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Purcisjoni bl-Irxoxt 2025
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Archbishop to baptise 19 adults from eight countries
April 19, 2025
Aqra bil- Malti
Archbishop Charles Scicluna will this evening baptise 19 adults from eight different countries during the solemn Vigil of The Resurrection from St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
The foreign adults are from Albania, the United Kingdom, China, India, France, Turkey and The Philippines.
They will receive the Holy Sacrament of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion.
During Lent they met the Archbishop to prepare for these sacraments.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/archbishop-to-baptise-19-adults-from-eight-countries/
April 19, 2025
Aqra bil- Malti
Archbishop Charles Scicluna will this evening baptise 19 adults from eight different countries during the solemn Vigil of The Resurrection from St John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta.
The foreign adults are from Albania, the United Kingdom, China, India, France, Turkey and The Philippines.
They will receive the Holy Sacrament of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Communion.
During Lent they met the Archbishop to prepare for these sacraments.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/archbishop-to-baptise-19-adults-from-eight-countries/
HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY
Martin Attard
DĦUL TAL-PURĊISSJONI TAL-ĠIMGĦA L-KBIRA - NADUR - 2025 18/04/25 -- with Parroċċa Nadur and Gimgha Kbira Nadur.
Agħfas hawn fuq il-link biex tara r-ritratti
DĦUL TAL-PURĊISSJONI TAL-ĠIMGĦA L-KBIRA - NADUR - 2025 18/04/25 -- with Parroċċa Nadur and Gimgha Kbira Nadur.
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Is-Sepulkru fil-knisja Basilka tam-Nadur.
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
Earthquake at Mellieħa rattles Malta
A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook Malta just before midnight on Thursday night
18 April 2025
by Kurt Sansone
Screen shot of map showing earthquake location in red near Mellieha (Source: SMRG-UOM)
An earthquake with an epicentre at Mellieħa rattled Malta on Thursday night with shaking felt all across the islands.
The Seismic Monitoring & Research Group of the University of Malta recorded the earthquake at 11:57pm. The shaking lasted for a few seconds.
The earthquake as recorded by the University of Malta's seismograph at QalaNo immediate reports of damage or injuries were received by the police or the Civil Protection Department, a police spokesperson said.
This is ostensibly the first time in many years that an earthquake felt in Malta had an epicentre on the islands.
According to Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 21km.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/134581/earthquake_at_melliea_rattles_malta
A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook Malta just before midnight on Thursday night
18 April 2025
by Kurt Sansone
Screen shot of map showing earthquake location in red near Mellieha (Source: SMRG-UOM)
An earthquake with an epicentre at Mellieħa rattled Malta on Thursday night with shaking felt all across the islands.
The Seismic Monitoring & Research Group of the University of Malta recorded the earthquake at 11:57pm. The shaking lasted for a few seconds.
The earthquake as recorded by the University of Malta's seismograph at QalaNo immediate reports of damage or injuries were received by the police or the Civil Protection Department, a police spokesperson said.
This is ostensibly the first time in many years that an earthquake felt in Malta had an epicentre on the islands.
According to Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 21km.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/134581/earthquake_at_melliea_rattles_malta
“Dil-Ġimgħa tagħtina messaġġ qawwi ta’ tama” – L-Isqof Anton Teuma
Minn Francesco Pio Attard
18 ta' April 2025
Ara il video hawn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6kRbpPm0M
“It-tbatija tal-Bniedem-Alla tfakkarna fit-tbatija ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna”. Dan qalu l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Anton Teuma fil-Messaġġ tiegħu għall-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa u l-Għid imxandar din il-ġimgħa mid-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex.
Iffilmjat fil-Knisja tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani ta’ Għajnsielem, il-Messaġġ jevoka b’mod ċar il-ġrajja storika li biha l-Knisja f’Għawdex fetħet iż-żmien tar-Randan: dik taż-żjara tal-Kurċifiss Mirakoluż Ta’ Ġieżu bejn is-7 u d-9 ta’ Marzu, li ġibdet eluf ta’ nies għall-qima ta’ din ix-xbieha tant għażiża għall-poplu tagħna.
“Ġesù Msallab jiġbed daqshekk nies għax it-tbatija hija ta’ kulħadd”, fisser l-Isqof Anton, waqt li b’riferiment għall-Ġublew li qed tgħix il-Knisja bħalissa, żied li “din il-Ġimgħa tagħtina messaġġ qawwi ta’ tama, mhux għax se tfehimna x’inhi t-tbatija, imma għax tgħinna nilqgħuha iktar bħala parti mill-esperjenza ta’ ħajjitna. Meta ngħixu dawn il-ġranet għeżież, nifhmu u nilqgħu l-fatt li t-tbatija jaċċettaha anki l-istess Ġesù, l-Iben maħbub tal-Missier”.
L-Isqof qal li “Ġesù ħelisna għax fired minn xulxin it-tbatija u l-kastig. Il-konsegwenzi tad-dnub ħafna drabi jkunu negattivi fuqna stess, imma Ġesù qed jgħidilna li t-tbatija tagħna tista’ tgħinna nidħlu fil-profondità tal-esperjenza umana. Inkunu tassew bnedmin meta nilqgħu d-dgħufija tagħna u niċċelebrawha!”.
Barra minn hekk, huwa fakkar li “t-tbatija tista’ tkun ukoll sinjal kbir ta’ mħabba u ġenerożità. Kemm hi importanti l-empatija, kif Ġesù kien qrib tagħna fit-tbatijiet tagħna”.
“Imma hemm raġuni oħra li tgħinna niċċelebraw it-tbatija”, kompla jgħid l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex fil-Messaġġ tiegħu, għax “din mhix għajr il-preludju tal-glorja li hemm tistenniena! Aħna issa nafu li t-tbatija tagħna mhix mitlufa”.
Temm il-Messaġġ tiegħu billi stieden li “ngħixu diġà l-fidi tagħna fil-Qawmien, speċjalment f’dawk il-mumenti mudlama li fihom ma naraw ebda tama! Fihom insibu lil Ġesù li jbati magħna u għalina”.
newsbook.com.mt/dil-gimgha-taghtina-messagg-qawwi-ta-tama-l-isqof-anton-teuma/
Minn Francesco Pio Attard
18 ta' April 2025
Ara il video hawn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga6kRbpPm0M
“It-tbatija tal-Bniedem-Alla tfakkarna fit-tbatija ta’ kull wieħed u waħda minna”. Dan qalu l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex Anton Teuma fil-Messaġġ tiegħu għall-Ġimgħa Mqaddsa u l-Għid imxandar din il-ġimgħa mid-Djoċesi ta’ Għawdex.
Iffilmjat fil-Knisja tal-Patrijiet Franġiskani ta’ Għajnsielem, il-Messaġġ jevoka b’mod ċar il-ġrajja storika li biha l-Knisja f’Għawdex fetħet iż-żmien tar-Randan: dik taż-żjara tal-Kurċifiss Mirakoluż Ta’ Ġieżu bejn is-7 u d-9 ta’ Marzu, li ġibdet eluf ta’ nies għall-qima ta’ din ix-xbieha tant għażiża għall-poplu tagħna.
“Ġesù Msallab jiġbed daqshekk nies għax it-tbatija hija ta’ kulħadd”, fisser l-Isqof Anton, waqt li b’riferiment għall-Ġublew li qed tgħix il-Knisja bħalissa, żied li “din il-Ġimgħa tagħtina messaġġ qawwi ta’ tama, mhux għax se tfehimna x’inhi t-tbatija, imma għax tgħinna nilqgħuha iktar bħala parti mill-esperjenza ta’ ħajjitna. Meta ngħixu dawn il-ġranet għeżież, nifhmu u nilqgħu l-fatt li t-tbatija jaċċettaha anki l-istess Ġesù, l-Iben maħbub tal-Missier”.
L-Isqof qal li “Ġesù ħelisna għax fired minn xulxin it-tbatija u l-kastig. Il-konsegwenzi tad-dnub ħafna drabi jkunu negattivi fuqna stess, imma Ġesù qed jgħidilna li t-tbatija tagħna tista’ tgħinna nidħlu fil-profondità tal-esperjenza umana. Inkunu tassew bnedmin meta nilqgħu d-dgħufija tagħna u niċċelebrawha!”.
Barra minn hekk, huwa fakkar li “t-tbatija tista’ tkun ukoll sinjal kbir ta’ mħabba u ġenerożità. Kemm hi importanti l-empatija, kif Ġesù kien qrib tagħna fit-tbatijiet tagħna”.
“Imma hemm raġuni oħra li tgħinna niċċelebraw it-tbatija”, kompla jgħid l-Isqof ta’ Għawdex fil-Messaġġ tiegħu, għax “din mhix għajr il-preludju tal-glorja li hemm tistenniena! Aħna issa nafu li t-tbatija tagħna mhix mitlufa”.
Temm il-Messaġġ tiegħu billi stieden li “ngħixu diġà l-fidi tagħna fil-Qawmien, speċjalment f’dawk il-mumenti mudlama li fihom ma naraw ebda tama! Fihom insibu lil Ġesù li jbati magħna u għalina”.
newsbook.com.mt/dil-gimgha-taghtina-messagg-qawwi-ta-tama-l-isqof-anton-teuma/
Raġel ma ngħatax il-ħelsien mill-arrest wara li heżżeż u sabbat tarbija ta’ 15-il jum
Minn Nicole Sciberras Balbi
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17 ta' April 2025
Ritratt ta' Viktoria Nikolla
Raġel ta’ 24 sena mill-Belt Valletta ma ngħatax il-ħelsien mill-arrest wara li ġie akkużat li heżżeż u sabbat lil ibnu ta’ 15-il ġurnata fis-sodda.
Ir-raġel, li ismu ma jistax jissemma b’ordni tal-Qorti, wieġeb mhux ħati għal sensiela ta ‘akkużi serji, inkluż li kkawża ġrieħi gravi lit-tarbija tat-twelid, ġrieħi ħfief lis-sieħba tiegħu u li kkawża biża kbira lil bintha li kienet preżenti waqt l-inċident.
Il-każ ġie rrappurtat lill-pulizija fl-14 ta’ April, bl-uffiċjali mill-Unità tal-Vjolenza Domestika jibdew investigazzjoni immedjata. Fil-Qorti, l-Ispettur Audrey Micallef spjegat li dakinhar, l-akkużat u s-sieħba tiegħu – ġenituri ta ‘tewmin tat-twelid, tifel u tifla – kienu ilhom jargumentaw fuq Whatsapp minn filgħodu.
Għall-ħabta ta’ nofsinhar, ir-raġel mar fir-residenza tal-mara, allegatament talabha tħassar il-messaġġi mill-mowbajl u ħadulha minn idejha.Fil-pront il-mara provat tieħu l-mowbajl lura.
Is-sitwazzjoni eskalat meta r-raġel allegatament qabad lit-tifel, heżżu u sabbtu fuq is-sodda. Huwa mbagħad beżaqlu f’wiċċu u saħansitra qallu li “jien nobgħodok”.
Fil-mument, il-mara kkuntattjat lil omm ir-raġel, u talbitha sabiex tixhed għal dak li kien qed jiġru u ċċempel lill-pulizija. Hija wkoll ċemplet lil ommha stess għall-għajnuna. Matul il-konfrontazzjoni, ir-raġel allegatament ġibed lill-mara minn xagħarha u waddabha mal-art. Bħala awto-difiża, hija rrappurtata li qabdet oġġett, li d-difiża aktar tard sostniet li kienet sikkina.
Kemm il-mara kif ukoll binha ttieħdu l-Isptar Mater Dei għall-kura. It-tifel sarulu CT scans kif ukoll stħarriġ skeletriku u huwa mistenni li jkollu aktar appuntamenti mediċi. L-omm sofriet minn weġgħat f’rasha tant li anke bdiet tirremetti.
L-akkużat ġie arrestat nhar l-Erbgħa, il-ġurnata qabel l-akkuża tiegħu. Waqt l-interrogazzjoni, huwa qal lill-pulizija li ma xtaqx iressaq akkużi kontra s-sieħba tiegħu.
L-avukat tad-difiża Mario Mifsud argumenta li l-akkużata kien għaddiet minn operazzjoni gastrika fit-Turkija u li s-sintomi tagħha jistgħu jkunu relatati mal-kundizzjoni medika tagħha stess. Huwa sostna wkoll li għandu evidenza b’filma li juri lill-mara żżomm sikkina waqt l-inċident u akkużaha li heddet lir-raġel li sal-Għid ikun il-ħabs.
Minkejja dawn l-allegazzjonijiet, il-Prosekutur Miraiyah Borg, mill-Uffiċċju tal-Avukat Ġenerali, opponiet il-pleġġ, billi semmiet l-istadju bikri tal-proċedimenti, ir-riskju ta’ tbagħbis tax-xhieda, u l-gravità tal-akkużi. Hija nnutat ukoll li membri tal-familja qrib għad iridu jixhdu.
Il-Qorti, ippreseduta mill-Maġistrat Giannella Camilleri Busuttil, ikkonfermat ordni ta’ protezzjoni għall-mara, is-sitt itfal tagħha – inklużi t-tewmin tat-twelid – u ommha. Projbizzjoni fuq il-pubblikazzjoni tal-ismijiet ta’ dawk involuti tibqa’ fis-seħħ.
Il-każ għadu għaddej.
newsbook.com.mt/ragel-ma-nghatax-il-helsien-mill-arrest-wara-li-hezzez-u-sabbat-tarbija-ta-15-il-jum/
Minn Nicole Sciberras Balbi
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17 ta' April 2025
Ritratt ta' Viktoria Nikolla
Raġel ta’ 24 sena mill-Belt Valletta ma ngħatax il-ħelsien mill-arrest wara li ġie akkużat li heżżeż u sabbat lil ibnu ta’ 15-il ġurnata fis-sodda.
Ir-raġel, li ismu ma jistax jissemma b’ordni tal-Qorti, wieġeb mhux ħati għal sensiela ta ‘akkużi serji, inkluż li kkawża ġrieħi gravi lit-tarbija tat-twelid, ġrieħi ħfief lis-sieħba tiegħu u li kkawża biża kbira lil bintha li kienet preżenti waqt l-inċident.
Il-każ ġie rrappurtat lill-pulizija fl-14 ta’ April, bl-uffiċjali mill-Unità tal-Vjolenza Domestika jibdew investigazzjoni immedjata. Fil-Qorti, l-Ispettur Audrey Micallef spjegat li dakinhar, l-akkużat u s-sieħba tiegħu – ġenituri ta ‘tewmin tat-twelid, tifel u tifla – kienu ilhom jargumentaw fuq Whatsapp minn filgħodu.
Għall-ħabta ta’ nofsinhar, ir-raġel mar fir-residenza tal-mara, allegatament talabha tħassar il-messaġġi mill-mowbajl u ħadulha minn idejha.Fil-pront il-mara provat tieħu l-mowbajl lura.
Is-sitwazzjoni eskalat meta r-raġel allegatament qabad lit-tifel, heżżu u sabbtu fuq is-sodda. Huwa mbagħad beżaqlu f’wiċċu u saħansitra qallu li “jien nobgħodok”.
Fil-mument, il-mara kkuntattjat lil omm ir-raġel, u talbitha sabiex tixhed għal dak li kien qed jiġru u ċċempel lill-pulizija. Hija wkoll ċemplet lil ommha stess għall-għajnuna. Matul il-konfrontazzjoni, ir-raġel allegatament ġibed lill-mara minn xagħarha u waddabha mal-art. Bħala awto-difiża, hija rrappurtata li qabdet oġġett, li d-difiża aktar tard sostniet li kienet sikkina.
Kemm il-mara kif ukoll binha ttieħdu l-Isptar Mater Dei għall-kura. It-tifel sarulu CT scans kif ukoll stħarriġ skeletriku u huwa mistenni li jkollu aktar appuntamenti mediċi. L-omm sofriet minn weġgħat f’rasha tant li anke bdiet tirremetti.
L-akkużat ġie arrestat nhar l-Erbgħa, il-ġurnata qabel l-akkuża tiegħu. Waqt l-interrogazzjoni, huwa qal lill-pulizija li ma xtaqx iressaq akkużi kontra s-sieħba tiegħu.
L-avukat tad-difiża Mario Mifsud argumenta li l-akkużata kien għaddiet minn operazzjoni gastrika fit-Turkija u li s-sintomi tagħha jistgħu jkunu relatati mal-kundizzjoni medika tagħha stess. Huwa sostna wkoll li għandu evidenza b’filma li juri lill-mara żżomm sikkina waqt l-inċident u akkużaha li heddet lir-raġel li sal-Għid ikun il-ħabs.
Minkejja dawn l-allegazzjonijiet, il-Prosekutur Miraiyah Borg, mill-Uffiċċju tal-Avukat Ġenerali, opponiet il-pleġġ, billi semmiet l-istadju bikri tal-proċedimenti, ir-riskju ta’ tbagħbis tax-xhieda, u l-gravità tal-akkużi. Hija nnutat ukoll li membri tal-familja qrib għad iridu jixhdu.
Il-Qorti, ippreseduta mill-Maġistrat Giannella Camilleri Busuttil, ikkonfermat ordni ta’ protezzjoni għall-mara, is-sitt itfal tagħha – inklużi t-tewmin tat-twelid – u ommha. Projbizzjoni fuq il-pubblikazzjoni tal-ismijiet ta’ dawk involuti tibqa’ fis-seħħ.
Il-każ għadu għaddej.
newsbook.com.mt/ragel-ma-nghatax-il-helsien-mill-arrest-wara-li-hezzez-u-sabbat-tarbija-ta-15-il-jum/
US Embassy in Malta among missions at risk as Trump administration plans State Department cuts
Proposed budget slashes could see nearly 30 U.S. missions shut, Reuters report
15 April 2025,
by Nicole Meilak
Embassy of the United States in the Ta' Qali area in Attard, Malta (Photo: Frank Vincentz)
The US Embassy in Malta is among ten American embassies being considered for closure as part of a sweeping cost-cutting plan by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to internal planning documents obtained by Reuters.
The draft proposal, still in the internal review stage, suggests cutting the State Department’s budget by almost half—from $54.4 billion to $28.4 billion—for the 2026 fiscal year. Among the most dramatic elements of the plan is the potential closure of 27 U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide, including embassies in Europe and Africa.
Malta is specifically named in a separate memo reviewed by Reuters as one of the countries where the closure of the U.S. embassy is under serious consideration. The other embassies identified for possible shutdown include those in Luxembourg, Eritrea, the Gambia, and the Maldives.
The drastic cuts form part of a broader push to shrink the federal government, spearheaded by both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk.
If implemented, the proposal would also eliminate key foreign aid programs, such as USAID, and axe longstanding initiatives like the Fulbright educational and cultural exchange program. Meanwhile, funding for international disaster relief and refugee programs would be replaced by smaller, more limited initiatives focused on “urgent and new crises”.
Although Congress has historically resisted Trump’s efforts to scale back diplomatic and foreign aid spending, the internal documents suggest the administration may push forward aggressively with its cost-cutting agenda ahead of the 2026 budget.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/134547/us_embassy_in_malta_among_missions_at_risk_as_trump_administration_plans_state_department_cuts
Proposed budget slashes could see nearly 30 U.S. missions shut, Reuters report
15 April 2025,
by Nicole Meilak
Embassy of the United States in the Ta' Qali area in Attard, Malta (Photo: Frank Vincentz)
The US Embassy in Malta is among ten American embassies being considered for closure as part of a sweeping cost-cutting plan by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, according to internal planning documents obtained by Reuters.
The draft proposal, still in the internal review stage, suggests cutting the State Department’s budget by almost half—from $54.4 billion to $28.4 billion—for the 2026 fiscal year. Among the most dramatic elements of the plan is the potential closure of 27 U.S. diplomatic missions worldwide, including embassies in Europe and Africa.
Malta is specifically named in a separate memo reviewed by Reuters as one of the countries where the closure of the U.S. embassy is under serious consideration. The other embassies identified for possible shutdown include those in Luxembourg, Eritrea, the Gambia, and the Maldives.
The drastic cuts form part of a broader push to shrink the federal government, spearheaded by both the White House Office of Management and Budget and the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk.
If implemented, the proposal would also eliminate key foreign aid programs, such as USAID, and axe longstanding initiatives like the Fulbright educational and cultural exchange program. Meanwhile, funding for international disaster relief and refugee programs would be replaced by smaller, more limited initiatives focused on “urgent and new crises”.
Although Congress has historically resisted Trump’s efforts to scale back diplomatic and foreign aid spending, the internal documents suggest the administration may push forward aggressively with its cost-cutting agenda ahead of the 2026 budget.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/134547/us_embassy_in_malta_among_missions_at_risk_as_trump_administration_plans_state_department_cuts
Court abstains from hearing Jason Azzopardi appeal over Clint Camilleri inquiry request due to new law
The amendment, which came into force on Friday removes the right of ordinary citizens to directly ask a magistrate for an inquiry
15 April 2025,
by Maya Galea
Lawyer Jason Azzopardi (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)
The court has abstained from hearing an appeal filed by lawyer Jason Azzopardi, who had requested a magisterial inquiry into Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri over alleged irregularities in the allocation of mooring spaces at the Mġarr Harbour.
On Tuesday, Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera ruled that the court could not proceed with the request due to the recently enacted magisterial inquiry reform.
Azzopardi had filed an appeal after Magistrate Brigette Sultana rejected his initial request for an inquiry. Two additional requests on separate issues were also denied by the same magistrate and are currently under appeal.
The legal amendment, which came into force on Friday, removes the right of ordinary citizens to directly ask a magistrate for an inquiry. It also stymied pending inquiry requests. Instead, the individual will have to file a police report and only after six months have lapsed can the person seek recourse at the Criminal Court that will decide if a magisterial inquiry should be held.
The new law also states that criminal courts must refrain from deciding any pending requests for such inquiries.
In the previous sitting, Azzopardi had announced plans to file a constitutional case alleging a breach of his fundamental rights, should his ongoing appeals be turned down because of the new law.
Tensions escalated in the courtroom during a hearing on the two remaining appeals. Azzopardi accused the government of purposely introducing the legal reform to obstruct ongoing investigations. He argued that the new law was evidence that Camilleri is hiding something.
Lawyers Stephen Tonna Lowell, Arthur Azzopardi, and Charles Mercieca agreed that under the new legal framework, the court has no jurisdiction to decide the appeals, just as Madam Justice Scerri Herrera had found in the earlier ruling.
Jason Azzopardi, however, contested their arguments and invoked the Interpretation Act, arguing that new legal amendments that remove a person’s rights must not affect ongoing proceedings.
Yet Tonna Lowell countered Azzopardi’s arguments and explained that the new law expressly mandates that pending inquiries must be discontinued. Therefore, Azzopardi’s position was invalid, he argued.
The court is expected to rule on the two outstanding appeals in due course.
Camilleri was represented in proceedings by lawyer Stephen Tonna Lowell.
Lawyer Charles Mercieca represented architect Godwin Agius, while lawyer Arthur Azzopardi represented Gozo Ministry Permanent Secretary John Borg. The latter two had also been mentioned as suspects in Jason Azzopardi's magisterial inquiry request.
The amendment, which came into force on Friday removes the right of ordinary citizens to directly ask a magistrate for an inquiry
15 April 2025,
by Maya Galea
Lawyer Jason Azzopardi (Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday)
The court has abstained from hearing an appeal filed by lawyer Jason Azzopardi, who had requested a magisterial inquiry into Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri over alleged irregularities in the allocation of mooring spaces at the Mġarr Harbour.
On Tuesday, Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera ruled that the court could not proceed with the request due to the recently enacted magisterial inquiry reform.
Azzopardi had filed an appeal after Magistrate Brigette Sultana rejected his initial request for an inquiry. Two additional requests on separate issues were also denied by the same magistrate and are currently under appeal.
The legal amendment, which came into force on Friday, removes the right of ordinary citizens to directly ask a magistrate for an inquiry. It also stymied pending inquiry requests. Instead, the individual will have to file a police report and only after six months have lapsed can the person seek recourse at the Criminal Court that will decide if a magisterial inquiry should be held.
The new law also states that criminal courts must refrain from deciding any pending requests for such inquiries.
In the previous sitting, Azzopardi had announced plans to file a constitutional case alleging a breach of his fundamental rights, should his ongoing appeals be turned down because of the new law.
Tensions escalated in the courtroom during a hearing on the two remaining appeals. Azzopardi accused the government of purposely introducing the legal reform to obstruct ongoing investigations. He argued that the new law was evidence that Camilleri is hiding something.
Lawyers Stephen Tonna Lowell, Arthur Azzopardi, and Charles Mercieca agreed that under the new legal framework, the court has no jurisdiction to decide the appeals, just as Madam Justice Scerri Herrera had found in the earlier ruling.
Jason Azzopardi, however, contested their arguments and invoked the Interpretation Act, arguing that new legal amendments that remove a person’s rights must not affect ongoing proceedings.
Yet Tonna Lowell countered Azzopardi’s arguments and explained that the new law expressly mandates that pending inquiries must be discontinued. Therefore, Azzopardi’s position was invalid, he argued.
The court is expected to rule on the two outstanding appeals in due course.
Camilleri was represented in proceedings by lawyer Stephen Tonna Lowell.
Lawyer Charles Mercieca represented architect Godwin Agius, while lawyer Arthur Azzopardi represented Gozo Ministry Permanent Secretary John Borg. The latter two had also been mentioned as suspects in Jason Azzopardi's magisterial inquiry request.
Digriet ġdid tal-Vatikan jiċċara l-proċeduri dwar intenzjonijiet tal-quddies
Minn Francesco Pio Attard
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14 ta' April 2025
F’Digriet approvat mill-Papa Franġisku f’Ħadd il-Palm, id-Dikasteru għall-Kleru ħareġ normi riveduti dwar id-dixxiplina tal-Knisja fejn jidħlu intenzjonijiet tal-quddies. Il-liġi aġġornata, li tidħol fis-seħħ nhar l-Għid, tfittex li tħares kemm l-integrità spiritwali tas-sagrifiċċju Ewkaristiku u kemm il-fiduċja li jpoġġu n-nies f’dak li tagħmel il-Knisja bl-offerti tagħhom.
Imsejsa fuq il-liġi kanonika eżistenti u d-digriet tal-1991 Mos iugiter, in-normi ġodda jenfasizzaw li waqt li l-Insara jistgħu jkomplu jagħmlu l-offerti tagħhom għall-quddies li jiġi ċċelebrat skont intenzjonijiet speċifiċi, it-tradizzjoni mqaddsa għandha tibqa’ ħielsa minn kull xebh ma’ xi forma ta’ skambju kummerċjali.
Id-digriet jerġa’ jafferma l-valur ta’ dawn l-offerti bħala forma ta’ sehem spiritwali u sapport lill-missjoni tal-Knisja u l-għajxien tas-saċerdoti.
Intenzjonijiet kollettiviId-digriet jippermetti biss li jkun hemm “intenzjonijiet kollettivi” – prattika fejn diversi għotjiet għal intenzjonijiet jinġabru flimkien f’quddiesa waħda – taħt kundizzjonijiet stretti: dawk li jagħmlu l-offerta jridu jkunu mgħarrfa b’dan espliċitament u jagħtu l-kunsens tagħhom. Id-Digriet jirrestrinġi wkoll il-frekwenza ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet kollettivi bħal dawn, bl-għan li jippreserva r-rabta normattiva bejn kull offerta u ċelebrazzjoni waħda ta’ quddiesa.
In-normi jipprojbixxu wkoll bħala gravament illeċiti li f’quddiesa li tkun ġiet imwiegħda għall-intenzjoni ta’ xi persuna, is-saċerdot sempliċiment isemmi l-isem flok jagħmel l-intenzjoni.
Id-Dikasteru jenfasizza l-ġustizzja mal-fidili u l-periklu tas-simonija, u jsejjaħ lill-isqfijiet biex jgħallmu lill-Insara dwar is-sens ta’ dawn l-intenzjonijiet, jaraw li ssir l-implimentazzjoni meħtieġa tagħhom, u jiżguraw li jitniżżlu sew fil-kotba tal-knejjes l-intenzjonijiet u l-offerti li jsiru għalihom.
Attenzjoni pastoraliId-Digriet fl-aħħar mill-aħħar jagħfas fuq l-attenzjoni pastorali. Is-saċerdoti huma mħeġġa jiċċelebraw quddies għall-foqra, anki mingħajr offerti, u l-isqfijiet djoċesani jistgħu jindirizzaw intenzjonijiet żejda li ma għandhomx saċerdoti li jistgħu jqaddsu għalihom fid-djoċesi tagħhom lejn artijiet tal-missjonijiet jew parroċċi l-aktar fil-bżonn.
Din l-azzjoni tas-Santa Sede għandha l-għan li ġġedded il-fedeltà għat-tradizzjoni antika tal-Knisja, tipproteġi d-dinjità tal-Ewkaristija, u tippromovi trasparenza u fiduċja ikbar fi ħdan il-Poplu ta’ Alla.
newsbook.com.mt/digriet-gdid-tal-vatikan-jiccara-l-proceduri-dwar-intenzjonijiet-tal-quddies/
Minn Francesco Pio Attard
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14 ta' April 2025
F’Digriet approvat mill-Papa Franġisku f’Ħadd il-Palm, id-Dikasteru għall-Kleru ħareġ normi riveduti dwar id-dixxiplina tal-Knisja fejn jidħlu intenzjonijiet tal-quddies. Il-liġi aġġornata, li tidħol fis-seħħ nhar l-Għid, tfittex li tħares kemm l-integrità spiritwali tas-sagrifiċċju Ewkaristiku u kemm il-fiduċja li jpoġġu n-nies f’dak li tagħmel il-Knisja bl-offerti tagħhom.
Imsejsa fuq il-liġi kanonika eżistenti u d-digriet tal-1991 Mos iugiter, in-normi ġodda jenfasizzaw li waqt li l-Insara jistgħu jkomplu jagħmlu l-offerti tagħhom għall-quddies li jiġi ċċelebrat skont intenzjonijiet speċifiċi, it-tradizzjoni mqaddsa għandha tibqa’ ħielsa minn kull xebh ma’ xi forma ta’ skambju kummerċjali.
Id-digriet jerġa’ jafferma l-valur ta’ dawn l-offerti bħala forma ta’ sehem spiritwali u sapport lill-missjoni tal-Knisja u l-għajxien tas-saċerdoti.
Intenzjonijiet kollettiviId-digriet jippermetti biss li jkun hemm “intenzjonijiet kollettivi” – prattika fejn diversi għotjiet għal intenzjonijiet jinġabru flimkien f’quddiesa waħda – taħt kundizzjonijiet stretti: dawk li jagħmlu l-offerta jridu jkunu mgħarrfa b’dan espliċitament u jagħtu l-kunsens tagħhom. Id-Digriet jirrestrinġi wkoll il-frekwenza ta’ ċelebrazzjonijiet kollettivi bħal dawn, bl-għan li jippreserva r-rabta normattiva bejn kull offerta u ċelebrazzjoni waħda ta’ quddiesa.
In-normi jipprojbixxu wkoll bħala gravament illeċiti li f’quddiesa li tkun ġiet imwiegħda għall-intenzjoni ta’ xi persuna, is-saċerdot sempliċiment isemmi l-isem flok jagħmel l-intenzjoni.
Id-Dikasteru jenfasizza l-ġustizzja mal-fidili u l-periklu tas-simonija, u jsejjaħ lill-isqfijiet biex jgħallmu lill-Insara dwar is-sens ta’ dawn l-intenzjonijiet, jaraw li ssir l-implimentazzjoni meħtieġa tagħhom, u jiżguraw li jitniżżlu sew fil-kotba tal-knejjes l-intenzjonijiet u l-offerti li jsiru għalihom.
Attenzjoni pastoraliId-Digriet fl-aħħar mill-aħħar jagħfas fuq l-attenzjoni pastorali. Is-saċerdoti huma mħeġġa jiċċelebraw quddies għall-foqra, anki mingħajr offerti, u l-isqfijiet djoċesani jistgħu jindirizzaw intenzjonijiet żejda li ma għandhomx saċerdoti li jistgħu jqaddsu għalihom fid-djoċesi tagħhom lejn artijiet tal-missjonijiet jew parroċċi l-aktar fil-bżonn.
Din l-azzjoni tas-Santa Sede għandha l-għan li ġġedded il-fedeltà għat-tradizzjoni antika tal-Knisja, tipproteġi d-dinjità tal-Ewkaristija, u tippromovi trasparenza u fiduċja ikbar fi ħdan il-Poplu ta’ Alla.
newsbook.com.mt/digriet-gdid-tal-vatikan-jiccara-l-proceduri-dwar-intenzjonijiet-tal-quddies/
Installati kameras fi spazji pubbliċi fin-Nadur għas-sigurta’ tar-residenti
14 ta' April 2025
NET NewsroomIl-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur f’kollaborazzjoni mal-Pulizija tal-Kommunità nstallaw numru ta’ kameras tas-CCTV f’numru ta spazji pubbliċi fosthom Ġnien il-Kunsill, il-Bandli tal-Ħali u l-Bandli ta’ San Blas. Dan il-proġett sar parti mill-wegħda li kien għamel dan il-Kunsill bil-għan li jkunu aktar spazji pubbliċi siguri fil-lokalità tan-Nadur.
L-għan tal-kameras huwa sabiex jiġu eliminati l-atti ta’ vandaliżmu kif ukoll biex jipprovdu serħan il-moħħ għall-persuni li jmorru f’dawn il-postijiet.
Intant, dan il-proġett ġie inawgurat f’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret it-Tnejn filgħodu bil-preżenza tal-istudenti tal-iskola Primarja tan-Nadur.
netnews.com.mt/2025/04/14/installati-kameras-fi-spazji-pubblici-fin-nadur-ghas-sigurta-tar-residenti/
14 ta' April 2025
NET NewsroomIl-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur f’kollaborazzjoni mal-Pulizija tal-Kommunità nstallaw numru ta’ kameras tas-CCTV f’numru ta spazji pubbliċi fosthom Ġnien il-Kunsill, il-Bandli tal-Ħali u l-Bandli ta’ San Blas. Dan il-proġett sar parti mill-wegħda li kien għamel dan il-Kunsill bil-għan li jkunu aktar spazji pubbliċi siguri fil-lokalità tan-Nadur.
L-għan tal-kameras huwa sabiex jiġu eliminati l-atti ta’ vandaliżmu kif ukoll biex jipprovdu serħan il-moħħ għall-persuni li jmorru f’dawn il-postijiet.
Intant, dan il-proġett ġie inawgurat f’konferenza tal-aħbarijiet li saret it-Tnejn filgħodu bil-preżenza tal-istudenti tal-iskola Primarja tan-Nadur.
netnews.com.mt/2025/04/14/installati-kameras-fi-spazji-pubblici-fin-nadur-ghas-sigurta-tar-residenti/
Six hospitalised following Salini road double decker-car collision
April 13, 2025
Aqra bil- Malti
Six persons were hospitalised this afternoon following a frontal collision between a double decker and a Jaguar car. An 80-year old woman, who was passenger in the car, was seriously injured.
The accident occurred in Triq is-Salini at around 3.15pm and led to the closure of the road.
The car was driven by an 81-year old man from Ħaż-Żebbuġ, while the 80-year old woman was passenger in the car.
The double decker was driven by a 38-year old Kenyan, who resides in Żurrieq. The women, two of them American, were passengers in the vehicle.
The strong impact led the double decker to mount the pavement after the vehicle tried to avoid the Jaguar. The double decker crashed into traffic light poles until is stopped against the wall. Its front part sustained great damages.
Medical teams and a number of policemen arrived on site, together with ambulances which took the injured persons to hospital. These included an elderly couple who were in the car.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/collision-between-double-decker-bus-and-car-in-salini/
April 13, 2025
Aqra bil- Malti
Six persons were hospitalised this afternoon following a frontal collision between a double decker and a Jaguar car. An 80-year old woman, who was passenger in the car, was seriously injured.
The accident occurred in Triq is-Salini at around 3.15pm and led to the closure of the road.
The car was driven by an 81-year old man from Ħaż-Żebbuġ, while the 80-year old woman was passenger in the car.
The double decker was driven by a 38-year old Kenyan, who resides in Żurrieq. The women, two of them American, were passengers in the vehicle.
The strong impact led the double decker to mount the pavement after the vehicle tried to avoid the Jaguar. The double decker crashed into traffic light poles until is stopped against the wall. Its front part sustained great damages.
Medical teams and a number of policemen arrived on site, together with ambulances which took the injured persons to hospital. These included an elderly couple who were in the car.
tvmnews.mt/en/news/collision-between-double-decker-bus-and-car-in-salini/
Ghaqda Armar Triq il Kappillan
Minn Mario Muscat
Għada filgħodu membri ta’ l -Għaqda tagħna se jkunu qed iġibu direttament mill-forn tal-ħabs, il-qagħaq tant sinonimi ma’ dawn iż-żminijiet
Titilfux dan iċ-ċans uniku li takkwistaw dawn il-qagħaq ġewwa Għawdex.
Se nkunu ħdejn is-salib tal-Pjazza San Pietru u San Pawl, in-Nadur.
Minn Mario Muscat
Għada filgħodu membri ta’ l -Għaqda tagħna se jkunu qed iġibu direttament mill-forn tal-ħabs, il-qagħaq tant sinonimi ma’ dawn iż-żminijiet
Titilfux dan iċ-ċans uniku li takkwistaw dawn il-qagħaq ġewwa Għawdex.
Se nkunu ħdejn is-salib tal-Pjazza San Pietru u San Pawl, in-Nadur.
Għaqda Armar Triq San Ġwann
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
L-Ghaqda tal-Għaqda Armar Triq San Ġwann Nadur qed torganizza attivita ta bejgh ta xtieli quddiem il-Bazilka tan-Nadur bejn illum u ghada
Hinijiet illum bejn 9 am u 6 pm
Ghada 8 00 am sa 12 00
Il-qligh imur ghal ispejjes tal-Ghaqda.
Ritratt minn Mario Muscat
L-Ghaqda tal-Għaqda Armar Triq San Ġwann Nadur qed torganizza attivita ta bejgh ta xtieli quddiem il-Bazilka tan-Nadur bejn illum u ghada
Hinijiet illum bejn 9 am u 6 pm
Ghada 8 00 am sa 12 00
Il-qligh imur ghal ispejjes tal-Ghaqda.
Purcissjoni tad-Duluri fin-Nadur
Ritratti minn Mario Muscat
Ritratti minn Mario Muscat
Fjuri u noti fil-post fejn Chantalle Gauci mietet f’San Ġiljan
Minn Francesca Gauci
11 ta' April 2025
Ritratt: Erika Lanzafame
Fil-post fejn mietet Chantalle Gauci f’San Ġiljan, illum tqiegħdu fjuri, noti, u xemgħat biex ifakkru l-ħajja tagħha, fosthom nota li esprimiet gratitudni għall-ħbiberija tagħha.
Il-post kien kwiet ħafna, iżda n-nies kienu qed jieqfu jħarsu lejn it-triq.
It-toroq kienu miftuħa imma mal-arbli kien għad hemm it-tape mill-pulizija u mill-ambulanza.
Chantalle hija l-mara ta’ 38 senaresidenti San Ġiljan li mietet wara li ntlaqtet mill-karozza tagħha stess hekk kif il-karozza mxiet lura.
Bintha kienet fil-vettura fil-ħin tal-inċident.
newsbook.com.mt/fjuri-u-noti-fil-post-fejn-chantalle-gauci-mietet-fsan-giljan/
Minn Francesca Gauci
11 ta' April 2025
Ritratt: Erika Lanzafame
Fil-post fejn mietet Chantalle Gauci f’San Ġiljan, illum tqiegħdu fjuri, noti, u xemgħat biex ifakkru l-ħajja tagħha, fosthom nota li esprimiet gratitudni għall-ħbiberija tagħha.
Il-post kien kwiet ħafna, iżda n-nies kienu qed jieqfu jħarsu lejn it-triq.
It-toroq kienu miftuħa imma mal-arbli kien għad hemm it-tape mill-pulizija u mill-ambulanza.
Chantalle hija l-mara ta’ 38 senaresidenti San Ġiljan li mietet wara li ntlaqtet mill-karozza tagħha stess hekk kif il-karozza mxiet lura.
Bintha kienet fil-vettura fil-ħin tal-inċident.
newsbook.com.mt/fjuri-u-noti-fil-post-fejn-chantalle-gauci-mietet-fsan-giljan/
Police arrest 35 people illegally residing in Malta
Police say 35 individuals found living in Malta illegally will be returned to their country of origin
6 April 2025,
by Juliana Zammit
(Photo: Malta Police Corps)
The police on Saturday and Sunday carried out coordinated inspections in relation to irregular immigration on public transport, aswell as in Marsa and Paceville.
Assisting the Police were also officers from the Detention Services Agency.
In a press statement, the police said 35 people whose countries of origin are Syria, Afghanistan, Ghana, Brazil, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria, Niger, Gambia, Sudan and Ivory Coast were arrested in this operation after they were found to reside in the country illegally.
All arrested persons will be held in a detention centre until they are returned to the country of origin.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/134407/police_arrest_35_people_illegally_residing_in_malta
Police say 35 individuals found living in Malta illegally will be returned to their country of origin
6 April 2025,
by Juliana Zammit
(Photo: Malta Police Corps)
The police on Saturday and Sunday carried out coordinated inspections in relation to irregular immigration on public transport, aswell as in Marsa and Paceville.
Assisting the Police were also officers from the Detention Services Agency.
In a press statement, the police said 35 people whose countries of origin are Syria, Afghanistan, Ghana, Brazil, Mali, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria, Niger, Gambia, Sudan and Ivory Coast were arrested in this operation after they were found to reside in the country illegally.
All arrested persons will be held in a detention centre until they are returned to the country of origin.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and_police/134407/police_arrest_35_people_illegally_residing_in_malta
Pellegrinagg bir-Redentur f' Hida
Nadur, Ghawdex.
Nadur, Ghawdex.
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.
https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423538118617540/
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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.
https://www.facebook.com/nadur.ghawdex.96/videos/423538118617540/
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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
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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
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
Storja, Kultura u Attwalità36
'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.
