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TONINU JIRRAKKONTA
Programm Specjali tal-Milied
Ripetizzjoni
Mill mibki Anthony Sultana
Niżżel il-fajl biex tisma.
Programm Specjali tal-Milied
Ripetizzjoni
Mill mibki Anthony Sultana
Niżżel il-fajl biex tisma.
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VINCENT ORPHANAGE OF VIETNAM
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Grand Chapter of Melbourne
Sunday 1 December 2024
Today the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul was invited to a program of Christmas carols at St. Martin De Porres church in Avondale Heights.
Thanks to the Parish Priest Fr. Nhan Le for the invitation. The aim of the event was to raise money to help Vincent Orphanage in Vietnam.
His Grace the Most Rev. Bishop Terence Curtin was also present.
The Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul made a donation to support the orphanage.
It was a very well organized carols program.
The Grand Master Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli was accompanied by Dame Mary Portelli, Dame Angela Greto, Chevalier Saverio Greto and Chevalier Mario Sabatini.
http://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Grand Chapter of Melbourne
Sunday 1 December 2024
Today the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul was invited to a program of Christmas carols at St. Martin De Porres church in Avondale Heights.
Thanks to the Parish Priest Fr. Nhan Le for the invitation. The aim of the event was to raise money to help Vincent Orphanage in Vietnam.
His Grace the Most Rev. Bishop Terence Curtin was also present.
The Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul made a donation to support the orphanage.
It was a very well organized carols program.
The Grand Master Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli was accompanied by Dame Mary Portelli, Dame Angela Greto, Chevalier Saverio Greto and Chevalier Mario Sabatini.
http://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/
Il-Maltin mhux imħassba dwar l-ekonomija u x-xogħol, iżda dwar l-inflazzjoni u l-immigrazzjoni – Eurobarometer
Minn Albert Gauci Cunningham
3 ta' Diċembru 2024
Il-Maltin huma pożittivi dwar il-qagħda ekonomika tal-pajjiż u anke tagħhom finanzjarjament. Huma ottimisti wkoll fuq il-qagħda tal-impjieg tagħhom u tal-qasam tax-xogħol fil-pajjiż. Dan jirriżulta mill-istħarriġ tal-ħarifa tal-Ewrobarometru.
Dan l-istħarriġ juri wkoll li l-inflazzjoni u l-immigrazzjoni huma l-aktar żewġ kwistjonijiet importanti u li qed iħassbu għall-Maltin u l-Ewropej. Dan is-sondaġġ juri wkoll li l-maġġoranza tal-Ewropej, inkluż ta’ Maltin, ma għandhomx fiduċja fl-ogħla istituzzjoni tal-pajjiż, il-Parlament.
Kważi 70% tal-Maltin u Għawdxin jemmnu li l-ekonomija Maltija sejra tajjeb, xenarju oppost għal dak li jaħsbu l-Ewropej. Huma 60% tal-Ewropej li jemmnu li l-ekonomija sejra ħażin. Dan jirriżulta mill-istħarriġ tal-Ewrobarometru tal-]arifa li juri wkoll li huma 28% l-Maltin li jemmnu illi l-ekonomija Maltija sejra ħażin.
Mistoqsijin dwar is-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja tagħhom 84% tal-Maltin qalu s-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja tal-familja tagħhom hija tajba, filwaqt li 15% jemmnu li mhix. Madwar l-Unjoni Ewropea il-persentaġġ ta’ nies li qalu l-qagħda finanzjarja tagħhom hija tajba tinżel għal 73%, filwaqt li wieħed minn kull erba’ jgħidu li s-sitwazzjoni hija ħażina.
Din hija wkoll mera tar-realtà fuq l-impjiegi. Ftit aktar minn żewġ terzi tal-Maltin jew 64% jaraw is-sitwazzjoni tagħhom tax-xogħol bħala tajba, ħmistax ħażin u ‘l bqija ma jafux. Għas-sena li ġejja 31% tal-Maltin jaraw is-sitwazzjoni tal-impjieg tagħhom se tmur għall-aħjar, 39% jarawha li se tibqa l-istess u tmienja fil-mija jaraw li se tiggrava.
Il-Maltin huma ħafna aktar ottimisti mill-Ewropej fuq is-sitwazzjoni tax-xogħol fil-pajjiż u l-ekonomija. 33% jaraw is-sitwazzjoni ekonomika aħjar Is-sena d-dieħla. Dan jonqos drastikament għal dsatax fil-mija fl-Ewropa. 28% tal-maltin huma ottimisti dwar il-qasam tax-xogħol, ikkumparat mal-20% fl-ewropa.
U x’qed jinkwieta l-aktar lill-Maltin?
L-għoli tal-ħajja hija fuq nett fit-tħassib għal 43% tal-Maltin u 33% tal-Ewropej. L-immigrazzjoni tiġi it-tieni, għalkemm bħall-għoli tal-ħajja din il-kwistjoni tinkwieta lill-Maltin ħafna aktar mill-Ewropej. 31% tal-Maltin jemmnu li din hija l-aktar kwistjoni importanti li qed jiffaċċja l-pajjiż – ikumparat mal-medja ta’ 20% madwar l-Ewropa.
It-tielet kwistjoni hija differenti: B’21% l-ambjent u l-bidla fil-klima huma t-tielet l-akbar sfida għall-Maltin. L-ekonomija bi 18% għall-Ewropej.
Il-maġġoranza tal-Maltin bħall-Ewropej ma għandhomx fiduċja fil-Parlament Nazzjonali. 49% tal-Maltin ma jafdawx lill-Parlament. Persentaġġ li jitla’ għal 58% fost l-Ewropej.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-maltin-mhux-imhassba-dwar-l-ekonomija-u-x-xoghol-izda-dwar-l-inflazzjoni-u-l-immigrazzjoni-eurobarometer/
Minn Albert Gauci Cunningham
3 ta' Diċembru 2024
Il-Maltin huma pożittivi dwar il-qagħda ekonomika tal-pajjiż u anke tagħhom finanzjarjament. Huma ottimisti wkoll fuq il-qagħda tal-impjieg tagħhom u tal-qasam tax-xogħol fil-pajjiż. Dan jirriżulta mill-istħarriġ tal-ħarifa tal-Ewrobarometru.
Dan l-istħarriġ juri wkoll li l-inflazzjoni u l-immigrazzjoni huma l-aktar żewġ kwistjonijiet importanti u li qed iħassbu għall-Maltin u l-Ewropej. Dan is-sondaġġ juri wkoll li l-maġġoranza tal-Ewropej, inkluż ta’ Maltin, ma għandhomx fiduċja fl-ogħla istituzzjoni tal-pajjiż, il-Parlament.
Kważi 70% tal-Maltin u Għawdxin jemmnu li l-ekonomija Maltija sejra tajjeb, xenarju oppost għal dak li jaħsbu l-Ewropej. Huma 60% tal-Ewropej li jemmnu li l-ekonomija sejra ħażin. Dan jirriżulta mill-istħarriġ tal-Ewrobarometru tal-]arifa li juri wkoll li huma 28% l-Maltin li jemmnu illi l-ekonomija Maltija sejra ħażin.
Mistoqsijin dwar is-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja tagħhom 84% tal-Maltin qalu s-sitwazzjoni finanzjarja tal-familja tagħhom hija tajba, filwaqt li 15% jemmnu li mhix. Madwar l-Unjoni Ewropea il-persentaġġ ta’ nies li qalu l-qagħda finanzjarja tagħhom hija tajba tinżel għal 73%, filwaqt li wieħed minn kull erba’ jgħidu li s-sitwazzjoni hija ħażina.
Din hija wkoll mera tar-realtà fuq l-impjiegi. Ftit aktar minn żewġ terzi tal-Maltin jew 64% jaraw is-sitwazzjoni tagħhom tax-xogħol bħala tajba, ħmistax ħażin u ‘l bqija ma jafux. Għas-sena li ġejja 31% tal-Maltin jaraw is-sitwazzjoni tal-impjieg tagħhom se tmur għall-aħjar, 39% jarawha li se tibqa l-istess u tmienja fil-mija jaraw li se tiggrava.
Il-Maltin huma ħafna aktar ottimisti mill-Ewropej fuq is-sitwazzjoni tax-xogħol fil-pajjiż u l-ekonomija. 33% jaraw is-sitwazzjoni ekonomika aħjar Is-sena d-dieħla. Dan jonqos drastikament għal dsatax fil-mija fl-Ewropa. 28% tal-maltin huma ottimisti dwar il-qasam tax-xogħol, ikkumparat mal-20% fl-ewropa.
U x’qed jinkwieta l-aktar lill-Maltin?
L-għoli tal-ħajja hija fuq nett fit-tħassib għal 43% tal-Maltin u 33% tal-Ewropej. L-immigrazzjoni tiġi it-tieni, għalkemm bħall-għoli tal-ħajja din il-kwistjoni tinkwieta lill-Maltin ħafna aktar mill-Ewropej. 31% tal-Maltin jemmnu li din hija l-aktar kwistjoni importanti li qed jiffaċċja l-pajjiż – ikumparat mal-medja ta’ 20% madwar l-Ewropa.
It-tielet kwistjoni hija differenti: B’21% l-ambjent u l-bidla fil-klima huma t-tielet l-akbar sfida għall-Maltin. L-ekonomija bi 18% għall-Ewropej.
Il-maġġoranza tal-Maltin bħall-Ewropej ma għandhomx fiduċja fil-Parlament Nazzjonali. 49% tal-Maltin ma jafdawx lill-Parlament. Persentaġġ li jitla’ għal 58% fost l-Ewropej.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-maltin-mhux-imhassba-dwar-l-ekonomija-u-x-xoghol-izda-dwar-l-inflazzjoni-u-l-immigrazzjoni-eurobarometer/
Arrestat żagħżugħ li avviċina pulizija pajżana biex ibigħilhom id-droga
Arrestati 4 żgħażagħ li nqabdu bid-droga f'Paceville u f'Raħal Ġdid
Minn Gavin Muscat
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3 ta' Diċembru 2024
Żagħżugħ Somalu ta’ 28 sena ġie arrestat hekk kif avviċina numru ta’ pulizija pajżana f’Paceville u offrielhom id-droga biex jixtruha mingħandu.
Il-Pulizija qalet li l-uffiċjali pajżana kienu qrib stabbiliment tad-divertiment meta ż-żagħżugħ, residenti l-Gżira, avviċinahom mingħajr ma nduna li kienu pulizija. Wara li ġie arrestat, hu ġie mfittex u fuqu nstabu pakketti b’sustanza suspettata ħaxixa tal-kannabis.
Iż-żagħżugħ wieġeb ħati fil-Qorti quddiem il-Maġistrat Jean Paul Grech u ġie kkundannat 18-il xahar ħabs u mmultat €500.
Dan iż-żagħżugħ kien fost erbgħa li ġew arrestati fl-aħħar jiem fuq traffikar tad-droga.
F’każ ieħor, il-Pulizija arrestat Somalu ta’ 23 sena residenti Birżebbuġa u Alġerin ta’ 24 sena residenti Birkirkara li nqabdu fil-pussess tal-ħaxixa tal-kannabis f’San Ġiljan.
Intant, waqt ronda f’Raħal Ġdid, il-Pulizija waqqfet żagħżugħ ta’ 19-il sena residenti l-Imqabbad li ġiet imfittxija l-karozza tiegħu u fiha nstabet il-kokaina.
“Il-Korp tal-Pulizija jtenni l-impenn tiegħu għal aktar ħidma u kontinwa kontra t-traffikar tad-droga”, temmet tgħid il-Pulizija.
newsbook.com.mt/arrestat-zaghzugh-li-avvicina-pulizija-pajzana-biex-ibighilhom-id-droga/
Arrestati 4 żgħażagħ li nqabdu bid-droga f'Paceville u f'Raħal Ġdid
Minn Gavin Muscat
-
3 ta' Diċembru 2024
Żagħżugħ Somalu ta’ 28 sena ġie arrestat hekk kif avviċina numru ta’ pulizija pajżana f’Paceville u offrielhom id-droga biex jixtruha mingħandu.
Il-Pulizija qalet li l-uffiċjali pajżana kienu qrib stabbiliment tad-divertiment meta ż-żagħżugħ, residenti l-Gżira, avviċinahom mingħajr ma nduna li kienu pulizija. Wara li ġie arrestat, hu ġie mfittex u fuqu nstabu pakketti b’sustanza suspettata ħaxixa tal-kannabis.
Iż-żagħżugħ wieġeb ħati fil-Qorti quddiem il-Maġistrat Jean Paul Grech u ġie kkundannat 18-il xahar ħabs u mmultat €500.
Dan iż-żagħżugħ kien fost erbgħa li ġew arrestati fl-aħħar jiem fuq traffikar tad-droga.
F’każ ieħor, il-Pulizija arrestat Somalu ta’ 23 sena residenti Birżebbuġa u Alġerin ta’ 24 sena residenti Birkirkara li nqabdu fil-pussess tal-ħaxixa tal-kannabis f’San Ġiljan.
Intant, waqt ronda f’Raħal Ġdid, il-Pulizija waqqfet żagħżugħ ta’ 19-il sena residenti l-Imqabbad li ġiet imfittxija l-karozza tiegħu u fiha nstabet il-kokaina.
“Il-Korp tal-Pulizija jtenni l-impenn tiegħu għal aktar ħidma u kontinwa kontra t-traffikar tad-droga”, temmet tgħid il-Pulizija.
newsbook.com.mt/arrestat-zaghzugh-li-avvicina-pulizija-pajzana-biex-ibighilhom-id-droga/
Religious implications in bomb threat email targeting schools
By Dylan Attard
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December 2, 2024
Ritratt: Viktoria Nikolla
Tista' taqra bil- Malti.
On Monday morning, a series of bomb threats aimed at multiple schools caused considerable concern, as the details within the threatening email ignited discussions surrounding matters of faith.
Newsbook Malta has verified that the email, dispatched just after 5:00 am, included clear beliefs and demands.
The email claimed the presence of explosive devices within school buildings and asserted the sender’s intent to pursue religious objectives.
Sources close to Newsbook Malta has identified multiple schools affected by the threats, such as St. Dorothy’s in Sliema and Saint Joseph in Hamrun, as well as additional institutions in Naxxar, Pietà, Hal Tarxien, San Ġiljan, and Gżira.
Coordinated bomb threats prompt evacuation of schools across Malta
In light of the serious threats, students and parents received updates later in the morning, as per the directives from Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà, indicating that schools were to continue their regular operations.
The email reiterated numerous Islamic assertions regarding adversaries of Muslim faith, along with aspirations to create an Islamic caliphate.
Newsbook Malta reached out to the police for confirmation of the authenticity of the threats and to enquire about measures being taken to ensure school safety.
Authorities have yet to release a detailed response.
newsbook.com.mt/en/religious-implications-in-bomb-threat-email-targeting-schools/
By Dylan Attard
-
December 2, 2024
Ritratt: Viktoria Nikolla
Tista' taqra bil- Malti.
On Monday morning, a series of bomb threats aimed at multiple schools caused considerable concern, as the details within the threatening email ignited discussions surrounding matters of faith.
Newsbook Malta has verified that the email, dispatched just after 5:00 am, included clear beliefs and demands.
The email claimed the presence of explosive devices within school buildings and asserted the sender’s intent to pursue religious objectives.
Sources close to Newsbook Malta has identified multiple schools affected by the threats, such as St. Dorothy’s in Sliema and Saint Joseph in Hamrun, as well as additional institutions in Naxxar, Pietà, Hal Tarxien, San Ġiljan, and Gżira.
Coordinated bomb threats prompt evacuation of schools across Malta
In light of the serious threats, students and parents received updates later in the morning, as per the directives from Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà, indicating that schools were to continue their regular operations.
The email reiterated numerous Islamic assertions regarding adversaries of Muslim faith, along with aspirations to create an Islamic caliphate.
Newsbook Malta reached out to the police for confirmation of the authenticity of the threats and to enquire about measures being taken to ensure school safety.
Authorities have yet to release a detailed response.
newsbook.com.mt/en/religious-implications-in-bomb-threat-email-targeting-schools/
Court confirms State Advocate's power to recover funds in fraudulent hospitals deal
Nationalist Party wins appeal as court declares State Advocate has the power to recover the funds paid throughout the hospitals concession
2 December 2024,
by Jordan Pace
PN leader Bernard Grech addressing a press conference outside court on Monday (Photo: Partit Nazzjonalista/Facebook)
A court has ruled the State Advocate has the power to act against those responsible for the fraudulent hospitals concession, following the Nationalist Party’s appeal.
The Nationalist Party has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision that the State Advocate is responsible for seeking the return of public funds lost in the corrupt hospitals deal.
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti declared the State Advocate’s obligation to act, ruling in favour of the Nationalist Party.
In a previous proceeding, the Nationalist Party argued that the State Advocate must act in the public interest and ensure Malta recoups the €400 million paid to the hospitals concession.
The argument was put forward by lawyers representing the Nationalist Party (PN) in its appeal following a court ruling that denied its request for the State Advocate to seek the return of €400 million paid by the government in the Vitals hospitals’ deal.
State Advocate Chris Soler, on the other hand, defended his actions, saying it is in the interest of the state that he follows the law.
“If the law says that the State Advocate may or may not do something, then it would be against the public interest that the State Advocate does not follow the law and assumes power whenever she wants,” Soler said in court.
During the proceeding on Monday, the Court presided by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, and Judges Giannino Caruana Demajo and Anthony Ellul declared that “the State Advocate does have that power, and has the duty to react”.
Present for proceedings on Monday were Prime Minister Robert Abela, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard, Opposition leader Bernard Grech and Nationalist Party Secretary General Michael Piccinino.
In a press conference after the proceeding, Bernard Grech, leader of the Nationalist Party, said: “Today, the Court of Appeal said that the State Advocate can take action against those responsible for stealing our money in order to get our money back.”
Government: ‘Opposition leader rushed to claim victory’
In a statement reacting to the court decision, the government insisted the Court of Appeal rejected most of the claims made by the Leader of the Opposition.
Specifically, it dismissed his request for the Court to interpret its previous ruling from October 23, 2023 as giving the State Advocate a mandate to act against third parties in matters related to hospital concessions.
The Court clarified that the State Advocate, like Members of Parliament, can only act within the narrow scope defined by the Government Lands Act. This means the State Advocate does not have general authority to initiate further legal actions unless explicitly authorised by law.
The government, through the State Advocate, has already initiated international arbitration proceedings months ago to protect the country’s interests. This includes regaining control of the hospitals before the final court decision.
The Court denied the Opposition’s claim that the State Advocate should act autonomously without government direction. It said that the State Advocate needs specific legal authority for such independence.
The government criticised the Opposition Leader for “rushing to claim victory without even analysing what the Court actually said”. The government interpreted the Court’s call for prudence as advice to avoid undermining ongoing international arbitration with politically motivated legal actions.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/132557/court_confirms_state_advocates_duty_to_recover_400_million_in_hospitals_deal
Nationalist Party wins appeal as court declares State Advocate has the power to recover the funds paid throughout the hospitals concession
2 December 2024,
by Jordan Pace
PN leader Bernard Grech addressing a press conference outside court on Monday (Photo: Partit Nazzjonalista/Facebook)
A court has ruled the State Advocate has the power to act against those responsible for the fraudulent hospitals concession, following the Nationalist Party’s appeal.
The Nationalist Party has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision that the State Advocate is responsible for seeking the return of public funds lost in the corrupt hospitals deal.
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti declared the State Advocate’s obligation to act, ruling in favour of the Nationalist Party.
In a previous proceeding, the Nationalist Party argued that the State Advocate must act in the public interest and ensure Malta recoups the €400 million paid to the hospitals concession.
The argument was put forward by lawyers representing the Nationalist Party (PN) in its appeal following a court ruling that denied its request for the State Advocate to seek the return of €400 million paid by the government in the Vitals hospitals’ deal.
State Advocate Chris Soler, on the other hand, defended his actions, saying it is in the interest of the state that he follows the law.
“If the law says that the State Advocate may or may not do something, then it would be against the public interest that the State Advocate does not follow the law and assumes power whenever she wants,” Soler said in court.
During the proceeding on Monday, the Court presided by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, and Judges Giannino Caruana Demajo and Anthony Ellul declared that “the State Advocate does have that power, and has the duty to react”.
Present for proceedings on Monday were Prime Minister Robert Abela, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard, Opposition leader Bernard Grech and Nationalist Party Secretary General Michael Piccinino.
In a press conference after the proceeding, Bernard Grech, leader of the Nationalist Party, said: “Today, the Court of Appeal said that the State Advocate can take action against those responsible for stealing our money in order to get our money back.”
Government: ‘Opposition leader rushed to claim victory’
In a statement reacting to the court decision, the government insisted the Court of Appeal rejected most of the claims made by the Leader of the Opposition.
Specifically, it dismissed his request for the Court to interpret its previous ruling from October 23, 2023 as giving the State Advocate a mandate to act against third parties in matters related to hospital concessions.
The Court clarified that the State Advocate, like Members of Parliament, can only act within the narrow scope defined by the Government Lands Act. This means the State Advocate does not have general authority to initiate further legal actions unless explicitly authorised by law.
The government, through the State Advocate, has already initiated international arbitration proceedings months ago to protect the country’s interests. This includes regaining control of the hospitals before the final court decision.
The Court denied the Opposition’s claim that the State Advocate should act autonomously without government direction. It said that the State Advocate needs specific legal authority for such independence.
The government criticised the Opposition Leader for “rushing to claim victory without even analysing what the Court actually said”. The government interpreted the Court’s call for prudence as advice to avoid undermining ongoing international arbitration with politically motivated legal actions.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/132557/court_confirms_state_advocates_duty_to_recover_400_million_in_hospitals_deal
Il-Milied f’Għawdex – xahar ta’ attivitajiet għal kulħadd
1 ta' Diċembru 2024
Għawdex se jerġa’ jkun bejta ta’ attivitajiet għal żmien il-Milied.
Ikkoordinat mid-Direttorat għall-Wirt Kulturali fil-Ministeru għal Għawdex, il-programm uffiċċjali beda lbieraħ bl-ispettaklu Christmas It’s Time – Milied mit-Tliet Għoljiet.
L-avveniment ittella’ fit-Teatru Astra u għaqqad flimkien il-mużika, il-letteratura u l-umoriżmu. Dan l-ispettkalu se jixxandar fuq Television Malta nhar il-Milied filgħaxija.
Apparti kunċerti u wirjiet ta’ presepji, fil-21 ta’ Diċembru se tiġi organizzata l-Parata tal-Milied fit-triq ewlenija tal-Belt Victoria waqt li mill-bidu ta’ dan ix-xahar sat-22 ta’ Diċembru f’Villa Rundle se jkun hemm armat suq tal-Milied. Għal-lejl li jilqa’ s-sena l-ġdida, se jiġi organizzat kunċert fi Pjazza Indipendenza fir-Rabat bis-sehem ta’ bands u dj’s lokali u l-mistiedna speċjali se tkun Sonique.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Clint Camilleri, radd ħajr lill-artisti u lill-ħafna voluntiera li jagħmlu dawn l-attivitajiet possibbli u ħeġġeġ lin-nies biex għal darb’oħra jagħżlu lil Għawdex bħala destinazzjoni għal żmien il-Milied.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-milied-fghawdex-xahar-ta-attivitajiet-ghal-kulhadd/
1 ta' Diċembru 2024
Għawdex se jerġa’ jkun bejta ta’ attivitajiet għal żmien il-Milied.
Ikkoordinat mid-Direttorat għall-Wirt Kulturali fil-Ministeru għal Għawdex, il-programm uffiċċjali beda lbieraħ bl-ispettaklu Christmas It’s Time – Milied mit-Tliet Għoljiet.
L-avveniment ittella’ fit-Teatru Astra u għaqqad flimkien il-mużika, il-letteratura u l-umoriżmu. Dan l-ispettkalu se jixxandar fuq Television Malta nhar il-Milied filgħaxija.
Apparti kunċerti u wirjiet ta’ presepji, fil-21 ta’ Diċembru se tiġi organizzata l-Parata tal-Milied fit-triq ewlenija tal-Belt Victoria waqt li mill-bidu ta’ dan ix-xahar sat-22 ta’ Diċembru f’Villa Rundle se jkun hemm armat suq tal-Milied. Għal-lejl li jilqa’ s-sena l-ġdida, se jiġi organizzat kunċert fi Pjazza Indipendenza fir-Rabat bis-sehem ta’ bands u dj’s lokali u l-mistiedna speċjali se tkun Sonique.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Clint Camilleri, radd ħajr lill-artisti u lill-ħafna voluntiera li jagħmlu dawn l-attivitajiet possibbli u ħeġġeġ lin-nies biex għal darb’oħra jagħżlu lil Għawdex bħala destinazzjoni għal żmien il-Milied.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-milied-fghawdex-xahar-ta-attivitajiet-ghal-kulhadd/
Marċ favur il-ħajja f’għeluq l-10 snin tal-Fondazzjoni Life Network
Minn Claire Preca Taroum
1 ta' Diċembru 2024
F’għeluq l-għaxar snin mindu twaqqfet il-Fondazzjoni Life Network, attivisti għamlu marċ favur il-ħajja fil-Belt.
F’dan il-marċ favur il-ħajja tkellem Dr John Bruchalski, tabib mill-Istati Uniti, li fil-passat qal li għamel mijiet ta’ abort. Fid-diskors tiegħu, Dr Bruchalski qal li beda jħossu skomdu li fil-professjoni tiegħu kien ifejjaq lit-trabi morda u fl-istess ħin, kien itemm it-tqala. Qal li l-għażla għandha dejjem tkun favur il-ħajja.
Il-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Fondazzjoni Life Network, Miriam Sciberras, qalet li l-marċ favur il-ħajja jagħmlilha kuraġġ għax qalet juru li l-poplu jrid jipproteġi l-ħajjiet innoċenti. Dr Sciberras qalet li mindu twaqqfet il-Fondazzjoni Life Network ġew salvati 150 tarbija.
tvmnews.mt/news/marc-favur-il-hajja-fgheluq-l-10-snin-tal-fondazzjoni-life-network/
Minn Claire Preca Taroum
1 ta' Diċembru 2024
F’għeluq l-għaxar snin mindu twaqqfet il-Fondazzjoni Life Network, attivisti għamlu marċ favur il-ħajja fil-Belt.
F’dan il-marċ favur il-ħajja tkellem Dr John Bruchalski, tabib mill-Istati Uniti, li fil-passat qal li għamel mijiet ta’ abort. Fid-diskors tiegħu, Dr Bruchalski qal li beda jħossu skomdu li fil-professjoni tiegħu kien ifejjaq lit-trabi morda u fl-istess ħin, kien itemm it-tqala. Qal li l-għażla għandha dejjem tkun favur il-ħajja.
Il-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Fondazzjoni Life Network, Miriam Sciberras, qalet li l-marċ favur il-ħajja jagħmlilha kuraġġ għax qalet juru li l-poplu jrid jipproteġi l-ħajjiet innoċenti. Dr Sciberras qalet li mindu twaqqfet il-Fondazzjoni Life Network ġew salvati 150 tarbija.
tvmnews.mt/news/marc-favur-il-hajja-fgheluq-l-10-snin-tal-fondazzjoni-life-network/
Court: 15-year-old girl says she was threatened with a gun and beaten up by gang of adolescents
November 30, 2024
Aqra bil- Malti
A 21-year-old from Fgura, Jake Dalli Balzan, was held under arrest after he was charged on Saturday with injuring a 15-year-old girl and of being complicit with others in bullying and attacking her.
The victim herself identified the accused from his tattoo and from his voice while she was being stabbed with a sharp object. The stabbing was allegedly done by a 13-year-old girl who, together with others who go to the same school, were bullying the victim and demanding money from her.
The victim filed a Police report on 20 November about the alleged threats by the 13-year-old girl. However the bullying and threats continued, while the victim stopped going to school. The victim used to receive messages telling her that although she was not going to school they would still be following her.
The alleged attack happened at 3pm, three days after she filed the Police report, outside of her home in Imqabba. It was stated that the girl was approached by a group of people with their faces covered with one of them holding a gun to her head, while the five others assaulted her. The girl told the Police that she recognised her schoolmate from her voice and even the girl’s partner, the accused Jake Dalli Balzan.
The Police later found a flick knife in the accused’s garage. Dalli Balzan was also charged with being in possession of a gun without a licence. He denied all the charges and said that he does not even know the victim. The defence asked for bail with the Prosecution arguing that the nature of the crime was serious, the attack was carried out against a minor, and there was the risk of evidence tampering.
In Court it was stated that another person, who had held the gun to the head of the girl, was also held under arrest.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/court-15-year-old-girl-says-she-was-threatened-with-a-gun-and-beaten-up-by-gang-of-adolescents/
November 30, 2024
Aqra bil- Malti
A 21-year-old from Fgura, Jake Dalli Balzan, was held under arrest after he was charged on Saturday with injuring a 15-year-old girl and of being complicit with others in bullying and attacking her.
The victim herself identified the accused from his tattoo and from his voice while she was being stabbed with a sharp object. The stabbing was allegedly done by a 13-year-old girl who, together with others who go to the same school, were bullying the victim and demanding money from her.
The victim filed a Police report on 20 November about the alleged threats by the 13-year-old girl. However the bullying and threats continued, while the victim stopped going to school. The victim used to receive messages telling her that although she was not going to school they would still be following her.
The alleged attack happened at 3pm, three days after she filed the Police report, outside of her home in Imqabba. It was stated that the girl was approached by a group of people with their faces covered with one of them holding a gun to her head, while the five others assaulted her. The girl told the Police that she recognised her schoolmate from her voice and even the girl’s partner, the accused Jake Dalli Balzan.
The Police later found a flick knife in the accused’s garage. Dalli Balzan was also charged with being in possession of a gun without a licence. He denied all the charges and said that he does not even know the victim. The defence asked for bail with the Prosecution arguing that the nature of the crime was serious, the attack was carried out against a minor, and there was the risk of evidence tampering.
In Court it was stated that another person, who had held the gun to the head of the girl, was also held under arrest.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/court-15-year-old-girl-says-she-was-threatened-with-a-gun-and-beaten-up-by-gang-of-adolescents/
75% tan-negozji Għawdxin jgħidu li qed jantiċipaw żieda fl-ispejjeż
Minn Gavin Muscat
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29 ta' Novembru 2024
Stħarriġ li sar fost numru ta’ negozji Għawdxin sab li l-maġġoranza tagħhom se jiżdidulhom l-ispejjeż, bi kważi 40% jgħidu li se jkollhom jgħollu l-prezzijiet.
L-istħarriġ ġie ppubblikat b’mod konġunt mill-Awtorità Għawdxija għall-Iżvilupp Reġjonali (GRDA) u l-Kamra tal-Kummerċ Għawdxija. L-edizzjoni ta’ dan l-istħarriġ ġie kkumparat mal-edizzjoni preċedenti tal-Gozo Business Sentiment li sar f’Marzu li għadda u ġie ppubblikat f’Ġunju.
Għall-ewwel darba mindu beda jsir l-istħarriġ, l-ebda negozju qal li kien qed jantiċipa traħħis fl-ispejjeż u din id-darba, kienu biss 25% li qalu li l-ispejjeż se jibqgħu l-istess. Biex wieħed jikkumpara, fl-aħħar stħarriġ li sar aktar kmieni din is-sena, madwar 37% tan-negozji qalu li qed jantiċipaw l-istess spejjeż.
60% tan-negozji qalu li ma żidux il-ħaddiema li għandhom u l-ebda negozju ma qal li x’aktarx se jkollu jnaqqas il-ħaddiema.
Il-maġġoranza tan-negozji Għawdxin jaħsbu li s-sitwazzjoni tagħhom se tibqa’ l-istessIl-maġġoranza tan-negozji Għawdxin qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet tagħhom baqgħu prattikament l-istess fl-aħħar sitt xhur iżda ġie nnotat li ftit iktar negozji qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet tagħhom marru għall-agħar, l-istess ammont ta’ negozji li qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet kienu tjiebu.
Meta ġew biex jindikaw x’kienu l-akbar problemi li qed jaffaċċjaw, ftit aktar minn 40% semmew l-ispejjeż kbar (ferm inqas mill-aħħar tal-2023 meta 62% semmew din il-problema) filwaqt li l-problema tan-nuqqas ta’ ħaddiema baqgħet fuq moħħ il-maġġoranza tan-negozji.
Kważi kwart tan-negozji Għawdxin qalu li n-nuqqas ta’ bejgħ kien qed jinkwetahom.
Mistoqsa dwar il-futur, ftit aktar minn 30% tan-negozji Għawdxin kienu qed jantiċipaw sitwazzjoni agħar għalihom fil-bejgħ, bi 20% jgħidu li qed jantiċipaw sitwazzjoni aħjar. Il-bqija qalu li s-sitwazzjoni għalihom x’aktarx se tibqa’ l-istess.
Ġie nnotat li 40% tal-kumpaniji fis-settur tal-kostruzzjoni kienu qed jantiċipaw inqas xogħol fl-2025, xi ħaġa li l-GRDA qalet “tirrifletti l-viżjoni tagħna li ma nibqgħux niffokaw daqshekk fuq il-kostruzzjoni”.
newsbook.com.mt/75-tan-negozji-ghawdxin-jghidu-li-qed-janticipaw-zieda-fl-ispejjez/
Minn Gavin Muscat
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29 ta' Novembru 2024
Stħarriġ li sar fost numru ta’ negozji Għawdxin sab li l-maġġoranza tagħhom se jiżdidulhom l-ispejjeż, bi kważi 40% jgħidu li se jkollhom jgħollu l-prezzijiet.
L-istħarriġ ġie ppubblikat b’mod konġunt mill-Awtorità Għawdxija għall-Iżvilupp Reġjonali (GRDA) u l-Kamra tal-Kummerċ Għawdxija. L-edizzjoni ta’ dan l-istħarriġ ġie kkumparat mal-edizzjoni preċedenti tal-Gozo Business Sentiment li sar f’Marzu li għadda u ġie ppubblikat f’Ġunju.
Għall-ewwel darba mindu beda jsir l-istħarriġ, l-ebda negozju qal li kien qed jantiċipa traħħis fl-ispejjeż u din id-darba, kienu biss 25% li qalu li l-ispejjeż se jibqgħu l-istess. Biex wieħed jikkumpara, fl-aħħar stħarriġ li sar aktar kmieni din is-sena, madwar 37% tan-negozji qalu li qed jantiċipaw l-istess spejjeż.
60% tan-negozji qalu li ma żidux il-ħaddiema li għandhom u l-ebda negozju ma qal li x’aktarx se jkollu jnaqqas il-ħaddiema.
Il-maġġoranza tan-negozji Għawdxin jaħsbu li s-sitwazzjoni tagħhom se tibqa’ l-istessIl-maġġoranza tan-negozji Għawdxin qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet tagħhom baqgħu prattikament l-istess fl-aħħar sitt xhur iżda ġie nnotat li ftit iktar negozji qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet tagħhom marru għall-agħar, l-istess ammont ta’ negozji li qalu li l-kundizzjonijiet kienu tjiebu.
Meta ġew biex jindikaw x’kienu l-akbar problemi li qed jaffaċċjaw, ftit aktar minn 40% semmew l-ispejjeż kbar (ferm inqas mill-aħħar tal-2023 meta 62% semmew din il-problema) filwaqt li l-problema tan-nuqqas ta’ ħaddiema baqgħet fuq moħħ il-maġġoranza tan-negozji.
Kważi kwart tan-negozji Għawdxin qalu li n-nuqqas ta’ bejgħ kien qed jinkwetahom.
Mistoqsa dwar il-futur, ftit aktar minn 30% tan-negozji Għawdxin kienu qed jantiċipaw sitwazzjoni agħar għalihom fil-bejgħ, bi 20% jgħidu li qed jantiċipaw sitwazzjoni aħjar. Il-bqija qalu li s-sitwazzjoni għalihom x’aktarx se tibqa’ l-istess.
Ġie nnotat li 40% tal-kumpaniji fis-settur tal-kostruzzjoni kienu qed jantiċipaw inqas xogħol fl-2025, xi ħaġa li l-GRDA qalet “tirrifletti l-viżjoni tagħna li ma nibqgħux niffokaw daqshekk fuq il-kostruzzjoni”.
newsbook.com.mt/75-tan-negozji-ghawdxin-jghidu-li-qed-janticipaw-zieda-fl-ispejjez/
L-Għaqda Repubblika titlob investigazzjoni kriminali
28 ta' Novembru 2024
L-Għaqda Repubblika talbet għal investigazzjoni kriminali u inkjesta amministrattiva biex tistabbilixxi r-responsabbiltà tal-persuni li skontha abbużaw mill-poter b’rabta mal-impjieg ta’ konsulenza lill-mara tal-ex Ministru Clayton Bartolo.
F’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet quddiem id-depot, il-President tal-Għaqda Repubblika Vickie Ann Cremona u l-Avukat Jason Azzopardi talbu għar-riżenja tal-Ministru Clint Camilleri. Talbu wkoll għall-prosekuzzjoni tal-ex ministru Clayton Bartolo, martu Amanda Muscat u tal-ministru Clint Camilleri.
Talbu wkoll investigazzjoni kriminali b’rabta mal-allegazzjonijiet ippubblikati f’artiklu minn The Times dwar allegat tixħim ta’ Muscat minn kuntratt tal-MTA.
L-Għaqda Repubblika talbet ukoll għal veriifika indipendenti tal-kuntratti u tal-infiq tal-entitajiet pubbliċi li kienu fir-responsabbita tal-ex ministru Bartolo.
tvmnews.mt/news/l-ghaqda-repubblikka-titlob-investigazzjoni-kriminali/
28 ta' Novembru 2024
L-Għaqda Repubblika talbet għal investigazzjoni kriminali u inkjesta amministrattiva biex tistabbilixxi r-responsabbiltà tal-persuni li skontha abbużaw mill-poter b’rabta mal-impjieg ta’ konsulenza lill-mara tal-ex Ministru Clayton Bartolo.
F’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet quddiem id-depot, il-President tal-Għaqda Repubblika Vickie Ann Cremona u l-Avukat Jason Azzopardi talbu għar-riżenja tal-Ministru Clint Camilleri. Talbu wkoll għall-prosekuzzjoni tal-ex ministru Clayton Bartolo, martu Amanda Muscat u tal-ministru Clint Camilleri.
Talbu wkoll investigazzjoni kriminali b’rabta mal-allegazzjonijiet ippubblikati f’artiklu minn The Times dwar allegat tixħim ta’ Muscat minn kuntratt tal-MTA.
L-Għaqda Repubblika talbet ukoll għal veriifika indipendenti tal-kuntratti u tal-infiq tal-entitajiet pubbliċi li kienu fir-responsabbita tal-ex ministru Bartolo.
tvmnews.mt/news/l-ghaqda-repubblikka-titlob-investigazzjoni-kriminali/
Qormija fl-Awstralja tagħlaq 106 snin; ilha mill-2005 tbati bid-dimensja
Minn Frederick Zammit
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28 ta' Novembru 2024
Ritratt: Arkivji
Agnes Borg, Qormija li ilha mill-1964 tgħix l-Awstralja, għadha kif għalqet 106 snin. Agnes twieldet fis-26 ta’ Novembru tal-1918. Ilha mill-2005 tbati bid-dimensja.
Agnes kellha għaxar ulied li kollha twieldu f’Tas-Sliema. L-iżgħar waħda Mariza hi dik li sal-lum il-ġurata tieħu ħsieb lil ommha. Hija kellha sitt snin meta l-familja emigrat lejn l-Awstralja. Iżda fl-1968 Agnes romlot u rabbiet weħidha lil uliedha.
Agnes ġiet Malta kemm il-darba matul is-snin sabiex iżżur lil ħutha. L-aħħar darba li għamlet dan kien fl-1989. Minħabba fis-sitwazzjoni f’saħħitha kien impossibbli għaliha biex iġġemma’ biex tkun tista’ terġa’ tiġi Malta.
Kont rajtu dan il-filmat minn Jannar tal-2023?
Maltija ta’ 104 snin bid-dimensja tgħid ir-rużarju bil-Malti fl-Awstralja
Illum il-ġurnata Agnes u Mariza jgħidu f’Sydney. Mariza marret tgħix f’St Clair meta żżewġet fl-1982 u rranġat biex ommha tibni dar ħdejn tagħha. Fl-1986 Agnes biegħet id-dar fi Smithfield NSW fejn kienet għexet għal 20 sena. L-omm għexet ma’ Mariza għal madwar sena sakemm id-dar setgħet titlesta.
Fl-2009 Mariza kellha titlaq ix-xogħol tagħha sabiex tkun tista’ ddur b’ommha.
“Mhux l-ewwel darba li tinsa li din hija d-dar tagħha u moħħha jgħidiha li d-dar tagħha hija dik mal-ġenituri tagħha f’Ħal-Qormi,” tgħid Mariza.
Ara iktar hawn: newsbook.com.mt/qormija-fl-awstralja-taghlaq-106-snin-ilha-mill-2005-tbati-bid-dimensja/
Minn Frederick Zammit
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28 ta' Novembru 2024
Ritratt: Arkivji
Agnes Borg, Qormija li ilha mill-1964 tgħix l-Awstralja, għadha kif għalqet 106 snin. Agnes twieldet fis-26 ta’ Novembru tal-1918. Ilha mill-2005 tbati bid-dimensja.
Agnes kellha għaxar ulied li kollha twieldu f’Tas-Sliema. L-iżgħar waħda Mariza hi dik li sal-lum il-ġurata tieħu ħsieb lil ommha. Hija kellha sitt snin meta l-familja emigrat lejn l-Awstralja. Iżda fl-1968 Agnes romlot u rabbiet weħidha lil uliedha.
Agnes ġiet Malta kemm il-darba matul is-snin sabiex iżżur lil ħutha. L-aħħar darba li għamlet dan kien fl-1989. Minħabba fis-sitwazzjoni f’saħħitha kien impossibbli għaliha biex iġġemma’ biex tkun tista’ terġa’ tiġi Malta.
Kont rajtu dan il-filmat minn Jannar tal-2023?
Maltija ta’ 104 snin bid-dimensja tgħid ir-rużarju bil-Malti fl-Awstralja
Illum il-ġurnata Agnes u Mariza jgħidu f’Sydney. Mariza marret tgħix f’St Clair meta żżewġet fl-1982 u rranġat biex ommha tibni dar ħdejn tagħha. Fl-1986 Agnes biegħet id-dar fi Smithfield NSW fejn kienet għexet għal 20 sena. L-omm għexet ma’ Mariza għal madwar sena sakemm id-dar setgħet titlesta.
Fl-2009 Mariza kellha titlaq ix-xogħol tagħha sabiex tkun tista’ ddur b’ommha.
“Mhux l-ewwel darba li tinsa li din hija d-dar tagħha u moħħha jgħidiha li d-dar tagħha hija dik mal-ġenituri tagħha f’Ħal-Qormi,” tgħid Mariza.
Ara iktar hawn: newsbook.com.mt/qormija-fl-awstralja-taghlaq-106-snin-ilha-mill-2005-tbati-bid-dimensja/
Second Freeport drugs bust: Police find €14 million worth of cocaine
Around 100kg of suspected cocaine with a street value of €14 million discovered in a container at the Freeport
28 November 2024,
by Nicole Meilak
Photos of the containers and packages provided by the Malta Police Force
Around 100kg of a drug suspected to be cocaine has been discovered by police during another operation at the Freeport.
According to the police, the drugs were found in about 50 packets hidden among rolls of cables in a container that arrived in Malta from the Port of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The drugs have an estimated street value of around €14 million.
Police investigations are underway. Magistrate Philip Galea Farrugia opened an inquiry into the incident.
Earlier this month, the police seized 146kg of cocaine from a container at the Freeport. In both cases, the containers originated from the Port of Guayaqil.
Three people have been charged with drug trafficking in connection to the first find.
However, the three men are on the lower rungs of a multi-laywered criminal organisation.
Sources close to the investigation have told MaltaToday the three men are part of a criminal organisation that has an intricate web of operatives kept together by promises of generous cash payments and fear of retribution by a “ruthless hidden hand”.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/132512/second_freeport_drugs_bust_police_find_14_million_worth_of_cocaine
Around 100kg of suspected cocaine with a street value of €14 million discovered in a container at the Freeport
28 November 2024,
by Nicole Meilak
Photos of the containers and packages provided by the Malta Police Force
Around 100kg of a drug suspected to be cocaine has been discovered by police during another operation at the Freeport.
According to the police, the drugs were found in about 50 packets hidden among rolls of cables in a container that arrived in Malta from the Port of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The drugs have an estimated street value of around €14 million.
Police investigations are underway. Magistrate Philip Galea Farrugia opened an inquiry into the incident.
Earlier this month, the police seized 146kg of cocaine from a container at the Freeport. In both cases, the containers originated from the Port of Guayaqil.
Three people have been charged with drug trafficking in connection to the first find.
However, the three men are on the lower rungs of a multi-laywered criminal organisation.
Sources close to the investigation have told MaltaToday the three men are part of a criminal organisation that has an intricate web of operatives kept together by promises of generous cash payments and fear of retribution by a “ruthless hidden hand”.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/132512/second_freeport_drugs_bust_police_find_14_million_worth_of_cocaine
Opposition Leader says Tuesday’s events were a maneuver to save Gozo Minister
November 27, 2024
Aqra bil- Malti
Addressing a media conference, Opposition and Partit Nazzjonalista Leader Bernard Grech said that what happened on Tuesday was a maneuver to save Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri.
PN leader Bernard Grech stated that the Commissioner for Standards has found Minister Clint Camilleri and former Minister Clayton Bartolo both guilty, equally, of breaching the ethics of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.
He said that in the Parliamentary Committee for Standards, the PN requested, among others, that Minister Camilleri and former Minister Bartolo apologise, that Amanda Muscat repay the money, that the Prime Minister demands Camilleri’s resignation, and if not, he sacks him himself. He added, however, that the Government’s side voted in favour of former Minister Bartolo being reprimanded, and defended Minister Camilleri.
Dr Grech said that this shows that the Government has major internal problems, problems of stability and maintenance of standards.
The Leader of the Opposition said that this Government’s behaviour is unacceptable, and what counts for former Minister Bartolo also applies to Camilleri. He said that on Tuesday, the people won as soon as Bartolo had to give up and step down, and said that in the same way the people can win again by rejecting Minister Clint Camilleri.
He said that the people are fed up with the behaviour of Prime Minister Robert Abela and said that the only way the country can move forward is through change.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/opposition-leader-says-tuesdays-events-were-a-maneuver-to-save-gozo-minister/
November 27, 2024
Aqra bil- Malti
Addressing a media conference, Opposition and Partit Nazzjonalista Leader Bernard Grech said that what happened on Tuesday was a maneuver to save Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri.
PN leader Bernard Grech stated that the Commissioner for Standards has found Minister Clint Camilleri and former Minister Clayton Bartolo both guilty, equally, of breaching the ethics of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.
He said that in the Parliamentary Committee for Standards, the PN requested, among others, that Minister Camilleri and former Minister Bartolo apologise, that Amanda Muscat repay the money, that the Prime Minister demands Camilleri’s resignation, and if not, he sacks him himself. He added, however, that the Government’s side voted in favour of former Minister Bartolo being reprimanded, and defended Minister Camilleri.
Dr Grech said that this shows that the Government has major internal problems, problems of stability and maintenance of standards.
The Leader of the Opposition said that this Government’s behaviour is unacceptable, and what counts for former Minister Bartolo also applies to Camilleri. He said that on Tuesday, the people won as soon as Bartolo had to give up and step down, and said that in the same way the people can win again by rejecting Minister Clint Camilleri.
He said that the people are fed up with the behaviour of Prime Minister Robert Abela and said that the only way the country can move forward is through change.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/opposition-leader-says-tuesdays-events-were-a-maneuver-to-save-gozo-minister/
[WATCH] Clayton Bartolo exits PL parliamentary group following fresh allegations
The Prime Minister said that Clayton Bartolo did not only resign from cabinet, as he is also expelled from the PL’s parliamentary group, with Ian Borg set to take over the tourism portfolio
26 November 2024,
by Matthew Farrugia
Ex-tourism minister Clayton Bartolo (in focus) has resigned (Photo: Facebook)
Watch the video here: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132466/prime_minister_confirms_ministers_resignation_came_after_fresh_allegations
Picture-in-PictureFullscreenPrime Minister Robert Abela has confirmed that Clayton Bartolo has resigned from his post following fresh allegations surrounding his wife, Amanda Muscat.
On Tuesday morning, following media reports that Bartolo has resigned from post, Abela gave a comment outside of Castille. Bartolo is one of two ministers flagged by the Standards Commissioner as having abused their power. The other is Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri.
Here, he confirmed that Bartolo’s resignation came following information that came to light “in recent hours,” that are separate from the standards czar’s findings, although he did not elaborate on the information.
Abela stated that Bartolo was not only kicked out of cabinet, adding that he is also expelled from the PL’s parliamentary group.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and foreign affairs minister Ian Borg will be taking over the massive tourism portfolio.
Asked one more time whether he believes Amanda Muscat should return her unjustified government salary, Abela said that she would be refunding the funds.
The Prime Minister said that Clayton Bartolo did not only resign from cabinet, as he is also expelled from the PL’s parliamentary group, with Ian Borg set to take over the tourism portfolio
26 November 2024,
by Matthew Farrugia
Ex-tourism minister Clayton Bartolo (in focus) has resigned (Photo: Facebook)
Watch the video here: www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132466/prime_minister_confirms_ministers_resignation_came_after_fresh_allegations
Picture-in-PictureFullscreenPrime Minister Robert Abela has confirmed that Clayton Bartolo has resigned from his post following fresh allegations surrounding his wife, Amanda Muscat.
On Tuesday morning, following media reports that Bartolo has resigned from post, Abela gave a comment outside of Castille. Bartolo is one of two ministers flagged by the Standards Commissioner as having abused their power. The other is Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri.
Here, he confirmed that Bartolo’s resignation came following information that came to light “in recent hours,” that are separate from the standards czar’s findings, although he did not elaborate on the information.
Abela stated that Bartolo was not only kicked out of cabinet, adding that he is also expelled from the PL’s parliamentary group.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and foreign affairs minister Ian Borg will be taking over the massive tourism portfolio.
Asked one more time whether he believes Amanda Muscat should return her unjustified government salary, Abela said that she would be refunding the funds.
Clayton Bartolo's wife at centre of €50,000 kickback allegations
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), Malta's anti-money laundering agency, flagged some €50,000 in transactions made to Amanda Muscat by a company linked to an MTA contractor
26 November 2024,
by Matthew Farrugia
Former tourism minister Clayton Bartolo and his wife Amanda Muscat Bartolo are in the centre of yet another scandal
Former tourism minister Clayton Bartolo’s wife, Amanda Muscat, received tens of thousands of euros from a private firm suspected to be a kickback related to a Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) contract.
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), Malta's anti-money laundering agency, flagged the transactions to the police, according to a report by the Times of Malta published on Tuesday.
The payments, estimated at around €50,000, were reportedly made over six months by a company linked to an MTA contractor.
On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that Bartolo had resigned from cabinet and the PL's parliamentary group following yet another scandal.
Bartolo, his wife and Gozo minister Clint Camilleri have been dominating the news cycle after a Standards Commissioner report which found that the ministers had abused their power when they awarded Muscat a number of government promotions within their ministries.
The FIAU investigation focused on Muscat’s work for a company associated with Italian cyclist Valerio Agnoli in 2023. In 2021, Agnoli was hired by the MTA to promote cycling tourism and formalised a €20,000 annual agreement in 2023.
Amanda Muscat began working for an Agnoli-linked company in 2023, 18 months after leaving her unjustified ministry consultant role, and ended the assignment in December.
Investigators believe Muscat’s payments might be tied to an MTA-related kickback.
A Tourism Ministry spokesperson had stated this work was unrelated to Agnoli’s MTA contract and that Muscat complied with tax obligations.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132471/clayton_bartolos_wife_at_centre_of_50000_mta_kickback_allegations
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), Malta's anti-money laundering agency, flagged some €50,000 in transactions made to Amanda Muscat by a company linked to an MTA contractor
26 November 2024,
by Matthew Farrugia
Former tourism minister Clayton Bartolo and his wife Amanda Muscat Bartolo are in the centre of yet another scandal
Former tourism minister Clayton Bartolo’s wife, Amanda Muscat, received tens of thousands of euros from a private firm suspected to be a kickback related to a Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) contract.
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU), Malta's anti-money laundering agency, flagged the transactions to the police, according to a report by the Times of Malta published on Tuesday.
The payments, estimated at around €50,000, were reportedly made over six months by a company linked to an MTA contractor.
On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Robert Abela announced that Bartolo had resigned from cabinet and the PL's parliamentary group following yet another scandal.
Bartolo, his wife and Gozo minister Clint Camilleri have been dominating the news cycle after a Standards Commissioner report which found that the ministers had abused their power when they awarded Muscat a number of government promotions within their ministries.
The FIAU investigation focused on Muscat’s work for a company associated with Italian cyclist Valerio Agnoli in 2023. In 2021, Agnoli was hired by the MTA to promote cycling tourism and formalised a €20,000 annual agreement in 2023.
Amanda Muscat began working for an Agnoli-linked company in 2023, 18 months after leaving her unjustified ministry consultant role, and ended the assignment in December.
Investigators believe Muscat’s payments might be tied to an MTA-related kickback.
A Tourism Ministry spokesperson had stated this work was unrelated to Agnoli’s MTA contract and that Muscat complied with tax obligations.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132471/clayton_bartolos_wife_at_centre_of_50000_mta_kickback_allegations
Grech jinsisti li l-ġustizzja ssir biss meta jirriżenja Clint Camilleri
Minn Paul Cachia
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26 ta' Novembru 2024
Ritratt: Partit Nazzjonalista
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Bernard Grech insista li ġustizzja ssir biss meta jirriżenja il-Ministru għall-Għawdex Clint Camilleri.
Meta kien qed jitkellem waqt id-diskussjoni dwar l-estimi tal-Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja, Grech insista li Camilleri qed ikompli jimpika mal-poplu, u ”’jrid jibqa’ jimpika mal-poplu b’Prim Ministru li hu bla saħħa u ħallih hemm”.
Grech sostna li meta l-poplu jingħaqad u jinżel fil-pjazez ” ma jista jirbaħlu ħadd”.
Meta kien qed jitkellem fil-parlament, Bernard Gerch fakkar kif waqt li ”llum il-poplu reġa’ wettaq rebħa oħra meta tneħħa Bartolo, l-istess Gvern tmejjel bil-poplu għal tliet ġimgħat” minn mindu ħarġet ir-rapport tal-Kummissarju għall-Istandards.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni qal ”li l-Gvern jaħsel mhux biss il-flus iżda anki l-ħażen u jrid iġibu nadif.
”Għalhekk meta l-Kummissarju sab li Bartolo wettaq frodi, l-istess Bartolo kellu jitlaq minnufih iżda ma telaqx għax qal li jekk kien għamel ħażen kien se jitlob sorry,” attakka Bartolo.
Bernard Grech qal li l-Prim Ministru ddefendihom lil Bartolo u il Camilleri u qal li l-iskuża hi biżżejjed iżda l-PN baqa’ jinsisti li mhux biss jitħallsu s-€70,000 lura iżda li Clayton Bartolo kellu jirriżenja jew jitkeċċa. Il-Prim Ministru baqa’ jddefendih, sostna Bernard Grech, li kompla li issa Clayton Bartolo kellu jċedi għall-pressjoni u jitlaq.
Bernard Grech qal li l-Prim Ministru kellu jċedi għall-pressjoni li saritlu fosthom mill-poplu u Clayton Bartolo spiċċa telaq minn Ministru tat-Turiżmu. Hu kompla li ”l-poplu wettaq rebħa kontra min ħaseb li l-flus tal-poplu huma flusu w ta’ min ħaseb li għax rebaħ l-elezzjoni ġenerali d-dnub se jinħafer u jintesa”.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni semma’ d-diversi każijiet ta’ frodi fosthom tal-ID cards, taċ-ċitazzjonijiet karozzi, tal-eżamijiet tal-liċenzji tal-karozzi, tal-benefiċċji soċjali, tal-użu ta’ flus pubbliċi għal interessi personali, taċ-ċerifikati tal-mard, tad-djar soċjali, tal-kuntratt ta’ Rosianne Cutajar, tal-isptarijiet u issa tal-każ ta’ Clayton Bartolo.
”Il-gvern hu frodist; sangwisugi u ħalliel tal-poplu… ma fadallu ebda pulzier imħabba lejn il-poplu għax iħobb biss lilu nnifsu,” saħaq Bernard Grech.
newsbook.com.mt/grech-jinsisti-li-l-gustizzja-ssir-biss-meta-jirrizenja-clint-camilleri/
Minn Paul Cachia
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26 ta' Novembru 2024
Ritratt: Partit Nazzjonalista
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Bernard Grech insista li ġustizzja ssir biss meta jirriżenja il-Ministru għall-Għawdex Clint Camilleri.
Meta kien qed jitkellem waqt id-diskussjoni dwar l-estimi tal-Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja, Grech insista li Camilleri qed ikompli jimpika mal-poplu, u ”’jrid jibqa’ jimpika mal-poplu b’Prim Ministru li hu bla saħħa u ħallih hemm”.
Grech sostna li meta l-poplu jingħaqad u jinżel fil-pjazez ” ma jista jirbaħlu ħadd”.
Meta kien qed jitkellem fil-parlament, Bernard Gerch fakkar kif waqt li ”llum il-poplu reġa’ wettaq rebħa oħra meta tneħħa Bartolo, l-istess Gvern tmejjel bil-poplu għal tliet ġimgħat” minn mindu ħarġet ir-rapport tal-Kummissarju għall-Istandards.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni qal ”li l-Gvern jaħsel mhux biss il-flus iżda anki l-ħażen u jrid iġibu nadif.
”Għalhekk meta l-Kummissarju sab li Bartolo wettaq frodi, l-istess Bartolo kellu jitlaq minnufih iżda ma telaqx għax qal li jekk kien għamel ħażen kien se jitlob sorry,” attakka Bartolo.
Bernard Grech qal li l-Prim Ministru ddefendihom lil Bartolo u il Camilleri u qal li l-iskuża hi biżżejjed iżda l-PN baqa’ jinsisti li mhux biss jitħallsu s-€70,000 lura iżda li Clayton Bartolo kellu jirriżenja jew jitkeċċa. Il-Prim Ministru baqa’ jddefendih, sostna Bernard Grech, li kompla li issa Clayton Bartolo kellu jċedi għall-pressjoni u jitlaq.
Bernard Grech qal li l-Prim Ministru kellu jċedi għall-pressjoni li saritlu fosthom mill-poplu u Clayton Bartolo spiċċa telaq minn Ministru tat-Turiżmu. Hu kompla li ”l-poplu wettaq rebħa kontra min ħaseb li l-flus tal-poplu huma flusu w ta’ min ħaseb li għax rebaħ l-elezzjoni ġenerali d-dnub se jinħafer u jintesa”.
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni semma’ d-diversi każijiet ta’ frodi fosthom tal-ID cards, taċ-ċitazzjonijiet karozzi, tal-eżamijiet tal-liċenzji tal-karozzi, tal-benefiċċji soċjali, tal-użu ta’ flus pubbliċi għal interessi personali, taċ-ċerifikati tal-mard, tad-djar soċjali, tal-kuntratt ta’ Rosianne Cutajar, tal-isptarijiet u issa tal-każ ta’ Clayton Bartolo.
”Il-gvern hu frodist; sangwisugi u ħalliel tal-poplu… ma fadallu ebda pulzier imħabba lejn il-poplu għax iħobb biss lilu nnifsu,” saħaq Bernard Grech.
newsbook.com.mt/grech-jinsisti-li-l-gustizzja-ssir-biss-meta-jirrizenja-clint-camilleri/
Nadur Nadif
Minn Mario Muscat
Il-bierah il-Kunsill lokali flimkien ma Nadur Nadif u Nadur Teen and Youth center hadu sehem fi clean up fi triq ir-Ramla l-qadima u triq inzul il-Francizi fejn ingabru diversi boroz biz zibel li xi hadd ghogbu jarmi f dawn it toroq Prosit lil kull min ha sehem.
Minn Mario Muscat
Il-bierah il-Kunsill lokali flimkien ma Nadur Nadif u Nadur Teen and Youth center hadu sehem fi clean up fi triq ir-Ramla l-qadima u triq inzul il-Francizi fejn ingabru diversi boroz biz zibel li xi hadd ghogbu jarmi f dawn it toroq Prosit lil kull min ha sehem.
Atturi Maltin f’serje tal-BBC u Netflix fis-sena l-ġdida
Minn Frederick Zammit
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25 ta' Novembru 2024
Ritratti: Mikhail Basmadjian, Simone Spiteri, Henry Zammit Cordina u Chris Dingli.
Mikhail Basmadjian, Henry Zammit Cordina, Chris Dingli, Alan Paris, Simone Spiteri u Julian Calleja huma fost l-atturi Maltin li fil-bidu tas-sena l-ġdida se jkunu qed jidhru f’xi xeni mis-serje l-ġdida Lockerbie, ko-produzzjoni bejn il-BBC u Netflix.
Is-serje kienet qed tinħadem fl-aħħar xhur fl-Iskozja, f’Toronto fil-Kanada, fir-Renju Unit u f’Malta u taw ukoll sehimhom bosta Maltin oħra li ħadmu fuq xogħol minn wara ‘l kwinti.
Is-serje miktuba minn Jonathan Lee u Gillian Roger Park, għandha fost il-protagonisti lil Patrick J.Adams tas-serje Suits kif ukoll lil Connor Swindells.
Lockerbie hija ibbażata fuq dak li ġara fil-21 ta’ Diċembru tal-1988 meta seħħet l-isplużjoni abbord l-ajruplan tal-Pan Am. Dan il-każ kien deskritt bħala l-agħar attakk terroristiku li qatt kien seħħ.
L-ajruplan tal-passiġġieri kien telaq minn Heathrow b’destinazzjoni għall-Ajruport JFK fi New York. Dan kien sploda fuq il-villaġġ ta’ Lockerbie, fl-Iskozja, u ħalla 270 persuna mejta. Ħdax minn dawn il-vittmi kien residenti fl-istess villaġġ fejn iġġarraf l-ajruplan.
Waqt l-investigazzjonijiet ġew interrogati mal-15,000 persuna minn tletin pajjiż differenti, fosthom Malta. Kien ġie konkluż li l-bomba kienet itellgħet fuq ajruplan tal-Air Malta fuq titjira lejn Frankfurt, il-Ġermanja, minn fejn imbagħad qabdet titjira oħra għall-kapitali Ingliża.
Mill-istħarriġ kien ħareġ li l-bomba kienet tgeżwret fi ħwejjeġ li nxtraw minn ħanut f’Tas-Sliema, proprjetà ta’ Tony Gauci, li fil-film se jkun interpretat minn Julian Calleja. Gauci, li miet fl-2016, kien spiċċa xhud ewlieni fil-każ.
Id-data meta din is-serje f’sitt puntati se tixxandar fuq il-BBC u ftit wara fuq Netflix, se tkun qed titħabbar fi ftit tal-ġimgħat oħra.
newsbook.com.mt/atturi-maltin-fserje-tal-bbc-u-netflix-fis-sena-l-gdida/
Cocaine bust exposes multi-layered ruthless criminal organisation
From Guayaquil to Birżebbuġa: Cocaine bust starts to unravel complex criminal web involving hauliers, a car dealer, port security and a ruthless hidden hand
24 November 2024,
by Kurt Sansone
The drug bust was significant because unlike most cocaine shipments of this scale intercepted at the Freeport, this was destined for the Maltese market
Three men charged with drug trafficking following a cocaine bust at Malta Freeport are on the lower rungs of a multi-layered criminal organisation, MaltaToday has learnt.
The men are linked to a cocaine shipment from Guayaquil in Ecuador to Malta that was intercepted by law enforcement agents at the Birżebbuġa port on 12 November.
The 146kg of cocaine discovered inside a truck and a container has an estimated street value of €20 million, according to the police.
Sources close to the investigation have told MaltaToday the three men are part of a criminal organisation that has an intricate web of operatives kept together by promises of generous cash payments and fear of retribution by a “ruthless hidden hand”.
The drug bust was significant because unlike most cocaine shipments of this scale intercepted at the Freeport, this was destined for the Maltese market. Guayaquil is a notorious port city in Ecuador that serves as a focal point for the export of cocaine produced in Colombia and Peru.
NextA police statement on the day of the drug find said four Maltese men were arrested – a 44-year-old from Birżebbuġa, a 46-year-old from Fgura, a 36-year-old from Żebbuġ and a 41-year-old from Żabbar.
Subsequently, the police charged hauliers Darren Dimech, 46, who was driving the intercepted truck, and Roderick Camilleri, 44, who was a passenger in the vehicle. The police said 105kg of cocaine was found hidden behind the driver and passenger seats, and another 41kg was found in a container that had tampered seals.
Darren Dimech and Roderick Camilleri inside the prison van as they are escorted to court to face charges of drug trafficking. Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaTodayThe police identified the other two men arrested on the day as Freeport workers, however, they have not been charged yet. Sources close to the Freeport said the two men are security guards and a wider investigation is currently underway to determine whether other port officials are involved.
A third man unconnected to the initial arrests, Kurt Scicluna, 31, from Żejtun, was later arraigned on charges that include conspiracy to traffic drugs, trafficking of cocaine, criminal association and money laundering.
Scicluna resides in a farmhouse between Zejtun and Zabbar. During his arrest, police also seized jewellery, luxury cars and significant amounts of cash.
All three men have pleaded not guilty and are currently being held in custody as the compilation of evidence against them continues.
Cash promises and a car dealer
Testifying in court, Inspector Mark Anthony Mercieca said Dimech had told his lawyer that he was offered a payment of between €5,000 and €10,000 by Camilleri to assist him in the Freeport operation.
The inspector also testified that Camilleri told Dimech to “drive outside” because the “security guards know about us”. The truck was nonetheless stopped and searched, leading to the cocaine discovery.
It is unclear so far what led the police to arrest Scicluna a few days later but sources told MaltaToday he was flagged as the person, who allegedly put Camilleri and Dimech to the job offering a generous payment running into thousands of euros as compensation.
In court, Scicluna stated that he is a self-employed chef. However, research carried out by MaltaToday shows that he also owns a car dealership in Għaxaq that goes by his initials – KS Autodealer.
Last year, the Local Enforcement System Agency (LESA) took legal action against Scicluna and sought a warrant of seizure, claiming it was owed almost €11,000.
Investigators believe that Scicluna, like the two accused caught red handed at the Freeport, is a player on the lower rungs of a multi-tiered criminal organisation.
The sources said further arrests are not excluded as investigators try to uncover what has been described as a “ruthless hidden hand”.
In court, Roderick Camilleri is represented by lawyers Jason Azzopardi, Kris Busietta and Alessandro Farrugia while Darren Dimech is represented by lawyers Franco Debono and George Anton Buttiġieġ. The prosecution in this case is being led by police inspectors Mark Mercieca, John Leigh Howard and Francesco Mizzi, aided by lawyer Maria Francesca Spiteri from the Attorney General's office.
Meanwhile, Kurt Scicluna is represented by lawyers Roberto Spiteri and Michael Sciriha. The prosecution in this case is being led by inspectors Mark Mercieca and Lianne Bonello, aided by lawyers Kevin Valletta and Maria Francesca Spiteri from the AG’s office.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132419/cocaine_bust_exposes_multilayered_criminal_organisation_
From Guayaquil to Birżebbuġa: Cocaine bust starts to unravel complex criminal web involving hauliers, a car dealer, port security and a ruthless hidden hand
24 November 2024,
by Kurt Sansone
The drug bust was significant because unlike most cocaine shipments of this scale intercepted at the Freeport, this was destined for the Maltese market
Three men charged with drug trafficking following a cocaine bust at Malta Freeport are on the lower rungs of a multi-layered criminal organisation, MaltaToday has learnt.
The men are linked to a cocaine shipment from Guayaquil in Ecuador to Malta that was intercepted by law enforcement agents at the Birżebbuġa port on 12 November.
The 146kg of cocaine discovered inside a truck and a container has an estimated street value of €20 million, according to the police.
Sources close to the investigation have told MaltaToday the three men are part of a criminal organisation that has an intricate web of operatives kept together by promises of generous cash payments and fear of retribution by a “ruthless hidden hand”.
The drug bust was significant because unlike most cocaine shipments of this scale intercepted at the Freeport, this was destined for the Maltese market. Guayaquil is a notorious port city in Ecuador that serves as a focal point for the export of cocaine produced in Colombia and Peru.
NextA police statement on the day of the drug find said four Maltese men were arrested – a 44-year-old from Birżebbuġa, a 46-year-old from Fgura, a 36-year-old from Żebbuġ and a 41-year-old from Żabbar.
Subsequently, the police charged hauliers Darren Dimech, 46, who was driving the intercepted truck, and Roderick Camilleri, 44, who was a passenger in the vehicle. The police said 105kg of cocaine was found hidden behind the driver and passenger seats, and another 41kg was found in a container that had tampered seals.
Darren Dimech and Roderick Camilleri inside the prison van as they are escorted to court to face charges of drug trafficking. Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaTodayThe police identified the other two men arrested on the day as Freeport workers, however, they have not been charged yet. Sources close to the Freeport said the two men are security guards and a wider investigation is currently underway to determine whether other port officials are involved.
A third man unconnected to the initial arrests, Kurt Scicluna, 31, from Żejtun, was later arraigned on charges that include conspiracy to traffic drugs, trafficking of cocaine, criminal association and money laundering.
Scicluna resides in a farmhouse between Zejtun and Zabbar. During his arrest, police also seized jewellery, luxury cars and significant amounts of cash.
All three men have pleaded not guilty and are currently being held in custody as the compilation of evidence against them continues.
Cash promises and a car dealer
Testifying in court, Inspector Mark Anthony Mercieca said Dimech had told his lawyer that he was offered a payment of between €5,000 and €10,000 by Camilleri to assist him in the Freeport operation.
The inspector also testified that Camilleri told Dimech to “drive outside” because the “security guards know about us”. The truck was nonetheless stopped and searched, leading to the cocaine discovery.
It is unclear so far what led the police to arrest Scicluna a few days later but sources told MaltaToday he was flagged as the person, who allegedly put Camilleri and Dimech to the job offering a generous payment running into thousands of euros as compensation.
In court, Scicluna stated that he is a self-employed chef. However, research carried out by MaltaToday shows that he also owns a car dealership in Għaxaq that goes by his initials – KS Autodealer.
Last year, the Local Enforcement System Agency (LESA) took legal action against Scicluna and sought a warrant of seizure, claiming it was owed almost €11,000.
Investigators believe that Scicluna, like the two accused caught red handed at the Freeport, is a player on the lower rungs of a multi-tiered criminal organisation.
The sources said further arrests are not excluded as investigators try to uncover what has been described as a “ruthless hidden hand”.
In court, Roderick Camilleri is represented by lawyers Jason Azzopardi, Kris Busietta and Alessandro Farrugia while Darren Dimech is represented by lawyers Franco Debono and George Anton Buttiġieġ. The prosecution in this case is being led by police inspectors Mark Mercieca, John Leigh Howard and Francesco Mizzi, aided by lawyer Maria Francesca Spiteri from the Attorney General's office.
Meanwhile, Kurt Scicluna is represented by lawyers Roberto Spiteri and Michael Sciriha. The prosecution in this case is being led by inspectors Mark Mercieca and Lianne Bonello, aided by lawyers Kevin Valletta and Maria Francesca Spiteri from the AG’s office.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/132419/cocaine_bust_exposes_multilayered_criminal_organisation_
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Nadur, Gozo
Sunday 16th June: 5:30 pm Pontifical Mass at the Sacred Heart Church.
With the participation of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Nadur, Gozo
Sunday 16th June: 5:30 pm Pontifical Mass at the Sacred Heart Church.
With the participation of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Mass for the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
27 June, 2023
Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul Nadur, Gozo. Malta.
27 June, 2023
Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul Nadur, Gozo. Malta.
Mass for the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
27 June, 2023
Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul Nadur, Gozo. Malta.
Group photo: The Knights and Dames of the Confraternity with the Archpriest Mons. Jimmy Xerri and the Clergy of the parish.
27 June, 2023
Basilica of St. Peter & St. Paul Nadur, Gozo. Malta.
Group photo: The Knights and Dames of the Confraternity with the Archpriest Mons. Jimmy Xerri and the Clergy of the parish.
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
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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
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Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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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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Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Nadur in pictures
Dahlet Qorrot Bay
Photo by Mario Muscat
Dahlet Qorrot Bay
Photo by Mario Muscat
L' artal tas-Sagrament fin-Nadur
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
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
NADUR IN PICTURES
By Mario Muscat
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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
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.
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.
