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Jitħabbru 2 vapuri ġodda bejn Malta u Għawdex
Minn Andrea Rossitto
14 ta' Jannar 2026
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Il-Gvern ħabbar li se jiġu introdotti żewġ vapuri ġodda bejn Malta u Għawdex: vapur li jesa’ 250 karozza biex jintuża meta jkun hemm l-ogħla domanda sabiex iġorr aktar vetturi bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer, u vapur iżgħar ta’ 75 vettura li hu maħsub għal meta d-domanda tkun anqas u għall-ħinijiet ta’ filgħaxija. Dan, filwaqt li t-tliet vapuri preżenti se jkun qed isirilhom titjib biex jinżammu.
F’laqgħa mal-ġurnalisti f’Għawdex il-Ministri Clint Camilleri, Silvio Schembri u Chris Bonett qalu li l-għan ta’ dan il-pjan strateġiku hu li l-flotta tal-Gozo Channel tlaħħaq mad-domanda.
Qalu wkoll, li l-pjan jaħseb ukoll għas-sostenibilità tal-ekonomija Għawdxija li ntqal qed tikber b’rata akbar minn dik Maltija.
Hu stmat li l-Gozo Channel se tibda topera b’ħames vapuri, wara investiment totali ta’ madwar €130 miljun, fl-ewwel kwart tal-2029.
Il-flotta tal-Gozo Channel se titla’ għal ħames vapuri. Erba’ vapuri se jkunu għan-nies u vapur ieħor se jibda jintuża għall-merkanzija.
F’laqgħa mal-ġurnalisti fil-Ministeru ta’ Għawdex il-Ministri Clint Camilleri, Silvio Schembri u Chris Bonett ħabbru li l-pjan hu li t-tkattir fis-servizz tal-Gozo Channel jibda jingħata daqs tliet snin u nofs oħra.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Clint Camilleri spjega li t-tliet vapuri preżenti tal-Gozo Channel – li jesgħu 150 karozza ‘l wieħed – se jinżammu u l-Gvern se jkompli jinvesti fihom, għax qal li huma f’qagħda tajba. Dawn, intqal, se jsirilhom retrofitting.
Minn issa ‘l quddiem se nibdew bl-implimentazzjoni ta’ tali pjan sabiex kif Gvernijiet preċedenti fil-passat ħasbu għall-50 sena li naħseb illum wasalna fl-aħħar tagħhom aħna llum qed nippjanaw pjan għall-50 sena li ġejjin.
Clint Camilleri – Ministru għal GħawdexMin-naħa tiegħu l-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, Silvio Schembri spjega li mal-flotta se jiżdiedu żewġ vapuri ġodda: wieħed jesa’ 250 karozza u l-ieħor 75 vettura.
Għamilna diversi studji. Irriżulta li madwar 40% tad-domanda tat-traġitt bejn Malta u Għawdex tkun domanda li tirrikjedi anqas minn 75 karozza allura ma kienx jagħmel sens li jekk ħa naħsbu fuq vapuri ġodda jkunu jaħsbu għal 150. Però mbagħad ikollok perjodi żgħar ħafna li d-domanda hemm tisplodi ġeneralment jew ikun hemm avvenimenti jew long weekends jew inkella xi attività partikolari ġewwa Għawdex u allura ridna naħsbu għal dik id-domanda wkoll.
Silvio Schembri – Ministru għall-EkonomijaIl-Ministru Schembri qal ukoll li s-servizz tal-merkanzija se jibda jingħata bejn il-Port Ħieles u Ras Ħanżir f’Malta u l-gżira Għawdxija.
Sadanittant, żvela wkoll li se toħroġ sejħa għal vapur mikri b’ċans li jieħu post in-Nikolaos biex is-servizz jibqa’ stabbli. In-Nikolaos jew il-vapur li se jinkera floku, se jintuża bħala vapur tal-merkanzija.
Dwar il-vapur tal-merkanzija, il-Ministru għat-Trasport Chris Bonett qal li l-pjan hu li meta dan is-servizz jibda, jipprovdi minn żewġ vjaġġi sa erbgħa kuljum. Fissru, bħala servizz li se jġib ħafna ġid.
Il-mument li jibda l-vapur tal-merkanzija li se jitlaq min-nofsinhar ta’ Malta se jkollok dawk il-vetturi li huma aktar minn 12-il metru – li qed nitkellmu fuq madwar 11,000 vjaġġ fis-sena – li mhux se jkunu qed jużaw aktar il-Gozo Channel. Mela ħa jkun hemm aktar spazju għall-karozzi, għan-nies u ħa jkun hemm anqas traffiku fit-toroq ta’ Malta.
Chris Bonett – Ministru għat-TrasportTħabbar ukoll li se jiġi ingaġġat naval architect biex iservi ta’ gwida dwar liema għandhom ikunu l-aqwa tip ta’ vapuri għall-ħtiġijiet ta’ pajjiżna.
Intant, it-tliet Ministri żvelaw ukoll li fil-jiem li ġejjin se titnieda t-task force bil-għan li titjieb l-aċċessibilità fil-Port tal-Imġarr u f’żoni oħra f’Għawdex li jistgħu jservu bħala faċilitajiet għall-konnettività t’Għawdex.
Il-PN jgħid li għax riesqa l-elezzjoni il-Gvern ikkopjah u ħabbar investiment fil-Gozo Channel
B’reazzjoni, il-Partit Nazzjonalista permezz tax-Shadow Ministers Chris Said u Toni Bezzina qal li għax riesqa l-elezzjoni, il-Gvern ħabbar investiment fil-flotta tal-Gozo Channel. Fi stqarrija qal li l-Gvern ikkopja preċiż il-proposti tiegħu anki jekk 13-il sena tard. Il-Partit Nazzjonalista qal li dan tħabbar wara konferenza tal-aħbarijiet mill-Oppożizzjoni fiċ-Ċirkewwa u wara dak li sejjaħ kaos li nħoloq tul il-festi.
Fisser dak imħabbar bħala aħjar tard milli qatt, anki jekk qal fadal mill-inqas tliet snin oħra biex jaslu l-vapuri l-ġodda għax qal li għadu ma nħareġ l-ebda tender għalihom. Żied li l-Gvern mhux biss għadu fil-fażi li jfassal id-disinji u jibda x-xogħol fuq il-proċess tal-procurement, iżda għad trid toħroġ ukoll is-sejħa dwar il-każ tal-vapur li se jiġi mikri minflok in-Nikolaos.
Waqt li laqa’ dan l-iżvilupp għax qal li ilu jinsisti fuqu s-snin, il-Partit Nazzjonalista temm jgħid li hi ħasra li nħlew 13-il sena biex il-Gvern jieħu din id-deċiżjoni u wara li qal li wikka lill-Għawdxin u lill-Maltin b’vapur second-hand bħan-Nikolaos għal tant snin.
Il-PL jgħid li l-istudji dwar il-pjan tal-Gvern li jżid żewġ vapuri ilhom li bdew aktar minn sentejn ilu
B’reazzjoni, il-Partit Laburista qal li l-istudji dwar il-pjan tal-Gvern li jżid żewġ vapuri ilhom li bdew aktar minn sentejn ilu. Fi stqarrija qal li minkejja dan, il-Partit Nazzjonalista illum ħareġ jgħid li dan hu dak li propona l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni. Il-Partit Laburista qal li l-fatti huma ċari: l-istudju dwar il-vapuri l-ġodda t’Għawdex kien beda saħansitra sentejn qabel ma’ laħaq il-Kap ġdid Nazzjonalista. Qal li l-Partit Nazzjonalista mhux biss qed jipprova jikkopja, imma qed jipporova jieħu l-mertu ta’ xogħol li ma bediex hu.
Il-Partit Laburista qal li l-Gvern Laburista llum ħabbar investiment b’saħħtu biex ikompli jsaħħaħ il-konnettività bejn Malta u Għawdex, itejjeb is-servizz u jwieġeb għall-ħtiġijiet dejjem jikbru ta’ residenti, studenti, ħaddiema, turisti u anki l-imprendituri Maltin u Għawdxin. Temm jgħid li waqt li fl-Oppożizzjoni ma nbidel xejn għax ma tiħux pjaċir bl-investiment u ma tippreżentax soluzzjonijiet serji, qal li hu Gvern Laburista li qed jerġa’ jinvesti fil-konnettività u jilqa’ għar-realtajiet tal-lum.
Milqugħa b’sodisfazzjon l-aħbar taż-żieda ta’ vapuri bejn Malta u Għawdex
Reazzjonjiet ukoll mill-Assoċjazzjoni tat-Turiżmu f’Għawex, il-GTA u mill-Kamra tan-Negozju għal Għawdex. Din tal-aħħar, iddikjarat li laqgħet b’sodisfazzjon l-investiment fit-trasport bejn Malta u Għawdex biex sal-2029 ikun hemm erba’ vapuri tal-passiġġieri u wieħed tal-merkanzija.
Fi stqarija, il-Kamra qalet li dan hu żvilupp importanti li jirrifletti ż-żieda sostanzjali fit-traffiku bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer u l-andament ekonomiku pożittiv ta’ dawn l-aħħar snin. Uriet il-fehma li dan il-pjan fit-tul jagħti aktar ċertezza kemm lill-komunità lokali u dik kummerċjali għas-snin li ġejjin. Innotat l-investiment f’żewġ vapuri ġodda u fissret l-introduzzjoni tas-servizz bejn il-Freeport u Għawdex bħala importanti għax qalet jirrifletti realtà fejn aktar kumpaniji Għawdxin qed ikabbru l-operat tagħhom, u l-volumi tal-importazzjoni u tal-esportazzjoni.
Fi stqarrija separata, il-GTA qalet li l-konnettività bejn il-gżejjer ma tistax tiġi indirizzata biss b’aktar vapuri iżda esprimiet il-fehma li ż-żieda fil-flotta tal-Gozo Channel għandha tkun ikkumplimentata minn investiment fl-infrastruttura. Il-GTA qalet li biex il-konnettività ta’ Għawdex tibqa’ effiċjenti, affidabbli u sostenibbli fis-snin li ġejjin, tistenna li jiġu żviluppati aktar mollijiet li jkunu kapaċi jakkomodaw il-ħames vapuri kemm fil-Port tal-Imġarr u anki fiċ-Ċirkewwa, u kif ukoll li n-network tat-toroq – b’mod speċjali tar-rotot li jwasslu lejn u mill-Imġarr – jiġu aġġornati. Il-GTA ssuġġeriet li tiġi żviluppata triq alternattiva fl-Imġarr.
tvmnews.mt/news/jithabbru-2-vapuri-godda-bejn-malta-u-ghawdex/
Minn Andrea Rossitto
14 ta' Jannar 2026
Read in English
Il-Gvern ħabbar li se jiġu introdotti żewġ vapuri ġodda bejn Malta u Għawdex: vapur li jesa’ 250 karozza biex jintuża meta jkun hemm l-ogħla domanda sabiex iġorr aktar vetturi bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer, u vapur iżgħar ta’ 75 vettura li hu maħsub għal meta d-domanda tkun anqas u għall-ħinijiet ta’ filgħaxija. Dan, filwaqt li t-tliet vapuri preżenti se jkun qed isirilhom titjib biex jinżammu.
F’laqgħa mal-ġurnalisti f’Għawdex il-Ministri Clint Camilleri, Silvio Schembri u Chris Bonett qalu li l-għan ta’ dan il-pjan strateġiku hu li l-flotta tal-Gozo Channel tlaħħaq mad-domanda.
Qalu wkoll, li l-pjan jaħseb ukoll għas-sostenibilità tal-ekonomija Għawdxija li ntqal qed tikber b’rata akbar minn dik Maltija.
Hu stmat li l-Gozo Channel se tibda topera b’ħames vapuri, wara investiment totali ta’ madwar €130 miljun, fl-ewwel kwart tal-2029.
Il-flotta tal-Gozo Channel se titla’ għal ħames vapuri. Erba’ vapuri se jkunu għan-nies u vapur ieħor se jibda jintuża għall-merkanzija.
F’laqgħa mal-ġurnalisti fil-Ministeru ta’ Għawdex il-Ministri Clint Camilleri, Silvio Schembri u Chris Bonett ħabbru li l-pjan hu li t-tkattir fis-servizz tal-Gozo Channel jibda jingħata daqs tliet snin u nofs oħra.
Il-Ministru għal Għawdex, Clint Camilleri spjega li t-tliet vapuri preżenti tal-Gozo Channel – li jesgħu 150 karozza ‘l wieħed – se jinżammu u l-Gvern se jkompli jinvesti fihom, għax qal li huma f’qagħda tajba. Dawn, intqal, se jsirilhom retrofitting.
Minn issa ‘l quddiem se nibdew bl-implimentazzjoni ta’ tali pjan sabiex kif Gvernijiet preċedenti fil-passat ħasbu għall-50 sena li naħseb illum wasalna fl-aħħar tagħhom aħna llum qed nippjanaw pjan għall-50 sena li ġejjin.
Clint Camilleri – Ministru għal GħawdexMin-naħa tiegħu l-Ministru għall-Ekonomija, Silvio Schembri spjega li mal-flotta se jiżdiedu żewġ vapuri ġodda: wieħed jesa’ 250 karozza u l-ieħor 75 vettura.
Għamilna diversi studji. Irriżulta li madwar 40% tad-domanda tat-traġitt bejn Malta u Għawdex tkun domanda li tirrikjedi anqas minn 75 karozza allura ma kienx jagħmel sens li jekk ħa naħsbu fuq vapuri ġodda jkunu jaħsbu għal 150. Però mbagħad ikollok perjodi żgħar ħafna li d-domanda hemm tisplodi ġeneralment jew ikun hemm avvenimenti jew long weekends jew inkella xi attività partikolari ġewwa Għawdex u allura ridna naħsbu għal dik id-domanda wkoll.
Silvio Schembri – Ministru għall-EkonomijaIl-Ministru Schembri qal ukoll li s-servizz tal-merkanzija se jibda jingħata bejn il-Port Ħieles u Ras Ħanżir f’Malta u l-gżira Għawdxija.
Sadanittant, żvela wkoll li se toħroġ sejħa għal vapur mikri b’ċans li jieħu post in-Nikolaos biex is-servizz jibqa’ stabbli. In-Nikolaos jew il-vapur li se jinkera floku, se jintuża bħala vapur tal-merkanzija.
Dwar il-vapur tal-merkanzija, il-Ministru għat-Trasport Chris Bonett qal li l-pjan hu li meta dan is-servizz jibda, jipprovdi minn żewġ vjaġġi sa erbgħa kuljum. Fissru, bħala servizz li se jġib ħafna ġid.
Il-mument li jibda l-vapur tal-merkanzija li se jitlaq min-nofsinhar ta’ Malta se jkollok dawk il-vetturi li huma aktar minn 12-il metru – li qed nitkellmu fuq madwar 11,000 vjaġġ fis-sena – li mhux se jkunu qed jużaw aktar il-Gozo Channel. Mela ħa jkun hemm aktar spazju għall-karozzi, għan-nies u ħa jkun hemm anqas traffiku fit-toroq ta’ Malta.
Chris Bonett – Ministru għat-TrasportTħabbar ukoll li se jiġi ingaġġat naval architect biex iservi ta’ gwida dwar liema għandhom ikunu l-aqwa tip ta’ vapuri għall-ħtiġijiet ta’ pajjiżna.
Intant, it-tliet Ministri żvelaw ukoll li fil-jiem li ġejjin se titnieda t-task force bil-għan li titjieb l-aċċessibilità fil-Port tal-Imġarr u f’żoni oħra f’Għawdex li jistgħu jservu bħala faċilitajiet għall-konnettività t’Għawdex.
Il-PN jgħid li għax riesqa l-elezzjoni il-Gvern ikkopjah u ħabbar investiment fil-Gozo Channel
B’reazzjoni, il-Partit Nazzjonalista permezz tax-Shadow Ministers Chris Said u Toni Bezzina qal li għax riesqa l-elezzjoni, il-Gvern ħabbar investiment fil-flotta tal-Gozo Channel. Fi stqarrija qal li l-Gvern ikkopja preċiż il-proposti tiegħu anki jekk 13-il sena tard. Il-Partit Nazzjonalista qal li dan tħabbar wara konferenza tal-aħbarijiet mill-Oppożizzjoni fiċ-Ċirkewwa u wara dak li sejjaħ kaos li nħoloq tul il-festi.
Fisser dak imħabbar bħala aħjar tard milli qatt, anki jekk qal fadal mill-inqas tliet snin oħra biex jaslu l-vapuri l-ġodda għax qal li għadu ma nħareġ l-ebda tender għalihom. Żied li l-Gvern mhux biss għadu fil-fażi li jfassal id-disinji u jibda x-xogħol fuq il-proċess tal-procurement, iżda għad trid toħroġ ukoll is-sejħa dwar il-każ tal-vapur li se jiġi mikri minflok in-Nikolaos.
Waqt li laqa’ dan l-iżvilupp għax qal li ilu jinsisti fuqu s-snin, il-Partit Nazzjonalista temm jgħid li hi ħasra li nħlew 13-il sena biex il-Gvern jieħu din id-deċiżjoni u wara li qal li wikka lill-Għawdxin u lill-Maltin b’vapur second-hand bħan-Nikolaos għal tant snin.
Il-PL jgħid li l-istudji dwar il-pjan tal-Gvern li jżid żewġ vapuri ilhom li bdew aktar minn sentejn ilu
B’reazzjoni, il-Partit Laburista qal li l-istudji dwar il-pjan tal-Gvern li jżid żewġ vapuri ilhom li bdew aktar minn sentejn ilu. Fi stqarrija qal li minkejja dan, il-Partit Nazzjonalista illum ħareġ jgħid li dan hu dak li propona l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni. Il-Partit Laburista qal li l-fatti huma ċari: l-istudju dwar il-vapuri l-ġodda t’Għawdex kien beda saħansitra sentejn qabel ma’ laħaq il-Kap ġdid Nazzjonalista. Qal li l-Partit Nazzjonalista mhux biss qed jipprova jikkopja, imma qed jipporova jieħu l-mertu ta’ xogħol li ma bediex hu.
Il-Partit Laburista qal li l-Gvern Laburista llum ħabbar investiment b’saħħtu biex ikompli jsaħħaħ il-konnettività bejn Malta u Għawdex, itejjeb is-servizz u jwieġeb għall-ħtiġijiet dejjem jikbru ta’ residenti, studenti, ħaddiema, turisti u anki l-imprendituri Maltin u Għawdxin. Temm jgħid li waqt li fl-Oppożizzjoni ma nbidel xejn għax ma tiħux pjaċir bl-investiment u ma tippreżentax soluzzjonijiet serji, qal li hu Gvern Laburista li qed jerġa’ jinvesti fil-konnettività u jilqa’ għar-realtajiet tal-lum.
Milqugħa b’sodisfazzjon l-aħbar taż-żieda ta’ vapuri bejn Malta u Għawdex
Reazzjonjiet ukoll mill-Assoċjazzjoni tat-Turiżmu f’Għawex, il-GTA u mill-Kamra tan-Negozju għal Għawdex. Din tal-aħħar, iddikjarat li laqgħet b’sodisfazzjon l-investiment fit-trasport bejn Malta u Għawdex biex sal-2029 ikun hemm erba’ vapuri tal-passiġġieri u wieħed tal-merkanzija.
Fi stqarija, il-Kamra qalet li dan hu żvilupp importanti li jirrifletti ż-żieda sostanzjali fit-traffiku bejn iż-żewġ gżejjer u l-andament ekonomiku pożittiv ta’ dawn l-aħħar snin. Uriet il-fehma li dan il-pjan fit-tul jagħti aktar ċertezza kemm lill-komunità lokali u dik kummerċjali għas-snin li ġejjin. Innotat l-investiment f’żewġ vapuri ġodda u fissret l-introduzzjoni tas-servizz bejn il-Freeport u Għawdex bħala importanti għax qalet jirrifletti realtà fejn aktar kumpaniji Għawdxin qed ikabbru l-operat tagħhom, u l-volumi tal-importazzjoni u tal-esportazzjoni.
Fi stqarrija separata, il-GTA qalet li l-konnettività bejn il-gżejjer ma tistax tiġi indirizzata biss b’aktar vapuri iżda esprimiet il-fehma li ż-żieda fil-flotta tal-Gozo Channel għandha tkun ikkumplimentata minn investiment fl-infrastruttura. Il-GTA qalet li biex il-konnettività ta’ Għawdex tibqa’ effiċjenti, affidabbli u sostenibbli fis-snin li ġejjin, tistenna li jiġu żviluppati aktar mollijiet li jkunu kapaċi jakkomodaw il-ħames vapuri kemm fil-Port tal-Imġarr u anki fiċ-Ċirkewwa, u kif ukoll li n-network tat-toroq – b’mod speċjali tar-rotot li jwasslu lejn u mill-Imġarr – jiġu aġġornati. Il-GTA ssuġġeriet li tiġi żviluppata triq alternattiva fl-Imġarr.
tvmnews.mt/news/jithabbru-2-vapuri-godda-bejn-malta-u-ghawdex/
Il-Kap tal-PN iżur il-kumpaniji Busy Bee u ESS
14 ta' Jannar 2026
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Alex Borg qal li l-Partit Nazzjonalista jibqa’ impenjat li jinċentiva lill-intrapriżi Maltin. Huwa kien qed iżur żewġ intrapriżi stabbiliti fl-Imrieħel.
Dr Borg qal li negozji Maltin, kemm dawk li ilhom stabiliti ħafna snin u dawk imwaqqfa riċentament huma huma ċertifikat tal-ħolm, l-ambizzjonijiet u fuq kollox il-ħidma għaqlija tal-imprendituri Maltin.
Żar il-kumpanija tal-ikel Busy Bee fejn iltaqa’ mal-familja Friggieri li 93 sena wara li twaqqfet għadha tmexxi n-negozju tal-familja.
Il-Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista aktar tard żar ukoll l-Electrical Supplies and Services Ltd – kumpanija fil-qasam tal-elettriku u d-dawl li bdiet fl-2001.
Id-diretturi tal-kumpanija qalu li minn 300 ħaddiem 25 sena ilu llum-il ġurnata l-kumpanija timpjega 130 ħaddiem. Dr Borg flimkien ma deputati Nazzjonalisti żar ukoll l-imħażen u uffiċini ta’ dawn il-kumpaniji u ltaqa’ mal-istaff u l-ħaddiema.
tvmnews.mt/news/il-kap-tal-pn-izur-il-kumpaniji-busy-bee-u-ess/
14 ta' Jannar 2026
Il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni Alex Borg qal li l-Partit Nazzjonalista jibqa’ impenjat li jinċentiva lill-intrapriżi Maltin. Huwa kien qed iżur żewġ intrapriżi stabbiliti fl-Imrieħel.
Dr Borg qal li negozji Maltin, kemm dawk li ilhom stabiliti ħafna snin u dawk imwaqqfa riċentament huma huma ċertifikat tal-ħolm, l-ambizzjonijiet u fuq kollox il-ħidma għaqlija tal-imprendituri Maltin.
Żar il-kumpanija tal-ikel Busy Bee fejn iltaqa’ mal-familja Friggieri li 93 sena wara li twaqqfet għadha tmexxi n-negozju tal-familja.
Il-Kap tal-Partit Nazzjonalista aktar tard żar ukoll l-Electrical Supplies and Services Ltd – kumpanija fil-qasam tal-elettriku u d-dawl li bdiet fl-2001.
Id-diretturi tal-kumpanija qalu li minn 300 ħaddiem 25 sena ilu llum-il ġurnata l-kumpanija timpjega 130 ħaddiem. Dr Borg flimkien ma deputati Nazzjonalisti żar ukoll l-imħażen u uffiċini ta’ dawn il-kumpaniji u ltaqa’ mal-istaff u l-ħaddiema.
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Family of man with rare leukaemia treatment blasts 'blackmail' by air ambulance company
Abigail Borg, the wife of Sandro Grech said that an air ambulance company tried to squeeze every cent out of the family, while her husband remains sick and unable to travel to China for treatment
13 January 2026,
by Matthew Farrugia
Sandro is a 41-year-old father who has been fighting leukaemia for three years
The family of a man who needs to be treated for a very rare form of leukaemia have stated that they are being blackmailed by an air ambulance company that wishes to squeeze every cent possible from the family.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Abigail Borg, the wife of Sandro Grech, said that her husband was supposed to be on the way to China for his treatment by now, but they were never picked up from the airport.
Sandro is a 41-year-old father who has been fighting leukaemia for three years.
“This delay isn’t our fault, it’s the consequence of the air ambulance company’s actions,” his wife said.
Abigail explained that after paying the necessary fees, the air ambulance company requested another €80,000 and tried to force her into signing an agreement which made no sense.
She claimed that the agreement included her issuing a false public declaration and surrendering her right to any extra fees that she paid.
“This money belongs to the people of Malta. This is nothing more than blackmail.”
Sandro’s family had collected €368,000 through a crowd-funding campaign where over 10,000 people gave donations. Government contributed €250,000 of the raised funds.
Abigail added that the air ambulance company even resorted to attacking the Maltese High Commissioner in London for helping Sandro.
“Our lawyers have already informed them [the company] that we will hold them personally responsible for every hour delayed and every risk posed on Sandro because of their tactics.”
She said that they are working day and night with authorities so that Sandro, who is currently in hospital, may have other options. “I am confident that the Maltese authorities will never bow down to this company’s threats,” Abigail said.
She thanked government and the family’s lawyers for their endless help, and assured the public that they will continue fighting.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/139126/family_of_man_with_rare_leukaemia_treatment_blasts_blackmail_by_air_ambulance_company
Abigail Borg, the wife of Sandro Grech said that an air ambulance company tried to squeeze every cent out of the family, while her husband remains sick and unable to travel to China for treatment
13 January 2026,
by Matthew Farrugia
Sandro is a 41-year-old father who has been fighting leukaemia for three years
The family of a man who needs to be treated for a very rare form of leukaemia have stated that they are being blackmailed by an air ambulance company that wishes to squeeze every cent possible from the family.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Abigail Borg, the wife of Sandro Grech, said that her husband was supposed to be on the way to China for his treatment by now, but they were never picked up from the airport.
Sandro is a 41-year-old father who has been fighting leukaemia for three years.
“This delay isn’t our fault, it’s the consequence of the air ambulance company’s actions,” his wife said.
Abigail explained that after paying the necessary fees, the air ambulance company requested another €80,000 and tried to force her into signing an agreement which made no sense.
She claimed that the agreement included her issuing a false public declaration and surrendering her right to any extra fees that she paid.
“This money belongs to the people of Malta. This is nothing more than blackmail.”
Sandro’s family had collected €368,000 through a crowd-funding campaign where over 10,000 people gave donations. Government contributed €250,000 of the raised funds.
Abigail added that the air ambulance company even resorted to attacking the Maltese High Commissioner in London for helping Sandro.
“Our lawyers have already informed them [the company] that we will hold them personally responsible for every hour delayed and every risk posed on Sandro because of their tactics.”
She said that they are working day and night with authorities so that Sandro, who is currently in hospital, may have other options. “I am confident that the Maltese authorities will never bow down to this company’s threats,” Abigail said.
She thanked government and the family’s lawyers for their endless help, and assured the public that they will continue fighting.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/139126/family_of_man_with_rare_leukaemia_treatment_blasts_blackmail_by_air_ambulance_company
Karozza tinqered bin-nar fin-Nadur
Minn Newsbook Malta
12 ta' Jannar 2026
Dylan AttardFil-ħin li għadda karozza spiċċat meqruda bin-nar fi Triq il-Ħanaq in-Nadur.
Kelliem tal-Pulizija kkonferma li ħadd ma weġġa’ f’dan l-inċident.
Mhux magħruf x’wassal biex il-karozza ħadet in-nar.
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Minn Newsbook Malta
12 ta' Jannar 2026
Dylan AttardFil-ħin li għadda karozza spiċċat meqruda bin-nar fi Triq il-Ħanaq in-Nadur.
Kelliem tal-Pulizija kkonferma li ħadd ma weġġa’ f’dan l-inċident.
Mhux magħruf x’wassal biex il-karozza ħadet in-nar.
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Il-Pulizija tappella għall-għajnuna biex tinstab Jessica Farrugia
12 ta' Jannar 2026
Il-Pulizja qed tappella għall-għajnuna tal-pubbliku biex tinstab Jessica Farrugia.
Farrugia, ta’ 34 sena, ġiet irrappurtata nieqsa lill-Pulizija.
Hija dehret l-aħħar il-Ħamrun u kienet liebsa jeans blu ċar, żarbun abjad u flokk kannella.
Kull min għandu xi informazzjoni dwar din il-persuna qed jintalab jgħaddiha lill-Pulizija.
Dan fuq in-numri tal-Kwartieri Ġenerali tal-Pulizija 21 224001 jew 119 jew fl-eqreb għassa tal-Pulizija.
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12 ta' Jannar 2026
Il-Pulizja qed tappella għall-għajnuna tal-pubbliku biex tinstab Jessica Farrugia.
Farrugia, ta’ 34 sena, ġiet irrappurtata nieqsa lill-Pulizija.
Hija dehret l-aħħar il-Ħamrun u kienet liebsa jeans blu ċar, żarbun abjad u flokk kannella.
Kull min għandu xi informazzjoni dwar din il-persuna qed jintalab jgħaddiha lill-Pulizija.
Dan fuq in-numri tal-Kwartieri Ġenerali tal-Pulizija 21 224001 jew 119 jew fl-eqreb għassa tal-Pulizija.
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Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Tuesday 30 December 2025.
Today, some Members of the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul in Melbourne, had the pleasure to meet with Chevalier Carmel Saliba, Grand Prior of the Chapter of Malta, during his visit to Melbourne.
Photo from left: Chevalier Carmel Saliba / Grand Prior Chapter of Malta, Chevalier Mario Sabatini / Deputy Grand Master,Dame Maria Vella, Dame Grace Vella, Chevalier Joseph Coleiro / Grand Chancellor, Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli / Grand Master and Dame Mary Portelli.
Tuesday 30 December 2025.
Today, some Members of the Supreme Council of the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul in Melbourne, had the pleasure to meet with Chevalier Carmel Saliba, Grand Prior of the Chapter of Malta, during his visit to Melbourne.
Photo from left: Chevalier Carmel Saliba / Grand Prior Chapter of Malta, Chevalier Mario Sabatini / Deputy Grand Master,Dame Maria Vella, Dame Grace Vella, Chevalier Joseph Coleiro / Grand Chancellor, Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli / Grand Master and Dame Mary Portelli.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Nadur. Gozo.
The Grand Chapter of Malta have 10 Christmas Hampers to give to the needy.
Thank you to the members, the companies and the people who donated food to be distributed to the needy.
2 Hampers have already been given to the Franciscan Sisters in Nadur.
2 more hampers each have been given to the Franciscan Friars in Ghajnsielem, Arka Foundation in Ghajnsielem and Caritas in Victoria Gozo.
Well done to the Committee and Members of the Grand Chapter in Malta.
God bless you in St. Peter and St. Paul for the wonderful work you are doing.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Melbourne. Australia.
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Nadur. Gozo.
The Grand Chapter of Malta have 10 Christmas Hampers to give to the needy.
Thank you to the members, the companies and the people who donated food to be distributed to the needy.
2 Hampers have already been given to the Franciscan Sisters in Nadur.
2 more hampers each have been given to the Franciscan Friars in Ghajnsielem, Arka Foundation in Ghajnsielem and Caritas in Victoria Gozo.
Well done to the Committee and Members of the Grand Chapter in Malta.
God bless you in St. Peter and St. Paul for the wonderful work you are doing.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
CKSPP
Melbourne. Australia.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
25 YEARS IN MALTA
Nadur, Gozo.
See more pictures here: timesofmalta.com/article/confraternity-knights-st-peter-st-paul-marks-25-years-malta.1118875
25 YEARS IN MALTA
Nadur, Gozo.
See more pictures here: timesofmalta.com/article/confraternity-knights-st-peter-st-paul-marks-25-years-malta.1118875
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Pieta, Malta.
The Prior of Malawi, Chevalier Rev. Fr. Joseph Sikwese, visited G`Mangia on Saturday 18th October 2025.
He had a meeting with the Knights and Dames of the Confraternity at Gwardamanġa in Pietà, Malta.
Chevalier Fr. Joseph blessed the statue of St. Peter and St. Paul, with their Relic, also blessed the statue of our lady of Fatima.
A donation was presented to him together with the statue of our lady of Fatima.
Congratulations and well done to our knights and Dame in Malta.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Melbourne, Australia.
https://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/
Group photo from left: Chev. Vincent Marshall, Chev. Mario Calleja, Chev. Rev. Fr. Joseph Sikwese, Chev. Johan Briffa, Chev. Kenneth Mangion and Dame Vanessa Mangion.
Pieta, Malta.
The Prior of Malawi, Chevalier Rev. Fr. Joseph Sikwese, visited G`Mangia on Saturday 18th October 2025.
He had a meeting with the Knights and Dames of the Confraternity at Gwardamanġa in Pietà, Malta.
Chevalier Fr. Joseph blessed the statue of St. Peter and St. Paul, with their Relic, also blessed the statue of our lady of Fatima.
A donation was presented to him together with the statue of our lady of Fatima.
Congratulations and well done to our knights and Dame in Malta.
Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli
Grand Master
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Melbourne, Australia.
https://www.knightsofstpeterandstpaul.com/
Group photo from left: Chev. Vincent Marshall, Chev. Mario Calleja, Chev. Rev. Fr. Joseph Sikwese, Chev. Johan Briffa, Chev. Kenneth Mangion and Dame Vanessa Mangion.
CONFRATERNITY OF THE KNIGHTS OF ST. PETER & ST. PAUL
Melbourne, Australia.
Wednesday 3 September 2025.
The Grand Master, His Excellency Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, has the pleasure to appoint Chevalier Carmel Saliba as the new Grand Prior of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur, Gozo, effective from today.
He will be assisted by Dame Veronica Camilleri Cauchi in Gozo and Chevalier Vincent Marshall in Malta as Personal Secretaries.
Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi / Prior.
Dame Lina Mifsud / Secretary / Chancellor
Chevalier Peter Ray Said / Treasurer.
Chevalier Carmel Saliba was appointed as a knight in the Confraternity on the 3 rd. of August 2011 at a ceremony held at the Nadur Town Hall.
Chevalier Carmel Saliba has served as Secretary / PR since his appointment as a knight. Just recently he was appointed as chancellor of the Grand Chapter of Malta.
We wish to congratulate Chevalier Carmel Saliba in his new office of Grand Prior, and we wish him and his chapter more success in the future.
The Supreme Council
Melbourne. Australia.
Melbourne, Australia.
Wednesday 3 September 2025.
The Grand Master, His Excellency Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, has the pleasure to appoint Chevalier Carmel Saliba as the new Grand Prior of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur, Gozo, effective from today.
He will be assisted by Dame Veronica Camilleri Cauchi in Gozo and Chevalier Vincent Marshall in Malta as Personal Secretaries.
Chevalier Michael Camilleri Cauchi / Prior.
Dame Lina Mifsud / Secretary / Chancellor
Chevalier Peter Ray Said / Treasurer.
Chevalier Carmel Saliba was appointed as a knight in the Confraternity on the 3 rd. of August 2011 at a ceremony held at the Nadur Town Hall.
Chevalier Carmel Saliba has served as Secretary / PR since his appointment as a knight. Just recently he was appointed as chancellor of the Grand Chapter of Malta.
We wish to congratulate Chevalier Carmel Saliba in his new office of Grand Prior, and we wish him and his chapter more success in the future.
The Supreme Council
Melbourne. Australia.
Investiture ceremonies in Mala and Gozo 2025.
New knights and Dame for Confraternity of Knights of St Peter & St Paul
by Gozo News
Chevalier Carmel Saliba/ Chancellor
August 23, 2025
Pieta, Malta.
On Saturday, the Grand Master of the Confraternity of St Peter and St Paul, Peter Paul Portelli led the investiture of two new Knights and a Dame. These are Johan Briffa, Josef and Olivia Anne Camilleri.
The ceremony took place at Pieta Malta.
Present for the ceremony were Chev. Carmel Saliba – Secretary/Chancellor, Dame Mary Portelli, Chev. Vince Marshall, Chev. Kenneth Mangion and Dame Vanessa Mangion.
Photo by Jane Saliba: From L t R. Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Kenneth Mangion, Dame Vanessa Mangion, Dame Mary Portelli, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli – Grand Master, Chev. Josef Camilleri, Dame Olivia Anne Camilleri, Chev. Vince Marshall and Chev. Johan Briffa.
by Gozo News
Chevalier Carmel Saliba/ Chancellor
August 23, 2025
Pieta, Malta.
On Saturday, the Grand Master of the Confraternity of St Peter and St Paul, Peter Paul Portelli led the investiture of two new Knights and a Dame. These are Johan Briffa, Josef and Olivia Anne Camilleri.
The ceremony took place at Pieta Malta.
Present for the ceremony were Chev. Carmel Saliba – Secretary/Chancellor, Dame Mary Portelli, Chev. Vince Marshall, Chev. Kenneth Mangion and Dame Vanessa Mangion.
Photo by Jane Saliba: From L t R. Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Kenneth Mangion, Dame Vanessa Mangion, Dame Mary Portelli, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli – Grand Master, Chev. Josef Camilleri, Dame Olivia Anne Camilleri, Chev. Vince Marshall and Chev. Johan Briffa.
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Friday 8 August 2025.
Meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech.
Today, members of the Executive Committee of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur, Gozo, had a meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech at the Monastery of the Dominican Sister at Victoria in Gozo.
The Grand Master, HE Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, presented HE Cardinal Mario Grech with a copy of the Constitution of the Confraternity.
Photo from left: Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Peter Ray Said, Chev. Joseph Meilak, HE Cardinal Mario Grech, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli and Dame Mary Portelli.
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Friday 8 August 2025.
Meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech.
Today, members of the Executive Committee of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur, Gozo, had a meeting with His Eminence Cardinal Mario Grech at the Monastery of the Dominican Sister at Victoria in Gozo.
The Grand Master, HE Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, presented HE Cardinal Mario Grech with a copy of the Constitution of the Confraternity.
Photo from left: Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Peter Ray Said, Chev. Joseph Meilak, HE Cardinal Mario Grech, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli and Dame Mary Portelli.
Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Friday 8 August 2025.
The Grand Master, HE Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, presided over the investiture ceremony to appoint Monsignor Fr. Joseph Grech as a knight in the Confraternity.
Chevalier Monsignor Joseph Grech is now the Chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur Gozo.
Congratulation Chevalier Chaplain Monsignor Rev. Joseph Grech.
Welcome into the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Photo from left: Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Mons. Joseph Grech, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli, Dame Mary Portelli and Chev. Joseph Meilak.
Grand Chapter of Malta.
Friday 8 August 2025.
The Grand Master, HE Chevalier Peter Paul Portelli, presided over the investiture ceremony to appoint Monsignor Fr. Joseph Grech as a knight in the Confraternity.
Chevalier Monsignor Joseph Grech is now the Chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Malta, based in Nadur Gozo.
Congratulation Chevalier Chaplain Monsignor Rev. Joseph Grech.
Welcome into the Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul.
Photo from left: Chev. Carmel Saliba, Chev. Mons. Joseph Grech, Chev. Peter Paul Portelli, Dame Mary Portelli and Chev. Joseph Meilak.
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
Ritratti minn Mario Muscathttps://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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Quddiesa ta l-ewwel jum tat -tridu immexxija mis-Sacerdot novell Dun Mario Mercieca li fiha jiccelebra l-ewwel Quddiesa tieghu fil komunita taghna .Jippriedka .l- Arcipriet tax-Xaghra Mons Carmelo Refalo
Ritratti minn Mario Muscathttps://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423540685283950/
Priedka mill Arcipriet Carmelo Refalo tax-Xaghra.
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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
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Jibda jintrama l-Altar tal- kor ghal festa
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Il-villagg Tal-Hali fin-Nadur jizzejjen ghal festa
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
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
Courtesy of https://www.facebook.com/nadurghawdex/
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
https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96
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By Mario Muscat
https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96
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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.
Kelinu Vella Haber jingħata ġieħ mill-Akkademja tal-Malti f'għeluq il-mitt sena tiegħu - 2013
Storja, Kultura u Attwalità36
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.
Kelinu Vella Haber jingħata ġieħ mill-Akkademja tal-Malti f'għeluq il-mitt sena tiegħu - 2013
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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.
