranti.
Huwa ltaqa’ magħhom fil-kuntest tal-arrest ta’ żewġ suldati b’rabta mal-qtil ta’ Lassana Cisse Souleymane, l-immigrant ta’ 42 sena li nqatel b’tiri ta’ arma tan-nar waqt li kien miexi fi triq f’Birżebbuġa.
F’diskors li għamel nhar is-Sibt li għadda fix-Xewkija Għawdex, il-Prim Ministru saħaq li ż-żewġ persuni arrestati ma jirrappreżentawx il-filosofija u l-mod ta’ kif jaħdmu l-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta. Huwa wissa wkoll li m’għandniex inħallu li tinbet fina ż-żerriegħa tal-mibegħda għax dan mhux dak li jikkaratterizzana bħala poplu.
Il-proġett tal-ħelikopter bejn Malta u Għawdex... pass ieħor biex il-proġett jiġi implimentat
Il-Ministeru għat-Turiżmu u l-Ministeru għal Ghawdex komplew għaddejin bix-xogħol dwar il-proġett tal-helikopter bejn Malta u Għawdex. Għada mistennija toħroġ sejħa għall-proposti mill-kumpanija tal-Gvern Malta Medair (Malta Air Travel Ltd). Dan ġie mħabbar mill-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi f’kummenti li ta lil gazzetta IT-TORĊA.
Il-Ministru Konrad Mizzi semma’ kif issa sar l-ewwel xogħol preliminari meħtieġ dwar dan il-proġett u għalhekk issa l-Gvern ser ikun qiegħed jimxi għall-pass li jmiss, dik li jsib operatur li jopera servizz ta’ ħelikopter li jokkupa mill-inqas 15-il pasiġġier. Huwa spjega li l-mudell għall-dan is-servizz ser ikun biex jgħaqqad iż-żewġ gżejjer u jopera direttament għall-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta.
Dan is-servizz ta’ air link bejn Malta u Għawdex se jkollu numru ta’ benefiċċji fosthom: Li jassigura s-servizz bejn Malta u Għawdex f’każ ta’ emerġenza, konnettività għal skopijiet ta’ turiżmu, konnettività aħjar internazzjonalment kemm għall-Għawdxin u għall-barranin” spjega l-Ministru Mizzi.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Justyne Caruana qalet li lI viżjoni tagħha għal Għawdex hi li jkun hemm konnettività aħjar bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer biex jiġi massimizzat il-potenzjal tal-gżira Għawdxija. Kien għalhekk li bħala Ministru għal Għawdex matul din il-legiżlatura mill-ewwel bdiet id-diskussjonijiet biex dan is-servizz essenzjali jerġa’ jiġi introdott għax il-kumpanija Gozo Heliport Limited ingħatat lura lill-Ministeru għal Għawdex. “Ghalhekk flimkien mal-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi bdejna l-ħidma biex l-ewwel saru l-istudji meħtieġa li issa wasslu għall-pubblikazzjoni tat-tender għall-għoti tas-servizz”
“Dan kollu hu parti mill-pjan ħolistiku li għandu l-gvern biex itejjeb il-konnettività tal-gżira Għawdxija kemm permezz tal-mina, bil-baħar u anke bis-servizz tal-ħelikopter li jkun ekonomikament vijabbli u li jopera bi skeda” qalet il-Ministru Caruana
Dan il-proġett ta’ air link bejn Malta u Għawdex ġie imħabbar fi Frar li għadda waqt żjara li saret fil-Heliport f’Għawdex, mil-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi u l-Ministru għal Għawdex Justyne Caruana.
- Mej 19, 2019 18:41
- Miktub minn iNews
Il-Ministeru għat-Turiżmu u l-Ministeru għal Ghawdex komplew għaddejin bix-xogħol dwar il-proġett tal-helikopter bejn Malta u Għawdex. Għada mistennija toħroġ sejħa għall-proposti mill-kumpanija tal-Gvern Malta Medair (Malta Air Travel Ltd). Dan ġie mħabbar mill-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi f’kummenti li ta lil gazzetta IT-TORĊA.
Il-Ministru Konrad Mizzi semma’ kif issa sar l-ewwel xogħol preliminari meħtieġ dwar dan il-proġett u għalhekk issa l-Gvern ser ikun qiegħed jimxi għall-pass li jmiss, dik li jsib operatur li jopera servizz ta’ ħelikopter li jokkupa mill-inqas 15-il pasiġġier. Huwa spjega li l-mudell għall-dan is-servizz ser ikun biex jgħaqqad iż-żewġ gżejjer u jopera direttament għall-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta’ Malta.
Dan is-servizz ta’ air link bejn Malta u Għawdex se jkollu numru ta’ benefiċċji fosthom: Li jassigura s-servizz bejn Malta u Għawdex f’każ ta’ emerġenza, konnettività għal skopijiet ta’ turiżmu, konnettività aħjar internazzjonalment kemm għall-Għawdxin u għall-barranin” spjega l-Ministru Mizzi.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Justyne Caruana qalet li lI viżjoni tagħha għal Għawdex hi li jkun hemm konnettività aħjar bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer biex jiġi massimizzat il-potenzjal tal-gżira Għawdxija. Kien għalhekk li bħala Ministru għal Għawdex matul din il-legiżlatura mill-ewwel bdiet id-diskussjonijiet biex dan is-servizz essenzjali jerġa’ jiġi introdott għax il-kumpanija Gozo Heliport Limited ingħatat lura lill-Ministeru għal Għawdex. “Ghalhekk flimkien mal-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi bdejna l-ħidma biex l-ewwel saru l-istudji meħtieġa li issa wasslu għall-pubblikazzjoni tat-tender għall-għoti tas-servizz”
“Dan kollu hu parti mill-pjan ħolistiku li għandu l-gvern biex itejjeb il-konnettività tal-gżira Għawdxija kemm permezz tal-mina, bil-baħar u anke bis-servizz tal-ħelikopter li jkun ekonomikament vijabbli u li jopera bi skeda” qalet il-Ministru Caruana
Dan il-proġett ta’ air link bejn Malta u Għawdex ġie imħabbar fi Frar li għadda waqt żjara li saret fil-Heliport f’Għawdex, mil-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi u l-Ministru għal Għawdex Justyne Caruana.
MaltaToday Survey | Labour set for another landslide in European elections
Labour could be poised for a historic 57.8% win against the PN’s 39.1%, a victory that could translate into a gap of almost 49,000 votes
19 May 2019, 7:52am
by Kurt Sansone
Miriam Dalli is still leading the pack in our latest MaltaToday rankings, followed by Roberta Metsola, Frank Psaila, Alfred Sant, David Casa and Josianne Cutajar
The Labour Party is set for another landslide victory in the European election with MaltaToday’s latest poll giving it a 13-point lead over the Nationalist Party.
The survey released today puts the PL at 41.3% and the PN at 27.9%. Norman Lowell at 1.1% has polled higher than the Democratic Party and Alternattiva Demokratika together.
Excluding those who said they will not vote or are undecided will give the PL a historic 57.8% against the PN’s 39.1%. This would translate into a gap of almost 49,000 votes.
The trust barometer shows Joseph Muscat running at 50.6%, against Adrian Delia’s 22.8%. The PN leader is not trusted by a third of PN voters.
The MEP candidate rankings confirm PL MEP Miriam Dalli in the lead, followed by PN MEP Roberta Metsola. PN candidate Frank Psaila is now third, followed by PL MEP Alfred Sant.
The survey was carried out on an expanded sample of 849 respondents between 9 and 15 May.
Labour could be poised for a historic 57.8% win against the PN’s 39.1%, a victory that could translate into a gap of almost 49,000 votes
19 May 2019, 7:52am
by Kurt Sansone
Miriam Dalli is still leading the pack in our latest MaltaToday rankings, followed by Roberta Metsola, Frank Psaila, Alfred Sant, David Casa and Josianne Cutajar
The Labour Party is set for another landslide victory in the European election with MaltaToday’s latest poll giving it a 13-point lead over the Nationalist Party.
The survey released today puts the PL at 41.3% and the PN at 27.9%. Norman Lowell at 1.1% has polled higher than the Democratic Party and Alternattiva Demokratika together.
Excluding those who said they will not vote or are undecided will give the PL a historic 57.8% against the PN’s 39.1%. This would translate into a gap of almost 49,000 votes.
The trust barometer shows Joseph Muscat running at 50.6%, against Adrian Delia’s 22.8%. The PN leader is not trusted by a third of PN voters.
The MEP candidate rankings confirm PL MEP Miriam Dalli in the lead, followed by PN MEP Roberta Metsola. PN candidate Frank Psaila is now third, followed by PL MEP Alfred Sant.
The survey was carried out on an expanded sample of 849 respondents between 9 and 15 May.
Australia
Federal election result: Scott Morrison says 'I have always believed in miracles' as Coalition retains power
Henry Belot
19 May, 2019
Shorten quits as Labor leader after humiliating defeat
Palmer claims credit for Scott Morrison's election win
© Provided by ABC News Scott Morrison thanked his family, Josh Frydenberg and the entire state of Queensland for the Coalition's victory. Scott Morrison has defied years of opinion polls and public expectation to lead the Coalition to a shock election victory.
"I have always believed in miracles," the Prime Minister declared as he claimed victory.
The result is a crushing defeat for the Labor Party, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announcing he will step down from the Labor leadership.
At this stage, it is not clear whether the Coalition will govern in majority or need to rely on a partnership of independent MPs in a minority government.
"It's always been for those of you watching this at home tonight, for me and for my Government, for all of my team, it's all about you," Mr Morrison told supporters shortly after midnight.
"Tonight is not about me, it's not about even the Liberal Party.
"Tonight is about every single Australian who depends on their government to put them first."
Mr Morrison's victory means he has to put together a new Cabinet, having lost a string of high-profile figures — including Julie Bishop, Christopher Pyne, Kelly O'Dywer, Michael Keenan and former minister Craig Laundy — to retirement.
Liberal senator and party powerbroker Arthur Sinodinos took a veiled swipe at the departing frontbenchers, paying tribute to those to "put their heads down" and delivered a victory.
"We've got a lot of work to do. And we're going to get back to work," Mr Morrison said.
"We're going to get back to work for the Australians that we know go to work every day, who face those struggles and trials every day."
Labor looking for a new leaderLaborwas confident it could win majority government after six years of Coalition government and leadership instability.
But Mr Shorten took to the stage a little after 11:30pm AEST to announce he had conceded the election to Prime Minister Scott Morison and the Coalition.
"Without wanting to hold out any false hope, while there are still millions of votes to count and important seats yet to be finalised, it is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government," Mr Shorten said.
"I called Scott Morrison to congratulate him and I wish Jenny and their daughters all the very best.
"Above all, I wished Scott Morrison good fortune and good courage in the service of our great nation. The national interest required no less."
Mr Shorten said it was time for new Labor leadership, with him having held the position for nearly six years.
"This has been a tough campaign, toxic at times. But now that the contest is over all of us have a responsibility to respect the result, respect the wishes of the Australian people and to bring our nation together," he said.
"However that task will be one for the next leader of the Labor Party."
Mr Shorten expressed pride at Labor's campaign, and made mention of the Coalition's "arrangements" with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and One Nation, which he said "have hurt our vote in a lot of places where it mattered most, particularly in Queensland and NSW".
"I am not disappointed for me. I'll always be proud of the courage and the integrity and the vision that our team showed.
"I'm disappointed for people who depend upon Labor but I'm proud that we argued what was right, not what was easy."
Labor Senator Penny Wong described the night as "a very tough result" for the Labor Party.
Senator Wong and senior Labor figures attributed, at least in part, the swing against the party to the United Australia Party and Mr Palmer's big investment in campaign advertising.
"I think we will need to think about what that means for our country, if there are a substantial number of seats that end up going to a particular political party because there is a deal with a man like Mr Palmer or Pauline Hanson," Senator Wong said.
Crossbench changes in both housesThe ABC is projecting new-look crossbenches in both the House of Representatives and Senate.
In the Lower House, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Rebekah Sharkie and Adam Bandt have all been re-elected.
Independent Helen Haines is expected to succeed retiring independent Cathy McGowan in Indi.
Zali Steggall's defeat of former prime minister Tony Abbott in Warringah sees her joining the crossbench but Kerryn Phelps' future remains unclear.
As of 12:49am AEST, with 68 per cent of the vote counted, Ms Phelps leads 50.4 per cent to 49.6 per cent on a two candidate preferred basis.
In the Senate, the crossbench could pose a problem for the government, with the loss of right-wing minor parties.
The ABC is projecting the Coalition will have 33 senators, Labor 26 and the Greens nine in the 76 seat chamber.
The Coalition will need support from the crossbench to pass its agenda.
That crossbench is likely to include two from Centre Alliance, a re-elected Jacqui Lambie, Cory Bernadi and potentially two One Nation senators.
Result surprises pollsters, punters and politiciansFor more than 12 months, opinion polls have predicted a Labor victory and even senior Liberal strategists were not brave enough to predict a Coalition victory.
Bookmakers had already paid out millions of dollars of money, confident that a Labor government would be elected comfortably.
As of 1am, Labor had failed to win a single seat north of the Brisbane River in Queensland, where there were big swings to Coalition MPs.
The Coalition also performed better than expected in Tasmania, where it is likely to pick up Bass and Braddon.
In Queensland, there was a 12 per cent swing to Nationals MP Michelle Landry in the ultra-marginal seat of Capricornia.
Her colleague George Christensen was also re-elected with an 11 per cent swing, despite Labor running a hard campaign against him and dubbing him "the member for Manilla".
Tony Abbott, who lost his seat of Warringah tonight, said Scott Morrison would now "enter the Liberal pantheon forever".
Labor has 'lost the unlosable election'Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari, who remains close with many in the party, described "panic stations" at Labor Party headquarters as the results came in.
"I think the Labor Party looks as if it may have lost the unlosable election," he said.
Former Liberal prime minister John Howard said Australia rejected Mr Shorten's "envy-driven politics".
"I did believe very strongly that Bill Shorten had overplayed his hand on the class warfare stuff," Mr Howard said.
"Australians believe in egalitarianism, they reject the politics of class warfare.
"All this stuff about the big end of town and the envy-driven politics of the Labor Party have done them in big time."
Federal election result: Scott Morrison says 'I have always believed in miracles' as Coalition retains power
Henry Belot
19 May, 2019
Shorten quits as Labor leader after humiliating defeat
Palmer claims credit for Scott Morrison's election win
© Provided by ABC News Scott Morrison thanked his family, Josh Frydenberg and the entire state of Queensland for the Coalition's victory. Scott Morrison has defied years of opinion polls and public expectation to lead the Coalition to a shock election victory.
"I have always believed in miracles," the Prime Minister declared as he claimed victory.
The result is a crushing defeat for the Labor Party, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten announcing he will step down from the Labor leadership.
At this stage, it is not clear whether the Coalition will govern in majority or need to rely on a partnership of independent MPs in a minority government.
"It's always been for those of you watching this at home tonight, for me and for my Government, for all of my team, it's all about you," Mr Morrison told supporters shortly after midnight.
"Tonight is not about me, it's not about even the Liberal Party.
"Tonight is about every single Australian who depends on their government to put them first."
Mr Morrison's victory means he has to put together a new Cabinet, having lost a string of high-profile figures — including Julie Bishop, Christopher Pyne, Kelly O'Dywer, Michael Keenan and former minister Craig Laundy — to retirement.
Liberal senator and party powerbroker Arthur Sinodinos took a veiled swipe at the departing frontbenchers, paying tribute to those to "put their heads down" and delivered a victory.
"We've got a lot of work to do. And we're going to get back to work," Mr Morrison said.
"We're going to get back to work for the Australians that we know go to work every day, who face those struggles and trials every day."
Labor looking for a new leaderLaborwas confident it could win majority government after six years of Coalition government and leadership instability.
But Mr Shorten took to the stage a little after 11:30pm AEST to announce he had conceded the election to Prime Minister Scott Morison and the Coalition.
"Without wanting to hold out any false hope, while there are still millions of votes to count and important seats yet to be finalised, it is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government," Mr Shorten said.
"I called Scott Morrison to congratulate him and I wish Jenny and their daughters all the very best.
"Above all, I wished Scott Morrison good fortune and good courage in the service of our great nation. The national interest required no less."
Mr Shorten said it was time for new Labor leadership, with him having held the position for nearly six years.
"This has been a tough campaign, toxic at times. But now that the contest is over all of us have a responsibility to respect the result, respect the wishes of the Australian people and to bring our nation together," he said.
"However that task will be one for the next leader of the Labor Party."
Mr Shorten expressed pride at Labor's campaign, and made mention of the Coalition's "arrangements" with Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and One Nation, which he said "have hurt our vote in a lot of places where it mattered most, particularly in Queensland and NSW".
"I am not disappointed for me. I'll always be proud of the courage and the integrity and the vision that our team showed.
"I'm disappointed for people who depend upon Labor but I'm proud that we argued what was right, not what was easy."
Labor Senator Penny Wong described the night as "a very tough result" for the Labor Party.
Senator Wong and senior Labor figures attributed, at least in part, the swing against the party to the United Australia Party and Mr Palmer's big investment in campaign advertising.
"I think we will need to think about what that means for our country, if there are a substantial number of seats that end up going to a particular political party because there is a deal with a man like Mr Palmer or Pauline Hanson," Senator Wong said.
Crossbench changes in both housesThe ABC is projecting new-look crossbenches in both the House of Representatives and Senate.
In the Lower House, Bob Katter, Andrew Wilkie, Rebekah Sharkie and Adam Bandt have all been re-elected.
Independent Helen Haines is expected to succeed retiring independent Cathy McGowan in Indi.
Zali Steggall's defeat of former prime minister Tony Abbott in Warringah sees her joining the crossbench but Kerryn Phelps' future remains unclear.
As of 12:49am AEST, with 68 per cent of the vote counted, Ms Phelps leads 50.4 per cent to 49.6 per cent on a two candidate preferred basis.
In the Senate, the crossbench could pose a problem for the government, with the loss of right-wing minor parties.
The ABC is projecting the Coalition will have 33 senators, Labor 26 and the Greens nine in the 76 seat chamber.
The Coalition will need support from the crossbench to pass its agenda.
That crossbench is likely to include two from Centre Alliance, a re-elected Jacqui Lambie, Cory Bernadi and potentially two One Nation senators.
Result surprises pollsters, punters and politiciansFor more than 12 months, opinion polls have predicted a Labor victory and even senior Liberal strategists were not brave enough to predict a Coalition victory.
Bookmakers had already paid out millions of dollars of money, confident that a Labor government would be elected comfortably.
As of 1am, Labor had failed to win a single seat north of the Brisbane River in Queensland, where there were big swings to Coalition MPs.
The Coalition also performed better than expected in Tasmania, where it is likely to pick up Bass and Braddon.
In Queensland, there was a 12 per cent swing to Nationals MP Michelle Landry in the ultra-marginal seat of Capricornia.
Her colleague George Christensen was also re-elected with an 11 per cent swing, despite Labor running a hard campaign against him and dubbing him "the member for Manilla".
Tony Abbott, who lost his seat of Warringah tonight, said Scott Morrison would now "enter the Liberal pantheon forever".
Labor has 'lost the unlosable election'Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari, who remains close with many in the party, described "panic stations" at Labor Party headquarters as the results came in.
"I think the Labor Party looks as if it may have lost the unlosable election," he said.
Former Liberal prime minister John Howard said Australia rejected Mr Shorten's "envy-driven politics".
"I did believe very strongly that Bill Shorten had overplayed his hand on the class warfare stuff," Mr Howard said.
"Australians believe in egalitarianism, they reject the politics of class warfare.
"All this stuff about the big end of town and the envy-driven politics of the Labor Party have done them in big time."
Żewġ flyovers għall-Imsida: The Msida Creek Project
Il-Ministru għat-Trasport, Infrastruttura u Proġetti Kapitali Ian Borg ħabbar proġett maġġuri ġdid fl-Imsida, The Msida Creek Project, li se jkun qiegħed jintroduċi żewġ pontijiet (flyovers) b’tul ta’ 175 metru ’l wieħed minflok it-traffic lights junction li tgħaqqad Triq Marina, Triq il-Wied tal-Imsida u Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, ħolqa li tara aktar minn 4,500 vettura f’siegħa.
“Gvern impenjat li jkompli jaħdem favur toroq aktar siguri, toroq aktar effiċjenti, inqas konġestjoni u kwalità tal-ħajja dejjem aħjar. Illum qegħdin f’lokalità ċentrali mhux biss fuq il-mappa ta’ Malta imma anke għall-importanza strateġika tagħha bħala konnessjoni u bħala ċentru kummerċjali u turistiku. Għal darboħra għandna proġett ieħor essenzjali għall-isfidi tat-traffiku u konġestjoni li għandna f’din il-lokalità, proġett li se jkun qiegħed inaqqas ukoll ir-riskju tal-inċidenti u jtejjeb il-kwalità tal-arja.”
Il-Ministru Borg spjega li permezz ta’ din l-intersection ġdida li se tkun fuq livell separat, se tkun qed tiżdied l-effiċjenza u l-kapaċità ta’ din il-ħolqa importanti, filwaqt li se jkun qed isir ukoll titjib tal-konnessjonijiet l-oħra fl-inħawi, bħal dik ta’ bejn Ta’ Xbiex u Triq il-Marina, minn Triq il-Wied tal-Imsida u minn u lejn ir-roundabout tal-iskatepark. Huwa żied jgħid li dan il-proġett se jtejjeb ukoll l-inħawi bi spazju miftuħ rikreattiv viċin il-Monument tal-Ħaddiema, faċilitajiet pedonali fosthom żewġ pontijiet pedonali aktar sikuri minflok il-pelican crossings eżistenti u 100 spazju ta’ parkeġġ ġdid.
“Min-naħa tiegħi inħoss li se nkunu qegħdin nagħtu lill-poplu proġett tassew mixtieq, li se jtaffi inkonvenjent kbir għar-residenti, għan-negozji, li se jtejjeb l-andament tat-trasport pubbliku li jgħaddi minn hawn u li se jiffaċilita l-ħajja għal ħafna studenti li jużaw din it-triq. Dan huwa proġett ieħor għall-kwalità tal-ħajja tan-nies, soluzzjoni oħra minn dan il-gvern, proġett li se jkompli jgħaqqad katina ta’ investiment li ma rax tramuntana, nofsinhar u ċentru imma pajjiż wieħed magħqud – proġett ta’ gvern li jrid jibni fuq kull investiment biex il-poplu jkomplu jara l-frott, gvern kommess li jisma’ l-prijoritajiet tan-nies u determinat li jkompli jaħdem b’mod ħolistiku biex iwettaq il-viżjoni tiegħu.”
Il-Ministru qal li bħalissa għaddejjin bosta diskussjonijiet ma’ diversi stakeholders, fosthom il-kunsill, biex imbagħad jiġu finalizzati l-pjanti u ssir l-applikazzjoni għall-permessi mal-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar fil-ġimgħat li ġejjin.
- Mej 18, 2019 20:48
- Miktub minn iNews
Il-Ministru għat-Trasport, Infrastruttura u Proġetti Kapitali Ian Borg ħabbar proġett maġġuri ġdid fl-Imsida, The Msida Creek Project, li se jkun qiegħed jintroduċi żewġ pontijiet (flyovers) b’tul ta’ 175 metru ’l wieħed minflok it-traffic lights junction li tgħaqqad Triq Marina, Triq il-Wied tal-Imsida u Triq Mikiel Anton Vassalli, ħolqa li tara aktar minn 4,500 vettura f’siegħa.
“Gvern impenjat li jkompli jaħdem favur toroq aktar siguri, toroq aktar effiċjenti, inqas konġestjoni u kwalità tal-ħajja dejjem aħjar. Illum qegħdin f’lokalità ċentrali mhux biss fuq il-mappa ta’ Malta imma anke għall-importanza strateġika tagħha bħala konnessjoni u bħala ċentru kummerċjali u turistiku. Għal darboħra għandna proġett ieħor essenzjali għall-isfidi tat-traffiku u konġestjoni li għandna f’din il-lokalità, proġett li se jkun qiegħed inaqqas ukoll ir-riskju tal-inċidenti u jtejjeb il-kwalità tal-arja.”
Il-Ministru Borg spjega li permezz ta’ din l-intersection ġdida li se tkun fuq livell separat, se tkun qed tiżdied l-effiċjenza u l-kapaċità ta’ din il-ħolqa importanti, filwaqt li se jkun qed isir ukoll titjib tal-konnessjonijiet l-oħra fl-inħawi, bħal dik ta’ bejn Ta’ Xbiex u Triq il-Marina, minn Triq il-Wied tal-Imsida u minn u lejn ir-roundabout tal-iskatepark. Huwa żied jgħid li dan il-proġett se jtejjeb ukoll l-inħawi bi spazju miftuħ rikreattiv viċin il-Monument tal-Ħaddiema, faċilitajiet pedonali fosthom żewġ pontijiet pedonali aktar sikuri minflok il-pelican crossings eżistenti u 100 spazju ta’ parkeġġ ġdid.
“Min-naħa tiegħi inħoss li se nkunu qegħdin nagħtu lill-poplu proġett tassew mixtieq, li se jtaffi inkonvenjent kbir għar-residenti, għan-negozji, li se jtejjeb l-andament tat-trasport pubbliku li jgħaddi minn hawn u li se jiffaċilita l-ħajja għal ħafna studenti li jużaw din it-triq. Dan huwa proġett ieħor għall-kwalità tal-ħajja tan-nies, soluzzjoni oħra minn dan il-gvern, proġett li se jkompli jgħaqqad katina ta’ investiment li ma rax tramuntana, nofsinhar u ċentru imma pajjiż wieħed magħqud – proġett ta’ gvern li jrid jibni fuq kull investiment biex il-poplu jkomplu jara l-frott, gvern kommess li jisma’ l-prijoritajiet tan-nies u determinat li jkompli jaħdem b’mod ħolistiku biex iwettaq il-viżjoni tiegħu.”
Il-Ministru qal li bħalissa għaddejjin bosta diskussjonijiet ma’ diversi stakeholders, fosthom il-kunsill, biex imbagħad jiġu finalizzati l-pjanti u ssir l-applikazzjoni għall-permessi mal-Awtorità tal-Ippjanar fil-ġimgħat li ġejjin.
Żewġ suldati tal-Forzi Armati se jkunu akkużati bil-qtil f'Birżebbuġa tar-raġel mill-Kosta tal-Ivorju
AĠĠORNAT: Iż-żewġ suldati li ġew arrestati b’rabta mal-qtil ta’ Lassana Cisse Souleyman huma Francesco Fenech miż-Żejtun u Lorin Scicluna minn Raħal Ġdid.
AKTAR QABEL: Suldat tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta ġie arrestat inkonnessjoni mal-qtil tar-raġel mill-Kosta tal-Ivorju, Lassana Cisse Souleyman ta’ 42 sena, u l-attentat ta’ qtil ta’ żewġ irġiel oħra li seħħew nhar is-6 ta’ April li għadda f’Ħal Far.
B’rabta ma’ dan il-każ mistenni li jkun arrestat ukoll suldat ieħor tal-FAM.
Il-vittmi kienu jinsabu mexjin f’Birżebbiuġa fid-direzzjoni ta’ Ħal Far u kienu għaddejjin minn Triq tal-Ġebel għall-ħabta tal-11.00 p.m. meta ġew sparati tiri minn karozza.
Apparti li nqatel Cisse Souleyman, f’dan l-inċident indarbu wkoll raġel ta’ 22 sena mill-Guinea u raġel ta’ 28 sena mill-Gambia.
Cisse Souleymane, missier ta’ tlett itfal miet fuq il-post wara li ntlaqat minn tiri f’rasu. Iż-żewġ vittmi l-oħrajn instabu fl-istess triq ftit ’il bogħod mill-vittma.
- Mej 18, 2019 11:43
- Miktub minn iNews
AĠĠORNAT: Iż-żewġ suldati li ġew arrestati b’rabta mal-qtil ta’ Lassana Cisse Souleyman huma Francesco Fenech miż-Żejtun u Lorin Scicluna minn Raħal Ġdid.
AKTAR QABEL: Suldat tal-Forzi Armati ta’ Malta ġie arrestat inkonnessjoni mal-qtil tar-raġel mill-Kosta tal-Ivorju, Lassana Cisse Souleyman ta’ 42 sena, u l-attentat ta’ qtil ta’ żewġ irġiel oħra li seħħew nhar is-6 ta’ April li għadda f’Ħal Far.
B’rabta ma’ dan il-każ mistenni li jkun arrestat ukoll suldat ieħor tal-FAM.
Il-vittmi kienu jinsabu mexjin f’Birżebbiuġa fid-direzzjoni ta’ Ħal Far u kienu għaddejjin minn Triq tal-Ġebel għall-ħabta tal-11.00 p.m. meta ġew sparati tiri minn karozza.
Apparti li nqatel Cisse Souleyman, f’dan l-inċident indarbu wkoll raġel ta’ 22 sena mill-Guinea u raġel ta’ 28 sena mill-Gambia.
Cisse Souleymane, missier ta’ tlett itfal miet fuq il-post wara li ntlaqat minn tiri f’rasu. Iż-żewġ vittmi l-oħrajn instabu fl-istess triq ftit ’il bogħod mill-vittma.
Malta's Song in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
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Nadur in pictures
By Mario Muscat
By Mario Muscat
VAPUR LI GHANDU 32 SENA
Minn Dr. Chris Said MP
Dak li habbret it-Times jumejn ilu gie konfermat illum mill-Ministru ghal Ghawdex.
Il-Gozo Channel kriet vapur biex ikollha r-raba' wiehed. Bzonn urgenti u ghalhekk pass importanti.
Il-vapur jidher li gie mikri mill-Grecja. Jidher li huwa vapur li ghandu 32 sena ghax inbena fl-1987. Allura huwa vapur li huwa 11-il sena ixjah mill-eqdem vapur li ghandha l-Gozo Channel bhalissa.
Jekk qed nghidu li l-vapuri ezistenti jridu jinbidlu fi zmien ghaxar snin (meta jaghlqu 30 sena) allura kif ngab vapur li ghandu izjed minn 30 sena? Dan li jistghu joffru lil Ghawdxin? Gvern tal-PN bena tlett vapuri godda fjamanti meta kien hemm il-bzonn. Ghaliex ma ngabx vapur gdid jew almenu kwazi gdid? Ghawdex u l' Ghawdxin tas-second hand u tal-iskadut?
Barra minn hekk jidher li dan il-vapur inkera b' dak li jissejjah 'wet lease' jigifieri bil-crew b' kollox. Dan inslut ghall-haddiema Ghawdxin li ghandhom l-esperjenza mal-Gozo Channel u fuq il-vapuri. Din it-tip ta' kirja ser teffettwa bl-ikrah lill-haddiema ezistenti specjalment lil dawk li ddahhlu qabel l-elezzjoni bil-weghda li ser isiru tal-fiss mal-Gozo Channel fi zmien qasir.
Irridu naraw ukoll vapur tant antik x' emmissjonijiet jikkawza? Din hija wahda mill-problemi li ghandu dan il-pajjiz - it-tniggiz tal-arja.
Dan il-vapur accessibbli ghal kulhadd? Il-passiggieri ser jergghu jispiccaw johorgu u jidhlu mill-garage tal-karozzi? Jekk inhu hekk morna lura 20 sena. Viva d-dhahen li jrid jibla' kull min ser juza dan il-vapur.
Ghawdex u l-haddiema tal-Gozo Channel JIXIRQILHOM AHJAR.
Minn Dr. Chris Said MP
Dak li habbret it-Times jumejn ilu gie konfermat illum mill-Ministru ghal Ghawdex.
Il-Gozo Channel kriet vapur biex ikollha r-raba' wiehed. Bzonn urgenti u ghalhekk pass importanti.
Il-vapur jidher li gie mikri mill-Grecja. Jidher li huwa vapur li ghandu 32 sena ghax inbena fl-1987. Allura huwa vapur li huwa 11-il sena ixjah mill-eqdem vapur li ghandha l-Gozo Channel bhalissa.
Jekk qed nghidu li l-vapuri ezistenti jridu jinbidlu fi zmien ghaxar snin (meta jaghlqu 30 sena) allura kif ngab vapur li ghandu izjed minn 30 sena? Dan li jistghu joffru lil Ghawdxin? Gvern tal-PN bena tlett vapuri godda fjamanti meta kien hemm il-bzonn. Ghaliex ma ngabx vapur gdid jew almenu kwazi gdid? Ghawdex u l' Ghawdxin tas-second hand u tal-iskadut?
Barra minn hekk jidher li dan il-vapur inkera b' dak li jissejjah 'wet lease' jigifieri bil-crew b' kollox. Dan inslut ghall-haddiema Ghawdxin li ghandhom l-esperjenza mal-Gozo Channel u fuq il-vapuri. Din it-tip ta' kirja ser teffettwa bl-ikrah lill-haddiema ezistenti specjalment lil dawk li ddahhlu qabel l-elezzjoni bil-weghda li ser isiru tal-fiss mal-Gozo Channel fi zmien qasir.
Irridu naraw ukoll vapur tant antik x' emmissjonijiet jikkawza? Din hija wahda mill-problemi li ghandu dan il-pajjiz - it-tniggiz tal-arja.
Dan il-vapur accessibbli ghal kulhadd? Il-passiggieri ser jergghu jispiccaw johorgu u jidhlu mill-garage tal-karozzi? Jekk inhu hekk morna lura 20 sena. Viva d-dhahen li jrid jibla' kull min ser juza dan il-vapur.
Ghawdex u l-haddiema tal-Gozo Channel JIXIRQILHOM AHJAR.
Thursday, May 16, 2019,
by Ivan Camilleri
Fourth Gozo ferry on its way in a few weeks' time
Ro-ro vessel poses technical problems
Gozo Channel is expected to start operating with four vessels in a few weeks’ time, as the company has concluded a deal to lease an old ro-ro vessel to join its three current ships making the crossing between the two islands.
Maritime industry sources told the Times of Malta that the deal was given the greenlight by Prime Minster Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party was planning to make an official announcement during a partisan activity in Gozo just a few days before the end of the ongoing electoral campaign.
Gozo Channel sources confirmed that a lease agreement has been finalised and the ship is expected to leave a Greek port in the coming days to join the company’s fleet “at least for this summer”.
The ship has been leased together with its on-board crew, as is usually done for short ship leases, and will not necessitate any other additional staff on the part of Gozo Channel.
Gozo Channel would be paying thousands every day for the services of the ship, expected to carry some 250 passenger cars.
This is not Gozo Channel’s first attempt to increase its vessels to four in order to be able to offer a better and quicker channel crossing.
Many Gozitan lobby groups had been putting pressure on the government to introduce a fourth ship as they complain that, with the increase in traffic, they are waiting much longer to board the ferry and reach their final destinations.
Last year, Gozo Channel had managed to find a ship and had almost completed its lease for summer at €3,000 a day.
However, the deal was vetoed by the Finance Ministry, as it was calculated that the increase in the quality of the service offered compared to the expense incurred by the company was not justified.
The state entity already receives millions of taxpayer funds in subsidies and the forth ship will necessitate more State aid.
However, Gozo Channel sources described the government’s priorities this year as “special”.
“As happened before the last general election, where almost every Tom, Dick and Harry in Gozo was somehow put on the government’s payroll, the fourth ship is Labour’s carrot for this month’s election,” the sources said.
“It seems that this time around, the government has other priorities than saving money and the Finance Minister is not objecting anymore,” the sources commented.
Although the leased ro-ro is expected to reduce the crossing waiting time, logistically it is posing some technical problems.
Since there seems to be no place for the ship to berth at the Mġarr Harbour - as the port can only hold three ships at one go - one of the company’s vessels will have to be berthed in Ċirkewwa with the crew on board, around the clock, in case of inclement weather.
The passenger gangways at both Mġarr and Ċirkewwa, custom built for the current Gozo Channel vessels, will apparently not be used for the leased ship.
Gozo Channel officials said that although it was true that an additional ship on its fleet will come at a cost, certain savings could still be made as overtime for Gozo Channel personnel and its contractors will come to a halt if no extra trips are necessary.
In the meantime, plans to introduce a long-awaited fast-ferry service between the two islands are still at a standstill as a legal battle on the way the State company chose its fast-ferry partner is being contested.
Virtu Ferries is challenging the company’s decision after its offer was rejected and an inexperienced company – Islands Ferry Network – was selected.
While Gozo Channel is insisting that its decision was based on the best commercial offer, Virtu Ferries claims that this was a ‘flawed’ and ‘illegal’ selection.
by Ivan Camilleri
Fourth Gozo ferry on its way in a few weeks' time
Ro-ro vessel poses technical problems
Gozo Channel is expected to start operating with four vessels in a few weeks’ time, as the company has concluded a deal to lease an old ro-ro vessel to join its three current ships making the crossing between the two islands.
Maritime industry sources told the Times of Malta that the deal was given the greenlight by Prime Minster Joseph Muscat and the Labour Party was planning to make an official announcement during a partisan activity in Gozo just a few days before the end of the ongoing electoral campaign.
Gozo Channel sources confirmed that a lease agreement has been finalised and the ship is expected to leave a Greek port in the coming days to join the company’s fleet “at least for this summer”.
The ship has been leased together with its on-board crew, as is usually done for short ship leases, and will not necessitate any other additional staff on the part of Gozo Channel.
Gozo Channel would be paying thousands every day for the services of the ship, expected to carry some 250 passenger cars.
This is not Gozo Channel’s first attempt to increase its vessels to four in order to be able to offer a better and quicker channel crossing.
Many Gozitan lobby groups had been putting pressure on the government to introduce a fourth ship as they complain that, with the increase in traffic, they are waiting much longer to board the ferry and reach their final destinations.
Last year, Gozo Channel had managed to find a ship and had almost completed its lease for summer at €3,000 a day.
However, the deal was vetoed by the Finance Ministry, as it was calculated that the increase in the quality of the service offered compared to the expense incurred by the company was not justified.
The state entity already receives millions of taxpayer funds in subsidies and the forth ship will necessitate more State aid.
However, Gozo Channel sources described the government’s priorities this year as “special”.
“As happened before the last general election, where almost every Tom, Dick and Harry in Gozo was somehow put on the government’s payroll, the fourth ship is Labour’s carrot for this month’s election,” the sources said.
“It seems that this time around, the government has other priorities than saving money and the Finance Minister is not objecting anymore,” the sources commented.
Although the leased ro-ro is expected to reduce the crossing waiting time, logistically it is posing some technical problems.
Since there seems to be no place for the ship to berth at the Mġarr Harbour - as the port can only hold three ships at one go - one of the company’s vessels will have to be berthed in Ċirkewwa with the crew on board, around the clock, in case of inclement weather.
The passenger gangways at both Mġarr and Ċirkewwa, custom built for the current Gozo Channel vessels, will apparently not be used for the leased ship.
Gozo Channel officials said that although it was true that an additional ship on its fleet will come at a cost, certain savings could still be made as overtime for Gozo Channel personnel and its contractors will come to a halt if no extra trips are necessary.
In the meantime, plans to introduce a long-awaited fast-ferry service between the two islands are still at a standstill as a legal battle on the way the State company chose its fast-ferry partner is being contested.
Virtu Ferries is challenging the company’s decision after its offer was rejected and an inexperienced company – Islands Ferry Network – was selected.
While Gozo Channel is insisting that its decision was based on the best commercial offer, Virtu Ferries claims that this was a ‘flawed’ and ‘illegal’ selection.
Malta tgħaddi għall-finali tal-Eurovision Song Contest … Prosit Michela!
Wara nuqqas ta’ sentejn, Malta rnexxielha tgħaddi għall-finali tal-Eurovision Song Contest, li din is-sena qed isir f’Tel Aviv, l-Iżrael.
Kienet wirja impekkabbli dik taż-żagħżugħa Għawdxija Michela Pace, li interpretat il-kanzunetta “Chameleon” b’mod eċċellenti.
Hija kantat fil-11-il post fis-semi-finali tal-lum li matulha ħadu sehem 18-il pajjiż.
L-għaxar pajjiżi li llum għaddew għall-finali tal-Eurovision huma dawn: Malta, Tramuntana tal-Maċedonja, l-Olanda, l-Albanija, l-Iżvezja, ir-Russja, l-Ażerbajġan, id-Danimarka, in-Norveġja, l-Iżvizzera.
- Mej 16, 2019 23:00
- Miktub minn iNews
Wara nuqqas ta’ sentejn, Malta rnexxielha tgħaddi għall-finali tal-Eurovision Song Contest, li din is-sena qed isir f’Tel Aviv, l-Iżrael.
Kienet wirja impekkabbli dik taż-żagħżugħa Għawdxija Michela Pace, li interpretat il-kanzunetta “Chameleon” b’mod eċċellenti.
Hija kantat fil-11-il post fis-semi-finali tal-lum li matulha ħadu sehem 18-il pajjiż.
L-għaxar pajjiżi li llum għaddew għall-finali tal-Eurovision huma dawn: Malta, Tramuntana tal-Maċedonja, l-Olanda, l-Albanija, l-Iżvezja, ir-Russja, l-Ażerbajġan, id-Danimarka, in-Norveġja, l-Iżvizzera.
Parrocca tan-Nadur
B'sogħba ngħarrfukom bil-mewt ta' Frances Camilleri li għaddiet għal ħajja oħra nhar it-Tnejn 13 ta' Mejju.
Frances kienet benefattriċi kbira tal-komunità parrokkjali, sewwa fil-qadi lil kulħadd fl-uffiċċju parrokkjali u anke fil-kant liturġiku.
Il-funeral tagħha se jsir illum l-Ħamis 16 ta' Mejju. L-Għasar ikun fil-5.10pm u l-quddiesa tibda fil-5.30pm.
Agħtija O Mulej il-mistrieħ ta' dejjem.
B'sogħba ngħarrfukom bil-mewt ta' Frances Camilleri li għaddiet għal ħajja oħra nhar it-Tnejn 13 ta' Mejju.
Frances kienet benefattriċi kbira tal-komunità parrokkjali, sewwa fil-qadi lil kulħadd fl-uffiċċju parrokkjali u anke fil-kant liturġiku.
Il-funeral tagħha se jsir illum l-Ħamis 16 ta' Mejju. L-Għasar ikun fil-5.10pm u l-quddiesa tibda fil-5.30pm.
Agħtija O Mulej il-mistrieħ ta' dejjem.
Nadur
By Lino DeBono
by Gozo News
May 15, 2019
“Nadur, after Victoria, has the second largest population, closely followed by Xaghra. Nadur is also one of the nicest villages that Gozo enjoys, situated on a hilltop, it enjoys a natural panoramic view and a beauty of its own.
From Nadur one can view the surrounding countryside of Gozo, as well as Comino and Malta, and on the other side, especially from Mixta Cave, one also gets a stupendous view of Ramla Bay. For me it is just breath-taking.
Nadur also enjoys terraced farmland which is a beauty to behold, and of course leads onward to San Blas Bay and the lovely Dahlet Qorrot Bay. Lastly, together with Xaghra, Nadur enjoys the ever beautiful Ramla Bay.
The people of Nadur have many ties with America as many of them emigrated there after the First World War, mainly to New York. It is in fact quite common to find houses in Nadur with signs of “God Bless America” or American flags hoisted on rooftops.
After the carnival was discontinued in Victoria, Nadur took it over and in recent years the Nadur Carnival has become famous throughout Gozo, Malta and the rest of the world.
People from all over, included foreigners, flock to participate and watch these festivities which are spontaneous and most natural. Carnival at Nadur has indeed become “a must see event.”
Access of roads
As previously mentioned, Nadur is situated on a hilltop, access to it is limited to about four roads, as far as I know. I may be mistaken, but that’s how I know it.
The major roads with access to Nadur are those from Mgarr to Nadur – Mgarr Road and Tax-Xhajma Road from Xewkija to Nadur. A minor road leads from Qala to Nadur and lastly there is a secondary road, which is only used by locals, connecting Qala with Nadur from the sea area.
Ta’ Xhajma Road.
I remember very well when this road was extended to how it is at present. The road was built on clay foundation and as no modern technology was then available, the road subsided quite a few times, until in very recent years major works were carried out to correct the foundations of the road.
Indeed in Victoria, at what is called the Kappuccini area, the first houses built there all shifted because they were built on a clay foundation, causing subsidence and fissures larger than the width of an arm. This provide a salutary lesson for future generations who acquired a governmental plot in that particular area.
Experts were brought in, who after long extensive tests, found a solution to this particular problem, enabling new roads and buildings to be constructed without similar problems. One learns by ones mistakes or lack of a professional expert’s advice. This may take some time, but prevention is the best cure of all.
Mgarr Road leading to Nadur
Recently the Mgarr Road leading to Nadur had large fissures appearing in it and part of the road started to give way to subsidence Although several temporary works of patching and filling have been done on it, no one till now had taken the bull by the horns and really examined the problem of how to fix these very important issues on this road.
The road eventually had to be closed due to parts of it collapsing and it also became clear that even the Nadur Football Ground is being effected by the movement of the road, which makes it even more dangerous than previously thought. Experts were were therefore brought in to examine the area in order to find solutions of how to fix these problems once and for all.
It was then discovered that the boundary walls supporting this road were not thick enough to withstand the pressure of the road (This is something similar to Ta’ Xhajma Road). Borehole digging in this area had also affected it, as well as water flowing underneath which added to the problem, and drainage water leaking from underground pipes was also discovered.
Due to this becoming a major problem – which no one in the past had ever dared to go into, the present administration took the bull by the horns – and brought in local and foreign experts to find the cause and provide solutions, to rebuild this road once and for all.
As a matter of fact I have been informed when inquiring, that works will start as soon as the expert’s reports come in.
Frustrations
One can certainly understand the frustrations of local people having one of their major roads closed or in limited use, but as the Maltese saying goes “Qattusa Ghaggelija – Freh Ghomja Tghamel” (Measure a Hundred Times before Cutting).
As this road does require major works at huge expense, one has to be quite certain that works implemented are done professionally, with and on expert’s advice. Works therefore have to last for a long period of years together with ongoing maintenance.
This, everyone knows, is a major project which will be done. The Gozo Ministry has promised so, and as everyone knows, the Gozo Minister the Hon Justyne Caruana, keeps to her word, let us give her space and let the project be guided and implemented by the experts.
It would be irresponsible to start works prior to the expert’s professional advice, so apart from the frustration for a person to by-pass the major road to reach Nadur, one has to make use of the other roads which are available.
The present administration certainly do keep their promises, as can be seen by the initial works which started on the Gozo Aquatic Centre which had been promised by one and all for many long years, and has now been started under the present Minister.”
Lino Debono,
Gozo.
By Lino DeBono
by Gozo News
May 15, 2019
“Nadur, after Victoria, has the second largest population, closely followed by Xaghra. Nadur is also one of the nicest villages that Gozo enjoys, situated on a hilltop, it enjoys a natural panoramic view and a beauty of its own.
From Nadur one can view the surrounding countryside of Gozo, as well as Comino and Malta, and on the other side, especially from Mixta Cave, one also gets a stupendous view of Ramla Bay. For me it is just breath-taking.
Nadur also enjoys terraced farmland which is a beauty to behold, and of course leads onward to San Blas Bay and the lovely Dahlet Qorrot Bay. Lastly, together with Xaghra, Nadur enjoys the ever beautiful Ramla Bay.
The people of Nadur have many ties with America as many of them emigrated there after the First World War, mainly to New York. It is in fact quite common to find houses in Nadur with signs of “God Bless America” or American flags hoisted on rooftops.
After the carnival was discontinued in Victoria, Nadur took it over and in recent years the Nadur Carnival has become famous throughout Gozo, Malta and the rest of the world.
People from all over, included foreigners, flock to participate and watch these festivities which are spontaneous and most natural. Carnival at Nadur has indeed become “a must see event.”
Access of roads
As previously mentioned, Nadur is situated on a hilltop, access to it is limited to about four roads, as far as I know. I may be mistaken, but that’s how I know it.
The major roads with access to Nadur are those from Mgarr to Nadur – Mgarr Road and Tax-Xhajma Road from Xewkija to Nadur. A minor road leads from Qala to Nadur and lastly there is a secondary road, which is only used by locals, connecting Qala with Nadur from the sea area.
Ta’ Xhajma Road.
I remember very well when this road was extended to how it is at present. The road was built on clay foundation and as no modern technology was then available, the road subsided quite a few times, until in very recent years major works were carried out to correct the foundations of the road.
Indeed in Victoria, at what is called the Kappuccini area, the first houses built there all shifted because they were built on a clay foundation, causing subsidence and fissures larger than the width of an arm. This provide a salutary lesson for future generations who acquired a governmental plot in that particular area.
Experts were brought in, who after long extensive tests, found a solution to this particular problem, enabling new roads and buildings to be constructed without similar problems. One learns by ones mistakes or lack of a professional expert’s advice. This may take some time, but prevention is the best cure of all.
Mgarr Road leading to Nadur
Recently the Mgarr Road leading to Nadur had large fissures appearing in it and part of the road started to give way to subsidence Although several temporary works of patching and filling have been done on it, no one till now had taken the bull by the horns and really examined the problem of how to fix these very important issues on this road.
The road eventually had to be closed due to parts of it collapsing and it also became clear that even the Nadur Football Ground is being effected by the movement of the road, which makes it even more dangerous than previously thought. Experts were were therefore brought in to examine the area in order to find solutions of how to fix these problems once and for all.
It was then discovered that the boundary walls supporting this road were not thick enough to withstand the pressure of the road (This is something similar to Ta’ Xhajma Road). Borehole digging in this area had also affected it, as well as water flowing underneath which added to the problem, and drainage water leaking from underground pipes was also discovered.
Due to this becoming a major problem – which no one in the past had ever dared to go into, the present administration took the bull by the horns – and brought in local and foreign experts to find the cause and provide solutions, to rebuild this road once and for all.
As a matter of fact I have been informed when inquiring, that works will start as soon as the expert’s reports come in.
Frustrations
One can certainly understand the frustrations of local people having one of their major roads closed or in limited use, but as the Maltese saying goes “Qattusa Ghaggelija – Freh Ghomja Tghamel” (Measure a Hundred Times before Cutting).
As this road does require major works at huge expense, one has to be quite certain that works implemented are done professionally, with and on expert’s advice. Works therefore have to last for a long period of years together with ongoing maintenance.
This, everyone knows, is a major project which will be done. The Gozo Ministry has promised so, and as everyone knows, the Gozo Minister the Hon Justyne Caruana, keeps to her word, let us give her space and let the project be guided and implemented by the experts.
It would be irresponsible to start works prior to the expert’s professional advice, so apart from the frustration for a person to by-pass the major road to reach Nadur, one has to make use of the other roads which are available.
The present administration certainly do keep their promises, as can be seen by the initial works which started on the Gozo Aquatic Centre which had been promised by one and all for many long years, and has now been started under the present Minister.”
Lino Debono,
Gozo.
[WATCH] Eurovision: Could this be our year? Most of you think so...
All respondents have proclaimed support for the 18-year-old Michela Pace and most say that the daring Chameleon may even make it all the way to the top
15 May 2019, 4:05pm
by David Hudson
Israel has won the Eurovision song contest four times and has hosted the contest twice, both in 1979 and 1999; this is the first time it will be held in Tel Aviv
Same old same old or realistic deliberation?
People praised the Malta song’s beat and compared it with Tuesday’s semi-final competitors saying most did not compare with Pace’s virtuosity.
READ MORE: Not likely but possible — Malta’s chances at the Eurovision
Respondents said that Pace is talented, has a good voice and that Malta’s song choices are improving year on year.
Chameleon was written by Swedish songwriters and producers Joacim Persson and Johan Alkenäs, Paula Winger, and successful Bulgarian composer Borislav Milanov.
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InfogramThey happen to have also written Azerbaijan’s entry this year, which song is currently doing better than Malta in terms of winning odds.
Malta is currently placed at 10th place by bookmakers according to Eurovisionworld, Azerbaijan at 7th and Netherlands has enjoyed top spot for over a month.
When asked about Malta's chances, most respondents were positive and all hoped that Pace would do well on the night, praising her singing skills and her "sweet" personality.
People said that they expect Malta to make it to the top 5 at least and that they are rooting for their home country all the way.
Malta is set to perform in position 11 on Thursday in the Eurovision's second semi-final. Chameleon is expected to go through to the second round and compete in the final on Saturday 18 May.
This year’s host country has been contentious at the least, with Israel hoping the contest may help its image despite the international calls for a boycott.
All respondents have proclaimed support for the 18-year-old Michela Pace and most say that the daring Chameleon may even make it all the way to the top
15 May 2019, 4:05pm
by David Hudson
Israel has won the Eurovision song contest four times and has hosted the contest twice, both in 1979 and 1999; this is the first time it will be held in Tel Aviv
Same old same old or realistic deliberation?
People praised the Malta song’s beat and compared it with Tuesday’s semi-final competitors saying most did not compare with Pace’s virtuosity.
READ MORE: Not likely but possible — Malta’s chances at the Eurovision
Respondents said that Pace is talented, has a good voice and that Malta’s song choices are improving year on year.
Chameleon was written by Swedish songwriters and producers Joacim Persson and Johan Alkenäs, Paula Winger, and successful Bulgarian composer Borislav Milanov.
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InfogramThey happen to have also written Azerbaijan’s entry this year, which song is currently doing better than Malta in terms of winning odds.
Malta is currently placed at 10th place by bookmakers according to Eurovisionworld, Azerbaijan at 7th and Netherlands has enjoyed top spot for over a month.
When asked about Malta's chances, most respondents were positive and all hoped that Pace would do well on the night, praising her singing skills and her "sweet" personality.
People said that they expect Malta to make it to the top 5 at least and that they are rooting for their home country all the way.
Malta is set to perform in position 11 on Thursday in the Eurovision's second semi-final. Chameleon is expected to go through to the second round and compete in the final on Saturday 18 May.
This year’s host country has been contentious at the least, with Israel hoping the contest may help its image despite the international calls for a boycott.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019,
by Ivan Camilleri
Private roads tarmacked through public funds in minister’s district
Infrastructure Malta says repairs carried out in view of public utility
Works on Triq Bellic, a private road in Qormi, yesterday.
The government is carrying out various infrastructural works on private roads in Qormi and Żebbuġ using taxpayer funds despite that such works should have been carried out and paid for by private owners, Times of Malta is informed.
Through its new roads agency, Infrastructure Malta, works have already been done in Żebbuġ, asphalting stretches of private streets which lead to complexes of garages built years ago.
Following reports reaching the newspaper, Times of Malta on Monday witnessed ongoing works on a similar private garage complex in Qormi where a company contracted by Infrastructure Malta was rebuilding the streets and installing new underground services in preparation for a final level of fresh tarmac.
Works are being done on the eve of another electoral campaign, with local and MEP elections slated for May 25.
Qormi and Żebbuġ form part of the sixth and seventh electoral districts which incidentally are represented in Parliament by Minister Ian Borg, responsible for the roads agency.
“Just a few weeks ago a Labour candidate for the local council came to tell me at my garage that Ian (Minister Borg) will be doing up our road,” a garage owner in Qormi’s Bellic Street, told the newspaper.
“We were always told that since this is a private road the government is not responsible and works have to be carried either by the owner, who sold us his garages, or by us if we didn’t pay the owner for the road when we purchased our garages,” he said.
“However, it seems that the coming elections have at least served us for something,” the garage owner added.
A similar situation occurred just a few weeks ago in Żebbuġ. Private streets forming part of a garage complex in Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri were dug up and new tarmac was laid after new pavements were constructed at government’s expense.
A 55-year-old owner of a garage in the street, who said he had been lobbying with the garages’ developer for the tarmacking of the road for years, let slip that “the dentist had surely helped out”, referring to former Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando who has his private dental clinic on one of the corners of the freshly surfaced private road.
Asked to confirm the works on private roads, an Infrastructure Malta spokesman at first avoided giving a direct reply and instead said that “these were publicly accessible” streets.
Pressed to state whether the roads in question are privately owned and to explain why the government had spent tens of thousands of euros from public funds for works which were supposed to be carried by the road owners, the spokesman admitted that these were indeed privately-owned streets.
“The indicated roads were originally formed for private use but through the years became publicly-accessible and started being used as public roads,” the spokesman said.
“Infrastructure Malta carried out the required repairs in view of their public utility, and in line with applicable road work regulations.”
Quoting new road regulations, enacted only last year through subsidiary legislation, the spokesman said that the rules allow such intervention.
“The agency may, at any time, carry out or cause or allow to be carried out in and under any private road and work whatsoever which it considers necessary or useful on grounds of public utility.”
However, the government agency failed to state that the same rules clearly state that works on private roads are to be paid by private owners.
The rules Infrastructure Malta did not quote“The owners of any property immediately abutting on any private road or the persons holding such property on emphyteutical lease shall, for the purpose of this part, be deemed to be the persons who opened such road and the owners thereof:
Provided that any person who is bound to carry out any work in any such road shall be entitled to bring against third parties any civil action, admissible according to law, for the recovery of any expenses incurred in the execution of the work.
The Agency shall be enabled to carry out, or as the case may be, to continue the carrying out of all or any of the works (in private roads) after having given the owner notice by registered letter of its decision so to do: any such works shall be carried out at the expense of the person who has opened the road.
Every private road, including the footway thereof, shall, on notice by registered letter given by the Authority, be asphalted or surfaced otherwise as indicated by the Authority, by the Agency, at the owner’s expense.
by Ivan Camilleri
Private roads tarmacked through public funds in minister’s district
Infrastructure Malta says repairs carried out in view of public utility
Works on Triq Bellic, a private road in Qormi, yesterday.
The government is carrying out various infrastructural works on private roads in Qormi and Żebbuġ using taxpayer funds despite that such works should have been carried out and paid for by private owners, Times of Malta is informed.
Through its new roads agency, Infrastructure Malta, works have already been done in Żebbuġ, asphalting stretches of private streets which lead to complexes of garages built years ago.
Following reports reaching the newspaper, Times of Malta on Monday witnessed ongoing works on a similar private garage complex in Qormi where a company contracted by Infrastructure Malta was rebuilding the streets and installing new underground services in preparation for a final level of fresh tarmac.
Works are being done on the eve of another electoral campaign, with local and MEP elections slated for May 25.
Qormi and Żebbuġ form part of the sixth and seventh electoral districts which incidentally are represented in Parliament by Minister Ian Borg, responsible for the roads agency.
“Just a few weeks ago a Labour candidate for the local council came to tell me at my garage that Ian (Minister Borg) will be doing up our road,” a garage owner in Qormi’s Bellic Street, told the newspaper.
“We were always told that since this is a private road the government is not responsible and works have to be carried either by the owner, who sold us his garages, or by us if we didn’t pay the owner for the road when we purchased our garages,” he said.
“However, it seems that the coming elections have at least served us for something,” the garage owner added.
A similar situation occurred just a few weeks ago in Żebbuġ. Private streets forming part of a garage complex in Triq Dun Mikiel Xerri were dug up and new tarmac was laid after new pavements were constructed at government’s expense.
A 55-year-old owner of a garage in the street, who said he had been lobbying with the garages’ developer for the tarmacking of the road for years, let slip that “the dentist had surely helped out”, referring to former Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando who has his private dental clinic on one of the corners of the freshly surfaced private road.
Asked to confirm the works on private roads, an Infrastructure Malta spokesman at first avoided giving a direct reply and instead said that “these were publicly accessible” streets.
Pressed to state whether the roads in question are privately owned and to explain why the government had spent tens of thousands of euros from public funds for works which were supposed to be carried by the road owners, the spokesman admitted that these were indeed privately-owned streets.
“The indicated roads were originally formed for private use but through the years became publicly-accessible and started being used as public roads,” the spokesman said.
“Infrastructure Malta carried out the required repairs in view of their public utility, and in line with applicable road work regulations.”
Quoting new road regulations, enacted only last year through subsidiary legislation, the spokesman said that the rules allow such intervention.
“The agency may, at any time, carry out or cause or allow to be carried out in and under any private road and work whatsoever which it considers necessary or useful on grounds of public utility.”
However, the government agency failed to state that the same rules clearly state that works on private roads are to be paid by private owners.
The rules Infrastructure Malta did not quote“The owners of any property immediately abutting on any private road or the persons holding such property on emphyteutical lease shall, for the purpose of this part, be deemed to be the persons who opened such road and the owners thereof:
Provided that any person who is bound to carry out any work in any such road shall be entitled to bring against third parties any civil action, admissible according to law, for the recovery of any expenses incurred in the execution of the work.
The Agency shall be enabled to carry out, or as the case may be, to continue the carrying out of all or any of the works (in private roads) after having given the owner notice by registered letter of its decision so to do: any such works shall be carried out at the expense of the person who has opened the road.
Every private road, including the footway thereof, shall, on notice by registered letter given by the Authority, be asphalted or surfaced otherwise as indicated by the Authority, by the Agency, at the owner’s expense.
[WATCH] Parliament a farce: Opposition parties decry House suspension during campaign
The government has said that the decision to suspend sittings was taken in light of poor attendance resulting from the fact that many MPs were occupied with campaign events
14 May 2019, 5:02pm
by Yannick Pace
The government yesterday said it was adjourning parliament till after the upcoming elections
A decision by the government to suspend parliament till after the elections scheduled to take place at the end of this month has both opposition parties accusing the government of undermining the country’s democracy.
Yesterday, parliament was adjourned by until after the elections, with the government citing poor attendance for sittings as a result of the fact that many MPs were occupied with campaign events.
Government whip Byron Camilleri told MaltaToday that the poor attendance was making it difficult for parliament to continue to function properly. “So much so, that one could tell that attendance in parliament was poor.”
Camilleri said the Opposition had been informed “during the sitting” and that extra sessions would be scheduled for after the election, to make up for the ones missed.
The decision however was criticised by the Nationalist and Democratic parties.
“On the eve of a sitting whether the estimates of the Embryo Protection Authority were to be debated and which was agreed to two weeks ago in the House Business Committee, the government decided, out of the blue, to adjourn parliament till after the elections,” the Nationalist Party said in a statement yesterday.
It added that it was clear that the decision had been taken because the government was not comfortable discussing the subject before the election.
The decision was described by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi as “unprecedented abuse” by the government, which he said was “running roughshod over Parliament”.
Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia similarly said the government’s decision stopped debates necessary for the proper functioning of a representative democracy.
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/drgodfreyfarrugia/videos/494571197745404/
“Parliamentary sittings just resumed after a three week break for Easter and out of the blue, it was adjourned again by the government’s whip, obviously on the instructions of the Office of the Prime Minister,” Farrugia said in a video uploaded to his Facebook page.
“I was whip and I know how things are done. Nobody adjourns parliament for no reason and it shows how weak our democracy is, where the government can unilaterally decide to adjourn parliament.
He added that poor attendance, especially during an MEP campaign, was nothing new, and that this was mainly due to the fact that the government had “bought” its backbench and was ignoring the Opposition.
“Parliament had become a farce in the hands of the maestro, the Prime Minister,” Farrugia said.
Camilleri did not respond to a question on whether the move could be considered undemocratic.
The government has said that the decision to suspend sittings was taken in light of poor attendance resulting from the fact that many MPs were occupied with campaign events
14 May 2019, 5:02pm
by Yannick Pace
The government yesterday said it was adjourning parliament till after the upcoming elections
A decision by the government to suspend parliament till after the elections scheduled to take place at the end of this month has both opposition parties accusing the government of undermining the country’s democracy.
Yesterday, parliament was adjourned by until after the elections, with the government citing poor attendance for sittings as a result of the fact that many MPs were occupied with campaign events.
Government whip Byron Camilleri told MaltaToday that the poor attendance was making it difficult for parliament to continue to function properly. “So much so, that one could tell that attendance in parliament was poor.”
Camilleri said the Opposition had been informed “during the sitting” and that extra sessions would be scheduled for after the election, to make up for the ones missed.
The decision however was criticised by the Nationalist and Democratic parties.
“On the eve of a sitting whether the estimates of the Embryo Protection Authority were to be debated and which was agreed to two weeks ago in the House Business Committee, the government decided, out of the blue, to adjourn parliament till after the elections,” the Nationalist Party said in a statement yesterday.
It added that it was clear that the decision had been taken because the government was not comfortable discussing the subject before the election.
The decision was described by Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi as “unprecedented abuse” by the government, which he said was “running roughshod over Parliament”.
Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia similarly said the government’s decision stopped debates necessary for the proper functioning of a representative democracy.
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/drgodfreyfarrugia/videos/494571197745404/
“Parliamentary sittings just resumed after a three week break for Easter and out of the blue, it was adjourned again by the government’s whip, obviously on the instructions of the Office of the Prime Minister,” Farrugia said in a video uploaded to his Facebook page.
“I was whip and I know how things are done. Nobody adjourns parliament for no reason and it shows how weak our democracy is, where the government can unilaterally decide to adjourn parliament.
He added that poor attendance, especially during an MEP campaign, was nothing new, and that this was mainly due to the fact that the government had “bought” its backbench and was ignoring the Opposition.
“Parliament had become a farce in the hands of the maestro, the Prime Minister,” Farrugia said.
Camilleri did not respond to a question on whether the move could be considered undemocratic.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019,
by Herman Grech
Watch: Criticism of Malta’s rule of law ‘blown out of proportion’ – President
Says he is open to removing Catholicism reference from constitution
Criticism of Malta’s rule of law and claims that Malta's democracy was under threat were unfair and blown out of proportion, the President has said.
Asked on Times Talk whether he felt such criticism was justified, George Vella replied: “I wouldn’t say it’s rubbish, but it’s not fair – it’s out of proportion considering the many changes that took place when I was also part of Cabinet.”
Dr Vella said he had actually urged the government to study the considerations of the Council of Europe’s rule of law experts, known as the Venice Commission.
Read: Government will implement Venice Commission recommendations - Muscat
The commission recommended strategic changes to Malta’s Constitution intended to buttress the system of checks and balances. It also recommended that the President should be given popular legitimacy by being elected by a qualified majority in Parliament.
'Too many powers in the hands of one person'
Forty days into his term, Dr Vella said he was always objected to concentrating powers in the hands of one person.
“We need to see where we have failed or done better. I’m still not happy with a president who just has executive functions.”
The President described himself as conservative in nature but also “quite a liberal”, pointing out he had no problem endorsing the liberal laws passed by the Labour government when he served as minister.
But he said he draws the line at abortion and euthanasia and would choose to resign if faced with such laws.
When asked, he said he was open to suggestions that Catholicism should be removed from the Constitution as Malta’s official religion.
“I’m open for discussions and will be receptive to solid arguments for and against. I’m not the president of Catholic Malta only but also the many Maltese professing Islam, Jewish faith and others.”
Dr Vella made it clear he intended to keep an eye on foreign affairs and maintained his criticism of Israel.
In an interview last year he had described the continued occupation of Gaza and Palestinians by Israel as a case of “ethnic suppression… if not ethnic cleansing.”
Asked if he still subscribed to this point of view, he upped the ante: "I do. It' seems worse now even though the decision by Israel to open the crossings for open periods is positive... Having two million people enclosed in an area the size of Malta (Gaza strip) and making their lives miserable and there are another three to four million Palestinians in the occupied territories being threatened with annihilation..."
by Herman Grech
Watch: Criticism of Malta’s rule of law ‘blown out of proportion’ – President
Says he is open to removing Catholicism reference from constitution
Criticism of Malta’s rule of law and claims that Malta's democracy was under threat were unfair and blown out of proportion, the President has said.
Asked on Times Talk whether he felt such criticism was justified, George Vella replied: “I wouldn’t say it’s rubbish, but it’s not fair – it’s out of proportion considering the many changes that took place when I was also part of Cabinet.”
Dr Vella said he had actually urged the government to study the considerations of the Council of Europe’s rule of law experts, known as the Venice Commission.
Read: Government will implement Venice Commission recommendations - Muscat
The commission recommended strategic changes to Malta’s Constitution intended to buttress the system of checks and balances. It also recommended that the President should be given popular legitimacy by being elected by a qualified majority in Parliament.
'Too many powers in the hands of one person'
Forty days into his term, Dr Vella said he was always objected to concentrating powers in the hands of one person.
“We need to see where we have failed or done better. I’m still not happy with a president who just has executive functions.”
The President described himself as conservative in nature but also “quite a liberal”, pointing out he had no problem endorsing the liberal laws passed by the Labour government when he served as minister.
But he said he draws the line at abortion and euthanasia and would choose to resign if faced with such laws.
When asked, he said he was open to suggestions that Catholicism should be removed from the Constitution as Malta’s official religion.
“I’m open for discussions and will be receptive to solid arguments for and against. I’m not the president of Catholic Malta only but also the many Maltese professing Islam, Jewish faith and others.”
Dr Vella made it clear he intended to keep an eye on foreign affairs and maintained his criticism of Israel.
In an interview last year he had described the continued occupation of Gaza and Palestinians by Israel as a case of “ethnic suppression… if not ethnic cleansing.”
Asked if he still subscribed to this point of view, he upped the ante: "I do. It' seems worse now even though the decision by Israel to open the crossings for open periods is positive... Having two million people enclosed in an area the size of Malta (Gaza strip) and making their lives miserable and there are another three to four million Palestinians in the occupied territories being threatened with annihilation..."
Tlieta akkużati li rabtu u stupraw tfajla vulnerabbli f’għalqa f’Ħaż-Żebbuġ
Tliet żgħażagħ ta’ bejn it-22 u l-25 sena u residenti s-Siġġiewi baqgħu jinżammu arrestati wara li tressqu l-Qorti akkużati li rabtu u stupraw tfajla vulnerabbli f’għalqa f’Ħaż-Żebbuġ.
Iż-żgħażagħ, li isimhom mhux jixxandar fuq ordni tal-Qorti biex tkun protetta l-identità tal-allegata vittma, ġew akkużati li wettqu dan ir-reat li allegatament seħħ f’Ġunju tas-sena li għaddiet.
Il-każ kellu l-bidu tiegħu meta t-tfajla, li għandha 20 sena, kienet tkellmet dwar kif ħu wieħed mill-akkużati kien allegament abbuża minnha, u dan kien akkużat bi stupru f’kawża separata.
Jidher iżda li qabel waħda mis-seduti, il-ġenituri tagħha kienu wissewha biex tgħid il-verità kollha meta titla’ biex tixhed u kien hawn li t-tfajla allegat li kienet ġiet stuprata diversi drabi mit-tliet ġuvintur.
It-tlieta li huma tressqu quddiem il-Maġistrat Doreen Clarke fejn wieġbu mhux ħatja tal-akkużi miġjuba kontra tagħhom, bi tnejn minnhom ma jitolbux għall-ħelsien mill-arrest.
It-tielet wieħed, li qed jidher għalih l-Avukat Leslie Cuschieri, informa lill-Qorti li l-klijent tiegħu, kellu diżabilità intelletwali u talab li jingħata l-benefiċċju tal-ħelsien mill-arrest biex ikun jista’ jmur kors barra minn Malta.
L-Ispettur John Spiteri, li ddeskriva dan il-każ bħala “wieħed mill-aktar każijiet xokkanti li huwa ħadem fuqu”, oppona t-talba għall-ħelsien mill-arrest u argumenta li ħu l-akkużat li kien diġa’ tressaq il-Qorti fuq akkużi simili kien ipprova jeqred l-evidenza.
Il-Qorti ordnat li t-tliet ġuvintur jinżammu arrestati, b’wieħed minnhom jitpoġġa fit-Taqsima Forensika tal-Isptar Monte Carmeli biex ikun eżaminat mill-professjonisti.
L-Avukati Stefano Filletti, Stephen Tonna Lowell, Leslie Cuschieri u Roberto Montalto qed jidhru għall-akkużati mentri l-Avukati Arthur Azzopardi u Alfred Abela qed jidhru għall-vittma.
- Mej 14, 2019
- Miktub minn iNews
Tliet żgħażagħ ta’ bejn it-22 u l-25 sena u residenti s-Siġġiewi baqgħu jinżammu arrestati wara li tressqu l-Qorti akkużati li rabtu u stupraw tfajla vulnerabbli f’għalqa f’Ħaż-Żebbuġ.
Iż-żgħażagħ, li isimhom mhux jixxandar fuq ordni tal-Qorti biex tkun protetta l-identità tal-allegata vittma, ġew akkużati li wettqu dan ir-reat li allegatament seħħ f’Ġunju tas-sena li għaddiet.
Il-każ kellu l-bidu tiegħu meta t-tfajla, li għandha 20 sena, kienet tkellmet dwar kif ħu wieħed mill-akkużati kien allegament abbuża minnha, u dan kien akkużat bi stupru f’kawża separata.
Jidher iżda li qabel waħda mis-seduti, il-ġenituri tagħha kienu wissewha biex tgħid il-verità kollha meta titla’ biex tixhed u kien hawn li t-tfajla allegat li kienet ġiet stuprata diversi drabi mit-tliet ġuvintur.
It-tlieta li huma tressqu quddiem il-Maġistrat Doreen Clarke fejn wieġbu mhux ħatja tal-akkużi miġjuba kontra tagħhom, bi tnejn minnhom ma jitolbux għall-ħelsien mill-arrest.
It-tielet wieħed, li qed jidher għalih l-Avukat Leslie Cuschieri, informa lill-Qorti li l-klijent tiegħu, kellu diżabilità intelletwali u talab li jingħata l-benefiċċju tal-ħelsien mill-arrest biex ikun jista’ jmur kors barra minn Malta.
L-Ispettur John Spiteri, li ddeskriva dan il-każ bħala “wieħed mill-aktar każijiet xokkanti li huwa ħadem fuqu”, oppona t-talba għall-ħelsien mill-arrest u argumenta li ħu l-akkużat li kien diġa’ tressaq il-Qorti fuq akkużi simili kien ipprova jeqred l-evidenza.
Il-Qorti ordnat li t-tliet ġuvintur jinżammu arrestati, b’wieħed minnhom jitpoġġa fit-Taqsima Forensika tal-Isptar Monte Carmeli biex ikun eżaminat mill-professjonisti.
L-Avukati Stefano Filletti, Stephen Tonna Lowell, Leslie Cuschieri u Roberto Montalto qed jidhru għall-akkużati mentri l-Avukati Arthur Azzopardi u Alfred Abela qed jidhru għall-vittma.
Sunday, May 12, 2019,
by Claire Caruana
Watch: Government committed to ensuring everyone enjoys good quality of life - Muscat
'Labour speaking about things that matter, not scaring people'
The government is committed to making sure everyone in Malta enjoys a good quality of life, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Sunday morning, insisting this would be its main priority moving forward.
Addressing Labour Party supporters in Mosta, Dr Muscat said the government’s main priority would be ensuring that the people’s ambitions and priorities are met.
“We do not scare people but we give them courage. That is why our families’ priorities are changing. Today, people’s biggest priorities aren’t jobs, high bills or the uncertainty of fluctuating fuel prices. They are now talking about a good quality of life.
“We will not just stop at talking about what we have managed to achieve, but about the quality of what we can do next,” he said.
While speaking about plans for the future, Dr Muscat insisted that it is also important “to keep in mind where we were when we left off”.
“We had 7,000 people had been registering for work. Today, that number has been reduced to 1,800 people,” he said, adding that young people and women who joined the workforce for the first time also managed to find work.
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/josephmuscatdotcom/videos/2359256044337849/
On poverty, Dr Muscat said that this was a reality which the party believed could be combated through work, education but also through social services.
“We inherited a situation where 43,000 people could not lead a decent life. Of these, three of every four who were in such a state are no longer in that situation. We still have 14,000 people and we will keep working until there will no longer be a single person who is experiencing poverty,” Dr Muscat said.
"What others created in 25 years, we exceeded in just a couple of years," he iterated.
“That is why people trust us. That is why people’s priorities change and develop. No wonder the people are not worried about the island’s economy,” he said.
The government’s strength, he said, came from the good teamwork among its members. If one person erred, he insisted, the others stood by them.
Environment, housing initiatives
Referring to the project to create an open space in Ta’ Qali, announced earlier this week, Dr Muscat said once completed, the space would be equivalent to a third of London’s Hyde Park.
“We will be planting more than 100,000 trees in total,” Dr Muscat said, referring to other projects in other places on the island, including Birżebbugia.
On social housing, Dr Muscat said that the decision to have more housing would enable more people to have their own homes, insisting however that abuse would not be tolerated, with programmes designed specifically to help people get back on their feet to continue educating those in need.
Referring to a ward at St Vincent De Paul for those who receive treatment there even though they are still young, Dr Muscat said that during the week he saw first-hand the need for investment there.
“We will not just leave them there. We will continue to ensure that they enjoy a good life. We want to encourage them to get out from their beds and instead have them in an environment where they can interact with people their own age. We hope to encourage them and to provide them with all the help they need so that they return to living with the community. That is our vision,” he said.
Throughout this campaign, the Prime Minister added, he was happy to see that the Labour Party was speaking about things that mattered, instead of wasting time scaring people.
“I ask you to look closely at what is being said. Others have yet to discover what their principles are and so what they say is contradictory. They end up with a hotchpotch of declarations,” Dr Muscat said.
In the past week, some from the PN again said they are not sorry about the lies they invented about him and his wife, he said, in reference to the Egrant allegations.
“I don’t need an apology. My family and I know what we went through. But there should be an apology made to the Maltese people,” he went on.
On calls to publish the Egrant inquiry report in full, Dr Muscat reiterated that he would be following the instructions of the Attorney General, adding it was a matter of ‘when’ the report is published and not ‘if’.
“I will never forget driving past a balcony and seeing a poster of me and my wife behind bars and my daughter asking me what she would do if we were to go to prison,” Dr Muscat said.
The answer to those who are still trying to unearth such a lie will be given to these people on May 25.
by Claire Caruana
Watch: Government committed to ensuring everyone enjoys good quality of life - Muscat
'Labour speaking about things that matter, not scaring people'
The government is committed to making sure everyone in Malta enjoys a good quality of life, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Sunday morning, insisting this would be its main priority moving forward.
Addressing Labour Party supporters in Mosta, Dr Muscat said the government’s main priority would be ensuring that the people’s ambitions and priorities are met.
“We do not scare people but we give them courage. That is why our families’ priorities are changing. Today, people’s biggest priorities aren’t jobs, high bills or the uncertainty of fluctuating fuel prices. They are now talking about a good quality of life.
“We will not just stop at talking about what we have managed to achieve, but about the quality of what we can do next,” he said.
While speaking about plans for the future, Dr Muscat insisted that it is also important “to keep in mind where we were when we left off”.
“We had 7,000 people had been registering for work. Today, that number has been reduced to 1,800 people,” he said, adding that young people and women who joined the workforce for the first time also managed to find work.
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/josephmuscatdotcom/videos/2359256044337849/
On poverty, Dr Muscat said that this was a reality which the party believed could be combated through work, education but also through social services.
“We inherited a situation where 43,000 people could not lead a decent life. Of these, three of every four who were in such a state are no longer in that situation. We still have 14,000 people and we will keep working until there will no longer be a single person who is experiencing poverty,” Dr Muscat said.
"What others created in 25 years, we exceeded in just a couple of years," he iterated.
“That is why people trust us. That is why people’s priorities change and develop. No wonder the people are not worried about the island’s economy,” he said.
The government’s strength, he said, came from the good teamwork among its members. If one person erred, he insisted, the others stood by them.
Environment, housing initiatives
Referring to the project to create an open space in Ta’ Qali, announced earlier this week, Dr Muscat said once completed, the space would be equivalent to a third of London’s Hyde Park.
“We will be planting more than 100,000 trees in total,” Dr Muscat said, referring to other projects in other places on the island, including Birżebbugia.
On social housing, Dr Muscat said that the decision to have more housing would enable more people to have their own homes, insisting however that abuse would not be tolerated, with programmes designed specifically to help people get back on their feet to continue educating those in need.
Referring to a ward at St Vincent De Paul for those who receive treatment there even though they are still young, Dr Muscat said that during the week he saw first-hand the need for investment there.
“We will not just leave them there. We will continue to ensure that they enjoy a good life. We want to encourage them to get out from their beds and instead have them in an environment where they can interact with people their own age. We hope to encourage them and to provide them with all the help they need so that they return to living with the community. That is our vision,” he said.
Throughout this campaign, the Prime Minister added, he was happy to see that the Labour Party was speaking about things that mattered, instead of wasting time scaring people.
“I ask you to look closely at what is being said. Others have yet to discover what their principles are and so what they say is contradictory. They end up with a hotchpotch of declarations,” Dr Muscat said.
In the past week, some from the PN again said they are not sorry about the lies they invented about him and his wife, he said, in reference to the Egrant allegations.
“I don’t need an apology. My family and I know what we went through. But there should be an apology made to the Maltese people,” he went on.
On calls to publish the Egrant inquiry report in full, Dr Muscat reiterated that he would be following the instructions of the Attorney General, adding it was a matter of ‘when’ the report is published and not ‘if’.
“I will never forget driving past a balcony and seeing a poster of me and my wife behind bars and my daughter asking me what she would do if we were to go to prison,” Dr Muscat said.
The answer to those who are still trying to unearth such a lie will be given to these people on May 25.
[WATCH] A vote for Labour MEPs is a vote for abortion - Adrian Delia
PN MEPs will be defending the right to life and fighting against tax harmonisation in the European Parliament, Opposition leader Adrian Delia says
12 May 2019, 1:44pm
by Massimo Costa
Adrian Delia was speaking at a Nationalist Party event in Mellieha on Sunday
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/partitnazzjonalista/videos/605521443271893/
A vote for Labour Party MEPs will bring Malta one step closer to introducing abortion, Adrian Delia said.
The Opposition leader, calling the upcoming European elections a "referendum on abortion", said that voting for PL prospective europarliamentarians would be akin to voting in favour of the Party of European Socialists’ (PES) manifesto in favour of the deliberate early termination of pregnancy.
Delia, who was was addressing party faithful at a PN event in Mellieha on Sunday, promised that Nationalist MEPs would be defending the right to life and would also be fighting against the introduction of a uniform taxation system in the European Union.
“The European Socialists’ manifesto wants to impose abortion, and every vote for candidates of the Maltese Socialist Party in the European elections bring Malta one step closer to introducing abortion,” Delia insisted.
“It will be PN MEP candidates in Europe who defend the right to life against those who want to impose abortion on us, and who will fight against a common tax system which destroys jobs and investment,” he said.
He said that Labour MEPs were committed to voting for Frans Timmermans - the lead PES European Commission presidential candidate - to take the helm of the Commission.
Timmermans, Delia said, had promised to introduce abortion and was also pushing for a common EU tax system which would disrupt investment in Malta and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.
He went on to quote directly from the PES’ electoral manifesto, which deliniates the groups' plans for "a binding EU gender-equality strategy, through which we will continue the fight to end the pay gaps; against sexual harrassment and gender-based violence, and to ensure that every individul has access to their sexual and reproductive rights".
“This latter part means every woman would herself have the right to terminate someone else’s life,” Delia said, “Timmermans is guaranteeing that, if elected, this will become binding in Europe.”
“A vote for the PN is a pro-life vote,” Delia said, emphasising that the Nationalist Party placed the protection of life from start to finish at the core of its politics, and that PN MEPs were guaranteeing that they would be convincing their own group in the European Parliament - the European People’s Party - that abortion would never be legalised in Malta.
Climate change making migration worse
Turning to climate change, Delia said that this would be affecting everyone, including Malta, and that drastic action needed to be taken.
People, he said, were being displaced from their countries - and migrating to other places, including Malta - due to social problems and injustice, and that climate change was making this problem worse.
“We cannot afford to keep doing nothing. We can’t persist in widening our roads to add thousands of cars a year.”
Ten people were dying prematurely every week because of diseases linked to air pollution, he said. “Twenty will die by the time of the European election.”
Joseph Muscat was trying to fool people through announcements that the government would be planting more trees in the Ta’ Qali national park, he underscored.
“He (Muscat) tries to claim that environment is a priority in Malta, but we all know that it isn’t,” Delia added.
In his closing comments, Delia returned to the issue of the protection of life and the election of Labour MEPs.
“There is a real threat to the protection of life. Maltese Socialists, through their European Socialist friends, want to introduce abortion,” he reiterated.
The people had the responsibility to give an answer to the government, and strip it off its arrogance, he stressed.
“Don’t give up. Have conviction. Persuade others. Together we will make the first step and together we will get there,” the PN leader appealed.
PN MEPs will be defending the right to life and fighting against tax harmonisation in the European Parliament, Opposition leader Adrian Delia says
12 May 2019, 1:44pm
by Massimo Costa
Adrian Delia was speaking at a Nationalist Party event in Mellieha on Sunday
Watch film here: https://www.facebook.com/partitnazzjonalista/videos/605521443271893/
A vote for Labour Party MEPs will bring Malta one step closer to introducing abortion, Adrian Delia said.
The Opposition leader, calling the upcoming European elections a "referendum on abortion", said that voting for PL prospective europarliamentarians would be akin to voting in favour of the Party of European Socialists’ (PES) manifesto in favour of the deliberate early termination of pregnancy.
Delia, who was was addressing party faithful at a PN event in Mellieha on Sunday, promised that Nationalist MEPs would be defending the right to life and would also be fighting against the introduction of a uniform taxation system in the European Union.
“The European Socialists’ manifesto wants to impose abortion, and every vote for candidates of the Maltese Socialist Party in the European elections bring Malta one step closer to introducing abortion,” Delia insisted.
“It will be PN MEP candidates in Europe who defend the right to life against those who want to impose abortion on us, and who will fight against a common tax system which destroys jobs and investment,” he said.
He said that Labour MEPs were committed to voting for Frans Timmermans - the lead PES European Commission presidential candidate - to take the helm of the Commission.
Timmermans, Delia said, had promised to introduce abortion and was also pushing for a common EU tax system which would disrupt investment in Malta and lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.
He went on to quote directly from the PES’ electoral manifesto, which deliniates the groups' plans for "a binding EU gender-equality strategy, through which we will continue the fight to end the pay gaps; against sexual harrassment and gender-based violence, and to ensure that every individul has access to their sexual and reproductive rights".
“This latter part means every woman would herself have the right to terminate someone else’s life,” Delia said, “Timmermans is guaranteeing that, if elected, this will become binding in Europe.”
“A vote for the PN is a pro-life vote,” Delia said, emphasising that the Nationalist Party placed the protection of life from start to finish at the core of its politics, and that PN MEPs were guaranteeing that they would be convincing their own group in the European Parliament - the European People’s Party - that abortion would never be legalised in Malta.
Climate change making migration worse
Turning to climate change, Delia said that this would be affecting everyone, including Malta, and that drastic action needed to be taken.
People, he said, were being displaced from their countries - and migrating to other places, including Malta - due to social problems and injustice, and that climate change was making this problem worse.
“We cannot afford to keep doing nothing. We can’t persist in widening our roads to add thousands of cars a year.”
Ten people were dying prematurely every week because of diseases linked to air pollution, he said. “Twenty will die by the time of the European election.”
Joseph Muscat was trying to fool people through announcements that the government would be planting more trees in the Ta’ Qali national park, he underscored.
“He (Muscat) tries to claim that environment is a priority in Malta, but we all know that it isn’t,” Delia added.
In his closing comments, Delia returned to the issue of the protection of life and the election of Labour MEPs.
“There is a real threat to the protection of life. Maltese Socialists, through their European Socialist friends, want to introduce abortion,” he reiterated.
The people had the responsibility to give an answer to the government, and strip it off its arrogance, he stressed.
“Don’t give up. Have conviction. Persuade others. Together we will make the first step and together we will get there,” the PN leader appealed.
Happy Mother's Day 2019
Ittra Pastorali tal-E.T. Mons. Mario Grech, Isqof ta' Għawdex, fl-okkażjoni ta' Jum l-Omm 2019
NINTELQU F’DIRGĦAJN OMMNA MARIJA
Ħajr: Joe Grech
Ara il film hawn: https://www.facebook.com/gozodiocese/videos/376546216286653/
NINTELQU F’DIRGĦAJN OMMNA MARIJA
Ħajr: Joe Grech
Ara il film hawn: https://www.facebook.com/gozodiocese/videos/376546216286653/
Infakkru Jum l-Omm
Mill Kav. Joe M Attard - Victoria Ghawdex
She is the earth fire that makes four walls home,
No room is dark or cold when she is near;
She is the lamp lit when the shadows come;
The answering voice that robs the night of fear.
She is the lost thing found; the healing kiss
Balm for youth’s griefs; the heart that understands;
All comfort and all light are where she is
And all of heaven she holds in her two hands.
B’din is-silta meħuda mill-poeżija “The Mother’ ta’ Margaret C. Gibbins xtaqt niftaħ din il-kitba tiegħi dwar l-Omm fl-okkażjoni tal-festa tagħha l-Ħadd 12 ta’ Mejju, għaliex naħseb li din is-silta hija definizzjoni eżatta ta’ dil-krejatura, ta’ dil-bewsa li tfejjaq, il-qalb li tifhem, u fuq kollox, il-balzmu t’uliedha, b’mod speċjali matul is-sigħat tad-dwejjaq. Min daqsha jista’ jifhem u jagħder! Hija l-Omm li m’għandhiex sabar toqgħod passiva jew tosserva bla ma tagħmel xejn. Imbagħad ma rridux ninsew li niġu fid-dinja permezz tagħha wara li tkun ilha ġġorrna fil-ġuf għal disa’ xhur sħah; tgħinna meta nkunu żgħar u tikkunslana meta nkunu kbar. Da żgur li jixirqilha li jkollha din il-għodwa ddedikata lilha. Jum l-Omm immela għandu jkun għalina l-Jum għażiż li fih aħna niftakru f’ommijietna. Wieħed qatt ma jasal biex japprezza oġġett daqskemm meta jkun għandu u mbagħad jitilfu. Sakemm ommna għadha ħajja nsibuha dejjem lesta ma’ djulna biex taqsam magħna l-ferħ u n-niket ta’ ħajjitna.
Bla dubju mhux kulħadd qiegħed igawdi lil Ommu. Xi wħud tilfuha darba għal dejjem u għalhekk dan il-Jum iġibilhom ħafna tifkiriet sbieħ tal-imgħoddi. Huma tifkiriet li ma jmutu qatt u li jġibu l-faraġ, is-sabar u l-ferħ. Għalkemm il-firda hija dejjem kerha, din għandha tinbidel f’ferħ meta wieħed jiftakar li permezz tagħha, l-Omm tinsab fit-tgawdija tal-Ġenna, premju tassew mistħoqq tax-xogħol li wettqet fi ħdan il-familja u s-soċjeta’ kemm damet tgħix fostna. Dawk l-ulied li tilfuha huma fid-dmir li f’dan il-Jum joffrulha r-rigali tagħhom; mhux ir-rigal li jinxef u jitmermer bħal bukkett fjuri ta’ fuq il-qabar, iżda t-talb imħeġġeġ tagħhom flimkien mal-quddiesa u t-tqarbina ta’ dan il-jum. Fil-gżira tagħna, il-Moviment ta’ Kana għamel żmien jagħmel quddiesa f’dan il-Jum fil-Kappella taċ-Ċimiterju ta’ Santa Marija (tal-Barmil).
Dawk fostkom imbagħad li għadhom igawdu lil ommhom, jaraw li ma jonqsuhiex; għal kuntrarju, jgħożżuha u jħobbuha lil din l-aqwa krejatura tal-ħolqien, u f’dan il-jum għażiż juruha l-gratitudni kollha tagħhom billi qabel xejn, jieħdu riżoluzzjoni li jirrispettawha u jħobbuha dejjem aktar. Dawk l-ulied li forsi joqogħdu ‘l bogħod minn darha, tajjeb li jżuruha f’dan il-jum tagħha u juruha l-imħabba tagħhom bħal meta kienu żgħar. Telefonata m’għand iben emigrant jista’ jtellagħha s-sema lil għażiża ommu. L-ikbar rigal li nistgħu nagħtuha huwa dak li aħna nkunu ulied tajba li ommna tħossha kburija bina.
L-ewwel kelma li tennejna kienet ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma f’mument ta’ biża’ jew ansjeta’ kienet ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma li toħroġ minn fommna meta nweġġgħu hija ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma f’mument ta’ sorpriża bla ma nittendu hija ‘ma’! Dan kollu juri li l-memorja u x-xbieha tal-Omm qatt ma jgħibu minn quddiem għajnejna sew jekk għadna żgħar u sew jrkk kbirna fl-eta’. Dan ma jistax ikun mod ieħor għaliex l-omm tagħmel elf sagrifiċċju biex tara lil uliedha sewwa. Sa ma qabel jiftħu għajnejhom għall-ewwel raġġi tax-xemx hija tara x’tagħmel biex iżżommhom protetti minn għajnejn seksieka, minn xi disgrazzja li tista’ ġġib xi ħsara fil-ġisem li jkun għadu qed jifforma; tħares iktar mis-soltu lill-persuna tagħha, tiekol mill-aħjar u ssostni ruħha, tnaqqas ċertu taħbit u tbatija żejda. Biex tarana f’saħħitna, taħrab kull vizzju u mitt ħaġa oħra sabiex lid-dinja tkun tista’ tagħtiha wild ġdid, sabiħ bħal tulipan imperreċ għall-ewwel qtar tan-nida ta’ filgħodu.
Għalkemm il-missier irid jagħti s-sehem sħiħ tiegħu wkoll lil iben jew bint li jkunu ġew fid-dinja, hija l-Omm li tagħti l-akbar sehem fit-trobbija tal-ulied. Hija tindokra waqt li l-missier ikun barra għax-xogħol, tixtri, titma, taħsel, tonxor, traqqa, tnixxef, tlibbes, issewwi, tħajjat, issajjar, tgħallem u tishar fuq uliedha bla serħan. Is-servizz tagħha jtul erbgħa u għoxrin siegħa kuljum. Qalbha tieqaf meta tara lil xi ħadd minn uliedha f’qiegħ ta’ sodda. Kemm wegħdi u sagrifiċċji tagħmel biex tarahom fuq saqajhom mill-ġdid!
Xieraq għalhekk li din l-Omm tieħu tal-inqas ġurnata vaganza darba fis-sena. Kien għalhekk li nħolqot il-“Mothering Sunday” fiż-żmien l-imgħoddi magħrufa llum bħala l-‘Mother’s Day’. F’dan il-jum għandna nagħtuha btala xierqa lil ommna, iżda biex din tkun kompluta, irridu nibqgħu nuruha dan is-sens ta’ qima u rispett il-jiem kollha ta’ ħajjitha.
Fi ftit kliem, biex niġbru kollox, l-omm taf tagħder u ma tistenniex wisq; iżda huwa d-dmir tagħna lkoll li bħala uliedha, inħobbuha s-sena kollha, nobduha u ma ninkwetawhiex. Dawk imbagħad li x-xorti riedet li tilfuha diġa (bħalma sfortunatament ġara lili), jitolbu għaliha, iżuru qabarha f’dan il-jum u mal-bukkett fjuri li jqegħdulha fuq il-lapida kiesħa tal-irħam, flimkien mal-poeta jgħidulha:
Għaliex int mitt biex tgħix, tgħammar ġo qalbna
B’demmek biss sħuna;
U jekk tħabbat il-qalb, tħabbat int magħha
Għalkemm midfuna.
W għalhekk fuq qabrek fejn tinsab mistrieħa
Sikwit tismagħna
Niġu nħabbtulek ftit, biex tbexxaq l-għata
U tqum tarana.
Kav Joe M Attard
Victoria Ghawdex.
Mill Kav. Joe M Attard - Victoria Ghawdex
She is the earth fire that makes four walls home,
No room is dark or cold when she is near;
She is the lamp lit when the shadows come;
The answering voice that robs the night of fear.
She is the lost thing found; the healing kiss
Balm for youth’s griefs; the heart that understands;
All comfort and all light are where she is
And all of heaven she holds in her two hands.
B’din is-silta meħuda mill-poeżija “The Mother’ ta’ Margaret C. Gibbins xtaqt niftaħ din il-kitba tiegħi dwar l-Omm fl-okkażjoni tal-festa tagħha l-Ħadd 12 ta’ Mejju, għaliex naħseb li din is-silta hija definizzjoni eżatta ta’ dil-krejatura, ta’ dil-bewsa li tfejjaq, il-qalb li tifhem, u fuq kollox, il-balzmu t’uliedha, b’mod speċjali matul is-sigħat tad-dwejjaq. Min daqsha jista’ jifhem u jagħder! Hija l-Omm li m’għandhiex sabar toqgħod passiva jew tosserva bla ma tagħmel xejn. Imbagħad ma rridux ninsew li niġu fid-dinja permezz tagħha wara li tkun ilha ġġorrna fil-ġuf għal disa’ xhur sħah; tgħinna meta nkunu żgħar u tikkunslana meta nkunu kbar. Da żgur li jixirqilha li jkollha din il-għodwa ddedikata lilha. Jum l-Omm immela għandu jkun għalina l-Jum għażiż li fih aħna niftakru f’ommijietna. Wieħed qatt ma jasal biex japprezza oġġett daqskemm meta jkun għandu u mbagħad jitilfu. Sakemm ommna għadha ħajja nsibuha dejjem lesta ma’ djulna biex taqsam magħna l-ferħ u n-niket ta’ ħajjitna.
Bla dubju mhux kulħadd qiegħed igawdi lil Ommu. Xi wħud tilfuha darba għal dejjem u għalhekk dan il-Jum iġibilhom ħafna tifkiriet sbieħ tal-imgħoddi. Huma tifkiriet li ma jmutu qatt u li jġibu l-faraġ, is-sabar u l-ferħ. Għalkemm il-firda hija dejjem kerha, din għandha tinbidel f’ferħ meta wieħed jiftakar li permezz tagħha, l-Omm tinsab fit-tgawdija tal-Ġenna, premju tassew mistħoqq tax-xogħol li wettqet fi ħdan il-familja u s-soċjeta’ kemm damet tgħix fostna. Dawk l-ulied li tilfuha huma fid-dmir li f’dan il-Jum joffrulha r-rigali tagħhom; mhux ir-rigal li jinxef u jitmermer bħal bukkett fjuri ta’ fuq il-qabar, iżda t-talb imħeġġeġ tagħhom flimkien mal-quddiesa u t-tqarbina ta’ dan il-jum. Fil-gżira tagħna, il-Moviment ta’ Kana għamel żmien jagħmel quddiesa f’dan il-Jum fil-Kappella taċ-Ċimiterju ta’ Santa Marija (tal-Barmil).
Dawk fostkom imbagħad li għadhom igawdu lil ommhom, jaraw li ma jonqsuhiex; għal kuntrarju, jgħożżuha u jħobbuha lil din l-aqwa krejatura tal-ħolqien, u f’dan il-jum għażiż juruha l-gratitudni kollha tagħhom billi qabel xejn, jieħdu riżoluzzjoni li jirrispettawha u jħobbuha dejjem aktar. Dawk l-ulied li forsi joqogħdu ‘l bogħod minn darha, tajjeb li jżuruha f’dan il-jum tagħha u juruha l-imħabba tagħhom bħal meta kienu żgħar. Telefonata m’għand iben emigrant jista’ jtellagħha s-sema lil għażiża ommu. L-ikbar rigal li nistgħu nagħtuha huwa dak li aħna nkunu ulied tajba li ommna tħossha kburija bina.
L-ewwel kelma li tennejna kienet ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma f’mument ta’ biża’ jew ansjeta’ kienet ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma li toħroġ minn fommna meta nweġġgħu hija ‘ma’; l-ewwel kelma f’mument ta’ sorpriża bla ma nittendu hija ‘ma’! Dan kollu juri li l-memorja u x-xbieha tal-Omm qatt ma jgħibu minn quddiem għajnejna sew jekk għadna żgħar u sew jrkk kbirna fl-eta’. Dan ma jistax ikun mod ieħor għaliex l-omm tagħmel elf sagrifiċċju biex tara lil uliedha sewwa. Sa ma qabel jiftħu għajnejhom għall-ewwel raġġi tax-xemx hija tara x’tagħmel biex iżżommhom protetti minn għajnejn seksieka, minn xi disgrazzja li tista’ ġġib xi ħsara fil-ġisem li jkun għadu qed jifforma; tħares iktar mis-soltu lill-persuna tagħha, tiekol mill-aħjar u ssostni ruħha, tnaqqas ċertu taħbit u tbatija żejda. Biex tarana f’saħħitna, taħrab kull vizzju u mitt ħaġa oħra sabiex lid-dinja tkun tista’ tagħtiha wild ġdid, sabiħ bħal tulipan imperreċ għall-ewwel qtar tan-nida ta’ filgħodu.
Għalkemm il-missier irid jagħti s-sehem sħiħ tiegħu wkoll lil iben jew bint li jkunu ġew fid-dinja, hija l-Omm li tagħti l-akbar sehem fit-trobbija tal-ulied. Hija tindokra waqt li l-missier ikun barra għax-xogħol, tixtri, titma, taħsel, tonxor, traqqa, tnixxef, tlibbes, issewwi, tħajjat, issajjar, tgħallem u tishar fuq uliedha bla serħan. Is-servizz tagħha jtul erbgħa u għoxrin siegħa kuljum. Qalbha tieqaf meta tara lil xi ħadd minn uliedha f’qiegħ ta’ sodda. Kemm wegħdi u sagrifiċċji tagħmel biex tarahom fuq saqajhom mill-ġdid!
Xieraq għalhekk li din l-Omm tieħu tal-inqas ġurnata vaganza darba fis-sena. Kien għalhekk li nħolqot il-“Mothering Sunday” fiż-żmien l-imgħoddi magħrufa llum bħala l-‘Mother’s Day’. F’dan il-jum għandna nagħtuha btala xierqa lil ommna, iżda biex din tkun kompluta, irridu nibqgħu nuruha dan is-sens ta’ qima u rispett il-jiem kollha ta’ ħajjitha.
Fi ftit kliem, biex niġbru kollox, l-omm taf tagħder u ma tistenniex wisq; iżda huwa d-dmir tagħna lkoll li bħala uliedha, inħobbuha s-sena kollha, nobduha u ma ninkwetawhiex. Dawk imbagħad li x-xorti riedet li tilfuha diġa (bħalma sfortunatament ġara lili), jitolbu għaliha, iżuru qabarha f’dan il-jum u mal-bukkett fjuri li jqegħdulha fuq il-lapida kiesħa tal-irħam, flimkien mal-poeta jgħidulha:
Għaliex int mitt biex tgħix, tgħammar ġo qalbna
B’demmek biss sħuna;
U jekk tħabbat il-qalb, tħabbat int magħha
Għalkemm midfuna.
W għalhekk fuq qabrek fejn tinsab mistrieħa
Sikwit tismagħna
Niġu nħabbtulek ftit, biex tbexxaq l-għata
U tqum tarana.
Kav Joe M Attard
Victoria Ghawdex.
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 20:15
Muscat insists Nationalist MEPs voted against Malta's interests on taxation
Casa describes claims as 'blatant lies'
Updated 9.50pm, adds David Casa's reaction
Nationalist MEPs voted for tax harmonisation against Malta’s interests, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Saturday.
Addressing an activity in Gozo, Dr Muscat reiterated the claims made earlier by Labour MEP Miriam Dalli, which claims were later denied by the Nationalist MEPs.
In a post on Facebook following Dr Dalli’s press conference, Nationalist MEP David Casa said Nationalist MPs voted against this matter, which only the Labour Party agreed with. The PL, he pointed out, supported socialist candidate Frans Timmermans who had come up with this idea.
Labour, however, replied that while the PN MEPS had voted against certain amendments, they voted in favour of others, including moving from unanimous approval to approval by a qualified majority, where the vote of bigger countries was worth more than that of smaller ones.
Dr Muscat said that while frightening people that foreigners could tell Malta what to do about taxes, the Nationalist MEPs voted against Malta retaining its veto on such matters
He said that the taxation system the Nationalist MEPs voted agains had been inherited from a Nationalist government and was in conformity with EU regulations. The Prime Minister promised that it would continue to find the government’s support.
European Socialists, he said, knew that the Malta’s Labour Party did not agree with its position.
He said he was giving the Nationalist MEPs a chance to correct their vote, adding that the Maltese and other governments would never give up their right to veto such matters.
Dr Muscat encouraged his listeners to vote for Labour candidates in the forthcoming MEP and local elections.
In comments to Times of Malta, Mr Casa insisted the Labour Party was lying when it said that Nationalist MEPs had voted against Malta’s taxation system.
"The PN introduced Malta’s taxation system, has defended it within the European Union for last 15 years and will always continue to do so."
Mr Casa said the Labour Party was shunned in the EU because it had to spend the last five years defending corrupt politicians to the detriment of the Maltese.
And just weeks ago Dr Muscat was in Madrid to endorse a manifesto that clearly set out the European Socialist Party’s agenda for the next five years – tax harmonisation.
Blatant lies about PN MEPs’ position on taxation issues were a pathetic attempt to draw attention away from the party's astounding ineptitude at EU level.
Not only had PN MEPs always voted to defend Malta’s tax system, they also campaigned strongly and consistently in favour of Malta’s position on taxation
Muscat insists Nationalist MEPs voted against Malta's interests on taxation
Casa describes claims as 'blatant lies'
Updated 9.50pm, adds David Casa's reaction
Nationalist MEPs voted for tax harmonisation against Malta’s interests, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Saturday.
Addressing an activity in Gozo, Dr Muscat reiterated the claims made earlier by Labour MEP Miriam Dalli, which claims were later denied by the Nationalist MEPs.
In a post on Facebook following Dr Dalli’s press conference, Nationalist MEP David Casa said Nationalist MPs voted against this matter, which only the Labour Party agreed with. The PL, he pointed out, supported socialist candidate Frans Timmermans who had come up with this idea.
Labour, however, replied that while the PN MEPS had voted against certain amendments, they voted in favour of others, including moving from unanimous approval to approval by a qualified majority, where the vote of bigger countries was worth more than that of smaller ones.
Dr Muscat said that while frightening people that foreigners could tell Malta what to do about taxes, the Nationalist MEPs voted against Malta retaining its veto on such matters
He said that the taxation system the Nationalist MEPs voted agains had been inherited from a Nationalist government and was in conformity with EU regulations. The Prime Minister promised that it would continue to find the government’s support.
European Socialists, he said, knew that the Malta’s Labour Party did not agree with its position.
He said he was giving the Nationalist MEPs a chance to correct their vote, adding that the Maltese and other governments would never give up their right to veto such matters.
Dr Muscat encouraged his listeners to vote for Labour candidates in the forthcoming MEP and local elections.
In comments to Times of Malta, Mr Casa insisted the Labour Party was lying when it said that Nationalist MEPs had voted against Malta’s taxation system.
"The PN introduced Malta’s taxation system, has defended it within the European Union for last 15 years and will always continue to do so."
Mr Casa said the Labour Party was shunned in the EU because it had to spend the last five years defending corrupt politicians to the detriment of the Maltese.
And just weeks ago Dr Muscat was in Madrid to endorse a manifesto that clearly set out the European Socialist Party’s agenda for the next five years – tax harmonisation.
Blatant lies about PN MEPs’ position on taxation issues were a pathetic attempt to draw attention away from the party's astounding ineptitude at EU level.
Not only had PN MEPs always voted to defend Malta’s tax system, they also campaigned strongly and consistently in favour of Malta’s position on taxation
Thousands of votes as yet uncollected, Muscat claims
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the government, in its inauguration of a large open space project in Ta' Qali, will use up land in the name of the environment and not for economic purposes
10 May 2019, 8:12pm
by David Hudson
Joseph Muscat at a political activity in Rabat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that 70,000 MEP votes and 130,000 local council votes are yet to be collected and claimed that the reason for this is that people are usually out at work.
"There are thousands of votes that haven't been collected yet because the police aren't finding anyone at home. People are likely at work, because this government has made sure that employment is a priority," Muscat said. He was speaking at a political activity in Rabat.
In fact, he argued, when most people are asked what they wish for today, they are likely not to mention money, he claimed. He insisted that the most important thing for people now was spending time with family, seeing one's children grow.
"This is why the government chose to use up land in the name of the environment and not in the name of the economy. Just a few weeks ago, we came up with this idea of converting a large, polluting factory in an area in Ta' Qali into a park," Muscat said. He was referring to Friday morning's
inauguration of a large open space project in Ta' Qali.
“We are also going beyond just the land space taken up by the factory and the space which will be known as the Malta National Park will be as large as 63 football grounds,” Muscat said, adding that Ta’ Qali will be twice its current size.
"Others say that they have the environment at heart when the best that they have done is widen the confines of development in 2006. Yes, we are criticised on the environment but with this project we want to send a strong message that we are listening to people, that we're now introducing a new lung in the area."
Muscat also made reference to the afforestation project recently inaugurated by Environment Minister José Herrera at Benghajsa in Delimara.
He justified the growth rate of the country in terms of infrastructure and the economy by saying that a Labour administration was not happy with being small and minute and possibly insignificant. "We want our children to be spoilt for choice. We don't want our children to be chasing work but the other way round."
Adrian Delia—At least 20 people won't be voting in these elections
Opposition Leader Adrian Delia said that at least 20 people won't be voting in the upcoming MEP and local council elections because they would have succumbed to respiratory diseases and other illnesses related to the bad air quality.
Adrian Delia at a political activity in ZurrieqDelia insisted that he would stick to this particular theme because people who had the environment at heart weren't the ones with a heart on a billboard but the ones who wanted a better country. He was speaking at a political activity in Zurrieq.
"Someone told me not to speak about the polluted air because people cannot see it or because they won't understand. 600 people dying a year due to respiratory diseases means that 10 people per week are dying. This means 20 won't be voting in the next elections on 25 May," Delia said, adding that the cars were increasing at a rate of 70 new vehicles per day.
"2,000 new people per year are being certified as having cancer in this country and one in four deaths are also attributed to this terminal illness. The PN always believed that Malta can fight this disease and had obtained funds for an Oncology department and introduced systems of breast screenings," Delia said.
He added that the PN wanted to reintroduce a social soul into its politics, a social soul that the Labour party had forgotten. "Our politicians are there to serve and improve your lives and treat Maltese as Maltese without any distinctions," he said.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the government, in its inauguration of a large open space project in Ta' Qali, will use up land in the name of the environment and not for economic purposes
10 May 2019, 8:12pm
by David Hudson
Joseph Muscat at a political activity in Rabat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that 70,000 MEP votes and 130,000 local council votes are yet to be collected and claimed that the reason for this is that people are usually out at work.
"There are thousands of votes that haven't been collected yet because the police aren't finding anyone at home. People are likely at work, because this government has made sure that employment is a priority," Muscat said. He was speaking at a political activity in Rabat.
In fact, he argued, when most people are asked what they wish for today, they are likely not to mention money, he claimed. He insisted that the most important thing for people now was spending time with family, seeing one's children grow.
"This is why the government chose to use up land in the name of the environment and not in the name of the economy. Just a few weeks ago, we came up with this idea of converting a large, polluting factory in an area in Ta' Qali into a park," Muscat said. He was referring to Friday morning's
inauguration of a large open space project in Ta' Qali.
“We are also going beyond just the land space taken up by the factory and the space which will be known as the Malta National Park will be as large as 63 football grounds,” Muscat said, adding that Ta’ Qali will be twice its current size.
"Others say that they have the environment at heart when the best that they have done is widen the confines of development in 2006. Yes, we are criticised on the environment but with this project we want to send a strong message that we are listening to people, that we're now introducing a new lung in the area."
Muscat also made reference to the afforestation project recently inaugurated by Environment Minister José Herrera at Benghajsa in Delimara.
He justified the growth rate of the country in terms of infrastructure and the economy by saying that a Labour administration was not happy with being small and minute and possibly insignificant. "We want our children to be spoilt for choice. We don't want our children to be chasing work but the other way round."
Adrian Delia—At least 20 people won't be voting in these elections
Opposition Leader Adrian Delia said that at least 20 people won't be voting in the upcoming MEP and local council elections because they would have succumbed to respiratory diseases and other illnesses related to the bad air quality.
Adrian Delia at a political activity in ZurrieqDelia insisted that he would stick to this particular theme because people who had the environment at heart weren't the ones with a heart on a billboard but the ones who wanted a better country. He was speaking at a political activity in Zurrieq.
"Someone told me not to speak about the polluted air because people cannot see it or because they won't understand. 600 people dying a year due to respiratory diseases means that 10 people per week are dying. This means 20 won't be voting in the next elections on 25 May," Delia said, adding that the cars were increasing at a rate of 70 new vehicles per day.
"2,000 new people per year are being certified as having cancer in this country and one in four deaths are also attributed to this terminal illness. The PN always believed that Malta can fight this disease and had obtained funds for an Oncology department and introduced systems of breast screenings," Delia said.
He added that the PN wanted to reintroduce a social soul into its politics, a social soul that the Labour party had forgotten. "Our politicians are there to serve and improve your lives and treat Maltese as Maltese without any distinctions," he said.
Friday, May 10, 2019,
Gozitan seriously hurt after being thrown off his motorcycle
Accident occurred at 5pm
A 35-year-old man from Għarb was flung to the ground after he lost control of the motorcycle he was driving.
The police said that no other vehicles were involved in the accident, which occurred at 5pm on Triq Ta’ Bur il-Kbir, in Siġġiewi.
The man was hospitalised and his injuries were later confirmed as being serious.
Gozitan seriously hurt after being thrown off his motorcycle
Accident occurred at 5pm
A 35-year-old man from Għarb was flung to the ground after he lost control of the motorcycle he was driving.
The police said that no other vehicles were involved in the accident, which occurred at 5pm on Triq Ta’ Bur il-Kbir, in Siġġiewi.
The man was hospitalised and his injuries were later confirmed as being serious.
Thursday, May 9, 2019,
Valletta flower festival opens
190,000 potted plants give St George's Square a splash of colour
St George's Square in Valletta has been transformed into a colourful floral installation formed by 190,000 potted plants for the sixth edition of the Valletta Green Festival.
This year's activity also aims to raise awareness of the environmental harm caused by the use of single-use plastic products.
The festival opened on Thursday morning and continues till Sunday. It has been organised by the Ministry of Justice and Culture and the Valletta Cultural Agency.
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici hailed the event as a legacy of Valletta 2018.
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), Wasteserv and Ambjent Malta are also involved in the event.
Various stands disseminating information by NGOs, WasteServ, the Environmental Landscaping Consortium (ELC), the Environment and Resources Authority and Ambjent Malta have been put up.
Local band SterjoTipi will be taking part in the festival on Saturday starting at Freedom Square at 10am and then along Republic Street to St George’s Square.
After the end of the festival, the potted plants will be donated to local communities.
Valletta flower festival opens
190,000 potted plants give St George's Square a splash of colour
St George's Square in Valletta has been transformed into a colourful floral installation formed by 190,000 potted plants for the sixth edition of the Valletta Green Festival.
This year's activity also aims to raise awareness of the environmental harm caused by the use of single-use plastic products.
The festival opened on Thursday morning and continues till Sunday. It has been organised by the Ministry of Justice and Culture and the Valletta Cultural Agency.
Justice Minister Owen Bonnici hailed the event as a legacy of Valletta 2018.
The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), Wasteserv and Ambjent Malta are also involved in the event.
Various stands disseminating information by NGOs, WasteServ, the Environmental Landscaping Consortium (ELC), the Environment and Resources Authority and Ambjent Malta have been put up.
Local band SterjoTipi will be taking part in the festival on Saturday starting at Freedom Square at 10am and then along Republic Street to St George’s Square.
After the end of the festival, the potted plants will be donated to local communities.
Thursday, May 9, 2019.
by Keith Micallef
Barrage of objections against ODZ aparthotel application
Carol Peralta is listed as the applicant
The plot of land outside the development zone in Mellieħa, which is earmarked for a hotel. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Nearly 100 objections have already been submitted against a controversial application for the construction of an aparthotel on agricultural land outside the development zone in Mellieħa.
The objections were registered in a few days after the proposal came to light at the start of last week when a Planning Authority notice was put up at the plot of land earmarked for the project.
Located in Marfa Road, next to the cemetery dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, the proposal is for a nine-storey aparthotel comprising 118 rooms, underground parking for 38 vehicles and a number of shops.
Though Carol Peralta, a former magistrate, is listed as the applicant, some of the designs submitted so far are on behalf of Joseph Gaffarena whose son, Mark, made headlines over a 2015 Valletta property deal since branded ‘the Gaffarena scandal’.
The scandal erupted when The Sunday Times of Malta reported that Mark Gaffarena had made a profit of €685,000 on the sale of half a palazzo in Valletta to the government, just a few weeks after he had acquired it.
Subsequently, an investigation by the National Audit Office, concluded that there had been collusion between the Lands Department and Mr Gaffarena. The deal was revoked in March last year, following a court case instituted by the Prime Minister.
When contacted for his reaction and to explain his relationship with Joseph Gaffarena, Dr Peralta replied: “I am a private citizen and have every right to file an application like everybody else.”
Locality is fast losing its charm due to overdevelopment
Dr Peralta declined to comment any further.
The objections filed so far, mostly by Mellieħa and Għadira Bay residents, were on grounds that the plot of land, which has a footprint of 5,500 square metres, would be a dangerous precedent as it would encourage further development of land outside the development zone. Moreover, they expressed concerns the locality was fast losing its charm due to overdevelopment.
“The very fact that I’m seeing my hometown being butchered and sundered by this rampant construction is not only heartbreaking but disgusting,” one objector remarked.
He warned that the building of more hotels would risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
“I’ve heard from numerous relatives, friends and acquaintances that most regular visitors they know have stopped coming to Malta and are no longer recommending it as a holiday destination. Also, residents are leaving not only the town but the island due to the state of our country’s environment, pollution levels and constant construction, which, as I’m sure you know, would not help,” he said.
Objections were also raised with regard to the site’s immediate proximity to the adjacent cemetery as this would impede any future extension and, possibly, give rise to other issues.
by Keith Micallef
Barrage of objections against ODZ aparthotel application
Carol Peralta is listed as the applicant
The plot of land outside the development zone in Mellieħa, which is earmarked for a hotel. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Nearly 100 objections have already been submitted against a controversial application for the construction of an aparthotel on agricultural land outside the development zone in Mellieħa.
The objections were registered in a few days after the proposal came to light at the start of last week when a Planning Authority notice was put up at the plot of land earmarked for the project.
Located in Marfa Road, next to the cemetery dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, the proposal is for a nine-storey aparthotel comprising 118 rooms, underground parking for 38 vehicles and a number of shops.
Though Carol Peralta, a former magistrate, is listed as the applicant, some of the designs submitted so far are on behalf of Joseph Gaffarena whose son, Mark, made headlines over a 2015 Valletta property deal since branded ‘the Gaffarena scandal’.
The scandal erupted when The Sunday Times of Malta reported that Mark Gaffarena had made a profit of €685,000 on the sale of half a palazzo in Valletta to the government, just a few weeks after he had acquired it.
Subsequently, an investigation by the National Audit Office, concluded that there had been collusion between the Lands Department and Mr Gaffarena. The deal was revoked in March last year, following a court case instituted by the Prime Minister.
When contacted for his reaction and to explain his relationship with Joseph Gaffarena, Dr Peralta replied: “I am a private citizen and have every right to file an application like everybody else.”
Locality is fast losing its charm due to overdevelopment
Dr Peralta declined to comment any further.
The objections filed so far, mostly by Mellieħa and Għadira Bay residents, were on grounds that the plot of land, which has a footprint of 5,500 square metres, would be a dangerous precedent as it would encourage further development of land outside the development zone. Moreover, they expressed concerns the locality was fast losing its charm due to overdevelopment.
“The very fact that I’m seeing my hometown being butchered and sundered by this rampant construction is not only heartbreaking but disgusting,” one objector remarked.
He warned that the building of more hotels would risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
“I’ve heard from numerous relatives, friends and acquaintances that most regular visitors they know have stopped coming to Malta and are no longer recommending it as a holiday destination. Also, residents are leaving not only the town but the island due to the state of our country’s environment, pollution levels and constant construction, which, as I’m sure you know, would not help,” he said.
Objections were also raised with regard to the site’s immediate proximity to the adjacent cemetery as this would impede any future extension and, possibly, give rise to other issues.
Church changes rules: Priests and religious who know about abuse are obliged to report it
Pope Francis lays down measures that should be adopted to prevent and fight sexual abuse against minors and vulnerable people
9 May 2019, 3:55pm
by Kurt Sansone
Pope Francis has released an apostolic letter outlining the new measures adopted by the Catholic Church to combat abuse of minors
Priests and religious people of the Catholic church are now obliged to immediately report cases of abuse after Pope Francis issued a new law.
The measures make it clear that no one in the Church is above the law, neither bishops.
The law offers protection to whoever speaks up and victims will be listened to, welcomed and helped.
At a press briefing in the Vatican on Thursday, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, who is also adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a body responsible for dealing with clerical sex abuse, said the Pope wanted everyone to speak up whenever there was a problem.
The Catholic church has been hounded by cases of sex abuse by priests and subsequent cover ups by bishops.
Pope Francis has been criticised for not doing enough to clamp down on clerical sex abuse and the new law is a reaction to this.
The new law will come into force on 1 June.
The document was drawn up following a meeting of the presidents of episcopal conferences and supreme moderators of the main religious institutes last February.
It allows all dioceses one year to establish stable and publicly accessible systems to report cases of sexual abuse and their cover up. The law does not introduce canonical penalties but investigations into claims of abuse have to be concluded in 90 days.
Pope Francis has released an apostolic letter, Vos estis lux mundi, laying down the measures.
Scicluna noted that for the first time, the law provided a definition of what constituted a vulnerable person.
“Covering up a crime has never been acceptable. The law empowers communities to file reports even when leadership falls short of what is expected of it,” Scicluna said, adding the law made it clear there is no immunity.
HAMES XHUR XOGHOL WIEQAF GHAL KOLLOX - TRIQ L-IMGARR NADUR.
Minn Dr. Chris Said
Fi Triq l-Imgarr ilhom ma jidhru haddiema minn qabel il-Milied.
Sadanittant it-triq arterjali minn Nadur lejn l-Imgarr maghluqa ghal kollox b' detriment enormi ghan-Nadurin kollha u dawk kollha li jridu jaslu n-Nadur.
Inbeda x-xoghol b' hafna pompi u press conferences u wara li tharrer kullimkien thalla kollox maqlugh.
Dak jghidulu IPPJANAR SERJU.
Jidher car li nbeda x-xoghol biex jkun jista' jsir ftahir li nbdiet triq ohra minghajr l-ebda pjan u finanzi biex isir l-istess xoghol.
M' ghandix dubju li sakemm sar pjan serju u nstabu l-flus biex issir din it-triq seta' sar xoghol fuq il-periklu li kien hemm u t-triq tibqa' miftuha.
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Minn Dr. Chris Said
Fi Triq l-Imgarr ilhom ma jidhru haddiema minn qabel il-Milied.
Sadanittant it-triq arterjali minn Nadur lejn l-Imgarr maghluqa ghal kollox b' detriment enormi ghan-Nadurin kollha u dawk kollha li jridu jaslu n-Nadur.
Inbeda x-xoghol b' hafna pompi u press conferences u wara li tharrer kullimkien thalla kollox maqlugh.
Dak jghidulu IPPJANAR SERJU.
Jidher car li nbeda x-xoghol biex jkun jista' jsir ftahir li nbdiet triq ohra minghajr l-ebda pjan u finanzi biex isir l-istess xoghol.
M' ghandix dubju li sakemm sar pjan serju u nstabu l-flus biex issir din it-triq seta' sar xoghol fuq il-periklu li kien hemm u t-triq tibqa' miftuha.
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Jon Cowles Tal misthija u arukaza jiftahru li qed isir hafna xoghol ghawdex nahseb il ministru Borg qatt ma gie ghawdex hajara ix xoghol fdin it triq wasal isajf hu maghluqa hadtuk ghada.
Grace Portelli L aqwa li huma komdi biex immorru lejn l mgarr it trieq ghalihom lestihil il gvern nazzjonalista u ahna tan nadur irridu mmorru l qala jew ix xewkija biex immorru x xatt jew ghajnsielem inwaslu t tfal l mcas- ·
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- Joseph Zammit Forsi re-routing ghal entratura tal-Mina......
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Rita Mifsud Tal-misthija Ghawdex jigu ghall vot xherba ghad hemm u ftahir biss
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Anthony Grima Kieku jigi Kunrad isolvija din il problema ta din it triq !
Joseph Ellis Vera għarukaża. Only in Gozo. F'pajjiż normali jqumu l-irwiefen imma f'pajjiżna ħadd ma jitniffes.
Lina Mifsud Kieku dan sar fi zmien Nazzjonalista kieku l-irwiefen kollh kienu iqumu imma issa kullhadd sieket
Michael Portelli The gozitans the more you hit them on the head the they say thank you
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- Valerie Said Tal-aqwa zmien ma solvewhomx l-problemi li sabu?!?!
Rita Mifsud Shame on them they left it like this for so long
Peter Paul Muscat Lovely just lovely - basta inzejnu u nehlu l flus zejda fir round abouts u l villa rundel li m'hemmx bzonnhom - U inhallu it toroq taghna f stat tal biki! Prosit tasse
Emanuel Cilia Journeyman Il hazin ma tistax tghid li by tajjeb insemmu wkoll triq tigrija nadur fejn liskola tal biza
Pauline Xiberras Vella Disaster....all of Malta and every aspect of Malta is a disaster. From noise pollution to air pollution to now sight pollution. Meanwhile, we are trying to attract tourism? What kind? The bulldozing hillbilly? You want real discerning tourists, they are the ones with real spend power, then you’ll have to clean up your shit Malta
Pauline Xiberras Vella P.s. miss minister, stop wasting money on b.s. decor that is cheap and tawdry. Do something real with those Eu funds.
Ħaddiem isofri ġrieħi gravi f’barriera fil-limiti ta’ Għar Ilma f’Ta’ Kerċem
Illum, għall-ħabta tal-16:15, il-Pulizija ġiet infurmata li kien għadu kemm weġġa’ persuna f’barriera fil-limiti ta’ Għar Ilma, f’Ta’ Kerċem Għawdex.
Il-Pulizija marru minnufih fuq il-post fejn minn stħarriġ preliminari li sar irriżulta li Taljan ta’ 63 sena u residenti Marsalforn kien sofra xi ġrieħi waqt li kien qed jagħmel xi xogħol fil-barriera.
Fuq il-post issejħet ambulanza li ħadet lill-vittma l-Isptar Ġenerali ta’ Għawdex sabiex jingħata l-kura meħtieġa. Aktar tard huwa ġie ċċertifikat li qiegħed isofri minn ġrieħi ta’ natura gravi.
L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
- Mej 08, 2019 19:25
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Illum, għall-ħabta tal-16:15, il-Pulizija ġiet infurmata li kien għadu kemm weġġa’ persuna f’barriera fil-limiti ta’ Għar Ilma, f’Ta’ Kerċem Għawdex.
Il-Pulizija marru minnufih fuq il-post fejn minn stħarriġ preliminari li sar irriżulta li Taljan ta’ 63 sena u residenti Marsalforn kien sofra xi ġrieħi waqt li kien qed jagħmel xi xogħol fil-barriera.
Fuq il-post issejħet ambulanza li ħadet lill-vittma l-Isptar Ġenerali ta’ Għawdex sabiex jingħata l-kura meħtieġa. Aktar tard huwa ġie ċċertifikat li qiegħed isofri minn ġrieħi ta’ natura gravi.
L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
“Bżonn soluzzjonijiet permanenti dwar l-immigrazzjoni” – Avramopoulos
Minn Charmaine Attard, Monique Agius
07/05/2019
Il-Kummissarju Ewropew għall-Immigrazzjoni u l-Intern Dimitris Avramopoulos saħaq li hemm bżonn li l-Ewropa tieqaf tagħmel arranġamenti temporanji u ssib soluzzjoni permanenti dwar l-immigrazzjoni fl-Ewropa.
F’laqgħa mal-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat f’Kastilja, il-Kummissarju Ewropew qal li Malta għamlet ferm iżjed minn dak mistenni minnha fil-kwistjoni tal-immigrazzjoni. Semma wkoll is-sehem ta’ Malta waqt il-Valletta Summit. Il-Kummissarju Ewropew qal li kien, għadu u se jibqa’ jappoġġja lil Malta kemm finanzjarjament, b’mod prattiku u anki operattiv.
Luke ZerafaIrrimarka li l-immigrazzjoni hi sfida għall-Ewropa kollha u mhux għal Malta biss. Wissa li l-immigrazzjoni spiċċat f’idejn il-populisti u li dan qed iwassal biex is-sitwazzjoni ssir perikoluża. Semma kif l-Istati Membri ma jaqblux dwar kif jinterpretaw it-tifsira ta’ solidarjetà. Żied jgħid li fl-aħħar sentejn l-imġiba ta’ ċertu gvernijiet iddistingwiet ruħha fuq it-tema tal-immigrazzjoni.
Min-naħa tiegħu, il-Prim Ministru qal li minkejja li l-qbil meta jkun hemm bżonn, mhux l-iktar soluzzjoni popolari mal-Istati Membri, Malta għamlet dak kollu li hu fl-interess nazzjonali waqt li ħadmet biex issalva l-ħajjiet. Fisser li dawn il-ftehimiet kienu l-uniċi li ħadmu f’sitwazzjonijiet li kienu kritiċi għall-ħajjiet umani. Sostna li Malta lesta tkun parti minn arranġamenti simili li joffru soluzzjonijiet.
Luke ZerafaFilwaqt li rringrazzja lill-Kummissarju tar-rwol tiegħu fl-aħħar xhur, sostna li l-Kummissjoni għandha tkun l-aħħar post fejn il-pajjiżi tal-Unjoni Ewropea jfittxu soluzzjoni.
“Metsola rnexxielha ġġib ir-riżultati minkejja d-diffikultajiet”
PNIntant, f’laqgħa mal-Ewroparlamentari Nazzjonalista Roberta Metsola, Avramopoulos qal li Dr Metsola mexxiet bl-aqwa mod possibbli dawk il-liġijiet li ġew fdati lilha mill-Parlament Ewropew, u li rnexxielha ġġib ir-riżultati minkejja ċirkustanzi diffiċli.
Metsola, li hi wkoll iċ-Chairperson tal-Asylum Contact Group tal-Parlament Ewropew, qalet li l-liġi l-ġdida dwar il-fruntieri se twassal għal żieda ta’ 10,000 gwardji ġodda mal-fruntieri tal-Ewropa, biex il-proċess tar-ritorn ikun aktar effiċjenti, u biex tingħata aktar importanza lid-drittijiet fundamentali.
Waqt iż-żjara tiegħu f’Malta, il-Kummissarju Ewropew iltaqa’ wkoll mal-President George Vella fil-Palazz tal-President fil-Belt Valletta.
DOI – Clodagh Farrugia ONeillKellu laqgħat bilaterali mal-Ministru għall-Intern u s-Sigurtà Nazzjonali Michael Farrugia.
DOI – Omar CamilleriId-diskussjoni mal-Ministru għall-Affarijiet Barranin Carmelo Abela, id-diskussjoni trattat l-immigrazzjoni, is-sitwazzjoni kurrenti fil-Libja u l-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew.
Minn Charmaine Attard, Monique Agius
07/05/2019
Il-Kummissarju Ewropew għall-Immigrazzjoni u l-Intern Dimitris Avramopoulos saħaq li hemm bżonn li l-Ewropa tieqaf tagħmel arranġamenti temporanji u ssib soluzzjoni permanenti dwar l-immigrazzjoni fl-Ewropa.
F’laqgħa mal-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat f’Kastilja, il-Kummissarju Ewropew qal li Malta għamlet ferm iżjed minn dak mistenni minnha fil-kwistjoni tal-immigrazzjoni. Semma wkoll is-sehem ta’ Malta waqt il-Valletta Summit. Il-Kummissarju Ewropew qal li kien, għadu u se jibqa’ jappoġġja lil Malta kemm finanzjarjament, b’mod prattiku u anki operattiv.
Luke ZerafaIrrimarka li l-immigrazzjoni hi sfida għall-Ewropa kollha u mhux għal Malta biss. Wissa li l-immigrazzjoni spiċċat f’idejn il-populisti u li dan qed iwassal biex is-sitwazzjoni ssir perikoluża. Semma kif l-Istati Membri ma jaqblux dwar kif jinterpretaw it-tifsira ta’ solidarjetà. Żied jgħid li fl-aħħar sentejn l-imġiba ta’ ċertu gvernijiet iddistingwiet ruħha fuq it-tema tal-immigrazzjoni.
Min-naħa tiegħu, il-Prim Ministru qal li minkejja li l-qbil meta jkun hemm bżonn, mhux l-iktar soluzzjoni popolari mal-Istati Membri, Malta għamlet dak kollu li hu fl-interess nazzjonali waqt li ħadmet biex issalva l-ħajjiet. Fisser li dawn il-ftehimiet kienu l-uniċi li ħadmu f’sitwazzjonijiet li kienu kritiċi għall-ħajjiet umani. Sostna li Malta lesta tkun parti minn arranġamenti simili li joffru soluzzjonijiet.
Luke ZerafaFilwaqt li rringrazzja lill-Kummissarju tar-rwol tiegħu fl-aħħar xhur, sostna li l-Kummissjoni għandha tkun l-aħħar post fejn il-pajjiżi tal-Unjoni Ewropea jfittxu soluzzjoni.
“Metsola rnexxielha ġġib ir-riżultati minkejja d-diffikultajiet”
PNIntant, f’laqgħa mal-Ewroparlamentari Nazzjonalista Roberta Metsola, Avramopoulos qal li Dr Metsola mexxiet bl-aqwa mod possibbli dawk il-liġijiet li ġew fdati lilha mill-Parlament Ewropew, u li rnexxielha ġġib ir-riżultati minkejja ċirkustanzi diffiċli.
Metsola, li hi wkoll iċ-Chairperson tal-Asylum Contact Group tal-Parlament Ewropew, qalet li l-liġi l-ġdida dwar il-fruntieri se twassal għal żieda ta’ 10,000 gwardji ġodda mal-fruntieri tal-Ewropa, biex il-proċess tar-ritorn ikun aktar effiċjenti, u biex tingħata aktar importanza lid-drittijiet fundamentali.
Waqt iż-żjara tiegħu f’Malta, il-Kummissarju Ewropew iltaqa’ wkoll mal-President George Vella fil-Palazz tal-President fil-Belt Valletta.
DOI – Clodagh Farrugia ONeillKellu laqgħat bilaterali mal-Ministru għall-Intern u s-Sigurtà Nazzjonali Michael Farrugia.
DOI – Omar CamilleriId-diskussjoni mal-Ministru għall-Affarijiet Barranin Carmelo Abela, id-diskussjoni trattat l-immigrazzjoni, is-sitwazzjoni kurrenti fil-Libja u l-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew.
Festa ta' San Guzepp Haddiem fin-Nadur
Minn Mario Muscat
Minn Mario Muscat
It-Torri ta' Sopu miftuh ghal pubbliku
It-Torri ta' Sopu fil Qortin tan-Nadur, qrib San Blas kien miftuh ghal pubbliku il bierah 5 ta' Mejju, 2019.
Ritratti minn Mario Muscat
It-Torri ta' Sopu fil Qortin tan-Nadur, qrib San Blas kien miftuh ghal pubbliku il bierah 5 ta' Mejju, 2019.
Ritratti minn Mario Muscat
Four underground tunnels in project to connect Coast Road to St George’s Bay
A 1.5km underground link will connect the end of the Coast Road and St George's Bay in Paceville
4 May 2019, 11:09am
by David Hudson
Infrastructure Malta's plans, submitted to the Planning Authority, reveal underground links to combat the congested lanes through Pembroke, St Julians and St Andrews
Infrastructure Malta has launched plans to develop four undergound tunnels and to reconstruct St Andrew’s Road to improve the safety and efficiency of the arterial connections in Pembroke, St Julian’s and other nearby areas and localities.
This will include a 500-metre one-lane tunnel which will link the northbound carriageway of Regional Road, before reaching the Paceville traffic lights junction.
The longest of the four tunnels will connect the southern end of the Coast Road to St George's Bay and will be a 1.5-kilometre underground link with one lane in each direction.
A 115-metre underground connection will start at Church Street (Millenium Chapel area) and exit at Spinola Bay (St George’s Road).
Infrastructure Malta: four new tunnels and other upgradesThe new project extending from the Coast Road to Regional Road was announced in a statement released by Infrastructure Malta on Saturday. On Friday, Infrastructure Malta submitted the project's initial development applications to the Planning Authority (PA) to launch public consultations and request the necessary authorisations as part of the applicable permitting procedures.
This project includes the reconstruction of St Andrew’s Road and part of the Coast Road in a new four-lane design, to eliminate several traffic lights junctions and other bottlenecks along this route.
The rationale behind this project, Infrastructure Malta said, is "reducing congestion difficulties in several nearby adjoining roads and junctions."
It will also be aimed at providing easier access to Paceville and Pembroke for commuters from the southern part of Malta and to make it easier for residents in the Pembroke area to travel to and from their homes without having to use the Paceville or Spinola junctions, which will also be upgraded.
"These upgrades will lead to significant travel time reductions in this arterial road corridor, whilst reducing accident risks and congestion pollution in several nearby residential roads, particularly in Pembroke and St Julian’s," the statement read. "In the coming weeks, Infrastructure Malta will continue meeting several stakeholders, including the local councils that will benefit from this project, to further refine these plans and make sure that this part of the country’s arterial road network is adequately consolidated to meet current and future transportation requirements."
Infrastructure Malta said that the Pembroke-St Julian's connections plan will be made available by the PA.
Commenters on Infrastructure Malta's Facebook page asked whether bicycles and alternative transport would be catered for in the proposed project and raised concerns on increased emissions and air pollution.
A 1.5km underground link will connect the end of the Coast Road and St George's Bay in Paceville
4 May 2019, 11:09am
by David Hudson
Infrastructure Malta's plans, submitted to the Planning Authority, reveal underground links to combat the congested lanes through Pembroke, St Julians and St Andrews
Infrastructure Malta has launched plans to develop four undergound tunnels and to reconstruct St Andrew’s Road to improve the safety and efficiency of the arterial connections in Pembroke, St Julian’s and other nearby areas and localities.
This will include a 500-metre one-lane tunnel which will link the northbound carriageway of Regional Road, before reaching the Paceville traffic lights junction.
The longest of the four tunnels will connect the southern end of the Coast Road to St George's Bay and will be a 1.5-kilometre underground link with one lane in each direction.
A 115-metre underground connection will start at Church Street (Millenium Chapel area) and exit at Spinola Bay (St George’s Road).
Infrastructure Malta: four new tunnels and other upgradesThe new project extending from the Coast Road to Regional Road was announced in a statement released by Infrastructure Malta on Saturday. On Friday, Infrastructure Malta submitted the project's initial development applications to the Planning Authority (PA) to launch public consultations and request the necessary authorisations as part of the applicable permitting procedures.
This project includes the reconstruction of St Andrew’s Road and part of the Coast Road in a new four-lane design, to eliminate several traffic lights junctions and other bottlenecks along this route.
The rationale behind this project, Infrastructure Malta said, is "reducing congestion difficulties in several nearby adjoining roads and junctions."
It will also be aimed at providing easier access to Paceville and Pembroke for commuters from the southern part of Malta and to make it easier for residents in the Pembroke area to travel to and from their homes without having to use the Paceville or Spinola junctions, which will also be upgraded.
"These upgrades will lead to significant travel time reductions in this arterial road corridor, whilst reducing accident risks and congestion pollution in several nearby residential roads, particularly in Pembroke and St Julian’s," the statement read. "In the coming weeks, Infrastructure Malta will continue meeting several stakeholders, including the local councils that will benefit from this project, to further refine these plans and make sure that this part of the country’s arterial road network is adequately consolidated to meet current and future transportation requirements."
Infrastructure Malta said that the Pembroke-St Julian's connections plan will be made available by the PA.
Commenters on Infrastructure Malta's Facebook page asked whether bicycles and alternative transport would be catered for in the proposed project and raised concerns on increased emissions and air pollution.
Friday, May 3, 2019.
Gozo Channel commuters complain about May Day queues
PL charters ferry, with ripples felt all the way at Mġarr Harbour.
A stock picture showing a Gozo Channel ferry chartered to transport Labour supporters from Valletta to Mġarr two years ago.
Gozo commuters had to wait in long queues at Mġarr Harbour on Wednesday after the Labour Party chartered one of the three Gozo channel ferries in service for its May Day rally in Valletta, Times of Malta was told.
Gozo University Group president Rachel Galea said last year the chartering of the vessel to transport Labour supporters to Valletta was becoming an annual affair, despite complaints. Yet, last year’s complaints seem to have fallen on deaf ears, with commuters again reporting finding problems to make the crossing.
“They did not inform people beforehand,” a commuter who said he remained stuck in Gozo, said. The sentiment was shared by many who were faced with a “chaotic” situation, which they did not expect.
Commuters faced with a ‘chaotic’ situation
Traffic congestion appeared to get worse at about 7pm, when the chartered ferry was on her way to take Gozitan Labour supporters back home, some of those affected said.
However, Gozo Channel chairman Joe Cordina insisted the situation was “much better” than previous years because May Day this year did not fall on Monday or Friday. It was always worse when Workers’ Day fell on a long weekend, he noted.
Mr Cordina questioned the interests of the commuters who complained about the matter.
The chairman, who is also the mayor of Xagħra, defended the use of the ferry to transport Labour supporters, saying there should be no reason why someone who paid for the use of a ferry should not be allowed to use it.
Asked how much it cost to charter the ferry, Mr Cordina he said he could not remember the figure. Two years ago, he had told this newspaper it cost about €4,000.
Gozo Channel commuters complain about May Day queues
PL charters ferry, with ripples felt all the way at Mġarr Harbour.
A stock picture showing a Gozo Channel ferry chartered to transport Labour supporters from Valletta to Mġarr two years ago.
Gozo commuters had to wait in long queues at Mġarr Harbour on Wednesday after the Labour Party chartered one of the three Gozo channel ferries in service for its May Day rally in Valletta, Times of Malta was told.
Gozo University Group president Rachel Galea said last year the chartering of the vessel to transport Labour supporters to Valletta was becoming an annual affair, despite complaints. Yet, last year’s complaints seem to have fallen on deaf ears, with commuters again reporting finding problems to make the crossing.
“They did not inform people beforehand,” a commuter who said he remained stuck in Gozo, said. The sentiment was shared by many who were faced with a “chaotic” situation, which they did not expect.
Commuters faced with a ‘chaotic’ situation
Traffic congestion appeared to get worse at about 7pm, when the chartered ferry was on her way to take Gozitan Labour supporters back home, some of those affected said.
However, Gozo Channel chairman Joe Cordina insisted the situation was “much better” than previous years because May Day this year did not fall on Monday or Friday. It was always worse when Workers’ Day fell on a long weekend, he noted.
Mr Cordina questioned the interests of the commuters who complained about the matter.
The chairman, who is also the mayor of Xagħra, defended the use of the ferry to transport Labour supporters, saying there should be no reason why someone who paid for the use of a ferry should not be allowed to use it.
Asked how much it cost to charter the ferry, Mr Cordina he said he could not remember the figure. Two years ago, he had told this newspaper it cost about €4,000.
Issofri ġrieħi serji wara li trakk rassha ma' ħajt
Anzjana ġarrbet ġrieħi serji wara li għall-ħabta ta' nofsinhar kienet involuta f'inċident li seħħ fi Pjazza San Pawl f'Marsalforn, Għawdex.
Minn stħarriġ illi sar irriżulta li mara ta' 61 sena ta' nazzjonalità Ċiniża residenti Marsalforn stess kienet miexja fuq bankina meta spiċċat bejn trakk u ħajt.
Jidher li trakk tat-tip IVECO li kien ipparkjat fl-istess triq iċċaqlaq u konsegwentament rass lill-anzjana.
Fil-post issejħet ambulanza li ħadet lill-anzjana l-Isptar Ġenerali ta' Għawdex għall-kura meħtieġa fejn aktar tard irriżulta li ġarrbet ġrieħi serji.
L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija b'rabta ma' dan il-każ għadhom għaddejjin.
- Mej 03, 2019 14:38
- Miktub minn iNews
Anzjana ġarrbet ġrieħi serji wara li għall-ħabta ta' nofsinhar kienet involuta f'inċident li seħħ fi Pjazza San Pawl f'Marsalforn, Għawdex.
Minn stħarriġ illi sar irriżulta li mara ta' 61 sena ta' nazzjonalità Ċiniża residenti Marsalforn stess kienet miexja fuq bankina meta spiċċat bejn trakk u ħajt.
Jidher li trakk tat-tip IVECO li kien ipparkjat fl-istess triq iċċaqlaq u konsegwentament rass lill-anzjana.
Fil-post issejħet ambulanza li ħadet lill-anzjana l-Isptar Ġenerali ta' Għawdex għall-kura meħtieġa fejn aktar tard irriżulta li ġarrbet ġrieħi serji.
L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija b'rabta ma' dan il-każ għadhom għaddejjin.
Friday, May 3, 2019,
by Matthew Xuereb
Parvis of 16th century Luqa chapel bulldozed
Roads being widened at the expense of heritage
Photo: Jonathan Borg
The parvis of a chapel originally built in 1550 and rebuilt almost a century later was bulldozed during a road widening project, Times of Malta has learnt.
The chapel, dedicated to St James, lies on the road behind the Addolorata Cemetery chapel, between Paola and Luqa.
More than a metre of the parvis was destroyed by jackhammers over the weekend, sparking the anger of Luqa residents who reported the matter to the parish priest, Fr Michael Zammit.
“Had residents not told me about it, I would not have realised what was happening. No one bothered speaking to us in advance. They just went there and demolished part of the parvis to reduce it to a pavement, with all the dangers it brings along. This is national heritage we are dealing with,” Fr Zammit said when contacted.
The chapel belongs to the Luqa parish though it lies on the boundary with Santa Luċija.Infrastructure Malta will be repairing and upgrading the concrete slab
Fr Zammit said Mass was held there once a year to mark the feast of the patron saint in July, which, he noted, was usually well-attended. It is occasionally also used for private Mass. The chapel was, until recently, looked after by an elderly couple but they had to give up the job and another couple had now assumed responsibility.
The Archbishop’s Curia’s administrative secretary, Michael Pace Ross said the Church had been assured by the architect and the Roads Ministry that the parvis would not be touched during the project.
The widening of the road would lead to traffic passing closer to the chapel and would have an impact on the historic building, which was rebuilt in 1623 and was restored in recent years, he said.
“Roads are being widened at the expense of heritage, culture and the environment,” Mr Pace Ross remarked.
A spokesman for Infrastructure Malta said the parvis, which he described as a “concrete slab”, had to be removed to make way for a footpath.
“Part of the existing concrete slab in front of the chapel needed to be temporarily removed to build the foundations of the new footpath, in line with the plans and new road alignment approved by the Planning Authority.
“Once the footpath is constructed, Infrastructure Malta will be repairing and upgrading the concrete slab and its low boundary wall to make it safer and more accessible to people who visit this chapel,” he said.
He added that the reconstruction of Luqa Road would also see the introduction of a new cycling and walking track, among other upgrades.
Beneath the new road surface, Infrastructure Malta is laying a new 1.2-kilometre long potable water pipeline and several telecommunications networks to help improve the quality of the services in nearby localities. A new 1.8-kilometre long storm water system is also being built along the sides of the road.
The rebuilding of Triq Ħal-Luqa is co-financed by the European Union, within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund.
by Matthew Xuereb
Parvis of 16th century Luqa chapel bulldozed
Roads being widened at the expense of heritage
Photo: Jonathan Borg
The parvis of a chapel originally built in 1550 and rebuilt almost a century later was bulldozed during a road widening project, Times of Malta has learnt.
The chapel, dedicated to St James, lies on the road behind the Addolorata Cemetery chapel, between Paola and Luqa.
More than a metre of the parvis was destroyed by jackhammers over the weekend, sparking the anger of Luqa residents who reported the matter to the parish priest, Fr Michael Zammit.
“Had residents not told me about it, I would not have realised what was happening. No one bothered speaking to us in advance. They just went there and demolished part of the parvis to reduce it to a pavement, with all the dangers it brings along. This is national heritage we are dealing with,” Fr Zammit said when contacted.
The chapel belongs to the Luqa parish though it lies on the boundary with Santa Luċija.Infrastructure Malta will be repairing and upgrading the concrete slab
Fr Zammit said Mass was held there once a year to mark the feast of the patron saint in July, which, he noted, was usually well-attended. It is occasionally also used for private Mass. The chapel was, until recently, looked after by an elderly couple but they had to give up the job and another couple had now assumed responsibility.
The Archbishop’s Curia’s administrative secretary, Michael Pace Ross said the Church had been assured by the architect and the Roads Ministry that the parvis would not be touched during the project.
The widening of the road would lead to traffic passing closer to the chapel and would have an impact on the historic building, which was rebuilt in 1623 and was restored in recent years, he said.
“Roads are being widened at the expense of heritage, culture and the environment,” Mr Pace Ross remarked.
A spokesman for Infrastructure Malta said the parvis, which he described as a “concrete slab”, had to be removed to make way for a footpath.
“Part of the existing concrete slab in front of the chapel needed to be temporarily removed to build the foundations of the new footpath, in line with the plans and new road alignment approved by the Planning Authority.
“Once the footpath is constructed, Infrastructure Malta will be repairing and upgrading the concrete slab and its low boundary wall to make it safer and more accessible to people who visit this chapel,” he said.
He added that the reconstruction of Luqa Road would also see the introduction of a new cycling and walking track, among other upgrades.
Beneath the new road surface, Infrastructure Malta is laying a new 1.2-kilometre long potable water pipeline and several telecommunications networks to help improve the quality of the services in nearby localities. A new 1.8-kilometre long storm water system is also being built along the sides of the road.
The rebuilding of Triq Ħal-Luqa is co-financed by the European Union, within the framework of the European Regional Development Fund.
Feasts in Malta this weekend
5th - May, 2019
St. Publius, Floriana
St. Joseph, Hamrun
Feast of St. Joseph in Hamrun
5th - May, 2019
St. Publius, Floriana
St. Joseph, Hamrun
Feast of St. Joseph in Hamrun
Jiżvolġi l-ewwel dibattitu bejn iż-żewġ mexxejja fuq l-istazzjon nazzjonali … Muscat ċert, Delia f'dubju
Meta ddibattew għall-ewwel darba fuq l-istazzjon nazzjonali l-ikbar differenza li ħarġet bejn il-Prim Ministru, Joseph Muscat u l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, Adrian Delia kienet il-livell ta’ konvinzjoni dwar dak li kienu qegħdin jgħidu. Mit-test elettorali, għal investigazzjonijiet dwar allegazzjonijiet u għal mina bejn Malta u Għawdex, Joseph Muscat dejjem ħa pożizzjoni ċara u żamm magħha. Adrian Delia wera nuqqas ta’ fiduċja fl-argumentazzjoni tiegħu tant li bidilha kemm-il darba.
Mistoqsija fuq l-elezzjonijiet tal-25 ta’ Mejju Adrian Delia insista li joħroġ lilu nnifsu barra mix-xena u jgħid li l-għażla mhix dwaru, imma Joseph Muscat qal: “Hija għażla bejni u bejn Adrian Delia, għax kieku mhux qegħdin hawn. Kieku stedint lil ħaddieħor.”
Adrian Delia insista li din mhix għażla bejn il-partiti u mingħajr mistoqsi għamilha ċara li jagħmel sal-elezzjoni ġenerali anke jekk jitlef: “It-tesserati lili fdawni biex inwassal il-PN sal-elezzjoni ġenerali li jmiss. Jien mhux beħsibni nieqaf nofs it-triq,” qal Adrian Delia.
Iżda, il-Prim Ministru insista li din hi għażla wkoll ta’ fejn irridu mmorru aħna bħala gvern. “Meta n-nies iqiegħdu l-affarijiet fuq miżien hemm track record pożittiv u ma nibżax inkun iġġudikat,” qal Joseph Muscat.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni ma deherx inċert biss meta mistoqsi fuq il-ġudizzju tal-poplu. Iffaċjat bid-dikjarazzjoni tal-Prim Ministru dwar għaliex ma sejjaħx investigazzjoni quddiem l-allegazzjonijiet mill-iktar serji, Adrian Delia insista li ma jridx.
Hawn Joseph Muscat qal li l-problema l-kbira ta’ kap tal-Oppożizzjoni hi li bl-allegazzjonijiet li għamlu fuqu nnifsu u bil-kejl tiegħu suppost ilu li rriżenja. “Jien ma nidħolx fihom. Jien ngħid isiru l-investigazzjonijiet,” qal Joseph Muscat li fakkar kif meta kien hemm allegazzjoni serja dwaru mar dritt għal investigazzjoni.
“Jien stajt niġi hawn nagħmel siegħa u noqgħod ngħid l-allegazzjonijiet li hemm fuqek … naf li int ma tlabtx investigazzjoni. Jien meta kien hemm allegazzjoni talbt investigazzjoni,” qal il-Prim Ministru li saħaq li hu jimxi fuq il-fatti. Joseph Muscat fakkar ukoll fil-kejl differenti ta’ Delia tant li f’każ ta’ karta fuqu ma jridhiex ippublikata iżda mbagħad joħroġ b’attakk fuq l-Avukat Ġenerali li ma jridx jippubblika l-inkjesta ta’ Egrant (li l-konklużjonijiet tagħha ppubblikati) tkun ippubblikata kollha.
“Mar il-Qorti għax hawn ir-rule of law. Mela mhux vera m’hawnx rule of law kif jgħidu sħabek! Jien irrid nippubblikah (b’referenza għal Egrant) imma hemm parir tal-Avukat Ġenerali. Int tikkontradixxi lilek innifsek,” qal il-Prim Ministru li nnota kif sempliċi karta ma ridx jippublikaha, filwaqt li jattaka l-Avukat Ġenerali fuq xi ħaġa iktar serja.
Id-diskussjoni daret ukoll fuq il-ħaddiema barranin. Il-Prim Ministru żvela kif Adrian Delia kien fost l-avukati li ħaduha kontrih meta biex jibgħat messaġġ lill-Unjoni Ewropea kien hedded bil-pushback. Iktar minn hekk tkellem dwar il-viżjoni tiegħu li l –Maltin jagħmlu l-aqwa xogħlijiet.
Fid-dibattitu deher li Adrian Delia huwa inċert ukoll dwar il-mina bejn Malta u Għawdex anke jekk ftit tal-ġimgħat ilu vvota favur il-proġett. Qal li jrid jara l-istudji biex jara jekk taqbilx bil-Prim Ministru dlonk jinnota li dan messaġġ differenti milli ngħata fil-Parlament.
“Jien deċiż li din il-mina ssir … jien hawn noħroġ bil-messaġġ li l-Gvern irid jagħmilha u l-Oppożizzjoni m’aħniex ċerti tridhiex,” kompla l-Prim Ministru.
- Mej 02, 2019 22:14
- Miktub minn iNews
Meta ddibattew għall-ewwel darba fuq l-istazzjon nazzjonali l-ikbar differenza li ħarġet bejn il-Prim Ministru, Joseph Muscat u l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, Adrian Delia kienet il-livell ta’ konvinzjoni dwar dak li kienu qegħdin jgħidu. Mit-test elettorali, għal investigazzjonijiet dwar allegazzjonijiet u għal mina bejn Malta u Għawdex, Joseph Muscat dejjem ħa pożizzjoni ċara u żamm magħha. Adrian Delia wera nuqqas ta’ fiduċja fl-argumentazzjoni tiegħu tant li bidilha kemm-il darba.
Mistoqsija fuq l-elezzjonijiet tal-25 ta’ Mejju Adrian Delia insista li joħroġ lilu nnifsu barra mix-xena u jgħid li l-għażla mhix dwaru, imma Joseph Muscat qal: “Hija għażla bejni u bejn Adrian Delia, għax kieku mhux qegħdin hawn. Kieku stedint lil ħaddieħor.”
Adrian Delia insista li din mhix għażla bejn il-partiti u mingħajr mistoqsi għamilha ċara li jagħmel sal-elezzjoni ġenerali anke jekk jitlef: “It-tesserati lili fdawni biex inwassal il-PN sal-elezzjoni ġenerali li jmiss. Jien mhux beħsibni nieqaf nofs it-triq,” qal Adrian Delia.
Iżda, il-Prim Ministru insista li din hi għażla wkoll ta’ fejn irridu mmorru aħna bħala gvern. “Meta n-nies iqiegħdu l-affarijiet fuq miżien hemm track record pożittiv u ma nibżax inkun iġġudikat,” qal Joseph Muscat.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni ma deherx inċert biss meta mistoqsi fuq il-ġudizzju tal-poplu. Iffaċjat bid-dikjarazzjoni tal-Prim Ministru dwar għaliex ma sejjaħx investigazzjoni quddiem l-allegazzjonijiet mill-iktar serji, Adrian Delia insista li ma jridx.
Hawn Joseph Muscat qal li l-problema l-kbira ta’ kap tal-Oppożizzjoni hi li bl-allegazzjonijiet li għamlu fuqu nnifsu u bil-kejl tiegħu suppost ilu li rriżenja. “Jien ma nidħolx fihom. Jien ngħid isiru l-investigazzjonijiet,” qal Joseph Muscat li fakkar kif meta kien hemm allegazzjoni serja dwaru mar dritt għal investigazzjoni.
“Jien stajt niġi hawn nagħmel siegħa u noqgħod ngħid l-allegazzjonijiet li hemm fuqek … naf li int ma tlabtx investigazzjoni. Jien meta kien hemm allegazzjoni talbt investigazzjoni,” qal il-Prim Ministru li saħaq li hu jimxi fuq il-fatti. Joseph Muscat fakkar ukoll fil-kejl differenti ta’ Delia tant li f’każ ta’ karta fuqu ma jridhiex ippublikata iżda mbagħad joħroġ b’attakk fuq l-Avukat Ġenerali li ma jridx jippubblika l-inkjesta ta’ Egrant (li l-konklużjonijiet tagħha ppubblikati) tkun ippubblikata kollha.
“Mar il-Qorti għax hawn ir-rule of law. Mela mhux vera m’hawnx rule of law kif jgħidu sħabek! Jien irrid nippubblikah (b’referenza għal Egrant) imma hemm parir tal-Avukat Ġenerali. Int tikkontradixxi lilek innifsek,” qal il-Prim Ministru li nnota kif sempliċi karta ma ridx jippublikaha, filwaqt li jattaka l-Avukat Ġenerali fuq xi ħaġa iktar serja.
Id-diskussjoni daret ukoll fuq il-ħaddiema barranin. Il-Prim Ministru żvela kif Adrian Delia kien fost l-avukati li ħaduha kontrih meta biex jibgħat messaġġ lill-Unjoni Ewropea kien hedded bil-pushback. Iktar minn hekk tkellem dwar il-viżjoni tiegħu li l –Maltin jagħmlu l-aqwa xogħlijiet.
Fid-dibattitu deher li Adrian Delia huwa inċert ukoll dwar il-mina bejn Malta u Għawdex anke jekk ftit tal-ġimgħat ilu vvota favur il-proġett. Qal li jrid jara l-istudji biex jara jekk taqbilx bil-Prim Ministru dlonk jinnota li dan messaġġ differenti milli ngħata fil-Parlament.
“Jien deċiż li din il-mina ssir … jien hawn noħroġ bil-messaġġ li l-Gvern irid jagħmilha u l-Oppożizzjoni m’aħniex ċerti tridhiex,” kompla l-Prim Ministru.
Thursday, May 2, 2019, 17:30
by Edwina Brincat
'I’m not scared of running over two more' - man threatened police officers
Man had been stopped because his vehicle had tinted windows
A driver allegedly told two police officers he was not scared of running over two police officers, claiming his cousin has already run over an officer in the past.
Justin James Grima, the 24-year old driver from Tarxien, was granted bail on Thursday.
He was arrested on Easter Saturday afternoon on St Joseph High Road in Ħamrun after being stopped by a traffic policeman in connection with the dark tinted windows of his Mitsubishi Shogun.
The man allegedly refused to obey legitimate police orders, sparking off an incident. He persistently refused to hand over his van keys and ended up knocking over a police motorbike before ultimately being arrested.
He was arraigned on Easter Sunday, pleading not guilty to multiple charges, including threatening the two police officers, willfully damaging the police motorbike, reckless driving, refusing to obey legitimate police orders, breach of peace and a number of other driving offences.
During the first hearing of the compilation of evidence last Friday, the court had heard how the driver had told the officers at the scene of the incident that he had allegedly been ferrying a sick child to the Floriana health centre.
One of the officers had testified to noticing a woman seated next to the driver of the Mitsubishi, with a young child on her lap, when he had first approached the vehicle and the driver lowered his window.
The driver had dropped off the woman and child at the Mile End area before making a U-turn, ignoring police orders to stop.
Witness was visibly uncomfortable
As the compilation continued on Thursday, one civilian witness, a woman working at a nearby shop, recounted under oath how on that particular afternoon she heard a commotion outside and had ventured out of the shop where she spotted “an angry man” arguing in an agitated voice with a police officer.
The woman, visibly uncomfortable at the witness stand, identified that man as the accused and recalled how she had noticed a number of other officers on site but had gone back inside the shop after being told to do so by the police for her own safety.
A number of officers testified over their involvement in the incident, one sergeant, who had arrived on site after receiving a call for assistance, recalling how he had asked the accused to hand over his ID card.
The man had duly obeyed, refusing, however, to hand over his keys, fearing that the police would seize his van.
As the hearing drew to an end a fresh request for bail was upheld against a deposit of €4,000, a personal guarantee of €20,000, an order to sign the bail book three times a week and to abide by a curfew.
The accused is also to be monitored by a probation officer and to address his anger management problem. The court further issued a Protection Order in favour of the policemen involved in the incident.
The case continues in June.
Inspectors Pierguido Saliba and Matthew Galea prosecuted. Lawyers Franco Debono and Amadeus Cachia were defence counsel.
by Edwina Brincat
'I’m not scared of running over two more' - man threatened police officers
Man had been stopped because his vehicle had tinted windows
A driver allegedly told two police officers he was not scared of running over two police officers, claiming his cousin has already run over an officer in the past.
Justin James Grima, the 24-year old driver from Tarxien, was granted bail on Thursday.
He was arrested on Easter Saturday afternoon on St Joseph High Road in Ħamrun after being stopped by a traffic policeman in connection with the dark tinted windows of his Mitsubishi Shogun.
The man allegedly refused to obey legitimate police orders, sparking off an incident. He persistently refused to hand over his van keys and ended up knocking over a police motorbike before ultimately being arrested.
He was arraigned on Easter Sunday, pleading not guilty to multiple charges, including threatening the two police officers, willfully damaging the police motorbike, reckless driving, refusing to obey legitimate police orders, breach of peace and a number of other driving offences.
During the first hearing of the compilation of evidence last Friday, the court had heard how the driver had told the officers at the scene of the incident that he had allegedly been ferrying a sick child to the Floriana health centre.
One of the officers had testified to noticing a woman seated next to the driver of the Mitsubishi, with a young child on her lap, when he had first approached the vehicle and the driver lowered his window.
The driver had dropped off the woman and child at the Mile End area before making a U-turn, ignoring police orders to stop.
Witness was visibly uncomfortable
As the compilation continued on Thursday, one civilian witness, a woman working at a nearby shop, recounted under oath how on that particular afternoon she heard a commotion outside and had ventured out of the shop where she spotted “an angry man” arguing in an agitated voice with a police officer.
The woman, visibly uncomfortable at the witness stand, identified that man as the accused and recalled how she had noticed a number of other officers on site but had gone back inside the shop after being told to do so by the police for her own safety.
A number of officers testified over their involvement in the incident, one sergeant, who had arrived on site after receiving a call for assistance, recalling how he had asked the accused to hand over his ID card.
The man had duly obeyed, refusing, however, to hand over his keys, fearing that the police would seize his van.
As the hearing drew to an end a fresh request for bail was upheld against a deposit of €4,000, a personal guarantee of €20,000, an order to sign the bail book three times a week and to abide by a curfew.
The accused is also to be monitored by a probation officer and to address his anger management problem. The court further issued a Protection Order in favour of the policemen involved in the incident.
The case continues in June.
Inspectors Pierguido Saliba and Matthew Galea prosecuted. Lawyers Franco Debono and Amadeus Cachia were defence counsel.
1st of May Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
Photo by Mario Muscat
Statue of St. Joseph venerated in the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Nadur. Gozo.
Photo by Mario Muscat
Statue of St. Joseph venerated in the Basilica of St. Peter and Paul in Nadur. Gozo.
''Inaċċettabbli li min jaqa' lura nħalluh warajna... jekk hemm bżonn inġorruh''
“Għalina mhux aċċettabbli li min jaqa’ lura nħalluh warajna u jeħtieġ li min jieqaf ngħinuh u jekk hemm bżonn nġorruh”. Hekk beda biex jgħid il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat hu u jindirizza l-folla fi Pjazza Kastilja.
Muscat tkellem dwar il-ħidma bi pjan li sarrfet biex minn dejn pajjiżna għandu surplus. Muscat qat li f’sitt snin biss dan il-gvern neħħa mill-faqar tnejn minn kull tliet persuni, iżda l-ħidma ma tieqafx hawn.
Rigward il-pensjonijiet, gvern laburista ma ħa xejn lill-pensjonanti anzi tahom sena wara l-oħra.
Rigward il-paga minima Muscat qat li l-ebda ġuvni jew tfajla ma tista’ tagħmel aktar minn sena waħda fil-paga minima.
Muscat qal li mal-PL il-poplu jaf fejn hu. Qal li ħaddieħor jgħid li f’pajjiżna m’hawnx riżorsi, iżda għalih il-poplu huwa l-aqwa riżors. Muscat qal li għaddejja ħidma infrastrutturali ta’ proġetti li qatt ma kien maħsubin li jistgħu jitwettqu.
Muscat tkellem dwar il-pjan li jinħoloq il-ġid li huwa l-għodda biex issa jista’ jitqassam il-ġid għax biex tqassam il-ġid l-ewwel trid tkun kapaċi toħloq il-ġid. Muscat qal li dan il-gvern se jkun qiegħed iħalli flus u ġid għall-ġenerazzjonijiet ta’ warajna.
Il-Prim Ministru semma dwar ħidmiet tal-gvern bħalma huma roħs fil-kontijiet, Childcare u eżamijiet bla ħlas iżda ma naqasx milli jindirizza l-isfidi l-ġodda. Muscat qal li art li setgħet ttieħdet għall-iżvilupp, dan il-gvern għażel li jrodda lill-poplu għar-rikreazzjoni.
Muscat tkellem dwar l-istituzzjonijiet edukattivi u dwar pajjiżna li jista’ jkun il-benniena tal-innovazzjoni. Muscat ħeġġeġ liż-żgħażagħ biex jistudjaw u lill-ġenituri biex iħeġġuhom biex ikunu minn ta’ quddiem biex jaħtfu l-opportunitajiet li se jkunu qegħdin jinħolqu.
Rigward ir-riforma dwar l-ugwaljanza qal li dan il-pajjiż se jkompli jaħdem biex in-nisa jgawdu l-istess ċans drittijiet u ċans ta’ promozzjoni daqs l-irġiel.
Muscat tkellem kontra l-messaġġi ta’ biża’ li għandhom iħeġġuna aktar. Muscat qal li biex tagħmel suċċess fis-sħubija jeħtieġ li temmen f’dak li kapaċi toħloq. Tkellem dwar it-tixrid ta’ falsità u stampa li ma teżistix dwar il-poplu tagħna.
Muscat qal li pajjiżna għandu l-kredenzjali u dan intwera f’każijiet bħala kien l-immigrazzjoni. Riżultat ta’ dan pajjiżna salva l-ħajjiet mingħajr ma tabba b’piż li ma jiflaħx għalih għax kien hemm pajjiżi oħrajn li għenu biex jitqassmu dawn l-immigrant.
Muscat qal li l-PN irid 130,000 fi 23 lokalità ma joħorġux jivvutaw iżda l-PL ma jridx hekk u jaħdem biex żgħażagħ minn 16-il sena sa anzjani jkollhom vuċi.
Muscat ħeġġeġ li l-għażla fil-25 ta’ Mejju li ġej hija bejn min joħloq ix-xogħol u min joħloq il-firda, min joħloq it-tama u min ixerred il-biża’
, bejn min jemmen fl-inklużjoni u min irid l-iżolament, bejn min jaħdem għall-imħabba u bl-imħabba u min jaħdem bl-għira
, bejn Joseph Muscat u Adrian Delia.
- Mej 01, 2019
- Miktub minn iNews
“Għalina mhux aċċettabbli li min jaqa’ lura nħalluh warajna u jeħtieġ li min jieqaf ngħinuh u jekk hemm bżonn nġorruh”. Hekk beda biex jgħid il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat hu u jindirizza l-folla fi Pjazza Kastilja.
Muscat tkellem dwar il-ħidma bi pjan li sarrfet biex minn dejn pajjiżna għandu surplus. Muscat qat li f’sitt snin biss dan il-gvern neħħa mill-faqar tnejn minn kull tliet persuni, iżda l-ħidma ma tieqafx hawn.
Rigward il-pensjonijiet, gvern laburista ma ħa xejn lill-pensjonanti anzi tahom sena wara l-oħra.
Rigward il-paga minima Muscat qat li l-ebda ġuvni jew tfajla ma tista’ tagħmel aktar minn sena waħda fil-paga minima.
Muscat qal li mal-PL il-poplu jaf fejn hu. Qal li ħaddieħor jgħid li f’pajjiżna m’hawnx riżorsi, iżda għalih il-poplu huwa l-aqwa riżors. Muscat qal li għaddejja ħidma infrastrutturali ta’ proġetti li qatt ma kien maħsubin li jistgħu jitwettqu.
Muscat tkellem dwar il-pjan li jinħoloq il-ġid li huwa l-għodda biex issa jista’ jitqassam il-ġid għax biex tqassam il-ġid l-ewwel trid tkun kapaċi toħloq il-ġid. Muscat qal li dan il-gvern se jkun qiegħed iħalli flus u ġid għall-ġenerazzjonijiet ta’ warajna.
Il-Prim Ministru semma dwar ħidmiet tal-gvern bħalma huma roħs fil-kontijiet, Childcare u eżamijiet bla ħlas iżda ma naqasx milli jindirizza l-isfidi l-ġodda. Muscat qal li art li setgħet ttieħdet għall-iżvilupp, dan il-gvern għażel li jrodda lill-poplu għar-rikreazzjoni.
Muscat tkellem dwar l-istituzzjonijiet edukattivi u dwar pajjiżna li jista’ jkun il-benniena tal-innovazzjoni. Muscat ħeġġeġ liż-żgħażagħ biex jistudjaw u lill-ġenituri biex iħeġġuhom biex ikunu minn ta’ quddiem biex jaħtfu l-opportunitajiet li se jkunu qegħdin jinħolqu.
Rigward ir-riforma dwar l-ugwaljanza qal li dan il-pajjiż se jkompli jaħdem biex in-nisa jgawdu l-istess ċans drittijiet u ċans ta’ promozzjoni daqs l-irġiel.
Muscat tkellem kontra l-messaġġi ta’ biża’ li għandhom iħeġġuna aktar. Muscat qal li biex tagħmel suċċess fis-sħubija jeħtieġ li temmen f’dak li kapaċi toħloq. Tkellem dwar it-tixrid ta’ falsità u stampa li ma teżistix dwar il-poplu tagħna.
Muscat qal li pajjiżna għandu l-kredenzjali u dan intwera f’każijiet bħala kien l-immigrazzjoni. Riżultat ta’ dan pajjiżna salva l-ħajjiet mingħajr ma tabba b’piż li ma jiflaħx għalih għax kien hemm pajjiżi oħrajn li għenu biex jitqassmu dawn l-immigrant.
Muscat qal li l-PN irid 130,000 fi 23 lokalità ma joħorġux jivvutaw iżda l-PL ma jridx hekk u jaħdem biex żgħażagħ minn 16-il sena sa anzjani jkollhom vuċi.
Muscat ħeġġeġ li l-għażla fil-25 ta’ Mejju li ġej hija bejn min joħloq ix-xogħol u min joħloq il-firda, min joħloq it-tama u min ixerred il-biża’
, bejn min jemmen fl-inklużjoni u min irid l-iżolament, bejn min jaħdem għall-imħabba u bl-imħabba u min jaħdem bl-għira
, bejn Joseph Muscat u Adrian Delia.
Quddiesa f'gheluq it-331 sena tal-Parrocca tan-Nadur
Il-Hadd 28 ta' April, 2019 Jum il parrocca tan-Nadur, L-Isqof ta' Ghawdex il Mons. Isqof Mario Grech, iqaddes fil-Bazilika ta' San Pietru u San Pawl fl-okkazjoni tal-gheluq it 331 sena Parocca.
Minn Mario Muscat - Nadur Ghawdex.
Il-Hadd 28 ta' April, 2019 Jum il parrocca tan-Nadur, L-Isqof ta' Ghawdex il Mons. Isqof Mario Grech, iqaddes fil-Bazilika ta' San Pietru u San Pawl fl-okkazjoni tal-gheluq it 331 sena Parocca.
Minn Mario Muscat - Nadur Ghawdex.
Żewġ persuni l-isptar wara li nqalbu bil-karozza fiż-Żejtun
Żewġ persuni ndarbu wara li għall-ħabta tas-2.15 p.m kienu involuti f'inċident li seħħ fi Triq Tal-Barrani fiż-Żejtun.
Jidher li l-inċident seħħ meta għal xi raġuni s-sewwieq ta' vettura Mitsubishi Colt għal xi raġuni tilef il-kontroll tal-vettura li konsegwetament spiċċat inqalbet.
Fil-post issejħu Membri mid-Dipartiment tal-Protezzjoni Ċivili u tim mediku li assistew liż-żewġ persuni li kienu fil-vettura.
Minkejja li t-tnejn li huma ttieħdu lejn l-Isptar Mater Dei għall-kura jidher li ġarrbu ġrieħi ħfief.
Ritratt: TVM
- Apr 29, 2019 15:14
- Miktub minn iNews
Żewġ persuni ndarbu wara li għall-ħabta tas-2.15 p.m kienu involuti f'inċident li seħħ fi Triq Tal-Barrani fiż-Żejtun.
Jidher li l-inċident seħħ meta għal xi raġuni s-sewwieq ta' vettura Mitsubishi Colt għal xi raġuni tilef il-kontroll tal-vettura li konsegwetament spiċċat inqalbet.
Fil-post issejħu Membri mid-Dipartiment tal-Protezzjoni Ċivili u tim mediku li assistew liż-żewġ persuni li kienu fil-vettura.
Minkejja li t-tnejn li huma ttieħdu lejn l-Isptar Mater Dei għall-kura jidher li ġarrbu ġrieħi ħfief.
Ritratt: TVM
Monday, April 29, 2019, 20:28 PM:
"MEP elections a choice between me and Adrian Delia"
Joseph Muscat accuses PN of contradictory stance on immigration
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addressing a campaign event in Marsa. Photo: Partit Laburista.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat reframed the forthcoming European Parliament elections as a choice between himself and Opposition leader Adrian Delia during his party’s first campaign event on Monday.
Dr Muscat insisted that while his counterpart argued that the election was not a choice between parties but MEP candidates, voters would in fact be choosing between the two party leaders.
“I have full faith in each of our candidates, so I am putting my name alongside theirs,” he said during an interview at the Labour Party event in Marsa.
In the wide-ranging interview, the Prime Minister also took aim at the Opposition’s stance on migration, referring specifically to images circulated by the PN accusing the government of having “filled Malta with foreigners” (fqajtu Malta bil-barranin).
“This is the rhetoric of far-right parties,” he said, arguing that the PN was contradicting itself by stoking these fears while at the same time proposing in its electoral manifesto that Malta could become what he called a “centre for migration”.
He said the government had been clear that Malta could not bear the burden of irregular migration alone, and that while Malta was ready to be “part of the solution”, it could not itself be the solution.We can draw together a group of countries willing to help each other
“We can draw together a group of countries willing to help each other,” he said. “We will give help where it is required, but we can’t bear all Europe’s burden.”
In a statement in response, the PN said its representatives at the European Parliament had negotiated and approved a law aimed at strengthening the EU's borders, and that its manifesto included clear proposals to overcome the challenge of migration in full cooperation with other European countries.
"The PN was and remains in favour of fundamental human rights, particularly the protection of a person's life and dignity, irrespective of who the person is," the party said.
Dr Muscat, meanwhile, also continued to drip-feed information about the previously-announced ‘open spaces project’, saying that the land identified for the project - which he did not provide details on - could have instead been used for a factory development that would have generated millions in income.
“We are already doing a lot for the economy; it is now time to start shifting the scales back towards giving people more free time and open space,” he said.
"MEP elections a choice between me and Adrian Delia"
Joseph Muscat accuses PN of contradictory stance on immigration
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addressing a campaign event in Marsa. Photo: Partit Laburista.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat reframed the forthcoming European Parliament elections as a choice between himself and Opposition leader Adrian Delia during his party’s first campaign event on Monday.
Dr Muscat insisted that while his counterpart argued that the election was not a choice between parties but MEP candidates, voters would in fact be choosing between the two party leaders.
“I have full faith in each of our candidates, so I am putting my name alongside theirs,” he said during an interview at the Labour Party event in Marsa.
In the wide-ranging interview, the Prime Minister also took aim at the Opposition’s stance on migration, referring specifically to images circulated by the PN accusing the government of having “filled Malta with foreigners” (fqajtu Malta bil-barranin).
“This is the rhetoric of far-right parties,” he said, arguing that the PN was contradicting itself by stoking these fears while at the same time proposing in its electoral manifesto that Malta could become what he called a “centre for migration”.
He said the government had been clear that Malta could not bear the burden of irregular migration alone, and that while Malta was ready to be “part of the solution”, it could not itself be the solution.We can draw together a group of countries willing to help each other
“We can draw together a group of countries willing to help each other,” he said. “We will give help where it is required, but we can’t bear all Europe’s burden.”
In a statement in response, the PN said its representatives at the European Parliament had negotiated and approved a law aimed at strengthening the EU's borders, and that its manifesto included clear proposals to overcome the challenge of migration in full cooperation with other European countries.
"The PN was and remains in favour of fundamental human rights, particularly the protection of a person's life and dignity, irrespective of who the person is," the party said.
Dr Muscat, meanwhile, also continued to drip-feed information about the previously-announced ‘open spaces project’, saying that the land identified for the project - which he did not provide details on - could have instead been used for a factory development that would have generated millions in income.
“We are already doing a lot for the economy; it is now time to start shifting the scales back towards giving people more free time and open space,” he said.
Nikkundanna l-allegazzjonijiet infondanti u perikolużi tal-kandidat Laburista Serb u ċittadin Malti
Minn Dione Borg
Nikkundanna l-allegazzjonijiet infondanti u perikolużi tal-kandidat Laburista Serb u ċittadin Malti Alexander Pevac li se jikkontesta mal-PL fuq San Pawl il-Baħar lbieraħ fil-konferenza ġenerali Laburista.
Pevac attakka lill-PN u allega li l-PN qed ixerred il-mibegħda kontra l-barranin. Gidba sfaċċata.
Kull ma jrid jagħmel Pevac hu li jħares madwaru fil-PL u jara min ried push back u jara min kien verament ixerred kampanja kontra l-barranin qabel l-2013.
Il-PN ma jridx ekonomija ibbażata fuq il-kwantità iżda fuq il-kwalità tax-xogħol. Fuq kollox aħna nemmnu fit- tisħiħ tal-komunitajiet Maltin bil-valuri u l-prinċipji tagħna.
Huma propju dikjarazzjonijiet bħal ta' Pevac li jnisslu sens negattiv fis-soċjetà tagħna u huma attakk mhux biss fuq il- PN iżda fuq il-poplu Malti. Mhux ġust li jattakana f'pajjiżna bil-gideb!
Minn Dione Borg
Nikkundanna l-allegazzjonijiet infondanti u perikolużi tal-kandidat Laburista Serb u ċittadin Malti Alexander Pevac li se jikkontesta mal-PL fuq San Pawl il-Baħar lbieraħ fil-konferenza ġenerali Laburista.
Pevac attakka lill-PN u allega li l-PN qed ixerred il-mibegħda kontra l-barranin. Gidba sfaċċata.
Kull ma jrid jagħmel Pevac hu li jħares madwaru fil-PL u jara min ried push back u jara min kien verament ixerred kampanja kontra l-barranin qabel l-2013.
Il-PN ma jridx ekonomija ibbażata fuq il-kwantità iżda fuq il-kwalità tax-xogħol. Fuq kollox aħna nemmnu fit- tisħiħ tal-komunitajiet Maltin bil-valuri u l-prinċipji tagħna.
Huma propju dikjarazzjonijiet bħal ta' Pevac li jnisslu sens negattiv fis-soċjetà tagħna u huma attakk mhux biss fuq il- PN iżda fuq il-poplu Malti. Mhux ġust li jattakana f'pajjiżna bil-gideb!
Panama Papers: Maġistrat tordna inkjesta – Repubblika
Minn Christoph Schwaiger
9/04/2019
Ara il film hawn: https://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2019/04/29/panama-papers-magistrat-tordna-inkjesta-repubblika
L-għaqda Repubblika qalet li l-Maġistrat Doreen Clarke ordnat li tinfetaħ inkjesta dwar il-Panama Papers f’Malta. Min-naħa tiegħu l-Gvern irribatta li din mhux inkjesta ġdida u li se tkun il-Maġistrat Charmaine Galea li tqis l-“allegazzjonijiet”.
Fuq Twitter, l-għaqda Repubblika ħabret li infetħet inkjesta dwar l-iskandlu tal-Panama Papers f’Malta. Il-Membru Parlamentari Nazzjonalista Jason Azzopardi qal li dan ifisser li l-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi huwa s-suġġett ta’ inkjesta maġisterjali kriminali.
L-eks Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista Simon Busuttil qal li l-inkjesta se tkun qed tħares lejn l-iskandlu li fih huma involuti Konrad Mizzi u Keith Schembri. L-applikazzjoniet ta’ Busuttil u Repubblika ġew sottomessi mill-avukat Jason Azzopardi.
Il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat ma weġibx lil Newsbook.com.mt dwar jekk hux se jkun qed jitlob ir-riżenja ta’ Konrad Mizzi. Qal li din hija repitizzjoni ta’ affarijiet li ġraw fil-passat.
Fi stqarrija, il-Gvern qal li l-Maġistrat qalet li “m’għandhiex issir inkjesta oħra imma ssir nota addizzjonali fl-atti tal-inkjesta diġà mibdija” biex “jiġu evitati dupliċità ta’ proċeduri”. Skont il-Gvern Clarke qalet li r-rikors kellu “overlap kbira” fil-kontenut meta mqabbel ma dak li qed jiġi investigat mill-Maġistrat Charmaine Galea.
Busuttil f’filmat fuq Twitter sejjaħ lil Muscat biex iħalli l-ġustizzja ssir mingħajr aktar appelli u ostakli. Qal li jistenna lil Muscat jerfa’ r-responsabbilità politika talli pprova jestakola l-ġustizzja għal tliet snin sħaħ. Temm jgħid li d-deċiżjoni tal-lum tagħti tama li s-sewwa jirbaħ żgur.
X’inhuma l-Panama Papers?
Kien f’April 2016 li l-ICIJ flimkien ma’ aktar minn 100 kamra tal-aħbarijiet, ippubblika l-Panama Papers, dik li titqies bħala l-akbar investigazzjoni ġurnalistika tal-istorja.
Meta d-dokumenti ħarġu fil-pubbliku, Malta kellha 714-il kumpanija msemmija, jiġifieri t-tmien l-aktar pajjiż fl-Unjoni Ewropea.
Ir-rivelazzjonijiet f’dawn id-dokumenti messew lil Malta mill-qrib, bil-Ministru Konrad Mizzi u ċ-Chief of Staff tal-Prim Ministru, Keith Schembri, jinstab li kellhom dawn it-tip ta’ kumpaniji fil-Panama minn trusts fi New Zealand.
Dak żvelat wassal ukoll għal ħames inkjesti maġisterjali f’Malta, fost l-oħrajn fil-konfront ta’ Schembri u Mizzi.
Twaqqaf ukoll il-Kumitat PANA fi ħdan il-Parlament Ewropew, speċifikament biex jinvestiga l-Panama Papers.
X’qalet il-Maġistrat?
Fid-deċiżjoni tagħha, Clarke qalet li meta Maġistrat jirċievi rapport dwar reat li għalih tista’ tingħata piena ta’ aktar minn tliet snin ħabs u s-suġġett materjali tar-reat ikun għadu jeżisti tista ssir inkjesta. Skont Clarke, normalment huma l-pulizija li wara li jkun sarilhom rapport jinfurmaw lill-Maġistrat u jitolbu li ssir inkjesta.
F’deċiżjoni separata, maħruġa llum ukoll, Clarke ċaħdet ir-rikors ta’ Konrad Mizzi li allega li d-drittijiet umani kienu qed jinkisru permezz tat-talba għal inkjesta dwaru. Clarke qalet ukoll li inkjesta għandha tibda “immedjatament malli jkun hemm suspett li twettaq reat”. Qalet ukoll li jkun “perikoluż ferm” jekk il-proċess tal-preżervazzjoni tal-provi jitwaqqaf jew lanqas jitħalla jibda.
Il-Gvern ippreżenta d-deċiżjoni bħala rebħa – Repubblika
Fi stqarrija, Repubblika qalet li l-Gvern qed jippreżenta d-deċiżjoni tal-Maġistrat bħala rebħa għal Mizzi u Schembri. L-għaqda qalet li d-deċiżjoni tfisser li Mizzi u Schembri issa huma suġġetti ta’ inkjesta kriminali. Repubblika ppublikat ukoll fis-sħiħ id-deċiżjonijiet ta’ Clarke. Repubblika appellat lill-Pulizija biex hi wkoll tibda l-investigazzjonijiet tagħha.
Tennew it-talba tagħhom għar-riżenja ta’ Muscat, Mizzi, u Schembri.
Minn Christoph Schwaiger
9/04/2019
Ara il film hawn: https://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2019/04/29/panama-papers-magistrat-tordna-inkjesta-repubblika
L-għaqda Repubblika qalet li l-Maġistrat Doreen Clarke ordnat li tinfetaħ inkjesta dwar il-Panama Papers f’Malta. Min-naħa tiegħu l-Gvern irribatta li din mhux inkjesta ġdida u li se tkun il-Maġistrat Charmaine Galea li tqis l-“allegazzjonijiet”.
Fuq Twitter, l-għaqda Repubblika ħabret li infetħet inkjesta dwar l-iskandlu tal-Panama Papers f’Malta. Il-Membru Parlamentari Nazzjonalista Jason Azzopardi qal li dan ifisser li l-Ministru għat-Turiżmu Konrad Mizzi huwa s-suġġett ta’ inkjesta maġisterjali kriminali.
L-eks Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista Simon Busuttil qal li l-inkjesta se tkun qed tħares lejn l-iskandlu li fih huma involuti Konrad Mizzi u Keith Schembri. L-applikazzjoniet ta’ Busuttil u Repubblika ġew sottomessi mill-avukat Jason Azzopardi.
Il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat ma weġibx lil Newsbook.com.mt dwar jekk hux se jkun qed jitlob ir-riżenja ta’ Konrad Mizzi. Qal li din hija repitizzjoni ta’ affarijiet li ġraw fil-passat.
Fi stqarrija, il-Gvern qal li l-Maġistrat qalet li “m’għandhiex issir inkjesta oħra imma ssir nota addizzjonali fl-atti tal-inkjesta diġà mibdija” biex “jiġu evitati dupliċità ta’ proċeduri”. Skont il-Gvern Clarke qalet li r-rikors kellu “overlap kbira” fil-kontenut meta mqabbel ma dak li qed jiġi investigat mill-Maġistrat Charmaine Galea.
Busuttil f’filmat fuq Twitter sejjaħ lil Muscat biex iħalli l-ġustizzja ssir mingħajr aktar appelli u ostakli. Qal li jistenna lil Muscat jerfa’ r-responsabbilità politika talli pprova jestakola l-ġustizzja għal tliet snin sħaħ. Temm jgħid li d-deċiżjoni tal-lum tagħti tama li s-sewwa jirbaħ żgur.
X’inhuma l-Panama Papers?
Kien f’April 2016 li l-ICIJ flimkien ma’ aktar minn 100 kamra tal-aħbarijiet, ippubblika l-Panama Papers, dik li titqies bħala l-akbar investigazzjoni ġurnalistika tal-istorja.
Meta d-dokumenti ħarġu fil-pubbliku, Malta kellha 714-il kumpanija msemmija, jiġifieri t-tmien l-aktar pajjiż fl-Unjoni Ewropea.
Ir-rivelazzjonijiet f’dawn id-dokumenti messew lil Malta mill-qrib, bil-Ministru Konrad Mizzi u ċ-Chief of Staff tal-Prim Ministru, Keith Schembri, jinstab li kellhom dawn it-tip ta’ kumpaniji fil-Panama minn trusts fi New Zealand.
Dak żvelat wassal ukoll għal ħames inkjesti maġisterjali f’Malta, fost l-oħrajn fil-konfront ta’ Schembri u Mizzi.
Twaqqaf ukoll il-Kumitat PANA fi ħdan il-Parlament Ewropew, speċifikament biex jinvestiga l-Panama Papers.
X’qalet il-Maġistrat?
Fid-deċiżjoni tagħha, Clarke qalet li meta Maġistrat jirċievi rapport dwar reat li għalih tista’ tingħata piena ta’ aktar minn tliet snin ħabs u s-suġġett materjali tar-reat ikun għadu jeżisti tista ssir inkjesta. Skont Clarke, normalment huma l-pulizija li wara li jkun sarilhom rapport jinfurmaw lill-Maġistrat u jitolbu li ssir inkjesta.
F’deċiżjoni separata, maħruġa llum ukoll, Clarke ċaħdet ir-rikors ta’ Konrad Mizzi li allega li d-drittijiet umani kienu qed jinkisru permezz tat-talba għal inkjesta dwaru. Clarke qalet ukoll li inkjesta għandha tibda “immedjatament malli jkun hemm suspett li twettaq reat”. Qalet ukoll li jkun “perikoluż ferm” jekk il-proċess tal-preżervazzjoni tal-provi jitwaqqaf jew lanqas jitħalla jibda.
Il-Gvern ippreżenta d-deċiżjoni bħala rebħa – Repubblika
Fi stqarrija, Repubblika qalet li l-Gvern qed jippreżenta d-deċiżjoni tal-Maġistrat bħala rebħa għal Mizzi u Schembri. L-għaqda qalet li d-deċiżjoni tfisser li Mizzi u Schembri issa huma suġġetti ta’ inkjesta kriminali. Repubblika ppublikat ukoll fis-sħiħ id-deċiżjonijiet ta’ Clarke. Repubblika appellat lill-Pulizija biex hi wkoll tibda l-investigazzjonijiet tagħha.
Tennew it-talba tagħhom għar-riżenja ta’ Muscat, Mizzi, u Schembri.
Filmat: L-ikbar spazju miftuħ għal Malta fil-jiem li ġejjin
Minn Josianne Vella
28/04/2019,
Ara il film klikkja hawn: https://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2019/04/28/live-il-konferenza-generali-annwali-tal-partit-laburista/#t=4:18
Il-Mexxej tal-Partit Laburista Joseph Muscat ħabbar li fil-jiem li ġejjin se jkun qed iħabbar l-ikbar proġett li għandu potenzjal. Dan il-proġett se jkun jinkludi spazju kbir u miftuħ u se jkun jista’ jitgawda minn kulħadd.
Joseph Muscat ħabbar dan waqt id-diskors tiegħu fil-Konferenza Ġenerali Annwali li saret il-Ħadd fiċ-Ċentru Nazzjonali Laburista fil-Ħamrun. Huwa semma li dan il-proġett huwa parti mill-proġett ieħor sabiex Malta tkun aktar nadifa. Muscat spjega li bħalissa diġà hemm mudell li qed jintuża f’diversi postijiet madwar Malta u Għawdex u dan irid jiġi implimentat madwar il-gżira kollha permezz tal-Kunsilli Lokali u r-reġjuni.
L-infrastruttura mhux biss fit-toroq iżda f’aspetti oħra
Muscat tkellem dwar l-infrastruttura u spjega li din mhux biss fit-toroq iżda wkoll fil-qasam legali, soċjali u diġitali. Semma kif bħalissa fit-toroq qed isiru diversi xogħlijiet li sakemm isiru jkun hawn diversi diffikultajiet fosthom it-traffiku. Huwa qal li dawn ix-xogħlijiet qed isiru sabiex jiżguraw li t-toroq ikunu għal 20 u 25 sena u mhux għal ftit snin.
Huwa semma l-mina ta’ bejn Malta u Għawdex bħala link permanenti u din twassal għall-qabża fil-kwalità tal-ħajja kif ukoll aktar investiment f’Għawdex.
Filwaqt li faħħar l-atleti Maltin li kkompetew fl-Olimpjadi Speċjali, Joseph Muscat ħabbar li se jkun hawn aktar inizjattivi sportivi sabiex il-Maltin u l-Għawdxin igawdu minnhom.
Dwar l-innovazzjoni huwa semma li f’Malta hawn niċeċ ekonomiċi li ma jitwemmnux. Semma kif il-kumpaniji li qed jinvestu f’Malta mhux ikollhom biżżejjed Maltin jaħdmu magħhom minkejja l-pagi li qed joffru u għalhekk hemm bżonn il-barranin f’Malta sabiex dawn il-kumpaniji ma jitilqux.
Għamilna liġijiet importanti li jgħinu biex Malta tkun iktar inklussiva
Muscat spjega li 15-il sena ilu meta Malta daħlet fl-Unjoni Ewropea, kull persuna fl-Unjoni Ewropea tista’ tiġi Malta, bħalma l-Maltin jistgħu jmorru f’dawn il-pajjiżi. Dan wassal biex ikun hawn iktar barranin jgħixu f’Malta u għalhekk hemm il-ħtieġa li l-Maltin jkunu inklussivi.
Il-Mexxej Laburista tkellem dwar id-drittijiet li daħlu f’Malta permezz tal-Partit Laburista kemm mill-Oppożizzjoni kif ukoll mill-Gvern. Semma l-introduzzjoni tal-liġi tad-divorzju, il-liġi dwar il-ġeneru u oħrajn li wasslu biex ikun hawn iktar inklussività. Huwa rringrazzja lill-kandidati b’diżabbiltà li qed jikkandidaw f’isem il-Partit Laburista.
Muscat semma wkoll il-qasam socjali li permezz ta’ diversi inizjattivi li ttieħdu u li se jkomplu jittieħdu fil-futur aktar persuni se jkunu jistgħu jgawdu minnhom.
Muscat qal kif bħala partit kif ukoll bħala Gvern irid li ma jkunx hemm differenza bejn is-sessi, kemm b’mod finanzjarju kif ukoll l-opportunitajiet fix-xogħol u l-karriera. Żied li dawn l-inizjattivi jkomplu jgħinu lin-nisa biex jidħlu jew jimirħu fil-qasam tax-xogħol.
Aktar nies qed igawdu mis-suċċess li qed tagħmel Malta
Il-Mexxej tal-Partit Laburista qal li aktar nies qed igawdu mis-suċċess li qed tagħmel Malta. Huwa semma kif għat-tielet sena konsekuttiva Malta reġgħet għamlet surplus u dan il-ġid qed jitqassam bejn kulħadd. Muscat qal li dan affettwa lil kulħadd u ta eżempju kif bosta familji qed igawdu minn child care b’xejn, iż-żieda fil-pensjoni għall-anzjani, roħs fil-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma, il-pazjenti li qed jistennew operazzjoni u ħafna aktar nies.
Muscat qal li dan kollu juri li l-Partit Laburista għandu għal qalbu lil Malta u għalkemm hemm ħafna sfidi, bħala partit lesti għalihom. Muscat assigura li hu mhux se jkun qed jieqaf zopptu u fadal ħafna iktar xogħol xi jsir.
Pożittivi għall-proposta tal-ispazju miftuħ – PD
Il-Partit Demokratiku laqa’ b’mod pożittiv il-proġett ta’ spazju miftuħ li se jkun qed iniedi l-Gvern fil-jiem li ġejjin. Huma qalu li dan huwa pass ‘il quddiem u mhux importanti min jissuġerrixxi u jimplimenta, l-aqwa li dak li għandu jsir isir.
Minn Josianne Vella
28/04/2019,
Ara il film klikkja hawn: https://www.newsbook.com.mt/artikli/2019/04/28/live-il-konferenza-generali-annwali-tal-partit-laburista/#t=4:18
Il-Mexxej tal-Partit Laburista Joseph Muscat ħabbar li fil-jiem li ġejjin se jkun qed iħabbar l-ikbar proġett li għandu potenzjal. Dan il-proġett se jkun jinkludi spazju kbir u miftuħ u se jkun jista’ jitgawda minn kulħadd.
Joseph Muscat ħabbar dan waqt id-diskors tiegħu fil-Konferenza Ġenerali Annwali li saret il-Ħadd fiċ-Ċentru Nazzjonali Laburista fil-Ħamrun. Huwa semma li dan il-proġett huwa parti mill-proġett ieħor sabiex Malta tkun aktar nadifa. Muscat spjega li bħalissa diġà hemm mudell li qed jintuża f’diversi postijiet madwar Malta u Għawdex u dan irid jiġi implimentat madwar il-gżira kollha permezz tal-Kunsilli Lokali u r-reġjuni.
L-infrastruttura mhux biss fit-toroq iżda f’aspetti oħra
Muscat tkellem dwar l-infrastruttura u spjega li din mhux biss fit-toroq iżda wkoll fil-qasam legali, soċjali u diġitali. Semma kif bħalissa fit-toroq qed isiru diversi xogħlijiet li sakemm isiru jkun hawn diversi diffikultajiet fosthom it-traffiku. Huwa qal li dawn ix-xogħlijiet qed isiru sabiex jiżguraw li t-toroq ikunu għal 20 u 25 sena u mhux għal ftit snin.
Huwa semma l-mina ta’ bejn Malta u Għawdex bħala link permanenti u din twassal għall-qabża fil-kwalità tal-ħajja kif ukoll aktar investiment f’Għawdex.
Filwaqt li faħħar l-atleti Maltin li kkompetew fl-Olimpjadi Speċjali, Joseph Muscat ħabbar li se jkun hawn aktar inizjattivi sportivi sabiex il-Maltin u l-Għawdxin igawdu minnhom.
Dwar l-innovazzjoni huwa semma li f’Malta hawn niċeċ ekonomiċi li ma jitwemmnux. Semma kif il-kumpaniji li qed jinvestu f’Malta mhux ikollhom biżżejjed Maltin jaħdmu magħhom minkejja l-pagi li qed joffru u għalhekk hemm bżonn il-barranin f’Malta sabiex dawn il-kumpaniji ma jitilqux.
Għamilna liġijiet importanti li jgħinu biex Malta tkun iktar inklussiva
Muscat spjega li 15-il sena ilu meta Malta daħlet fl-Unjoni Ewropea, kull persuna fl-Unjoni Ewropea tista’ tiġi Malta, bħalma l-Maltin jistgħu jmorru f’dawn il-pajjiżi. Dan wassal biex ikun hawn iktar barranin jgħixu f’Malta u għalhekk hemm il-ħtieġa li l-Maltin jkunu inklussivi.
Il-Mexxej Laburista tkellem dwar id-drittijiet li daħlu f’Malta permezz tal-Partit Laburista kemm mill-Oppożizzjoni kif ukoll mill-Gvern. Semma l-introduzzjoni tal-liġi tad-divorzju, il-liġi dwar il-ġeneru u oħrajn li wasslu biex ikun hawn iktar inklussività. Huwa rringrazzja lill-kandidati b’diżabbiltà li qed jikkandidaw f’isem il-Partit Laburista.
Muscat semma wkoll il-qasam socjali li permezz ta’ diversi inizjattivi li ttieħdu u li se jkomplu jittieħdu fil-futur aktar persuni se jkunu jistgħu jgawdu minnhom.
Muscat qal kif bħala partit kif ukoll bħala Gvern irid li ma jkunx hemm differenza bejn is-sessi, kemm b’mod finanzjarju kif ukoll l-opportunitajiet fix-xogħol u l-karriera. Żied li dawn l-inizjattivi jkomplu jgħinu lin-nisa biex jidħlu jew jimirħu fil-qasam tax-xogħol.
Aktar nies qed igawdu mis-suċċess li qed tagħmel Malta
Il-Mexxej tal-Partit Laburista qal li aktar nies qed igawdu mis-suċċess li qed tagħmel Malta. Huwa semma kif għat-tielet sena konsekuttiva Malta reġgħet għamlet surplus u dan il-ġid qed jitqassam bejn kulħadd. Muscat qal li dan affettwa lil kulħadd u ta eżempju kif bosta familji qed igawdu minn child care b’xejn, iż-żieda fil-pensjoni għall-anzjani, roħs fil-kontijiet tad-dawl u l-ilma, il-pazjenti li qed jistennew operazzjoni u ħafna aktar nies.
Muscat qal li dan kollu juri li l-Partit Laburista għandu għal qalbu lil Malta u għalkemm hemm ħafna sfidi, bħala partit lesti għalihom. Muscat assigura li hu mhux se jkun qed jieqaf zopptu u fadal ħafna iktar xogħol xi jsir.
Pożittivi għall-proposta tal-ispazju miftuħ – PD
Il-Partit Demokratiku laqa’ b’mod pożittiv il-proġett ta’ spazju miftuħ li se jkun qed iniedi l-Gvern fil-jiem li ġejjin. Huma qalu li dan huwa pass ‘il quddiem u mhux importanti min jissuġerrixxi u jimplimenta, l-aqwa li dak li għandu jsir isir.
NADUR PARISH BIRTHDAY 28 April, 1688 - 2019
Today is the birthday of our parish dedicated to St. Peter and Paul.
Today is the birthday of our parish dedicated to St. Peter and Paul.
Filmat: Golden Buzzer għal kantanta Maltija fuq Britain's Got Talent
Minn Christoph Schwaiger
27/04/2019
Ara il film hawn: https://youtu.be/M2D7JarYBmA
Il-kantanta Maltija Giorgia Borg irnexxielha tgħaddi għas-semi-finali fuq il-programm popolari Britain’s Got Talent.
Borg, li għandha 10 snin kienet ġiet fit-tielet post fil-Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest is-sena l-oħra. Issa ħadet sehem fuq il-programm televiżiv li jixxandar mir-Renju Unit Britain’s Got Talent. Hi kantant kanzunetta li kitbet hi stess u ngħatat il-golden buzzer minn Alesha Dixon.
Minn Christoph Schwaiger
27/04/2019
Ara il film hawn: https://youtu.be/M2D7JarYBmA
Il-kantanta Maltija Giorgia Borg irnexxielha tgħaddi għas-semi-finali fuq il-programm popolari Britain’s Got Talent.
Borg, li għandha 10 snin kienet ġiet fit-tielet post fil-Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest is-sena l-oħra. Issa ħadet sehem fuq il-programm televiżiv li jixxandar mir-Renju Unit Britain’s Got Talent. Hi kantant kanzunetta li kitbet hi stess u ngħatat il-golden buzzer minn Alesha Dixon.
“Il-ħaddiema jixraqilhom il-flessibiltà” – Josianne Cutajar
Minn Nicole Borg
27/04/2019,
L-Avukata Josianne Cutajar hija min-Nadur
Il-kandidata għall-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew f’isem il-Partit Laburista, Josianne Cutajar sostniet li meta wieħed jaħseb fil-ħaddiema bħala persuni, huwa aktar faċli li wieħed jifhem il-bżonn u d-dritt tagħhom li jkollhom ħin għalihom, ħin ta’ mistrieħ u ħin għall-familja.
Dan qalitu waqt żjara lill-kumpanija CS Technologies f’Raħal Ġdid.
Qalet li bl-użu tajjeb tat-teknoloġija, diversi kumpaniji saru jagħti aktar kundizzjonijiet tax-xoħol flessibbli li jgħollu l-kwalità tal-ħajja tal-impjegati. Sostniet li inqas ma wieħed jiffoka fuq il-produttività u jinvesti fil-persuna, aktar se jara produttività.
Intant, Cutajar faħħret il-mudell flessibbli li qed tadotta l-kumpanija CS Technologies, li wassal sabiex 30% tal-ħaddiema jkunu nisa. Sostniet li dan jikkuntrasta mal-bqija tal-qasam tal-informatika li 7% biss minnu huwa kompost mis-sess femminili.
Minn Nicole Borg
27/04/2019,
L-Avukata Josianne Cutajar hija min-Nadur
Il-kandidata għall-elezzjonijiet tal-Parlament Ewropew f’isem il-Partit Laburista, Josianne Cutajar sostniet li meta wieħed jaħseb fil-ħaddiema bħala persuni, huwa aktar faċli li wieħed jifhem il-bżonn u d-dritt tagħhom li jkollhom ħin għalihom, ħin ta’ mistrieħ u ħin għall-familja.
Dan qalitu waqt żjara lill-kumpanija CS Technologies f’Raħal Ġdid.
Qalet li bl-użu tajjeb tat-teknoloġija, diversi kumpaniji saru jagħti aktar kundizzjonijiet tax-xoħol flessibbli li jgħollu l-kwalità tal-ħajja tal-impjegati. Sostniet li inqas ma wieħed jiffoka fuq il-produttività u jinvesti fil-persuna, aktar se jara produttività.
Intant, Cutajar faħħret il-mudell flessibbli li qed tadotta l-kumpanija CS Technologies, li wassal sabiex 30% tal-ħaddiema jkunu nisa. Sostniet li dan jikkuntrasta mal-bqija tal-qasam tal-informatika li 7% biss minnu huwa kompost mis-sess femminili.
Looking down within the majestic Nadur Basilica dome
By Edward Scerri
Joe Said :Aktar nammira lill missirijietna li bis-soldi. hafja u b'kull nuqqasi iehor garrew gebel mill barrieri bla magni, tqanshu, telghu dan il-gmiel ta' Tempju. Aghatihom Mulej il mistrieh li jisthoqilhom
By Edward Scerri
Joe Said :Aktar nammira lill missirijietna li bis-soldi. hafja u b'kull nuqqasi iehor garrew gebel mill barrieri bla magni, tqanshu, telghu dan il-gmiel ta' Tempju. Aghatihom Mulej il mistrieh li jisthoqilhom