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Issue165 October 24, 2017

The village of Kalkara in the SouthEastern Region of Malta, forming partof the inner harbour area. It occupiesthe area around Kalkara Creek and isbordered by the cities of Birgu and Żab-bar, as well as the town of Xgħajra.

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Jekk int tagħmelbħal Toni li hekk kiftqum filgħodu u

sakemm tilbes toqgħodtara l-aħbarijiet tal-bieraħ, allura ħabib tis-tenniex li ma tkunxdepressed. Iva, tajjeb litkun up to date…imma jekk dak li tkuntaf qiegħed jinkwetak, allura ara kifteħles minnu.

Proverbju Ingliż jgħid ‘ignorance isbliss…. Imbierek int jekk ma tkunx taf.Issa wasalna fi stat li nafu ħafna unikkompetu biex inkunu nafu. B’hekknuri li jien naf, li jien bravu …in-somma li jien qiegħed ngħix fil-mil-lenju l-ġdid u …. sejrin. Tmerinixgħax naf! U għax naf ……ninkwieta.

Ngħidu li l-inkwiet jiġi waħdu. Jiġiwaħdu sa certu punt. Ħafna mill-inkwiet inġibuh b’idejna. Għax ħafnaminnu hu riżultat ta dak li nagħmlu. Hi ħaġa minn awl id-dinja. Naħseb li

għalħekk li fl-aħħar tas-sena jew fil-bidu tal-oħra nagħmlu r-riżoluzzjoni-jiet, biex nżommu għat-triq tan-nofs;

ma niekolx ħafna, ma niekolxħafna ħobż, ma nixrobxdaqshekk (mhux ilma) ma nil-għabx daqshekk flus fuq il-pokies u sejrin.

Bħala eżempju, meta tifli ftitil-kaġun ta’ ħafna mill-inci-denti tat-traffiku, x’aktarx li t-tort jaqa fuq il-liwja kerhatat-triq jew għax it-triq dejqa.Imsomma ssib skuża. Le majistax ikun li hu tort tad-drogi, jew tas-sokor jew tas-

sewqan esaġerat tiegħi nnifsi! Insibu skuża għall-għemil żlugat

tagħna u nwaħħlu f’xi ħaddieħor jewf’xi ħaġ’oħra …biex nuru kemm aħnaġħandna subgħajna dritt. L-apoloġija jew li tammetti li għamilt

xi ħaġa mhix sewwa wisq tidher utinħass umiljanti. Almenu turi li tam-metti li int – ikollok tismagħha avoljamhix kelma sabiħa – li int żbaljajt, u liint għandek tort. Difficli tammettih. U l-konsegwenzi “li jiġu wara jiswew

biex forsi tiftakar li ‘l-quddiem tridtoqgħod attent.Illum f’ħafna każi l-avukati, għax jafu

jirraġunaw u dak hu xogħolhom, jip-pruvaw jitfgħu l-kaġun fuq xiħaġ’oħra jew xi ħadd ieħor, għax inti

“innocenti u tista teħlisha mil-liġi”.Il-psikoloġisti wkoll għandhom

minnha. Dwar dawn tal-aħħar m’iluxsmajt waħda tajba. Il- psikoloġistiilhom mitt sena li daħlu fid-dinja, u d-dinja sejra lura mhux il-quddiem!

Biex ma ngħidx li rġajna lura għat-twemmin ta elfejn jew iżjed snin, likien jgħid xi ħaġa hekk, “mhux torttiegħek imma t’ommok u tamissierek”. Jekk ma jmorrux lura san-nanna u n-nannu. Its in the ġenes!!

Hemm skop li tistudja u tipprovatifhem il-passat. Imma ma tridx tinsali issa int il-kaptan. U hemm cans liddaħħal ftit bilanċ, ftit kontroll u ftitresponsabbilta fil-ħajja tiegħek. Il-ħajja mhix perfetta. Kultant inħarsu

lejn is-sema u nistaqsu, imma għaliexgħamiltna hekk? Xejn xejn għandna l-liberta li niftaħru tant biha. U jekk tifliftit l-ħajja tagħna lejn kif tikber jewtixjieħ, jew kif tħares lejn id-dinja,tifhem xi ftit li int u jien għandna partikbira fiha u kif nagħmluha.

Mhux biex timxi mal-moda utagħmel dak li jitbiddel kull ġimgħajew kull xahar u timxi mal-massaimma li taħseb b’moħħok u ddaħħalf’’ħajtek ftit bilanċ u niskata respons-abbilta`.

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From academic life to representing the people ofthe local council of Brimbank in the heart of theMaltese community in Melbourne is a huge leap

forward in Councillor Dr Victoria Borg’s career. “I feel deeply grounded and connected to this munic-

ipality and its people as a wife, mother, grandmother,neighbour, friend and member of this great commu-nity. Having lived in Brimbank for over 44 years, I lit-erally and metaphorically have grown in Brimbank,”Dr Victoria Borg told The Voice of the Maltese. Victoria Borg, chosen by The Voice as the Personality

of the Month for October was elected as a Councillorfrom the Grassland Ward for the city of Brimbank inOctober 2016. She currently chairs two Committees:the St. Albans Community Centre Committee and theReconciliation Action Plan Committee. She is also amember of the Brimbank Learning and EmploymentSteering Committee

Victoria was born in Xaghra, Gozo, the daughter ofGuzeppa and Mikiel Bajada. She migrated to Australiain April 1972 on the Angelina Lauro one month aftershe got married. With husband Louie, they settled inNorth Sunshine. They have two children, Michelleand Mark and a grand daughter Monique who is turn-ing 17 years this month.

“Louie's family had been living in this suburb sincethe mid-50's. In 1975 we moved to St. Albans in ournew house where we have been living (and still are)ever since. For the first three years we lived with my

mother in law andher family”. Victoria has a strong

connection withBrimbank at an aca-demic level. She re-turned to study as amature age student atWestern Institute in1987 and completedher tertiary studies,including a doctorateat Victoria University,St. Albans Campus inNovember 2005. Shealso taught and lec-tured there for manyyears.

Have been very ac-tive in community af-fairs, Victoriainitiated the Koala

Bear, and Boomerang projects. They involved studentsfrom some schools in Malta and Gozo, sending a smallpresent to someone in Australia. The students made anumber of cards that were distributed to students at-tending Maltese Language classes.

She organised a Maltese exhibition called "Jewels of theMediterranean" at Victoria University. This exhibitionincluded some artefacts from Malta, including a piece ofpottery that was found at the Ġgantija Temples, and isabout 5,000 years old. As the co-ordinator, Victoria accompanied 25 studentsfrom the Victoria University on a three-week study tourin Malta. That was part of a subject “International Stud-ies - Malta Study Tour|. The tour was held in conjunc-tion with the Maltese Community Council of Victoria. Besides visiting interesting places in Malta and Gozo,

the students participated in some lectures that were heldby Maltese lecturers at the University of Malta.Together with other prominent Maltese, Victoria partici-

pated in a conference in Armidale NSW, representingthe Maltese community, held by the CWA Study School.She is also an active member of the Xagħra-AustralianAssociation of Victoria Inc.

Dr Victoria Borg

An active academic life leads to a seat on Brimbank City CouncilPERSONALITYOF THE MONTHOF THE MONTH

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The NSW Community LanguagesSchools Programme (NSW Depart-ment of Education) marked a very

special occasion this year, the 25th An-niversary of the NSW Minister’s Awardsfor Excellence in Student Achievement –Community Language Schools. By thesame token, Skola Maltija Sydney markedits 10th year of successfully serving theMaltese community in language and cul-tural education.

Maltese schools have been a part of thecommunity education landscape since1999 and for the first time in 19 years aMaltese student has been selected to re-ceive a prestigious Minister’s Award.

The acclaimed award ceremony hostedby the NSW Community LanguagesSchool Board was held recently at theUniversity of New South Wales’ Sir JohnClancy Auditorium. Awards were pre-sented to more than 150 outstanding stu-dents, who are committed to studying oneof 58 languages that are currently beingtaught under the NSW Community Lan-guages Schools programme.

Dr Geoff Lee, MP, Parliamentary Secre-tary to the Premier, Western Sydney andMulticulturalism, sitting in for EducationMinister the Hon. Rob Stokes MP pre-sented the awards. Aboriginal CommunityLiaison Officer, Aunty Fay Carroll, deliv-ered the Welcome to Country. Specialguests included consular officials, seniorofficers of the NSW Department of Edu-cation, as well as a large number of com-munity leaders. School principals, teachersand supportive families of the award win-ners were also in attendance. Year student Michael Cuschieri, and Year

6 student, Dylan Bond, were recognisedfor achieving a very high level of success

in their studies of the Maltese language. The students also demonstrated their lan-

guage ability in a variety of ways withintheir community. Michael, who has beenstudying Maltese for 12 years and hasreached his final HSC year, was the recip-ient of a Highly Commended Award (Se-nior Section). Dylan was the recipient ofa Commended Award (Junior Section). Hehas been studying Maltese for two yearsat Skola’s Rouse Hill campus.Benefits of learning a language

In what can be seen as a historic mile-stone, Year 6 student, Noah Muscat, whohas been studying Maltese for seven yearsat Skola’s Ringrose (Greystanes) campuswas one of five students (Junior Section)to be awarded the prestigious Minister’sAward for outstanding achievement in thestudy of Maltese, for his contribution tothe development of intercultural under-standing and for his involvement in SkolaMaltija Sydney and the wider Maltesecommunity. At the event, Noah also ad-dressed the audience in Maltese when heintroduced the Presentation of the Com-mended Awards.

Addressing the audience, Dr Geoff LeeMP espoused the benefits of learning lan-guages such as preparing students for the21st Century and international world,teaching students to learn better, preserv-ing culture and heritage and making youngpeople proud of their ancestors and wherethey have come from. Dr Lee also ac-knowledged and thanked the parents whomake the sacrifice to transport their chil-

dren on the weekend to attend school andencourage their children to learn a lan-guage.

He added that whist 25% of the popula-tion of NSW (and 36% in Greater Sydney)speak a language other than English athome, only 8-10% of students are takingup a community language at the HigherSchool Certificate (HSC) level. He saidthat through its commitment to extra fund-ing for the Community LanguagesSchools programme, online curriculumdevelopment integration alignment, andvalidation of student learning to give for-mal recognition of their studies, the StateGovernment is addressing this terminaldecline.

He announced that a signed deal with auniversity is in the pipeline. This teachertraining initiative will empower over2,700 volunteer Community Languageteachers who are already doing a superbjob to do their jobs better.Chair of the NSW CLS Board, Ms Jozefa

Sobski, who addressed the audience via avideo recording, as she was overseas at thetime of the event, pointed out that 34,800students are studying a community lan-guage after school hours and that lan-guages have the power to promoteuniversal understanding and allow us toembrace our common humanity.

On the night the St Sava Serbian Ortho-dox Church, Elanora School Communityentertained the guests by performing tra-ditional Serbian dances.

CynthiaVillar

Historic Milestone for Maltese atthe NSW Minister’s Awards 2017

Dylan Bond Michael Cuschieri

Noah Muscatreceiving theaward fromDr Geoff LeeMP.


Jekk hemm ktieb li ngħożż sewwa fil-librerija tiegħi, dan hutal-ħabib tiegħi li llum m’għadux magħna, Kilin, ‘Fuq il-Għajnta’ San Bastjan’. Hu ktieb ta’ mhux aktar minn 200 paġna li lilitassew jinfluwenzani għax isaħħaħ fija l-kitba f’dak li niftakarjiena (bħal ma jagħmel Kilin ‘Fuq il-Għajn ta’ San Bastjan’).Dal-ktieb ippublikat fl-1973, iħeġġiġni fis-sbuħija tal-Malti

wżat fil-kitba. Barra minhekk, iżidli l-imħabba tiegħi lejn ir-Rabat tal-imgħoddi. Jiena kont niltaqa’ ma’ Kilin meta dan kien jiġi r-Rediffusion

House u aktar tard Xandir Malta. X’aktarx li Kilin l-ewwelkien imur isellem lil Charles Arrigo u dan kien ikun pront prontjaqbadlu fuq ir-Rabat ta’ l-imgħoddi għax Charles ukoll kieniħobb r-Rabat u għamel żmien jgħixhemm. Wara kien jiġi sa ħdejja fl-uf-fiċċju li kien biswit l-istudios għar-rekording. X’ħin jidħol għandi Kilin (Mikiel

Spiteri) kien jgħidli, “ara l-ħabibtagħna”. Kienet frażi li dejjem fuqfommu. Wara kien jaqbad siġġu vojtu jsorġi fuqu sa ma jsir il-ħin biex jir-rekordja. Hawn kienet tkun l-għaxqa tiegħi.

L-ewwel ma kien jistaqsini Kilinkien “kif inhuma r-Rabtin?” u minnu-fiħ kien jaqbad xi diskursata, li l-ewwel x’aktarx tkun dwar il-BandaKonti Ruġġieru u xi bandisti tagħhafis-snin l-imgħoddija. Wara mbagħadid-diskors kien idur fuq xi karattriRabtin. Tbissima fir-rakkont ta’ xipraspura ma kienetx tonqos.Jiena dejjem kont nara f’Kilin għajn

ta’ għerf kbir. Kien bniedem umli uġenwin. Niftakru jgħidli, “jiena Kilin(mhux sur …)”. Kilin hu kif kienet is-sejjaħlu ommu. Kien jaf jitkellem dwar kollox…. Minbarra li Kilin kien kittieb l-aktar

tal-Malti, kien ukoll pittur (iddisinjaħafna mill-kappelli tal-kampanja).Kien ukoll iħobb il-palk u kiteb għall-palk. Fejn tidħol il-mużika kien jgħidli li kien idoqq it-tamburlin mal-banda KontiRuggieru fi żmien is-surmast Ciappara u għalhekk kien anke

jaf jaqra l-mużika. Fuq kollox Kilin kien jaf, u

jitkellem tajjeb bl-Ispanjol (ukien ukoll għallmu fl-iskola ta’filgħaxija). Dan l-ilsientgħallmu waħdu kif tgħallemilsna oħra. Kien jgħaġġbekgħax kien isib il-ħin għal kol-lox, il-fotografija, jikteb fuq il-ġurnali u perjodiċi, usaħansitra kien iħobb u jis-tudja d-dijaletti (speċjali kienid-dijalett Rabti), u kien jafsewwa l-logħba ta’ l-iskakki. Sa anke kien jikteb dwar l-is-

ports fil-Leħen is-Sewwa (uaktar tard dwar il-kappelli fil-kampanja) u fit-Times ofMalta. Dejjem, blawaqfien...jaqra u jistudja. Danminbarra x-xogħol tiegħu pro-prja, fiċ-ċivil.Kilin kien iħobb ir-reliġjon u

dak kollu li għandu x’jaqsammagħha: qaddisin, knejjes ufesti. Ir-reliġjon ta’ Kilinkienet ir-reliġjon tal-ferħ. Ta’Rabti ‘Ajklir’ kien iħobb ħafnalil San Pawl. Ma kienx baqa’

jgħix ir-Rabat, izda l-bżonn ħadu lejn l-Imsida. Fil-fatt martukienet minn hemm. Huwa rabba familja sabiħa u wliedu baqgħu jirrispettawh sal-

aħħar, tant li kienu strumentali biex fir-Rabat (raħal twelidu)jitpoġġa monument maħdum minn Joseph Scerri (skulturRabti) mal-ħajt ta’ waħda mill-iskejjel Rabtin, dik ta’ Triq il-Kulleġġ.Niftakar ukoll meta ngħata ‘Ġieħ ir-Rabat’ mill-kunsill tar-

Rabat. Dakinhar kont hemm nippreżenta l-programm, kif kontukoll preżentatur meta f’Jum ir-Rabat il-Banda Konti Ruggierutagħtu tislima speċjali fi programm mużikali fl-awditorju ta’Sant’Agata. Anke wkoll is-Serata Kilin f’waħda mill-attivitajietta’ Jum ir-Rabat fl-2008 L-aħħar li kellimtu kien meta ġie (jew ġabuħ mid-dar ta’ l-

anzjani fl-Imsida fejn kien fl-aħħar snin) biex isegwi l-playtiegħu stess, id-drama mtella mir-Rabat Dramatic Company,‘Tinsiex Publius , tinsiex!’ Tgħidx kemm ħa pjaċir u kien sodisfatt bir-rappreżentazzjoni.

Wara qgħadna nitkellmu ftit biswit it-tieqa kbira fit-taraġ tas-sala ‘Il-Kappillan Lia’ li tagħti għal ġol-foss. Il-ħarsa tiegħulejn dan il-post kienet waħda ċassa iżda mimlija nostalġija. Kilin miet fid-9 ta’ Lulju tal-2008, fis-sena Pawlina, fl-eta` ta’

90 sena. L-Akkademja tal-Malti flimkien mal-familja ta’ Mikiel Spiteri

nhar il-Ħamis 26 ta’ Mejju tal-2016 inawguraw il-mafkar ta’Kilin, skultura ta’ Joseph Scerri, li jinab fi Triq il-Kulleġġ, mal-faċċata tal-Iskola Primarja tar-Rabat (xellug). Il-bust inkixefminn Evarist Bartolo, il-Ministru tal-Edukazzjoni u x-Xogħol .

Kilin – baqa’ Rabti sa mewtu

PeterPaulCiantar

Mikiel Spiteri; kienmagħruf l-aktar

bħala Kilin


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u kummenti dwar il-pajjiż ta’ art twelidna,Malta u ninteressa ruħi f’dak kollu li jsirli bih Malta tikseb għarfien fl-isfera inter-nazzjonali. X’ma titpaxxiex li Malta saanke ġieli tkun minn ta’ quddiem fid-deċiżjonijiet li tieħu.

Fost tal-aħħar fraħt meta Malta kienetminn tal-ewwel li daħħlet il-jeddijiet ċiviliu anke bidlet il-liġi biex tati id-dritt lildawk tal-istess stess li jistgħu jiżżewġu.Din xi ħaġa li fl-Awstralja tgħidx kemmilna nittitubaw dwarha qabel forsi fi ftittal-jiem oħra dan id-dritt jingħata wkoll(wieħed jittama) f’dan il-kontinent. Id-dis-pjaċir tiegħi hu li l-gvern abdika mir-re-sponsabbilta` għal dan u poġġa d-deċiżjonifuq spallejn iċ-ċittadin.

Pereżempju għoġobni ferm il-mod kifIvan Cauchi ittratta u ikkummenta dwardan xi ftit tal-ħarġiet ilu. Fil-fatt, anke jekkġieli kien hemm fejn ma qbiltx miegħu,imma jibqa’ l-fatt li Ivan għandu l-ħila jar-gumenta u jagħmlu tajjeb dawk il-qarrejjali jsegwu r-raġunar tiegħu, anke jekkf’ċerti waqtiet ma jaqblux.

Anke l-mod kif The Voice ittrattajtu l-kwestjoni taċ-ċittadinanza doppja fost il-parlamentari f’Awstralja kien ta’ minifaħħru u l-kontribut minn Malta ta’ niesbħall-Onor Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici żiedjagħti valur lil din ir-rivista.

Interessanti ħafna wkoll meta jkollna l-kummenti ta’ opinion writer internazzjon-ali bħal Gwynn Dyer. Jidher li dan hu intiżferm f’dak li jgħid u l-mod mexxej u faċlikif ipoġġi l-argument ta’ min isegwih.Imma fuq kollox nogħxa naqra kif ta’ The

Voice twasslu l-aħbarijiet u xi kummentidwar dak li jiġri f’Malta. Anke jekk fil-verita` ġieli nkun segwejt l-istess aħbari-jiet minn fuq l-Internet. Imma ngħid blatlaqlieq li aktar jogħġobni l-mod kif jit-waslu minn The Voice għaliex jidher lijkun aktar veritier minn dak li naqra fuq xiportals tal-aħbarijiet ta’ Malta.

Ta’ dan nagħtikom ħajr u nittama litibqgħu żżommu dan l-istil.

Anthony Cassar minn St Albans jikteb:

Meta fil-ħarġa li għaddiet ta’ TheVoice qrajt il-kummenti tal-Par-lamentari Malti, Carmelo Mifsud

Bonnici dwar iċ-ċittadinanza doppja fejngħandhom x’jaqsmu dawk li jkunu inter-essati li jkunu parlamentari tal-pajjiżirispettivi, fejn anke qabbel il-liġijiet f’-Malta u dawk fl-Awstralja f’dan ir-rig-ward, fhimt aktar l-inġustizzja li teżistifl-Awstralja.

Ħabib tal-familja tiegħi f’Melbourne ligħandu ferm għal qalbu l-politika u kienbeħsiebu li jikkontesta biex xi darba jkunfil-Parlament fejn jista’ jiġġieled għad-drit-tijiet taċ-ċittadini, qed jerġa’ jaħsibha għaxgħalkemm hu Awstraljan imwieled f’St Al-bans, ommu hi Maltija. Ġiet l-Awstraljamal-familja meta kien għad kellha bisserba’ snin.

Dan ma jixtieqx jiġi fl-istess pożizzjoniinġusta li ġew fiha xi parlamentari fl-aħħarxhur u wara tant sforzi jsib li ma jistaxjimxi ‘l quddiem. Jgħidli li hemm oħrajnbħalu li jixtiequ jagħtu kontribut fil-poli-tika u li wkoll itwieldu fl-Awstralja iżdaminn ġenituri jew nanniet imwielda barrali wkoll qed jiddarsu.

Irraġuna miegħi li sakemm tibqa’ din l-anomalija lanqas biss jażżardaw jibqgħujuru interess li jidħlu għall-impenn, bir-riżultat li nistgħu nitilfu nies ta’ valur kbir.

Għalkemm jien Malti u kburi li twelidtMalta, imma għall-ġid tal-pajjiż nittama lil-liġi tinbidel u ma ddumx.

Liġi nġusta

Napellaw lil min ikun jixtieq juri l-fehmiet tagħhom fuq din il-paġna biex majħallix għall-aħħar li jibgħat l-emailsdwar is-suġġetti li jrid. Iktbu Letters to theeditor (jew ittri lill-editur) bħala s-suġġett.

Avviż lill-qarrejja


Astudy carried out by researchers at the University of Ade-laide, in Australia and presented at the European Association

for the Study of Diabetes in Lisbon, Portugal, found that artificialsweeteners, which many people with weight issues use as a sub-stitute for sugar, might increase the risk of developing type 2 di-abetes.

The study was small and the detailed results have not yet beenpublished, but experts said its findings fitted with previous re-search showing an association between artificial sweeteners andweight gain.Type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity and rates of the disease are

soaring around the world. Its complications, if it is not controlled,can include blindness, heart attacks and strokes.

In their study, the researchers wanted to investigate whetherlarge amounts of no-calorie artificial sweeteners altered the abil-ity of the body to control the levels of glucose in the blood.

Some of the 27 healthy volunteers who were recruited for thestudy were given the equivalent of 1.5 litres of diet drink a day,in the form of capsules of two different sweeteners, sucralose andacesulfame K. They took the capsules three times a day for twoweeks, before meals. The others in the study were given aplacebo.

Tests at the end of the two weeks showed that the body’s re-

sponse to glucosewas impaired.

The authors saidthat the study sup-ports the conceptthat artificial sweet-eners could reducethe body’s control of blood sugar levels and highlights the poten-tial for exaggerated post-meal glucose levels in high habitualNAS (non-caloric artificial sweeteners) users, which could pre-dispose them to develop type 2 diabetes.”

Some experts said the findings were in line with previous re-search, while others said they did not support the conclusion thatsweeteners could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Dr Inês Cebola, from Imperial College London said that thisstudy addresses a very important global human health issue, asartificial sweeteners are food additives commonly used not onlyby patients with diabetes but also by healthy individuals aimingto manage their sugar intake.

She added: “Although generally thought as safe and even ben-eficial, artificial sweetener consumption has actually been previ-ously associated with weight gain and development of glucoseintolerance, which can lead to development of type 2 diabetes.”

Study suggests that artificial sweetenersraise risk of type 2 diabetes

Statistic issuedby the World

Health Organisa-tion (WHO) shows41 million childrenunder the age of 5were overweight orobese in 2016,while over 340 mil-lion children and

adolescents aged 5-19 were overweight or obese.Once considered a high-income country problem,overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low-and middle-income countries, particularly in urbansettings. When it comes to adults ages 18 years and older,the report stats that in 2016, more than 1.9 billionwere overweight. Of these over 650 million adultswere obese. In 2016, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over

(39% of men and 40% of women) were over-weight. Overall, about 13% of the world's adultpopulation (11% of men and 15% of women) wereobese in 2016.Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975.Most of the world's population live in countries

where overweight and obesity kills more peoplethan underweight.In Africa, the number of overweight children

under 5 has increased by nearly 50 per cent since2000. Nearly half of the children under 5 who wereoverweight or obese in 2016 lived in Asia.The prevalence of overweight and obesity amongchildren and adolescents aged 5-19 has risen dra-matically from just 4% in 1975 to just over 18% in2016. The rise has occurred similarly among bothboys and girls: in 2016 18% of girls and 19% ofboys were overweight.

WHO says Overweight, and obesity on the rise,


kitba ta’IVAN CAUCHI

A version of this series inEnglish may be found inthe author's blog at: https://ivancauchi.blogspot.com

Perspettiva

X’dieqa llum nirċievi telefonata li nfurmatni bil-qtilbarbaru ta’ Daphne Caruana Galizia, ġurnalistaMaltija li kienet tispeċjalizza fil-kxif ta’ korruzzjoni

allegata. Jidher li għamlet għedewwa sew, għax il-bombali tpoġġiet mal-karozza tal-kiri li kienet qed issuq wara litelqet mid-dar tefgħet lill-karozza xi 50 metru ‘l bogħodminn fejn ħadet.Din l-istorja irriverberat madwar id-dinja, fejn issemmiet

fuq l-ABC tal-Awstralja, u The Guardian. Mhux ta’ b’xejn,wara li kienet issemmiet mill-pubblikazzjoni Politico fostit-28 persuni li l-iktar li jiffurmaw, jheżżu u jħarrku lill-Ewropa.1 Xejn inqas minn persunaġġ ieħor involut kon-troversjalment fil-kxif tal-korruzzjoni, Julian Assange, ligħadu miżmum fl-Ambaxxata tal-Ekwador f’Londra, li jof-fri €20,000 għal tagħrif li jwassal għall-kxif ta’ min wettaqdan l-att.Kont ktibt dwar l-investigazzjoni tagħha fil-ħarġa numru

154 ta’ The Voice. Dakinhar, kienet qed tuża dokumentimill-imsejħa Panama Papers kif ukoll investigazzjonijiettagħha biex tallega korruzzjoni fl-ogħla livelli tal-gvernLaburista, allegazzjoni li waslet sal-familja tal-kapLaburista Joseph Muscat. Dik l-istorja għadha għaddejja.

Min dakinhar, Caruana Galizia kitbet bl-aħrax kontra l-kap il-ġdid Nazzjonalista, Adrian Delia, fosthom dwar il-ħbiberija kbira tiegħu u ta’ martu mat-tfajla ta’ persunaġġmisjub ħati ta’ offiżi ta’ droga,2 li bbenefika mill-prostituz-zjoni,3 u li għandu dejn personali kbir.

Huwa ċar li Caruana Galizia kellha għedewwa fiż-żewġpartiti kbar f’Malta, imma mhux biss.

Min-naħa tiegħu, il-Prim Ministru Muscat jidher li qedjieħu passi biex ma jiġix mixli li m’għamilx kull ma seta’biex l-investigazzjoni jkollha eżitu pożittiv, billi awtorizzalill-pulizija jfittxu l-għajnuna tal-aġenzija FBI tal-IstatiUniti, 4 u esperti tal-forensika mill-Olanda.

Min-naħa l-oħra, il-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni, ma qagħadxlura milli diġà jitfa’ parti mit-tort fuq il-Prim Ministru u l-gvern Laburista, fejn iddeskriva l-qtil bħala wieħed poli-tiku.5 Jien jidhirli li stqarrija bħal din hija prematura.Naraw ‘il quddiem jekk l-investigazzjoni titfax xi dell ikrahfuq persuni assoċjati mal-partit ta’ Delia.Jien qatt ma tkellimt ma’ Caruana Galizia. L-unika darba

li niftakar li kont qrib tagħha kien meta poġġiet ħdejja waqtxi konferenza f’Malta. Naturalment għaraftha, u bqajt sor-priż bl-istatura fiżika żgħira tagħha. Tassew, bil-ħsieb jgħidil-Malti li l-essenza tinsab fil-fliexken iż-żgħar.

Dan l-inċident tal-għajb jeħodni lura fi żmien ieħor, fit-tmeninijiet meta l-vjolenza politika kienet parti mill-istorjatal-pajjiż. Din il-vjolenza kienet tinkludi swat, ħruq ta’ biniu anke qtil, inkluż notorjament fil-kwartieri ġenerali tal-pulizija.

Bla dubju li dan l-att jirrifletti ikrah fuq il-pajjiż, u jkuntajjeb li l-poplu Malti jkun solidali u jappoġġja, b’modmhux partiġġjan, lill-investigazzjoni li trid issir.Ma baqagħli xejn x’nikteb ħlief li nagħti l-kondoljanzi pro-

fondi tiegħi lill-familja Caruana Galizia. Nitlob, għall-ġieħ ta’ Malta, li l-ġlieda kontra l-korruzzjoni

ma tkun mittiefsa qatt.Referenzi1. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-10-16/local-news/Per-son-dies-as-vehicle-goes-up-in-flames-in-Bidnija-6736180314, re-trieved 17/10/20172. https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2017/10/opposition-leaders-wife-says-convicted-drug-dealers-girlfriend-one-closest-trusted-friends-drug-dealers-girlfriend-says-opposition-leaders-wife-close-friends-like/, retrieved 17/10/20173. https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20170824/local/adrian-delia-to-sue-caruana-galizia-over-overseas-funds-claim.656364, re-trieved 17/10/20174. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-10-16/local-news/FBI-experts-have-been-contacted-for-assistance-Muscat-6736180317, re-trieved 17/10/20175. http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2017-10-16/local-news/Daphne-Caruana-Galizia-murder-Barbaric-attack-Muscat-politi-cal-murder-Delia-6736180316, retrieved 17/10/2017

Daphne

Il-qtil brutali tal-blogger/ġurnalistaDaphne Caruana Galizia xxokkja

u rrabja lil Malta kollha, immagħall-inqas għaqqad lill-pajjiż, lib’mod ġenerali ikkundanna bl-akbar sinċerita` l-att krudili. Ħadd qatt ma basar li f’pajjiż fejn

niftaħru u jfaħħruna li aħna poplu lijġib l-għira tal-barrani, għax ngħixufi trankwillita` u li minkejja l-firdafil-politika, il-festi u l-futbol, be-

jnietna jsaltan sens ta’ ħbiberija seta’jseħħ dak li seħħ.L-appelli ġenwini li saru mill-aw-

toritajiet biex tibqa’ tirrenja l-għaqdaf’waqt bħal dan fejn ġie mfisserbħala theddida għall-espressjoniħielsa minn xi ħadd li ma ħamilxdan il-ħelsien, għandhom jint-laqgħu. Anzi jkun għajb għal minjipprova jdaħħal xi feles bejn il-poplu billi jażżarda joħloq xi mottiv

li s’issa mhemmx.Hu wkoll ta’ min jistmerr lil min jip-

prova jifred u bla provi jtih xi laqtapolitika biex forsi jieħu xi vantaġġ.Hu aktar xieraq li wieħed ikun soli-dali mal-familja tal-vittma u jittama lil-isforzi kbar daqs qatt qabel li qedisiru mill-awtoritajiet iwasslu biex jin-qabad min wettaq dan l-att barbaru uli wara jieħu dak li ħaqqu bil-liġi.

- L-editur

Att barbaru li wassal għal kundanna ta’ min irid joħnoq l-espressjoni ħielsa


Għal jumejn sħaħ matul il-ġimgħa ligħaddiet, il-kunsill tal-Maltin ta’Barra magħmul minn 15-il membru

ltaqa’ fil-laqgħa li ssir f’Malta kull senataħt il-patroċinju tal-Ministru tal-AffarijietBarranin u l-Promozzjoni tal-Kummerċ,Carmelo Abela. Hi t-tmien laqgħa u l-ewwel waħda li ġietipprejeduta mill-Mi-nistru Abela li ġiemaħtur fil-karigawara l-elezzjoni ta’Ġunju li għadda.Fl-ewwel jum, waqt

li inawgura l-ftuħ tal-laqgħa, il-MinistruAbela, iċ-Ċerpersinex officio tal-Kunsill,ta merħba lill-mem-bri tal-kumitat uf’diskors tal-ftuħ qalli aktar kemm jgħad-di ż-żmien, f’laqgħat bħaldawn wieħed ikollu jagħraf li r-realtajiet jinbidlu.

Il-Ministru semma li fl-aħħarsnin għadd ta’ Maltin qed imor-ru barra minn Malta għal raġu-nijiet differenti minn ta’ qabel,u f’postijiet differenti wkoll,tant li huma aktar minn miljunruħ il-Maltin ta’ diversi ġener-azzjonijiet li jgħixu barra minnMalta.Allura ħeġġeġ, li fid-dawl taċ-

ċirkustanzi ġodda li żviluppawmatul is-snin, il-Kunsill għan-du jkun orjentat lejn il-futur.Dan billi jkun aktar konxju tal-ħtiġijiet u l-aspirazzjonijiet tal-Maltin, tad-diaspora tal-lum uwkoll ta’ għada.

Imbagħad daħal fid-dettal biex spjega l-prinċipji gwida tal-politika barranija ta’Malta. Qal li l-ministeru tiegħu identifikaseba’ oqsma ta’ importanza għall-politikabarranija, u fosthom jisħaq dwar l-għarfiental-importanza u r-relevanza tal-Maltin lijgħixu barra.

Huwa elenka erba’ oqsma ewlenin:- il-garanzija ta’ konsultazzjoni regolari ueqreb mal-Maltin li jgħixu barra

- li jissaħħu r-relazzjonijiet politiċi uekonomiċi mal-pajjiżi fejn hemm il-Maltin- l-inkoraġġiment tas-sehem tal-Maltin lijgħixu barra biex jiġu kkumplimentati l-is-forzi favur il-promozzjoni ta’ Malta, b’modspeċjali tal-faċilitajiet kummerċjali u tan-

negozju tagħha, fil-pajjiżi rispettivi fejnjgħixu l-Maltin- u l-iffaċilitar tax-xogħol u l-attivitajiettal-Kunsill għall-Maltin li jgħixu barra.

Il-Ministru qal li l-impenn tal-gvernqiegħed hemm, u li dan hu wkoll rifless fil-programm elettorali tiegħu.

Huwa temm jgħid: “Insemmi biss ħagawaħda mill-programm elettorali, dik linwessgħu u nsaħħu l-konsultazzjoni mal-

komunita-jiet Maltinbarra minnMalta per-mezz tal-K u n s i l lg ħ a l l -Maltin liJ g ħ i x uBarra minnMalta, u linaraw lif’dawn il-konsultaz-z j o n i j i e tn i n v o l v uiżjed liż-żgħażagħ ulit-tfal tal-emigranti,

biex b'hekk inkomplu nsaħħu r-rabtiet tra-dizzjonali mal-ġenerazzjonijiet ġodda.

Diskussa 32 tema

Matul il-laqgħa l-Kunsill iddiskuta 32tema li tolqot fost l-oħrajn: it-tagħlim tal-

ilsien Malti u l-istorjatal-emigrazzjo-ni, it-tixrid tal-kul- turaMaltija, l-effett tal-liġijiet dwar il-prop-jeta u t-taxxi fuqid-diaspora, iċ-ċittad-inanza Maltija u dikdoppja, il-votazzjonimill-bogħod għall-Parlament u wkolldik tal-Parlament tal-Unjoni Ewropeja.

Fost temi oħra l-Kunsill iddiskuta, it-

Bżonn li jissaħħu r-rabtiet mal-Maltinta’ barra u wkoll il-ġenerazzjonijiet ġodda

It-tmien laqgħa tal-Kunsill tal-Maltin ta’ Barra

twaqqif ta’ reġistri ta’ organizzazzjonijiet, uta’ persuni prominenti Maltin li jgħixu barraminn Malta, servizzi bankarji għall-komu-nita`, fondi tal-Unjoni Ewropeja, twaqqif ta’stazzjon tar-radju u websajt, road map għall-Kunsill, l-innu Malti, faċilitajiet għall-Maltinta’ barra li jżuru Malta, u bdil ta’ talenti fid-diversi oqsma bejn Maltin li jgħixu Malta udawk li jgħixu barra.Il-Kunsill, imwaqqaf bl-Att XX tal-2011,

b’rappreżentanti tal-Maltin li jgħixu barraflimkien ma’ persuni oħrajn għandu l-għanli jħares u jippromwovi d-drittijiet u l-in-teressi tal-Maltin ta’ barra minn Malta.

Għalkemm jiltaqa’ biss darba fis-senaf’Malta, matul is-sena il-Kunsill xortajibqa’ għaddej bil-ħidma tiegħu permezzta’ diskussjonijiet li jsiru permezz tal-mezzi ta’ kommunikazzjoni u b’konsultaz-zjoni mal-kommunitajiet ta’ Maltin lijinsabu mferrxa ma l-erbat irjieħ tad-dinja.

Fil-laqgħat f’Malta jsiru diskussjonijietdwar proposti u rakkomandazzjonijiet, ujittieħdu deċiżjonijiet li jservu bħala bażibiex fuqhom id-Direttorat għall-Maltin liJgħixu Barra jaħdem mad-diversi minis-teri, dipartimenti u aġenziji tal-Gvern in-voluti ħalli jitwettqu x-xewqattad-Diaspora Maltija u hekk jintlaħqu l-għanijiet li għalih ġie mwaqqaf il-Kunsill.

Il-Ministru Carmelo Abela jmexxi d-diskussjoniwaqt waħda mis-sessjonijiet

Ritratt ta’ tifkira tal-membri tal-Kunsill tal-Maltin ta’ Barraflimkien mal-Ministru Carmelo Abela Ritratti: John Pisani - MFTP


Roundup of News About Malta

Malta is still in deep shock afterthe killing perpetrated by a crim-inal act that resulted in the brutal

killing of 53-year-old blogger and journal-ist Daphne Caruana Galizia by the use ofa powerful explosive device that blew thevehicle she was driving into several piecesand sending the vehicle’s wreckage spiral-ing over a wall and into a field about 50metres away. Itoccurred minutesafter she left herresidence at Bid-nija, limites ofTarga Gap.

While the gen-eral public ex-pressed theirdisbelief, shockand outrage that ajournalist couldbe murdered insuch a way, mostprobably in orderto silence her,public figures,politicians onboth sides of thepolitical divideand the public ingeneral condem-ned the barbaricattack against a member of the press, onwhat could become known as Black Mon-day October 16.

In an immediate response to the killing,Prime Minister Joseph Muscat describedit as a “spiteful attack on a citizen andfreedom of expression.” He said he wouldnot rest until justice is done, that he wouldleave no stone unturned for justice to bedone, and that the country deserves jus-tice.

Meanwhile, while expressing shock atthe murder, in a statement, PresidentMarie Louise Coleiro Preca, called forcalm and appealed for everyone to con-sider well one’s reaction. “In these mo-ments, when the country is shocked bysuch a vicious attack, I call on everyone tomeasure their words, to not pass judgmentand to show solidarity with the husbandand Caruana Galizia’s children.”

Saying that this was a moment in whicheveryone lost, she added, “Decency entails,

that everyone should let justice to take itscourse in the best interest of the family andMalta’s democracy.”

Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia,tweeted, "we shall not be silenced".

That same evening Parliament had beenscheduled to hear the Opposition leaderdeliver his reaction to the 2018 Budget,but this was suspended to make way for a

special sitting in order for the Prime Min-ister and the Opposition leader to delivershort messages about the tragic event ear-lier in the day.

The Prime Minister expressed shock atthe murder and said he instructed inves-tigative authorities that resources andbudgets should not be a concern in theirbid to get to the bottom of the murder. Atthe same time, he said he did not want torespond to the Opposition leader’s “polit-ical comments” made earlier at a pressconference, as this was a time for thecountry to show it was much better thanthis.Muscat also announced that he had asked

police to reach out to other countries’ se-curity services for help to identify the per-petrators. He also sought the help of theUS government and invited agents fromthe Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)to Malta to help in the investigation tohelp boost Maltese resources and bring

with them expertise that was wide-rang-ing. The FBI agents arrived in Malta onthe morrow to join other experts from TheNetherlands who had arrived earlier.

“What happened is unacceptable at alllevels and cannot be excused… I stand

here today asa Prime Min-ister of a hurtcountry. I wasa favouritetarget ofDaphne Caru-ana Galiziabut this act isnot excusablein any way. Itis in every-body’s inter-est to havethis murder

solved,” thePrime Ministersaid.

He also invitedthe Oppositionleader to a meet-ing at the end ofthat sitting inorder to reachconsensus on away forward so

the investigation could be conducted insuch a way that it would enjoy every-body’s trust. He added he believed com-mon sense could prevail and governmentand Opposition should find the methodsand mechanisms to ensure that no doubtsare cast on the investigation even if thisentailed appointing an independent in-quiry by people who enjoy national trust. In turn, Dr Delia’s address was described

by observers as being controversially po-litical. He laid blame for the murder onwhat he termed as the collapse of rule oflaw, which he said has been going on forthe past four years. He asked the PrimeMinister to shoulder political responsibil-ity and insisted in describing it as a “po-litical murder”, while also reiterating hisPN leadership campaign message thatpeople were not living in a normal coun-try.

*Continued on page 13

Brutal killing of blogger/journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in car blast

In this day and age when social media seems tohave taken over our lives, the horrific news of thekilling of blogger/journalist Daphne Caruana Gal-

izia in Malta spread like wildfire and for many readersof this magazine, there might be nothing new in the

following articles. However, we at The Voice still be-lieve that it is our duty to update you on the currentevents, in some ways perhaps from a different pointof view to that expressed by media outlets, some ofwhom might have their own agenda to follow.

Forensic experts searching for clues ina field after the car bomb. Inset: thelate Daphne Caruana Galizia

REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

*from page 12Before adjourning, Speaker Anglu Farru-

gia also expressed his condolences.Many others turned to social media sites

to express their shock and grief, so too anumber of foreign politicians with Euro-pean Parliament president Antonio Tajanisaying that the brutal murder was a tragicexample of a journalist who sacrificed herlife to seek out the truth. He said, “Shewon’t be forgotten”.

The act was also described as a threat tojournalism, democracy and freedom of ex-pression. In this sad moment, BishopCharles Scicluna appealed “for a unified re-solve to promote true democracy.”The Institute for Maltese Journalists said in

a statement that the killing was a shockingcase for journalists, directly impacting theright to freedom of expression. It expressedsolidarity with the victim’s family, and ap-pealed to the Police to do all it that is possibleto find those culpable for this serious crime. It went on to describe it as an ugly day for

democracy and affirmed the determinationof journalists worthy of their name, not tolet this tragedy undermine their will and in-stead to keep upholding their duty to soci-ety and report without fear or favour all thatis in the public interest and to society.”

Later in the evening the first of a numberof candlelight vigils was held in Sliema inmemory of Caruana Galizia and in solidar-ity with her family. It was also attended byseveral public figures and politicians fromthe political parties.

Although many who had been targeted byher comments on her blog were among herharshest critics, they too expressed theiranger and shock for her brutal murder. Theycould not accept the fact that anyone has theright to murder anyone just because he wouldnot agree with one’s comments.

A very strong appeal was also made forpeople not to jump to conclusions, eventhough PN politicians immediately beganto describe it as a political murder.

*Continued on page 14

PM committedto solving crime

Government offers €1 million reward for information

leading to finding the killerIn its determination to bring those responsible for the brutal murder of Daphne Caru-

ana Galizia to justice, the Government has taken the unprecedented step of offeringa €1 million reward to anybody who can come forward to give the Police informa-

tion leading to the identification of the killer.The government is fully committed to solving the heinous crime. It recognises that

this is a case of extraordinary importance and therefore requires extraordinary measuresin order for justice to be done, whatever the cost.

In a statement the government stated that whoever comes forward with informationwould be offered full protection when testifying under oath in front of an InquiringMagistrate, and in all subsequent stages of the criminal procedures.

It said that any information can also be passed to the Police confidentially, and theperson doing it would still be eligible for the reward, as long as the information is cor-roborated with other independent evidence that would lead to the identification of theperson or persons who committed this act.

It will not be the Government to decide whether the information or testimony is suf-ficient, credible or complete. Instead, the point of reference will be the Magisterial In-quiry Report that is an act of the independent judicial authority.Among the conditions set for this offer, whoever is willing to come forward with in-

formation can phone a particular number (22942008) or do so through an email [email protected].

The Government has stated that that one may also make use of the Whistleblower’sAct and other ancillary amendments that were passed during the previous legislatureby anyone who, despite his or her involvement, intends to collaborate with the Policein order to identify the culprit.Conditions of the rewardThe Government is offering the €1 million reward to any person or persons who providethe Police with concrete information which could lead to the identification of those re-sponsible for the homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia – whether murderer or accom-plice – that occurred on October 16.This offer is made with the condition that whomever provides information will have

to tell the truth and the whole truth, testifying under oath about everything they knowabout this homicide in front of the Inquiring Magistrate and during all the stages of thecriminal procedures.A person with information about the homicide, who is not willing to testify in order

to keep their identity confidential, may pass the information to the Police and still qual-ify for the reward. However, for this to happen, it must result from the report of the Magisterial Inquiry

that the information has concretely and factually led to the identification of those whoshould respond to the accusation about the homicide, and that this information can beconfirmed to be genuine on the basis of other independent proof.

The payment of the reward would be based solely on whether the report of the Mag-isterial Inquiry states that the testimony, or the information given, was credible and ledto the identification of those who have to respond to the accusation about the homicide.



As expected, the murder of Daph-ne Caruana Galizia, describedas one of the most controversial journalists on the island, has

been dominating Malta's media ever since, particularly on the fol-lowing day when the brutal killing was featured on the front pagesof every newspaper.

In its banner headline, The Times of Maltacalled it a: Black Monday. On its front pageMalta Independent titled: Daphne mur-

dered, saying thatthe murder was anAttack on democracy andfreedom of expres-sion.

In its main head-

ing l-orizzont focussed on the commitment by the priime ministernot to rest until justice is done.The PN official newspaper In-Nazzjon

was the onlyone to commititself to amotiv, calling ita “Politicalmurder”. “Theykilled DaphneCaruana Gal-izia,” it said.

Malta in outrage


Since the start of her ca-reer in 1987, opinionwriter and blogger,

Daphne Garuana Galizia tar-geted most of her criticism atthe Labour Party. No Labour Party leaderfrom Dom Mintoff to Karmenu MifsudBonnici, Alfred Sant and Joseph Muscatand his family had managed to escape herarrows. Her allegations early in the yeareven led to Prime Minister Joseph Muscatcalling a snap election, which he won by amassive majority.

During the years, and particularly in thelast four of the Labour government, libelsuits were filed against her for a number ofallegations. Some of them she was still fac-ing before her tragic death.

For the second general election running,opinion writers close to the PN partlyblamed Caruana Galizia for the defeat,some claiming that she was allowed to settheir political agenda. As a result of thePL’s landslide victory PN leader SimonBusuttil resigned opening the way forsomebody else to take over.

Four candidates, that included Dr AdrianDelia, put their names forward and thestage was set for three months of “not soclean” campaigning in the race for the lead-ership, which Delia won.

During the campaign, and since his vic-tory a month ago, Delia never managed towin the blogger DCG over to his side. Infact she was very critical of him. She evenmade “damaging allegations” against himand in one week in late August he filed fourlibel suits against her for linking him to aprostitution racket in London.

She kept up her criticism of him and hisclose friends whom she used to describe as“members of Adrian Delia’s rabble.

Then on September 3 she wrote that shehad been getting treats from them. “Mes-sages from them saying – with no punctua-tion except a lot of exclamation marks atthe end – that I’m finished, RIP, take a

cyanide pill, and other remarks involvingbody parts which I have long been accus-tomed to from Labour supporters.”

She went on to say: “My stock response,where I bother, is: I have been writing forthree decades and have out-survived fivePrime Ministers and Opposition leaders.There is nobody in parliament today whowas there when I began writing. I have out-survived the lot of them.“There were people telling me a lot worse

in 1990 than they are now. Then, there wasno Facebook, so they wrote to the editor in-stead. Almost every edition of The SundayTimes carried a page of letters from out-raged citizens telling me where to shove myopinions... Many of those people are nowdead through natural causes, as are myworst and most vicious enemies in the po-litical class”.

After explaining how popular her blogwas by mentioning view-figures as to thenumber of hits - 321 million views sinceshe began, she added, “It takes a very par-ticular skill-set. Of course, the politicianshave helped, because in 30 years theLabour Party has not stopped obsessingabout me and mentioning my name in vain,and now I have additional publicity fromAdrian Delia andhis rabble, who in-cidentally includepeople of all socialclasses, but stillrabble becausethey don’t think ra-tionally.”

“This irrationalthinking manifestsitself in the beliefthat I can some-how be controlledby anyone or any-

thing. The fact of the matter is that Iset up this website for precisely theopposite reason: to be free of anyform of control or interference.

“Adrian Delia and his friends in theLabour Party/PLPN need to note that I amnot going anywhere until I decide to do soof my own volition for my own personaland private reasons, which is not on thehorizon any time soon”.

She wrapped up the article saying, “Ipromise to continue providing you with theoasis of sanity you want and need, as longas I am able to do so. And remember al-ways that more and more people who arein the wrong do not become right by sheerforce of numbers. “We live among people for whom politics

is not about political ideology but aboutwinning, as with football. “The price paid for living in a very unso-

phisticated society is a high one. Youngerpeople may decide it’s not worth it, and wecan’t blame them. They have many optionsand they don’t have to live in a place wherethe fate of the nation is decided in parlia-ment by football fans and the corrupt.

Meanwhile, after DCG’s murder, the Na-tionalist Party leader Adrian Delia said hehas now dropped all libel cases he had in-stituted against her during his PN Leader-ship election campaign.

Who was Daphne?

In its investigation, Police officials workingclosely with the Dutch forensic experts and

FBI investigators in sharing information col-lected from different sources, have sought infor-mation by speaking to some people.

However, although the motive behind themurder has not yet been established, as it ismuch too early to determine it, people close tothe investigators have been reported saying

that they are harbouring suspicions that themurder could have been commissioned as re-venge for her writings, and that foreignerscould also been involved.As such, the police have also been investigat-

ing several articles she has published and oth-ers she has been working on about persons thatcould threaten their financial gains from illegalactivities.


Following last Monday’s murder, onSunday the local media in Malta joined

forces in a united message in favour offreedom of expression and press freedom.Every newspaper published on its frontpage the banner headline: The Pen ConThe Pen Con--quers Fear, (Il-Pinna Tirbaħ lill-Biża`)quers Fear, (Il-Pinna Tirbaħ lill-Biża`).It was a strong message of determination that

no one and nothing would stop or silence the

journalists’ efforts in the quest for truth. On Sunday afternoon, thousands of people,

including representatives of political partiesturned up in Valletta for a ‘national demonstra-tion for justice’ (above) organised by the CivilSociety Network.

In the end many expressed their disappoint-ment that some of the “organisers” turned itinto a partisan protest.

Foreigners ‘could be involved’ in DCG’s murder

The next two days instead of discussingthe Budget as scheduled, first the Leader

of the Opposition, and then the Prime Min-ister took the sessions to talk about the mur-der.PN Leader Adrian Delia blamed the mur-

der on the Prime Minister, the Police, andthe Attorney Ge-neral, and called for themall to resign.

In turn, Joseph Muscat refrained frombeing political. He instead expressed his andthe nation’s resolve to solve the murder. Be-sides inviting investigators from The Nether-lands and the FBI to help the localinvestigators, he said the government wasconsidering offering a monetary reward forinformation leading to solving the heinouscrime and bring the killer to justice.

(See lead article on page 13

Murder discussed in Parliament/from page 13

THE PEN CONQUERS FEAR

be enough to change behaviour.|One can only hope Adrian Delia will

prove he has the mettle as the new Leaderof the Opposition to be that naysayer, ca-joling and criticising to ensure that theeconomic boom will leave Malta a betterplace for all. But he too has some hard andurgent decisions to make.”

L-Editur tal-Malta Independent fetaħ l-editorjal tiegħu bit-titlu: Budget 2018 - Be-yond the no revenue measures increase,billi semma’ dak li ktibt aktar ‘il fuq jien(mhux qed ngħid li kkupjani jew li kkup-jajtu)

“We usually measure the annual BudgetSpeech by calculating what’s in it for us.

If that is the case, thisBudget is a good Budgeton all sides. No revenuemeasures have been in-creased, not even thoseitems on which succes-sive Finance Ministersrely year after year toget some revenue in, likethe price of cigarettes,whisky or alcohol ingeneral.

“This is all the moreremarkable in that it haslong been the practicefor the first Budget afteran election to carry withit tax or revenue in-creases to make up forthe usual pre-electionprofligacy.”Wara li kkumenta dwar

id-deversi miżuri liwiegħed dan il-Baġit temm l-editorjalhekk:“This is thus a Budget of continuity, a for-

ward-looking and an upward-lookingBudget, a Budget that builds on an economythat is doing well, that has moved from adeficit situation to a surplus situation.No doubt, in future months, holes will be

picked out in the Budget or measures thatcarry a lot of promise will be found tohave delivered less than they promised.But seeing that previous Budgets had thesuccess they had, one is reasonably surethis one too will continue to contribute tofurther growth in the economy.”

*Ikompli f’paġna 14

tal-Unjoni Ewropeja, dan il-Baġit tħabbarftit jiem qabel is-soltu.

Għalkemm daż-żmien l-istennija għall-qari tal-estimi naqset xi ftit, xorta waħdadak li jkun, jekk ma jismax id-diskors tal-Ministru tal-Finanzi minħabba t-tul tiegħu(tad-diskors mhux tal-Ministru), jipprovajisma’ jew jara l-aħbarijiet fuq il-mezzitax-xandir, fil-ġurnali, u forsi llum aktarminn qatt qabel, permezz tal-Internet biexjara kif ikun intlaqat. Fil-maġġoranza l-aktar li jfittxu hu kif ikunu se jintlaqtu per-mezz tal-miżuri li jkun se jieħu l-Gvern.Għal żmien twil il-mistoqsija kienet tkun:

x’se jtini l-Gvern u x’se jeħodli biex im-bagħad nara hux se mmur minn fuq jewminn taħt?

Saħansitra l-poplu kien dara l-istrateġijatad-diversi Gvernijiet, li fl-ewwel sentejnmeta jiġi l-baġit, x’aktarx jiġbdu lejhom,u fis-sentejn ta’ qabel l-elezzjoni jagħmluxi ftit traxxix, dejjem skont ma jiflaħ il-karus tal-Gvern li jkunhemm.Biss did-darba dan iċ-

ċiklu twaqqaf, għaxx’aktarx li għall-ewweldarba fl-istorja l-Gvernta biss u għamel baġitfejn ma żied l-ebdataxxa, la diretta u lan-qas indiretta. Lanqasm’għamel xi żieda fir-rati tat-taxxi li kienhemm qabel (u dawk liħasbu biex jaħżnu l-pakketti tas-sigaretti uxi fliexken tax-xorb –prodotti li t-taxxafuqhom kienet tiżdiedkważi ta’ kull sena,mar żmerċ).

Il-Gvern seta’ jagħ-mel dan għax għall-ewwel darba f’ħafnasnin spiċċa s-sena finanzjarja bi qliegħ -il-famuż surplus – u allura kien jiflaħgħaż-żidiet li se jagħti f’dan il-Baġit.

Ir-Reazzjoni

M’ghandux jonqos li r-reazzjoni ġen-erali kienet pożittiva għall-aħħar.

Imma għall-Oppożizzjoni dan il-Baġitkien wieħed ta’ bla pjan għall-futur, uwieħed li jista’ ma jkunx sostenibbli.

Jekk niġu għall-unjons, għaqdiet ta’ miniħaddem eċċ, żgur li mhux se noqgħodnikkwota x’qalu dawn kif irrapportat fil-ġurnali Maltin. Għax il-mod kif dawnlaqgħu l–baġit ivarja minn ġurnal għall-ieħor, sintendi għax dawn għandhom l-


X’aktarx għall-ewwel darba fl-istorja...

Baġit bla taxxiKif imwiegħed fl-aħħar ħarġa ta’ The Voice, u minħabba li l-Ministrutal-Finanzi l-Profs Edward Scicluna ippreżentah kif konna lestejnal-ħarġa ta’ qabel din, illum se nikkumenta ftit dwar il-baġit għall-2018Ta’ kull sena qrib lejn tmiem is-sena, Il-Gvern

tal-ġurnata jħabbar l-estimi, għalkemm in-nies terreferi għalih bħala l-Baġit, għas-sena

li tkun ġejja. Din id-darba, minħabba r-regolamenti

aġenda moħbija, u kultant mhux daqshekkmoħbija, tagħhom Dawn bħal dejjem għamlu l-emfasi dwar

il-partijiet tal-istqarrijiet tal-unjins, għaq-diet ta’ min iħaddem, eċċ, li jaqbel lilhom.Allura tispiċċa biex meta taqra ġurnal issibli ċerta unjon Allajaf kemm faħħret il-baġit, u tmur fuq ġurnal ieħor u issib li l-istess unjon sabet difetti fih.Biss se nislet xi kummenti mill-editorjali

ta’ ġurnali li mhumiex direttament ta’ xipartit politiku, għalkemm dawn ukollgħandhom l-aġenda tagħhom.

L-Editur ta’ The Times taħt it-titlu“Tweaks but no hard decisions” stqarr lifis-sitwazzjoni ekonomika tal-pajjiż kien

faċli għall-Gvern li jroxx il-bżar, il-pro-lema hi jekk ‘il quddiem ikunx meħtieġ,minħabba ekonomija inqas soda, li l-mi-żuri li ħa jiġu rtirati. Filwaqt li kkritika l-fatt li ma tnaqqsux il-kontjiet tal-ilma ud-dawl, u li l-Baġit ma tkellimx dwar il-leave tal-jiem pubbliċi eċċ, temm l-editor-jal tiegħu hekk:“No one wants to listen to predictions of

doom when the sun is shining but eco-nomic cycles are almost inevitable and theFinance Minister cannot put off some harddecisions – on waste management, traffic,environment degradation, overdevelop-ment, inequality in wealth distribution –indefinitely. Polite tweaks will not always

Kumment qasir dwar il-qtil tal-ġurnal-ista Daphne Caruana Galizia fis-16

ta’ Ottubru. Hawn min qed isostni li dankien qtil politiku... xi ħaġa li għad irridunaraw. Jekk inhu hekk hija ħasra li hawnnies li m’humiex jaslu bl-argumenti bil-kliem jew bil-kitba, iżda jaslu għal atti bar-bari li jħammru wiċċ il-poplu Malti ujagħtuna fama ħażina ma’ pajjiżi barranin.

Dan hu att kundanabbli għax tista’ mataqbilx ma’ dak li jkun, iżda ma jfissirx libiex wieħed tgħaddi tiegħu u biex min-għalih jirbaħ l-argument hu jew isodd ħalqħaddieħor jasal għal din l-estrimita’.

Hija ħasra wkoll li għandna min diġa`ddeċieda li dan huwa qtil politiku għas-sempliċi raġuni li din l-artikolista kienetmagħrufa għall-kritika tagħha lejn il-PartitLaburista u l-mexxej tiegħu, għalkemm fl-aħħar erba’ xhur ikkritikat bl-aħrax lill-mexxej ġdid Nazzjonalista, Adrian Deliau għamlet għadd ta’ allegazzjonijiet xejnsbieħ kontrih.

Biss fil-mira ta’ Caruana Galizia kien

hemm nies oħra li m’għandhom x’jaqsmuxejn mal-politika. Għalhekk f’dan il-mu-ment hekk delikat, wieħed jikkundannawkoll lil min jipponta’ subgħajh, lejn xiħadd, donnu hawn min li diġa` temm l-in-vestigazzjonijiet tiegħu u sab il-ħa-ti/ħatjin.

(aktar dwar dan fil-pagni 12 u 13)


Q t i l b arb aru !Qt i l b arb aru !

Maltese nurses in Australia invitedto international conference in MaltaIn 2018, Malta would be hosting a most prestigious international conferencein the world nursing and nurse education with the topic being, ‘Nursing andnursing education from vision to action in a world in motion’. It would be heldFebruary 21-23 on the campus of the University of Malta.The opportunity is being extended to nurses of a Maltese connection in

Australia. In fact, if there is a sizeable number of such nurses (with a Malteseconnection) interested in attending, a social-cultural re Malta's and the Mal-tese heritage and tradition programme for their specific interest would be or-ganised.The deadline of students/nurses interested in subscribing is on Novem-

ber 15. Submissions should be made on this link:https://www.conforg.fr/bin/IA/inscr_fine-europe2018.

Uindirettament marbut ma‘ dan il-qtil(dan għax dak li se nikteb intqal fil-

Parlament waqt id-diskorsi dwar il-qtil ta’Caruana Galizia) hemm dak li stqarret id-deputata tal-Partit Demokratiku MarleneFarrugia meta fid-diskors mqanqal tagħhadwar il-qtil kkritikat bl-aħrax lll-GvernLaburista u qalet li ħadd ma joqtol lil ħaddgħalxejn. Żiedet tgħid li Illum għandna prova li dak

li l-għan tagħhom hu li jnaqqru d-demokrazija fil-pajjiż, ma daqqitilhomx liDaphne tibqa’ ħajja. Qalet li Daphne nqat-let meta għandek in-naħa tal-gvern kon-triha imma għandek ukoll ħafna minn niesli kienu fehmu l-messaġġ tagħha u nqatlekmeta kienet l-inqas popolari fil-pajjiż.Appellat lill-Prim Ministru biex issir in-vestigazzjoni serja. Xi ħaġa li l-Prim Min-istru kien diġa’ wiegħed b’ċertakonvinzjoni fid-diskors tiegħu.

Imma mbagħad lejn tmiem id-diskorstagħha staqsiet: “X’se nagħmlu aħna li lagħandna fiduċja fil-Prim Ministru u lanqasfil-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni?”

Għadni qed nipprova nifhem kif din il-mara għadha tagħmel parti minn koaliz-zjoni li ma għandhix fiduċja fil-mexxejtal-partit maġġur tal-istess koalizzjoni.

Enigma!

*minn paġma 12Probabbli li dan l-editorjal

ħalla impressjoni fuq dawk lijappoġġjaw lill-Partit Laburis-ta, meta l-paritarji Laburistijqisu lil dan il-ġurnal li ftit lixejn iħares b’lenti sabiħa lejnil-Gvern.

It-titlu magħżul mill-Editurtal-Malta Today: Edward Sci-cluna’s strategy pays off ifisserkif l-istrateġija ekonomikawzata mill-Ministru tal-Fi-nanzi Edward Scicluna tat riżultati tajbinbilli l-Gvern spiċċa kellu surplus, xi ħaġa ligvernijiet kemm lokali kif ukoll barraninrari jirnexxielhom jiksbu.

Dan irnexxielu jagħmlu bid-diversi mi-żuri li ħa matul l-erba’ snin li għaddew...miżuri li wasslu biex l-ekonomija ssaħħet,u l-impjiegi żdiedu tant li qed nimportawgħadd kbir ta’ ħaddiema barranin (skont l-aħħar figuri madwar 40,000). Din l-is-trateġija tant ħadmet li din is-sena wkollmistenni surplus u qed jiġi mbassar li l-istess se jseħħ fl-2018.

Wara li jikkumenta dwar id-diversimiżuri li ttieħdu fil-Baġit jagħmel il-mis-toqsija jekk dawn il-miżuri attwalmentjilħqux l-aspettativi tal-poplu, l-aktar metawieħed jieħu inkunsiderazzjoni l-kritika lisaret kemm-il darba lill-Gvern li l-ġid liqed jinħoloq fil-pajjiż mhux qed jasalgħand kulħadd u b’dawk li stanew ikom-plu jistanew u min hu batut jibqa’ batut.L-editur ittemm il-kitba tiegħu hekk:“While Budget 2018 has an overall pos-

itive outlook and may represent an earlyChristmas, it does not splash out unneces-sarily. It is evident that Scicluna wants tostay the course and maintain a generalsurplus over the medium term.

“It would have been better had the sur-plus also been maintained in government’sordinary income and expenditure.

Miżuri li wasslubiex tissaħħaħl-ekonomija

L-Ewwel faċċati: Sintendi l-għada tad-diskors tal-Estimi, il-ġurnaliddedikaw l-ewwel faċċati tagħhom lil dan l-avveniment.

Landlords in Victoria will find itharder to increase rent or kick outtenants under contentious new re-

forms designed to make renting fairer.With more than one in four Victorians

now renting a home, the Andrews govern-ment has unveiled a raft of changes givingtenants more rights while cracking downon unscrupulous landlords.

Under the plan, agents will be requiredto advertise properties using a single price– rather than a range – and landlords willbe restricted to increasing rent once every

year insteadof every sixmonths.

They willalso need areason toend a ten-ancy – withthe govern-ment scrapping the 120-day “no specifiedreason” notice to vacate – and will not beallowed to unreasonably refuse a tenants'request to keep pets or make minor modi-

fications, such as installing air condition-ing or picture hooks.

Consumer Affairs Minister MarleneKairouz said, “More people are rentingthan ever before and for longer – that'swhy tenants need a fairer deal.” The changes come after a lengthy review

of the Residential Tenancies Act but arelikely to prove controversial because theyswing so heavily in favour of tenants.

While welfare groups and renters havewelcomed a fairer deal, the Real Estate In-stitute of Victoria (REIV) has warned thatmany of the reforms would unfairly pe-nalise “mum and dad” investors who makeup the bulk of landlords.

The Australian government's plannedchanges to citizenship eligibility laws

have been torpedoed in the Senate. Draftlaws, which include extending the waitingtime for permanent residents to apply forcitizenship, tougher English languagetests and extra powers for the minister,were listed among legislation to be de-bated. The legislation was struck out by default.Greens senator Nick McKim said it was

a major win for people whose lives were

put on hold when the government an-nounced the changes in April.“Peter Dutton, the Immigration Minister

has been humiliated by the Senate. Hedidn't even have the courage of his con-victions to bring the bill on for debate. It'san indication of cowardice and lack ofconviction from Peter Dutton.”

The government attempted a last-ditchattempt at saving the legislation with anamendment that changed the level ofEnglish competency for citizenship appli-cants from “competent” to “modest”.

But the alteration couldn't garner thesupport of the Nick Xenophon Team,which was vital; Labor and the Greensalso opposed.

When debate did not get underway byWednesday evening, legislation was re-moved from the Senate notice paper, re-quiring the government to win a motionto restore it at a later stage.

Labor leader Bill Shorten said the pro-posed citizenship changes were patentlyunfair and ridiculous. He suggested thegovernment go back to the drawingboard.

Mr Shorten said the proposed require-ment for university-level English compe-tency - which the government has sinceagreed to water down - appalled workingand middle-class migrants who had beenin Australia for decades.


Changes to citizenship laws sunk in Senate

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Changes to rent laws in Victoria

ZMinister Peter Dutton ...“he was hu-miliated” on citizenship laws

Awide-ranging inquiry into the strainedfamily law system is being launched

this month – the first since the FederalGovernment passed legislation establishinga national Family Court in 1976. The re-view has already been greeted with cau-tious optimism from those on the frontlineof helping Australia's victims of family vi-

olence, but Federal Labor is warning thereis a need for urgent action.The family law system has been criticised

for being painstakingly slow and prohibi-tively expensive, putting undue pressure onthose hoping the Family Court and its otherservices can resolve some of the most emo-tional legal disputes.

Inquiry into family law system


Australia elected to HumanEnding a two-year campaign, Aus-

tralia has been elected together with15 nations to the Human Rights

Council, and as of January 1 next year willstart serving a three-year term on the bodyresponsible for protecting human rightsaround the world.

Others to be elected to the body include

Angola, Congo, Se-negal, Slovakia,Ukraine, Chile, Me-xico, Peru, Afgha-nistan, Nepal, Pakistan, and Spain; Nigeriaand Qatar won second terms.Ahead of its election, Australia was crit-

icised in a report over its human rights

record ind e a l i n gw i t hrefugeesand Abo-r i g i n a lpeoples.

Hugh deKres te r,the exec-utive di-rector ofthe Aus-t r a l i a n -based Human Rights Law Centre said,“Australia owes those people obligations." But what was long seen as a three-legged

race between Australia, France, and Spainfor two available places began to look likean assured election for Australia followingthe withdrawal of France earlier this year.While Congo was elected uncontested to

the 47-member Geneva-based council, itwas criticised by Britain and the UnitedStates.

The US ambassador to the UN, NikkiHaley, who has called for the HumanRights Council votes to be competitive,said Congo's election harmed the credibil-ity of the body. “Countries that aggres-sively violate human rights at homeshould not be in a position to guard thehuman rights of others," Ms Haley said ina statement.

The US is reviewing its membership inthe council.It is in the first year of a second term, but

US President Donald Trump's administra-tion has called for reforms to eliminatewhat it called its “chronic anti-Israel bias”.

Rights Council

Multifaith representatives andthe assisted dying legislationMultifaith representatives gathered

on the steps of the Victorian Par-liament (above) to deliver a joint

statement rejecting the state's VoluntaryAssisted Dying Bill. The multifaith state-ment was delivered to Victorian DeputyPremier James Merlino. It was signed by Sheikh Isse Abdo Musse

(president, board of Imams Victoria), PhraKhru Kampee-panya-withet (abbot, Mel-bourne Thai Buddhist Temple), MakarandBhagwat (Victorian director, Hindu Coun-cil of Australia), Rabbi Daniel Rabin(president, Rabbinical Council of Victo-ria), Jasbir Singh Suropada (chairman,Sikh Interfaith Council of Victoria) andAnglican Bishop Peter Danaher (presi-dent, Victorian Council of Churches).Kawalpreet Singh, from the Sikh Interfaith

Council of Victoria, stood next to Mr Mer-lino as he read the statement, before the faithrepresentatives each said their names in sup-port of the shared announcement.Asking parliament to reject the proposed

assisted dying legislation, the statementhighlighted the shared beliefs of the reli-gious leaders.“We are of different faiths but, in our di-

verse communities, we believe in compas-sion,” read Mr Singh. “Compassion is bestaddressed to the alleviation of sufferingand the care for life, which our traditionsdeem precious. We are concerned that de-

liberate interventions to end life tear at thefabric of our society.“We urge, for the good of the entire com-

munity, that the government extend accessto palliative care to all Victorians whoneed it.”Mr Merlino, who has publicly expressed

his opposition to the bill, commended thesolidarity of the Multifaith gathering andsaid it was important to consider their per-spective.

L-ewwel parti mill-proġett mibdi mill-istoriku Mark Caruana bl-appoġġ tal-Maltese Community Council ta’ NSW, fejn qed tiġi rrekordjata viżwalment

l-istorja tal-emigranti Maltin fl-Awstralja ġiet mogħtija lill-Mużew tal-Emigraz-zjoni f'Dar l-Emigrant fil-kapitali Maltija,Valletta.

Fuq: Lawrence Dimech f'isem il-Kunsill Malti jidher jippreżenta l-ewwel settta' cds li gew irrekordjati fiċ-Ċentru Malti ta' Parramatta West, lid-Direttur tal-Kummissjoni Emigranti Mons Alfred Vella.

Il-proġett qed ikompli jsaħħaħ l-arkivji li jinsabu f'dan il-mużew li jirrekordjawb'ħafna dettalji l-emigrazzjoni minn Malta u l-effetti tagħha fuq il-ħajja Maltija.

L-Onor. Dr Anglu Farrugia l-Ispeaker tal-Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti fil-Parlament Malti, laqa’ b'entuż-

jażmu ġemgħa ta' Maltin li jgħixu barra minn Malta u likienu jinsabu Malta mill-Awstralja, il-Kanada, l-In-gilterra, l-Istati Uniti u naħat oħra tad-dinja flimkienmal-editur f’Malta ta’ The Voice, Joseph Cutajar, u Mons

Alfred Vella, id-Direttur tal-Kummissjoni Emigranti. L-ispeaker spjega l-ħidma tiegħu u daħal fid-dettall

dwar kif jitmexxa l-Parlament, u anke dawwar lil dawkli attendew mal-bini tal-Parlament, fosthom is-salaewlenija fejn jiltaqa’ l-Parlament. Kien ġest li ġie fermapprezzat.

L-Ispeaker Anġlu Farrugia jospita grupp ta’ Maltin li jgħixu barra


Proġett ta’ Mark Caruana mogħti lill-Mużew tal-Emigrazzjoni f’Malta

Did you know that, there are three timesas many sheep than people living in

Australia.*The Australian Emu – a large, flightless

bird – can run as fast as 45km/h (28mph).*Platypus are highly poisonous, and have

enough poison to kill a dog or make ahuman seriously ill.

*Wombat poo is shaped like a cube!*The Box Jellyfish – which is found in the

waters of the Great Barrier Reef – is respon-sible for more deaths than snakes, sharksand saltwater crocodiles combined.

*The Kangaroo and Emu were chosen tobe the two animals on the Australian Coatof Arms because they can't walk backwards,reflecting a forward-thinking culture.*The record jump recorded by a kangaroo

is a whopping nine metres (30 feet) in a sin-gle leap!

*Two native Australian animals, Platypusand Echidnas, are the only two mammals inthe world that lay eggs to give birth.

*Koalas sleep for about 20 hours per day.*There are four different species of kanga-

roo in Australia, with the Red Kangaroobeing the largest. The largest Big Red everseen was 2.1m tall (6ft 9in) and weighed91kgs (200lbs)!*The Australian Thorny Devil is one of the

longest-lived lizards of its size in the world,with a lifespan of up to 20 years.

Some Facts aboutAustralian animals


Ismijiet ta’ erba’ konsonanti b’accent sħiħ wara l-ewwelkonsonanti u bl-aċċent twil fl-aħħar taqsima(7) Fuq il-għamla ta’ qanfud, sarbut, karkur, fettul, faqqus, gur-dien, senduq, gummiena, baħbuħ, zargun, ħanzir niktbu wkollkliem ta’ din il-għamla: għasfur, għanqud, għaslug, fergħun,għarqub, għarnuq, tengħud, bergħud, zagħzugħ, għarbiel, dagħ-bien kif ukoll għattuqa, fergħuna, tengħuda.31. L-ismijiet li jfissru l-lok u z-zmien tal-għemil mill-verb,kif ukoll il-ħaga (il-għodda) li biha jsir għemil il-verb, jit-nisslu mill-Imperattiv bħall-participju passat. (Ara l-Għadd27 – it-Tieni Taqsima).Għalhekk minn aqbad, orbot, orqod, onfoħ, aħzen, aħbez, israħ

nagħmlu u niktbu maqbad, marbat, marqad, minfaħ, maħzen,maħbez, misraħ u fuq dawn minn oqgħod, ogħtob, agħlaq,agħzel, agħlef, agħsar, itla(għ), itfa(għ), agħgen niktbu l-isemmaskil maqgħad, magħtab, magħlaq, magħzel, magħlef,magħsar, matlagħ, matfagħ, magħgen.T.c. (1) Il-konsonanti m li tinhemez mal-vokali ta’ bidu l-kelma fis-sura tal-Imperattiv tigi li tbiddel il-leħen tal-vokali f’kull taqsima. Ara: orbot, marbat; onfoħ, minfaħ. Din il-vokali tkun tridha

l-ewwel konsonanti tal-għerq li tmiss mal-vokali ta’ bidul-kelma. Jekk il-konsonanti tkun waħda mill-ittri tal-gerzuma q, għ u ħ, il-vokali hi aktarx dejjem a. Ez. oqgħod,ogħtob, agħlaq, aħbez = maqgħad, magħtab, magħlaq, maħbez.Jekk il-konsonanti tkun waħda mill-oħrajn, barra mill-ittra

r, il-vokali hi aktarx i jew u. Ara: itħan, idħol, inten, onfoħ, lijagħmlu mitħna, midħla, mintna, minfaħ waqt li orbot jagħmelmarbat. Terga’: muqtal, munxar, munqar, musmar.

(2) Minn taħan, daħal, niten, xaba(għ) nagħmlu itħan, idħol,inten, ixba(għ), imbagħad minn dawn, l- ismijiet femminili

mitħna, midħla, mintna, mixbgħa (imħassraf’micbħa). Hekk ukoll mixtla, mizbla, merħla,magħgna, midra, migra, mergħa kollha bil-vokali wara l-konsonanti m.

Kliem ta’ din il-għamla, bħal midilka, mid-inba, migimgħa, għandhom it-tieni konso-nanti ta’ għerq il-kelma l, n, m, wara vokalifuq it-tiswir ta’ mibegħda li ma tistax tin-stema’ u lanqas tinkiteb b’mibgħda. Hekkukoll maħanqa u mhux maħnqa. (Ara t-Tlietau Tletin Regola – l-Ewwel Taqsima).

Għalhekk ukoll niktbu mixegħla u mhuxmixgħela jew mixgħla, kif ukoll mgħarfa (mill-verb Għarbigħâref = terfa’ jew tiggotta l-ilma) imqassra mill-kelmamagħarfa u mhux magħrfa fejn il-likwida r titħaxken bejn iz-zewg konsonanti għ u f.(3) Minn ħarat, qadef, sebaħ, fetaħ għandna aħrat, aqdef, isbaħ,

iftaħ u minn dawn moħriet, moqdief, musbieħ, muftieħ, kollhabil-vokali twila fl-aħħar taqsima. Fuq dawn ikteb ukollmehriez(minn ehrez) u mhux mheriez. Hekk ukoll munxâr,munqâr, mislûta, munħâr (minn onħor) magħrufa biss fil-plural mnieħer.

(4) Verbi neqsin, bl-ewwel konsonanti dgħajfa, inissluwkoll ismijiet ta’ din ix-xorta fuq l-istess għamla: minn iled,izen nagħmlu u niktbu milied, mizien.

(5) Verbi neqsin (torox) bħal radd, qass jagħtu l-maskilmradd, mqass. Hekk ukoll minn ħalla, ħakk, il- femminilmħalla, mħakka u fuqhom mħadda, msella. Fuqhom ukoll mill-verbi radda(għ) u rewwaħ niktbu mred-

dgħa, mrewħa, kif ukoll mtarfa jew mtarrfa, mserka, mselħa,mterqa.

Aktar regoli u tifsir fil-ħarġa li jmiss

Tagħrif dwar il-kitba MaltijaAktar regoli u tagħrif uffiċjali dwar kif wieħed għandu jikteb il-Malti. Dan skont

kif maħruġ mill-Kummissjoni fi ħdan l-Akkademja tal-ilsien Malti f’Malta.

Fi tfulitna min jaf kemm-il darba qalulna u qara-

jna stejjer dwar is-sereni...dawk il-kreaturi f’forma ta’nofs mara u nofs ħuta lisuppost jinsabu fil-baħarf’qiegħ il-baħar.Issa xi ħadd f’Malta qed

jipprofitta ruħu minn dawnil-ħrejjef biex, kif jgħid il-Malti “jdawwar xi sold”minn fuqhom.Dan hekk kif mermaids-

club malta qed joffri kos-tumi ta’ sirena biex min iridikun jista’ jgħum bħalwaħda minnhom. Immamhux biss biex tgħum iżdawkoll biex ikollok tifkira ta’dan il-mument permezz ta’ photo-shoot li tista’ tieħu fuq il-bajjietMaltin.

Din l-esperjenza innovattiva jist-għu jgħixuha wkoll it-tfal għax danis-servizz m’huwiex biss għall-adulti.

Issa waslu wkoll is-Sereni f’Malta


The Malta Council for Science andTechnology (MCST) and Arts Co-uncil Malta (ACM) recently signed

an agreement in the area of the Arts andScience that in particular will encompassattempts to increase participation in cul-ture and the creative industries, increasecollaborations between Public CulturalOrganisations and encourage interdiscipli-nary between the arts and Science.Commenting on the agreement, Minister

for Justice, Culture and Local GovernmentOwen Bonnici remarked how this Memo-randum of Understanding between the twoinstitutions builds on Government’s prior-

ities towards culture, more specifically inincreasing job opportunities. MinisterBonnici emphasised on the importance offostering the interdisciplinary of the cul-tural sector with other sectors such as sci-ences and technology.

In fact, he stated that this can be envis-aged on various levels such as better allo-cation of resources, exchange ofexperiences and knowledge between thetwo entities, new creative opportunities forartists and art organisations and more ac-cessibility for varied audiences. This willresult in a contribution of €125,000 fromArts’ Council Malta towards this Memo-

randum of Understanding.Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Secretary

for Financial Services, Digital Economyand Innovation Silvio Schembri explainedhow through MCST, this agreement wouldhelp to join art and science together inorder to attract investment of good qualitytowards Malta, since this makes us moreattractive for foreign investors seeking in-novation.

He stressed on the importance of havingan educational strategy that includes artstogether with science, technology, engi-neering and mathematics to develop fromSTEM to STEAM system, wherein froma young age children are taught to expresstheir ideas and form a critical mind.

The Executive Chairman of the Arts’Council Malta, Albert Marshall stated thatthis MoU is linked directly to the Arts’Council Malta’s strategy CREATE2020.He explained that besides the strategiccomponent, this document also createsnew synergies between Arts CouncilMalta and the Malta Council for Scienceand Technology while strengthening al-ready existing efforts towards commonobjectives such as already existing collab-orations and initiatives. The MoU will serve to strengthen the col-

laboration between the two institutionsand through its funding programmes andinitiatives, ACM shall encourage artists topursue their interests in science and tech-nology and to collaborate with individualsand organizations in these fields of knowl-edge.

It will also encourage the integration ofscience and technology in the Kreattivfunding programme while Esplora, whichforms part of the MCST, shall providementorship and assistance to beneficiaryprojects that include a science and technol-ogy component.

MCST, CEO, Dr Jeffrey Pullicino Or-lando said that the agreement would pavethe road for a fruitful relationship betweenthe entities involved and also promote acelebration of the Arts and Sciences.Esplora would be offering its premises to

selected projects to exhibit their workwhere such events are open to the generalpublic visiting the venue as well as jointlycollaborate in activities and events organ-ised by ACM including the Malta Interna-tional Arts Festival. Moreover, ACM and Esplora shall co-or-

ganise networking and information ses-sions whereby artists, public culturalorganisations, educators and individuals inthe fields of Science and Technologywould have the opportunity to discuss andexplore potential ideas for future projectsor other collaborations.

The occasion also lent itself to the inau-guration of two murals ‘Odyssey of theObserver’ and ‘Transience of Thought’ bylocal artist Dominique Cianco.

Arts Council Malta and MCST to collaborate on the Creative Industries, Science and Technology

First Nationalawards to celebrate

Malta's artisticachievements

launched

In the meantime, the Arts Council haslaunched a national awards programme

to celebrate the achievements of Malta'scultural and creative sectors. Il-Premjugħall-Arti will be Malta's most prestigiousaward that acknowledges excellence inartistic work premiered during the year.

During the unveiling of the award, asculpture in glass and ceramic (above) byMaltese artist Kane Cali, Minister Bonnicisaid, “artists and art organisations are thedriving force of Malta's creative ecology”.

He explained how Il-Premju għall-Arti,announced as a budgetary measure for2017, is a unique opportunity to acknowl-edge and to celebrate the success of Mal-tese artists on a national level. He said thatthis appreciation towards Maltese artists ishappening at a time when culture and thearts are flourishing.According to Albert Marshall, the awards

reflect the objectives of the Council's Cre-ate2020 strategy. They would bring to the

fore the distinctive creative contributionsmade by artists and arts organisations andthe impact of their work on the culturalsector, audiences and communities.

Eleven awards will be lined up for theceremony to be held in January 2018. Thenomination process for eight of the awardswill be based on an open call whereas theLifetime Achievement award and the Am-bassador for the Arts award will be recom-mended by Arts Council Malta.

The first edition of Il-Premju għall-Articovers projects, productions or activitiesin the cultural and creative sectors thathave been premiered or presented betweenSeptember 1 2016 and August 31 this yearin the following categories: Best work foryoung audiences; Best project in the com-munity; Best artistic programme or sea-son; Production of the year; Best creativeenterprise; Best international achieve-ment; Young artist of the year, and Artistof the year.

For issues concerning:Ageing and disability - community services -education - environment - health - housing - planning - Police - transport - water

Remaining Main events for 2017Saturday Nov. 11: Dinner Dance

Sunday December 3: St Nicholas FeastFor more information: Joe Fenech 0412 009 957 orPRO Emm. Vella 045 677 064

Oct. 22 – Sun.: BYO Function at Errington Hall, St Albans.

Nov. 12 – Sun.: BYO Function at Errington Hall, St Albans.

Dec. 16 – Sat.: Xmas Function at Melrose Tullamarene.

ST HELENA MALTESEST HELENA MALTESEAUSTRALIAN S.C. AUSTRALIAN S.C.

Events: October - DecemberEvents: October - December


Community NewsCommunity News

La Valette Social CentreMelbourne Cup lunch

La Valette Social Centre 175 Walters Road, Blacktown Tel. 96225847

Classes are available for students fromsix years to adults at all levels of ability

in the Maltese language. We havetrained and experienced teachers quali-fied in language teaching and with Mal-

tese study credentials.Learn the Maltese language, the culture,

lifestyle, cuisine, traditions and about theamazing history of the island.

Teachers urgently needed - Paid positions

For more information and enquiries Phone 9601 2189 or Email:

[email protected] by the Minister of Education and

Training and the NSW Community LanguagesSchools Programme.

Member of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools of NSW;

Member of the Federation of Maltese Language Schools of Australia;

Supported by 16 Maltese associations affiliated with the MCC of NSW.

The Maltese Language School of NSW is a Not-For-Profit organisation.

Learn Maltese!

MALTESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL OF NSW

A Division of the Maltese Community Council of NSW Inc.

IS-SIBT 28 ta’ Ottubru: KIDS DISCO NIGHT Għall-familji tat-tieni ġenerazzjoni u t-tfal tagħhom.

Dawn id-DISCOs saru popolari ħafna ejjew u ġibu t-tfal magħkomIL-ĦADD 29 ta’ Ottubru: THE ANNUAL CAR SHOW

Se jibda fit-8.30a.m. Ikun hemm l-ikel bħal Hotdogs; bacon and eggs Rolls for breakfast u ikel Malti.

Il-car show jispicca fl-4.00pm. Wara jkun hemm divertiment

Up coming events at the Ħamrun ClubUp coming events at the Ħamrun Club

Melbourne Cup Lunch at the La Valette Social Centre. on Tuesday November 7. Centre opens at 10.30 am.

Includes morning tea 2-course Lunch.Cost is $25 members; non-members $30

The race could be watched on the big screen. There will be sweeps; hat parade, and prizes to be won

Entertainment by MIFSUD BROTHER’S For booking and info from committee members.

Book early! Contact: 96225847November 5: Mass at 5 p.m at Pinegrove

OLQP Maltese Band will take part from 4pm. Bring your own chair.For information:Chapel 96225850 or Centre 96225847

P: (02) 9756 4766 E: [email protected]/679 The Horsley Dr, Smithfield NSW 2164

Join in the celebrations with the Horsley Park Community Social Group

Mandavilla Events CentreTuesday 7th November, from 10am

MELBOURNE CUP LUNCHEON 2017

$55 pp. – inclusions:•Morning tea •Full buffet lunch •Soft drinks, tea and coffee

•Chocolates and a glass of wine •Glass of champagne before raceGet ready to showcase your creations in the hat parade!

-Fashion presentation; Variety of stalls. Entertainment: Sweeps, raffle and lucky-door prizes.The race to be televised broadcast on the big screen

All are welcome (including pre-schoolers) for what is set to be spectacular day of festivities!

For bookings Theresa: 9620 1570 or 0402 178 78; Josephine: 9620 1680 or 0402 040 954

Saint Nicholas Festa Committee

Join us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thevoiceofthemaltese

State Member for Prospect

The Maltese Cultural Associ-ation in conjunction with theMaltese Community Councilare commemorating a Mass

on Friday November 10 at 7pm at Our LadyQueen of Peace, Old Prospect Rd Grey-stanes in honour of our deceased members. Your attendance will be appreciated to joinus in communion to remember our departedmembers. afterwards refreshments will beserved at the Saint George Preca Hall. Formore info: Mary Ramundi: 9688 1432

Community NewsCommunity News

Maltese Radio ProgrammesMELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM oron www.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5-6 pm, Fridays 5-6 pm and Satur-days 10-11am. MELBOURNE on 98.9 North WestFM, every Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. andMondays 7.00 to 8.00pm. Presenter:Emmanuel Brincat.MELBOURNE: STEREO 974(93180930): 97.4FM Wed (MalteseMagazine) & Thursday (Mer˙ba):6.00pm to 8.00 pm Co-ordinator – RayAnastasi

On SBS RadioDay Time Analogue and Digital

Friday: 12:00-13:00 97.7fm SBS 2Saturday: 14:00-15:00: 97.7fm SBS 2To tune into digital radio you need a re-ceiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tun-ing in is by station name not frequency.Digital radio can also be heard via dig-ital TV.In SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radio pro-grammes on 2GLF FM 89.3.

Tune In to Radio and Television

The SBS MALTESE NEWS: L-A˙barijieton SBS TV twice a week nationwideSunday at 8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32);Thursdays at 8.00 am on SBS2Isma’ l-programm tar-radju bil-Maltimill-Kunsill Malti ta’ NSW minn fuq

l-istazzjon 2GLF 89.3FM.Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On Demand

minn fuq l-Internetwww.893fm.com.au

(On Demand >Ethnic >Maltese Council 11am)Il-Ħadd 11.00 am: l-aħħar aħbarijietminn Malta, mużika, tagħrif, kultura,avviżi u suġġetti ta’ interess. UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio)tune in to link: www.unclesamdj.com

SBS Radio 2 on Channel 38.Programmes can be accessed online(live or catch up) at sbs.com.au/malteseand via mobile phone, using the SBSRadio app. For television news fromMalta - SBS 2 TV on Thursdays andSundays at 8am.

VIVA MALTA on COAST FM 96.3Community Radio in Gosford Central

NSW. Aired on Thursdays every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm. Presenter: Nathalie Gatt.

Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.In BRISBANE listen to the MalteseProgramme on 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00-8.15am; Sundays 4.15pm to 5.15pm

Merrylands Social Maltese SeniorsMeets every second Friday of themonth: Miller Room, Memorial Av-enue Merrylands from 10.30am to12.30 am

Llandilo Maltese SeniorsMeets on the first Wednesday of eachmonth at the Llandilo Community Hall,Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm.

Maltese of Bankstown Group meets 3rd Wednesday of monthat New BCRG offices 15 Kitchner Pa-rade, Bankstown NSW (opposite RSLClub). Every other 3rd Thursday anouting. Enquiries call: Sam 9534 2357

Greystanes Maltese SeniorsMeets on the second Monday of eachmonth at the George Preca Centre ofOLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road,Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon

The Sutherland & St George Maltese Group

Meets every First Wednesday of theMonth from 10:00am-1:00pm. Meet-ings/Get Togethers are interesting, in-formative & entertaining, so come Joinus and make new FriendsFor more information contact our Co-

ordinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone(02) 9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298.

Maltese Seniors Social Welfare Day Groups

Fairfield Active Maltese SeniorsMeets on the last Tuesday of the Month.Group meets in Parish Hall, cnr of StellaStreet & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heightsat 10 am.Maltese Seniors Central Coast

Have to contact our Welfare Officer foran appointment. For all informationand referral matters call Cen-sinaCefai: 02 439 000 12 or 0414 267 652

Daceyville Maltese SeniorsMeets the last Wednesday of the mon-th in the Meeting Room One, No. 3General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville.Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus TripsJoin us and make new friends.

*(All Groups are co-ordinated by The Maltese Community Council of NSW) with asponsorship from Multicultural NSW. Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: MarisaPrevitera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street (corner withYoung St) Parramatta West NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School).

Present

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Amemorial mass and service is being held on November 19 at 3:30pm at the hall behind the Catholic Centre for Fr Claude Borg, Mr

Alfred Fenech and all those Maltese buried at Rookwood Cemetery. The Maltese Community Council of NSW invites all to come and pay

their respect on the day.

Memorial mass by MCC NSW

Following is the result of theguessing competition held

during the October 15 Associ-ation of Past Pupils & Friendsof Don Bosco NSW DinnerDance held at the Mandavilla

Function Centre1st prize: Mary Gatt (No 2569)2nd prize: Frances Grima (2370)3rd prize: Colleen Cassar (2543)

Results from Dinner Dance

Less than a week after Pietro Ghedinwrapped up his commitments theMaltese Football Association ap-

pointed 44-year-old Belgian by the name ofTom Saintfiet as the new natioanl teamcoach with immediate effect.Many have expressed their disappointment

that despite the fact that about 25 Maltesecoaches hold the necessary qualificationsfor the job, they have all been overlooked.At a news conference to introduce Saintfiet

the president of the MFA, Norman Dar-manin Demajo said he is a UEFA Pro qual-ified coach with a wealth of experience ininternational football.

Having worked as national coach mostlyin Africa and Asia, Saintfiet was handed thejob because in Darmanin Demajos’ opinion,following a thorough evaluation exercisecarried out by the MFA‘s Technical Centreover the past months, Saintfiet was thestandout candidate. The MFA president said that the Belgian’s

footballing knowledge and qualificationsallied with his vast experience in interna-tional football with several developing na-tions made him the right candidate for thepost. The MFA is convinced that he will doan excellent job for the national side and asa prominent member of the Associations’technical sector.Saintfiet, a former defender with a number

of Belgian clubs until injuries forced himout of the game at the age of 24, said he washonoured to get the appointment,. He saidthat it was his ambition to help the Maltesenational team to move forward and with the

backing of all the stakeholders also assist inthe long-term development of Maltese foot-ball.

He said,“My decision to become Maltacoach is a clear choice for stability. I wantto build something on the long term here.”

His first match in charge of the nationalteam will be the friendly against Estonia, atthe Ta’ Qali National Stadium on November12. With his career as a footballer over, at the

age of 24 Saintfeit embarked on a coachingcareer. His first appointments as coach werewith clubs in The Netherlands, Finland and

Qatar before getting short-term jobs as na-tional coach with Namibia, Zimbabwe,Ethiopia, Malawi and Togo in Africa, andYemen and Bangladesh in Asia. His lastcommitment was national coach of Trinidad& Tobago.


Spor tsSpor tsBelgian given Malta’s National football teamcoaching job

After watching Australia’s na-tional football team come within

two matches away from qualification to theforthcoming Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup,Australia will now meet Honduras who fin-ished fourth, in a two-legged play-off nextmonth. The Socceroos will make the perilous jour-

ney to an Pedro Sula in Honduras withoutkey players Mark Milligan and MathewLeckie. Both are suspended for the first legafter picking up their second yellow cardsin the the continental play-off matchesagainst Syria. Meanwhile, football fans have shifted their

interest in the game by following the firstthree matches in A-League that once againpromises to be highly balanced.

Each of the 10 participating teams havethus far played three matches, yet only oneteam, Melbourne City enjoy maximumpoints after Sydney FC dropped pints intheir home game last weekend againstcrosstown rivals West. Sydney Wanderers.

Two former champions that are nor-mally considered as front-runners,

Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar, par-ticualrly the latter had disappointing startswith The Roar still pointless.Results so far:Day 3Adelalaide v Melbourne V 2-2Melbourne C v Wellington P 1-0Sydney FC v W Sydney W. 2-2Brisbane R v Newcastle J 1-2Perth G v CC Mariners v v 2-1Day 2Brisbane R v Adelaide U 1-2W Sydney W v CC Mariners 2-2Melbourne V v Melbourne C 1-2Newcastle J v Perth G 2-2Sydney FC v Wellington Ph 3-2Day 1W Sydney W. v Perth G 2-1Wellington Ph v Adelalaide 1-1Melbourne V v Sydney FC 0-1CC Mariners v Newcastle J 1-5Melbourne C v Brisbane R 2-0* Melbourne lead the standing with 9 pts

Melbourne C. only team with maximum pointsA-League

On the eighth day of Malta’s PremierLeague two-goal Bojan Kaljevic, his

second in added time, ended Gżira United’srun of unbeaten matches. His tallies earnedBalzan a 2-1 win. In the same round, Val-letta hit six goals without reply past Tarxiento share the top billing with Gżira.

In other matches, Hibernians suffered asecond defea, this tiem against Sliema whofollowed their Day 7 victory over Bir-kirkara. With this success that are now levelon points with Hibs and Floriana. The latterwere surprsingly held to a 2-2 draw byMosta.Ħamrun inflicted the third successive defeat

on Senglea,and Naxxar-r e g i s t e r e dtheir first win.

Top spot is shared asGżira suffer first loss

Standing: 19pts - Valletta,Gżira; 15 -Balzan;14 - Flo-riana, Sliema,Hibernains; 13 -Ħamrun; 10 -B i r k i r k a r a ,Mosta; 8 - Sen-glea; 7 - Tarx-ien; 6 - Naxxar,St Andrews; 1 -Lija

RESULTS – DAY 8 Balzan v Gżira UValletta v Tarxien R Floriana v MostaSliema W. v HiberniansBirkirkara v Lija AthNaxxar L v St AndrewsĦamrun S. v SengleaDAY 7 Gżira U v Ħamrun S.Floriana v Balzan Valletta v Lija AthSliema W. v BirkirkaraHibernians v SengleaTarxien R v Naxxar LMosta v St Andrews

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New Malta national team coach TomSaintfiet addressing the media

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