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NEWS FROM MALTA
Ara: Raġel ta’ 51 sena jmut f’inċident b’mutur tal-ħart f’Ħal Far
25 ta' Settembru 2022
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Raġel ta’ 51 mill-Imqabba tilef ħajtu wara li dalgħodu kien involut f’inċident b’mutur tal-ħart f’għalqa f’Ħal Far.
tvmnews.mt jinsab informat li l-inċident seħħ għall-ħabta tal-10.30am fi Triq Ħal Far.
Fuq il-post issejħu numru ta’ Pulizija kif ukoll membri mid-Dipartiment tal-Protezzjoni Ċivili biex jassistu lill-vittma. Madankollu, ir-raġel ġie ċċertifikat mejjet fuq il-post.
Il-Maġistrat tal-Għassa Astrid May Grima ġiet infurmata bil-każ u ħatret inkjesta, filwaqt li l-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
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639 cases of pickpocketing recorded in Valletta since 2017
By Semira Abbas Shalan
Sunday, 25 September 2022,
Just like any other city, Valletta has experienced various types of crime.
There were 639 cases of pickpocketing in Valletta in the period between 2017 and the end of last month, police crime records have revealed.
Just last month, nine people were arrested by the police in drug raids in Valletta, with another individual being arrested in Marsa.
Substances believed to be cocaine, cash and other items related to drug trafficking were elevated from locations at Old Hospital Street. A seven-year-old boy was even found by police during the drug raid, who had been allegedly trying to destroy evidence by throwing away sachets full of drugs.
A man was also reported to have allegedly threatened to blow up a Valletta bar after a fight.
The Malta Independent obtained crime records in Valletta from the police with the police providing detailed statistics on these last years.
In total, there have been 2,236 criminal offences from 2017 to 2022 in Valletta only. The crimes were divided into categories ranging from arson to attempted offences, bodily harm, crimes against public peace, domestic violence, drug-related crimes, gender-based violence, pornography, sexual offences and theft.
The highest recorded offence was that of pickpocketing, with 639 cases since 2017. This has, however, been on the decrease over the years, declining from 336 in 2017 to 14 cases this year.
In an interview with Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit had said that crime in Valletta has decreased due to the work and patrol of the police.
“There still needs to be more enforcement and I always insist with the police for more patrolling around Valletta, so that crimes are reduced,” Zammit had said.
He had also said that pickpocketing specifically has decreased, amounting to only around two cases a year. The crime records obtained by the police show 14 cases just this year.
Domestic violence followed as the second highest number recorded in nearly six years, with a total of 177 cases reported. The subdivision with the most cases of domestic violence reported to the police was that of psychological harm, with a total of 116 reported cases. Nineteen reports have been made just this year.
Serious bodily harm with physical force within the domestic violence statistics saw a drop from the previous year, with 13 cases reported in 2021 and four cases in 2022 thus far.
On the other hand, serious bodily harm by physical force in general recorded around the same average of incidents these past years – 23 cases were reported in 2017 and 19 incidents were reported this year.
Twenty total cases of arson in Valletta were reported over these years. There were no reported arson incidents in 2021 and 2022 thus far. The last recorded number of cases of arson was in 2020, with 10 reported cases.
Drug-related crimes reportedly amounted to 49 cases in total in the years under review. Possession of drugs recorded the highest number of cases, which saw shifting numbers over the years.
Read more: www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-25/local-news/639-cases-of-pickpocketing-recorded-in-Valletta-since-2017-6736246135
‘Heavy-handed raid on migrants in Marsa intended to intimidate’But police say they had no choice but to enter apartments using forceNationalMigration
4 hours ago| Mark Laurence Zammit |54 min read
Two human rights lawyers have dismissed a well-publicised police raid on undocumented migrants living in Marsa on Thursday as unnecessarily heavyhanded and intended to intimidate.
The extent of the raid was a show of force to make them feel unsafe and does nothing to tackle the real problems of migration, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) director and lawyer Katrine Camilleri said.
Human rights lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia explained that while the law grants police the right to forcibly enter into private property in exceptional cases it raised concerns over how proportionate the Marsa operation was to the circumstances.
“Criteria such as reasonable suspicion and use of force proportionate to the circumstances being investigated are two basic criteria which limit the use of force by the police,” Comodini Cachia said.
“Did the information and evidence already known to the police justify this type of operation and this type of police action which seems to have targeted an area frequented by migrants?”
A considerable number of police officers raided a block of apartments in Marsa and arrested 49 people. Four people were arrested for drugs.
Police kicked down most of the block’s front doors and one door was pried open so forcefully that the entire frame was ripped off the wall.
As a result, some residents cannot lock their apartments and have no choice but to put tables and chairs up against the doors for security. On Friday, residents of the building who were searched but not arrested told Times of Malta that the raid was too heavy-handed.
Law-abiding migrants said they were now unable to leave their home over concerns for their privacy and security.
But on Saturday, sources close to the police defended the operation, saying the block housed very few legal migrants, and the rest were all living in Malta illegally.
“In the entire block, only two or three were living in Malta legally,” one source said.
“Behind those knocked-down doors that can be seen [on Times of Malta] we found people living in Malta illegally.”
The sources said the police had no option but to force themselves into the apartments after they repeatedly knocked and identified themselves and the residents failed to open the door.
Read more: timesofmalta.com/articles/view/heavyhanded-raid-migrants-marsa-intended-intimidate.983129
Four hospitalised after underage driver crashes into a wall in Swieqi
A car driven by a 17-year-old girl crashed into a wall in the early hours of Saturday
24 September 2022,
by Luke Vella
The 17-year-old lost control of the Renault Zoe vehicle and crashed into a wall (Photo: Police)
Four people were hospitalised after an underage driver crashed into a wall in Swieqi in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said that at around 1:30am, a Renault Zoe vehicle, driven by a 17-year-old girl from St Paul’s Bay crashed into a wall at Triq il-Madliena.
There were three passengers in the car, a 21-year-old man from Naxxar, a 20-year-old Swiss who lives in Swieqi, and a 19-year-old girl from Chile who lives in St Julian’s.
The 17-year-old lost control of the Renault Zoe vehicle and crashed into a wall (Photo: Police)Members of the Civil Protection Department and a medical team were called for assistance, and the victims were taken to Mater Dei hospital for treatment.
The 21-year-old was certified as seriously injured and the 19-year-old as grievous. The other two only suffered minor injuries.
Magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace is leading an inquiry into the case and police investigations are ongoing.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118892/four_hospitalised_after_underage_driver_crashes_into_a_wall_in_madliena#.Yy-7_nZBy3A
AĠĠORNAT (2): Ir-raġel li waqa’ 3 sulari f’Ħal Luqa kien qed inaddaf il-gallarija
24 ta' Settembru 2022
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Raġel ta’ 45 sena minn Ħal Luqa sofra ġrieħi gravi wara li waqa’ minn għoli ta’ madwar 3 sulari minn appartament.
L-inċident seħħ fi Triq Ġorġ Zahra għall-ħabta tad-9am.
Ir-raġel kien qed inaddaf il-gallarija tal-appartament meta waqa’ u ġie fuq karozza.
Fuq il-post issejħet ambulanza li ħaditu l-Isptar Mater Dei.
tvmnews.mt/news/persuna-taqa-madwar-3-sulari-fhal-luqa/
Il-PM Abela jiltaqa’ mas-Seg. Ġen. tan-NM Guterres fi New YorkMinn Massimo Axisa 24 ta' Settembru 2022
Il-Prim Ministru Robert Abela ltaqa’ mas-Segretarju Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, Antonio Guterres, fi New York fejn enfasizza l-prijoritajiet ta’ Malta matul it-terminu tagħha fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Maqgħuda.
Dr Abela bħalissa jinsab fi New York għal diversi impenji marbuta mal-Assemblea Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda u fil-laqgħa ma’ Guterres iddiskuta l-aspirazzjoni ta’ Malta meta minn Jannar li ġej se sservi fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda.
Dr Abela qal li l-prijoritajiet ta’ Malta huma msejsa fuq ir-rieda li pajjiżna jikkontribwixxi b’mod sinifikanti għaż-żamma tal-paċi u s-sigurtà internazzjonali.
Waqt il-laqgħa, il-Prim Ministru u s-Segretarju Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda iddiskutew ir-relazzjoni bejn it-tibdil fil-klima u s-sigurtà.
Dan hekk kif it-tibdil fil-klima qed iżid il-pressjoni fuq l-aċċess għall-ikel u l-ilma kif ukoll l-immaniġġjar tar-riżorsi naturali – pressjoni li qed twassal għall-possibbiltà ta’ kunflitt.
Ġiet indirizzata wkoll is-sitwazzjoni fil-Libja, bil-Prim Ministru jgħid li l-attenzjoni tal-komunità internazzjonali lejn il-Libja hija kruċjali biex jiġi żgurat li l-futur tal-poplu Libjan u s-soluzzjonijiet li għandhom jinstabu, jista’ jsibhom il-poplu Libjan innifsu.
Infatti iktar kmieni fi New York, il-Prim Ministru Abela kellu laqgħa bilaterali mal-President tal-Kunsill Libjan, Mohamed Menfi, u għadda l-istess messaġġ dwar l-importanza li l-futur tal-poplu Libjan u soluzzjonijiet li għandhom jinstabu, u jridu jinstabu mill-poplu Libjan innifsu, mingħajr ebda influenza esterna.
Il-Prim Ministru Abela għamel referenza għal dan il-punt ukoll fid-diskors tiegħu fl-Assemblea Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, bil-President Libjan jesprimi l-apprezzament tiegħu għal din id-dikjarazzjoni.
Fid-dawl illi Malta se tibda sservi t-terminu ta’ sentejn fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, il-President Libjan talab li s-sitwazzjoni fil-Libja tinżamm bħala prijorità u sservi ta’ pont fir-relazzjonijiet mal-Unjoni Ewropea.
Id-delegazzjoni Maltija mmexxija mill-Prim Ministru flimkien ma’ dik Libjana iddiskutew ukoll setturi ta’ kollaborazzjoni bejn iż-żewġ pajjiżi, bħall-enerġija, l-edukazzjoni, u s-saħħa.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-pm-abela-jiltaqa-mas-seg-gen-tan-nm-guterres-fi-new-york/
Keith Schembri, Yorgen Fenech and others charged with misappropriation over Melvin Theuma phantom job
Five men, including the former OPM chief of staff and alleged murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech, were charged with theft and misappropriation over the government job given to Melvin Theuma
23 September 2022, 11:12am
by Matthew Agius
Yorgen Fenech and Keith Schembri
Keith Schembri, Yorgen Fenech and three others have been charged with theft and misappropriation in connection with a government job given to the self-confessed middleman in the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Melvin Theuma.
Schembri, the former OPM Chief of Staff, former OPM customer care chief Sandro Craus, former private secretary in the Family & Social Solidarity ministry Anthony Ellul and former Housing Maintenance and Embellishment Co Ltd CEO Anthony Muscat as well as Yorgen Fenech, were charged by summons - not under arrest- before magistrate Monica Vella this morning.
Melvin Theuma, who has admitted in court to setting up the journalist’s murder, claims to have done so at Fenech’s behest and had been granted a Presidential Pardon in return for his testimony. During criminal proceedings against Fenech, Theuma had told the court that five months before the murder took place, he had been given a job by Schembri at the government-owned Housing Maintenance and Embellishment Co Ltd, for which he drew a salary, despite never actually showing up to work.
When the case was called this morning before Magistrate Monica Vella, the accused’s defence lawyers requested particular documents, which formed part of the inquiry, asking the court not to hear witnesses today, because some of the evidence “could be inadmissible”.
Lawyer Stefano Filletti argued that the evidence against the men had not been fully disclosed to them during their questioning, despite the police already having it. “The inquiry concluded in 2018. So when the police sent for the accused they already had this in hand. The accused have a right to disclosure and it is obvious that the police failed to do so,” he said.
Magistrate Vella disagreed with Filletti’s assertion, telling the lawyer that she had seen the entire inquiry and knew “exactly” what it contained. “It carried on, long after 2018. It was closed a few months ago,” the court said, adding that it would not be hearing further evidence today.
“Given the tight time frame, can you indicate the amount of prosecution witnesses?” defence lawyer Michael Scirha asked Inspector Nicholas Vella, who is prosecuting.
Read more: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118885/keith_schembri_yorgen_fenech_and_others_charged_with_misappropriation_over_melvin_theuma_phantom_job#.Yy4n9XZBy3A
Tax evasion nation: Only 40% of companies declared a profit in 2019
Clyde Caruana says tax collection efforts have been stepped up to ensure that everyone pays their dues
23 September 2022, 6:47pm
by Kurt Sansone
Malta has a tax evasion problem, highlighted by the fact that in the last year before the pandemic hit, less than half of companies declared a profit, Clyde Caruana said.
The Finance Minister said in 2019, despite economic growth averaging around 6%, only between 35% and 40% of companies declared a profit. The rest either broke even or registered losses.
He was speaking on Friday during a question and answer session organised by the Times of Malta, moderated by journalist Ivan Martin.
Caruana said there is an “element” of Malta being a nation of tax dodgers using the 2019 example to illustrate the problem.
The minister has repeatedly emphasised the need for everyone to pay their dues. He said that since 2019, the tax authorities had increased tax collection efforts, including policy changes making it easier to collect dues.
During the unveiling of the pre-budget document last week, Caruana said that from 1 September the interest rate on outstanding tax due from now onwards will increase.
On Friday, Caruana said the improved tax collection efforts have yielded hundreds of millions of euro every year to state coffers.
GWU president Victor Carachi pointed out the unfairness of the situation: after all, even the 60% that did not declare a profit in 2019 received the COVID benefits.
The minister said the country’s entire culture had to change, acknowledging that “there is an element” of a nation of tax dodgers within us all.
Asked by ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo about the millions in taxes owed by the two major political parties, Caruana said one of them had signed on to a payment plan and is settling its dues in instalments. He did not identify the party that has entered into a tax agreement.
The discussion on tax evasion became more pervasive during the pandemic when government forked out millions of euros to keep businesses afloat and workers in their jobs. The same is happening now with government expected to spend in excess of €1 billion between this year and next on subsidies to keep the price of energy and cereals stable.
Caruana has pledged not to raise taxes or introduce new ones in the coming budget but during a meeting of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development said emphasis will be made on tax collection.
The minister said on Friday that the country had enough potential to collect the revenue government needs without changing existing tax rates or structures.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/118891/tax_evasion_nation_only_40_of_companies_declared_a_profit_in_2019#.Yy4o9HZBy3A
Ara: Ineħħu strutturi illegali fil-Marsa
Minn Andrea Rossitto
23 ta' Settembru 2022
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Għadd ta’ ħaddiema mid-Diviżjoni għat-Tindif u l-Manutenzjoni kif ukoll xi uffiċjali tal-Pulizija għaddejjin b’azzjoni konġunta b’rabta ma’ illegalitajiet li hemm fl-inħawi ta’ Xatt il-Mollijiet, fil-Marsa.
TVMnews jinsab informat li l-operazzjoni bdiet għall-ħabta tal-5pm, billi l-uffiċjali involuti bdew iduru binja binja biex ineħħu mwejjed u siġġijiet kif ukoll strutturi li nbnew illegalment fl-inħawi.
Ara iktar hawn: tvmnews.mt/news/ara-inehhu-strutturi-illegali-fil-marsa/
Balcony collapses on busy Gzira street
Thursday, 22 September 2022,
A balcony overlooking Triq ix-Xatt in Gzira collapsed onto the pavement, luckily injuring no-one.
The pavement was closed off by Police as scattered pieces of concrete and steel occupy the pacement, while the railing of the balcony still stands in place.
The dangerous of the balcony was reported to the Gzira local council at the end of 2021 who then informed the Sliema police district station about the matter.
www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-22/local-news/Balcony-collapses-on-busy-Gzira-street-6736246091
US woman denied abortion takes Malta to court over human rights impact
Andrea Prudente wants to change law that bans abortion in all circumstances Claudia Calleja
Andrea Prudente was airlifted from Malta to Spain after being denied a termination in July. Photo: Jay WeeldreyerA US woman, who was denied a request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy while holidaying in Malta in June, has initiated a legal battle against the country's blanket ban on abortion.
Andrea Prudente is calling on the court to declare that the law is in breach of human rights.
Through her lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic, Prudente filed the case in the First Hall of the Civil Court, in its constitutional jurisdiction, against the Attorney General, the Health Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality.
Prudente's case made global headlines in June when she had to be airlifted from Malta to a Spanish hospital for a termination denied to her by Maltese doctors.
She is arguing that the Maltese government failed in its duty to provide safety and dignity by allowing a law that placed a blanket ban on abortion.
This placed her life at risk and subjected her to inhuman and degrading treatment.
Prudente stressed that ending the wanted pregnancy was very difficult for her and her partner, Jay Weeldreyer.
In an interview with Times of Malta in June the couple said they had already picked a name for their baby girl - Claire - and the loss was heartbreaking to them.
This was a traumatic experience that was long drawn out due to Malta’s blanket ban on abortion and, Prudente is claiming, she is still suffering the repercussion of the horrific ordeal she and her partner had to go through.
Read more: timesofmalta.com/articles/view/us-woman-denied-abortion-takes-malta-court-human-rights-impact.982301
Iweġġa’ gravi f’sit ta’ kostruzzjoni f’Għawdex
Minn Josianne Vella
22 ta' Settembru 2022
Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb
Raġel ta’ 31 sena weġġa’ gravi wara li kien involut f’inċident f’sit ta’ kostruzzjoni fix-Xagħra.
Ir-raġel li huwa mix-Xewkija weġġa’ waqt li kien qed juża wall chaser.
L-inċident seħħ għall-ħabta ta’ 12pm fi Triq il-Bentrija.
Il-vittma ngħata l-għajnuna minn tim mediku u ttieħed l-Isptar Ġenerali t’Għawdex b’ambulanza. Huwa ġie ċċertifikat li sofra ġrieħi gravi. L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
newsbook.com.mt/iwegga-gravi-fsit-ta-kostruzzjoni-fghawdex/
Joseph Portelli, Malta and Gozo's sponsorship king
From football to band clubs, Ħamrun to Nadur, Portelli's money spreads far NationalGozoConstructionPlanning Authority
Daniel Ellul
'I give because I enjoy others enjoying themselves'
Portelli sponsors seven sports teams and one boċċi competition.
PHOTO: FACEBOOK Construction company Joseph Portelli Projects is the main sponsor of at least seven sports teams, one boċċi competition and three band clubs in Malta and Gozo, outspending by far any other construction or property-related company.
These include the Bormla Regatta Club, Ħamrun Spartans FC, the University of Malta Futsal team, St Julian’s waterpolo club; and Nadur Youngsters FC, Qala Saints FC, and Żebbuġ Rovers FC in Gozo.
Until the recent past, banks, insurance and beverage companies and even tobacco producers were among the main sponsors of most sport competitions and feasts, but that baton appears to have been passed on to Portelli and other contractors, most of whom sponsor their local team.
'Inti djamant'The Gozitan construction mogul has garnered the most popularity in Ħamrun. During his tenure as president, Ħamrun Spartans FC won the premier league in the 2020/21 season and recently managed a historical run in Europe, becoming the first local team to reach the play-off round of a UEFA club competition.
Arriving from a triumphant win in Europe, fans chanted Portelli’s name first as the Spartans squad passed through the airport arrivals gate.
Club songs have also been written in his honour, including a remix of Inti Djamant (You are a diamond).
ADVERTISINGThe Ħamrun Spartans president is also honorary president of the Ħamrun band club Għaqda tal-Mużika San Gejtanu.
Across the channel, in his hometown Nadur, Portelli was even fielded by the village football team, Nadur Youngsters, coming on as a substitute and scoring a penalty last April.
Portelli was president of the club before resigning in October 2020 to concentrate on the Spartans. His son Tristen has taken over as club president since then.
"His purchase power is a way into institutions and traditions"
A Gozitan boċċi competition also carries the company’s namesake ‘J. Portelli Projects Knock Out Competition’, however the last reference to the competition was through a Facebook status two years ago and the competition is no longer taking place.
Portelli is also a patron of village festas in Ħamrun and Żabbar in Malta and Nadur in Gozo.
In Nadur, an image of Portelli was controversially used to depict St John the Evangelist on a festa banner for the feast of St Peter and St Paul.
In Żabbar, a J.P Projects flag was seen flying during the traditional morning march last Saturday on the Blue side, associated with the band club Soċjetà Filarmonica Maria Mater Gratiæ.
'I give because I enjoy others enjoying themselves'Asked about his motivations to sponsor so many entities, Portelli said: “I give many sponsorships, but I do not do it to advertise myself. I give because I enjoy watching others enjoy themselves. They advertise my company out of respect and nothing more.”
Read more; timesofmalta.com/articles/view/joseph-portelli-malta-gozos-sponsorship-king.981449
Malta celebrates 58 years of Independence
Wednesday, 21 September 2022,
President George Vella, Acting Prime Minister and Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici, and Leader of the Opposition Bernard Grech laid flowers at the Independence monument in Floriana today, on Independence Day.
Today marks the 58th anniversary of Malta's independence.
Earlier in the day, Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrated a mass to mark the occasion.
Arrestati 2 irġiel li nqabdu jisirqu minn ħanut f’Birkirkara
Minn Gavin Muscat
21 ta' Settembru 2022
Uffiċċju tal-Komunikazzjoni tal-Pulizija
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Il-Pulizija arrestat żewġt irġiel li nqabdu jisirqu minn ħanut fi Triq il-Wied f’Birkirkara.
Hi spjegat li dalgħodu fid-8.45am ġiet infurmata li kienet qed issir serqa minn dan il-ħanut u meta l-uffiċjali marru fuq il-post, innutaw li fuq il-wara tal-ħanut kien hemm bieb tal-ħġieġ imkisser u persuna fuq il-bejt.
Dan wassal biex issejjħu sezzjonijiet differenti tal-Pulizija li flimkien daħlu fil-ħanut u bdew jispezzjonaw il-kmamar tal-ħanut li fih numru ta’ sulari.
Fit-tielet sular, instemgħu ħsejjes u ġew innutati passi lejn it-toilets u meta segwew il-passi, instab li l-kamra tat-toilets kienet imsakkra minn ġewwa li jindika li kien hemm xi ħadd fuq ġewwa.
Minkejja l-attentati tal-Pulizija biex tkellem lil min kien ġewwa ħalli jikkopera s-suspettat, dawn ma rnexxewx u għaldaqstant tkisser il-bieb biex għall-ħabta tal-10am ġiet arrestata l-ewwel persuna.
Minħabba s-suspetti tal-Pulizija li kien hemm iżjed persuni, hi bdiet tara l-filmati mill-kameras tas-sigurtà u raw li kien hemm persuna oħra ġewwa.
Permezz tal-kelb tal-Pulizija Thor, għall-ħabta tas-2pm, ġie mmarkat li kien hemm persuna fuq is-suffett. Għaldaqstant, l-uffiċjali kissru parti mis-suffett u sabu t-tieni persuna. Minkejja li dan ipprova jaħrab, hu ġie arrestat minnufih.
Uffiċċju tal-Komunikazzjoni tal-PulizijaIl-persuni ġew identifikati bħala rġiel ta’ 37 u 25 sena li t-tnejn huma residenti Birkirkara stess.
Huma qed jinżammu fil-lock-up tal-Pulizija fil-Furjana waqt li l-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija jkomplu.
newsbook.com.mt/arrestati-2-irgiel-li-nqabdu-jisirqu-minn-hanut-fbirkirkara/
Father and son charged after suspected revenge attack related to fatal 2020 Mqabba shooting
They were accused of grievously injuring the relative of a person accused of the 2020 fatal shooting
20 September 2022,
by Matthew Agius
Vince Gaffarena (right) was shot in the face during his cousin Saviour Gaffarena’s (left) murder in July 2020
Two men have been charged in connection with an assault on one of the men accused of the 2020 fatal shooting of Saviour Gaffarena in Mqabba.
Eugenio Gaffarena, 63, a pensioner from Qrendi and his unemployed 19-year-old son, Vince Gaffarena, from Mqabba were arraigned under arrest before magistrate Monica Vella earlier today, accused of inflicting grievous injuries on Roderick Debono on 18 September at around 1pm.
Debono is understood to be related to Leon Debono, one of the men accused of the 2020 murder of Saviour Gaffarena and the attempted murder of Vince Gaffarena.
27-year-old Saviour Gaffarena had been killed by a gunshot wound to the head as he sat in his car in Triq il-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija, Mqabba on 29 July 2020. His cousin, 17-year-old Vince Gaffarena, had also been shot in the chest and the face in the same attack.
Two men, Owen Schembri and Leon Debono, both from Mqabba, were subsequently charged with murder and attempted murder. Schembri was later granted bail.
Eugenio Gaffarena pleaded not guilty to charges of grievous bodily harm, carrying a weapon - in this case, a sawn-off shotgun during the commission of a crime, carrying the shotgun in public without a licence and uttering insults and threats towards Debono.
Vince Gaffarena - who the court was told, is still receiving treatment for the gunshot wounds he received two years ago was accused of complicity in these offences and illegally detaining the alleged victim. He, too, pleaded not guilty.
Defence lawyer Noel Bianco asked for bail, arguing that the accused men had proven trustworthy and had cooperated with the police investigation. He explained that the beating was connected to the fatal 2020 shooting in which one of the men charged today was severely injured.
Inspector Janetta Grixti, prosecuting confirmed the defence’s claim that the victim had not wanted to press charges, but explained that the police had to proceed in view of the grievous injuries suffered by the alleged victim.
Read more: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118837/two_men_arrested_after_assault_in_which_shotgun_was_used_to_hit_victim1#.Yyo8fHZBy3A
Buses to become free from 1 October but TalLinja card required
Free buses | All day, night and special services free • Passengers still required to use card • Non-card holders will have to pay for a ticket
20 September 2022,
by Kurt Sansone
Commuters wanting to benefit from free public transport have to apply for a passenger card
Buses will become free from 1 October but passengers will still need a TalLinja card to benefit from the scheme, the operator said on Tuesday.
Malta Public Transport said all day and night routes, and special services offered by the company will become free of charge for all those who own a personalised card.
The company said the switch will happen automatically but passengers will still be required to tap their card on the ticketing machine every time they board a bus.
Passengers who board the bus without a Tallinja Card will be obliged to pay for a ticket in cash or contactless payment upon boarding.
Official Malta Public Transport Inspectors will be carrying out random inspections to verify patrons have either tapped their Tallinja Card or are in possession of cash tickets.
A €50 fine will apply to any passengers caught without a travel card or cash ticket.
MPT said that while no credit is required for travel on day and night routes, and special service journeys, passengers will still need credit on their personalised cards to travel on Tallinja Direct or Tallinja On Demand trips.
Credit on the Tallinja Card can also be used to benefit from discounted rates on other mobility services, such as Tallinja Bike and Valletta Ferry Services.
Customers who would like to receive a refund for their credit can apply online as of 1 November through the Malta Public Transport website.
An administration fee will be applied per refund application.
To apply for a Tallinja card, one would need to register online and provide an identification document such as an Identity Card or passport, as well as personal contact details such as telephone number and e-mail address.
Personalised Tallinja Cards are not transferable to other passengers and a €50 fine will apply to any passengers caught using a personalised Tallinja Card issued in someone else’s name.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/118848/buses_to_become_free_from_1_october_but_tallinja_card_required#.Yyo9YnZBy3A
Updated: Two charged after man is hit with a shotgun in Mqabba
Tuesday, 20 September 2022,
Two men were charged by police for allegedly attacking a man and leaving him with grievous injuries in Mqabba on 18 September.
Eugenio Gaffarena, 63, from Qrendi and his 19-year-old son, Vince Gaffarena, from Mqabba were arraigned under arrest before magistrate Monica Vella on Tuesday, charged with causing grievous injuries on Roderick Debono on 18 September.
In a statement earlier in the day, the police said that investigations started when the victim reported at a police station on Sunday that he had been attacked some hours prior, at around 2pm, by two men. Police said that one of the aggressors allegedly hit the victim with a shotgun. The victim was injured and went to a health centre for treatment. The alleged aggressors were arrested later on Sunday night in Mqabba.
www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-20/local-news/Two-arrested-after-man-is-hit-with-a-shotgun-in-Mqabba-6736246033
[WATCH] Adrian Delia: ‘Steward should be kicked out of Malta’
Xtra Sajf on TVM News Plus | Former Opposition leader and PN MP Adrian Delia interviewed
19 September 2022,
by Kurt Sansone
Adrian Delia
Adrian Delia believes Steward Healthcare should be “kicked out of Malta” and accused government of reneging on its duty in not terminating the hospital concessions agreement.
The Nationalist Party MP said the only reason the American company registered a profit was because it received public funds without investing anything.
He was referring to the latest twist in which company accounts show Steward turning a profit despite having claimed the hospitals deal was “unbankable”.
In a wide-ranging interview with Saviour Balzan on TVM News Plus’s Xtra Sajf, Delia said: “It is obvious that Steward made a profit because they got money from government and spent nothing… this is proof of what I have been saying all along that this company has robbed us.”
Delia referred to a recent comment by Health Minister Chris Fearne who said government will be writing to Steward for a timeline of investments now that the company registered a profit.
“Rather than seeing Steward’s profit as proof that the company robbed us, government says it will continue to engage with it by asking them to carry out investments they were originally bound to make,” Delia said. “Instead of kicking them out we are begging them to invest. Where is government’s sovereignty in all this?”
Steward Healthcare inherited the hospitals concession from Vitals and despite contractual obligations that it should invest in a new Gozo hospital and refurbish St Luke’s and Karin Grech hospitals in Malta, the company has failed to live up to its commitments. Steward receives millions of euros from government as part of the concession deal.
Delia had opened a court case when Opposition leader, seeking to terminate the contract and have the hospitals returned to the government.
Steward had argued in court that the concession agreement it inherited was “fraudulent and corrupt”.
The court case is expected to conclude anytime soon and Delia is convinced he will win the case.
“This is a case for the people. But it should have been government that terminated the concession agreement when Steward reneged on its obligation to invest millions of euros,” Delia said.
He insisted that if a contract is borne out of fraud and corruption it cannot have legal consequences.
“A fraudulent and corrupt agreement can never have legal consequences… that what is born in sin cannot ever be good,” Delia insisted.
He added that there were Labour MPs who want the hospitals returned to the public and the contract terminated.
‘I support Alex Borg and other new MPs’
Delia said that in his parliamentary work he supported people like newcomer Alex Borg and others, who were elected for the first time.
He praised the new crop of PN MPs, insisting it was his duty to support them and urged other PN MPs to do likewise.
Delia would not be drawn into what should happen if the PN were to lose heavily in the European Parliament election in 2024. “It’s hypothetical but by the same argument, if the Labour Party were to reduce its votes, should Robert Abela step down? I don’t think so.”
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/xtra/118832/watch_adrian_delia_steward_should_be_kicked_out_of_malta#.Yyjuu3ZBy3A
Sirjan mixli bi traffikar ta’ nies f’Malta u Maltin jinżammu arrestati
19 ta' Settembru 2022
It-Tnejn filgħaxija l-Qorti fetħet b’urġenza biex il-Pulizija ressqet Sirjan u xlietu b’reati relatati ma’ traffikar ta’ persuni. Fil-bidu tas-seduta, il-Maġistrat Claire Stafrace Zammit, laqgħet talba tal-prosekuzzjoni biex il-każ jinstema’ bil-magħluq u għalhekk il-ġurnalisti ħarġu barra l-awla.
TVM news jinsab infurmat li s-Sirjan li tressaq il-qorti kkoordina vjagg ta’ immigrazzjoni llegali li wassal biex fil-jiem li għaddew għadd ta’ barranin iddaħħlu Malta bil-baħar. Sorsi qrib il-Pulizija qalu li l-każ għadu qed ikun investigat b’mod attiv ħafna tant li xi persuni oħra, fosthom Maltin, qed jinżammu arrestati. L-istess sorsi qalu li fost l-arrestati hemm ir-raġel li kien qed isuq id-dgħajsa involuta fit-traffikar tal-persuni. Mhux eskluż li fis-sigħat li ġejjin il-Pulizija tressaq il-qorti persuni oħra.
tvmnews.mt/news/sirjan-mixli-bi-traffikar-ta-nies-fmalta-u-maltin-jinzammu-arrestati/
Ara: Raġel ta’ 51 sena jmut f’inċident b’mutur tal-ħart f’Ħal Far
25 ta' Settembru 2022
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Raġel ta’ 51 mill-Imqabba tilef ħajtu wara li dalgħodu kien involut f’inċident b’mutur tal-ħart f’għalqa f’Ħal Far.
tvmnews.mt jinsab informat li l-inċident seħħ għall-ħabta tal-10.30am fi Triq Ħal Far.
Fuq il-post issejħu numru ta’ Pulizija kif ukoll membri mid-Dipartiment tal-Protezzjoni Ċivili biex jassistu lill-vittma. Madankollu, ir-raġel ġie ċċertifikat mejjet fuq il-post.
Il-Maġistrat tal-Għassa Astrid May Grima ġiet infurmata bil-każ u ħatret inkjesta, filwaqt li l-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
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639 cases of pickpocketing recorded in Valletta since 2017
By Semira Abbas Shalan
Sunday, 25 September 2022,
Just like any other city, Valletta has experienced various types of crime.
There were 639 cases of pickpocketing in Valletta in the period between 2017 and the end of last month, police crime records have revealed.
Just last month, nine people were arrested by the police in drug raids in Valletta, with another individual being arrested in Marsa.
Substances believed to be cocaine, cash and other items related to drug trafficking were elevated from locations at Old Hospital Street. A seven-year-old boy was even found by police during the drug raid, who had been allegedly trying to destroy evidence by throwing away sachets full of drugs.
A man was also reported to have allegedly threatened to blow up a Valletta bar after a fight.
The Malta Independent obtained crime records in Valletta from the police with the police providing detailed statistics on these last years.
In total, there have been 2,236 criminal offences from 2017 to 2022 in Valletta only. The crimes were divided into categories ranging from arson to attempted offences, bodily harm, crimes against public peace, domestic violence, drug-related crimes, gender-based violence, pornography, sexual offences and theft.
The highest recorded offence was that of pickpocketing, with 639 cases since 2017. This has, however, been on the decrease over the years, declining from 336 in 2017 to 14 cases this year.
In an interview with Valletta mayor Alfred Zammit had said that crime in Valletta has decreased due to the work and patrol of the police.
“There still needs to be more enforcement and I always insist with the police for more patrolling around Valletta, so that crimes are reduced,” Zammit had said.
He had also said that pickpocketing specifically has decreased, amounting to only around two cases a year. The crime records obtained by the police show 14 cases just this year.
Domestic violence followed as the second highest number recorded in nearly six years, with a total of 177 cases reported. The subdivision with the most cases of domestic violence reported to the police was that of psychological harm, with a total of 116 reported cases. Nineteen reports have been made just this year.
Serious bodily harm with physical force within the domestic violence statistics saw a drop from the previous year, with 13 cases reported in 2021 and four cases in 2022 thus far.
On the other hand, serious bodily harm by physical force in general recorded around the same average of incidents these past years – 23 cases were reported in 2017 and 19 incidents were reported this year.
Twenty total cases of arson in Valletta were reported over these years. There were no reported arson incidents in 2021 and 2022 thus far. The last recorded number of cases of arson was in 2020, with 10 reported cases.
Drug-related crimes reportedly amounted to 49 cases in total in the years under review. Possession of drugs recorded the highest number of cases, which saw shifting numbers over the years.
Read more: www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-25/local-news/639-cases-of-pickpocketing-recorded-in-Valletta-since-2017-6736246135
‘Heavy-handed raid on migrants in Marsa intended to intimidate’But police say they had no choice but to enter apartments using forceNationalMigration
4 hours ago| Mark Laurence Zammit |54 min read
Two human rights lawyers have dismissed a well-publicised police raid on undocumented migrants living in Marsa on Thursday as unnecessarily heavyhanded and intended to intimidate.
The extent of the raid was a show of force to make them feel unsafe and does nothing to tackle the real problems of migration, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) director and lawyer Katrine Camilleri said.
Human rights lawyer Therese Comodini Cachia explained that while the law grants police the right to forcibly enter into private property in exceptional cases it raised concerns over how proportionate the Marsa operation was to the circumstances.
“Criteria such as reasonable suspicion and use of force proportionate to the circumstances being investigated are two basic criteria which limit the use of force by the police,” Comodini Cachia said.
“Did the information and evidence already known to the police justify this type of operation and this type of police action which seems to have targeted an area frequented by migrants?”
A considerable number of police officers raided a block of apartments in Marsa and arrested 49 people. Four people were arrested for drugs.
Police kicked down most of the block’s front doors and one door was pried open so forcefully that the entire frame was ripped off the wall.
As a result, some residents cannot lock their apartments and have no choice but to put tables and chairs up against the doors for security. On Friday, residents of the building who were searched but not arrested told Times of Malta that the raid was too heavy-handed.
Law-abiding migrants said they were now unable to leave their home over concerns for their privacy and security.
But on Saturday, sources close to the police defended the operation, saying the block housed very few legal migrants, and the rest were all living in Malta illegally.
“In the entire block, only two or three were living in Malta legally,” one source said.
“Behind those knocked-down doors that can be seen [on Times of Malta] we found people living in Malta illegally.”
The sources said the police had no option but to force themselves into the apartments after they repeatedly knocked and identified themselves and the residents failed to open the door.
Read more: timesofmalta.com/articles/view/heavyhanded-raid-migrants-marsa-intended-intimidate.983129
Four hospitalised after underage driver crashes into a wall in Swieqi
A car driven by a 17-year-old girl crashed into a wall in the early hours of Saturday
24 September 2022,
by Luke Vella
The 17-year-old lost control of the Renault Zoe vehicle and crashed into a wall (Photo: Police)
Four people were hospitalised after an underage driver crashed into a wall in Swieqi in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said that at around 1:30am, a Renault Zoe vehicle, driven by a 17-year-old girl from St Paul’s Bay crashed into a wall at Triq il-Madliena.
There were three passengers in the car, a 21-year-old man from Naxxar, a 20-year-old Swiss who lives in Swieqi, and a 19-year-old girl from Chile who lives in St Julian’s.
The 17-year-old lost control of the Renault Zoe vehicle and crashed into a wall (Photo: Police)Members of the Civil Protection Department and a medical team were called for assistance, and the victims were taken to Mater Dei hospital for treatment.
The 21-year-old was certified as seriously injured and the 19-year-old as grievous. The other two only suffered minor injuries.
Magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace is leading an inquiry into the case and police investigations are ongoing.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118892/four_hospitalised_after_underage_driver_crashes_into_a_wall_in_madliena#.Yy-7_nZBy3A
AĠĠORNAT (2): Ir-raġel li waqa’ 3 sulari f’Ħal Luqa kien qed inaddaf il-gallarija
24 ta' Settembru 2022
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Raġel ta’ 45 sena minn Ħal Luqa sofra ġrieħi gravi wara li waqa’ minn għoli ta’ madwar 3 sulari minn appartament.
L-inċident seħħ fi Triq Ġorġ Zahra għall-ħabta tad-9am.
Ir-raġel kien qed inaddaf il-gallarija tal-appartament meta waqa’ u ġie fuq karozza.
Fuq il-post issejħet ambulanza li ħaditu l-Isptar Mater Dei.
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Il-PM Abela jiltaqa’ mas-Seg. Ġen. tan-NM Guterres fi New YorkMinn Massimo Axisa 24 ta' Settembru 2022
Il-Prim Ministru Robert Abela ltaqa’ mas-Segretarju Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, Antonio Guterres, fi New York fejn enfasizza l-prijoritajiet ta’ Malta matul it-terminu tagħha fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Maqgħuda.
Dr Abela bħalissa jinsab fi New York għal diversi impenji marbuta mal-Assemblea Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda u fil-laqgħa ma’ Guterres iddiskuta l-aspirazzjoni ta’ Malta meta minn Jannar li ġej se sservi fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda.
Dr Abela qal li l-prijoritajiet ta’ Malta huma msejsa fuq ir-rieda li pajjiżna jikkontribwixxi b’mod sinifikanti għaż-żamma tal-paċi u s-sigurtà internazzjonali.
Waqt il-laqgħa, il-Prim Ministru u s-Segretarju Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda iddiskutew ir-relazzjoni bejn it-tibdil fil-klima u s-sigurtà.
Dan hekk kif it-tibdil fil-klima qed iżid il-pressjoni fuq l-aċċess għall-ikel u l-ilma kif ukoll l-immaniġġjar tar-riżorsi naturali – pressjoni li qed twassal għall-possibbiltà ta’ kunflitt.
Ġiet indirizzata wkoll is-sitwazzjoni fil-Libja, bil-Prim Ministru jgħid li l-attenzjoni tal-komunità internazzjonali lejn il-Libja hija kruċjali biex jiġi żgurat li l-futur tal-poplu Libjan u s-soluzzjonijiet li għandhom jinstabu, jista’ jsibhom il-poplu Libjan innifsu.
Infatti iktar kmieni fi New York, il-Prim Ministru Abela kellu laqgħa bilaterali mal-President tal-Kunsill Libjan, Mohamed Menfi, u għadda l-istess messaġġ dwar l-importanza li l-futur tal-poplu Libjan u soluzzjonijiet li għandhom jinstabu, u jridu jinstabu mill-poplu Libjan innifsu, mingħajr ebda influenza esterna.
Il-Prim Ministru Abela għamel referenza għal dan il-punt ukoll fid-diskors tiegħu fl-Assemblea Ġenerali tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, bil-President Libjan jesprimi l-apprezzament tiegħu għal din id-dikjarazzjoni.
Fid-dawl illi Malta se tibda sservi t-terminu ta’ sentejn fil-Kunsill tas-Sigurtà tan-Nazzjonijiet Magħquda, il-President Libjan talab li s-sitwazzjoni fil-Libja tinżamm bħala prijorità u sservi ta’ pont fir-relazzjonijiet mal-Unjoni Ewropea.
Id-delegazzjoni Maltija mmexxija mill-Prim Ministru flimkien ma’ dik Libjana iddiskutew ukoll setturi ta’ kollaborazzjoni bejn iż-żewġ pajjiżi, bħall-enerġija, l-edukazzjoni, u s-saħħa.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-pm-abela-jiltaqa-mas-seg-gen-tan-nm-guterres-fi-new-york/
Keith Schembri, Yorgen Fenech and others charged with misappropriation over Melvin Theuma phantom job
Five men, including the former OPM chief of staff and alleged murder mastermind Yorgen Fenech, were charged with theft and misappropriation over the government job given to Melvin Theuma
23 September 2022, 11:12am
by Matthew Agius
Yorgen Fenech and Keith Schembri
Keith Schembri, Yorgen Fenech and three others have been charged with theft and misappropriation in connection with a government job given to the self-confessed middleman in the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Melvin Theuma.
Schembri, the former OPM Chief of Staff, former OPM customer care chief Sandro Craus, former private secretary in the Family & Social Solidarity ministry Anthony Ellul and former Housing Maintenance and Embellishment Co Ltd CEO Anthony Muscat as well as Yorgen Fenech, were charged by summons - not under arrest- before magistrate Monica Vella this morning.
Melvin Theuma, who has admitted in court to setting up the journalist’s murder, claims to have done so at Fenech’s behest and had been granted a Presidential Pardon in return for his testimony. During criminal proceedings against Fenech, Theuma had told the court that five months before the murder took place, he had been given a job by Schembri at the government-owned Housing Maintenance and Embellishment Co Ltd, for which he drew a salary, despite never actually showing up to work.
When the case was called this morning before Magistrate Monica Vella, the accused’s defence lawyers requested particular documents, which formed part of the inquiry, asking the court not to hear witnesses today, because some of the evidence “could be inadmissible”.
Lawyer Stefano Filletti argued that the evidence against the men had not been fully disclosed to them during their questioning, despite the police already having it. “The inquiry concluded in 2018. So when the police sent for the accused they already had this in hand. The accused have a right to disclosure and it is obvious that the police failed to do so,” he said.
Magistrate Vella disagreed with Filletti’s assertion, telling the lawyer that she had seen the entire inquiry and knew “exactly” what it contained. “It carried on, long after 2018. It was closed a few months ago,” the court said, adding that it would not be hearing further evidence today.
“Given the tight time frame, can you indicate the amount of prosecution witnesses?” defence lawyer Michael Scirha asked Inspector Nicholas Vella, who is prosecuting.
Read more: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118885/keith_schembri_yorgen_fenech_and_others_charged_with_misappropriation_over_melvin_theuma_phantom_job#.Yy4n9XZBy3A
Tax evasion nation: Only 40% of companies declared a profit in 2019
Clyde Caruana says tax collection efforts have been stepped up to ensure that everyone pays their dues
23 September 2022, 6:47pm
by Kurt Sansone
Malta has a tax evasion problem, highlighted by the fact that in the last year before the pandemic hit, less than half of companies declared a profit, Clyde Caruana said.
The Finance Minister said in 2019, despite economic growth averaging around 6%, only between 35% and 40% of companies declared a profit. The rest either broke even or registered losses.
He was speaking on Friday during a question and answer session organised by the Times of Malta, moderated by journalist Ivan Martin.
Caruana said there is an “element” of Malta being a nation of tax dodgers using the 2019 example to illustrate the problem.
The minister has repeatedly emphasised the need for everyone to pay their dues. He said that since 2019, the tax authorities had increased tax collection efforts, including policy changes making it easier to collect dues.
During the unveiling of the pre-budget document last week, Caruana said that from 1 September the interest rate on outstanding tax due from now onwards will increase.
On Friday, Caruana said the improved tax collection efforts have yielded hundreds of millions of euro every year to state coffers.
GWU president Victor Carachi pointed out the unfairness of the situation: after all, even the 60% that did not declare a profit in 2019 received the COVID benefits.
The minister said the country’s entire culture had to change, acknowledging that “there is an element” of a nation of tax dodgers within us all.
Asked by ADPD chairperson Carmel Cacopardo about the millions in taxes owed by the two major political parties, Caruana said one of them had signed on to a payment plan and is settling its dues in instalments. He did not identify the party that has entered into a tax agreement.
The discussion on tax evasion became more pervasive during the pandemic when government forked out millions of euros to keep businesses afloat and workers in their jobs. The same is happening now with government expected to spend in excess of €1 billion between this year and next on subsidies to keep the price of energy and cereals stable.
Caruana has pledged not to raise taxes or introduce new ones in the coming budget but during a meeting of the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development said emphasis will be made on tax collection.
The minister said on Friday that the country had enough potential to collect the revenue government needs without changing existing tax rates or structures.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/118891/tax_evasion_nation_only_40_of_companies_declared_a_profit_in_2019#.Yy4o9HZBy3A
Ara: Ineħħu strutturi illegali fil-Marsa
Minn Andrea Rossitto
23 ta' Settembru 2022
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Għadd ta’ ħaddiema mid-Diviżjoni għat-Tindif u l-Manutenzjoni kif ukoll xi uffiċjali tal-Pulizija għaddejjin b’azzjoni konġunta b’rabta ma’ illegalitajiet li hemm fl-inħawi ta’ Xatt il-Mollijiet, fil-Marsa.
TVMnews jinsab informat li l-operazzjoni bdiet għall-ħabta tal-5pm, billi l-uffiċjali involuti bdew iduru binja binja biex ineħħu mwejjed u siġġijiet kif ukoll strutturi li nbnew illegalment fl-inħawi.
Ara iktar hawn: tvmnews.mt/news/ara-inehhu-strutturi-illegali-fil-marsa/
Balcony collapses on busy Gzira street
Thursday, 22 September 2022,
A balcony overlooking Triq ix-Xatt in Gzira collapsed onto the pavement, luckily injuring no-one.
The pavement was closed off by Police as scattered pieces of concrete and steel occupy the pacement, while the railing of the balcony still stands in place.
The dangerous of the balcony was reported to the Gzira local council at the end of 2021 who then informed the Sliema police district station about the matter.
www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-22/local-news/Balcony-collapses-on-busy-Gzira-street-6736246091
US woman denied abortion takes Malta to court over human rights impact
Andrea Prudente wants to change law that bans abortion in all circumstances Claudia Calleja
Andrea Prudente was airlifted from Malta to Spain after being denied a termination in July. Photo: Jay WeeldreyerA US woman, who was denied a request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy while holidaying in Malta in June, has initiated a legal battle against the country's blanket ban on abortion.
Andrea Prudente is calling on the court to declare that the law is in breach of human rights.
Through her lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic, Prudente filed the case in the First Hall of the Civil Court, in its constitutional jurisdiction, against the Attorney General, the Health Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality.
Prudente's case made global headlines in June when she had to be airlifted from Malta to a Spanish hospital for a termination denied to her by Maltese doctors.
She is arguing that the Maltese government failed in its duty to provide safety and dignity by allowing a law that placed a blanket ban on abortion.
This placed her life at risk and subjected her to inhuman and degrading treatment.
Prudente stressed that ending the wanted pregnancy was very difficult for her and her partner, Jay Weeldreyer.
In an interview with Times of Malta in June the couple said they had already picked a name for their baby girl - Claire - and the loss was heartbreaking to them.
This was a traumatic experience that was long drawn out due to Malta’s blanket ban on abortion and, Prudente is claiming, she is still suffering the repercussion of the horrific ordeal she and her partner had to go through.
Read more: timesofmalta.com/articles/view/us-woman-denied-abortion-takes-malta-court-human-rights-impact.982301
Iweġġa’ gravi f’sit ta’ kostruzzjoni f’Għawdex
Minn Josianne Vella
22 ta' Settembru 2022
Ritratt: Miguela Xuereb
Raġel ta’ 31 sena weġġa’ gravi wara li kien involut f’inċident f’sit ta’ kostruzzjoni fix-Xagħra.
Ir-raġel li huwa mix-Xewkija weġġa’ waqt li kien qed juża wall chaser.
L-inċident seħħ għall-ħabta ta’ 12pm fi Triq il-Bentrija.
Il-vittma ngħata l-għajnuna minn tim mediku u ttieħed l-Isptar Ġenerali t’Għawdex b’ambulanza. Huwa ġie ċċertifikat li sofra ġrieħi gravi. L-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija għadhom għaddejjin.
newsbook.com.mt/iwegga-gravi-fsit-ta-kostruzzjoni-fghawdex/
Joseph Portelli, Malta and Gozo's sponsorship king
From football to band clubs, Ħamrun to Nadur, Portelli's money spreads far NationalGozoConstructionPlanning Authority
Daniel Ellul
'I give because I enjoy others enjoying themselves'
Portelli sponsors seven sports teams and one boċċi competition.
PHOTO: FACEBOOK Construction company Joseph Portelli Projects is the main sponsor of at least seven sports teams, one boċċi competition and three band clubs in Malta and Gozo, outspending by far any other construction or property-related company.
These include the Bormla Regatta Club, Ħamrun Spartans FC, the University of Malta Futsal team, St Julian’s waterpolo club; and Nadur Youngsters FC, Qala Saints FC, and Żebbuġ Rovers FC in Gozo.
Until the recent past, banks, insurance and beverage companies and even tobacco producers were among the main sponsors of most sport competitions and feasts, but that baton appears to have been passed on to Portelli and other contractors, most of whom sponsor their local team.
'Inti djamant'The Gozitan construction mogul has garnered the most popularity in Ħamrun. During his tenure as president, Ħamrun Spartans FC won the premier league in the 2020/21 season and recently managed a historical run in Europe, becoming the first local team to reach the play-off round of a UEFA club competition.
Arriving from a triumphant win in Europe, fans chanted Portelli’s name first as the Spartans squad passed through the airport arrivals gate.
Club songs have also been written in his honour, including a remix of Inti Djamant (You are a diamond).
ADVERTISINGThe Ħamrun Spartans president is also honorary president of the Ħamrun band club Għaqda tal-Mużika San Gejtanu.
Across the channel, in his hometown Nadur, Portelli was even fielded by the village football team, Nadur Youngsters, coming on as a substitute and scoring a penalty last April.
Portelli was president of the club before resigning in October 2020 to concentrate on the Spartans. His son Tristen has taken over as club president since then.
"His purchase power is a way into institutions and traditions"
A Gozitan boċċi competition also carries the company’s namesake ‘J. Portelli Projects Knock Out Competition’, however the last reference to the competition was through a Facebook status two years ago and the competition is no longer taking place.
Portelli is also a patron of village festas in Ħamrun and Żabbar in Malta and Nadur in Gozo.
In Nadur, an image of Portelli was controversially used to depict St John the Evangelist on a festa banner for the feast of St Peter and St Paul.
In Żabbar, a J.P Projects flag was seen flying during the traditional morning march last Saturday on the Blue side, associated with the band club Soċjetà Filarmonica Maria Mater Gratiæ.
'I give because I enjoy others enjoying themselves'Asked about his motivations to sponsor so many entities, Portelli said: “I give many sponsorships, but I do not do it to advertise myself. I give because I enjoy watching others enjoy themselves. They advertise my company out of respect and nothing more.”
Read more; timesofmalta.com/articles/view/joseph-portelli-malta-gozos-sponsorship-king.981449
Malta celebrates 58 years of Independence
Wednesday, 21 September 2022,
President George Vella, Acting Prime Minister and Minister for the National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici, and Leader of the Opposition Bernard Grech laid flowers at the Independence monument in Floriana today, on Independence Day.
Today marks the 58th anniversary of Malta's independence.
Earlier in the day, Archbishop Charles Scicluna celebrated a mass to mark the occasion.
Arrestati 2 irġiel li nqabdu jisirqu minn ħanut f’Birkirkara
Minn Gavin Muscat
21 ta' Settembru 2022
Uffiċċju tal-Komunikazzjoni tal-Pulizija
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Il-Pulizija arrestat żewġt irġiel li nqabdu jisirqu minn ħanut fi Triq il-Wied f’Birkirkara.
Hi spjegat li dalgħodu fid-8.45am ġiet infurmata li kienet qed issir serqa minn dan il-ħanut u meta l-uffiċjali marru fuq il-post, innutaw li fuq il-wara tal-ħanut kien hemm bieb tal-ħġieġ imkisser u persuna fuq il-bejt.
Dan wassal biex issejjħu sezzjonijiet differenti tal-Pulizija li flimkien daħlu fil-ħanut u bdew jispezzjonaw il-kmamar tal-ħanut li fih numru ta’ sulari.
Fit-tielet sular, instemgħu ħsejjes u ġew innutati passi lejn it-toilets u meta segwew il-passi, instab li l-kamra tat-toilets kienet imsakkra minn ġewwa li jindika li kien hemm xi ħadd fuq ġewwa.
Minkejja l-attentati tal-Pulizija biex tkellem lil min kien ġewwa ħalli jikkopera s-suspettat, dawn ma rnexxewx u għaldaqstant tkisser il-bieb biex għall-ħabta tal-10am ġiet arrestata l-ewwel persuna.
Minħabba s-suspetti tal-Pulizija li kien hemm iżjed persuni, hi bdiet tara l-filmati mill-kameras tas-sigurtà u raw li kien hemm persuna oħra ġewwa.
Permezz tal-kelb tal-Pulizija Thor, għall-ħabta tas-2pm, ġie mmarkat li kien hemm persuna fuq is-suffett. Għaldaqstant, l-uffiċjali kissru parti mis-suffett u sabu t-tieni persuna. Minkejja li dan ipprova jaħrab, hu ġie arrestat minnufih.
Uffiċċju tal-Komunikazzjoni tal-PulizijaIl-persuni ġew identifikati bħala rġiel ta’ 37 u 25 sena li t-tnejn huma residenti Birkirkara stess.
Huma qed jinżammu fil-lock-up tal-Pulizija fil-Furjana waqt li l-investigazzjonijiet tal-Pulizija jkomplu.
newsbook.com.mt/arrestati-2-irgiel-li-nqabdu-jisirqu-minn-hanut-fbirkirkara/
Father and son charged after suspected revenge attack related to fatal 2020 Mqabba shooting
They were accused of grievously injuring the relative of a person accused of the 2020 fatal shooting
20 September 2022,
by Matthew Agius
Vince Gaffarena (right) was shot in the face during his cousin Saviour Gaffarena’s (left) murder in July 2020
Two men have been charged in connection with an assault on one of the men accused of the 2020 fatal shooting of Saviour Gaffarena in Mqabba.
Eugenio Gaffarena, 63, a pensioner from Qrendi and his unemployed 19-year-old son, Vince Gaffarena, from Mqabba were arraigned under arrest before magistrate Monica Vella earlier today, accused of inflicting grievous injuries on Roderick Debono on 18 September at around 1pm.
Debono is understood to be related to Leon Debono, one of the men accused of the 2020 murder of Saviour Gaffarena and the attempted murder of Vince Gaffarena.
27-year-old Saviour Gaffarena had been killed by a gunshot wound to the head as he sat in his car in Triq il-Konvoj ta’ Santa Marija, Mqabba on 29 July 2020. His cousin, 17-year-old Vince Gaffarena, had also been shot in the chest and the face in the same attack.
Two men, Owen Schembri and Leon Debono, both from Mqabba, were subsequently charged with murder and attempted murder. Schembri was later granted bail.
Eugenio Gaffarena pleaded not guilty to charges of grievous bodily harm, carrying a weapon - in this case, a sawn-off shotgun during the commission of a crime, carrying the shotgun in public without a licence and uttering insults and threats towards Debono.
Vince Gaffarena - who the court was told, is still receiving treatment for the gunshot wounds he received two years ago was accused of complicity in these offences and illegally detaining the alleged victim. He, too, pleaded not guilty.
Defence lawyer Noel Bianco asked for bail, arguing that the accused men had proven trustworthy and had cooperated with the police investigation. He explained that the beating was connected to the fatal 2020 shooting in which one of the men charged today was severely injured.
Inspector Janetta Grixti, prosecuting confirmed the defence’s claim that the victim had not wanted to press charges, but explained that the police had to proceed in view of the grievous injuries suffered by the alleged victim.
Read more: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/118837/two_men_arrested_after_assault_in_which_shotgun_was_used_to_hit_victim1#.Yyo8fHZBy3A
Buses to become free from 1 October but TalLinja card required
Free buses | All day, night and special services free • Passengers still required to use card • Non-card holders will have to pay for a ticket
20 September 2022,
by Kurt Sansone
Commuters wanting to benefit from free public transport have to apply for a passenger card
Buses will become free from 1 October but passengers will still need a TalLinja card to benefit from the scheme, the operator said on Tuesday.
Malta Public Transport said all day and night routes, and special services offered by the company will become free of charge for all those who own a personalised card.
The company said the switch will happen automatically but passengers will still be required to tap their card on the ticketing machine every time they board a bus.
Passengers who board the bus without a Tallinja Card will be obliged to pay for a ticket in cash or contactless payment upon boarding.
Official Malta Public Transport Inspectors will be carrying out random inspections to verify patrons have either tapped their Tallinja Card or are in possession of cash tickets.
A €50 fine will apply to any passengers caught without a travel card or cash ticket.
MPT said that while no credit is required for travel on day and night routes, and special service journeys, passengers will still need credit on their personalised cards to travel on Tallinja Direct or Tallinja On Demand trips.
Credit on the Tallinja Card can also be used to benefit from discounted rates on other mobility services, such as Tallinja Bike and Valletta Ferry Services.
Customers who would like to receive a refund for their credit can apply online as of 1 November through the Malta Public Transport website.
An administration fee will be applied per refund application.
To apply for a Tallinja card, one would need to register online and provide an identification document such as an Identity Card or passport, as well as personal contact details such as telephone number and e-mail address.
Personalised Tallinja Cards are not transferable to other passengers and a €50 fine will apply to any passengers caught using a personalised Tallinja Card issued in someone else’s name.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/118848/buses_to_become_free_from_1_october_but_tallinja_card_required#.Yyo9YnZBy3A
Updated: Two charged after man is hit with a shotgun in Mqabba
Tuesday, 20 September 2022,
Two men were charged by police for allegedly attacking a man and leaving him with grievous injuries in Mqabba on 18 September.
Eugenio Gaffarena, 63, from Qrendi and his 19-year-old son, Vince Gaffarena, from Mqabba were arraigned under arrest before magistrate Monica Vella on Tuesday, charged with causing grievous injuries on Roderick Debono on 18 September.
In a statement earlier in the day, the police said that investigations started when the victim reported at a police station on Sunday that he had been attacked some hours prior, at around 2pm, by two men. Police said that one of the aggressors allegedly hit the victim with a shotgun. The victim was injured and went to a health centre for treatment. The alleged aggressors were arrested later on Sunday night in Mqabba.
www.independent.com.mt/articles/2022-09-20/local-news/Two-arrested-after-man-is-hit-with-a-shotgun-in-Mqabba-6736246033
[WATCH] Adrian Delia: ‘Steward should be kicked out of Malta’
Xtra Sajf on TVM News Plus | Former Opposition leader and PN MP Adrian Delia interviewed
19 September 2022,
by Kurt Sansone
Adrian Delia
Adrian Delia believes Steward Healthcare should be “kicked out of Malta” and accused government of reneging on its duty in not terminating the hospital concessions agreement.
The Nationalist Party MP said the only reason the American company registered a profit was because it received public funds without investing anything.
He was referring to the latest twist in which company accounts show Steward turning a profit despite having claimed the hospitals deal was “unbankable”.
In a wide-ranging interview with Saviour Balzan on TVM News Plus’s Xtra Sajf, Delia said: “It is obvious that Steward made a profit because they got money from government and spent nothing… this is proof of what I have been saying all along that this company has robbed us.”
Delia referred to a recent comment by Health Minister Chris Fearne who said government will be writing to Steward for a timeline of investments now that the company registered a profit.
“Rather than seeing Steward’s profit as proof that the company robbed us, government says it will continue to engage with it by asking them to carry out investments they were originally bound to make,” Delia said. “Instead of kicking them out we are begging them to invest. Where is government’s sovereignty in all this?”
Steward Healthcare inherited the hospitals concession from Vitals and despite contractual obligations that it should invest in a new Gozo hospital and refurbish St Luke’s and Karin Grech hospitals in Malta, the company has failed to live up to its commitments. Steward receives millions of euros from government as part of the concession deal.
Delia had opened a court case when Opposition leader, seeking to terminate the contract and have the hospitals returned to the government.
Steward had argued in court that the concession agreement it inherited was “fraudulent and corrupt”.
The court case is expected to conclude anytime soon and Delia is convinced he will win the case.
“This is a case for the people. But it should have been government that terminated the concession agreement when Steward reneged on its obligation to invest millions of euros,” Delia said.
He insisted that if a contract is borne out of fraud and corruption it cannot have legal consequences.
“A fraudulent and corrupt agreement can never have legal consequences… that what is born in sin cannot ever be good,” Delia insisted.
He added that there were Labour MPs who want the hospitals returned to the public and the contract terminated.
‘I support Alex Borg and other new MPs’
Delia said that in his parliamentary work he supported people like newcomer Alex Borg and others, who were elected for the first time.
He praised the new crop of PN MPs, insisting it was his duty to support them and urged other PN MPs to do likewise.
Delia would not be drawn into what should happen if the PN were to lose heavily in the European Parliament election in 2024. “It’s hypothetical but by the same argument, if the Labour Party were to reduce its votes, should Robert Abela step down? I don’t think so.”
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/xtra/118832/watch_adrian_delia_steward_should_be_kicked_out_of_malta#.Yyjuu3ZBy3A
Sirjan mixli bi traffikar ta’ nies f’Malta u Maltin jinżammu arrestati
19 ta' Settembru 2022
It-Tnejn filgħaxija l-Qorti fetħet b’urġenza biex il-Pulizija ressqet Sirjan u xlietu b’reati relatati ma’ traffikar ta’ persuni. Fil-bidu tas-seduta, il-Maġistrat Claire Stafrace Zammit, laqgħet talba tal-prosekuzzjoni biex il-każ jinstema’ bil-magħluq u għalhekk il-ġurnalisti ħarġu barra l-awla.
TVM news jinsab infurmat li s-Sirjan li tressaq il-qorti kkoordina vjagg ta’ immigrazzjoni llegali li wassal biex fil-jiem li għaddew għadd ta’ barranin iddaħħlu Malta bil-baħar. Sorsi qrib il-Pulizija qalu li l-każ għadu qed ikun investigat b’mod attiv ħafna tant li xi persuni oħra, fosthom Maltin, qed jinżammu arrestati. L-istess sorsi qalu li fost l-arrestati hemm ir-raġel li kien qed isuq id-dgħajsa involuta fit-traffikar tal-persuni. Mhux eskluż li fis-sigħat li ġejjin il-Pulizija tressaq il-qorti persuni oħra.
tvmnews.mt/news/sirjan-mixli-bi-traffikar-ta-nies-fmalta-u-maltin-jinzammu-arrestati/
It-Tieni Jum Tad-Tridu
Minn Mario Muscat
Quddiesa mmexxija mil-Kappillan ta Kercem Dun Brian Meylak
Ara il video hawn: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423538118617540/
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Minn Mario Muscat
Quddiesa mmexxija mil-Kappillan ta Kercem Dun Brian Meylak
Ara il video hawn: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo: https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423538118617540/
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l-ewwel jum tat -tridu
Quddiesa ta l-ewwel jum tat -tridu immexxija mis-Sacerdot novell Dun Mario Mercieca li fiha jiccelebra l-ewwel Quddiesa tieghu fil komunita taghna .Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo
Ritratti minn Mario Muscathttps://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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Quddiesa ta l-ewwel jum tat -tridu immexxija mis-Sacerdot novell Dun Mario Mercieca li fiha jiccelebra l-ewwel Quddiesa tieghu fil komunita taghna .Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo
Ritratti minn Mario Muscathttps://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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Tibda in Novena tal-Festa
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Ramla Valley Extra Virgin Olice Oil
By George Carl Camilleri
Waking up to great news😊 Proud to announce that our Evoo once again has been awarded a Silver medal 🥈 into the First Class Awards @ EVO IOOC international olive oil contest in Italy. A big honour to our brand and to our island. Would like to thank all especially our family members which are of continuous support to us 🥰🙏💪🌿🇲🇹 #ramlavalleyevoo #ramlavalley #nadur #lovegozo #evoolover #loveevoo #evoolovers #islandlife #oliveoillovers #simplelife #oliveoil #olive #olivegarden #gozoisland #visitgozo #insta_visitgozo #feelingproud #evoiooc www.ramlavalley.com
https://www.facebook.com/ramlavalley/posts/2606509042996839
By George Carl Camilleri
Waking up to great news😊 Proud to announce that our Evoo once again has been awarded a Silver medal 🥈 into the First Class Awards @ EVO IOOC international olive oil contest in Italy. A big honour to our brand and to our island. Would like to thank all especially our family members which are of continuous support to us 🥰🙏💪🌿🇲🇹 #ramlavalleyevoo #ramlavalley #nadur #lovegozo #evoolover #loveevoo #evoolovers #islandlife #oliveoillovers #simplelife #oliveoil #olive #olivegarden #gozoisland #visitgozo #insta_visitgozo #feelingproud #evoiooc www.ramlavalley.com
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Mt. Etna from beautiful Dahlet Qorrot Bay
By Alessio Sultana
By Alessio Sultana
The statue ready in the basilica
By Mario Muscat
By Mario Muscat
The Basilica of Nadur Yesterday
Photo by Mario Muscat
Photo by Mario Muscat
Jitnizzlu l-linef ghal festa
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Jibda jintrama l-Altar tal- kor ghal festa
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Il-villagg Tal-Hali fin-Nadur jizzejjen ghal festa
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Nadur in pictures
Dahlet Qorrot Bay
Photo by Mario Muscat
Dahlet Qorrot Bay
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L' artal tas-Sagrament fin-Nadur
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Qala windmill and Nadur skyline under a misty sunset
By Alessio Sultana
By Alessio Sultana
Fountain at Xandriku Street
Photo by Mario Muscat
Photo by Mario Muscat
Il vara ta' San Pietru u San Pawl mahduma minn Galard f' Marseille
Il vara ta San Pietru u San Pawl tan Nadur Ghawdex ingibet min Franza fil 1882. F dan ir ritat narawa kif kienet meta waslet l Ispirtu Santu zdied xi snin wara .
Dan ir ritrat grazzi lil Darren Vella
Il vara ta San Pietru u San Pawl tan Nadur Ghawdex ingibet min Franza fil 1882. F dan ir ritat narawa kif kienet meta waslet l Ispirtu Santu zdied xi snin wara .
Dan ir ritrat grazzi lil Darren Vella
IL-KONSAGRAZZJONI TAL-KNISJA
Il-lum, 12 ta’ Mejju jaħbat il-153 sena mill-konsagrazzjoni tal-knisja.
Il-Konsagrazzjoni ssir billi l-artal jindilek biż-żejt u jitwaħħlu dawk is-slaleb ta’ madwar il-knisja. Il-Konsagrazzjoni tfisser li dik l-art u l-binja tal-knisja ġew mogħtijin lil Alla.
Bħalissa lanqas nistgħu nersqu wisq lejn il-knisja. Nistennew il-jum li nerġgħu niltaqgħu hemm. Sadanittant il-knisja kkonsagrata hija kull wieħed u waħda minna li qed nippruvaw inkunu Knisja fid-dar tagħna.
Il-lum, 12 ta’ Mejju jaħbat il-153 sena mill-konsagrazzjoni tal-knisja.
Il-Konsagrazzjoni ssir billi l-artal jindilek biż-żejt u jitwaħħlu dawk is-slaleb ta’ madwar il-knisja. Il-Konsagrazzjoni tfisser li dik l-art u l-binja tal-knisja ġew mogħtijin lil Alla.
Bħalissa lanqas nistgħu nersqu wisq lejn il-knisja. Nistennew il-jum li nerġgħu niltaqgħu hemm. Sadanittant il-knisja kkonsagrata hija kull wieħed u waħda minna li qed nippruvaw inkunu Knisja fid-dar tagħna.
MOMORJI SBIEH TAL-HADD 25 GUNJU, 1967
Il-Parrocca tan-Nadur giet mgħollija ghad Dinjita ta' Bazilika
Ritratt kortesija ta' Mario Muscat - Nadur
Il-Parrocca tan-Nadur giet mgħollija ghad Dinjita ta' Bazilika
Ritratt kortesija ta' Mario Muscat - Nadur
MEMORIES OF THE PAST IN NADUR
Courtesy of Mario Muscat - Nadur
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Courtesy of Mario Muscat - Nadur
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Interesting picture of Nadur from the air
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Mill lum c-centru tan-Nadur jerga jiehu ftit hajja meta mistennija jifthu certu hwienet. Dan wara li ghall-ahhar kwazi xahrejn kienu qed jifthu biss l-bank, spizeriji u hwienet tal-ikel, stationery u ironmongeries.
Nappellaw lil kulhadd biex xorta wahda jimxi mad-direttivi kollha tal-awtoritajiet tas-sahha u nirrispettaw lil xulxin.
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Mill lum c-centru tan-Nadur jerga jiehu ftit hajja meta mistennija jifthu certu hwienet. Dan wara li ghall-ahhar kwazi xahrejn kienu qed jifthu biss l-bank, spizeriji u hwienet tal-ikel, stationery u ironmongeries.
Nappellaw lil kulhadd biex xorta wahda jimxi mad-direttivi kollha tal-awtoritajiet tas-sahha u nirrispettaw lil xulxin.
The stripes flag to commemorate the Parish birthday in Nadur
Beautiful San Blas
By Mario Muscat
By Mario Muscat
Canon Anton Meilaq passes away. Very much humble priest.
RIP.
http://www.nadurjana.com/in-memoriam.html
Għadu kemm ħalliena l-Kan. Anton Meilak, mill-Parroċċa ta' San Pietru u San Pawl, in-Nadur, fl-età ta' 89 sena, li dan l-aħħar kien residenti fid-Dar tal-Kleru, Malta.
Il-funeral tiegħu ser isir għada: l-Isqof Mario Grech ser jippresiedi waqt id-difna privata fiċ-Ċimiterju tan-Nadur.
Agħtih, o Mulej, il-mistrieħ ta' dejjem.
RIP.
http://www.nadurjana.com/in-memoriam.html
Għadu kemm ħalliena l-Kan. Anton Meilak, mill-Parroċċa ta' San Pietru u San Pawl, in-Nadur, fl-età ta' 89 sena, li dan l-aħħar kien residenti fid-Dar tal-Kleru, Malta.
Il-funeral tiegħu ser isir għada: l-Isqof Mario Grech ser jippresiedi waqt id-difna privata fiċ-Ċimiterju tan-Nadur.
Agħtih, o Mulej, il-mistrieħ ta' dejjem.
NADUR IN PICTURES
By Mario Muscat
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By Mario Muscat
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F' dan il-mument in-Nadurin huma mitluba jzommu fit-talb taghhom lill-Kan Dun Anton Meilaq
Dun Anton serva fil-parrocca tan-Nadur ghal snin twal u bhalissa jinsab fid-Dar tal-Kleru f' Birkirkara.
Ghandu bzonn it-talb taghna.
Dun Anton serva fil-parrocca tan-Nadur ghal snin twal u bhalissa jinsab fid-Dar tal-Kleru f' Birkirkara.
Ghandu bzonn it-talb taghna.
NADUR IN PICTURES
By Mario Muscat
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Nadur invokes Our Lady’s intercession
Photo: Charles Spiteri
A 1689 painting depicting Our Lady breastfeeding Jesus has been placed near the main altar at St Peter and St Paul Basilica in Nadur to invoke Our Lady’s intercession against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The painting, donated to the church on the occasion of the inauguration of the new parish in 1688, must have been commissioned by someone who most probably ex-perienced the 1675-1676 plague which left around 11,300 persons dead. However, Gozo, Lija and Mdina recorded no fatalities.
Besides Our Lady, the painting depicts St Michael Archangel, St Roque and St Sebastian, and a lady on the bottom left-hand side, reciting the rosary. Since the Middle Ages, St Sebastian and St Roque were regarded as protectors from various epidemics, including the bubonic plague.
Photo: Charles Spiteri
A 1689 painting depicting Our Lady breastfeeding Jesus has been placed near the main altar at St Peter and St Paul Basilica in Nadur to invoke Our Lady’s intercession against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The painting, donated to the church on the occasion of the inauguration of the new parish in 1688, must have been commissioned by someone who most probably ex-perienced the 1675-1676 plague which left around 11,300 persons dead. However, Gozo, Lija and Mdina recorded no fatalities.
Besides Our Lady, the painting depicts St Michael Archangel, St Roque and St Sebastian, and a lady on the bottom left-hand side, reciting the rosary. Since the Middle Ages, St Sebastian and St Roque were regarded as protectors from various epidemics, including the bubonic plague.
Old farm house in Upper Ramla
Photo by Mario Muscat
THE SHIELD OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Made by Chevalier Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak of the Grand Chapter of Malta.
The shield will form part of the furniture in the Office of the Confraternity in Nadur, Gozo.
Well done Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Made by Chevalier Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak of the Grand Chapter of Malta.
The shield will form part of the furniture in the Office of the Confraternity in Nadur, Gozo.
Well done Chancellor Joe Louis Meilak.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL AND FRIENDS
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master
Greetings.
Messages and prayers from our Reverend Chaplains
Dear All:
What seems impossible to us Humans, prayers and supplications will rise like Incense before our merciful Father-God ,
because for God NOTHING is impossible.
May the Good Lord bless all Medical Teams to find a cure .
One of the best prayers I would like to suggest is the Litany of the Saints.
I will keep all in my daily prayers.
Fr Francis Xavier Buhagiar PE
Chaplain of the Confraternity St Peter and St. Paul
MELBOURNE
Covid-19
Prayer to ask for help, comfort and salvation
God the Father, Creator of the world, omnipotent and merciful,
that for our love you have sent your Son into the world as a doctor of bodies and souls,
look at your kids that at this difficult time of disorientation and consternation
in many regions of Europe and the world turn to You
in search of strength, salvation, and relief.
Deliver us from sickness and fear, heals our patients, comforts his family members,
gives wisdom to our rulers, energy and reward to doctors, nurses and volunteers,
eternal life to the deceased.
Don't abandon us in this time of trial, but deliver us from all evil.
All this we ask of you, O Father who, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign for centuries.
Amen.
Santa Maria, Mother of health and hope, pray for us!
Bishops of Europe
With friendship
Fr. Manuel Martins
Chaplain of the Confraternity of St. Peter & St. Paul
PORTUGAL
Litany of the Saints
Lord, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, hear us.
CHRIST, graciously hear us.
GOD, THE FATHER OF HEAVEN, have mercy on us.
GOD THE SON, REDEEMER OF THE WORLD, have mercy on us.
GOD THE HOLY GHOST, have mercy on us.
HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD, have mercy on us.
HOLY MARY, pray for us.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, pray for us.
HOLY VIRGIN OF VIRGINS, pray for us.
ST. MICHAEL, pray for us.
ST. GABRIEL, pray for us.
ST. RAPHAEL, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ORDERS OF BLESSED SPIRITS, pray for us.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, pray for us. ST. JOSEPH, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, pray for us.
ST. PETER, pray for us.
ST. PAUL, pray for us.
ST. ANDREW, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. JOHN, pray for us.
ST. THOMAS, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. PHILIP, pray for us.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, pray for us.
ST. MATTHEW, pray for us.
ST. SIMON, pray for us.
ST. THADDEUS, pray for us.
ST. BARNABAS, pray for us.
ST. LUKE, pray for us.
ST. MARK, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY APOSTLES AND EVANGELIST, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY DISCIPLES OF OUR LORD, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY INNOCENTS, pray for us.
ST. STEPHEN, pray for us.
ST. LAWRENCE, pray for us.
ST. VINCENT, pray for us.
SS. FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, pray for us.
SS. JOHN AND PAUL, pray for us.
SS. COSMOS AND DAMIAN, pray for us.
SS. GERVASE AND PROTASE, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY MARTYRS, pray for us.
ST. SYLVESTER, pray for us.
ST. GREGORY, pray for us.
ST. AMBROSE, pray for us.
ST. AUGUSTINE, pray for us.
ST. JEROME, pray for us.
ST. MARTIN, pray for us.
ST. NICHOLAS, pray for us.
ST. ANTHONY, pray for us.
ST. BENEDICT, pray for us.
ST. BERNARD, pray for us.
ST. DOMINIC, pray for us.
ST. FRANCIS, pray for us.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, pray for us.
ST. AGATHA, pray for us.
ST. LUCY, pray for us.
ST. AGNES, pray for us.
ST. CECILIA, pray for us.
ST. CATHERINE, pray for us.
ST. ANASTASIA, pray for us.
WE PRAY TO THE LORD
By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master
Greetings.
Messages and prayers from our Reverend Chaplains
Dear All:
What seems impossible to us Humans, prayers and supplications will rise like Incense before our merciful Father-God ,
because for God NOTHING is impossible.
May the Good Lord bless all Medical Teams to find a cure .
One of the best prayers I would like to suggest is the Litany of the Saints.
I will keep all in my daily prayers.
Fr Francis Xavier Buhagiar PE
Chaplain of the Confraternity St Peter and St. Paul
MELBOURNE
Covid-19
Prayer to ask for help, comfort and salvation
God the Father, Creator of the world, omnipotent and merciful,
that for our love you have sent your Son into the world as a doctor of bodies and souls,
look at your kids that at this difficult time of disorientation and consternation
in many regions of Europe and the world turn to You
in search of strength, salvation, and relief.
Deliver us from sickness and fear, heals our patients, comforts his family members,
gives wisdom to our rulers, energy and reward to doctors, nurses and volunteers,
eternal life to the deceased.
Don't abandon us in this time of trial, but deliver us from all evil.
All this we ask of you, O Father who, with the Son and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign for centuries.
Amen.
Santa Maria, Mother of health and hope, pray for us!
Bishops of Europe
With friendship
Fr. Manuel Martins
Chaplain of the Confraternity of St. Peter & St. Paul
PORTUGAL
Litany of the Saints
Lord, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, have mercy on us.
LORD, have mercy on us.
CHRIST, hear us.
CHRIST, graciously hear us.
GOD, THE FATHER OF HEAVEN, have mercy on us.
GOD THE SON, REDEEMER OF THE WORLD, have mercy on us.
GOD THE HOLY GHOST, have mercy on us.
HOLY TRINITY, ONE GOD, have mercy on us.
HOLY MARY, pray for us.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, pray for us.
HOLY VIRGIN OF VIRGINS, pray for us.
ST. MICHAEL, pray for us.
ST. GABRIEL, pray for us.
ST. RAPHAEL, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ANGELS AND ARCHANGELS, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY ORDERS OF BLESSED SPIRITS, pray for us.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, pray for us. ST. JOSEPH, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, pray for us.
ST. PETER, pray for us.
ST. PAUL, pray for us.
ST. ANDREW, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. JOHN, pray for us.
ST. THOMAS, pray for us.
ST. JAMES, pray for us.
ST. PHILIP, pray for us.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW, pray for us.
ST. MATTHEW, pray for us.
ST. SIMON, pray for us.
ST. THADDEUS, pray for us.
ST. BARNABAS, pray for us.
ST. LUKE, pray for us.
ST. MARK, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY APOSTLES AND EVANGELIST, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY DISCIPLES OF OUR LORD, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY INNOCENTS, pray for us.
ST. STEPHEN, pray for us.
ST. LAWRENCE, pray for us.
ST. VINCENT, pray for us.
SS. FABIAN AND SEBASTIAN, pray for us.
SS. JOHN AND PAUL, pray for us.
SS. COSMOS AND DAMIAN, pray for us.
SS. GERVASE AND PROTASE, pray for us.
ALL YE HOLY MARTYRS, pray for us.
ST. SYLVESTER, pray for us.
ST. GREGORY, pray for us.
ST. AMBROSE, pray for us.
ST. AUGUSTINE, pray for us.
ST. JEROME, pray for us.
ST. MARTIN, pray for us.
ST. NICHOLAS, pray for us.
ST. ANTHONY, pray for us.
ST. BENEDICT, pray for us.
ST. BERNARD, pray for us.
ST. DOMINIC, pray for us.
ST. FRANCIS, pray for us.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, pray for us.
ST. AGATHA, pray for us.
ST. LUCY, pray for us.
ST. AGNES, pray for us.
ST. CECILIA, pray for us.
ST. CATHERINE, pray for us.
ST. ANASTASIA, pray for us.
San Koronatu fin-Nadur
Tissebbah in-nicca ta San Koronatu Martri li tinsab gewwa l-Bazilka tan-Nadur minn Mark Falzon.
Tissebbah in-nicca ta San Koronatu Martri li tinsab gewwa l-Bazilka tan-Nadur minn Mark Falzon.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
Today, the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul organized its Annual BBQ to raise money for charity.
As always, it was a very successful event and all the patrons were very happy.
Thank you to all the volunteers who came to help yesterday and today.
God bless you all.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master and the Supreme Council.
Grand Chapter of Melbourne.
Today, the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul organized its Annual BBQ to raise money for charity.
As always, it was a very successful event and all the patrons were very happy.
Thank you to all the volunteers who came to help yesterday and today.
God bless you all.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master and the Supreme Council.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Our mission is to helping the poor in Peru.
Medic by day, priest by night: a Gozitan missionary in the Amazon
By John Paul Cordina.
Photo from left: Chevalier Joe Louis Meilak, Fr. Raymond Portelli and Chevalier Carmel Saliba presenting a donation to the mission in Peru.
What’s it like to be a doctor and a priest in one of the most remote cities on earth?
Fr Raymond Portelli, a Gozitan priest who has called Peru his home for the past 26 years, recounted his experiences on 103 Malta’s Heart, on the programme Newsbook Hour presented by Fr Joe Borg.
Fr Portelli is based in Iquitos, a city of around 400,000 people located in the Amazon basin. The city is the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road: it is only accessible by river or air.
Fr. Portelli is the parish priest of the St Martín de Porres parish, with a population of 18,000 people. Around a fifth of his parishioners are comfortably middle-class, but the vast majority are poor, with around a tenth living in extreme poverty. Households do have running water and electricity, but many live in simple wooden shacks on dirt roads.
Due to the city’s isolation, job creation efforts are limited and unemployment is a significant problem. Many people try to eke out a living through fishing, agriculture or by selling trinkets on the streets of the city.
Caring for the body and soul
As the only priest in the parish – though a number of laypeople do help out – Fr Portelli seeks to look after his community’s pastoral needs. But he also identified another need: for healthcare.
“I have always been interested in medicine, even before I joined the seminary,” he explains. Consequently, he obtained a dispensation from Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi to study medicine at Iquitos’ university part-time, and graduated as a medical doctor after nine years.
He often sees patients at the parish, but notes that his parishioners clearly distinguish between his two roles.
“They call me doctor by day, and father by night,” he notes.
Helping out in the jungle
Though he is based in the city, Fr Portelli regularly ventures outside the parish to provide religious and medical services to isolated communities along the Momón River, a small tributary of the Amazon. Travelling by speedboat to reach a series of tiny villages, with the most distant one 12 hours away, the priest encounters a completely different reality.
These communities are virtually inaccessible most of the year, as a drop in water levels reduces the river to a muddy path, and are thus mostly self-reliant. People live in small huts with no doors – theft not being a concern in such an isolated place – in communities with no shops or facilities.
Stocking up on medicines for the journey, Fr Portelli takes care of common ailments such as diabetes and malaria. If more serious health issues are identified, he offers to take patients to the city, but they often refuse, as they are unwilling to leave their families behind.
Once all patients are treated, Fr Portelli holds a catechism session and celebrates mass, often illuminated by candlelight or kerosene lamps – electricity is unheard of so deep in the jungle. Though most are baptised Catholics, even non-Catholics attend mass out of respect.
Living conditions may be harsh, but Fr Portelli also notes that there is a strong sense of community in these villages, with people helping each other out. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone helps out whenever a new house is built.
But every so often, village inhabitants try their luck in the city, effectively severing their ties with the community they grew up in. And as a result, they often feel lost among the city’s 400,000 inhabitants, struggling to fit in.
Our mission is to helping the poor in Peru.
Medic by day, priest by night: a Gozitan missionary in the Amazon
By John Paul Cordina.
Photo from left: Chevalier Joe Louis Meilak, Fr. Raymond Portelli and Chevalier Carmel Saliba presenting a donation to the mission in Peru.
What’s it like to be a doctor and a priest in one of the most remote cities on earth?
Fr Raymond Portelli, a Gozitan priest who has called Peru his home for the past 26 years, recounted his experiences on 103 Malta’s Heart, on the programme Newsbook Hour presented by Fr Joe Borg.
Fr Portelli is based in Iquitos, a city of around 400,000 people located in the Amazon basin. The city is the world’s largest city that cannot be reached by road: it is only accessible by river or air.
Fr. Portelli is the parish priest of the St Martín de Porres parish, with a population of 18,000 people. Around a fifth of his parishioners are comfortably middle-class, but the vast majority are poor, with around a tenth living in extreme poverty. Households do have running water and electricity, but many live in simple wooden shacks on dirt roads.
Due to the city’s isolation, job creation efforts are limited and unemployment is a significant problem. Many people try to eke out a living through fishing, agriculture or by selling trinkets on the streets of the city.
Caring for the body and soul
As the only priest in the parish – though a number of laypeople do help out – Fr Portelli seeks to look after his community’s pastoral needs. But he also identified another need: for healthcare.
“I have always been interested in medicine, even before I joined the seminary,” he explains. Consequently, he obtained a dispensation from Gozo Bishop Nikol Cauchi to study medicine at Iquitos’ university part-time, and graduated as a medical doctor after nine years.
He often sees patients at the parish, but notes that his parishioners clearly distinguish between his two roles.
“They call me doctor by day, and father by night,” he notes.
Helping out in the jungle
Though he is based in the city, Fr Portelli regularly ventures outside the parish to provide religious and medical services to isolated communities along the Momón River, a small tributary of the Amazon. Travelling by speedboat to reach a series of tiny villages, with the most distant one 12 hours away, the priest encounters a completely different reality.
These communities are virtually inaccessible most of the year, as a drop in water levels reduces the river to a muddy path, and are thus mostly self-reliant. People live in small huts with no doors – theft not being a concern in such an isolated place – in communities with no shops or facilities.
Stocking up on medicines for the journey, Fr Portelli takes care of common ailments such as diabetes and malaria. If more serious health issues are identified, he offers to take patients to the city, but they often refuse, as they are unwilling to leave their families behind.
Once all patients are treated, Fr Portelli holds a catechism session and celebrates mass, often illuminated by candlelight or kerosene lamps – electricity is unheard of so deep in the jungle. Though most are baptised Catholics, even non-Catholics attend mass out of respect.
Living conditions may be harsh, but Fr Portelli also notes that there is a strong sense of community in these villages, with people helping each other out. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone helps out whenever a new house is built.
But every so often, village inhabitants try their luck in the city, effectively severing their ties with the community they grew up in. And as a result, they often feel lost among the city’s 400,000 inhabitants, struggling to fit in.
FLAG OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
The flag of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul created by the Grand Master Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and put in details by Ross Sabatini.
The flag is now registered as a Trade Mark in the Australian Federal Government IP Australia.
Our aim is that one day the flag will fly in St. Peter Paul Square in Nadur during the feast of Mnarja.
The flag of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul created by the Grand Master Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and put in details by Ross Sabatini.
The flag is now registered as a Trade Mark in the Australian Federal Government IP Australia.
Our aim is that one day the flag will fly in St. Peter Paul Square in Nadur during the feast of Mnarja.
Nadurama Poezija ta' Peter Paul Vella
Ghana fic-Centru Kulturali Malti gewwa Melbourne, l' Awstralja
Minn Peter Paul Portelli
President
Ara ftit film hawn: https://www.facebook.com/peter.paul.portelli.1/videos/3249314411749877/
Gustav Tonna PROSET L-GHANNEJJA IL-KITARISTI U LODJENZA TA KULL NHAR HAMIS IMORRU ALBION JIEHDU PJACIR U NISA JITGHALMU IL BIZZILLA .GRAZZI IL BARMAN U NNISA TA TEA BAR U L-KOK +++
Giacinta Grech Nice to keep the Maltese folk singing going on so far from Malta. Was nice to have met a few of you some weeks ago. Best Wishes to ALL, especially Peter Paul Portelli.
Minn Peter Paul Portelli
President
Ara ftit film hawn: https://www.facebook.com/peter.paul.portelli.1/videos/3249314411749877/
Gustav Tonna PROSET L-GHANNEJJA IL-KITARISTI U LODJENZA TA KULL NHAR HAMIS IMORRU ALBION JIEHDU PJACIR U NISA JITGHALMU IL BIZZILLA .GRAZZI IL BARMAN U NNISA TA TEA BAR U L-KOK +++
Giacinta Grech Nice to keep the Maltese folk singing going on so far from Malta. Was nice to have met a few of you some weeks ago. Best Wishes to ALL, especially Peter Paul Portelli.
In-Nadur fil-Letteratura Nazzjonali Maltija
Minn Daniel Meilak
Kelinu Vella Haber (1913-2014) Imwieled fin-Nadur fl-1 ta’ Ottubru tal-1913, Kelinu, kif ħafna kienu jsibuh, kien wieħed mill-aktar Nadurin li taw sehem attiv fit-tiswir u t-tisħiħ tal-ilsien Malti matul is-seklu għoxrin. Kien edukat fisSeminarju t’Għawdex u wara filKulleġġ tal-Ġiżwiti f’Birkirkara. Għamel xi żmien novizz mas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl u kien hemm li ltaqa’ mal-poeta Karmenu Vassallo. Fost il-ħafna inizzjattivi siewja tiegħu favur il-Malti, huwa waqqaf ‘ix-Xirka għat-Tixrid tal-Ilsien Malti’, u miegħu kien hemm Anton Buttigieg, Ġużè Bonnici, Ġużè Chetcuti u Ġorġ Pisani, li nislu wkoll huwa min-Nadur. L-ewwel laqgħa saret fil-15 ta’ Jannar 1939.
Fl-1940 Vella Haber waqqaf din ix-Xirka wkoll ġewwa n-Nadur u din ħadmet bis-sħiħ favur aktar edukazzjoni u tixrid tal-lingwa Maltija kif ukoll biex jinxtered il-litteriżmu. Dan għen lil ħafna żgħażagħ kif ukoll lill-isforzi favur l-emanċipazzjoni tal-mara. Ħeġġeġ ħafna żgħażagħ jibdew jiktbu u mbagħad il-kitba tagħhom kienet tinqara fuq irrediffusion. Fost iż-żgħażagħ li kienu msieħba u ffurmata fl-għaqda li waqqaf Kelinu nsibu persunaġġi bħal Guido De Marco, Charles Camilleri u Frans Ebejer. Kien ukoll membru għal xi żmien fl-Assemblea Nazzjonali tal-Gvern. Miet nhar it-28 ta’ Jannar 2014, fl-età ta’ 100 sena.1 Bħala rikonoxximent tal-ħimda tiegħu kien ingħata Ġieħ irRepubblika fl-1997 mill-President tar-Repubblika l-Eċċ. T. Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici.
Fost il-ħafna kitbiet tiegħu, in-Nadur kellu post prominenti. Forsi l-aktar li jispikkaw huma l-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ u l-poemett bl-istess isem: ‘Nadurjana’. Il-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ li huwa kiteb bħala rakkont f’650 vers joħroġ fil-beraħ il-karattru tan-Nadur u n-Nadurin, dejjem marbuta mal-baħar u mal-agrikultura. Dan kollu fl-isfond tal-istorja li tibda miż-żmien tal-qedem u li twaħħad fiha l-kult lejn San Pietru u San Pawl ma’ dak pagan. Dan irrakkont jimxi mbagħad maż-żmien tal-ħbit tal-furbani, tattwelid tal-parroċċa, taż-żmien li fih saru l-qniepen fl-1815, iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Imnarja fil-Buskett, li inċidentalment qed tagħlaq tliet mitt sena (kien fl-1720, skont ma jikteb Giovanni Agius de Soldanis li l-Imnarja bdiet tiġi ċċelebrata b’dan il-mod fil-Buskett), għall-bini tal-knisja, it-tkabbir tagħha u l-leġġendi marbuta mar-raħal. Hawn se nagħti silta ċkejkna ħafna li anke toħroġ fil-beraħ il-kuntest li fiha nkitbet. Billi din il-folkdrama nkitbet għall-okkażjoni tal-festi triċentinarji mit-twaqqif tal-parroċċa fl-1688, u billi dak iż-żmien qamet il-kwistjoni pjuttost taħraq bejn in-Nadur u l-Qala dwar min minnhom kellu leġittimament jiċċelebra t-300 sena tiegħu, Vella Haber kiteb hekk:
‘In-Nadur kien sar parroċċa maqdes bnew in-Nadurin għax kien ġie Cocco Palmeri amar fis lil Bernardin knisja ibni mar amarlu f’dik il-wesgħa ta’ Nadur qim ġie’ fiha ’l Pietru u Pawlu sadattant aħraq il-bħur ġewwa l-Qala l-Kunċizzjoni fost il-poplu żomm l-unjoni.2
Fih ukoll dawn il-versi patrijottiċi:
Jiddomina n-Nadur tagħna
minn kull fejn tħares lejh
kif mill-port ta’ Malta toħroġ
dlonk jisraqlek dwal għajnejk!
Iktar ma qribu tersaq
iktar ’il fuq jogħla
u kien minħabba f’hekk li nħatar
biex għall-Għawdxin ikun gardjola!
Il-widien u l-miġriet tiegħek
il-għerien u l-bajjiet
ismijiet ta’ nisel juru
minn tal-eqdem żminijiet
kif il-ġonna u l-kampanja
it-triqat l-inħawi sbieħ
ismijiet tal-qedem għandhom
jixhdu nisel xiħ bis-sħiħ!
Għaċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tas-sena tal-Fidi u tal-1900 sena mill-martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl kienu saru festi kbar fin-Nadur, li l-Knisja Kolleġġjata tiegħu kienet għadha 2 Duminku Camilleri, 125 Sena Kkonsagrata. 125 Sena Bażilika, Vigilat 4, (Nadur 1992), 86-98.
hemm ġiet mgħollija għad-dinjità ta’ Bażilika Minuri. Waqt Akkademja mużiko-letterarja nhar il-Ħamis 27 ta’ Ġunju 1968 kienet inqrat il-peożija ta’ Vella Haber li ġġib l-istess isem ‘Nadurjana’. Dan huwa wkoll xogħol patrijottiku fuq l-istess temi ta’ dak imsemmi aktar ’il fuq:
Wiret in-Nadur fuqani l-isbaħ u l-ogħla fost kull panorama li jiflaħ joffri l-arċipelagu tagħna ... ...
In-Nadur kiseb foħrija kiseb ġmiel u dija kiseb ruħ Nadurija mill-erwieħ tal-Għawdxin l-oħra.
3 Fost diversi poeżiji oħrajn li huwa kiteb dwar in-Nadur insibu għadd fil-ktieb ta’ Karm Caruana In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali. ‘Il-Bajja ta’ San Blas’ li hija ddedikata lil Girgor Buttigieg ‘Naduri li għex u miet ta’ qaddis,’ u fiha jiddeskrivi l-bajja bħala ‘s-sebħ u l-kobor tan-Nadur,’ blistess stil romantiku ta’ poeti oħrajn ta’ qablu: ‘San Blas nitgħaxxaq bik: / Seħer il-ħajja nsibu kollu fik!’4
Imbagħad insibu wkoll diversi poeżiji oħrajn b’laqta patrijottika. Vella Haber kiteb ‘Il-Kanuni tan-Nadur’ bħala ‘tifkira tal-Professur Lazzru Pisani li Pitter ilMaqdes tan-Nadur.’ Fiha l-kanuni li xi darba kienu jisparaw fuq ‘il-misħut Nofs Qamar’ sabiex jiddefendu lir-reliġjon Nisranija, issa jinsabu sektin. Kanuni oħrajn ‘qniepen saru,’ b’referenza għall-manuvra li kien għamel il-kappillan Dun Anton Scasciato (1772-1834) fl-18151816 meta rnexxielu jakkwista kanuni bil-permess tal Gvernatur Sir Thomas Maitland (1760-1824) sabiex jagħmilhom qniepen ġodda.5 F’ ‘Żernieq il-Maqdes tanNadur’ iddedikata bħala ‘Bukkett qronfol lill-Professur F.S. Sciortino’, il-poeta jibda mill-leġġenda tal-bini talKnisja meta Girgor għabba l-ħmara bil-ġebel u fejn din waqfet, allura nbniet din il-binja u jinfexx f’ħafna tifħir:
Maqdes gwapp ħafna n-Nadur inbena
Nixxiegħa sar tal-ogħla sebħ u faħar;
Ġieħ dan il-maqdes jiktor, le jinfena.
6 Fuq laqta reliġjuża, fil-poeżija ‘Luminaria Magna’, ‘B’tifkira u żżih il-ħajr lill-Artista Piju Cellini’, Vella Haber jeżalta lil San Pietru u San Pawl fil-ġrajjiet ta’ Attila s-Salvaġġ. Kienu huma li ‘ħarġu għalih bil-qilla, / ħanqu lill-għadu bir-rabtiet tal-lġiem.’ Hekk ukoll ‘aħna nirbħu żgur ... il-Kruċjata Mqaddsa ...’ Dan kollu bit-tarka tal-Imnarja, voldieri tażżewġt idwal li huma San Pietru u San Pawl.7
Anke fix-xogħol tiegħu ‘Quddiem San Koronatu Martri. Fit-Tempju Monumentali tan-Nadur,’ Kelinu jinseġ għanja ta’ tifħir lil dan il-bniedem li sa minn żmien ilu n-Nadurin qisuh bħala Kon-Patrun tagħhom flimkien ma’ San Pietru u San Pawl:
Koronatu! Insejħulek
aħna wliedek Nadurin:
iddew ilqa’ l-ħajr sħiħ tagħna;
żommna miegħek magħqudin.
L-osservazzjoni li jagħmel meta jikteb li ‘mhux ta’ b’xejn b’ismek imgħammda / ħafna wlied minn tan-Nadur!’ kienet tapplika b’mod tajjeb għall-1953 meta dehret din il-poeżija ppubblikata, iżda llum iż-żminijiet inbidlu u huma ftit jekk xejn, dawk it-tfal Nadurin li jiġu msemmija għal San Koronatu. Jolqtok ukoll kif Vella Haber jitratta mal-fatt li ma nafu xejn dwar dan il-korp, iżda hu joħroġ b’dan: ‘Aktar m’Int mostur u moħbi, / aktar fostna sirt magħruf ...’ U tassew għaliex f’dawn iż-żminijiet li fih kien qed jikteb San Koronatu kien għad għandu ħafna popolarità fin-Nadur, xi ħaġa li bħal dik tal-ismijiet, illum ixxejnet ukoll.
3 Duminku Camilleri, 200 Sena mit-Twelid ta’ l-E.T. Mons. M. Buttigieg. 100 Sena Arċipretali, Vigilat 5, (Nadur 1993), 94-95. 4 Karm Caruana, In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali, (Nadur 1953), 23.
5 Ibid., 120 6 Ibid., 125 7 Ibid., 133.
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Kelinu Vella Haber (1913-2014) Imwieled fin-Nadur fl-1 ta’ Ottubru tal-1913, Kelinu, kif ħafna kienu jsibuh, kien wieħed mill-aktar Nadurin li taw sehem attiv fit-tiswir u t-tisħiħ tal-ilsien Malti matul is-seklu għoxrin. Kien edukat fisSeminarju t’Għawdex u wara filKulleġġ tal-Ġiżwiti f’Birkirkara. Għamel xi żmien novizz mas-Soċjetà Missjunarja ta’ San Pawl u kien hemm li ltaqa’ mal-poeta Karmenu Vassallo. Fost il-ħafna inizzjattivi siewja tiegħu favur il-Malti, huwa waqqaf ‘ix-Xirka għat-Tixrid tal-Ilsien Malti’, u miegħu kien hemm Anton Buttigieg, Ġużè Bonnici, Ġużè Chetcuti u Ġorġ Pisani, li nislu wkoll huwa min-Nadur. L-ewwel laqgħa saret fil-15 ta’ Jannar 1939.
Fl-1940 Vella Haber waqqaf din ix-Xirka wkoll ġewwa n-Nadur u din ħadmet bis-sħiħ favur aktar edukazzjoni u tixrid tal-lingwa Maltija kif ukoll biex jinxtered il-litteriżmu. Dan għen lil ħafna żgħażagħ kif ukoll lill-isforzi favur l-emanċipazzjoni tal-mara. Ħeġġeġ ħafna żgħażagħ jibdew jiktbu u mbagħad il-kitba tagħhom kienet tinqara fuq irrediffusion. Fost iż-żgħażagħ li kienu msieħba u ffurmata fl-għaqda li waqqaf Kelinu nsibu persunaġġi bħal Guido De Marco, Charles Camilleri u Frans Ebejer. Kien ukoll membru għal xi żmien fl-Assemblea Nazzjonali tal-Gvern. Miet nhar it-28 ta’ Jannar 2014, fl-età ta’ 100 sena.1 Bħala rikonoxximent tal-ħimda tiegħu kien ingħata Ġieħ irRepubblika fl-1997 mill-President tar-Repubblika l-Eċċ. T. Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici.
Fost il-ħafna kitbiet tiegħu, in-Nadur kellu post prominenti. Forsi l-aktar li jispikkaw huma l-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ u l-poemett bl-istess isem: ‘Nadurjana’. Il-folkdrama ‘Nadurjana’ li huwa kiteb bħala rakkont f’650 vers joħroġ fil-beraħ il-karattru tan-Nadur u n-Nadurin, dejjem marbuta mal-baħar u mal-agrikultura. Dan kollu fl-isfond tal-istorja li tibda miż-żmien tal-qedem u li twaħħad fiha l-kult lejn San Pietru u San Pawl ma’ dak pagan. Dan irrakkont jimxi mbagħad maż-żmien tal-ħbit tal-furbani, tattwelid tal-parroċċa, taż-żmien li fih saru l-qniepen fl-1815, iċ-ċelebrazzjoni tal-Imnarja fil-Buskett, li inċidentalment qed tagħlaq tliet mitt sena (kien fl-1720, skont ma jikteb Giovanni Agius de Soldanis li l-Imnarja bdiet tiġi ċċelebrata b’dan il-mod fil-Buskett), għall-bini tal-knisja, it-tkabbir tagħha u l-leġġendi marbuta mar-raħal. Hawn se nagħti silta ċkejkna ħafna li anke toħroġ fil-beraħ il-kuntest li fiha nkitbet. Billi din il-folkdrama nkitbet għall-okkażjoni tal-festi triċentinarji mit-twaqqif tal-parroċċa fl-1688, u billi dak iż-żmien qamet il-kwistjoni pjuttost taħraq bejn in-Nadur u l-Qala dwar min minnhom kellu leġittimament jiċċelebra t-300 sena tiegħu, Vella Haber kiteb hekk:
‘In-Nadur kien sar parroċċa maqdes bnew in-Nadurin għax kien ġie Cocco Palmeri amar fis lil Bernardin knisja ibni mar amarlu f’dik il-wesgħa ta’ Nadur qim ġie’ fiha ’l Pietru u Pawlu sadattant aħraq il-bħur ġewwa l-Qala l-Kunċizzjoni fost il-poplu żomm l-unjoni.2
Fih ukoll dawn il-versi patrijottiċi:
Jiddomina n-Nadur tagħna
minn kull fejn tħares lejh
kif mill-port ta’ Malta toħroġ
dlonk jisraqlek dwal għajnejk!
Iktar ma qribu tersaq
iktar ’il fuq jogħla
u kien minħabba f’hekk li nħatar
biex għall-Għawdxin ikun gardjola!
Il-widien u l-miġriet tiegħek
il-għerien u l-bajjiet
ismijiet ta’ nisel juru
minn tal-eqdem żminijiet
kif il-ġonna u l-kampanja
it-triqat l-inħawi sbieħ
ismijiet tal-qedem għandhom
jixhdu nisel xiħ bis-sħiħ!
Għaċ-ċelebrazzjonijiet tas-sena tal-Fidi u tal-1900 sena mill-martirju ta’ San Pietru u San Pawl kienu saru festi kbar fin-Nadur, li l-Knisja Kolleġġjata tiegħu kienet għadha 2 Duminku Camilleri, 125 Sena Kkonsagrata. 125 Sena Bażilika, Vigilat 4, (Nadur 1992), 86-98.
hemm ġiet mgħollija għad-dinjità ta’ Bażilika Minuri. Waqt Akkademja mużiko-letterarja nhar il-Ħamis 27 ta’ Ġunju 1968 kienet inqrat il-peożija ta’ Vella Haber li ġġib l-istess isem ‘Nadurjana’. Dan huwa wkoll xogħol patrijottiku fuq l-istess temi ta’ dak imsemmi aktar ’il fuq:
Wiret in-Nadur fuqani l-isbaħ u l-ogħla fost kull panorama li jiflaħ joffri l-arċipelagu tagħna ... ...
In-Nadur kiseb foħrija kiseb ġmiel u dija kiseb ruħ Nadurija mill-erwieħ tal-Għawdxin l-oħra.
3 Fost diversi poeżiji oħrajn li huwa kiteb dwar in-Nadur insibu għadd fil-ktieb ta’ Karm Caruana In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali. ‘Il-Bajja ta’ San Blas’ li hija ddedikata lil Girgor Buttigieg ‘Naduri li għex u miet ta’ qaddis,’ u fiha jiddeskrivi l-bajja bħala ‘s-sebħ u l-kobor tan-Nadur,’ blistess stil romantiku ta’ poeti oħrajn ta’ qablu: ‘San Blas nitgħaxxaq bik: / Seħer il-ħajja nsibu kollu fik!’4
Imbagħad insibu wkoll diversi poeżiji oħrajn b’laqta patrijottika. Vella Haber kiteb ‘Il-Kanuni tan-Nadur’ bħala ‘tifkira tal-Professur Lazzru Pisani li Pitter ilMaqdes tan-Nadur.’ Fiha l-kanuni li xi darba kienu jisparaw fuq ‘il-misħut Nofs Qamar’ sabiex jiddefendu lir-reliġjon Nisranija, issa jinsabu sektin. Kanuni oħrajn ‘qniepen saru,’ b’referenza għall-manuvra li kien għamel il-kappillan Dun Anton Scasciato (1772-1834) fl-18151816 meta rnexxielu jakkwista kanuni bil-permess tal Gvernatur Sir Thomas Maitland (1760-1824) sabiex jagħmilhom qniepen ġodda.5 F’ ‘Żernieq il-Maqdes tanNadur’ iddedikata bħala ‘Bukkett qronfol lill-Professur F.S. Sciortino’, il-poeta jibda mill-leġġenda tal-bini talKnisja meta Girgor għabba l-ħmara bil-ġebel u fejn din waqfet, allura nbniet din il-binja u jinfexx f’ħafna tifħir:
Maqdes gwapp ħafna n-Nadur inbena
Nixxiegħa sar tal-ogħla sebħ u faħar;
Ġieħ dan il-maqdes jiktor, le jinfena.
6 Fuq laqta reliġjuża, fil-poeżija ‘Luminaria Magna’, ‘B’tifkira u żżih il-ħajr lill-Artista Piju Cellini’, Vella Haber jeżalta lil San Pietru u San Pawl fil-ġrajjiet ta’ Attila s-Salvaġġ. Kienu huma li ‘ħarġu għalih bil-qilla, / ħanqu lill-għadu bir-rabtiet tal-lġiem.’ Hekk ukoll ‘aħna nirbħu żgur ... il-Kruċjata Mqaddsa ...’ Dan kollu bit-tarka tal-Imnarja, voldieri tażżewġt idwal li huma San Pietru u San Pawl.7
Anke fix-xogħol tiegħu ‘Quddiem San Koronatu Martri. Fit-Tempju Monumentali tan-Nadur,’ Kelinu jinseġ għanja ta’ tifħir lil dan il-bniedem li sa minn żmien ilu n-Nadurin qisuh bħala Kon-Patrun tagħhom flimkien ma’ San Pietru u San Pawl:
Koronatu! Insejħulek
aħna wliedek Nadurin:
iddew ilqa’ l-ħajr sħiħ tagħna;
żommna miegħek magħqudin.
L-osservazzjoni li jagħmel meta jikteb li ‘mhux ta’ b’xejn b’ismek imgħammda / ħafna wlied minn tan-Nadur!’ kienet tapplika b’mod tajjeb għall-1953 meta dehret din il-poeżija ppubblikata, iżda llum iż-żminijiet inbidlu u huma ftit jekk xejn, dawk it-tfal Nadurin li jiġu msemmija għal San Koronatu. Jolqtok ukoll kif Vella Haber jitratta mal-fatt li ma nafu xejn dwar dan il-korp, iżda hu joħroġ b’dan: ‘Aktar m’Int mostur u moħbi, / aktar fostna sirt magħruf ...’ U tassew għaliex f’dawn iż-żminijiet li fih kien qed jikteb San Koronatu kien għad għandu ħafna popolarità fin-Nadur, xi ħaġa li bħal dik tal-ismijiet, illum ixxejnet ukoll.
3 Duminku Camilleri, 200 Sena mit-Twelid ta’ l-E.T. Mons. M. Buttigieg. 100 Sena Arċipretali, Vigilat 5, (Nadur 1993), 94-95. 4 Karm Caruana, In-Nadur u t-Tempju Tiegħu Monumentali, (Nadur 1953), 23.
5 Ibid., 120 6 Ibid., 125 7 Ibid., 133.
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'In-Nadur'
Poezija ta' Patri Mattew Sultana
Jekk f’sidri nħoss nifs qawwi,
Jekk bqajt sal-lum bil-ferħ qalbi trid tfur,
Ngħid li mill-arja, mid-dehriet ta’ seħer
U l-ħlewwa tan-Nadur.
Fejn il-ħolqien jitbissem
Kont nilmaħ qalb dawk l-oqsma, żara’ u ħdura;
Widien, għoljiet, siġar tal-frott fejn tħares;
Kemm xtaqtni ma ġejtx lura!
X’jiem hienja! X’jiem ta’ seħer,
F’raħal sabiħ, f’ġenna tal-art qattajt!
Sirt naf in-nies, tħabbibt, ħabbejt, ħabbewni;
Nies bħalhom, ftit, jekk rajt! Sal-lum bqajt nistħajjilni
Inħoss il-fewġa tonfoħ f’dawk l-ibruħ,
Tmelles fuq wiċċi u fuq uċuh ir-raba’
U nħossha ‘ttini r-ruħ.
U għalkemm minkejja fija
Tlaqt f’qasir żmien u ’l min sirt naf ħallejt,
Ġmiel in-natura mżiegħed f’dawk l-inħawi
U r-raħal qatt ma nsejt.
Għax dawn in-nies dħulija ...
Maqdes San Pietru Pawl, ġmiel kull fejn tmur,
Ħallewni noħlom b’dawk il-jiem mgħoddija
F’dil-‘Ġenna ta’ Nadur’.
Poezija ta' Patri Mattew Sultana
Jekk f’sidri nħoss nifs qawwi,
Jekk bqajt sal-lum bil-ferħ qalbi trid tfur,
Ngħid li mill-arja, mid-dehriet ta’ seħer
U l-ħlewwa tan-Nadur.
Fejn il-ħolqien jitbissem
Kont nilmaħ qalb dawk l-oqsma, żara’ u ħdura;
Widien, għoljiet, siġar tal-frott fejn tħares;
Kemm xtaqtni ma ġejtx lura!
X’jiem hienja! X’jiem ta’ seħer,
F’raħal sabiħ, f’ġenna tal-art qattajt!
Sirt naf in-nies, tħabbibt, ħabbejt, ħabbewni;
Nies bħalhom, ftit, jekk rajt! Sal-lum bqajt nistħajjilni
Inħoss il-fewġa tonfoħ f’dawk l-ibruħ,
Tmelles fuq wiċċi u fuq uċuh ir-raba’
U nħossha ‘ttini r-ruħ.
U għalkemm minkejja fija
Tlaqt f’qasir żmien u ’l min sirt naf ħallejt,
Ġmiel in-natura mżiegħed f’dawk l-inħawi
U r-raħal qatt ma nsejt.
Għax dawn in-nies dħulija ...
Maqdes San Pietru Pawl, ġmiel kull fejn tmur,
Ħallewni noħlom b’dawk il-jiem mgħoddija
F’dil-‘Ġenna ta’ Nadur’.
Sopu Tower by Alessio Sultana
Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi receives Gieh in-Nadur
23 November, 2019
Members of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul of the Grand Chapter of Malta, during the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi Deputy Chancellor.
Photo from left: Chevalier Adonai Camilleri Cauchi, Dame Marlene Muscat, Chevalier Carmel Saliba, Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, Chevalier Chancellor Joseph Louis Meilak, Brother Matthias Mercieca and Dame Veronica Camilleri Cauchi.
23 November, 2019
Members of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul of the Grand Chapter of Malta, during the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi Deputy Chancellor.
Photo from left: Chevalier Adonai Camilleri Cauchi, Dame Marlene Muscat, Chevalier Carmel Saliba, Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, Chevalier Chancellor Joseph Louis Meilak, Brother Matthias Mercieca and Dame Veronica Camilleri Cauchi.
Message from the Grand Master H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Photo: The Secretary Chevalier Carmel Saliba is reading the message from the Grand Master for the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Deputy Chancellor Michael Camilleri Cauchi.
The Grand Master His Excellency Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is very honoured to have Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi one of its own.
He has been a very dedicated and honourable member of our Confraternity. He is always ready to give advice to help our Confraternity to achieve more.
We are very happy to say that on Tuesday this week, we donated $10,000 to the Royal Women’s Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The money was raised from a Fund Raising Lunch we had last month and some donations from individuals and sponsors.
This year we donated others sums of money to the Australian Farmers who were suffering from drought-ravaged part of the State of Victoria and to our missions in Peru.
Our Confraternity is still small but it’s making a big impact to help those in need.
We like to Congratulate Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, on receiving the honour Gieh in-Nadur 2019.
God bless you.
H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Photo: The Secretary Chevalier Carmel Saliba is reading the message from the Grand Master for the presentation of Gieh in Nadur to Chevalier Deputy Chancellor Michael Camilleri Cauchi.
The Grand Master His Excellency Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli and the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is very honoured to have Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi one of its own.
He has been a very dedicated and honourable member of our Confraternity. He is always ready to give advice to help our Confraternity to achieve more.
We are very happy to say that on Tuesday this week, we donated $10,000 to the Royal Women’s Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit. The money was raised from a Fund Raising Lunch we had last month and some donations from individuals and sponsors.
This year we donated others sums of money to the Australian Farmers who were suffering from drought-ravaged part of the State of Victoria and to our missions in Peru.
Our Confraternity is still small but it’s making a big impact to help those in need.
We like to Congratulate Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi, on receiving the honour Gieh in-Nadur 2019.
God bless you.
H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Gozo Channel ship damaged after crashing into pier - MinisterMonday, 25 November 2019,
Gozo Channel is operating with only two ships after one of the ferries was damaged today due to the strong winds and rough seas, Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana told Parliament.
It had already been announced that the MV Nikolaus, which was leased by the company to operate as a fourth vessel, was to undergo repair work that will last till mid-December.
The company was operating with three vessels until this morning when one of the remaining three ships was damaged and needs repair work.
Gozo Channel is operating with only two ships after one of the ferries was damaged today due to the strong winds and rough seas, Gozo Minister Justyne Caruana told Parliament.
It had already been announced that the MV Nikolaus, which was leased by the company to operate as a fourth vessel, was to undergo repair work that will last till mid-December.
The company was operating with three vessels until this morning when one of the remaining three ships was damaged and needs repair work.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Melbourne. Australia.
By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master
On Tuesday 19 November, 2019 the Members of the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul made a generous donation of $10,000 to the Royal Women's Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
Every year more than1,600 babies who are born sick or prematurely are cared for by the specialist NICU team at the Women's.
The money was raised from a Lunch organised by theGrand Chapter of Melbourne on the 13 of October, 2019.
The Supreme Council has agreed to donate money to the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital at the Good Friday Appeal.
Photo from left: Chevalier Saverio Greto, Dame Gail Vas, Dame Carmela Barbaro, Chevalier Vincenzo Galtieri. H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master presenting the cheque to Sue Jacobs Deputy Clinical Director - Neonatal Paediatrician, Laura Bignell Chief Midwifery and Nursing Officer, Dame Angela Greto and Dame Mimma Sabatini.
Melbourne. Australia.
By Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master
On Tuesday 19 November, 2019 the Members of the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul made a generous donation of $10,000 to the Royal Women's Hospital - Newborn Intensive Care Unit.
Every year more than1,600 babies who are born sick or prematurely are cared for by the specialist NICU team at the Women's.
The money was raised from a Lunch organised by theGrand Chapter of Melbourne on the 13 of October, 2019.
The Supreme Council has agreed to donate money to the Royal Melbourne Children's Hospital at the Good Friday Appeal.
Photo from left: Chevalier Saverio Greto, Dame Gail Vas, Dame Carmela Barbaro, Chevalier Vincenzo Galtieri. H.E. Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli - Grand Master presenting the cheque to Sue Jacobs Deputy Clinical Director - Neonatal Paediatrician, Laura Bignell Chief Midwifery and Nursing Officer, Dame Angela Greto and Dame Mimma Sabatini.
The Most Respected Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Address: December 13 Street. Nadur, Gozo.
22 September, 2019
Congratulations to our Members in Malta for doing such a great job in helping the poor in Peru.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
The mission of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is to help the poor and the sick
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Address: December 13 Street. Nadur, Gozo.
22 September, 2019
Congratulations to our Members in Malta for doing such a great job in helping the poor in Peru.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
The mission of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul is to help the poor and the sick
HELPING THE POOR IN PERU
Yesterday Bishop Giovanni Cefai a missionary priest in Peru celebrated Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nadur.
After the Mass the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul donated money to his mission.
Thanks to the Supreme Council of the Confraternity in Melbourne and the Grand Chapter of Nadur for the money.
Thanks also to Mons. Jimmy Xerri Parish Priest of Nadur for his support.
This was the second time that the Confraternity donated money to missions in Peru in the last couple of months.
God bless His Excellency Bishop Giovanni Cefai for his work to help the poor and the sick.
God bless the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Yesterday Bishop Giovanni Cefai a missionary priest in Peru celebrated Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nadur.
After the Mass the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul donated money to his mission.
Thanks to the Supreme Council of the Confraternity in Melbourne and the Grand Chapter of Nadur for the money.
Thanks also to Mons. Jimmy Xerri Parish Priest of Nadur for his support.
This was the second time that the Confraternity donated money to missions in Peru in the last couple of months.
God bless His Excellency Bishop Giovanni Cefai for his work to help the poor and the sick.
God bless the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter and St. Paul.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Dahlet Qorrot Bay from Sopu Tower in San Blas Nadur, Gozo. Malta.
Nadur Bailica Church from San Blas
Sopu Tower built in 1667 by the Knights of Malta
Sopu Tower is situated on the cliffs between St. Blas and Dahlet Qorrot bays in Nadur.
Sopu Tower is situated on the cliffs between St. Blas and Dahlet Qorrot bays in Nadur.
Black statue of St. Peter on the throne
I saw this statue while visiting the church of St Anselm and St Cecilia Roman Catholic church in Kingsway, Holborn, London.
Just like the one in Rome and Nadur.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Nadur. Gozo.
A meeting of the Confraternity was held in the Nadur Council Board Room on Monday 24th June where two newly Knights were appointed by Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli Grand Master CKSPP of the Confraternity of the Knights of St Peter and Paul.
These are Chev Joe M. Attard of Rabat Gozo and Chev Joe Meilaq.
Congratulations.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.
Nadur. Gozo.
A meeting of the Confraternity was held in the Nadur Council Board Room on Monday 24th June where two newly Knights were appointed by Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli Grand Master CKSPP of the Confraternity of the Knights of St Peter and Paul.
These are Chev Joe M. Attard of Rabat Gozo and Chev Joe Meilaq.
Congratulations.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.
After the meeting of the Confraternity of the Knights of St Peter and Paul we attended for the 25th Anniversary Mass of Fr Raymond Portelli at Nadur Basilica.
Donations to Fr Raymond were presented to be used in his mission in Peru.
Congratulations to Fr Raymond.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.
Donations to Fr Raymond were presented to be used in his mission in Peru.
Congratulations to Fr Raymond.
Photos Copyright Carmel Saliba 24.6.19.
