The Voic(edr iivoenf b yt thhe evo iicMe of aiitsl retaedesrse ) Issue Fortnightly magazine for the Diaspora June 4, 2019 205 Fortnightly magazine for the Diaspora

Commemorating Commtehmeo1r0a0ttinhg Annivetrhsea1r0y0 otfh the JAunnen i7v 1er9s1a9ry (Seotft et hGei uJugneo )7 (Settue pGriiusginng o) On Friday, June 7 Malta uprising will be commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the (Turn to pages 2, 3 and 4) June 7, 1919 uprising (known as Sette Giugno) that is immortalised in Maltese history when the people united to fight for their rights against colonial oppression in the quest for self-determination and the right to lead a dignified ex - istence. Following a series of riots, British troops fired into the crowd, killing three riot - ers, Wenzu Dyer, Guzeppi Bajada and Manwel At - tard. In more protests on the morrow, the marines shot and killed a fourth man, Karmenu Abela. (Turn to pages 2, 3 and 4 for feature in Maltese) 2 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 Is- Sette Giugno : Mitt sena wara ...

L-erba’ vittmi tal-irvellijiet tad-7 ta’ Ġunju 1919. Mix-xellug: Wenzu Dyer, Carmelo Abela, Giuseppi Bajada u Manwel Attard Meta l-Maltin ingħaqdu biex jiksbu drittijiethom Joseph Cutajar

har il-Ġimgħa li ġej, 7 ta’ Ġunju jaħ - bat il-mitt sena mill-irvellijiet li seħħew f’Malta f’din id-data tal- N1919 li baqgħu magħrufa bħala tas- Sette Giugno , isem bit-Taljan minħabba li f’dawk iż-żminijiet, f’Malta kienet din il-lingwa li tintuża mill-awtoritajiet, u li waqthom fil- belt Valletta sfaw maqtual erba’ Maltin li huma mitqiesa bħala patrijotti wara li l-folla qamet kontra t-tmexxija Ingliża titlob bi dritt xi forma ta’ gvern Malti responsabbli mit- tmexxija tal-Ġzejjer Maltin. L-importanza ta’ dan il-jum ġejja mill-fatt L-ewwel laqgħa tal-Assemblea li fis-7 ta’ Ġunju tal-1919 il-poplu Malti Nazzjonali tal-25 ta’ Frar 1919 warrab fil-ġenb id-differenzi politiċi u ngħaqad kontra l-oppressjoni kolonjali qed tipprotesta, u Karmenu Abela li nqatel Sena wara li ntemmet l-Ewwel Gwerra Brittanika bil-għan li jikseb drittijietu. l-għada mill-marines. Dinjija, minkejja li Malta kienet meqjusa Biex tiġi mfakkra din il-ġrajja, kull sena, Dakinhar Malta diġa` kien ilha madwar bħala kolonja tal-Imperu Ingliż ma kinetx u m’għandux jonqos din is-sena fiċ-Ċente - 200 sena taħt il-ħakma Ingliża, u minkejja attakkata, imma kienet intużat bħala bażi narju, f’Misraħ San Ġorġ fil-kapitali xi tgergir, qatt ma kien hemm żmien li seta’ navali Ingliża u bħala sptar. Maltija ssir ċerimonja organizzata mill-Ku - jikser il-paċi fil-pajjiż. Imma mbagħad Ta’ min jgħid li tul l-erba’ snin tal-gwerra mitat Festi Nazzjonali li fiha jattendu fost faqqgħet l-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija li fixklet x-xogħol li għamlu l-Maltin biex iduru mal- l-oħrajn il-membri Parlamentari li jiġu in - l-armonja li kienu jgawdu l-pajjiżi li għand - feruti fi 30 sptar li ġew imwaqqfa apposta dirizzati mill-Ispeaker tal-Kamra tar-Rap - hom xtuthom jifirxu fil-Baħar l-Abjad, il- biex jilqgħu lill-feruti tal-gwerra, kisbilha l- preżentanti, Anġlu Farrugia u jitpoġġew Baħar Mediterran. laqam ta’ Nurse of the Mediterranean (L-in - kuruni fuq il-Monument. Ċerimonja oħra Allura x'wassal għall-irvellijiet tas-7 ta’ fermiera tal-Mediterran). ssir fix-Xagħra, Għawdex Hi okkażjoni li Ġunju li spiċċaw jiksbu paġna daqshekk Kif wieħed jista’ jaħseb dan ġab ħafna fiha Malta mhux biss tfakkar il-vittmi, importanti fl-istorja ta’ Malta? xogħol lill-Maltin imma minkejja hekk fi imma wkoll il-ġrajja u l-identita` ta’ poplu L-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija damet għaddejja tmiem il-gwerra, l-effetti tagħha kienu distint minn kull ieħor. erba’ snin, mill-1914 sal-1918. Din kienet għadhom jinħassu. It-tbatija ħakmet lill- Xi snin ilu dan il-jum tas-7 ta’ Ġunju beda miġġielda prinċipalment mill-Ingilterra, ir- ġens Malti li bata wkoll ħafna mill- jitqies fil-gżejjer Maltin bħala wieħed mill- Russja u Franza fuq naħa (l-Alleati) u l- iskarsezzi tal-ikel li ġab l-għaks u l-faqar, ħamest jiem nazzjonali, allura festa pubb - Ġermanja, l-Imperu Awstrijak u l-Imperu minħabba li l-prezz tal-qamħ, tad-dqiq u lika. Fihom jiġu miftakra l-erba’ vittimi, Ottoman fuq in-naħa l-oħra (l-Qawwiet tal-ħobż, l-aktar ikel favorit u li l-Maltin Wenzu Dyer, Ġużeppi Bajada u Manwel Ċentrali). Diversi pajjiżi ngħaqdu ma’ naħa setgħu jaffordjaw, sar jiswa d-doppju biex Attard li ġew maqtula f’dak il-jum mis-sul - jew m’oħra u għalhekk saret magħrufa jinxtara. dati Ingliżi li sparaw fuq il-folla li kienet bħala Gwerra Dinjija. *għal paġna 4 Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 3 Is- Sette Giugno : Mitt sena w*minn paaġnar 3 a ... Waħda mir-raġunijiet ewlenin għal dawn il-prezzijiet kienet li minħabba li l-kummerċ Riproduzzjoni ta’ pittura bil- watercolour mill-kollezzjoni privata ta’ Ganni kien naqas u għalhekk naqas ħafna wkoll id- Vella li kien preżenti fl-irvellijiet, li turi raġel li safa ferut waqt l-irvellijiet jiġi dazju minn fuq il-kummerċ, il-Gvern kolon - mdaħħal fiċ- Ċircolo La Giovine Malta fi Triq Santa Lucia fil-kapitali Maltija jali Ingliż ried jirkupra l-ispejjeż, allura fejn kienet qed tiltaqa’ l-Assemblea Nazzjonali. Jidher ukoll raġel ieħor bil- minflok id-dazju għamel taxxi ġodda, fos - wieqfa fuq siġġu jxejjer maktur imċappas bid-demm thom ukoll fuq iċ-ċinema u s-suċċessjoni. nazzjonijiet oħra mill-konferenza tal-paci Nazjonali. Il-poplu sar jaf biha u mexxa l- Barraminhekk il-Maltin bdew anke jisus - ta’ Versailles. L-Assemblea kellha l-għan li aħhbar biex jerħula lejn il-belt, hekk li waqt pettaw li xi negoz - il-laqgħa folla kbira janti importaturi L-għada tal-irvellijiet nġabret fit-toroq kienu huma wkoll truppi Ingliżi skjerati biex turi l-appoġġ qed japprofittaw quddiem il-Qorti biex tagħha għall-As - ruħhom u jgħollu l- iferrxu l-folla li nġabret semblea u l-ħidma li prezzijiet tal-bżon- biex tipprotesta fil-belt kienet qed tagħmel. nijiet tagħhom. Il-folla saħnet me- Dawn kienu de- ta l-ewwel rat ħa- ċiżjonijiet li ma nut itajjar il-ban- niżlu xejn tajjeb diera Ingliża u at - mal-Maltin u par - takkatu u kissritlu l- tikolarment mal- arblu u qattgħet ħaddiema li kienu il-bandiera, u kom - qed iħossuhom pliet titlef il-kon - frustrati u li qed troll meta rat li xi jiġu wżati. Im - ħwienet oħra wkoll bagħad kien hemm kellhom il-bandiera ukoll il-kwestjoni Ingliża tperper fuq tal-lingwa li kienet il-bjut tagħhom. In- tinvolvi l-ilsien negozjaturi Maltin Malti, it-Taljan u l- fl-Assemblea ma Ingliż. Żid ma’ kienux jafu bl-irvell dawn l-istmerrija barra l-bini. għall-ħakma kolon - Il-kotra bdiet tgara jali, u allura kien hemm l-ingredjenti kollha tfassal Kostituzzjoni (bil-għan li eventwal - l-ġebel u attakkat il-Bibljoteka, l-imħażen ta’ biex jinqala’ l-inkwiet. ment Malta tikseb l-Indipendenza) ħalli negozjanti tal-qamħ u l-istamperija tal- Fil-25 ta’ Frar tal-1919 kienet saret l- mbagħad tgħaddiha lill-Gvern Ingliż ħalli gazzetta li kienet favur il-kolonjalisti Ingliżi, ewwel laqgħa tal-Assemblea Nazzjonali li japprovaha. The Daily Malta Chronicle . Biex tkompli tmexxiet minn Filippo Sciberras li fiha ġiet Imma l-Maltin ftit baqgħu jafdaw lill-In - tagħqad, membri Ingliżi li kienu fil-Union approvata riżoluzzjoni biex Malta tingħata gliżi, u fis-7 ta’ Ġunju fil-belt Valletta ġiet Club fi Strada Rjali bdew jipprovokaw lill- d-drittijiet kollha bħal dawk mogħtija lil imsejħa it-tieni laqgħa tal-Assemblea kotra billi jwaddbulhom is-soldi. Kien diffiċli biex il-pulizija Maltija weħidha tikkontrolla l-għadab tal-folla li kienet niżlet Strada Forni, tant li ssejħu s- suldati Ingliżi. Dawn min-naħa tagħhom iddeċidew li l-aktar mod faċli kif setgħu jikkontrollaw lill-Maltin kien billi jużaw l- armi, tant li bdew jisparaw fuqhom. Meta l-Assemblea saret taf bl-irvellijiet, wieħed minnhom, il-Konti Alfredo Gatto, ħareġ jipprova jikkalma lill-folla u fil-fatt fl- aħħar ipperswadihom jieqfu. Imma kien tard wisq biex iwaqqaf lis-suldati Ingliżi milli jis - paraw fuq il-folla li ma kinetx armata. Kien hawn li Wenzu Dyer, Ġużeppi Ba - It-tqegħid ta’ kuruna jada u Manwel Attard intlaqtu u sfaw maq - fejn inqatlu lewwel tula, filwaqt li 50 ruħ sfaw feruti. Il-bqija tlett Maltin fis-7 ta’ tal-folla ssummat u b’xi mod u l-irjus birdu. Ġunja tal-1919 *għal paġna 5 4 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 Is- : Mitt sena wara ... L-effetti tal-irvellijiet *min pSaġnea t4 te Giugno tas-7 ta’ Ġunju 1919 L-għada l-folla reġgħet daħlet il-belt biex ’riżultat ta’ dawn l-irvellijiet, bil- tpoġġi kuruni fil-post fejn inqatlu t-tliet għan li b’xi mod jikkalma s-sitwaz - Maltin fil-jum ta’ qabel. Għal darb’oħra l- Bzjoni, il-Gvern Ingliż bagħat f’Malta membri Ingliżi tal-Union Club irrepetew il- gvernatur ġdid, lil Lord Plumer, u fl- provokazzjoni tal-jum ta’ qabel u l-folla 1921 ta lil Malta kostituzzjoni ġdida li reġgħet saħnet. permezz tagħha l-Maltin kisbu l-jedd ta’ Din id-darba ħarġu l-morini li għal dar - Gvern Malti, magħruf bħala gvern re - b’oħra wżaw l-armi tan-nar, reġgħu spa- sponsabbli (responsible self-govern - raw bla ħniena u qatlu lir-raba’ Malti ment) li kien immexxi mill-Maltin f’jumen, lil Karmenu Abela. Il-monument tas-7 ta’ Ġunju 1919 permezz tal-ewwel Parlament Malti li l-mitt sena mill-irvellijiet tas-7 ta’ Ġunju, għall-ewwel darba seta’ jagħmel hu liġi - fuq il-qabar fl-Addolorata fejn jiet fi ħwejġu. f’Malta se jiġu mfakkra wkoll b’ musical hemm midfuna l-erba’ vittmi Ioriġinali bl-isem ta’ “Sette” fil-Forti San - hekk se jippruvaw jippreżentaw il-musical Allura għall-ewwel darba Malta kellha t’Iermu, b’direzzjoni tal-aħwa The New minn tliet angoli li sawru l-ġrajja. Il-musi - gvern immexxi minn Prim Ministru u Victorians. cal, b’mużika elettronika u kanzunetti kabinett tal-Ministri. L-ewwel Prim L-organizzaturi spjegaw li xtaqu jaraw kif oriġinali u żfin, se jsir bi tliet lingwi, il- Ministru kien Joseph Howard tal-Partit il-barranin iħarsu lejn din il-ġrajja u għal - Malti, l-Ingliż u t-Taljan. Unione Politica Maltese'. Ta’ min jgħid li minkejja li Malta issa kellha l-gvern tagħha, fil-kostituzzjoni l-Gvernatur xorta waħda baqa’ ‘l fuq Maltese community in NSW remembers mill-kostituzzjoni u seta’ jirtiraha meta kien iħoss li ħtieġlu jagħmel dan, kif wara kollox seħħ fl-1933, meta l-Gvern Ingliż ħa l-kostituzzjoni lura minħabba li ħass li l-PN, li kien fil-Gvern dakin - har, kien qed jagħmel wisq propaganda favur il-lingwa Taljana. Hekk kif l-Ewropa kienet riesqa lejn it- Tieni Gwerra Dinjija bl-Italja mmexxija minn Benito Mussolini, il-Gvern Ingliż ra li l-kostituzzjoni kienet tagħti wisq poter lill-Maltin u ħass li dan seta’ jkun ta’ periklu għal Malta bħala kolonja Ingliża. Sebgħin sena wara l-irvellijiet, fl-1989 il-Parlament iddikjara l-jum bħala Section of the crowd with wieħed mill-ħames festi nazzjonali u students from the Maltese fakkar l-okkażjoni b’mod uffiċjali fis-7 Language School dressed in the National Costume ta’ Ġunju tal-1989. he Maltese residing in NSW commemorated the 1T00 years of Sette Giugno with a moving ceremony at the Maltese Bi-Centennial Monu - ment at Pendle Hill. The Pres - ident of Malta, HE Dr George Vella was heard delivering an inspirational speech while the Victor Vella keynote speaker was author and broadcaster Victor Vella. The Maltese community was honoured with the presence of the Hon John Sidoti MP Min - ister for Multiculturalism, Sport, Seniors and Veterans. Also present were MPs Chris Bowen, Michelle Rowland, Julia Finn, Dr Hugh McDer - modd, the Mayor of Cumber - land City Council Clr Greg Cummings, Clr Lisa Lake, rep - resentatives from Merryland RSL and leaders of most of the Maltese associations in NSW. The presence of so many distin - guished guests is positive proof that the Maltese in NSW are very well respected. The Maltese Choir under the Infront of the Bi-Centennial Monument. Minister John Sidoti (second left) Direction of Marisa Previtera with committee members of the MCC NSW: (left): George Bartolo (Treasurer also entertained the crowd. & MC), Emanuel Camilleri (President) and Miriam Friggieri (Secretary) Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 5 Another service offered by The Voice of the Maltese providing legal information to our readers Relocation after separation: moving to a different area with your children by Paul Sant Any proposed new arrangement that will affect a child’s residence or contact with the other parent, he court’s primary consideration in including an overseas move, any proposed relocation order must be shown to be in the best sought, is the same as in all other interests of the child. pTarenting orders: whether an order for, or You will need to demonstrate against, relocation, is in the best interests factors that outweigh any result - of the children. You and your partner may ant decrease of the other parent’s have only just separated, or you may have time or involvement with the been separated for years. If you wish to children. Issues the courts may move to an area that would, for example: consider under s60CC of the - Decrease practicality to continue ex - Family Law Act 1975 include: isting parenting arrangements, or re - - Whether there is family sup - duce the practicality for substantial and port in the proposed area you significant time if the separation is re - wish to relocate to; cent and an ongoing arrangement has - Long-term stability for the not yet been established; and/or children moving forward (for - Reduce your former spouse’s time example, you may be seeking to they currently spend with the children; purchase a property, and cannot and/or afford to do so in a city, but - Increase travel time; have sufficient funds to buy a your and/or the children’s safety). then you should obtain legal advice be - property in a smaller town); and Courts are only to make coercive orders fore taking any irreversible steps, such - If the area you currently live in is iso - in extreme circumstances, and alterna - as paying a rental bond, particularly if lated, and as the primary carer for the tives to restricting freedom of movement your former partner may be opposed to children, you have little support, it may must be explored, particularly where an the relocation. be that your overall health and happi - order would be made that would cause a The best interests of the child will al - ness would be improved by a relocation primary carer to undertake the role of ways be the primary consideration over to an area where you have family con - being primary carer in a place that is not and above the preferences of each par - nections. their choice. ticular parent. The Court is only con - If you discuss a proposed relocation Mareet & Colbrooke [2019] is a recent cerned with arguments from each parent with your former partner, and they dis - decision that has emphasised it is only in as to why a parent should or should not agree, they may commence proceedings rare circumstances that the Court should be permitted to move, insofar as they re - against the move you are hoping or plan - make orders about where a parent shall late to the best interests of the child. ning to make. live (which directly affect a parent’s right In saying that, the court is not obliged to If you go ahead and move with the chil - of freedom of movement). completely ignore parents’ legitimate in - dren without consulting the other parent, A mother had signed a lease and moved terests and desires. However, where there or against their wishes, you will be mak - interstate to QLD whilst pregnant. She al - is any conflict between what a parent ing a unilateral decision. leged the father had stalked and harassed wants, and the best interests of the child, A court may order you to return with the her. The father made an application and the court will always regard the children’s children if there were not circumstances the mother was ordered to reside in a re - best interests as more important. warranting such actions (such as a risk to gion in NSW so the father could spend time with the child at a contact centre. The mother’s appeal was allowed: the PAUL SANT Judge had not considered making orders that the father travel to QLD to see the (SOLICITOR) child, nor of the financial and other bur - dens on the mother resulting from the or - PARTNER AT LONGTON LEGAL dered move, and other things (including For All Your Legal Needs that the area the mother was ordered to Now at: move to was not an area in which she or 21 George Street the child had previously resided). If you wish to move and you think your former partner will not be agreeable, we Parramatta can advise you on a likely outcome and Phone: 8599 8877 the best way to move forward based on your circumstances. Also at: Level 4, 370 Pitt Street, Sydney. Ph: 8355 9999 We have provided you with an overview Email: [email protected] of the topic above but you should consult a professional for advice specific to your Maltese Spoken circumstances. 6 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019

Biggest Morning Tea a huge success Generosity the aim of the day t was indeed an excit - sum of around $35,000 was ing, enormously mov - raised. She pointed out that Standing: Josephine ing and productive day the success of this fundrais - Borg Frank Carbone, Iat the Cancer Council Aus - ing is the result of hard the Mayor of the City tralia’s Biggest Morning work and the generosity of of Fairfield NSW. Tea. Mandavilla Events many donating the hun - Front: Theresa Centre at Horsley Park dreds of gifts that were raf - Quattromani NSW was packed. The fled during the day. stage was decorated with “It was our 16th Biggest donated gifts of all sorts Morning Tea Fundraiser cleverly presented to attract for the Cancer Council. attention (pictured above) . With this latest effort, we For four-and-a-half hours, have now raised from 10 am to 2.30 pm, the $334,815.83! We have action never stopped. progressed from a quickly The Horsley Park Com - organised event 16 years munity Social Group & ago raising $1350.00 to Friends under the leader - this. ship of incredibly popular “We began by holding duo of Theresa Quattro - our morning teas at Hors - mani and Josephine Borg ley Homestead, but after a surrounded by an army of few years due to weather volunteers immersed their conditions, we moved to talents in raising money the Horsley Park Fire Sta - via the chocolate wheel. tion. Later we moved to They were very successful the Marion Hall. as they kept the audience “For the last four years, donating. Local school - Mary and Martin from children from Marion Mandavilla Hall have School and Horsley Park opened their doors for us. Public School entertained. We are fortunate to have a Even the Mayor of Fair - generous community that field, Frank Carbone has sup - turned up with a donation ported us from his Council. over the Michela advances two places after error at Eurovision The representatives from years, and of ichela, Malta’s representative at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, has been Cancel Council explained course tire - placed in 14th position in the overall classification, advancing two places after it that research work happens less hard - Mwas revealed that a mistake had taken place in the final accounting. On the night she because of similar dona - working had been called in 16th place. In a statement the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), tions volunteers” said that the vote of the Belarus Jury had been cancelled after their Semi-Final vote Josephine Borg told The Josephine was revealed and showed the vote had not taken place in line with EBU Regulations. Voice of the Maltese that a said. Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 7

(from left) The Skorba quartet : John Robertson, Llew Kiek, John Napier and Andy Busuttil Photos: Patrick Bartolo The sound of Skorba at the Great Siege of Malta 1565 he sound of Skorba vibrated through the La Valette Social Cen - tre at Blacktown NSW in a unique pTerformance that thrilled a packed hall. We were in fact exposed to exotic me - dieval Maltese, English and Turkish music performed perhaps by some of the best musicians in Australia. John Robinson on oud, saz and mandolin, Lew Kiek on guitar and bouzouki, John Napier on cello and our own Andy Busut - til, voice, winds percussion received undi - vided attention and also a standing ovation. Skorba’s music took us to the courageous voyage of the Knights of St John from the island of Rhodes to the island of Malta and the historic struggle of Christianity against the Ottoman Empire, known to all as L- Assedju l-KBIR, (The Great Siege 1565). Every piece played was narrated in every detailed by Marisa Previtera and an appro - to song but the Maltese Choir did well the aficionados of good music. Andy priate audio/visual presentation on the both on their own with classical Maltese Busuttil, the leader of Skorba, told The large screen. songs as they interacted with Skorba. Voice of the Maltese that their next project It is not easy to interpret Skorba’s music No doubt at all this was an afternoon for could be performing in Malta. The Maltese Cultural Association in as - sociation with the Maltese Australian Youths Committee (MAYC) and the La Valette Centre again co-ordinated the event. It is good to see the Australian/Mal - tese youths taking an active part in events of this nature. After all music reaches all. Above: the musicians and the organ - isers of the Skorba event. Back row : (from left) : John Robertson, Llew Kiek, John Napier and Shannon Said, Front : Marisa Previtera, Mirian Friggieri, A section of the audience at the La Charles Mifsud and Andy Busuttil Valette SC for Skorba’s presentation of The Great Siege of Malta 1565 8 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 Have your say/Xi trid tghid? Your letters/ L-ittri tagħkom ... Israel Folau’s incident: just a storm in a teacup Joseph Buttigieg from Melbourne, writes: Christ (Mark 7:18-19; Acts 10:15; 15:19-21) . The Voice of the Maltese I admire Israel’s strong faith and beliefs, ffoorrttnniiigghhttlllyy mmaaggaazziinnee ’m commenting on Ivan Cauchi’s arti - but unfortunately he’s a fundamentalist cle on Israel Folau’s dismissal from Christian and they believe the Bible word is is a bi-lingual (in English Rugby Union (The Voice No. 204) over for word and you simply cannot reason and Maltese) fortnightly mag - his comments on Homosexuals; Israel’s with people like that. azine that specifically targets I comments are based on the Old Testament I think Rugby Australia have overreacted all Maltese living abroad with text ( Leviticus 18:22) which prohibits ho - on this issue, Israel doesn’t deserve to lose emphasis on the Australian mosexual acts and specifies the punishment his four-year contract. This incident should and Maltese scenes. of death in most cases. be taken on face value and in my opinion e magazine can also be read in To our minds the penalty is appallingly it’s nothing more than a storm in a teacup. flipbook format online. A pdf copy cruel and primitive. It is important to recog - Remember the old saying: Sticks and is also sent via email on request. nise that, as the Catechism notes, the Old stones may break my bones, but words will Testament books “contain matters imper - never hurt me. Are we becoming a nation If you require a printed copy we fect and provisional”. They contain God’s of thin skins? can also oblige. temporary provision for a society that as Editors: yet had little understanding of the dignity Malta: Joseph Cutajar of the person and no infrastructure for Australia: maintaining justice and good order in the Happy for Malta’s Lawrence Dimech: MOM, family and community. OAM, JP Already by the time of Christ, many of achievements email address: these penalties were no longer carried out. Tony Cassar from St Albans writes: [email protected] Jesus Himself refused to invoke the death penalty in a case where the Law of Moses don't want to in any way sound political, called for it (John 8:3-11) Christian tradi - and it is not my intention to offend any - tion has always held that the judicial penal - Letters for publication in The Voice Ibody whose political views are perhaps ties belong to that part of the Law of Moses different from mine. But one should be magazine, either in Maltese or English that has been abrogated by Christ. should include name, e-mail address honest and man enough to call a spade a Leviticus speaks of homosexual acts as spade when it comes to the political situa - and residence of the writer, and be e- “an abomination” but Scripture also uses tion in Malta. mailed to: [email protected]. “abomination” for various forms of ritual I happen to follow the Malta scene and impurity, including unclean animals (Deut update myself by reading a number of Now you can also 14:3) , sacrificing a blemished animal (Deut Maltese news portals. On a daily basis I join us on facebook: 17:1) and intercourse with a menstruating also stream Television Malta’s news bul - woman (Lev 18:19,29) . Doesn’t it seem, letins, either early morning or on demand https://www.facebook. then, that the laws on sexual conduct be - during the day. long to the category of ritual purity rather Recently Malta went to the polls to elect com/groups/thevoice - than morality? Moreover, the New Testament affirms that its European Parliamentary representa - ofthemaltese the ritual purity laws have been rescinded by tives, six MEPs. The Labour Party achieved a runaway victory by winning four of the six seats on offer. The Nation - alist Party managed only two. More than that, the Labour Party won an absolute majority of votes, with just over 54 per cent of votes cast going to its can - didates. The Nationalist Party garnered less than 38% registering tits worst ever showing. Under its Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, Malta has become the envy of Europe. It is achieving success in every sector. I won’t hide the fact that my family in Malta used to support Labour and we still do. Though we cannot vote, we are always happy with its success. Therefore I wanted to express my feel - ings. I really am happy and very proud of what Malta has become. Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 9 Malta’s best-kept WW2 secret: The Lascaris War Rooms escribed as Malta’s best-kept secret, located some 40 metres under the Upper Barracca and the Saluting Battery in Malta’s capital, Valletta, are the Lascaris War Rooms, an Dunderground complex of tunnels and chambers that housed the British War Headquarters from where the defence of Malta and the war at large was conducted in the Mediterranean during the World War II. The ultra-secret complex contained operations rooms for each of the fighting services including the vital Fighter Control and Radar Filter Rooms from where not only the air defence of Malta was co- ordinated, but also all air activity and some of the greatest battles fought in the Mediterranean during the war were coordinated. A large Naval Combined Operations Room served for the conduct of inter-service operations. These rooms wee in turn supported by a large collection of offices, telephone and radio rooms and the all- important crypto rooms that were out of bounds for the majority of the military. In July 1943, the Lascaris War Rooms served as the Supreme Al- lied Commander’s Headquarters, an advance headquarters for the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) by US General Dwight Eisenhower supported by the British Generals Montgomery, Alexander and Clark, and Air Marshal Tedder and Admiral Cun- ningham. The operation eventually opened the way for the libera- The activity at the Lascaris War Rooms during World War II tion of Europe. The War Rooms went on being used under different forms by both the British services and NATO up to 1977. The military heritage monument has been restored and is currently managed by the non-government charity Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna – the Malta Heritage Trust that is doing sterling work to preserve such sites. It also organises tours not only to the Lascaris War Rooms but also to the unfinished WW2 Bunker consist- ing of an enormous underground two-tier rock-hewn military bunker started in 1941 by the Royal Engineers to house a new War Headquarters, which was never fin- ished. It was meant to replace the old War HQ with deeper and more spacious facilities, but pressing war exigen- cies in Malta and the successful Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 caused it to be sealed and abandoned. As a re- sult, it survives in an incredible state of preservation giving one the impression that the miners and builders working on it are still there! This unique underground complex was only redis- covered recently by chance in the course of the restora- tion of the Lascaris War Rooms. Now after over 70 years closed and forgotten it is open for public viewing. Anybody visiting Malta would do well to take the op- portunity of joining an exclusive guided tour in English that takes place every Saturday.

The Lascaris War Rooms as they look today 10 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019

A version of this series in kitba ta’ English may be found in the author's blog at: IVAN https://ivancauchi. CAUCHI Perspettiva blogspot.com ħaddiema, imma ma tgawdewx minn kulħadd. It-tort nagħtih lill-klassi politika ta’ ħafna pajjiżi, li moħħhom biss fl-indikaturi globali bħall-prodott gross domestiku (GDP), u ma jieħdu l-ebda inizjattiva meta jaraw indika - Irħ-al rmaa probġabbiulmentn tafu, bħtaliassa gsħad-dejsja gawerrħa fil- ħturia ta’ inugwaljanza fis-soċjetà qiegħdin jeħżienu. kummerċ bejn l-Istati Uniti u ċ-Ċina, mibdija mill-mexxej Il-poplu azzjonijiet li jwasslu għal riżultat fejjiedi għandu bżonn. belliġerenti tal-ewwel Donald Trump, b'appoġġ politiku Dan ma jfissirx li l-azzjonijiet ta’ Trump neċessarjament se Bwiesgħa, b’tal-aħħar ma joqogħdux lura milli jirrispondu. jwasslu għal dak li qed iwiegħed. L-amministrazzjoni tiegħu, Il-gwerra tikkonsisti f’li l-pajjiżi jimponu dazji fuq il-prodotti ta’ b’appoġġ miż-żewġ partiti ewlenin Amerikani, waħħlet tariffa ta’ xulxin meta jiġu importati. Qed nitkellmu fuq valur astronomiku 25% fil-bidu fuq kważi nofs l-importazzjoni miċ-Ċina, u tal-aħħar ta’ kummerċ. irritalja b’mod simili, u issa s-sitwazzjoni reġgħet eskalat. Fl-2018 l-Istati Uniti importat $539 biljun miċ-Ċina (nofs triljun Taħdidiet biex jintlaħaq ftehim qiegħdin isiru bis-sulluzzu, u dollaru!), u fl-istess sena ċ-Ċina importat $120 biljun mill-Istati s’issa ma wasslu għal ebda riżultat pożittiv. Uniti. Din id-differenza hija interpretata mill-President Amerikan Madankollu l-impressjoni li nieħu mill-attitudni u r-retorika li bħala evidenza li ċ-Ċina qiegħda tieħu vantaġġ mill-Istati Uniti. toħroġ mill-Amerikani, u iktar u iktar minn Trump, hi li din qed Issa din l-attività ekonomika tikkonsisti f’deċiżjonijiet indipen - titmexxa minn gurilla, l-ikbar wieħed fid-dinja (insomma l-isbaħ denti u kummerċjali minn organizzazzjonijiet privati u/jew statali għax bjond) jhedded li jista’ jagħmel li jrid, jipprova jbeżża’ billi taż-żewġ pajjiżi, u ħadd mhu sfurzat jixtri mill-pajjiż l-ieħor. jħabbat fuq sidru u jġiegħel lin-naħa l-oħra tinnegozja b’denbha It-teorija tal-kummerċ liberu bejn il-pajjiżi hu li prodotti u s- bejn saqajha u għalhekk b’inferjorità psikoloġika. servizzi jkunu jistgħu jinkisbu mill-iktar sors effiċjenti, li għandu Jien ma għandi l-ebda indikazzjoni li ċ-Ċiniżi qiegħdin ipixxu jwassal għal kwalità aħjar u prezzijiet iktar baxxi, milli kieku kell - taħthom bil-biża’. Naturalment, is-sitwazzjoni hija delikata, u ef - hom jinxtraw bil-fors dawk magħmulin fil-pajjiż tax-xerrej. fett fuq l-ekonomija tal-pajjiż se jkun hemm. Madankollu rridu Il-problema tal-kummerċ liberu hi li jekk pajjiż A hu iktar effiċjenti niftakru li llum iċ-Ċina diġà hija l-ikbar ekonomija fid-dinja, ikbar minn pajjiż B biex jipproduċi prodotti u servizzi, dawn se jkollhom mill-Istati Uniti u ikbar ukoll mill-Unjoni Ewropeja. Ukoll kienet it-tendenza biex jinħadmu fil-pajjiż A, li allura jħaddem il-kapital diġà għarfet li huwa fl-interess tagħha li tnaqqas id-dipendenza tiegħu (flus, magni u ħaddiema) iktar u aħjar milli jħaddimhom pa - tal-ekonomija tagħha fuq l-esportazzjoni, u li hemm bżonn li jjiż B li għalhekk jitnaqqaslu x-xogħol fl-ekonomija tiegħu. jiżdied il-konsum intern. L-ekonomisti jgħidu li dan inċentiv biex tiżdied l-effiċjenza fejn Wieħed irid iżomm quddiem għajnejh li l-kummerċ bejn il-pa - m’hemmx. Fil-prattika, jista’ jkun hemm raġunijiet soċjali, kultur - jjiżi, apparti vantaġġi ekonomiċi, iwassal ukoll għal nuqqas ta’ ali, storiċi u politiċi għalfejn dan ma jsirx, u x-xogħol nieqes isir kunflitti bejn il-pajjiżi involuti, għax ikun jaqblilhom li ma jfixklux permanenti. l-interessi ekonomiċi tagħhom. Fil-każ tal-Istati Uniti u ċ-Ċina, hemm raġunijiet oħra li wasslu Jekk mill-banda l-oħra l-pajjiżi jibdew isiru iktar protezzjonisti, għal żbilanċ fin-negozju. Waħda minnhom hi l-akkuża li ċ-Ċina u jħarsu biss ‘il ġewwa u mhux iktar ‘il barra, jimpurtahom biss timmanipola l-munita tagħha r-renminbi. minnhom infushom u xejn affattu minn ħaddieħor, dan iktar hemm Kritika oħra hija li pajjiżi barranin li jinvestu fiċ-Ċina huma kos- ċans li jwassal għal suspetti u ġlied. tretti li jgħaddu l-proprjetà intellettwali tagħhom lil organizzaz - Iċ-Ċina mhux se tbaxxi rasha. Sal-lum imxiet relattivament bir- zjoni fil-pajjiż. rażan fir-relazzjonijiet barranin tagħha, imqabbla mal-Istati Uniti, Fl-Istati Uniti t-tendenza li dak li tixtri jkun magħmul fiċ-Ċina was - li ilha tilgħabha tal- cowboy madwar id-dinja – aħseb biss fl-Iran, sal għal ħafna nies li jkunu bla xogħol, jew bi ftit xogħol. Hemm il-gwerra fil-Vjetnam, l-invażjoni tal-Iraq eċċ eċċ. Eżempju ħażin stati fil-pajjiż li jitqiesu li jiffurmaw ‘ċinturin tas-sadid’, bħal Penn - ingħataw kemm trid. sylvania, Michigan, Ohio u oħrajn, kollha fil-grigal tal-pajjiż, fejn Imbagħad tiftakar fis-seklu dsatax, fejn qawwa mondjali oħra, l-attività industrijali qawwija tal-passat majnat, mibdula b’impor - dik Brittannika, ukoll kellha defiċit kbir fil-kummerċ maċ-Ċina, tazzjoni qawwija minn diversi pajjiżi, ewlieni fosthom iċ-Ċina. fejn kienet tixtri prodotti Ċiniżi, bħall-porċellana, it-te u l-ħarir, u Hawnhekk, dan l-effett jinħass bil-kbir, u kien wieħed mill-fatturi tħallas għalihom bil-fidda. Dakinhar ġietha l-ideja brillanti li d- li wassal lid-dinja r-rigal ta’ Donald Trump, li waħda mill-wegħdiet defiċit issolvih jekk tibda’ tbigħ il-loppju liċ-Ċiniżi, isseddaq id- tiegħu tkun li din is-sitwazzjoni jirranġaha. dipendenza tal-poplu għal din id-droga, u titħallas lura bil-fidda. Jien jidhirli li l-kummerċ liberu bejn il-pajjiżi żied il-prosperità Meta l-imperatur Ċiniż tad-dinastija Qing iddeċieda li jwaqqaf globali tal-pajjiżi involuti, imma wassal għall-faqar u nuqqas ta’ din il-ħniżrija, il-Brittanniċi bagħtulu l-flotta navali tagħha, xogħol ukoll lil ħafna nies, li fl-imgħoddi kienu beżlin u ta’ sengħa, seħħew l-hekk imsejħa Gwerer tal-Loppju u umiljaw liċ-Ċina, li u illum jinsabu bla xogħol. dakinhar kienet diġà l-ikbar ekonomija fid-dinja, faqqruha u Il-problema hi li l-benefiċċji li seħħew, ġew ikkonċentrati wisq tefgħuha lura mitt sena. f’idejn l-industrijalisti, in-negozjanti, il-professjonisti u parti mill- Taħsbu li ċ-Ċina se terġa’ tippermetti li tkun umiljata? Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 11 In-Nutar Francesco Catania u ull meta nidħol fil-Mużew Wignacourt fir-Rabat dejjem inħoss bħal leħen jgħidli li f’dan il-mużew hawn parti kbira l-parroċċa tar-Rabat Kmill-kollezzjonijiet kbar u importanti li ħalla għall-parroċċa n-Nutar Francesco Catania. Inħoss ukoll bħal dieqa, għax naf li n-Nutar Catania ħalla iżjed xogħlijiet tal-arti għall-parroċċa, imma meta l-parroċċa kienet tinħtieġ il-flus biex tħallas id-dejn marbut mall-bini tas-‘Sala Kappillan Karm Lia’ xi ħadd iddeċieda li jinbiegħu bi rkant xi oġġetti min tiegħu, fosthom pittura li ħalla għall- parroċċa Fost il-kwadri imprezzabbli li ħalla u li nbiegħu f’dan l- irkant kien hemm ukoll ‘self portrait’ tal-pittur Francesco Zahra. B’xorti tajba għall-inqas, l-’Addolorata’ ta’ Preti u ‘San Ġwann il-Battista’ ta’ Favray qegħdin hemm fil-Mużew. Fost ix-xogħlijiet li ħalla n-Nutar Francesco Catania u li PeterPaul Ciantar wieħed isib fil-Mużew Wignacourt, pittura sagra (għax dik il-pittura li ma kinetx sagra nbiegħet fl-irkant). Wieħed jifhem li f’dawk iż-żminijiet, il-kultura ta’ mużew tal-knejjes kienet x’aktarx limitata biss għall-arti x’jitħallas kellu wkoll sagra. jagħmel tajjeb għalih hu Fost xogħlijiet minn tiegħu hemm ukoll, b’dak li ħalla wara mewtu! kollezzjonijiet ta’ tpinġija u akkwarelli, in - In-Nutar Catania kien ċiżjonijiet (Engravings) anke ta’ żmien il- ukoll l-id il-lemenija tal- Gran Mastri ta’ Malta, kollezzjoni żgħira Kappillan Antonio Buha - ta’ mapep, kollezzjoni ta’ fuħħar ta’ żmien giar u l-istess mal-Kap- il-Feniċi, Rumani u aktar, għamara mill- pillan Lorenzo Spiteri. ħafna li kellu n-Nutar Catania, fosthom ar - Kien ukoll membru attiv loġġ Malti, muniti u midalji, fosthom fil-Każin Banda Konti dawk Puniċi u Rumani, u librerija b’kotba Ruġġieru u n-nutar fix- Melitensia rari ħafna (għax in-Nutar Cata - xiri tal-kazin fl-1943. Tista’ nia kien riċerkatur u storiku). tgħid li kien ikun im - Minħabba li n-Nutar Catania (ritratt daħħal f’dak kollu li kien lemin) kien jaf ukoll il-pittura, għalkemm iseħħ fil-parroċċa tar- ma kienx xi artist profound, ħalla wkoll xi Rabat, u kien jagħmlu abbozzi (sketches) u tpingija tiegħu stess. b’imħabba u b’dedikaz - Missieru Francesco, Antonio kien skultur zjoni kbira. tajjeb ħafna u fost oħrajn ħadem l-iskul - In-Nutar Catania, b’ - tura tat-tużell tal-parroċċa. dawk il-mustaċċi kbar u Xorti ħażina oħra għan-Nutar Catania wieqaf (u xi ftit riservat), kienet li ma laħaqx jara b’għajnejh dak li kien bniedem onest, re - dam snin jaħdem għalih, jiġifieri l-amalga - liġjuż. Kellu l-uffiċċju mazzjoni tal-Grotta ta’ San Pawl mal-Proto- tiegħu mad-dar tiegħu Parroċċa ddedikata lill-istess Appostlu. stess fi Triq il-Kbira, kan - Kienet b’inizjattiva tiegħu li reġgħu bdew tuniera ma’ Triq Cosmana it-taħditiet mal-Gvern Malti ta’ dak iż-żmien Navarra. Kemm id-dar u wara wkoll mal-Gvern Kolonjali biex issir tiegħu fir-Rabat kif ukoll din l-għaqda li kienet tinkludi wkoll il- dik li kellu bħala villeġġ - Knisja tal-Kulleġġ ta’ fuq il-Grotta (il-Knisja jatura ħdejn Il-Gillieru ta’ San Publiju), Wignacourt u l-Knisja ta’ San Pawl il-Baħar ta’ f’San Pawl il-Baħar it-tnejn twaqqgħu biex jagħmlu spazju ħdejn Il-Gillieru. għal appartamenti aktar moderni. Tant kienet xewqa kbira tiegħu din, li saħansitra, f’każ li Francesco Catania miet fl-Isptar Santa Katerina, Ħ’Attard, din l-amalgamazzjoni sseħħ, ħalla ammont tajjeb ta’ flus fis-26 ta’ April tal-1960. Kien ittieħed hemm ftit jiem qabel bħala sostenn għall-ħames membri ġodda tal-Kapitlu ta’ San miet. Wara quddiesa funebri tiegħu fil-knisja tal-Parroċċa ta’ Pawl. L-amalgamazzjoni fil-fatt seħħet, imma wara mewtu. San Pawl, fuq xewqa tiegħu ndifen fil-qabar tal-familja li Xewqa tiegħu oħra imma li ra sseħħ kienet dik tas-seperaz - kellha fil-Kappella ta’ San Stiefnu fl-istess knisja. zjoni tal-Katidral tal-Imdina minn ma’ San Pawl tar-Rabat. Erba’ snin wara mewtu f’ġieħu, fil-knisja ġie inawgurat Hawn in-Nutar Catania, allura ta’ 30 sena, kien fl-aqwa monument li nħadem mill-iskultur Joseph Spiteri Sacco, fil - tiegħu. In-Nutar kien ta’ għajnuna kbira għall-parroċċa u waqt li Mons. Professur Edward Coleiro kiteb skrizzjoni ħadem bis-sħiħ biex din is-seperazzjoni setgħet isseħħ. qasira bil-Latin li turi li n-Nutar kien benefattur kbir tal-Par - Hu ħadem ukoll, u kien membru tal-kumitat tal-qniepen roċċa tar-Rabat. il-ġodda għall-knisja tal-parroċċa u saħansitra sponsorja Fir-Rabat hemm ukoll triq imsemmija għalih, filwaqt li l- wkoll it-tielet qanpiena, u wkoll kien responsabbli għall-ap - Librerija Pubblika li hemm fuq iċ-Ċentru tas-Saħħa tar-Rabat provazzjoni tal-bini mill-ġdid tal-koppla tal-knisja meta ukoll iġġib ismu. ġġarrfet fl-1923. Il- kontribuzzjoni finanzjara tiegħu biex tin - Insemmi wkoll ktieb bl-Ingliż dwar in-Nutar bl-isem ta’ bena mill-ġdid tal-koppla ma kinetx żgħira. ‘Notary Francesco Catania (1872-1960) and his collections at The Kif qed naraw, Francesco kien benefattur kbir u sa anke ħal - Wignacourt Museum’ . Il-ktieb ġie editjat minn Monsinjur las għal xi pittura ta’ Coccoli li hemm fil-Kappellun ta’ San Ġwann Azzopardi u ġie ppubblikat fl-okkażjoni tal-50 an - Stiefnu tal-Knisja San Pawl, u għin finanzjarjament fil-bini tas- niversarju tal-amalgamazzjoni tal-Grotta ta’ San Pawl mal- sala fi żmien il-Kappillan Lia. Mur għidlu li dak li kien fadal Knisja tal-Parroċċa. 12 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 Roundup of News About Malta

Prime Minster Joseph Muscat Let’s work together for joined by his wife Michelle and twin daughters, address - ing the crowd in Malta Joseph Muscat front of the LP head - tells PN MEPs after quarters in Ħamrun landslide victory

he Labour Party managed a land - ground and listening to people's concerns. Maltese peo - slide victory in the 2019 Malta Eu - "We need to keep our feet on the ground ple in Europe ropean Parliament elections with a and keep listening to what the people have in the best Tmajority of votes that the party leader and to say. There were still Labourites and Na - way possible. Miriam Dalli Alfred Sant Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said left him tionalists who did not vote, and we have to On the los - “speechless”. He took the opportunity to listen to them both, as they have a message ing side, PN reach out to the two MEPs from the Oppo - to send," he noted. leader Adrian sition PN to work together wth the LP’s Officially, the Labour Party’s share of Delia gave Euro Parliamentarians. “We are prepared to votes cast was 141,267 (54.29%), a major - his reaction work with you; be prepared and work with ity of votes over the Nationalist Party, late in the us as well,” he said. which obtained 37.9% of the votes, amo- day by des- Addressing thousands of Labour support - unting to 98,611votes, being 42,656 votes. cribing the ers gathered in front of the National Labour This corresponds to Labour winning four result as one Centre in Hamrun, the Prime Minister in - seats through incumbents Miriam Dalli of the worst Alex Agius Saliba Josianne Cutajar sisted that this was a moment for national (63,438 first count votes) and Alfred Sant times in the unity, and that despite the overwhelming (26.592), and the newly elected Alex Agius party's his - success, “we can’t let this result go to our Saliba (18,808) and Josianne Cutajar tory, “but we heads.” (15,603). The PN lost one seat. It now has must not lose He pointed out that the results show that two MEPs, Roberta Metsola (38,206) and heart”. He unity has triumphed against the Opposi - David Casa (20,493), both re-elected. consoled the tion's divisive message and that it amounted Josian Cutajar became the first MEP from party sup - to a vote of faith in the government. Gozo and also the youngest MEP. porters by “I am telling the members elected on be - In her reaction to getting most first count telling them Roberta Metsola David Casa half of the Nationalist Party that we are pre - votes, Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said, "The that the PN remained Malta's second- pared to work with you; be prepared and people have spoken and shown their trust largest party and urged them not to give up. work with us as well. in Joseph Muscat and the work Labour He admitted: "The people have spoken and "Politically I think the message of unity Party MEPs did over the past five years. the result is clear. But the PN remains the triumphed against a message of the divide. This is a result that we now need to turn country's second-largest party and we have It is a vote of faith in the government and into action, and that should serve as a point a duty to represent the thousands who voted in the movement that leads the government. of departure." for us. We also thank the thousands who did It is a vote refuting division and refuting She went on to say, that she has the re - not vote for us, we have a duty to under - those who work against Malta. It is also a sponsibility to represent her voters in Eu - stand why we haven’t won them over.” vote against the creation of fear about non- rope and bring about positive change in The Labour Party had an even bigger vic - existent issues," he said. their lives and that the trust her voters tory in the Local Council elections. See: Despite the result, he insisted that the gov - showed in her highlighted and increased the After Council elections most of Malta is ernment would be keeping its feet on the responsibility she had of representing the ‘painted red’ on page 18. Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 13 Roundup of News About Malta

President Vella tells MEPs to safeguard His Excellency President George Vella and his wife Miriam (centre) flanked by the Labour MEPs, Alfred Sant and Josian Cutajar (left) and Maltese interests Miriam Dalli and Alex Agius Saliba at their meeting at the Palace hree days after the European Parliament elections, President George Vella invited Tthe six elected MEPs at the Palace in Valletta, Malta Diplomats are urged to further but only the four MEPs that were elected on behalf of the Labour Party turned up. The promote Malta’s candidacy at UNSC two Nationalist MEPs informed him that iplomats at ambassadorial level, lency President George Vella, who along they had been called for work in Brussels. Honorary Consuls representing with Minister Abela raised the immigra - Meanwhile, President Vella told the elected Malta in foreign countries and in in - tion and the situation in Libya. The Pres - MEPs that their place at the European Parlia - Dternational organisations, ended their an - ident expressed his concern about the ment is not an award, but a duty and appealed nual four-day meeting in Malta regarding instability being created by several con - to them to always work for Malta’s best in - the priorities of Malta’s diplomacy, that the flicting interests, particularly in the neigh - terest. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Carmelo bouring country, which he described as a He highlighted the importance of working Abela said, served to update the Govern - chessboard for the political and economic on their own personal initiatives while rep - ment’s endeavours in foreign policy. interests of foreign countries that do not resenting the country in Europe and called Throughout the four days the diplomats care about deaths and suffering, and about took stock of the challenges and opportu - the people who are having to abandon upon them to keep in mind the needs of the nities that may be exploited, including their homes. country. He pointed out that what was good Brexit, and were updated on the Govern - President Vella urged Maltese Ambassa - for big countries, is not necessary good for ment’s endeavours in foreign policy and dors to speak in favour of values, integra - small countries such as Malta. in promoting Maltese commercial inter - tion, freedom and unity. He said the election was serene, democratic ests particularly in the sectors of invest - Foreign Minister Carmelo Abela stated and transparent, and expressed appreciation of ment, commerce, tourism and financial that the Maltese Government is also con - the parity between sexes among the parliamen - services. cerned about the situation in Libya. He tarians (three men and three women) and that Then Abela urged the diplomats to further said that Malta would continue to push to for the first time Gozo is also represented. promote Malta’s candidacy so that between arrive at a solution in Libya. “As such, 2023 and 2024 Malta could gain a perma - military action will certainly not solve ex - nent seat on the UN Security Council. isting problems, but will only further Malta enjoys 4th lowest They were also addressed by His Excel - complicate them,” the Minister said. electricity rates in EU ccording to Eurostat figures for year ending Malta vision for video games development December 2018, Malta enjoyed the fourth t the launching of Malta’s vision for for Financial Services, Digital Economy Alowest electricity rates in the European Union, and video games development and es - and Innovation Silvio Schembri would the lowest taxes on the rates with the average cost pAorts, and the signing of memorandum pave the way for growth in this eco - for every 100 kilowatts (kWh) of electricity in of understanding between Malta and nomic sector. Malta being €13.10, whilst the average cost in the ESL, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said The industry currently employs around EU member states increased by 3.5% to €21.10. that Malta could become “a central hub 200 employees. Malta’s vision for video The figures show that on average, taxes in the in the Mediterranean and Europe for games development is aimed at expand - EU are more than one-third – 37% – of the cost of video games and esports,” ing the industry’s contribution from 0.1% domestic electricity, whereas in Malta the tax per - He said that the vision that was pre - to 1% of the GDP in 10 years, whilst cre - centage of 6% is the lowest. At 64%, Denmark’s sented by the Parliamentary Secretary ating up to 3,000 new jobs. are the highest. 14 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019

Wara kamrpaanja e lelttor-aliE pjutolst eqasirza, zjonijiet tal-MEPs għalkemm f’Malta nistgħu ngħidu li l- partiti politiċi qatt ma jieqfu jikkampan - Wjaw, saru l-elezzjonijiet biex jinħatru s-sitt membri tal-Parlament Ewropew u l-kun - Eluf ta’ partitarji tal-Partit Laburista jiċċelebraw ir-rebħa tal-MEPs fil-Ħamrun siliera tal-Kunsilli Lokali. Fir-riżultat aħ- u l-Kunsill Lokali ħari l-poplu Malti ta’ l-vot tiegħu lill-Partit Laburista b’rebħiet kbar fiż-żewġ elez - zjonijiet. Kif kien imħabbar minn qabel l-għadd tal- voti kellu jsir f’jiem differenti, billi dawk tal-voti għall-membri tal-Parlament Ewro- pew saru l-għada tal-votazzjoni, u tal-Kun - silli Lokali fuq tlett ijiem, bejn l-erbgħa u l-Ġimgħa li għaddew. Għall-ewwel darba sar użu minn apparat elettroniku biex jingħaddu l-voti li wassal biex għall-ewwel darba fl-istorja politika Maltija, r-riżultat finali ta’ elezzjoni ħareġ, fi żmien ftit aktar minn 24 siegħa; qabel kien ikaxkar għall-jiem sħaħ. Min-naħa l-oħra s-sistema ħarbtet xi ftit lill-partiti politiċi li qabel, wara ftit siegħat mill-bidu tal-għadd tal-voti, kienu jip - prevedu kważi bl-eżatt, ir-riżultat finali, nijiet li forsi żammewhom lura, bħall-għoli votanti żdied, naqqas fil-voti u waqa’ taħt issa marru żmerċ. Tant li filwaqt li madwar tal-bini u l-kera. Barra dan ġeneralment il-100,000 ...u fuq kollox tilef membru fil- tlett siegħat beda jingħad li l-maġġoranza elezzjonijiet li jsiru f’nofs leġislatura jkunu Parlament Ewropew. tal-PL fuq dak tal-PN kien ta’ madwar diffiċli għall-partit fil-gvern. Mexxejja tal-PN ippruvaw itaffu l-effett 45,000 u aktar tard żdied għall-48,000 u Min-naħa l-oħra r-riżultat kien wieħed tat-telfa billi sostnew li tal-inqas il-partit saħansitra wasal għal-51,000, fil-fatt ir- devastanti għall-Partit Nazzjonalista li ma’ ġarrabx it-telfa mbassra fl-istħarriġ riżultat uffiċjali wera maġġoranza għall- minkejja l-ħatra ta’ mexxej ġdid u diversi qabel l-elezzjonijiet.. PL ta’ 42,656. ħidmiet politiċi, mill-aħħar elezzjoni mhux It-tentativ falla bl-ikrah u ġab miegħu Dan fisser li d-differenza bejn iż-żewġ talli ma rnexxilux imur ‘il quddiem, imma saħansitra kritika minn dawk li jappoġġjaw partiti mqabbel mal-aħħar elezzjoni ġener - mar għall-agħar u minkejja li l-għadd ta’ lill-Partit Nazzjonalista. ali kibret b’aktar minn 2,000 vot. Aktar im - portanti minn hekk il-fatt li did-darba l-Partit Laburista rebaħ ir-raba’ siġġu, kon - tra t-tnejn tal-Partit Nazzjonalista. X’emwm gaħadsd tas’ raġulnij iegt li wħassalu lill - djivavuntaw. Ili-prart-itir kiienżu kuonxjli lti la-votan? ti (Għall-ammont ta’ voti miksuba mis-sitt Partit Laburista jikiseb rebħa hekk ma tantx huma daqshekk entużjasti li MEPs ara paġna 12. Rapport dwar ir-riżul - Hkbira, fosthom kif iż-żewġ partiti organiz - joħorġu jivvutaw billi dawn ma kienux tat tal-elezzjoni tal-Kunsill lokali paġna 18) zaw il-kampanja elettorali tagħhom. elezzjonjiet li minnhom jiddependi minn se Dawk li jaħdmu f’dan il-qasam sostnew jmexxi l-pajjiż. Allura kellna appelli kon - Reazzjonijiet li l-kampanja tal-PL kienet ferm aktar or - tinwi miż-żewġ naħat biex kulħadd imur Ir-rebħa konvinċenti għall-Partit Laburista ganizzata minn tal-PN li sa mill-ewwel jixħet il-vot tiegħu. wasslet għal ċelebrazzjonijiet kbar min- jiem tal-kampanja ħa falza stikka bl-ewwel Jidher li l-Partit Laburista rnexxielu jik- naħa tal-partitarji, li għalkemm kienu kważi billboard minħabba żball tal-Malti li sin - konvinċi aktar nies biex joħorġu jivvutaw. ċerti minn rebħa dejjem kien hemm id- tendi l-partit oppost għamel xalata minnu. Dan ġie rifless fil-fatt li l-aktar distretti fejn dubju x’kienet se tkun il-maġġoranza Oħrajn insistew li l-PN bena l-kampanja ħarġu lanqas nies jivvutaw kienu dawk li minħabba l-biża’ li xi nies li jappoġjaw lill- tiegħu fuq in-negattivita u l-biża’, fosthom ġeneralment jappoġġjaw lill-Partit Naz - PL setgħu ma joħorġux jivvutaw għal raġu - il-biża tad-dħul tal-abort, filwaqt li l-Partit zjonalista, fosthom fl-inħawi ta’ Tas-Slie- Laburista ħlief affarijiet pożittivi ma ma, San Ġiljan u San Pawl il-Baħar. Il-kap nazzjonalista Adrian Delia kienx isemmi. Attwalment kien hemm min interpreta n- jammetti t-telfa Iżda forsi l-akbar effett kien l-imbut - nuqqas bħala bojkott pulit kontra t- tar tal-partiti biex in-nies joħorġu tmexxija ta’ Dr Adrian Delia.

riżenja. Anzi appella biex in-Nazzjon - It-tmexxija tal-PN isti jingħaqdu warajh ħalli joħorġu l- hemmx dubju li r-riżultat kompla partit mis-sitwazzjoni li jinstab fiha. kabbar il-pressjoni fuq it-tmex- Imma jidher li hemm fazzjoni qawwija Mxija tal-Partit Nazzjonalista, l-aktar fuq fil-partit li ma tantx hi lesta li tingħaqad il-mexxej tiegħu Dr Adrian Delia biex wara Delia, anzji qed tagħmel minn kol - jirriżenja. Imma dan ma’ l-ewwel dehra lox biex tuża r-riżultat negattiv ħalli teħles tiegħu wara li tħabbar ir-riżultat, stqarr minnu bħala l-mexxej tal-PN. ċar u tond li ma kellux ħsieb li jir - *għal paġna 15 Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 15

Il-Firda u riżenja ta’MP r-riżultat tal-elezzjoni kompla joħroġ fatt li anke ż-żewġ kandidati li ġew eletti fil-beraħ il-qasma fil-Partit Nazzjonal - f’isem il-PN attwalment ġejjin mis-sezzjoni ista. Dan mhux qed niktbu jien, imma li ma tappoġjax lill-mexxej Adian Delia. Iqaluh u qed jirripetuh kontinwament, Biex l-affarijiet jissoktaw jikkomplikaw saħansitra persunaġġi li jappoġġjaw lill-PN irwieħhom, jumejn wara li tħabbar ir-riżul - u l-midja li x’aktarx ixxaqleb lejh. tat tal-elezzjoni l-kandidat Nazzjonalista u Hekk insibu lill-editur tal-Indepnedent membru parlamentari David Stellini ħabbar jgħid: “It is no secret that the Nationalist li se jirriżenja minn membru tal-Parlament. Party is divided. Indeed ever since Delia’s Stellini kien jaħdem fi Brussell u ġie election to party leader, he has faced one Malta wara stedina tal-Partit Nazzjonalista internal problem after another. Yesterday’s biex jikkontesta fid-distrett ta’ Għawdex. election result saw PN districts have the Hu sab ruħu fil-Parlament wara li tela’ lowest turnout. This is indicative that a por - f’elezzjoni każwali. Fuq insistenza tal-par - tion of traditional PN supporters were not tit anke kkontesta l-elezzjoni tal-Parlament willing to vote PN with Delia as leader.” Ewropew, u baqa’ l-art. David Stellini ...irriżenja minn MP Saħansitra qed tinġibed l-attenzjoni għall- Immedjatament li ħareġ ir-riżultat kiteb fuq Faebook u f’ittra ta’ riżenja lill-is - peaker qal li ħa d-deċiżjoni "fi sfond ta' klima politika li ma' tagħmilx gieħ lill- Qed jiġbru l-firem? Maltin u l-Għawdxin, fejn il-firda nazzjon - *minn paġna 14 ali tirrenja fuq l-għaqda li tant hemm bżonn biex dan il-pajjiż jimxi 'l quddiem." Il-ġurnal The Times ikkwota sorsi mill-PN Insista li l-istess klima ma tgħinx lil nies li saħqu li ġaladarba l-Grupp Parlamentari ġodda bħalu fil-politika, b'mod partikolari baqa’ lura milli jieħu azzjoni, anke jekk mill-Oppożizzjoni, biex jagħmlu d-dif - ħafna huma kontra Adrian Delia, l-unika ferenza "kemm fuq livell politiku, kif ukoll soluzzjoni li fadal biex Delia jitneħħa hi li fuq livell personali." jittieħed vot dwar il-kap mill-Kunsill Ġen - “Meta iddeċidejt li nidħol għal din l-es - erali. perjenza, għamiltha għax Malta kellha Skont l-istatut tal-PN, il-Kunsill, li jiġbor preparing for its next big contest: the gen - bżonn nies fil-politika li ma' jarawx aħmar fih il-fergħat u l-kumitati sezzjonali kollha eral election. jew blu u għax il-Partit Nazzjonalista kellu tal-Partit, jista’ jitlaqqa’ jekk ikun hemm Temm jgħid: The people have overwhelm - bzonn nies ġodda li jħaddnu l-għaqda u talba minn 150 membru jew aktar. Allura , ingly declared their support to Dr Muscat jagħtu tama lill-Maltin u Għawdxin." dejjem skont l-istess gazzetta, qed isir ten - and his Labour Party. In the process, they tattiv biex isir il-ġbir tal-firem meħtieġa ħalli dumped Dr Delia and his Nationalist Party. l-Kunsill jitlaqqa’ bil-għan li titresaq moz - But so did PN supporters who stayed home Jinqala’ disgwid ieħor zjoni għat-tneħħija ta’ Delia. on polling day. This can only be the end for illi l-MP Għawdxi David Stellini kien Sadanitant anke f’ġurnali oħra u l-midja Dr Delia. ġie elett b’elezzjoni każwali, min jieħu soċjali qed jidhru sejħiet għar-riżenja ta’ Imbagħad f’ The Times l-eks Prim Ministru pBostu ried ikun nominat mill-Partit Naz - Delia. Saħansitra dan ġie repetut f’żewġ ed - Lawrence Gonzi qal: “there is a sizeable zjonalista. Allura f’votazzjoni (bi 42 vot itorjali ta’ The Times . faction of PN voters who decided to vote in kontra 40) il-PN għadda s-siġġu tiegħu lil Fl-Editorjal tad- 29.05.2019: a manner that sends a strong message to the Jean Pierre Debono. “Dr Delia may choose to ignore the sig - PN’s present leader, his advisers and the Imma d-deċiżjoni ġiet issa posposta nificance of the MEP elections result – we party officials” . minħabba li qed jiġi kontestat il-mod kif will have to wait until Friday to know what U fil-fehma tiegħu l-pass li jmiss ta’ Delia saret l-elezzjoni li ħalliet lill-kandidat happened in the case of local councils – huwa “to go through an exercise that chal - Għawdxi Kevin Cutajar li ppretenda l-post and not to give weight to the very clear sig - lenges his leadership” li jfisser li dan jitlob wara li kien ikkontesta l-aħħar elezzjoni u nals being sent. vot ta’ fiduċja. wkoll issa s-siġġu ta’ Stellini, barra. He does so at his own peril though, in this case, he would not only be also doing untold harm to the PN but, more so, to the country Dr Hugh McDermott MP and democracy, which need to have a well- functioning Opposition to thrive. State Member for Prospect Striving to give the impression it is business as usual and expecting party supporters to For issues concerning: be grateful to him only because the PN did not fare worse is both an admission of utter Ageing and disability - community failure and an insult to the electorate, espe - services -education - environ - cially those who voted for PN candidates.” ment - health - housing - planning Filwaqt li malli tħabbar ir-riżultat l-istess - Police - transport - water Editur kiteb: Adrian Delia, and his inner circle of aides P: (02) 9756 4766 and advisers, must now assume full respon - sibility, declare mea culpa and move on. E: [email protected] Every additional day they remain in office 2/679 The Horsley Dr, Smithfield NSW 2164 is a lost opportunity for the PN to start 16 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019

Paespitle smpending e$60 mrill ions on adverytisings thro ughhout ethe filve-pweek ecampdaign Coalition and not picking up a single seat, United Australia Party leader Clive Palmer has claimed he was behind the Coalition's election victory in the recent elections. DWhile his party claimed 3.4 per cent of the election to incumbent national vote, Mr Palmer himself fell well Prime Minister Scott to victory short of the number of votes needed to win Morrison. Veteran politi - Clive Palmer a Senate seat. However, the former senator cian Albo, as he is com - said his campaign was responsible for monly known, was Labor's unexpected defeat. elected unopposed as his “Of course, our Shifty Shorten ads across successor. Australia, I think, have been very success - In his first comments he ful in suppressing the Labor vote,” he told said “people want solu - ABC . tions not arguments, they “After all, the final analysis, we've saved have conflict fatigue, Australia from a trillion dollars of extra some reforms require bi - taxes and cost.” The final week of the elec - partisan support”. He tion campaign saw Mr Palmer and the vowed to rebuild Labor's United Australia Party boost their efforts vote, saying: “I am up for with more anti-Labor advertising. a hard job. I am up for “Bill Shorten wants to tax us an extra tril - hard work.” lion dollars,” Palmer said in one ad. “Tell His deputy leader will be Shifty he's dreaming - put Australia first Richard Marles. and vote on the United Australia Party.” In the new Federal cabi - Meanwhile, after the upset in the nation's net, David Coleman retained his portfolio as ister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, general election, Australia's Labor opposi - Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Mi - Stuart Robert Minister for National Dis - tion has chosen Anthony Albanese as its grant Services and Multicultural Affairs, and abilities Insurance Scheme and Minister for new leader Jason Wood as Assistant Minister for Mul - Government Services and Senator Anne Previous leader Bill Shorten resigned on ticultural Affairs. Ruston for her elevation to Minister for May 18, immediately after conceding the Senator Richard Colbeck is now the Min - Families and Social Services. Labor must embrace

phave notoiced pas I hlavee been aoroundf du r - ftiaon thiat wte haven’t yet focused on”. ing the election campaign and even in the But former western Sydney State Labor Idays since ... how often it has been raised minister David Borger doesn’t believe re - with me that people of faith no longer feel ligion was a huge factor in the results. that progressive politics cares about them,” “People were concerned about policies,” he Labor’s frontbencher Chris Bowen MP said told SBS News . Labor MP Chris Bowen’s while bowing out of the race for the party’s seat of McMahon also recorded one of the leadership. region's worst swings against the party, of “These are people with a social conscience, 5.55 per cent. who want to be included in the progressive That compares to the surprising success movement. We need to tackle this urgently. of the far-right party One Nation in McMa - New Labor leader Anthony Albanese I think this is an issue from the federal elec - hon. One Nation, which wants to curb the nation’s immigration intake, recorded a staggering 8.23 per cent swing in its favour. While visiting Malta Stay at: McMahon is one of the nation’s most di - verse seats with just under half of the elec - torate being born overseas. The Diplomat Hotel, Meanwhile, Fr Frank Brennan SJ, who er Road Sliema was a member of the Ruddock panel to re - 173 Tower Road Sliema port on the Sex Discrimination Act, said he believes Labor would have been less attrac - Emaill: [email protected] tive to some religious people worried about religious freedom in the wake of the same- Tell:: ((00356)) 23497000 sex marriage plebiscite. “Some religious voters thought Morrison a safer pair of hands for tweaking the ex - emptions and for steering a Religious Dis - crimination Act through the Parliament,” he said. Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 17

Confession laws: they could interfere with Catholic faith n a lengthy statement, Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe abusers would SDB warned moves to legislate to force priests to report child come to confession abuse would cause “concern and distress” to many people of to tell of their sins. fIaith, while questioning how the plan would work in practice. “You don’t come to The West Australian revealed the State Government would in - confession unless troduce laws in the second half of the year to force religious offi - you have recog - cials to report child abuse, bringing them into line with health nised the sinful na - workers and teachers. ture of your be- The changes follow haviour, are filled recommendations by with sorrow and Fairfield City tops the child abuse royal shame of it and are for poker machines commission and would determined never to The punters of Fairfield City lost mean priests could be commit such sins $363 million to club poker ma - forced to choose be - again,” he said. He chines last year, more than any other tween state law and the did not say if priests government area in NSW. The re - canon law of Rome would defy the law. port by Liquor and Gaming NSW which forbids any Liberal spokesman Archbishop Timothy Costelloe revealed that loses at clubs contin - breach in the secrecy Nick Goiran said the Opposition supported all recommendations ued a two-year streak where Fair - that comes with confes - of the royal commission but also questioned how the planned field City has lost more to club sion. change to the Act would be enforced. poker than 98 other local govern - Archbishop Costelloe Pell will not appeal his sentence ment areas in NSW. said while everyone un - The Mayor of Fairfield, Frank Car - derstood and supported Cardinal George Pell has been behind bars since February and is bone said the State Government has the intent behind the due to return to court as we go to press to fight his conviction. But allowed Fairfield LGA to have more proposal – to protect he will not be adding an appeal against the six-year prison sentence poker machine than all of Tasmania. children – there was a handed down by County Court Chief Judge Peter Kidd in March. “$1.4 million is lost per day to pok - question as to whether He was ordered to serve at least three years and eight months of ies in the Fairfield LGA, and the it would work. “This is that sentence after being convicted by a jury in December of one median individual income for Fair - clearly a matter of faith charge of sexual penetration of a child and four charges of commit - field is below $400 a week, it is un - and faith is not shared ting an indecent act with or in the presence of a child. Barrister acceptable”. by everyone,” Arch - Robert Richter QC filed an application for appeal in February against According to the data, more money bishop Costelloe said. the conviction, arguing it should be overturned on three grounds. was lost in NSW playing pokies at “To threaten priests The Australian Associated Press confirmed an appeal against popular club Mounties in Mt with prosecution if they the sentence would not be added to that application. An appeal Pritchard. The club had 615 pokie remain faithful to this against the sentence would have to argue the sentence was “man - machines as of December 2018. teaching is to run the ifestly excessive”. Cabra-Vale Diggers ranked fifth for risk of interfering with Specialist appeals barrister Bret Walker SC will run the appeal club poker machines loses in the en - the free practice of the case on June 5 and 6, then three judges will first decide if Cardinal tire state, while City of Fairfield Catholic faith.” Pell should be granted leave to appeal and, if so, the appeal is Memorial Club ranked 15th. Costelloe said it seem- scheduled to be heard over two days. ed unlikely that child Pell’s legal team will first argue the verdicts were “unreasonable” because the jury could not have been satisfied beyond reasonable doubt the Cardinal was guilty, based on the word of the single surviv - ing complainant against “unchallenged excul - patory evidence” of more than 20 prosecution witnesses. They are also set to argue Judge Kidd was mistaken in not allowing the defence to use a video graphic in Mr Richter’s closing ar - guments, which he said would demonstrate the offending was impossible. A third ground claims there was a “funda - mental irregularity” in the trial because Cardinal Pell was not arraigned in front of the chosen jury. If the judges accept the first ground, Car - dinal Pell’s conviction would be over - turned, and he would be released. A new trial could be ordered if they accept the second or third grounds. 18 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019

Afftetr tehe rove rCwhelmoingu succness cin ithel 2 0e19 lections most of Malta Malta European Parliament elections (re - port on page 12), the Labour Party achieved an even bigger victory in the elec - tAion for the Local Council Elections, with an is y‘eaprs agao, thie nLaboture Pardty PL archieeved sym ’- unprecedented 18% (47,116) majority bolic victories in Valletta and Siġġiewi, tradi - (57.6% of the total votes) over the nation - tionally a PN locality, and also won back alist Party, that practically shows that Mosta and San Gwann. It also made very under Joseph Muscat’s leadership Malta significant gains in a number of Labor-lean - is two-thirds Labour. ing areas that had been occupied by Labour. When counting for the Local Council It was the first time since the establish - elections came to a close on Friday, the ment of Local Councils that elections were Labour Party won 47 councils (268 coun - held in all localities simultaneously. Mdina cillors) against the Nationalist Party’s 19 was the only locality where residents were (192 councillors which includes Mdina where not called to vote for their council as only five no election was held). The Independents polled persons, the same number of councillors needed 5,762 votes. to form the council presented themselves. Other - For the second time in five days, as he had done wise, the residents of 35 localities in Malta and 14 in after addressing the LP supporter following the MEPs vic - Gozo were called upon to elect a total of 459 councilors. tory the previous Sunday, Prime Minister appealed one again for This was also the first time that 16-year olds were eligible to unity among the Maltese people. He said, this was a historic vic - vote to elect councilors in their locality. tory that consolidated the MEP results. He thanked the PL can - Also for the first time, citizens of EU member states registered didates and volunteers and referred to the PL's LEAD as living in Malta had a right to vote to elect local council mem - programme, which enticed women to contest elections - saying bers at the locality they live in. Almost 80,000 of such voters were the result proved this had been a success. registered in the local council's electoral registry. For the first time ever, since the start of the Local Councils 25 Picture is map of Malta: Red for LP’ Councils, Blue for NP’s

Ahne namoe Butttighieg ies getrting tBo uttigieg to the fore be very popular, indeed in world politics. We had Anton Buttigieg as President of the Republic Tof Malta (1976-1981), Pete (Peter Paul) Buttigieg an aspiring politician, Mayor of South Bend USA and candidate for the Presidency of the USA, and now the Hon Mark Buttigieg, the new Member of the New South Wales Leg - islative Council. Mark Robert Buttigieg is a politician and a trade unionist. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Australian Labor Party at the 2019 New South Wales state election. Buttigieg was born in Sydney on the June 11, 1966 to Maltese parents Victor and Carmen residing in the Sunder - land Shire who immigrated to Aus - tralia from Malta in the 1950s. His Uncle is John Parmer who had the Spartans Bar in St Geatans Street Hamrun, Malta. He is married to Anna and together they have a son Gerard. Mark's areas Mark Buttigieg of interest include political philosophy and macroeconomics. He also enjoys music, exercise and surfing. Before entering politics, at 15 Mark the Sutherland Shire Council. He holds an arts degree in political sci - began an Electrical Apprenticeship Mark joined the Electrical Trades ence and an economics degree with with the then Sydney County Council Union (ETU) in 1982 and the Aus - first-class honours. He also has a certifi - and later became an electrical systems tralian Labor Party (ALP) in 1993 and cate in electrical engineering and an operator then training manager with has had extensive involvement with electrical trade certificate from TAFE Energy Australia, now Ausgrid. He both the political and industrial wings NSW. He also holds an Arts degree ma - was also an organiser for the NSW of the Labor movement. He stood for joring in political science and an Eco - Branch of the Electrical Trades Union the ALP in the Division of Cook at the nomics degree with first-class honours. of Australia (ETU) and a councillor on 2004 and 2007 Federal Elections. Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 19

Tagħrif dwar il-kitba Maltija u dawk li matul is-sekli ħadmu għall-iżvilupp tal-ilsien Malti Il-ħsieb wara din il-paġna hu biex il-qarrejja, l-aktar dawk il- mitkellem u wkoll miktub. Minbarra li nippubblikaw dak li qed Maltin li jgħixu barra u li kif inhu xieraq jinteressaw ruħhom isir jew sar biex jitkattar l-għarfien għall-Malti, qed inġibu wkoll dwar l-ilsien Malti, jiksbu għarfien ukoll dwar dawk in-nies li il-bijografiji ta’ xi personalitajiet li taw sehemhom fl-oqsma tal- matul iż-żmien taw sehem għall-iżvilupp tal-ilsien Malti, kemm lingwistika u l-letteratura Maltija. Illum: E.B. Vella: l-awtur magħruf għas-sensiela ta’ kotba Ġabra ta’ Ward ost il-qarrejja ta’ dan il-magazine li jel u fost id- qabżu s-60 sena u li fi tfulithom dmirijiet kienu jattendu l-iskejjel elementary tiegħu kellu li F(illum) Primarji f’Malta, żgur li jiftakru fil- jara kif kienu kotba fis-sensiela ‘Ġabra ta’ Ward’ li kienu qegħdin jiġu jsaħħru lill-istudenti żgħar bis-sempliċita` mgħallma tal-ktibiet fihom u li kienu sors importanti għadd ta’ suġ- ta’ tagħlim tal-ilsien Malti. Dawn kienu gė tti, fosthom xogħol Emanuel Benjamin Vella, magħruf l-ilsien Malti. aktar bħala E.B. Vella. Kien imexxi Emanuel twieled il-Mosta fl-20 ta’ Ġunju kors ta’ taħriġ 1898. Kien il-kbir fost seba’ wlied ta’ Kle - fil-Malti ment u Karmela neè Azzopardi. Huwa beda għas-surmas - t-tagħlim tiegħu fl-Iskola Elementari tal- trijiet tal- Gvern fil-Mosta u ta’ età żgħira, flimkien iskejjel u kien ma’ zijuh Dun Ġammarì Azzopardi, kien jorganizza l- imexxi l-ewwel ċentru tad-duttrina Nis - klassijiet ta’ ranija li waqqaf fil-Mosta il-Qaddis Malti, filgħaxija Dun Ġorġ Preca. għall-impje - Wara li temm b’suċċess kors fil-Kulleġġ gati taċ-Ċivil. Kien ukoll jgħallem il-Malti fihom daħħal tagħrif li kien jikseb minn St Mary fl-Ingilterra, ta’ 23 sena, laħaq fil-Liċeo l-Ħamrun jorganizza wkoll korsi - tiftix li jkun għamel hu stess. Fosthom għalliem tal-iskejjel. Kien ukoll l-ewwel jiet filgħaxija fl-Ingliż għal dawk il-Maltin dawn insibu: ‘Ħaż-Żabbar u l-Ġrajja Malti li rnexxielu jikseb il-Board of Edu - li xtaqu jemigraw. tiegħu’ (1926), ‘Iż-Żejtun u Marsaxlokk’ cation Certificate li bih seta’ wkoll jgħallem E.B. Vella kien membru tal-Għaqda tal- (1927), ‘L-Istorja tal-Mosta bil-Knisja fl-iskejjel elementari mal-Imperu kollu In - Kittieba tal-Malti (li minnha tnisslet l- tagħha’ (1930), ‘L-Istorja ta’ Ħal Tarxien u gliż. Huwa studja wkoll l-ilsna orjentali fl- Akkademja tal-Malti) u stampa għadd ta’ ta’ Raħal Ġdid’ (1932) u ‘L-Istorja ta’ Università ta’ Londra. pubblikazzjonijiet bil-Malti. Birkirkara bil-Kolleġġjata tagħha’ (1934). Meta ġie lura Malta, bħala surmast, ngħata Fit-tletinijiet, b’kollaborazzjoni ma-kittieb Kien ta bidu wkoll għall-kitba tal-istorja f’idejh għadd ta’ skejjel elementari, fos - u poeta Għawdxi Ġorġ Pisani, ippubblika tal-Imdina iżda ma laħaqx lestiha. thom ta’ San Pawl il-Baħar, Ħaż-Żabbar, il- sensiela ta’ kotba ta’ qari bil-Malti għal kull E.B. Vella miet qasir il-għomor fl-eta ta’ Birgu u Ħal Tarxien. Wara nħatar sena tal-iskejjel primarji tal-Gvern, bl- 48 sena fit-2 ta’ Mejju 1946, fid-dar tiegħu, Spettur tal-Iskej - isem Ġabra ta’ Ward li damet tintuża fl- biswit il-Knisja tal-Mosta. Kien miżżew- iskejjel sas-snin sittin tas-seklu l-ieħor. weġ lil Priscilla u kien missier ta’ tlett itfal, Minbarra t-tagħlim tal-Malti, E.B. Euphrosyne, Eustace u Reginald, li bħalu, Vella kien jisħaq ukoll dwar it-tagħlim kollha kienu jħobbu wkoll il-mużika. tal-Ingliż b’mod professjonali, tant li Bħalu wkoll, Reġinald kien surmast tal- ppubblika l-ktieb The Teaching of iskejjel tal-istat u awtur, fosthom damma English in Our Primary Schools. ta’ proża bil-Malti. Bħal missieru, miet Kellu ħafna għal qalbu l-istorja ta’ qasir il-għomor fis-sena 1968. Malta u kien jgħin lil Sir Temi Zam - Wara l-mewt ta’ E.B. Vella, il-Poeta Naz - mit fit-tiftix arkeoloġiku, l-aktar fl- zjonali Dun Karm Psaila, ddedikalu sunett, inħawi ta’ madwar raħal twelidu, li fih jiddiskrevih bħala: ‘Malti Tassew! il-Mosta. Malti fil-qalb, ħabbejtha – Lil din l-art ċke - Vella kien ji eħu interess fl-istorja jkna fejn tneħidt tarbija’. ta’ rħula Maltin oħra u kiteb għadd ta’ kotba dwar xi rħula Maltin u (Ħajr lill-Akkademja tal-Malti)

Jgħallmu l-Malti lir-residenti barranin nizjattiva ta’ min ifaħħarha hi dik Kulleġġ Santa Klara u mal-Aġenzija tal-Kunsill Lokali ta’ Tas-Sliema Nazzjonali tal-Litteriżmu. li uża fondi Ewropej biex iwettaq Waqt iċ-ċerimonja tal-għoti taċ-ċerti - Iproġett li jgħin fl-integrazzjoni ta’ fikati lill-istudenti, il-Ministru tal- residenti barranin billi jgħallimhom Edukazzjoni Evarist Bartolo faħħar l-ilsien Malti u dak Ingliż. ix-xogħol li sar u apprezza l-mod kif il- Il-kunsill ħadem flimkien mal- kunsilli qed jisfrutta dawn il-fondi 20 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 Multicultural politicians in Australia PARLIAMENT DIVERSITY Jarni Blakkarly (SBS News) 45th Parliament 46th Parliament 73 women 81 women oliticians often say Australia is the most successful multicultural coun - 73 born overseas 73 born overseas try in the world - but it would seem the country’s growing diversity is failing 8 with a non-European parent 9 with a non-European parent Pto make its mark in the corridors of power. 4 Indigenous Australians 5 Indigenous Australians The newly elected 46th parliament will likely have little more cultural diversity than the previous one, according to fig - ures compiled by the Parliamentary Li - brary and SBS News. The number of MPs born overseas in in the new parliament. Where there has been change, is in the the new parliament is down from 23 in “Parliament is essentially a white number of women who will take their the previous parliament, to 22, across club, it is essentially a white boys club place in parliament, with at least 81 the House of Representatives and Sen - ... The dynamic of change which is women having confirmed to have won ate. While the number of MPs with one sweeping through the Australian com - seats in the Senate or the House of Rep - or more parent resentatives. from a non- This is compared to 73 European female MPs in the previ - background ous parliament. There rose slightly, are 227 seats across both from eight in houses of parliament. the previous The number of Indige - parliament to nous Australians in par - nine in the liament will also likely new one. increase from four to five Some of the with the return of Tas - notable exiting manian Senator Jacqui MPs include Lambie. the Liberal’s During her first stint in Tony Abbott, Parliament, Ms Lambie born in Eng - used her maiden speech land and Lucy From left: Mehreen Faruqi, Dave Sharma, and Penny Wong in 2014 to reveal her family Gichuhi, born in Kenya. As well as munity more widely is very apparent connection to Tasmania’s Indigenous Labor’s Lisa Singh whose parents were at the state level, but the federal level it population. born in Fiji. seems to have been squeezed out,” he Professor Jakubowicz said he believed Some of the newly elected MPs from told SBS News. the Section 44 controversies and dual- diverse backgrounds include Liberal’s The figures on multiculturalism for citizenship concerns may be a barrier Dave Sharma, born in Canada to an In - the 45th Parliament come from the Par - for multicultural Australians who are dian father; the Green’s Mehreen liamentary Library and were accurate thinking about getting into politics. Faruqi, born in Pakistan; and the Lib - as of April 2019. “I think people from ethnically di - eral’s Gladys Liu, born in Hong Kong, Data for the new parliament is com - verse communities who might want to who picked up the closely fought Vic - pared with the previous figures and make a run might be fairly intimidated torian seat of Chisholm. available public biography information by the sorts of hoops needed to jump According to the 2016 census 28.5 per of all new incoming MPs on their offi - through,” he said. cent of Australians were born overseas. cial websites. He also added that until the major While the United Kingdom remains the SBS News has reached out to both the parties change their internal processes largest country of origin within that, Labor and Liberal parties to confirm and begin pre-selecting diverse candi - China and India are in second and the birthplace of several new members dates in winnable seats, little would third place respectively. who haven't mentioned their place of change. UTS sociology professor Andrew birth on their official websites. “The idea is that the parliament rep - Jakubowicz said he wasn’t surprised (Analysis are based on the likely results, resents the range of the Australian peo - parliamentary diversity hasn’t grown with some Senate results still to come) ple … that isn’t happening,” he said.

Zali Steggal Jacquie Lambie Lucy Gichuhi Lisa Singh Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 21 CCoommmmuunniittyy NNeewwss SBSTV explains the channel changes he Voice of the Maltese always channel that will launch on July 1 and change and steps to implement - stands foursquare with the Maltese broadcast hundreds of movies in lan - https://www.sbs.com.au/programs/arti - community. When the SBSTV an - guages other than English. cle/2019/05/02/how-watch-sbs-world- nTounced changes to the popular Maltese All international 'World Watch' news movies-and-sbs-viceland-channels . TV segments on Thursdays and Sundays, services will move from Channel 32 to we told SBSTV that we seem to be al - Channel 31. The broadcast times for the ways on their hit list when it comes to Maltese news will remain the same and MALTESE LANGUAGE changes. After a number of weeks, the the service will still be available via SBS SBS management has responded offi - On Demand. SCHOOL OF NSW cially to our complaints. SBS has been broadcasting ‘on-air’ ad - A Division of the Maltese Community In our issue of May 21 The Voice of the visories at the start and at the end of each Council of NSW Inc. Maltese had already published informa - World Watch bulletin on SBS Viceland to tion regarding the reason for the change prepare audiences for the SBS World of channels. Movies channel. Classes are available for students from Special Broadcasting Service has con - The advisory also points to further in - firmed that we are correct: the SBS Vice - formation on the SBS website: the fol - six years to adults at all levels of ability land audience on Channel 32 is being lowing link includes details of the in the Maltese language. We have advised of the need to switch to SBS tLraineeda anrd enxpe rMiencead telatcheers qeua!li - Viceland on Channel 31 before 17 June. fied in language teaching and with Mal - They do understand our frustration AUSTRALIAN HC on tese study credentials. about the change, but the move is to ac - commodate a new SBS World Movies facebook & twitter Learn the Maltese language, the culture, he Australian High Commission’s in lifestyle, cuisine, traditions and about the Malta has its own Facebook page, amazing history of the island. Community Wheels Inc.: Twhile the High Commissioner has a Twitter account. Connecting you with Both can be accessed by the re aders. Teachers urgently needed your community The High Commission’s Facebook: - Paid positions For more information and enquiries Community Wheels is your local https://www.facebook.com/AusHCMalta/ The Commissioner’s Twitter handle: Phone 9601 2189 or Email: community organisation that pro - [email protected] vides door-to-door transport https://twitter.com/AusHCMalta services to eligible people Supported by the Minister of Education and (+65 yrs old) to: Training and the NSW Community Languages * attend medical appointments Schools Programme. * go shopping (including assist - Please Note Member of the NSW Federation of Community ing clients with shopping bags) Anybody interested in advertis - Language Schools of NSW; * meet a friend for a chat or ing on The Voice of the Maltese Member of the Federation of Maltese Language coffee, and magazine in order to reach the Schools of Australia; *go on bus tours etc. widest audience possible, Supported by 16 Maltese associations affiliated with the MCC of NSW. Available in the Parramatta partcularly among the Maltese The Maltese Language School of NSW is a City Council and parts of Diaspora is requested to write Not-For-Profit organisation. Cumberland Council areas. for information to: For information call: 88681400 [email protected] La Valette Social Centre

La Valette Social Centre Inc. 175 Walters Road, Blacktown Tel. 96225847 Every Thursday: Maltese Respite Care Service 10.15 a.m.: Mass in Maltese in the Main Hall Morning Tea and Lunch, Bingo and Boċċi Everybody is wlecome Our Lady Queen of Peace Band is or - ganising heavily subsidised music les - Every Saturday: Kitchen and Bar open from 5.00 p.m. sons for all ages 8 and up , at any Traditional Maltese cuisine, rabbit, ravioli and pastizzi; Boċċi from level. Lessons will be arranged for 6.00 p.m. Live Dj from 6.00 p.m. small groups or private tuition for Bingo starts at 8.00 p.m. with jackpot from $100 to $500 anyone interestd in learning a DJs Emanuel Grech and Sam Mifsud (alternate Saturdays) concert band instrument with the aim of Last Satu_ra_y_ _of_ m__o_n_th _:_ G_ħ_a_n_a_ N_i_g_ht_ w_i_th_ S_a_v_e_r _B_o_n_a_nn_o_ _and friends becoming a Band Member To register your interest or Saturday : St Francis Chapel: 5.30 p.m. for more information MASS TIMES: Antoine - 0405 233 144 - president@olqpmaltese - Sunday: St Dominic’s Chapel: 9.00 a.m. band.com; Roderick - 9670 2020 - [email protected] 22 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 CCoommmmuunniittyy NNeewwss

On Demand: Ethnic Maltese Council 11am) Il-Ħadd 11.00 am: l-aħħar aħbarijiet minn Malta, mużika, tagħrif, kultura, TTuunnee iinn ttoo avviżi u suġġetti ta’ interess. Radio and UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) Radio and tune in to link: www.unclesamdj.com Television SBS Radio 2 on Channel 38 . Television Programmes can be accessed on - MELBOURNE: on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or line (live or catch up) at: on www.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5-6 sbs.com.au/maltese and via mobile pm, Fridays 5-6 pm and Saturdays To tune into digital radio you need a phone, using the SBS Radio app. 10-11am. receiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tuning in is by station name not fre- For television news from Malta - MELBOURNE: on 98.9 North West quency. Digital radio can also be SBS2 TV 32 ( (Viceland) on Thurs - FM, every Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. heard via digital TV. days and Sundays at 8am. and Mondays 7.00 to 8.00pm. Pre - VIVA MALTA senter: Emmanuel Brincat. SBS MALTESE NEWS: L-Aħbarijiet on COAST FM 96.3 on SBSTV twice a week nationwide; Community Radio in Gosford Cen - MELBOURNE: STEREO 974 Sunday 8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32) tral Coast NSW. Aired on Thursdays (93180930): 97.4FM Wed (Maltese Thursdays at 8.00 am on SBSTV32. every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm. Magazine) & Thursday (Merħba): Presenter: Nathalie Gatt. 6.00pm to 8.00 pm Co-ordinator – SYDNEY: listen to the MCC radio Web streaming: Ray Anastasi programmes on 2GLF FM 89.3. www.coastfm.org.au Isma’ l-programm tar-radju bil-Malti On SBS Radio mill-Kunsill Malti ta’ NSW minn fuq l- BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Day Time Analogue and Digital istazzjon 2GLF 89.3FM. Programme on 4EB on Tuesdays Tuesdays and Fridays: 12:00-13:00 (Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On Demand minn 6.00 -8.15am; Sundays 4.15pm to 97.7fm SBS 2. fuq l-Internet: www.893fm.com.au ) 5.15pm

L-MCCV qed jilqa’ Maltese Seniors Social Welfare Day Groups applikazzjonijiet Fairfield Active Maltese Seniors month at the Llandilo Community Hall, għal għalliem/a Meets on the last Tuesday of the Month. Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm. Group meets in Parish Hall, cnr of Stella tal-ilsien Malti Street & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heights at Maltese of Bankstown Min japplika jrid ikollu 10 am. Group meets 3rd Wednesday of month in the Bankstown CBD area. għarfien sew tal-Malti, Maltese Seniors Central Coast Every other 3rd Thursday an outing. miktub u mitkellem. Have to contact our Welfare Officer for Enquiries call: Sam 9534 2357 Dan xogħol volontarju (bla ħlas) . an appointment. For all information and Min hu interessat jibgħat l- referral matters call Censina Cefai: 02 Greystanes Maltese Seniors applikazzjoni bid-dettalji 439 000 12 or 0414 267 652 Meets on the second Monday of each month at the George Preca Centre of akkademiċi lil: Daceyville Maltese Seniors OLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road, [email protected] Meets the last Wednesday of the mon- Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon Għal tagħrif ieħor ċemplu fuq th in the Meeting Room One, No. 3 Gen - 0412 115 919 . Ħalli nnumru eral Bridges Crescent, Daceyville. The Sutherland & St George tat-telefon u nċemplulek lura. Note : The Groups also arrange regular Bus Trips Maltese Group Join us and make new friends. Meets every First Wednesday of the Month from 10:00am-1:00pm. Merrylands Social Maltese Seniors Meetings/Get Togethers are interest - Saint Nicholas Meets every second Friday of the ing, informative & entertaining, so month: Miller Room, Memorial Av - come Join us and make new Friends Festa Committee enue Merrylands from 10.30am to For more information contact our Co - Main events for 2019 12.30 am ordinator: Sunday June 30: L-Imnarja Llandilo Maltese Seniors Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02) 9501 Sunday October 20: Fete Meets on the first Wednesday of each 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298 . Saturday Nov. 9: Dinner Dance *(All Groups are co-ordinated by The Maltese Community Council of NSW) with a Sunday December 1: Feast sponsorship from Multicultural NSW. Please contact the MCC Welfare Officer: Marisa Events are held at the Good Shepherd Previtera JP on 0414 863 123. The MCC offices are at 59b Franklin Street (corner parish hall, 130-136 Hyatts Road, with Young St) Parramatta West NSW (next to West Parramatta Primary School). Plumpton NSW Tuesday June 4, 2019 The Voice of the Maltese 23 SSppoorrttss oonn 22 ppaaggeess Hibs’ defender named Footballer of the Year ibernians and Malta who will be stepping down at international de - the end of his current term in fender Andrei a few days’ time. He has held HAgius has won the 2018/19 the position since 2010. MFA Footballer of the Year Others to be honoured on the Award for his achievements night included the Birkirkara and consistency throughout midfielder Matthew Guillau - the Football season. He mier, named Best Young won the prestigious award Player, and Haley Bugeja ahead of a stiff challenge who also won three awards – from Valletta trio Steve Women’s League Best Player, Borg, Henry Bonello and U-19 Women’s League Best Rowen Muscat, and Hibs’ Player and top scorer of the teammate Jack Grech. senior women’s league. Agius emerged on top in a Hibernians’ coach Stefano poll among coaches, cap - Sanderra was the Best Coach tains and officials of the 14 and while Valletta’s Miguel BOV Premier League Angel Alba Best Foreign teams, coaches of the Malta Player of 2018/19. FA Technical Centre and a panel of football journal - ists. Cyclist Alex Smyth He was presented with the repeats success award at 2019 MFA Awards by outgoing MFA president altese-Australian cyclist Andrei Agius being presented with the 2018/19 Footballer of Norman Darmanin Demajo Alexander James Smyth the Year award by MFA President Norman Darmanin Demajo (MCarnegie Caulfield CC) re - peated his success in the Malta Cycling Federation Two tough games for Malta in Euro 2020 Road Race national champi - alta will be playing the next two matches in matches, national coach Ray ‘Zazu’ Farrugia dmit - onship when he won the sec - Group F of the Euro 2020 qualifying cam - ted that the next matches are difficul but pointed out ond round of the Elite Mpaign in a few days’ time. On June 7 the national that Malta needs to keep moving forward. category on the Ta’ Pinellu team will travel to Sweden and three days later He said that both Sweden and Romania are strong circuit on Sunday May 26. (June 10) hosts Romania. The latter match will be teams entertaining high hopes of challenging for He finished the seven laps the only time the two nations would have met. qualification to next year’s European championship. (42 km) in 01:21.44, ahead of Currently Malta has faced two teams in the 2020 Farrugia is relying on most of the players who Alessio Galluppo (Agones competition starting with a 2-1 home victory over were part of the squad for the opening qualifiers. SFC) and Christian Formosa Faroe Islands and then following with a resilient Malta's next opponents Sweden have beaten Ro - (The Cyclist CC) and now performance in a 2-0 home defeat against Spain. mania and drawn with Norway and have four leads the overall classification As he prepared the squad for the upcoming points. Romania have three. with a maximum 400 points. Kevin Muscat quits Melbourne Victory fter 14 years as a player, assistant a time of celebration. Celebrating coach and coach, Kevin Muscat what we've built together, cele - has announced he has quit Mel - brating what we've achieved to - bAourne Victoria. His departure follows the gether, celebrating 14 strong team's high-profile losses in the Asian years together, and also the suc - Champions League (ACL), and last cess that we've made together.” Wednesday’s home loss by 3-1 to San - Kevin Muscat arrived at the club frecce Hiroshima. in 2005, setting the tone for Vic - Fighting back tears as he confirmed his tory's participation in the A- departure, Melbourne Victory’s founda - League. No club has won more tion captain and longest-serving coach, titles than Victory, although arch said that his, was not a decision made foes Sydney FC matched their overnight or taken lightly. haul of four championships a fort - He said, “I believe the time is right for night ago when they defeated me to refresh and, in time, seek a new op - Perth Glory in the grand final. portunity after giving everything I've got As a player Muscat took the emotionally and physically to Melbourne Victory to a premiership, two Victory over the last 14 years." championships, in 2007 and Kevin Muscat announcing his de - Wiping away tears, as he was bringing 2009, and the team's first FFA parture from Melbourne Victory his 14-year association with the club to an Cup title and masterminded the 2015 and said the club and Muscat had both agreed end, Muscat said, “Although this is an 2018 triumphs as coach. it was "the right time for the true club leg - emotional time, I'd like to look upon it as Melbourne Victory CEO Trent Jacobs end and the club to part ways". 24 The Voice of the Maltese Tuesday June 4, 2019 SSppoorrttss oonn 22 ppaaggeess Games of the Small States of Europe Montenegro 2019 Malta return with 27 medals (six gold); two less than 2017 he 18th edition of the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) wrapped up in Budva, Montenegro on STaturday with Malta totaling 27 medals, two short of the last edition two years but two more gold than in San Marino. Malta ended up with six gold medals 12 sil - ver and nine bronze. The most successful athletes were athletes Lisa Marie Bezzina – who was given the ho - nour to be flag-bearer in the closing cere - mony on Saturday – and Maltese-Australian Jordan Gusman. They each won two gold medals, in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres; Gus - man also won silver in the in the1500m. It is the first time that Malta has two gold medals in long-distance running. Two shooters, Eleanor Bezzina in the Air Pistol 10m, and Gianluca Chetcuti in double trap won the other gold. Shooter Gianluca Chetcuti retained the gold Liza Marie Bezzina Jordan Gusman medal in the double trap that he had won in gold (two each by Bezzina and Gusman, to win any this time. Beach volley and Table the San Marino Games. Wiliam Chetcuti three silver through Azzopardi, Gusman and Tennis also returned to Malta empty-handed. won two silver, one by finishing second to Ian Paul Grech, and three bronze, won by Athlete Charlotte Wingfield who won two Gianluca in double trap, and in the trap Paula Grech, Ian Paul Grech and Damien gold in San Marino returned home empty- event. It was William’s fifth medal in double Mizzi. handed. trap in GSSE games. His total is three gold The swimmers also claimed 10 medals, and two silver. three more than in the previous Games. An - State League 1 North-West Triple jumpers Paul Grech and Claire Az - drew Chetcuti won three, all silver. The girls zopardi won silver in their respective cate - won four, two by Alexandra Mcgonigle and Unlucky loss for George Cross gories. Elaine Genovese and Francesca Maya Azzopardi, and two in the relays. N. Sunshine Eagles 4 CS George Cross 2 Curmi won the silver in the doubles event in Malta competed in eight disciplines, win - he cards were certainly not fall in the Tennis. Genovese also won bronze in the ning medals in five. The disappointments Georgie’s favour after a 4-2 away loss. Singles. were in Basketball, where the Maltese girls, FTollowing a turbulent week that saw a In athletics, Malta won 10 medals - four gold medallists in the previous Games failed coaching change and the loss of several players, the Georgies conceded after only four minutes through an own goal. The Ea - Goalkeeper rescues point for Green Gully gles made it 2-0 from a penalty. George Sle - fendorfas got one back before the break, but NPL Vic Men Heidelberg 1 Green Gully 1 Green Gully 2 Altona Magic 4 fter a scoreless first half dominated by *Green Gully suffered a home defeat hey the hosts again converted a penalty for 3-1. Green Gully, it was the home team did not look likely to lose after leading for Francesco Stella revived the Georgie’s HAeidelberg that took the lead in 60th most of the time. They had the majority of hopes on 60 minutes for 3-2, but the Eagles minute when Tom Cahill scored. Earlier in the play in the first half and took a deserved wrapped it up with a fourth goal. the second half a Nick Kalmar effort for 40th minute lead from an Alex Salmon. CS George Cross 1 Whittlesea Utd 1 Gully struck the crossbar. It took Gully They held the advantage until the 70th *The three-game losing streak came to an until the 83 minute to draw level through minute when they conceded the equaliser. end for George Cross following this one-all Teeboy Kamara. Goalkeeper Jerrard Tyson Six minutes later Altona took the lead but draw against Whittlesea United. This was a saved a penalty and again came to the res - Gully drew level from a Salmon penalty in very good game of football with plenty of cue late on to rescue a well-deserved the 80th minute. The visitors finished the good football, but the game will be over- point for the Greens game the stronger and scored two more. shadowed by two unfortunate incidents. The first when the Georgies winger Do - NPL 3 NSW It’s now 10 de feats from 13 for Parramatta Eagles minic Swinton suffered a broken arm. The second involved an all-in player skirmish Camden Tigers 2 Parramatta Eagles 1 Parramatta FC 1 Bankstown U FC 2 close to the player’s benches. George Cross his was Parramatta Eagles’ 10th defeat fin *Parramatta suffered another home defeat. led 1-0 at half time with a wonder goal from 13 outings. The defeat leaves them three They conceded after only 11 minutes and then 40 meters out by Francesco Stella. Whittle - Tpoints above the bottom team.Victor Anyimba Bankstown doubled their lead on 66 minutes. sea levelled 20 minutes into the second half scored their goal on 38 minutes, after the hosts Justin Micallef reduced the deficit but luck and though the visitors looked the more had taken the lead. Before half time the Tigers was not on their side when they struck the threatening George Cross held out for a scored what proved to be the winner. crossbar in the 90th minute. share f the points.