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No backlog as courts
grant 817 divorces
within 19 months
V-18 chairman
staying at the
helm of One TV
» See Page 3
» See Page 44
Moving
monti is
a ‘threat’
to city’s
image
Let the
Games
begin
Patrick Cooke
Valletta’s image is under “serious
threat” from the relocation of the
monti to a site near the capital’s
entrance, according to mayor
Alexiei Dingli.
Dr Dingli told Times of Malta
that he learnt of the plan from
open-market hawkers themselves,
who told him “a few weeks ago”
that it was an electoral promise.
He strongly opposes the decision and the local council has
not been consulted about it.
Dancers at the opening ceremony of the 15th Games of the Small States of Europe, at which Malta’s
basketball captain Josephine Grima (inset) proudly carried the nation’s flag. Photos: Matthew
Mirabelli » See also pages 40, 41
Brussels says Malta
must cut spending
Ivan Camilleri
The European Commission will be asking the
Government to lower its spending, particularly
by introducing concrete health and pension
reforms to rein in its growing deficit.
Commission sources told Times of Malta that
EU Commissioners are tomorrow expected to
approve a decision to recommend the start of
another Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP)
against Malta, a few months after the island was
let off the hook over its government finances.
In 2009, after exceeding the three per cent
deficit threshold allowed by EU rules, the Commission had started an EDP against Malta. This
was closed last year after the Commission
made sure the island had come into line.
Following the Commission’s recommendation, which will have to be backed by EU
finance ministers later this year, Malta must
present the EU with plans on how to bring
down its deficit beneath three per cent of GDP
(the country’s economic output).
Tomorrow, the Commission is also expected
to publish specific economic recommendations
to be followed by Malta in the coming months.
The sources said the Maltese plan should
include lower spending in certain areas and the
“EU Commissioners
tomorrow expected to
approve start of another
Excessive Deficit Procedure
against Malta”
Commission will have the right to instruct the
Government to revise its plans if its projections
are unconvincing.
“This EDP for Malta this time round will be
different from the ones in the past as the EU has
now introduced stricter surveillance measures,
which can be accompanied by sanctions if a
“Mayor was told
a few weeks ago it
was an electoral
promise”
country ignores the Commission’s recommendations,” an EU official told Times of Malta.
Government officials and the Commission
have been in technical negotiations in the past
weeks as Malta lobbied to avoid intervention
by Brussels.
However, as Malta exceeded the deficit
threshold last year and according to EU projections will do the same this year, the source said
the Commission will continue with its plan.
“Maltese officials argued that the Government will be able to lower its deficit this year.
“However, we prefer to see this happening
first and that is why we decided to move on
with our action,” the source said.
According to the Budget for 2012, Malta had
projected it would reduce the deficit to 2.7 per
cent of GDP.
However, following the change in government, the new Finance Minister Edward Scicluna announced he had to revise the budget
for 2013 as Malta had effectively overshot its
An understanding was struck
between the hawkers and the
Labour Party before the March 9
general election to relocate the
market from Merchants’ Street to
Ordnance Street.
Critics claim the market would
be an unsightly addition to the
entrance of the baroque capital,
which will be European Capital of
Culture in 2018.
The stalls mainly sell cheap
clothing, leather goods and knickknacks, which some opponents
dismiss as largely unwanted tat.
The City Gate entrance is in the
process of being transformed,
with a Renzo Piano-designed
parliament building and open-air
theatre under construction.
Dr Dingli expressed concern
about the impression the monti
would give when important foreign
delegations visited Parliament.
He was also worried about
security threats associated with
having stalls so close to the House
of Representatives.
The proposal will impact the
council’s plans to open Ordnance
Street to vehicles to improve
access to the Hastings Garden
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TIMES OF MALTA
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
National
In this issue
Shaken baby
accused bailed
National
International
Migrant spending
Malta will continue
classifying spending on
refugees and irregular
migrants at home as overseas
development aid, the Foreign
Ministry has said. » Page 4
Waylon Johnston
Baghdad bombings
More than 70 people were
killed in a wave of bombings
in markets in Shi’ite
neighbourhoods across
Baghdad yesterday in
worsening sectarian violence
in Iraq. » Page 10
PN target
The PN has set as a target the
election of three MEPs next
May, Nationalist Party leader
Simon Busuttil said yesterday
as he went into his first formal
meeting with the party’s two
newly elected deputy leaders.
» Page 4
Syria fighting
Heavy fighting raged around
the strategic Syrian border
town of Qusair and Damascus
yesterday and further reports
surfaced of chemical
weapons attacks. » Page 11
London protests
Supporters of the English
Defence League marched
through central London
yesterday as they chanted
“Muslim killers off our
streets”. » Page 12
‘Bigamist’ cleared
Isle of MTV
British superstar Jessie J is the
latest addition to the line-up
for Isle of MTV, the free music
extravaganza taking place on
June 26. » Page 6
Trade not charity
Africa needs trade, not
charity, according to Richard
Ebejer, a Salesian priest who
left Malta for the world’s
second-largest continent
nearly 10 years ago to deal
with the immigration issue at
its roots. » Page 8
Military service
Israeli PM Benjamin
Netanyahu’s main coalition
partner has threatened to quit
over a row related to military
draft exemptions for Jewish
seminary students.
» Page 13
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14, 17
Television/Radio
28-30
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15
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Weather
25
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35
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36
Crossword
24
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A Nigerian footballer accused of
trying to kill his partner’s 14month-old boy was yesterday
granted bail but cannot afford
the deposit and will remain
under arrest until he can.
Akande Williams, 23, was
granted bail against a deposit of
€5,000 and a personal guarantee
of €15,000 and placed on a curfew, as is standard procedure.
He is also not allowed to leave
Gozo, where he lives, except to
come to court.
Mr Williams, who plays
for Mqabba, is pleading not
guilty to trying to kill Maleek
Olowoshile on April 15 at
the Mellieħa apartment he
had shared with the child’s
mother, Abiola.
The boy has permanent brain
damage after suffering from
shaken baby syndrome, the
court heard in a previous sitting.
Before the hearing yesterday,
Mr Justice Lawrence Quintano
was informed that Mr Williams’s
lawyer, Joseph Ellis, was abroad
and could not attend but had
filed written submissions.
Lawyer Maurizio Cordina,
from the Attorney General’s
Office, said that while he was not
objecting to bail being granted,
stringent conditions had to be
laid down to reflect the severity
of the charges.
He highlighted the fact that
the case was over the attempted
murder of a baby, before adding
the Attorney General would be
satisfied with a €5,000 deposit
and for Mr Williams to sign twice
a day at his local police station.
In reading out the written submissions by Dr Ellis, the judge
noted that the accused had said
he could not afford to pay the
bail deposit.
Asked if he wanted to add anything to this, Mr Williams said
his partner was pregnant and
could not help him out with
such a large sum.
He will remain under arrest
until someone comes forward to
pay the amount.
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A Filipino woman who claimed her former husband was dead before she married a Maltese man
was yesterday acquitted of bigamy charges but the
mystery of whether he is still alive lingers on.
Evangeline Cauchi, 57, of St Paul’s Bay, had
come to Malta in 2000 after being separated from
her husband, Francesco Hernandez, in 1994, the
court heard.
Before marrying Ronald Cauchi, she presented
a certificate of death for Mr Hernandez in 2002 but
the director of the public registry received an
anonymous letter alleging he was still alive.
However, Magistrate Audrey Demicoli yesterday
noted the police failed to prove Mr Hernandez was
indeed alive or that Ms Cauchi knew this.
The prosecution did not charge the accused with
falsifying the death certificate and there was no
proof to suggest it was falsified.
The magistrate also noted that the police did not
file any letters of request to the Philippines asking
them to certify that Mr Hernandez was alive.
Akande Williams
‘Genitals stabbed’
during fidelity row
A woman stabbed her partner in the genitals after
he hit her in the face in an argument over whether
she was cheating on him, a court heard.
Carmen Meilak, 44, from Marsa, was yesterday
charged with trying to kill Alfred Farrugia and
causing him serious injuries.
The two were having an argument outside their
home in Racecourse Street in Marsa on Saturday
evening and he was convinced she was cheating
on him, sources said. As the exchange got more
heated, he allegedly hit her.
She ran into the house and emerged moments
later with a knife, allegedly stabbing him in the
genitals and left arm, the sources said. He grabbed
a piece of wood and hit her again.
Mr Farrugia’s injuries are serious but not critical.
Magistrate Miriam Hayman granted Ms Meilak bail
against a personal guarantee of €10,000 and ordered
that she does not go near Marsa or her partner.
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National
It has been two years since the people voted ‘yes’ in a national referendum
No backlog as courts
approve 817 divorces
Kurt Sansone
The courts have granted 817 divorces, leaving almost no backlog, since the law came
into force 19 months ago, Times of Malta
has learnt.
Figures supplied by the National Security
Ministry, responsible for the public registry,
show that 820 divorce cases were filed
between October 2011 and last week.
Alex Sciberras, a lawyer, said the fast turnaround was a result of the first wave of
divorce applications by individuals who
were long separated.
“When one considers the
number of separations
granted by our courts in
the past, the number of
divorce applications is
actually very low”
“The vast majority of divorce applications
were by legally separated individuals and so
the courts did not have to decide on the separation of assets because this would have
already been settled,” Dr Sciberras said.
He explained that in these cases it normally took the courts just one sitting to grant
a divorce.
Couples can obtain a divorce after four
years of being legally separated or living
apart and it is within this context that Dr
Sciberras believes the number of divorce
applications is “very low”.
“When one considers the number of separations granted by our courts in the past,
which gives those people an easy route to
divorce, the number of applications is
actually very low,” Dr Sciberras said.
Couples can obtain a divorce after four years of being legally separated or living apart. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
The 2005 census had found there were
more than 11,000 separated and divorced
individuals. The figure from the 2010 census
is not yet available but it is very likely to have
gone up.
Divorce became law in October 2011 after
Parliament approved a law originally submitted by former Nationalist MP Jeffrey
Pullicino Orlando a year earlier.
Parliamentary approval came on the back
of a referendum that delivered a ‘yes’ vote
for divorce.
The referendum was held two years ago
to the date and 53 per cent of the electorate
gave divorce the thumbs up after an acrimonious campaign.
Malta had been the only country apart from
The Philippines not to have divorce legislation
even though divorces obtained abroad were
recognised by the State. Chile had been the
last country to legalise divorce in 2004.
The figures show that in the first three
months of divorce legislation, between
October and December 2011, 222 divorce
cases were filed and the courts decided 216.
In 2012, after a full year, the courts
received 443 applications and decided 438.
This year so far the courts have received 155
applications and awarded 163 divorces, cutting the backlog down to just three cases.
The situation is expected to change over
time when the courts start to receive applications from couples who will have been
living apart for four years, according to
Dr Sciberras.
“At that stage it will become trickier. The
courts will have to decide on the separation
of assets unless the couple are in agreement, and will have to determine whether
the four years of living apart have been satisfied before granting a divorce,” he added.
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Chris Said runs for PN general secretary
Kurt Sansone
Chris Said
Chris Said has thrown his hat into
the ring to become the Nationalist
Party’s next general secretary.
The Gozitan MP and former
justice minister said he wanted to
be part of the PN’s renewal after
submitting his nomination for the
post yesterday.
Dr Said was the first executive
member to submit his nomination and it is unclear whether he
will have any challengers.
Incumbent Paul Borg Olivier
will not recontest and the only
other person to have publicly
declared his intention to contest
the post, Lija mayor Ian Castaldi
Paris, did not even stand in the
election for the party executive.
This means he cannot run for
general secretary.
Soon after the March election,
Dr Castaldi Paris gave an interview in which he criticised the
outgoing PN administration and
declared his intention to contest
the general secretary post.
Contacted yesterday, the
notary justified his decision to go
back on his declaration.
“I want to concentrate on my
profession for the time being,” he
said, adding he was available if
the party wanted to use him
somewhere else.
“I am ready to
expend a lot of
energy to help
the PN win back
people’s trust”
On June 5 members of the executive must select six officials. Contestants for the posts have to be
members of the executive.
The most coveted vacancy is
general secretary, a post that will
give the newcomer an immediate
headache as the PN faces serious
financial problems.
Dr Said acknowledged the
problem was a major challenge
and added it was already being
tackled by the new leadership.
“To have a good organisation,
it is important to have our house
in order.”
He said the first important
thing was to re-organise the party
structures and open them up to
more volunteers, and then reach
out to civil society.
“It will take a lot of hard work
but I am ready to expend a lot of
energy to help the PN win back
people’s trust with the aim
of winning the next election,”
he said.
The other vacant posts are:
executive president, administrative president, treasurer, international secretary and assistant general secretary.
Nominations for the posts close
on Thursday.
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National
Migrant spending is
still classified as aid
Patrick Cooke
Malta will continue classifying
spending on refugees and irregular migrants at home as overseas
development aid, the Foreign
Ministry said.
In response to a recent Times of
Malta editorial on transparency
in aid spending, a spokesman
pointed out that the country
abides by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development rules on aid spending, even
though it is not an OECD member.
“Temporary assistance to
refugees from developing countries arriving in donor countries
is reportable as ODA (overseas
development assistance) during
the first 12 months of stay,
and all costs associated with
eventual repatriation to the
developing country of origin are
also reportable,” according to
the OECD.
The NGO Kopin issued a
national report on poverty eradication recently, in which it said
ODA should not be inflated by
adding the costs of housing
refugees, especially not by financing prophylaxis detention.
The study made particular
reference to the 2012 Aid Watch
report, which claimed Malta could
have inflated its development
aid to poorer countries by 28
per cent in 2011 by factoring in
money it spends on asylum
seekers at home.
Malta received roughly €18 million a year in EU funds to help with
asylum, immigration and border
control. Kopin said this should be
fully used for this purpose, with a
separate aid budget to be invested
directly in developing countries.
Under the previous administration, Malta had committed itself to
spending 0.33 per cent of gross
Malta received roughly €18 million a year in EU funds to help with asylum, immigration and border
control. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
national income (GNI) on ODA in
2015. The country reported that it
spent €14.3 million, or 0.23 per cent
of GNI, on overseas aid in 2012.
In a Foreign Affairs Committee
meeting last Wednesday, Foreign
Minister George Vella said the
Government will do all it can to
reach the target of spending 0.33
per cent of gross national income
on ODA by 2015.
The minister also reiterated the
Government’s intention to have
full transparency in the distribution of funds through ODA.
He said he will be insisting
that all NGOs who receive
ODA
funding
from
the
Government must be registered
with the NGO Commissioner
so that all the money was
accounted for.
Some such NGOs have been
reluctant to register in the past,
the minister claimed.
Malta’s ODA expenditure is
divided into multilateral and
bilateral assistance to the tune
of 37/63 per cent, the Foreign
Ministry said.
Multilateral aid is delivered
through the UN, EU and
other international development organisations.
Malta’s bilateral assistance
focuses on low income countries,
primarily in the fields of health,
education and gender equality. Bilateral assistance is also given
to countries that experience natural and man-made disasters.
“The remainder is expensed on
the wellbeing and integration of
irregular migrants and refugees
in Malta,” the spokesman said.
PN targets three MEPs next year
Ivan Camilleri
The PN has set as a target the
election of three MEPs next May,
Nationalist Party leader Simon
Busuttil said yesterday as he went
into his first formal meeting with
the party’s two newly elected
deputy leaders.
“It would be very
presumptions
of me to expect the
PN can turn a
36,000 vote deficit
into a majority in
just a year”
Addressing the media before
meeting Mario de Marco and
Beppe Fenech Adami, deputy
leaders for party and parliamentary affairs respectively, Dr
PN leader Simon Busuttil, centre, with his deputies Mario de Marco
and Beppe Fenech Adami yesterday. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Busuttil said that, following the
electoral defeat, the PN had
many hurdles to overcome.
These were both internal and
on a national level.
The election of a new general
secretary next week should put the
PN in a position to start a fresh
page with a new generation of
leadership, he said.
The European Parliament election in May would mark the first
electoral test for the PN in opposition and the party would do
its utmost to elect its third MEP
for the first time.
Despite the PN being the party
that made EU membership possible, the PL has always managed to
elect more MEPs than the PN
since 2004.
Replying to questions on
whether the PN was expecting to
win a majority of votes next year,
Dr Busuttil said three seats would
not necessarily translate into a
majority of votes.
“It would be very presumptions
of me to expect that the PN can
turn a 36,000 vote deficit into a
majority in just a year.
“That would be quite an
achievement of the new leadership,” Dr Busuttil said jokingly.
He expects the report on the
electoral defeat to be presented
to the party later this week.
While the main conclusions
would be published, he said, the
party would have to decide on the
extent of commercial information
the report will include prior to its
media release.
A general council will discuss
the report at the beginning
of June.
Increased
scrutiny
by Brussels
« Continued from page 1
projections and ended the year
with a deficit of 3.3 per cent.
As a consequence, Prof. Scicluna
said the Government would not be
able to lower the deficit to 1.7 per
cent, as projected by the previous
administration for 2013, but
instead would increase the deficit
to 2.7 per cent.
In its spring economic forecasts
issued last month, the Commission
said the Maltese deficit projections
for this year were on the optimistic
side and calculated a deficit of 3.7
per cent for 2013 – one per cent
more than Malta’s revised figures.
During his Budget speech, Prof.
Scicluna said he was confident the
Commission could be convinced
this was a small slip-up and that no
EDP would be issued.
However, according to EU officials, Malta’s figures were not seen
as convincing enough by Brussels.
Former finance minister Tonio
Fenech had repeatedly warned the
Government not to take the possibility of EDP lightly and argued it
was still in time to avoid this if it
presented a mini-budget and
reviewed its spending.
According to rules coming into
force this week, known as ‘Twin
Pack’, the Commission will have
increased powers to monitor the
budgets of member states.
Countries facing EDPs must regularly provide further information
to the Commission on the measures taken to correct their excessive deficit.
The Commission will now also
have the power to conclude that a
member state must take further
measures to review their plans.
In cases where the Commission
is not satisfied with the progress
achieved, it has the right to recommend further corrective measures
and put together a macro-economic adjustment programme.
Tomorrow, the Commission is
also expected to publish specific
economic recommendations
that Malta must follow in the
coming months.
Investment
firm hit by
legal action
A couple yesterday filed a judicial
letter against All Invest Company
Limited and one of its employees,
Joseph Muscat, claiming they were
sold a financial product that failed
and cost them a lot of money.
Jeffrey and Romina Vella said
that on October 20, 2008 they were
sold a product, “Arm Asset Income
Plan – Five Years”, whose capital
was guaranteed by Mr Muscat.
The couple said they do not have
a high level of education and should
not have been sold a product that
exposed them to a risky venture.
They made the investment after
Mr Vella was given a €23,000 golden
handshake from the Drydocks.
Despite assurances from Mr Muscat, it became evident there was a
serious problem. They are now
seeking legal redress for compensation, represented by lawyers Stefano
Filletti and Jennifer Shaw.
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National
Gozo ferry terminal is officially opened after 15 long years in the making
Project Labour conceived
...and finally gave birth to
Kristina Chetcuti
After 15 years and €12 million, the
Ċirkewwa terminal for the Gozo ferry was
finally declared officially open yesterday,
in a project that started and ended under
different Labour administrations.
The first application for the building was
submitted in 1997 by a Labour government
but over the years the project was characterised by a series of stops and starts.
Addressing the press in front of the terminal, Infrastructure Minister Joe Mizzi
said that after the election, he took it upon
himself to give it priority.
“In a couple of months we took the
project really seriously; we had a look at the
shortcomings; we allocated people to work
on the tasks at hand and here we are today:
it’s completed.”
The extendible arm, which enables passengers to embark and disembark directly
from the ferries’ passenger decks – similar to
the Mġarr terminal in Gozo – had been operational since the end of March on a trial basis.
Mr Mizzi said the only works still underway were on one of the quays, where
dredging was still taking place.
The new facilities, co-funded by the EU
to the tune of €10 million, include some
170 parking spaces, 210 spaces in the marshalling area for queuing cars and an elevated gangway for passengers boarding the
ferry using the link spans.
The operation and maintenance of the
terminal has now been passed on to
Gozo Channel.
“It’s fully operational now and we only
need to take care of some minor details,”
company chairman Joe Cordina said.
Transport Malta will be responsible for
the public transport area, the parking
areas and the south quay, which is
undergoing maintenance work due to
storm damage.
Gozo Minister Anton Refalo went over
the history of the terminal project and
compared it to a ‘saga’.
“Every beginning has an end,” he said,
highlighting the importance of this project
for Gozitans.
“For Gozitan workers and students, saving a few minutes means a lot.
“This terminal has the potential to
increase the number of passengers by two
per cent. God willing, this project will be
a boost for Gozo,” said Dr Refalo.
The extendable arm allows foot passengers
to embark and disembark directly from
ferry decks. Photos: Darrin Zammit Lupi
What’s in the pipeline?
Gozo Channel thieves sacked
Gozo Minister Anton Refalo said discussions on issuing expressions
of interest in a number of projects were being held and the private
sector had already shown interest in:
■ Swift sea transport between Malta and Gozo as well as between
Gozo and Sicily.
■ Cruise liner terminal and Gozo yacht marina.
■ Possibility of air transport between Malta and Gozo.
The 10 Gozo Channel employees
convicted of pilfering money over
six years have lost their jobs,
chairman Joe Cordina said.
He would not confirm the
amount believed to have been
stolen but said it was “huge”.
Gozo Channel had no immediate plans to outsource the ferry
cafeterias, although the matter
was a subject of discussion.
“I believe if properly managed
they are a good source of income
for the company,” he added.
Lawyer’s alleged killer is denied bail
Waylon Johnston
Nizar El Gadi.
The Libyan man charged with
killing his estranged wife, the lawyer
Margaret Mifsud, was yesterday
denied bail after spending 10
months in custody.
His defence counsel, Martin
Testaferrata Moroni Viani, argued
that it was his client’s right to be
granted bail but the lawyer from
the Attorney General’s Office, Beryl
Buttigieg, objected to his release.
The accused, 34-year-old Nizar
El Gadi, stands charged with murdering 31-year-old Dr Mifsud, who
had two children with him.
She was found dead in her
Mitsubishi Sirion on April 19 last
year after spending the previous
evening with friends at a
restaurant in Xemxija.
There were no signs of violence
on her body except for blood that
had trickled out of her nose and
mouth, the court heard in a
previous sitting.
On the other hand, Mr El Gadi’s
DNA was found under Dr Mifsud’s
fingernails and on a tissue on her
car’s back seat, along with traces of
her blood and lipstick.
In the bail hearing yesterday,
Police Inspector Keith Arnaud, who
investigated and is prosecuting in
the case, testified about Mr El
Gadi’s credibility, saying he had
been threatened and harassed by
him during the investigation.
He said that on the way to court
the accused had harassed both him
and another officer but as soon as
they reached the court building Mr
El Gadi’s attitude changed completely and he acted normally.
Under cross examination,
Inspector Arnaud confirmed that
Mr El Gadi had been cleared in
court of threatening the other officer but was found guilty of threatening him and sentenced to four
months in jail.
He has appealed.
In further pleas on bail, Dr
Testaferrata Moroni Viani argued
there was no risk his client would
tamper with evidence as he did
not have access to his children:
the court had awarded sole rights
to Dr Mifsud at a time when his
client was abroad.
However, Dr Buttigieg argued
that since Mr El Gadi was living
in a hotel before he had been
arrested and had no fixed
address, there was no control
over his whereabouts.
Mr Justice Lawrence Quintano
postponed the decision until the
afternoon, when he denied the
request for bail.
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Credibility Matters
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TIMES OF MALTA |
National
Electricity
costs stay
stable as
EU’s soar
Ivan Camilleri
Jessie J has sold more than 11 million singles and 2.5 million albums worldwide. Photo: Reuters
Jessie J to perform at Isle of MTV
British popstar Jessie J is the latest addition
to the line-up for Isle of MTV, the free music
extravaganza taking place on June 26.
The singer will join fellow UK sensation
Rita Ora and dance collective Rudimental
to rock 50,000 fans at the Floriana Granaries, with more acts still to be announced.
Do It Like A Dude singer Jessie J has an
unconventional musical style that mixes
soul vocals with contemporary R&B, pop,
electro-pop and hip-hop beats.
The feisty songstress won a 2011 BRIT
Award and the BBC’s Sound of 2011 gong.
She has sold more than 11 million singles
and 2.5 million albums worldwide.
“I would love to see you in the crowd in
Malta at the Isle of MTV. Let’s party and go
wild,” Jessie J said.
She had performed a rousing version of
Queen’s We Will Rock You with legendary
guitarist Brian May during the closing ceremony of the London Olympics last summer.
Isle of MTV, delivered through a partnership with the Malta Tourism Authority, is
now in its seventh year.
The open-air concert will be filmed and
broadcast as a 60-minute special across
MTV’s channels and platforms around
the world.
Previous additions have seen global acts
such as Will.i.am, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg,
Lady Gaga, David Guetta, The Black Eyed
Peas and LMFAO perform in Malta.
Monti stalls ‘must change’
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area, which the mayor said had
been agreed with Transport Malta.
Furthermore, Dr Dingli was
sceptical about whether all
the stalls would fit in Ordnance
Street and he queried where
the stall holders would park
their vehicles.
“There was no consultation
with the shops in the area and
some have already approached us
complaining about this decision,”
the mayor said.
Asked if the market might spill
over into Republic Street and
spoil the main entrance to Valletta, Dr Dingli said: “Unfortunately this is a serious threat.
“The Government needs to
change the stalls, make them
uniform and aesthetically pleasing while imposing a fixed stall
width, which is clearly demarcated on the floor.”
Speaking to Times of Malta last
week, Joe Zrinzo, who represents
the hawkers, had conceded not all
the stalls would fit in Ordnance
Street, so some would also have to
be located up the road between
the new Parliament building and
the old Opera House site.
The mayor pointed out that the
Renzo Piano project was designed
to create five new performance
spaces in Valletta – De Valette
Square, the site of the Royal Theatre, the Cultural Hotspot, the
majestic steps and the new square
in front of the entrance. “Now we’re unsure about the
Government’s plan for the area
and I cannot say how the monti
will fit into this.
“What I can say is that if the
plans for a cultural hub remain – as
they should – then the monti will
definitely be out of place,” he said. Asked if he supported the Sunday monti traders’ wish to relocate
from Blata l-Bajda park-and-ride
to St James’s Ditch, close to the
main bus terminus, Dr Dingli
replied: “Definitely not. There are
other places outside Valletta that
can be used for this.” St James’s Ditch now forms
part of the bus terminus. When
€ Per 100 kWh
The Valletta monti.
Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
contacted, Arriva said talks were
under way with the authorities
regarding changes to the public
transport situation and at
this stage it did not feel it was
in a position to comment on
these changes until they have
been finalised.
How does Valletta’s market compare with other cities?
Valletta’s monti
■ The open-air stalls mainly sell casual
clothes, towels and leather goods from their
current site in Merchants’ Street, in front of
the 19th century market building. The monti
is open seven days a week from 7am till 2pm,
although some traders pack up earlier.
Marseille
■ The reigning European Capital of Culture
boasts a wide variety of vibrant, colourful
street markets. These include a fish
market where local restaurateurs source
their menu; a summer crafts market
selling locally made soap, honey and
artefacts and the crowded, chaotic Marche
Malta was among only two
eurozone states where the price
of electricity did not go up
last year.
As Malta’s rates remained
stable on the strength of higher
subsidies and Finland managed
to reduce them slightly, in
the rest of the eurozone prices
shot up by an average of 6.1
per cent.
In June 2012, the average price
in the eurozone was €20.6 per
100kWh consumed, according
to new data published in
Brussels yesterday.
With the Government having
given a higher subsidy to
Enemalta, Malta managed to
maintain its electricity prices
at €17.
Finland’s prices actually went
down by 0.9 per cent.
The steepest rise in the eurozone was registered by Cyprus –
more than 20 per cent – making
it the highest-priced country at
€29 per 100 kWh.
Estonian consumers paid the
lowest electricity prices in the
euro area last year at just €11.2
per 100 kWh.
If the Government reduces its
electricity rates by 25 per cent by
March 2014, as promised by
Labour in its electoral manifesto,
the island should see its electricity prices slashed to €12.7 per 100
kWh, becoming the second
cheapest after Estonia on June
2012 prices.
des Capucins in the narrow side streets
near the Old Port, selling fresh produce,
spices and goods targeted at the city’s
large North African community. You’ll also
find flower markets, book markets and
flea markets.
Catania
■ Open every day from 8am till 2pm in the
Piazza Carlo Alberto, Catania’s main open-air
market is the nerve centre of the city and is
known locally as La Fiera. It sells everything
from fresh produce to clothes and cosmetics.
On Sundays the same busy square hosts a flea
market. Around the corner is the famous La
Pescheria (fish market).
Tunis
■ Tunis’s central market is a typical bustling
Arab souk situated at the entrance to the medina in the new town. Although it seems
haphazard, there are designated areas for
goldsmiths, metal workers, fabrics and local
produce and spices.
Riga
■ Next year’s European Capital of Culture in
Latvia is home to the continent’s largest market and bazaar. This Unesco World Heritage
Site is a popular tourist attraction. Join the
locals as they haggle over local produce and
delicacies (pig’s snout, anyone?), clothing,
flowers and hardware.
Cyprus
Germany
Italy
Ireland
Spain
Belgium
Euro Area
Portugal
Austria
Netherlands
Slovakia
Luxembourg
Malta
Finland
Slovenia
France
Greece
Estonia
29.1
26.8
23.0
22.9
22.8
22.2
20.6
20.6
20.2
19.0
17.2
17.1
17.0
15.6
15.4
14.5
14.2
11.2
Biker dies
in collision
A 37-year-old Italian motorcyclist living in St Julian’s died
in a collision with a car
at Baħar ic-Cagħaq yesterday
afternoon.
The car was a red Peugeot 207
being driven by a 25-year-old
man from Gżira who was heading towards Valletta.
The motorcycle shattered into
several pieces with the force of
the impact.
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National
Goalkeeper’s biggest catch
Claudia Calleja
Hours before the crucial football
match, that would see Birkirkara
win the Premier league, goalkeeper Justin Haber was changing the filters of three of his
80 aquariums to relax before the
crunch game.
“As a goalkeeper my game is
different to other players’… I have
to be more focused to try to save.
Before a game, and sometimes after, my method of meditation is to stay in front of an
aquarium to calm down.
“There I can switch off,” the
31-year-old says.
His eyes sparkle with enthusiasm as he talks about his
passion – and this time it is not
football but the quiet, watery
world of aquariums.
“As a footballer, people know
you for what you are and not
who you are. People don’t ask
me: ‘Justin, how are you?’ They
say: ‘What you doing this winter? Are you going to win? Why
didn’t you catch that ball?’
“So it’s nice to take a break
from that and my aquariums are
that break,” the national team
player says.
His hobby started when he
was 10 and had to spend three
days in hospital.
“They had an aquarium in the
Fairyland ward and I spent my
three days in hospital in front of
this aquarium… there were about
five angelfish and two were like a
couple, always together.
“Now I know they were preparing to make their little ones,” he
says with a smile, adding that
angelfish remain his favourite.
When he went home from hospital his father and grandfather
surprised him with an aquarium
they had built for him.
They then took him to the pet
shop to choose his first fish.
But something was wrong. The
fish he picked died after a few
days. They eventually found out
that the sealer used to build the
aquarium was toxic.
This sparked a fascination with
the mechanics and chemistry
of aquariums.
After that, they bought him a
proper aquarium and, this time,
the fish survived.
“One morning I woke up and
found that one of the mollies had
‘babies’ and suddenly there were
more than 40 fish. I went crazy and
ended up waking up early before
The goalkeeper has
80 aquariums.
Photos: Paul Spiteri Lucas
Robert Borg, left, Justin Haber and Nimrod Mifsud with mascot fish
Ġanni swimming towards the top of the tank.
Angelfish are his favourite species.
school to count them and make
sure they were all OK,” he recalls.
This sudden increase in fish
meant he needed another aquarium. After that, the number of fish
tanks kept spiralling.
His mother was not amused but
he had a partner in crime – his
grandfather, Joseph Mifsud Grech.
“My nannu gave me a room on
his roof to use for my aquariums.
He was my best friend, God rest
his soul. He taught me how to
dive and fish – all sea related. On
weekends we used to stay watching documentaries about the sea.
“I side with Inter because of my
nannu… If you ask me to name five
Although he is no avid reader,
he has read countless books on
fish. Apart from that, during his
football travels, he spent days volunteering in public aquariums.
When he played for Sheffield
United, he volunteered at Blue
Planet Aquarium in Cheshire and
The Deep Aquarium in Hull.
Over the years he realised that
pet stores sell fish at ridiculously
high prices, which meant fish
enthusiasts could not afford to
enjoy their passion.
So a year ago he got a licence
and started importing fish, which
he keeps in Floriana and looks
after with the assistance of his two
“Before a game,
my method of
meditation is to
stay in front of
an aquarium
to calm down”
Inter players I’ll struggle. But if you
tell me to name the last five fish
they discovered I will tell you where
they are from, how they breed and
the pH level they need,” he smiles.
friends and helpers, Robert Borg
and Nimrod Mifsud.
There, among the various
species of fish, lives Ġanni – their
mascot Blue zaire frontosa.
Just like football, for the past
four years Haber has taken his
love for fish to a national level –
he has been involved as a volunteer consultant with the national
aquarium being built in Qawra.
“Friends call me crazy that I put
in so much time for nothing in
return. But I’m proud to give my
input for this important project.
“It’s something national and
I’m very passionate about my
country,” he says.
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TIMES OF MALTA |
National
Nurse
admits
starting
deadly
blaze
Sarah Carabott
The priest with street children
in Free Town, Sierra Leone.
‘Young people could
be Africa’s resource’
Maltese priest believes handouts can only go so far to help
Sarah Carabott
Africa needs trade, not charity, according to
Richard Ebejer, a Salesian priest who left Malta
for the world’s second-largest continent nearly
10 years ago to deal with the immigration issue
at its roots.
Trade is the way to integrate the continent in
the world’s economy, he maintains.
“In Nigeria alone, considered as the key to
Africa, there are more than 150 million people,
and more than half of them are under the age
of 25... these youths’ energy could be one of the
continent’s main resources,” Fr Ebejer told
Times of Malta.
“The challenges are enormous and the
problems won’t be solved overnight, but the
solution is to engage people, especially in
trade that the rest of the world depends on the
continent for, cocoa production for example.”
Nowadays based in Abuja, the capital of
Nigeria, Fr Ebejer spent five years with
Fr Richard Ebejer. Photo: Jason Borg
pre-novices in Ondo, Nigeria, and another
three years in Ghana.
His venture started a decade ago with
migrant children at the Safi detention centre.
Then director of the Salesian Oratory in
Sliema, Fr Ebejer helped set up a group called
Kairos to support youth at risk.
Kairos means the right or opportune
moment in ancient Greek, signifying now as
the right moment to take action – a word used
quite often by Don Bosco.
In May of 2003, to mark the centenary from
when the Salesians first came to Malta, the oratory’s Junior Club held a day of events for more
than 40 detained children.
That summer, 17 migrant children joined 80
others at the Ark Bosco Summer Club.
“It was a way to give them as normal a childhood as possible, and we repeated the event
the following summer. Other events were held
during the year to help them form happy memories,” Fr Ebejer said.
These children had seen a lot and travelled
far, often in terrible conditions, and when they
were in Malta, Kairos tried to reach out to them
at the moment when they needed help.
“A lot has been said on immigration but my
contact with the migrants here made me head
off for Africa to deal with the issue at its roots.
“That is where I could understand the situation and mentality.”
More than 30 years after they first arrived in
West Africa, there are now more than 150 Salesians like Fr Ebejer in Ghana, Liberia,
Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
Africa’s young people are the richest resource
in a continent rich in natural resources.
There are millions hungry for education but
youths are the most vulnerable and open to
exploitation, according to Fr Ebejer.
So the Salesians have opened technical and
vocational schools, children’s homes, hostels
and youth centres.
At the schools, young people acquire basic
construction, mechanical, woodwork, secretarial and structural skills.
The Salesians also run a programme for
street children in Sierra Leone and are planning a new one in Ibadan, Nigeria, to stop them
from reaching the city of Lagos where they can
fall victim to criminal gangs.
Following the civil war in Sierra Leone a lot
of children were displaced.
Through the street children programme they
are rehabilitated and reunited with their families or placed in foster homes.
Fr Ebejer hopes that this, together with the
help they get when it comes to growing a sense
of identity through self-development, will have
a ripple effect on the community.
“We’re training the trainers, and African
Salesians will hopefully pass on the knowledge and will eventually manage these
homes themselves.”
Kairos is organising a dinner event at Ramla
Bay Hotel on Friday at 8pm to support children’s homes. For more information call
9957 1122. Donations can also be made on
HSBC 074090689050.
Displaced youngsters are rehabilitated
through the street children programme.
A 37-year-old nurse yesterday pleaded guilty to starting two fires at a Sydney
nursing home that killed 11
people, including a Maltese
man, two years ago.
Caesar Galea, 82, was the
seventh casualty of the blaze
that tore through Quakers
Hill nursing home in New
South Wales, Australia, on
November 18, 2011.
Three elderly residents
had died during the fire and
several others were taken
to intensive care.
At least eight others died
from their injuries.
Another Maltese woman,
Emmanuela Cachia, 75,
who reportedly died after
succumbing to smoke
inhalation, was not officially
included
among
the
murder victims.
“Three elderly
residents had
died during
the fire”
Flames spread across the
home in the early hours and
firefighters, police, a medical team and tens of people
living in the neighbourhood
raced to help more than 80
elderly people.
They had described the
incident as one of the worst
they had ever dealt with.
Roger Dean, a nurse at the
home, was charged with
murder after he was seen
telling journalists he had
taken part in the rescue.
Last November Australian
police filed the 11th murder
charge against Mr Dean
over the death of 90year-old resident Neeltje
Valkay, who died a few
days after the fire from
smoke inhalation.
Anthony Cachia, the
grandson of Emmanuela,
was also in court that day
but no charges have yet
been filed in connection
with her death.
He sat in court with his
father and three siblings
and it was the first time he
saw Mr Dean in person.
“I felt a lot of anger; a
lot of anger built up,” he
had said.
Yesterday, Mr Dean
pleaded guilty to murdering
11 elderly people – including Mr Galea – by setting fire
to the nursery home and to
eight counts of causing
grievous bodily harm to
other residents.
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9
National
Speaker rules against
PM for ‘strong words’
Speaker Anġlu Farrugia yesterday ruled that
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had used very
strong words – “incitement” and “undermining” – when he referred to what former finance
minister Tonio Fenech had told the International Monetary Fund.
These words were offensive and inappropriate, he said.
Mr Fenech had objected to Dr Muscat’s accusations against him, raised a point of order and
said that according to the Standing Orders no
one could attribute bad motives to an MP. He
demanded an apology.
He said that during his meeting with an IMF
delegation he had only defended Malta’s banking system and the financial situation. He
admitted noting that the government did not
seem as committed as the previous one to rein
in the deficit.
Mr Fenech said he hoped Malta was not
returning to the Mintoff days where anyone who
criticised the Government was labelled ‘traitor’.
Dr Muscat stood his ground, saying the Government knew exactly what the IMF delegation
had said Mr Fenech told them.
The Government had had to work hard to
remove the unfounded doubts that Mr Fenech
had instilled in comments he should be
ashamed to have made.
This was absolutely unacceptable, said the
Prime Minister, adding that Mr Fenech could
take his complaint to the Privileges Committee.
After a heated exchange, Dr Farrugia suspended the sitting at 7.30 pm to give a ruling.
Reconvening after more than two hours, Mr
Speaker ruled that two words used by the Prime
Minister to criticise Mr Fenech were an unhappy
choice and Dr Muscat could have chosen other
words without implying ulterior motives.
In his ruling, Dr Farrugia quoted the definition of both words as found in Professor
Aquilina’s dictionary.
He also quoted Erskine May that “temperance and moderation are the characteristics of
parliamentary language”.
The Chair was duty-bound to see that no
offensive language was used, he said.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat used ‘inappropriate’ words when describing Tonio Fenech’s
talks with the IMF, according to Speaker Anġlu Farrugia. Photo: Reuters
While accepting the Speaker’s ruling, Mr
Fenech, insisted that this constituted a prima
facie breach of privilege. Government Whip
Carmelo Abela pointed out that a Speaker’s ruling could not be contested.
The Speaker then called for the adjournment
of the House.
The Prime Minister made the accusations as
he was answering Opposition questions after
a statement on the conclusions of last Wednesday’s European Council meeting, which
focused on the energy sector and taxation, and
on his attendance at the Brussels EU summit.
He denied Enemalta was receiving any form
of subsidy from the Government. Dr Muscat
said the €25 million transferred to Enemalta
were for street lighting services, feed-in tariffs
and eco contribution, similar to what used to
be done under the previous administration.
Dr Muscat told Dr Fenech that as former
energy minister he surely knew what this payment transfer was about and added that those
who said that this was a form of subsidy were
doing a disservice to Malta.
He insisted that the Government would not
let anyone undermine the country and challenged Mr Fenech to declare what his real aim
was, accusing him also of incitement in meetings held with the IMF.
The war of words carried on outside Parliament, with both parties issuing statements over
the issue.
Labour accused Mr Fenech of trying to muzzle the Prime Minister and hide his behaviour
at the IMF. The PN said the Speaker had
“severely censured” Dr Muscat, describing
this as “grave and extraordinary” and calling
on him to withdraw his accusations.
Labour ‘did not ask MCA
chairman to step down’
Economy Minister Chris Cardona yesterday
condemned what he called the “underhanded circulation” of documents that took
place before the Labour Cabinet had even
been formed.
He was speaking in answer to several questions by Opposition MPs over the “forced” resignation of former Malta Communications
Authority chairman Antonio Ghio.
Dr Cardona said the resignation had been
requested by a former permanent secretary
and not by the Labour government.
According to a circular sent out by John Gatt,
the former permanent secretary to Austin
Gatt’s Ministry of Communications, Mr Ghio
was “expected” to offer his resignation.
Principal Permanent Secretary Godwin
Grima had also written a letter saying that even
if in doubt, the offer of resignation had to be
submitted “just the same”, Dr Cardona said.
The Government then had a choice of
accepting or rejecting the resignation, same as
the others.
He labelled as “malicious” the Opposition’s
spin that the resignation had been forced and
called on Opposition leader Simon Busuttil and
Opposition whip David Agius to withdraw their
allegation that he was misleading the Opposition and the House over the issue.
In answer to Opposition MPs, who at times
quoted local media on the matter, he said it
was “time to stop referring to newspaper stories
and see what is really happening”.
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil had asked
repeatedly if the “forced” resignation was in
line with the EU Directive on Telecommunications, adding that a national regulatory authority was to be treated differently to other boards.
Pushed by the minister, Mr Agius tabled a copy
of Mr Ghio’s resignation letter and Dr Cardona
said it confirmed the chronology of events.
Mr Ghio had written his letter of resignation
on March 12, when the new government had
not yet been constituted.
This meant that he had never been MCA
chairman under the Labour government.
Answering a similar PQ and supplementary
question by PN deputy leader for parliamentary affairs Mario de Marco, Dr Cardona denied
that Lotteries and Gaming Authority chairman
Mario Galea had a conflict of interest by acting
as a consultant to another regulatory authority.
He said there was no competition between
one jurisdiction and the other.
MCA chairman Antonio Ghio.
Minister
sets record
straight
on police
chief recall
Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Emanuel Mallia
yesterday laid on the Table of
the House the sequence of
events leading up to the reinstatement of Peter Paul Zammit
in the police and his appointment as Commissioner.
Dr Mallia had promised the
documents to Opposition Whip
David Agius last week and said
all the explanations expected
were there.
There were two documents: a
letter from Home Affairs and
National Security Permanent Secretary Kevin Mahoney to Doreen
Ellul, director-general of the Public Administration and Human
Resources Office at the OPM, and
the letter of appointment from
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to
Mr Zammit.
Mr Mahoney wrote that with
effect from April 12, former Police
Superintendent Zammit was
recalled into the public service to
serve as Police Commissioner.
“In view of his
experience,
overlooking the age
and retirement
factors was being
recommended”
According to established criteria, he wrote, Mr Zammit did not
qualify for reinstatement as he was
over 50 and had resigned from the
service on pension after having
completed 25 years of service.
He had always served with dignity, efficiency and diligence and
was an excellent example of
respect for authority.
Following his resignation he followed a university course leading
to legal procurator, and this
enhanced his appreciation in the
legal field.
Mr Zammit’s commendable
background and legal acumen
were attributes that were definitely
considered when the Government,
in the public interest, opted to
recall him as Police Commissioner.
The letter also pointed out that
similar requests were entertained
in the past, naming two former
police sergeants.
In view of his experience, it
was being recommended that in
Mr Zammit’s case, the age and
retirement factors should be
overlooked and his recall
favourably considered.
The second document was the
Prime Minister’s letter of
appointment to Mr Zammit with
effect from April 13. The letter
said Mr Zammit would be
required to do other work as
ordered by the Government.
The appointment was being
made under public service regulations, especially on condition
that Mr Zammit could be transferred as per service exigencies.
In the case of such transfer and
changes in duties he would not be
entitled to any other payment.
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International
Libya congress chief to
quit following ban law
He served as ambassador to India under Gaddafi but exiled since 1980s
The head of Libya’s national assembly is set
to resign today, sources close to him said,
following the passing of a law banning anyone who held a senior post under the late
Muammar Gaddafi from government.
The legislation was adopted at the
demand of armed factions who helped end
Gaddafi’s 42-year rule in 2011 but critics and
diplomats fear it could strip government of
experienced leaders, further complicating
the transition to an orderly democracy.
Armed violence and lawlessness caused
in part by militia groups who often do as
they please has hobbled governance in
wide areas of the oil-producing North
African state.
An adviser to General National Congress
President Mohammed Magarief yesterday
said he was expected to announce his resignation in a speech to the body today.
The adviser did not elaborate. A
spokesman for Magarief confirmed only
that he would speak to the congress.
The move would come as no surprise
given the assembly’s passage on May 5 of
legislation banning officials who served
under Gaddafi from September 1969 – when
he seized power in a coup – and the fall of
his regime in October 2011.
Although Magarief, an economist, served
as ambassador to India under Colonel
Gaddafi, he lived in exile from the 1980s and
became a leading figure in Libya’s oldest
opposition movement, the National Front
for the Salvation of Libya.
Born in 1940 in eastern Libya, where the
2011 uprising broke out, Magarief was
congress of around 200 members. Politicians debated it for months but the issue
came to a head when armed groups took
control of two ministries in late April and
stormed institutions including the state
broadcaster, demanding immediate enactment of the legislation.
Diplomats in Tripoli said holding the vote
under duress undermined its legitimacy.
“Holding the vote under
duress undermines
its legitimacy”
Soldiers rappel down a wall during a military graduation parade for trainees from the
Libyan Army “Thunderbolt” Special Forces unit, in Benghazi earlier this month.
Photo: Reuters
elected head of the National Congress
after Libya’s first free elections for decades
last July.
The new law, which comes into effect on
June 5, does not make provisions for those
Libyans who spent decades in exile and
actually became instrumental in toppling Gaddafi.
Congress members say the law could be
applied to more than 20 people in the
More than 70 killed
in Baghdad bombings
Blasts strike busy markets, shopping areas
More than 70 people were killed in a wave of bombings in markets in Shi’ite neighbourhoods across
Baghdad yesterday in worsening sectarian violence
in Iraq.
No group claimed responsibility for the blasts but
Sunni Muslim Islamist insurgents and al-Qaeda’s
Iraqi wing have increased attacks since the beginning
of the year and often target Shi’ite districts.
More than a dozen blasts tore into markets and
shopping areas in districts across the Iraqi capital,
including twin bombs just several hundred metres
apart that killed at least 13 people in the capital’s Sadr
City area, police and hospital officials said.
“A driver hit another car and left pretending to
bring traffic police. Another car rushed to take him
away and right after his car exploded among people
who had gathered to see what was happening,” said
bystander Hassan Kadhim. “People were shouting
for help and blood covered their faces.”
Tensions between the Shi’ite leadership and the
Sunni Muslim minority are at their worst since US
troops left in December 2011, and the conflict in Syria
is straining Iraq’s fragile communal balance.
More than 700 people were killed in attacks in
April, according to a UN count, the highest monthly
toll in almost five years.
So far in May more than 300 have died.
Thousands of Sunnis began staging street protests
last December against Shi’ite Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki, whom they accuse of marginalising
Residents gather at the site of the bomb attacks in
Baghdad yesterday. Photo: Reuters
their sect since the fall of Saddam Hussein after the
2003 invasion.
The latest surge in violence started a month ago
following a raid by the Iraqi army on a Sunni
Muslim protest camp in the town of Hawija.
This led to clashes with the security forces and
more attacks. (Reuters)
Later yesterday Libya dismissed Niger’s
assertion that the Islamist insurgents who
attacked an army base and a uranium mine
there last week had come from its desert
south, an area many countries fear has
become a safe haven for militants.
Thursday’s attacks killed 24 soldiers and
one civilian and damaged machinery at an
Areva mine that supplies uranium to
France’s nuclear power programme.
Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou
said the attackers had come from southern
Libya, which has become a smuggling route
for weapons reaching al-Qaeda militants
deeper in the Sahara since Muammar
Gaddafi’s fall in late 2011.
“I would like to confirm those (claims) are
groundless and do not relate to reality,” Libyan
Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said. (Reuters)
Centre left leading
in Rome election
The centre-left candidate for Rome mayor in an election seen as a
test of Italy’s fragile coalition government was leading the field, projections showed late yesterday, but the ballot is likely to go to a runoff next month.
Ignazio Marino of the Democratic Party (PD) would get between
about 39 and 42 per cent, according to the projections. His centreright rival, incumbent Gianni Alemanno of Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right, would get between about 28 and 32 per cent.
The rival parties are uncomfortable bedfellows in the right-left
coalition of Prime Minister Enrico Letta, whose month-old government is struggling against slumping popularity and the longest recession in Italy's post-war history.
Beppe Grillo's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, which
stormed into Parliament by winning a quarter of the national vote
in February, was on track to win fewer than 13 per cent in Rome, half
its result just three months ago.
If the projections are confirmed by results, a run-off election will
be held on June 9-10.
A PD victory would give Letta a much-needed boost, while a failure
by Marino to oust Alemanno could further fuel dissent among PD
voters and factions in the party.
Alemanno's administration was harshly criticised for cronyism,
especially at the municipal transport company, and for generally
being ineffective, as happened when five inches of snow brought the
city to a standstill for several days last year.
The PD was thrown into crisis by its failure to win February’s
national election outright and imploded last month in disagreement
over the election of Italy’s President.
Turnout figures showed a steep drop to 53 per cent, down 20
points from previous mayoral elections in 2008.
However, local votes are often more closely tied to the charisma
and appeal of individual candidates, and opinions about the performance of the incumbent, than to issues that dominate national
elections. While attention is on Rome, new mayors will be elected
in 564 towns and cities involving seven million voters. (Reuters)
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International
World briefs
Suspect flees police, goes straight to jail
A clueless suspect fled from police in Clayton, Missouri – straight
into county police headquarters, the New York Post reports.
Officers could only laugh as the man ran around before hitting a
dead end at the holding cells and surrendered.
“It looked like he was cutting out the middleman and going
straight to the jail,” an officer said. The man was fleeing a routine
police traffic stop. (PA)
Exotic bird finally
puts on a show
Free Syrian Army fighters standing by a tank, belonging to forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar
al-Assad, after they seized al-Shabiba military camp near the town of Nayrab. Photo: Reuters
More ‘chemical
attacks’ in Syria
Fierce clashes around Qusair, Damascus
Heavy fighting raged around the
strategic Syrian border town of
Qusair and the capital Damascus
yesterday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks
by President Bashar al-Assad’s
forces on rebel areas.
The Syrian military pounded
eastern suburbs of Damascus with
air strikes and artillery and loud
explosions echoed around alNabak, 80 km north of the capital,
where fighting has cut the highway
running north to the central city of
Homs, the pro-opposition Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights
group said.
Government offensives in recent
weeks are widely seen as a campaign to strengthen Assad’s negotiating position before a proposed
international peace conference
sponsored by the US and Russia
planned for next month.
Opposition activists said Syrian
troops backed by Lebanese
Hizbollah fighters were pressing a
sustained assault on Qusair, a
town long used by insurgents as a
way station for arms and other
supplies from Lebanon.
For Assad, Qusair is a crucial link between Damascus and
loyalist strongholds on the
Mediterranean coast.
Recapturing the town, in central Homs province, could also
sever connections between
rebel-held areas in the north and
south of Syria.
“One photographer
suffered blurred
vision and
breathing problems”
Each side gave conflicting
accounts of the fighting.
The Homs branch of the
National Defence Forces, formed
of pro-Assad militiamen, said on
its Facebook page that government forces had now divided
Qusair into four sectors and had
made major gains in all but the
one that includes the town centre.
Islamist rebel groups said they
had sent reinforcements to
Qusair. But one opposition activist
said these were stuck on the outskirts and had yet to link up with
the town’s defenders.
Rebels posted a video of fighters
in what they said was central Qusair.
In Harasta, a Damascus suburb
largely under rebel control, many
people were afflicted by respiratory
difficulties after an apparent overnight chemical attack, according to
opposition sources. Videos showed
victims on the floor of a room,
breathing from oxygen masks.
The sides in the conflict, now in
its third year, have accused each
other of using chemical weapons.
France’s Le Monde newspaper
published first-hand accounts yesterday of apparent chemical attacks
by Assad’s forces in April.
The newspaper said one of its
photographers had suffered blurred
vision and breathing problems for
four days after an attack on April 13
on the Jobar front, in Damascus.
Another video from Harasta
showed at least two fighters being
put into a van, their eyes watering
and struggling to breathe while
medics put tubes into their throats.
Syria, which is not a member
of the anti-chemical weapons
convention, is believed to have
one of the world’s last remaining
stockpiles of undeclared chemical
arms. (Reuters)
A red-legged Seriema has
recovered from a bout of
stage fright.
The exotic bird, which is
native to South America,
arrived at Blair Drummond
Safari Park in Stirling last year
but last week marked its first
public display.
The bird hunts snakes,
lizards, frogs, young birds
and rodents and also eats
small amounts of plant food
such as maize.
Seriemas are known for
their call, which sounds like a
mix between a barking puppy
and the clucking of a turkey.
They prefer to jump rather
than fly and can reach speeds
of up to 15mph making them
similar to Roadrunners.
They are one of few
species of birds that can kill
poisonous snakes. In the picture, the Seriema is seen fiddling with a rubber snake at
Blair Drummond Safari
Park. (AP)
Biggest Burmese python is beheaded
The biggest Burmese python in
the world measuring 18ft 8in has
been killed after it attacked a
passer-by in Florida.
The monster was sticking
out of undergrowth and blocking a road when motorist Jason
Lyon tried to move it. It quickly
coiled round his leg and the
23-year-old then realised how
big the 128lb constrictor was,
according to The Sun.
His friends jumped out of the
car and decapitated the snake
with a knife.
The previous biggest python
was 17ft 7in, which was also
caught in Florida. (PA)
Housewives make indecent proposals
Electricians are most likely to be
seduced by housewives, a new
poll has claimed.
A poll of more than 2,000
tradesmen reckons that more
than a fifth had received “indecent proposals” while on the job
and 54 per cent had taken customers up on their “offer”.
The Grime Boss Heavy Duty
Hand Wipes survey said housewives had attempted to seduce
29 per cent of electricians,
ahead of gas fitters (27 per cent)
and builders (25 per cent).
Four out of ten tradesmen
admitted providing cheaper
quotes to attractive women. (PA)
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International
Mosque in
Grimsby hit
by arsonists
Petrol bombs are thrown
A mosque chairman has
described how he was inside an
Islamic cultural centre with a
young family when it was hit by
petrol bombs.
The Grimsby Islamic Cultural
Centre was targeted by arsonists
late on Sunday night, despite an
increased police presence in the
area following another attack on
the complex three days ago.
Humberside Police said a fire
was started at the centre on
Weelsby Road. No one was
injured. Two people were quickly
arrested by officers who were
patrolling in the area.
Mosque chairman Diler Gharib
told the Grimsby Telegraph: “We
had just finished our prayers and
were discussing how to thank our
neighbours for the support they
have shown us over the past few
days when we heard a bang and
saw fire coming under the door.
“I grabbed a fire extinguisher
and put it out and then two more
petrol bombs hit the fire escape
and the bin so I had to put those
out too.”
Mr Gharib said police had been
monitoring the mosque after it
was targeted by youths last week
and officers were able to quickly
apprehend two suspects.
He said the murder of Drummer
Lee Rigby in Woolwich was a criminal act that had nothing to do
with the Muslim faith.
He said: “We have all been
feeling on edge and now this has
happened. It’s not just the people at the mosque we are worried
about, it’s our wives, daughters
and children who are out in
the community.”
The Islamic centre in Grimsby is
part of a complex that includes a
mosque that was targeted by
youths last week.
Eleven teenagers were arrested
after that incident, which happened after a party spiralled out of
control, police said. The 16 and
17-year-olds were arrested
on Thursday.
Following Sunday night’s incident, Great Grimsby MP Austin
Mitchell said attacks on mosques
and other Islamic institutions
were playing into the hands of
terrorists who wanted community conflict.
Meanwhile, in the Black Country, two men have been charged
with racially aggravated public
order offences following a protest
over the weekend.
A 22-year-old man from Walsall
and a 28-year-old from Wolverhampton will appear before magistrates on June 18 after an EDL
protest in Walsall town centre on
Saturday afternoon, a West Midlands Police spokeswoman said.
“We are also
worried about our
wives, daughters
and children out in
the community”
It is believed the protesters were
demonstrating over the killing of
Drummer Lee Rigby.
Later, Chief Superintendent
Tony Forbes, of Humberside
Police, said: “The immediate
response by officers, to both incidents at the mosque on Weelsby
Road in Grimsby lead to a number of arrests being made quickly
and investigations are underway
by detectives from Grimsby
police station.”
A force spokeswoman said the
people arrested following Sunday’s incident were men aged
33 and 37.
Both remain in police custody
at Grimsby police station. (AP)
EDL demonstrators on Whitehall near Downing Street in London yesterday. Photo: AP
English Defence
League supporters
march in London
Protesters: get Muslim killers off our streets
Supporters of the English Defence
League marched through central
London yesterday.
The EDL demonstrators pushed
their way through a police cordon
as they made their way to Trafalgar Square.
They chanted “Muslim killers
off our streets” and “There’s only
one Lee Rigby” in tribute to the soldier killed in Woolwich, southeast
London, last Wednesday.
The protesters held placards
that read “Blood on your hands”
and “GB RIP”.
The demonstrators marched
through Admiralty Arch and on to
Parliament Square.
They were escorted by Metropolitan Police officers and vans,
while a force helicopter followed overhead.
A Scotland Yard spokesman
said Whitehall was closed to
traffic because of “a number
of demonstrations”.
Around 1,000 EDL protesters
then made their way along Whitehall before taking a position on the
pavement across the road from
Downing Street.
A much smaller group of antifascist demonstrators gathered
opposite them holding an “EDL
Racists” banner.
Both sides traded insults but
were kept apart by officers
and barriers.
“Anti-fascists
mobbed men who
arrived late to the
protest draped in
Union Jacks and
wearing England
football shirts”
The EDL supporters chanted:
“We hate Cameron.” EDL leader
Tommy Robinson told the demonstration: “This is a day of respect for
our Armed Forces.”
The crowd repeatedly chanted
“coward” after he claimed Prime
Minister David Cameron was on
holiday “because he doesn’t care”.
Mr Robinson added: “They’ve
had their Arab Spring. This is time
for the English Spring.”
The EDL supporters and antifascists hurled dozens of glass bottles towards each other.
Police officers dressed in riot
gear intervened to stop them
throwing missiles.
A group of around 100 anti-fascists mobbed five or six men who
were arriving late to the protest
draped in Union Jacks and wearing England football shirts.
Police filmed the anti-EDL protesters as they chanted “fascist scum
off our streets” and “follow your
leader, kill yourself like Adolf Hitler”
before escorting the EDL supporters
around Parliament Square.
Tourists enjoying the sunshine
in central London looked on in
surprise as the anti-fascist group
following and heckling the EDL
supporters grew in number.
As the two groups arrived
towards Westminster Tube station, the anti-fascists began to run
towards the men, forcing the
police to set up a cordon to protect
them. (AP)
EDL demonstrators at Whitehall in London paid tribute to Lee Rigby, the soldier killed in Woolwich,
southeast London last Wednesday. Photo: AP
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International
Israel wobbles on military service
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu’s main coalition partner threatened to quit yesterday
unless bickering ministers agreed
to a proposal to end wholesale
military draft exemptions for Jewish seminary students.
A government-appointed committee failed on Sunday to
finalise a draft law that limits the
number of those exempted from
compulsory army service each
year to 1,800 ultra-Orthodox
scholars, instead of the tens of
thousands of students who are let
off annually now.
Military service exemptions are at
the heart of a national debate in
Israel over privileges enjoyed by the
ultra-Orthodox, who have long
wielded influence in a country
where coalition governments have
often depended on their support.
Chile
issues
red alert
over
volcano
Officials in Chile issued a red
alert yesterday for the
Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina that has
become increasingly active.
The country’s interior and
security minister Andres
Chadwick said the increased
activity could lead to an
eruption and officials will
soon begin evacuating 2,240
people, or 460 families,
within a 25km radius around
the volcano.
“The evacuation
is obligatory, it’s
not voluntary”
“This evacuation is obligatory; it’s not voluntary,” Mr
Chadwick told reporters.
Chile’s Emergency Office
says the evacuation could last
about 48 hours but could
be delayed because of
heavy rains.
The nearly 2,965-metre
volcano sits in the Andes
cordillera, straddling the
border with Argentina’s
Neuquen province.
Argentine officials have
issued a yellow alert.
They overflew the area during the weekend and are monitoring the volcano with a network of web cameras.
Access to the volcano is
closed within a four-kilometre
radius on the Argentine side,
but nearby towns, including
Villa de Caviahue, are open for
business. The Copahue started
spewing ash and gas in
December, prompting a red
alert then. (AP)
“Any attempt to hamper the...
committee in order to pander to
ultra-Orthodox politicians will
lead to a breakup of this coalition,” Yesh Atid’s leader, Finance
Minister Yair Lapid, told
reporters during a meeting of his
party’s legislators.
“We will not participate in a government that does not pass a
‘sharing the burden’ law,” he said.
The panel is divided over a
proposed clause, backed by the
centrist Yesh Atid party but
opposed by Defence Minister
Moshe Yaalon of Netanyahu’s
right-wing Likud, that would
impose financial penalties on
draft dodgers.
Netanyahu, speaking to Likud
members of Parliament, voiced
confidence the differences
would be ironed out.
“I am sure a solution can be
found to the few clauses that
remain unresolved. There will be
a law,” Netanyahu said.
Yesh Atid came second to Likud
in a January general election on a
pledge to reduce state benefits for
Israel’s fast-growing ultra-Orthodox
minority and end military service
exemptions for the community.
For the first time in a decade,
Israel’s government has no ultraOrthodox members, and key
coalition partners are pressing
Netanyahu to break with political
tradition and enact reforms.
“There is an historic opportunity
to heal the wound that is bleeding
in the heart of Israeli society,” Lapid
said, referring to the views of many
secular Israelis that they are carrying the ultra-Orthodox on their
backs. (Reuters)
Israeli soldiers taking part in
a drill in the Golan Heights
yesterday. Photo: Reuters
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Comment&Letters
One foot in the grave
Kenneth
Zammit Tabona
T
he older I become
the more in synch I
feel I am with
Victor Meldrew of
One Foot in the
Grave fame. The
amount of times I am either on
the verge of or actually do
exclaim “I don’t believe it”
increases as the toil of everyday
living resembles a game of
Snakes & Ladders more and
more each year.
Far from attaining tranquillity,
early middle age and beyond
exposes chasms that, were I 20
years younger, would have been
dismissed in ‘it can never happen
to me’ fashion but it has and it
does... and it will.
These frailties and pitfalls do
not come without a soupcon of
compensation. At this stage in life,
one can regard the curious goingson in the world around you with a
sense of amused detachment that
in one’s younger years would have
been unthinkable.
I wonder if it is because one
finally gives up on things ever
adding up or making sense. To
see grown men in Parliament for
instance hurling invective (a
great Times of Malta 1960s
expression) at each other, not to
mention diametrically opposed
facts and statistics, reduce us, the
people who placed them there,
to hapless spectators in a bewildering Nastase vs McEnroe
(remember them?) tennis match.
The present Enemalta BWSC
debates have seemingly degenerated into this while we, the
people, merely receive those terrifying green-edged statements
that are liable to send us into
states of extremely low or
extremely high blood pressure.
At the end of the day, the man
in the street couldn’t care who
and what provides electricity as
long as it is, one, provided
without hitches and, two, is
affordable.
When the decision whether or
not to switch on an air conditioner becomes life threatening
then, yes, we, the people, do
have a very serious problem.
Yes, the older one becomes,
the frustration one feels at the
fact that one has been on earth
for 50 something years and nothing much has changed is huge.
By change I refer to the human
psyche as, in everything else,
change has been radical and
pretty amazing.
People will remain what they
are and unless, like me, they can
take refuge in a form of creativity
that completely removes you,
just like a Deus ex macchina,
from the daily drudge, life can be
most soul-destroying unless it is
tempered with a strong sense of
humour.
Last week, a magistrate threw
out a case concerning a woman
whose bra straps came undone in
a bar for grown-ups called Steam
on the premise that the people
who frequented this sort of places,
gentlemen of a certain age, “knew
what to expect”. In other words,
they knew that places like this
were full of curvaceous and
voluptuous women with faulty
bra straps!
That brings us to the ‘laptop’
(sic) dancers saga. Remember
them? I could not help recalling
the mass arrest a couple of years
back of a number of women
caught in flagrante in some other
place in the act of ‘laptop’
dancing!
I cannot for the life of me
remember how that ended up but
I am truly torn between urging the
police to continue in their
endeavours for our greater delectation or else telling them to stop
Something in this
weird and
wonderful world of
ours has to give
wasting taxpayers’ money on such
rubbish.
You see, the reportage is too
amusing to forego while, yes,
arresting women (and not the
men) for wearing defective
brassieres is too idiotic for words,
especially in an age when a touch
of a button on one’s Iphone can
reveal all that and more.
Now, if these women had
paraded their wares in the street,
thereby frightening the horses,
then that would have been
another matter altogether.
But then what can one expect in
a world when the nationality of
Justin Beiber’s monkey becomes
the subject of international speculation and the result of the Eurovision Song Contest becomes the
subject of conspiracy theories and
not just by Malta but Russia too?
The Germans, by the way, are
blaming Chancellor Angela
Merkel for their abysmal result!
Go on!
To further prove my point,
Pope Francis is reported to have
performed an exorcism on St
Peter’s Square while praying over
a young man (obviously possessed). What is so special about
that?
The entire raison d’être of the
Roman Catholic religion is to free
us from evil for eternity, therefore
the Pope was merely exercising
his duty.
The speculation as to whether
the devil exists and whether spirits, whether evil or good, exist is
another matter. I happen to
believe that they do and I have
had visual and aural evidence that
convinced me as such. Therefore,
I am in no way impressed that on
the feast of Pentecost the spiritual
head of the Church, God’s representative on earth, can do and did
what he did.
It is more the suicide in the
Cathedral of Notre Dame and the
‘political horror show’ demo,
where a man appealed to the
Pope to help end Italy’s embarrassing political situation by scaling the dome of St Peter’s basilica,
that concern me. These are acts of
desperation which His Holiness
cannot do much about unless he
exhorts the leaders of the world to
change their ways in order to
make the distribution of wealth
more equitable. You may be sure
that this will fall on deaf ears.
We have reached a stage in the
civilised world which avid readers
of history would recognise as a
dangerous one that presages
some almighty convulsion like the
French Revolution or World
War I.
The image of the bankers in
Wall Street drinking champagne
and laughing in scorn at the people who were demonstrating in
the street was one that reminded
me of the poor maligned Marie
Antoinette who never did say anything about bread or cake but who
will remain forever associated
with it.
Something in this weird and
wonderful world of ours has to
give. May it happen slowly and
without too many cataclysms so
that, somehow, we will manage to
survive it without too much
damage.
Disability today and tomorrow
Franco Mercieca
Franco Mercieca is Parliamentary
Secretary for the Rights of Persons
with Disability and Active Ageing.
T
hese past weeks have
been a roller coaster
of emotions when it
comes to dealing
with disability, one
of the responsibilities that the Prime Minister
gave me when he appointed me
Parliamentary Secretary for the
Rights of Persons with Disability
and Active Ageing.
The first thing I realised is that
this isn’t an issue of ‘for’ but ‘with’
disabled persons and their families.
The second thing that clicked
was that we need all those interested in the sector – disabled
activists, parent activists, allies and
professionals – to come forward
and help us shape a far-reaching
and exciting agenda.
One of the first social policy
issues that the Labour Party
adopted a clear position on, even
before the official electoral campaign, was that of providing a better deal for the disabled.
We promised residential services
for disabled persons, to reassure
parents that their son/daughter
would be supported and catered
for after they (the parents and/or
relatives) passed away or became
too ill to keep supporting them. We
repeated this commitment in our
manifesto and, again, in the Government’s programme of work.
What is important is that, from
the outset, we work on the principle that this is not about crisis management but about disabled people making their own choices on
where, how and with whom to live
and how services are provided.
Mistakes were made in the past.
People were sorted into boxes or
pigeonholes. We must change this
attitude. We need to work on the
principle of disabled persons and
their families having a voice and a
choice.
The Government’s commitment
to the sector is as clear as can be.
It is the first time that such a high
level office is being dedicated to the
disability sector and a close read of
the political programme of the
Government reveals the wideranging and ambitious agenda that
lies before us.
Many people have come forward
to share their enthusiasm, ideas
and vision for the sector.
Some have been pouring out
thoughts that had been bottled up
for years.
I have been deeply touched by
the enthusiasm that has flowed.
This is a sector that affects a large
number of people directly inasmuch as they are either disabled
persons or close relatives but also
indirectly because, at the end of the
day, society should benefit from
the active contribution of these
citizens and not only parcel out
benefits.
Grievances have been building
up in this sector these past few
years. Consequently, gripes and
distress started getting amplified as
the feeling of ‘not being heard’ or
being pushed aside left people
without answers or acknowledgment to their concerns.
This indelible mark on the sector
has been further expounded and,
subsequently, this agenda has
been relegated down the nation’s
priority list, unfortunately.
This is being addressed. One of
our first initiatives is to see what
EU funds are available to help
stimulate this sector and blend
with government funding. Naturally, while looking at the macro
picture we are also very interested
in creating the mechanisms that
will ensure we can mitigate and
address personal, individual grievances and group requests that
repeatedly come from NGOs and
support groups.
We are looking at a variety of initiatives to reach out to the community, review policy, services and
legislation, set up new organisational infrastructure that will allow
the Government, via the Parliamentary Secretariat for Active
Disability is not
homogenous, so
there cannot be a
one size fits all
Ageing and Disability Rights, to
monitor what disabled people and
their families have to say and are
feeling.
A direct flow of communication
is imperative in this sector. Disability is not homogenous, so there
cannot be a one size fits all.
Matching the person to the right
type of service will provide satisfaction for the service-user and will
also avoid wastage.
The Equal Opportunities Act
(Persons with Disability) and the
UN Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities are the
mainstay of our strategy but things
can change fast and we need to be
on our toes to ensure that we are
dancing to the right tune.
The parliamentary secretariat
will endeavour to improve policy,
engage the private and state sector
to employ disabled people,
develop an assortment of residential schemes that reassure disabled
people and their families and
improve community services.
We need to be alive to the aspirations of disabled people and their
families.
A good deal of work needs to be
done and our resources are not
unlimited but the time for action is
now and we are determined to
succeed.
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Taking the sting out of politics
Given the usual confrontational
attitudes in politics everywhere and the
exasperating depth to which local
politics often descend, it is not surprising, or unreasonable, to expect a sense
of scepticism over the agreement which
Joseph Muscat and Simon Busuttil have
reached to hold what they have called
an open-agenda meeting every couple
of months.
On the face of it, it is a good idea, but
unless the two parties are prepared to be
honest in this new approach and really
be willing to engage in dialogue, even in
the most difficult circumstances, the life
of this two-way channel of communication will be short-lived.
Dr Muscat has already fallen far short
of expectations insofar as the implementation of his pre-election promises to
reduce partisanship is concerned.
Rather than taking the sting out of
local politics, as he had promised his
party would do if elected, he has done
the opposite.
Through what looks like an intentional plan to irritate the Opposition and
impose its authority, the Government
has managed to raise the dose of partisanship through a string of controversial
appointments in key places. Labour’s
landslide win has made the party leaders
forget all about the pledges made before
the election in a matter of weeks.
This is the background against which
the two leaders have now agreed to hold
the open-agenda meetings.
The political environment has already
been contaminated by Dr Muscat’s most
injudicious moves so early in this
legislature.
So, what prospect does the new idea
has of holding firm? This newspaper
hopes that it lasts, for, although it does
not expect any miracles in attitude from
either side, the meetings can at least help
bring about a more mature political environment in the long-term through less
direct confrontation over trivial matters,
and willingness to discuss burning issues
of national importance.
With the two party leaders coming
from the same European mould, as it
were, they are in a better situation than
their predecessors to fashion a new
political model.
Dr Busuttil, for instance, wished to see
a less antagonistic approach by the political party media, saying he was prepared
to contribute to making politics a positive experience. He also wishes to see the
party media calm down. Dr Muscat
agreed to this, remarking, correctly, that
people are fed up with politics.
However, with the two parties having
always considered their media as tools
to sharpen their political weapons of
confrontation, not just during an election but all year round, it will now take a
very strong will and a great deal of effort
for the PL and PN to tame their stations.
Contrary to the original spirit that had
inspired Eddie Fenech Adami to introduce pluralism in broadcasting, the
party media have done great harm to the
country’s social fabric as they have further institutionalised tribal divisions.
Indeed, they have succeeded in creating
two Maltas out of one country.
There is another point. It is doubtful
if the PL would have agreed with Dr
Busuttil on the need to make their political media adopt a less antagonistic
approach had it won the election by, say,
a majority of one seat rather than
by nine.
Still, even though it is unrealistic to
expect any overnight change in the
political environment, the new
approach by the two parties may very
well have some benefits. In other
words, it is worth a try.
Letters to the Editor
Parking issues
in Valletta
■ Recently some parking spaces in
Melita Street, Valletta (Marsamxett
side) were allocated for residents.
I would like to express my gratitude
to whoever was responsible for this
long delayed decision, reversing a
decision taken some years ago to
remove most of the parking slots in
this part of Valletta.
I had on various occasions communicated with the local and central government authorities on this
matter but to no avail.
Now at long last the situation has
been rectified. Access to parking for
the ever-dwindling number of Valletta residents is important.
In future may I suggest that when
such decisions are taken the residents living in the locality are first
consulted.
Paul Edgar Micallef
Valletta
Rethinking
irregular
migration
■ It is about time that we come to our
senses and realise that the movement of African population northward is not a temporary phenomenon but will continue in the future
so long as there is an imbalance in
the standard of living between
regions.
The Maltese, as Catholics,
humanists and non-racists, should
be welcoming these poor
immigrants and feel proud that we
have been selected to commingle
with them.
As we all agree that a human creature born to the world is an asset to
the economies of a nation, these
immigrants will in the long run
enrich Malta.
GIanluca Bezzina
returning to work
after his Eurovision
participation.
Taking a sabbatical?
■ I read that Gianluca Bezzina is toying with the idea of taking a sabbatical from medicine.
Not a good idea. Medicine is not a discipline that takes lightly to
being shelved.
Possibly music is.
Joe Psaila Savona
Żejtun
For all our misgivings our population is far from being at saturation
point. The Maltese people are well
known for their missionary work.
Here is a chance to assist these
newcomers to our shores and help
them integrate to become Maltese
citizens by offering them and their
children education and social assistance. But this policy needs finances
to support it.
Let us turn to our European partners for the funds needed for this
project and have them ‘share the
burden’ this way. If our government
were to adopt such a civilised policy,
the reputation of the Maltese islands
would shine throughout the world
for its generosity.
Alfred Demanuele
Marsascala
Letters to the editor should be kept as brief as possible. Publication
is subject to abridgement. Letters should carry the writer’s full name,
surname, address, identity card number and daytime telephone
Bigger water
taxi please
■ The whole concept of the water
taxi is brilliant and after a few
months its popularity has
increased. Unfortunately the size
of the vessel has stayed the same.
I wrote a letter to the
editor, published on January 7,
highlighting the plight of the
Three Cities residents.
Often the boat is full either
leaving Vittoriosa or when one is
trying to return from Valletta.
I implore Transport Malta to
follow up the numerous complaints about the size of the boat
being used by the operator.
This issue needs addressing
urgently especially with the season of cruise liners is upon us.
The current demand already
exceeds the supply, so to speak.
I am led to believe that on
being awarded the contract the
operator had to make certain
undertakings to provide an adequate service. In return he was
given financial assistance to
operate.
Currently, all Transport Malta
does when it receives any complaints regarding the water taxi’s
size is to send a standard reply
that it is looking into the matter.
I, together with many other
residents of the Three Cities want
to be in a position to use this type
of transport across the Grand
Harbour continuously.
Having to wait approximately
one hour because of lack of space
takes the shine off what is a
marvellous and supposedly timesaving idea.
John Carmel Navarro
Senglea
Pope’s throne
■ It’s not like Pope Francis sold
away that golden chair and gave
the money to charity. They still
have it. He is just not sitting on it
to look better than the one who
came before him.
Karl Consiglio
Sliema
Family first
■ Contrary to what the newly
appointed chairman of the Malta
Sports Council said during an
interview with a local station on
May 22, the first approach to the
practice of physical training
(education) and sport should
start within the family and not
in schools.
Tony Formosa
Pietà
numbers. Letters are sent under the express understanding and
condition that the editor may, and is authorised to, disclose any/all
of the personal information mentioned above to any person or entity
Hotels and
sunshine in
Sliema
■ My compliments to the Government on its apparent fast-track
decision to increase the bedstock
in tourist areas. Building two more
hotel floors is bound to benefit the
economy.
The authorities also seem to be
wise in protecting areas of historical and architectural importance,
much neglected in the past, like
Tigné point.
But what about the quality of life
of Maltese citizens? Who is going to
protect the environment in urban
tourist areas with diminishing sunshine hours?
With the high rises all along the
Sliema seafront, beaches in Qui-siSana and Tower Road are already
denied sunshine for most of the
day. As many residents know, this
northern coast faces the onslaught
of wet and cold winds, especially in
winter, the effects of which are normally relieved by intervals of warm
sunshine. Residential apartments
in side streets, most of them narrow, also benefit from being
touched by the sun, unfortunately
much less in recent years with rising buildings.
Two more floors on the many
hotels on the Sliema-St Julian’s skyline might not appear to create
much of a negative intrusion but in
this thickly built suburb, where
humidity is exceptionally high, it is
bound to threaten the quality of life.
Let’s hope this aspect – not forgetting alternative energy programmes using sun hours – is not
neglected when impact studies are
carried out before permits are
issued.
Charles Xuereb
Sliema
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TIMES OF MALTA
I Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Comment & Letters
Unfair tests
in exams
■ Like thousands of other Maltese
youths my nephew is sitting for
his ‘O’ Level SEC exams. This past
week he sat for the two papers in
English Literature, my favourite
hobby even today.
Upon enquiry my nephew told
me that he felt confused on how
best to answer a multiple choice
question concerning an “unprepared prose”, the title or origin of
which is not given in the paper.
The question rested on limited
and contradictory clues in the
selected text, and the multiple
choice answers would have
required the services of the
famous investigator Poirot.
In reality there is no proper
answer if one does not know
the rest of the story, and my
nephew and other students may
have easily lost a valuable mark
innocently.
The multiple choice question
does not make sense in the context of the quoted “unprepared
prose”. Based on the clues found
exclusively in the provided text,
every student was expected to
determine the age of Mary, i.e.
whether she was three, 10 or 18
years old, and give a correct
answer to earn one mark. One
mark may make a difference
between one grade and another.
My nephew and perhaps some
others knew that in reality Mary
was about 10 years old because of
prior knowledge of the prose in
question, but in this case there
was no clear clue in the actual
quotation cited in the exam
paper. The students were not
asked to give their reasons for
their choice of answer, any one of
which may be valid.
Basically, Section 2 of Paper 1
provided a long quotation of the
“unprepared prose”, which my
nephew identified as being taken
from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s
book The Secret Garden, that he
had once read. It is extracted
from roughly the second page of
Chapter 15, which for clarity’s
sake includes: “On that first
morning when the sky was blue
again Mary wakened very early …
(and what follows is important:)
… She had learned to dress herself by this time and she put on
her clothes in five minutes.
...(and till) ...rust-red head of
Dickon, who was kneeling on the
grass working hard.” I will let the
readers find out the full text.
Concerning Mary’s hypothetical age based on this quotation:
most children learn to dress at
age three, so Mary may have
been three years old. There is no
clue that she had arrived from
India where servants dressed her
up till she was astonishingly a
10-year-old girl. Judging from
Mary’s other actions in the
quoted text, she must have been
much older than three years,
because she wandered out very
early in the morning to the garden that was far, so one would
choose age 10 or 18 based on
these actions alone, though 18
would have been preferable in
such a case.
In conclusion, this multiple
choice question was most unreasonable and misleading for any
student who had not previously
read the novel. I do hope that the
Board of Examiners will take this
matter into consideration when
awarding marks. Allowing students to give reasons for their
choice would have been better.
Maria Rossella Dalmas
Msida
A wake-up call
ME sufferers need help
■ Recognition by our national health service
(NHS) that ME (“myalgic encephalomyelitis”
(May 16) and fibromyalgia are real and not imaginary diseases would be a very positive first step
towards helping these sufferers.
The American medical scene uses the name
“chronic fatigue syndrome” (CFS), rather than
ME, because the term encephalomyelitis indicates inflammation of the brain and spinal cord,
which most claim has never been convincingly
demonstrated.
Some support groups waste a lot of energy
arguing about semantics. What is important is
for the NHS to recognise that ME/CFS and
fibromyalgia are very disabling medical problems
which require attention and are not feigned
maladies of work-shy or mentally-disturbed
individuals.
Besides unending disagreements within the
medical profession about whether or not these
are real pathologies and not psycho-social problems, medical insurance companies have also
had a vested interest in classifying them as psycho-social problems.
What the NHS could do is organise a small support team of sympathetic doctors to look after
these sufferers. The fact alone that a service is
available for these patients would lift their morale
– doctors and nurses with the right attitude to the
suffering of others can have significant beneficial
effects even on very sick patients.
ME and fibromyalgia are poorly understood
and their exact cause remains unclear. ME
resembles a neuro-autoimmune disease while
fibromyalgia seems to revolve around a deranged
pain perception abnormality. Recent claims that
ME was caused by a specific viral infection have
■ Once again our children are facing their Matsec exams and once
again I strongly feel that they are
being let down by the system. An
exam to test their aptitude has
again been a means to destroy
their motivation and self-esteem.
I am not even going to get into
what the dedicated teachers must
be feeling.
The dreaded Maths exams have
come and been and as usual the
questions set were too difficult for
the level the students were sitting.
New material pops up out of
nowhere and apart from tackling
these, they are under duress
because there is a time limit.
My child sat for the mathematics
‘A’ level paper and being her
favourite subject, she was well
prepared for it and had studied
really hard... but she came out crying because she had never done
certain questions and there was too
little time for her to finish the whole
paper. She also told me that other
students gave up and left the exam
proved unfounded, but there is at present a lot of
controversial interest in whether or not ME and
fibromyalgia are undiagnosed chronic Lyme disease. Chronic Lyme disease does in fact mimic
ME and fibromyalgia very closely. Early experience with laboratory testing suggests that many,
but not all, cases of ME and fibromyalgia appear
to be chronic Lyme disease.
This area of medicine is still controversial, not
least because the accuracy of laboratory testing
for chronic Lyme disease continues to be
debated. The treatment of chronic Lyme disease
is also not clearly established and right now consists of antibiotics, with or without a specific
plant-derived product, combined with nutritional supplement support.
A small Maltese NHS team could do much useful work investigating these patients to exclude
other established abnormalities – infective,
autoimmune, anaemia, poor nutrition, etc. A
nutritional therapist needs to be part of the team.
They usually suffer from poor sleep which may
be helped by some nutritional supplements and
hormones (melatonin). The possibility that some
of them might be suffering from chronic Lyme
disease would need to be investigated.
There is a lot that could be done to help this
group of disabled individuals, some very severely
so. Many of them are obviously depressed by their
condition, but the last thing they need is pharmaceutical anti-depression drugs. Nor is there good
evidence that they are improved by cognitive
behavioural therapy and graded exercise.
Albert Cilia-Vincenti
chairman
Academy of Nutritional Medicine (UK)
Attard
room after only an hour, saying
they would not bother to turn up
for Paper II the following day.
This in fact turned out to be even
worse than the first paper. They
entered the exam room already
worried about what it would be
like. Here, I am only talking about
the maths papers however; there
are other subjects where the same
thing applies.
I can also speak from another
perspective, not that of a mother
but of a Learning Support Assistant. I have only worked as an LSA
for a few months but in this short
period of time I have come to
respect students with additional
needs and their parents who
painstakingly achieve goal after
goal. The students manage to sit
for the exams notwithstanding the
various difficulties and barriers
they overcome. Together we do
our utmost to empower these students and teach them to believe in
themselves, only to have it
slammed back in our faces when
after putting so much effort into it
they are faced with this type of
exam. Is this the inclusion we are
taught about?
When I phoned the person concerned in the past, he told me that
the exam wasn’t difficult and that I
was the only person phoning in to
complain. But he also said that
even if it had been hard, the marking schemes would be adjusted
accordingly.
Results haven’t yet come out...
but whether the students pass or
fail, the system needs to change if
we want more of them to pursue
further education and to love the
subjects they study with a sense of
wonder rather than seeing them as
a tool of terror.
What I would really like
answered from the authorities
concerned is why they are doing
this and what are they hoping to
achieve. Maybe, just maybe, I may
finally understand.
Angela Wood
Marsascala
■ In a world that keeps refuting the
light in order to foolishly embrace
the darkness, the Christian faith is all
the more needed to propose Jesus
Christ, once again, as the way, the
truth and the life that leads to the
Father (see John 14: 6).
The moral, political and social
chaos which prevails in our world
means there is a craving for God’s
great and providential intervention.
The senseless lives many people are
leading, especially when they feel
trapped by their own hurts and
prejudices against their brothers and
sisters, are calling for redemption
and freedom.
The Holy Spirit is the solution. We
must not tire of invoking him by the
words of Psalm 104 which says:
“Send forth your Spirit, Lord, and
renew the face of the earth!” In his
42th of his Ascetical Homilies, Saint
Isaac the Syrian gives an intriguing
dynamic of the Holy Spirit’s workings in the individual.
“...In proportion to your humility
you are given patience in your woes;
and in proportion to your patience
the burden of your afflictions is
made lighter and you will find consolation; in proportion to your consolation, your love of God increases;
and in proportion to your love, your
joy in the Holy Spirit is magnified.
Once men have truly become His
sons, our tenderly compassionate
Father does not take away their
temptations from them when it is
His pleasure to ‘make for them a way
to escape’ (1 Cor. 10:13), but instead
He gives His sons patience in their
trials. All these good things are given
into the hand of their patience for
the perfecting of their souls.”
Holy Spirit wake me up from my
self-defeatism and give me enough
faith an d courage to entrust my life
into your sanctifying hands. Amen.
Mario Attard OFM Cap
San Ġwann
PN’s revival in
interest of all
■ Most Nationalist Party supporters,
including councillors and activists,
can hardly ever lose enthusiasm permanently. Before and following the
general election, one can say that
interest faded – and this is in the
process of being addressed – but
only temporarily. It cannot be otherwise because the PN has always
been led by leaders synonymous
with historical achievements affecting our daily lives.
The commitment to reinvigorate
the PN is now in progress and has
started with the election of leaders
and officials. Mario de Marco and
Beppe Fenech Adami’s dedication
to the party speaks for itself and does
justice to their fathers’ exceptional
service to this country.
Particularly striking was Dr
Fenech Adami when he said that
despite his active involvement
within the party over a number of
years, the receiving exceeded the
giving. Coming from this politician,
who was at the heart of political
struggles which took away from him
precious family time, it is very meaningful and inspirational for all.
Whatever one’s political leaning,
one stands to benefit from successful
implementation of policies and the
PN has always excelled in producing
results still tangible today. Consequently, the PN, with humility, its
values and its fresh team spirit, can
look forward to becoming once
again the people’s winning party,
perhaps even sooner than expected
in the interest of all.
Josephine Vella
Birkirkara
TIMES OF MALTA |
17
Comment & Letters
Is EU hiding something?
Arnold Cassola
Arnold Cassola is Alternattiva
Demokratika spokesperson on
EU and International Affairs.
T
he sacking of a
European Commissioner is quite a rarity. Yet this happened last October
16, when EU Commission President Jose’ Manuel
Barroso gave his Health and Consumer Affairs Commissioner John
Dalli 30 minutes to either resign
or be fired.
The suspicion of misbehaviour
in connection with the proposed
legislation known as the Tobacco
Directive, though not proven, was
a very serious one and the Commissioner actually resigned,
before the 30 minutes had
elapsed.
As things evolved during the
past seven months or so, it has
become amply clear that all sorts
of basic EU procedures have been
ignored in this very delicate affair.
As Green Members of the European Parliament José Bové and
Bart Staes have put it, “In the
aftermath of Dalligate, after an
alleged bribe linked to the tobacco
industry - it is today absolutely
clear that the OLAF enquiry that
led to the dismissal of Dalli is at
least dubious if not a complete
farce. MEPs of different political
groups have been asking for clarity in this case for six months, but
have been denied access to key
documents by both the EC as well
as the leadership/presidency of
the European Parliament”.
What was supposed to be an act
of accusation against a single
European Commissioner has
boomeranged into a fully-fledged
attack against the head of the
Anti-Fraud office of the EU, Giovanni Kessler, and even against
the European Commission president.
During the past months first the
OLAF report was leaked to the
press, and then it was the turn of
the report of its supervisory committee to be fed to the media.
The reading of these two documents raises serious political
questions on the functioning of
OLAF and on the behaviour of
Kessler, who went beyond his
powers and flouted the regulations. Was he acting alone or also
on somebody else’s behalf?
In fact, one of the conclusions
of the OLAF supervisory committee was that “The SC was
informed of OLAF’s intention to
transmit the case to the national
judicial authorities, but did not
receive access to the case in conformity with its request within the
timeframe provided for by the
working arrangements. This prevented the committee from carrying out the examination of the
respect of fundamental rights and
procedural guarantees prior to the
transmission of the case. According to the judgement of the court,
OLAF’s failure to consult the SC
before forwarding information to
the national judicial authorities
could be seen as an infringement of Article 11(7) of Regulation
(EC) No 1073/199922 (concerning
anti-fraud measures)”.
The non-adherence to the rules
has also serious implications for
Barroso. It is quite clear now that
had Barroso stuck to the rules of
OLAF and taken the trouble to
The Maltese
members of the
European
Parliament have
not uttered a
single word on
the Dalli affair
consult the OLAF supervisory
committee, Dalli would not have
been dismissed and the Tobacco
Directive would not have been
delayed by at least five months.
This five-month-delay could be
long enough to prevent the
Tobacco Directive from being
voted by May 2014, thus giving the
tobacco industry the opportunity
to continue reaping profits valued
at billions of euros.
The Green Group in the European Parliament and a number of
other individual MEPs have been
insisting on clarity. They have
obtained some results. In fact, the
EP Budgetary Control Committee
will tomorrow be holding an audition with the OLAF supervisory
committee,
Commissioner
Algirdes Semeta and Kessler
about the Dalligate affair.
This is a step in the right direction but it is not enough. In the
name of transparency, even Barroso should present himself for
the audition to explain his behaviour in the whole affair. Why is he
always escaping to avoid scrutiny?
Ironically, the Maltese members
of the European Parliament have
not uttered a single word on the
affair.
Why are they not rocking the
boat? Is this linked to the fact that
Kessler is affiliated to the Socialist
group while Barroso is affiliated to
the Popular Party Group, the two
groups that the two main Maltese
parties belong to?
Whatever their reasons, in the
name of clarity and transparency
it is imperative that the following
questions are given an answer:
why is it that the original complaint that triggered the whole
investigation was sent by the
Swedish tobacco company
Swedish Match not to OLAF but
directly to the European Commission Secretary General Catherine
Day and on the advice of the
Philip Morris lawyer/consultant
Michel Petite?
Why was the complaint transmitted to OLAF by Barroso, who
therefore was aware of the accusations before the investigations
started?
And why did Barroso schedule
a meeting with Dalli for October
16, without any agenda on October 11, 2012? If the meeting was
scheduled for October 16, how
come the press release on his resignation had already been prepared on October 15? And was it
a coincidence that on October 18,
two days after the Commissioner
was fired, the offices of the antitobacco lobby in Brussels were
burgled and the computers were
stolen?
The European institutions are,
unfortunately, the object of great
mistrust among European citizens mainly due to the lack of
transparency in their workings.
Failure on the part of Barroso and
the Commission to come up with
clear answers to this whole affair
will only serve to further distance
the citizens from the European
institutions,
thus
causing
irreparable damage to the whole
European visionary project.
[email protected]
The birthday of a prophet
Michael Grech
L
orenzo Milani was
born to an intellectual Jewish agnostic
family 90 years ago.
In 1943, he genuinely converted to
Catholicism and was ordained a
priest in 1947. Rather than seeking
a prestigious career in the Florentine curia, a position he could easily have obtained given his family’s
connections, he chose to fulfil his
vocation in a Tuscan backwater,
San Donato di Calenzano, as an
assistant to the parish priest.
Inspired by the Gospel, Don
Milani sought to exalt the dignity
of his parishioners, whether
believers or not. He immersed
himself in the social and economic
issues of his people, creating an
after-work school for adults.
Here, to alienate his nonCatholic students, he removed the
crucifix from the classroom, a
decision that was fiercely opposed
by conservative parishioners.
His experiences at San Donato
were narrated in Esperienze
Pastorali, a book where he not
merely debunked the myth that
depicted Italy as a fundamentallyChristian nation but also criticised
the Church’s modus operandi and
the preparation and attitude of the
clergy. The distribution of this
book was stopped by the Holy
Office.
Because of his skirmishes with
the hierarchy, Don Milani was
transferred to the remote parish of
Barbiana on the Tuscan mountains. Despite the banishment, he
did not allow this place of exile to
isolate or demoralise him.
He founded a school that
catered for the children of the
peasants of the areas, most of
them dropouts from mainstream
education. Here, he not only
taught them the usual subjects (in
a very unusual way) but stimulated
them to think and engage themselves critically with issues that
mainstream education considered
to lie beyond school curricula.
The Vietnam war, trade union
issues, the exploitation of the
Third World by the first and the
current state of Italian and international politics were included in
the school’s daily syllabus.
Don Milani and his pupils did
not limit themselves to discussing
such issues. The school adopted a
proactive role, making some memorable public interventions like the
Letter to the Military Chaplains
(1965) wherein the school of
Barbiana defended conscientious
objection and solemnly proclaimed that obedience, considered as a fundamental virtue in
many Catholic circles, may not be
a virtue after all.
The letter clearly affirmed that
students, soldiers and citizens in
general ought to be taught that
there are circumstances where to
disobey is not only morally permissible but required.
A seminal publication was the
letter to an imaginary teacher representing mainstream schools and
education: Lettera ad una
Professoressa.
Here, among other things, Don
Milani and his pupils exposed the
class-bias of the educational setup concealed under trappings of
fairness
and
impartiality,
denounced exams and criticised
the school system for failing to
imbue the democratic ideals that
the Italian republic supposedly
cherished.
If we consider our educational
establishment in relation to Don
Milani’s letter, there are aspects of
the latter that appear to be dated.
Apparently, the doors of our
education are open to anyone,
regardless of his class. (I use the
word apparently because certain
classes and groups are over represented whereas regarding those
that are ‘excluded’ there is a predominance of certain groups and
classes.)
This notwithstanding, there is
one aspect where local education
is spectacularly failing. Schools
were conceived by Don Milani as
sites where students could obtain
cultural tools they could then use
for their personal development.
In this set-up, the powers that be
maintained their status by creating
glass barriers that ensured that
those who had an interest in
changing the socio-political composition of society were excluded
from secondary and higher
education.
In today’s Malta, the situation
seems to be reversed. Larger numbers of students are enrolled
in post-secondary education.
Somewhere we
have failed. Don
Milani would
have cursed us
(Hegemony at times functions by
excluding; at others by including.)
Yet, rather than education providing them with critical tools
required to challenge and question the status quo, most students
(with obvious exceptions, some of
whom I have been privileged to
come across as a teacher) seem to
be neutered into conformity.
This was glaringly evident in the
last electoral campaign. My job at
Junior College brings me in touch
with 16-18-year-old students,
young adults who should be brimming with energy to change the
world. My teaching duties supposedly include fostering their critical
and creative potential. The last
thing you expect is to have leaders
of political parties visiting our
institution and, instead of being
grilled with pungent questions, are
saluted as conquering heroes with
hysterical shouts of “Ole Nazzjonalisti”, “Malta tagħna lkoll”,
“Joseph” or “Gonzi”.
This stands in sharp contrast to
what happens in Europe where it
is customary that politicians who
visit universities and colleges are
given a hard time, primarily by students who share their political ideology. A famous case was that of
Luciano Lama, general secretary
of the communist-leaning CGIL,
who was chased out of La Sapienza
University by left-wing students.
Somewhere we have failed. Don
Milani would have cursed us.
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A few weeks after revealing her brave decision to undergo preventive double
mastectomy, Oscar-winning actress loses her aunt, aged 61, to breast cancer
Yet another blow for Jolie
Actress Angelina Jolie’s aunt has died from breast
cancer, less than two weeks after the star had a
double mastectomy to avoid the disease.
Debbie Martin, 61, died in a San Diego,
California-area hospital, her husband Ron
said yesterday.
Martin was the younger sister of Jolie’s mother
Marcheline Bertrand, whose own death from
cancer in 2007 inspired the surgery that Jolie
described in a May 14 New York Times article.
“Martin had the same
defective BRCA1 gene as
Jolie, but did not know
it until after her 2004
cancer diagnosis”
Angelina Jolie with her children Maddox, Zahara, Pax Thien and Shiloh
at New Tokyo International Airport on July 26, 2010. Photo: Reuters
The Oscar-winning film star said she hoped
her story would inspire other women fighting the
life-threatening disease.
Jolie, 37, is raising a family with fellow actor
and fiancé Brad Pitt. She wrote that she went
through with the operation in part to reassure
her six children that she would not die young
from cancer, as her own mother did.
“We often speak of ‘Mommy’s mommy,’ and I
find myself trying to explain the illness that took
her away from us. They have asked if the same
could happen to me,” wrote Jolie.
“I have always told them not to worry, but the
truth is I carry a ‘faulty’ gene.”
Martin had the same defective BRCA1 gene as
Jolie, but did not know it until after her 2004 cancer diagnosis.
Her husband said had his wife known in
advance of her genetic risk, “she would have
done exactly what Angelina did”.
Martin’s death was first reported by E! News.
After getting breast cancer, Martin had her
ovaries removed preventively because she was
also at very high genetic risk for ovarian cancer,
which has killed several women in her family.
Jolie, who won an Oscar as best supporting
actress for her 1999 role in the film Girl, Interrupted, said her doctors estimated that she had
a 50 per cent risk of getting ovarian cancer but an
87 per cent risk of breast cancer.
She had her breasts removed first, reducing
her likelihood to a mere five per cent.
She described the three-step surgical process
in detail “because I hope that other women can
benefit from my experience”.
The story, a surprise to most save those closest
to Jolie, spurred a broad discussion of genetic
testing and pre-emptive surgery. (AP/Reuters)
On the 20th anniversary of her feat, the first British woman to have reached
Woman’s name in
Everest record book
Ryan Hooper
The first British woman to scale
Mount Everest admits she fell out of
love with the peak after it became a
tourist attraction following her
record-breaking ascent. Reaching
Everest’s summit has gone from
largely being the preserve of hardcore
adventurers to an entirely obtainable
dream for climbers from across the
globe, Rebecca Stephens said.
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But the breathtaking view from the
top is forcing many groups to wait
patiently in bone-chilling winds,
while the climbers in front of them –
and those in front of them – savour
the moment they have spent months
working for.
There is a long queue to stand on
the roof of the world.
Yet no matter how many more
climbers file up the mountain or
grapple for a perch on the edge of
Hillary Step, former journalist
Stephens will never lose the distinction of being the first British woman
to conquer the peak.
The 20th anniversary of her
feat – made more remarkable
by her self-confessed lack of
climbing experience –
comes in the same month
of Tenzing Norgay and
Edmund Hillary’s first
ascent of the mountain 60
years ago.
She recalls her challenge
with immense pleasure now,
but admits she briefly fell out of
love with Everest as the climb
becomes “commercial”.
“I’ll be completely honest, I
emotionally rather turned my
back to it,” she said. “I thought, as
a romantic, the magic has gone
a bit.
“It was just an
emotional thing.
‘Don’t change my
mountain, how
dare they?’.
“But I found
myself turning
Angelina Jolie (right) and her mother Marcheline
Bertrand pose together at the premiere of Jolie’s film
Original Sin in Hollywood on July 31, 2001. Photo: AP
Debbie Martin was the younger sister of
Jolie’s mother, whose own death from
cancer in 2007 inspired the surgery
that Jolie underwent.
the summit recalls her challenge
Rebecca Stephens fell out of love with
Everest following her record-breaking
ascent in 1993 as the climb became
‘commercial’.
to face it again because it is still a
place where people face challenges,
test themselves, and hold fascination
as the highest place in the world.”
She said scaling Everest – certainly
on the normal route – was no longer
“the most difficult” challenge for a
young climber.
Reaching Everest’s
summit has gone
from largely being
the preserve of
hardcore
adventurers to an
entirely obtainable
dream for
climbers from
across the globe
The 51-year-old said thrill-seekers
could explore lesser-known peaks in
Everest’s shadow in order to achieve
a mountaineering “first” – something
which would help relieve traffic along
the route to Everest’s summit.
“Queuing is a problem. I can’t
believe I am saying that,” she said.
“You have people queuing for the
Hillary Step. It’s not like queuing for
a bus, it’s very cold.
“To me the idea of hanging around
for more than five minutes is not
an attractive one. That is a danger
in itself.”
When Stephens wrote her
name into the record books in
1993, hers was one of few expeditions
to the summit.
On the day itself, she was able to
plant fresh footprints in unbroken
fresh snow, with a brief stay at the
very top before surrendering to the harsh
conditions and heading back down. The
decision to leave the summit after five
minutes was, she said, an easy one.
Stephens, who went on to become the
first British woman to climb the highest
mountain in each of the world’s seven
continents, has returned to Everest twice
since her feat.
She now spends her time skiing and
trekking in locations around the world,
and is introducing daughters Anna, 10,
and Katerina, six, to the natural environment. But the mountain still holds a place
in her heart.
“Once something has been climbed, it
opens doors for other people who build
up strategies over time and so it becomes
easier,” she said.
“That doesn’t stop it being the highest
mountain in the world, and I think it will
always hold that magic.” (PA)
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Entertainment
Sixth action instalment races past comedy sequel to lead US and Canadian film charts
Fast & Furious tops Hangover 3
in big-budget box- office battle
Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud
The speed demons of Fast & Furious
6 raced ahead of the hard-partying
Hangover gang in a battle between
two male-oriented movie franchises,
setting up the car chase sequel for a
big holiday weekend win at US and
Canadian box offices.
Fast & Furious 6 rang up an estimated $98.5 million in domestic ticket
sales from Friday through Sunday and
was speeding towards $122.5 million
by the end of yesterday’s US Memorial
Day holiday, distributor Universal Pictures projected.
Comedy sequel The Hangover Part
3 brought in $42.4 million from Friday through Sunday, according to
studio estimates, and was likely to
finish with $64 million through yesterday, after a Thursday opening.
The new movie
built a massive
online fan base
with more than 34
million likes on
Facebook. It cost
$160 million to
produce
Last weekend’s box-office leader,
sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into
Darkness, fell to third place with
$38 million through Sunday and
was headed towards $48 million
through yesterday.
The movies charged up the North
American box office, putting ticket
sales on pace for a Memorial Day
weekend record.
Receipts for all films could reach
$323 million through yesterday,
according to Hollywood.com, shattering the 2011 record of $276.3 million.
“A perfect storm of hits led to this
incredible weekend with going out to
the movies proving itself to be the
first choice for outside-of-the-home
entertainment,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of Hollywood.com’s box office division.
The sixth instalment of Fast & Furious blew past pre-weekend forecasts
for $80 million in domestic sales over
four days by nearly 50 per cent.
The five previous films grossed
$1.6 billion combined.
Vin Diesel is back in the heart-pounding,
adrenaline-pumping sixth edition of the
Fast & Furious franchise.
Paul Walker and
Jordana Brewster on the run in
Fast & Furious 6.
The escapades of Bradley Cooper
(left), Zach Galifianakis and
Ed Helms (right) return them to
Vegas, where it all began, in
The Hangover Part 3.
Set in London, the new film stars
Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, a
now-retired professional criminal
who reunites his crew with US Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke
Hobbs, played by Dwayne Johnson.
The group works to take down a
criminal outfit of mercenary drivers
scattered across 12 countries.
The new movie built a massive
online fan base with more than 34
million “likes” on Facebook. It cost
$160 million to produce.
“To do this again, and have critics
rave which is so unusual for this type
of film... that’s unbelievable,” said
Nikki Rocco, president for domestic
distribution at Universal Studios, a
unit of Comcast Corp.
“And it’s really extraordinary that
49 per cent of the audience is female.
Older females really love the film,”
she noted, adding that its appeal is
“very broad and very diverse”.
Fast & Furious 6 added $177 million in international markets, bringing global sales through Sunday to
$275.5 million, Universal said.
With the franchise showing no
signs of slowing, Universal has
already announced the Fast & Furious 7 release for July 2014.
The Hangover Part 3, meanwhile,
brings the hard-partying saga to a
close. The third movie takes friends
played by Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms
and Zach Galifianakis back to Las
Vegas for a new round of escapades as
they hunt for the elusive and eccentric
Mr Chow, played by Ken Jeong.
The third instalment looked likely
to miss forecasts for sales of at least
$70 million including Thursday sales of
$11.8 million.
Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros.
and
Legendary
Entertainment
produced Hangover Part 3 for $103 million, according to the Box Office
Mojo website.
Dan Fellman, president of theatrical
distribution for Warner Bros, said that
while the film “underperformed just a
little bit,” the big weekend numbers all
around were a good sign, and Hangover 3 was the second-largest opening
ever for an R-rated film with $64 million
projected through yesterday.
“The market expanded enormously
this weekend,” Fellman noted, “so we
expect we’ll be getting some of the Fast
& Furious fans in the next week.”
The weekend’s other new nationwide
release, animated family film Epic,
landed in fourth place with $34.2 million through Sunday and an estimated
$44 million through yesterday.
Epic, released by News Corp’s 20th
Century Fox studio, tells the story of a
teenage girl who discovers a battle
between good and evil taking place
deep in the forest.
Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson and
Beyonce provide voices for the characters. The 3D movie, which cost $93 million to produce, is the first new family
film to reach theatres since The Croods
debuted on March 22.
Third-place film Star Trek Into Darkness dropped 46 per cent from its debut
a week earlier.
Global sales through Sunday
neared $260 million, according to
distributor Paramount Pictures, a unit
of Viacom Inc.
In fifth place, blockbuster superhero
movie Iron Man 3 from Walt Disney
Co’s Marvel Studios earned $19.4 million through Sunday.
Its cumulative global sales topped
$1.1 billion, Disney said, the fifth-highest total of all time. (Reuters)
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esday, May 28, 2013
director Abdellatif Kechiche, wins Palme d’Or in a watershed year for gay rights
ps top prize at Cannes
behalf of actor
Laetitia Casta.
Director Abdellatif Kechiche with actresses Lea
Seydoux (left) and Adele Exarchopoulos after he
received the Palme d’Or for the film La Vie
D’Adele (Blue is the Warmest Colour) at the closing
ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Jury member actress
Nicole Kidman arrives
on stage during the
closing ceremony.
The main
prizewinners
Palme d’Or: La Vie d’Adele Chapitre 1 & 2 (Blue is the
Warmest Colour), Abdellatif
Kechiche (France)
Grand Prix : Inside Llewyn
Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen
(US)
Jury Prize: Soshite Chichi Ni
Naru (Like Father, Like Son),
Kore-Eda Hirokazu (Japan)
Camera d’Or : Ilo Ilo,
Anthony Chen (Singapore)
Best director: Heli, Amat
Escalante (Mexico)
Best screenplay: Tian Zhu
Ding (A Touch of Sin), Jia
Zhangke (China)
Best actress: Berenice Bejo
in Le Passe (The Past)
(France)
Best actor: Bruce Dern in
Nebraska (US)
Short film: Safe , Moon
Byoung-Gon (South Korea)
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International
A sexually graphic love story, La Vie d’Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2 by French-Tunisian d
Lesbian romance scoo
Belinda Goldsmith
and Alexandria Sage
An intimate lesbian love story by
French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize at
Cannes on Sunday, and the film
festival’s director immediately
urged the large crowds protesting
against gay marriage in Paris to go
and see it.
La Vie d’Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2
(Blue is the Warmest Colour) was
chosen from a field of 20 films
exploring sex, violence and
emotional anguish that were
vying for the Palme d’Or, one of
the most coveted film awards
after the Oscars.
Critics picked the three-hour
film as a possible winner at the
66th Cannes festival, but wondered if its explicit lesbian sex
scenes – one lasting up to 10 minutes – would deter the jury deciding the awards led by US filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
In an unusual move, Spielberg
said the award would be
shared between Kechiche and
his two lead actresses Adele
Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux
as they were central to the
film’s success.
Actress Uma
Thurman poses
during a photocall
after the closing
ceremony.
“I think it will get a lot of play...
I think this film carries a very
strong message, a very positive
message,” Spielberg told journalists. “It was the perfect choice
between those two actresses and
this incredible very sensitive and
observant film-maker.”
Spielberg said he supported
same-sex marriage, but downplayed any suggestion the award
was to promote this cause.
Festival director Thierry
Fremaux said the film was timely,
as hundreds of thousands of
demonstrators marched in Paris
on Sunday to protest France’s
recent legalisation of same-sex
marriage.
“Everyone who is against samesex marriage or love between two
people of the same sex must see
the film,” he told Reuters.
Kechiche, a Tunisia-born actor
who made his directorial debut in
2000, was virtually speechless as
he accepted the award, which he
dedicated to the youth of France
and Tunisia who, during the Arab
Spring, “wanted only to live,
speak and love freely”.
La Vie d’Adele is an emotional
tale of love and sexuality centred
on 15-year-old Adele (Exarchopoulos) and her lover Emma
(Seydoux) that follows the course
of their tumultuous relationship.
Critics had also considered as a
forerunner Inside Llewyn Davis
about a struggling New York folk
singer by the American Coen
brothers Ethan and Joel, which
was named as runner-up.
The third prize went to Japanese director Kore-Eda Hirokazu
for the baby-swapping drama
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Like
Father, Like Son) while the best
director award went to Mexico’s
Amat Escalante for his brutal look
at Mexico’s drug war, Heli.
American Bruce Dern, 76, won
a best actor award in Alexander
Payne’s road trip film Nebraska,
beating Michael Douglas, who
was widely praised for his performance as flamboyant pianist Liberace in Steven Soderbergh’s
Behind the Candelabra.
French actress Berenice Bejo
(The Artist) won the best actress
award in Iranian director Asghar
Farhadi’s tense domestic drama
Le Passe (The Past).
Director Alexander Payne receives the Best Actor award on b
Bruce Dern for his role in the film Nebraska, from actress L
Everyone who
is against
same-sex
marriage or love
between two
people of the
same sex must
see La Vie
d’Adele, an
emotional tale
of love and
sexuality
Before the ceremony, stars
including Kim Novak and Laetitia
Casta signed autographs and
posed for photographers on the
red carpet in blazing sunshine, a
contrast to the festival’s
opening ceremony on
May 15 when umbrellas took over in
the rain.
The
awards
ended the 2013
edition of the
world’s largest film
festival, where up
to 40,000 film
professionals also
bought and sold
titles on the
bustling marketplace
hidden
away from the
glitzy
promotional circuit of
parties
and
stunts. (Reuters)
Director Anthony Chen poses with his
Camera d’Or award for the film Ilo Ilo.
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12. Fish a stream at Birkenhead (5)
13. Head of finance (7)
15. Games of the greatest status (5)
18. Sarah from Salford (3)
19. New loader on trial (6)
21. What the barber will get if you
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22. All rounders in track athletics?
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24. Remains to be seen as something educational (7)
26. Quick look round for a mouthpiece (6)
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17. Go furtively forming links (5)
19. Kind of glass used for measuring drinks? (7)
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Capital 10. Stoat 11. Least 12.
Feats 13. Leveret 15. Sea 17.
Arid 18. Orders 19. Burns 20.
Eraser 22. Tame 24. Nil 25.
Learner 26. Gamut 27. Bijou
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Today in History
1987: A German teenager evaded
the entire Soviet air defence
system when he landed his light
Cessna plane in Moscow’s Red
Square.
Reflection
“He ordered us to preach to the
people and to give a thorough
witness.”
Acts 10:42
Word Power
What does ‘harmattan’ mean?
a. Dry, dusty wind
b. Medieval armoury
c. Storm chaser
d. Budding actor
Yesterday’s solution
The word ‘harlot’ refers to a
promiscuous person.
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General Situation: A depression over southern Tunisia is moving northeastwards towards
the southern Ionian Sea. Weather: Partly to rather cloudy at dawn and in the evening,
becoming partly cloudy with sunny periods during the day. Visibility: Generally good.
Wind: Rather strong to strong east northeast, becoming moderate to rather strong and
backing northwest. Sea:Rough. Swell: Low south southeast becoming moderate east
southeast. Sea temperature: 19˚C.
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Algiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 cloudy
Amsterdam . . . . . . . . . . 17 sunny
Athens . . . . . . . 25 partly cloudy
Barcelona. . . . . 19 partly cloudy
Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 cloudy
Brussels. . . . . . . 16 partly cloudy
Cairo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 sunny
Copenhagen . . . . . . . . 18 cloudy
Dublin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 cloudy
Frankfurt . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 cloudy
Istanbul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 sunny
Lisbon . . . . . . . . 18 partly cloudy
London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 sunny
Madrid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 sunny
Milan . . . . . . . . . 19 partly cloudy
Moscow . . . . . . . . . . . 17 showers
Munich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 cloudy
Paris . . . . . . . . . . 17 partly cloudy
Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 cloudy
Stockholm. . . . . . . . . . . 18 cloudy
St Petersburg . . . . . . . . . . 23 cloudy
Tel Aviv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 sunny
Tripoli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 sunny
Tunis . . . . . . . . . 29 partly cloudy
Vienna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 cloudy
Zurich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 sunny
5-DAY FORECAST
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY
PARTLY CLOUDY
FAIR
PARTLY CLOUDY
PARTLY CLOUDY
Easy
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5
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Medium
2
6 3
8
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7
7 2
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
HIGH
24˚C
24˚C
24˚C
23˚C
23˚C
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
LOW
18˚C
17˚C
17˚C
17˚C
16˚C
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BEC F4 TO 5
NW F4 TO 5
BEC WNW
WNW F4 TO 5
E F5 TO 6
WNW F5 TO 6
BEC NW F4 TO 5 BEC NW F3 TO 4
UV INDEX 9
4
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Mean sea level pressure: 1016.8 hPa. Wind: NE’E 09 kt. Relative humidity: 53%. Clouds:
Nil. Visibility: 25km. Maximum shade temperature during day: 23˚C. Minimum during
previous night: 15˚C. Average sea temperature around Malta: 19˚C. Hours of bright
sunshine: 11.5. Rainfall up till noon yesterday: Nil. Rainfall since September 1:
427.7mm. Sunrise: 5.50am. Sunset: 8.08pm.
www.maltairport.com/weather
Half a century ago, The Times of Malta
A century ago, Daily Malta Chronicle
Wednesday, May 28, 1913
Sandys to visit Malta
The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Duncan
Sandys, will visit Malta during the Whitsun parliamentary recess. He will have talks with the Prime
Minister. He will visit the dockyard and will see some
of Malta’s industrial projects.
Fr Crispin of Gozo
The funeral of Fr Crispin of Gozo, Provincial of the
Maltese Capuchins, took place from the Capuchin
Friary at Floriana to Lascaris Wharf, where the coffin
left by sea for Gozo for interment in the crypt of the
Capuchin Friary at Victoria.
A requiem Mass praesente cadavere was said at
Floriana by Fr Fortunatus, after which His Grace the
Archbishop (Mgr Fonzi), blessed the open coffin.
The funeral cortege began its slow progress down
Capuchins Street and Crucifix Hill to Lascaris Wharf.
People gathered in the streets of Floriana as
the long column of brown-clad monks approached
the wharf, where a motor launch lay berthed in readiness for the trip to Gozo. At Mġarr, the coffin was carried in a horse-drawn hearse to Victoria, Fr Crispin’s
birthplace and final resting place.
Marine engineering
Mr R. Muscat, formerly of Żabbar, who pursued his technical studies in
the class of marine engineering attached to the lyceum and at the railway
workshops, won the Government exhibition of his course, obtained after
undergoing the usual preliminaries of the Board of Trade First-Class
Engineers Certificate.
Mr Muscat, on leaving Malta, proceeded to the celebrated firm of Messrs
Hawthorne Leslie & Coy Newcastle, where he gained further practice after
which he went to sea and in due time passed his examinations.
He was appointed chief engineer on board one of the ships belonging to
Elder, Dempster and Coy, African Line. This is yet another instance of a
young man taking advantage of an opportunity that came his way.
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Travel
Nature’s own gala performance can be witnessed above the Arctic Circle in summer
The midnight sun never sets in Norway
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TVM
MELITA 101; GO TV 101
07:00 TVAM09:00TV Hemm(rpt) 10:20Ancient World 11:25Great Crimes and Trials12:00
News 12:10 TVPM 14:00 News 16:00 News 16:30 Żona 17:30Teleshopping 18:00 News
for the hearing impaired/News in brief 18:25 Crosscraft Shop 18:40TV Hemm 20:00 News
20:40 F’salib it-toroq 21:45 Merlin 22:45 Green Green Grass 23:15 News
TVM 2
07:00 News 09:00 TVAM (rpt) 11:00 Tiġrijiet biss 11:30 Gadgets 12:00 Madwarna 12:15
Wirt, arti u kultura 12:45 Great Crimes and Trials 13:15 Extraordinary Women 14:15 Human
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Story of India18:30 Leli ta’Ħaż-Żgħir 19:00Tiġrijiet biss 19:30News for the hearing impaired
19:40 Human Mind 20:30 News in English 20:45 Bondi + 21:45 Paq Paq 22:30 Games of
the Small States of Europe
NET
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News 14:05 Vitalità 15:00 News 15:20 Teleshopping 15:40 X’fattart 16:35 Teleshopping
16:55 Malta llejla 17:00News18:00 News 19.00Bozza tal-mija 19:30Lift 19:45 News 20:30
L’istampa kollha 21:30 News 21:35 Miss World Malta 22:30Trott u galopp 23:00 News
ONE
07:00 BreakfastNews 09:00Siegħa żmien 10:00Teleshopping 11:00Aroma Mattina 12:30
Teleshopping 12:45 Kalamita 13:30 News 16:20 Lovebirds 17:30 News 17:40 Żona Sport
18:10 Teleshopping18:25 Ħajja19:30 News 20:15Ir-Rangers 20:30 Il-klikka 21:45Kif inti?
23:15 News
SMASH TV
08:00 Erġa’ lura 09:00 Ħabbejtek 10:00 Fil-kċina ma’ Farah 10:50VSN Teleshopping 13:10
A toZ Teleshopping 14:30Music 16:10Fil-kċina ma’Farah 17:10Eġa’lura 18:15Bingo 18:40
Teleshopping 19:00 News 19:30 Documentary 20:30 Forum 21:40 Music 22:00 News
FAVOURITE CHANNEL
PICK OF THE DAY
The Brave One
David Kirmani (Naveen Andrews), a medical professional, lives in an apartment with his partner, Erica Bain
(Jodie Foster), a radio host and his dog.
Every day, they take the dog out for a stroll in nearby Central Park. One day they let the dog run without a
leash, and when he does not return or respond to their calls, they frantically search for him.
They eventually find him being held by three men who want a reward. When David refuses, they start to
molest Erica and David intervenes. Two of the men assault the couple, while the third uses a camcorder to film
this incident. Erica is knocked unconscious, and regains her senses several days later in a hospital. She is told
the shocking news that David was killed and the dog is missing.
RETE 4, 21:10
08:00 Stenbaħ 10:00Teleshopping 11:15 7F11:45 Reporter 12:00 Kont taf? 12:15 News
12:30 Niskata 15:00 Teleshopping 15:30 TV Shop 16:30 ECO (rpt) 17:30 Ħin għal kollox
18:15 News 19:45 Reporter 20:00 Kont taf? 20:15 News 21:00 Boost 23:15 News
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CALYPSO MUSIC TV
09:00 Love & Romance 10:00 Tele Market Deals 12:00 Rock around the Click
13:00 The 60s & 70s 13:30 The 80s 14:00 The 90s 14:30 The 00s 15:00 Love and Romance
16:00 The 80s 16:30 I Grandi Successi 17:30 The Local Angle 18:00 Total Request Show
20:00The 60s & 70s 20:30 Music Documentary 21:30The Local Angle
RAIUNO
RETE 4
06:45 Unomattina 12:00 La prova del cuoco 13:30 Tg1
14:00 Tg1 Economia 14:10 Verdetto finale 15:15 La vita in
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Partita del cuore 23:35 Porta a Porta 01:00 Tg1
07:45 Miami Vice 08:40 Hunter 09:50 Carabinieri 10:50 Ricette all’
Italiana 11:30 Tg4 12:00 Diagnosis Murder 12:55Murder She Wrote
14:00 Tg4 14:45 Lo sportello di Forum 15:30 Hamburg distretto
21 16:45 Film: Tribute To a Bad Man 18:55 Tg4 19:35 Tempesta
d’amore 20:30 Quinta colonna 21:10 Film: The Brave One 00:00
Film: Taking Lives 02:00 Tg4
RAIDUE
LA 5
07:45 Cartoon Flakes 08:35 Le sorelle McLeod 10:00 Tg2
Insieme 12:00 I fatti vostri 13:00 Tg2 Giorno 13:30 Tg2
Costume e società 13:50 Medicina 33 14:00 Detto fatto
16:10 Without a Trace 17:45 Tg2 Flash/Sport 18:15 Tg2
18:45 Cold Case 19:35 Squadra Speciale Cobra 11 20:30
Tg2 21:05 NCIS 23:25 Tg2 23:40 Aggratis! 01:00 Tg
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THE HANGOVER PART II
ITALIA 1, 21:10
Two years after the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil (Bradley
Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha)
travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After what happened in Las Vegas,
Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding
brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned.
07:45 Centovetrine 08:10 Vivere 09:30 Centoventrine 10:20 The
Bold and the Beautiful 10:50 Tempesta d’amore 11:45 The Bold
and the Beautiful 12:10 Centovetrine 12:40 Extreme Makeover
13:40 Che trucco! 14:00 Vite in Apnea 14:25 Gossip Girl 15:20 The
O.C. 16:10 Samantha Who? 16:35 Extreme Makeover 17:20 Vite
in Apnea 17:40 Che trucco! 18:20 Amici di Maria 19:30 Gossip Girl
20:25 Dr House MD 21:10 Vieni a vivere con me 22:10 Cambio
casa, cambio vita 23:05 Il meglio di me 00:15 Amici di Maria
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noi 10:50 Codice e barre 11:30 Buongiorno Elisir 12:00 Tg3
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mia vita 14:00 Tg Regione 14:20 Tg3 14:50 Tgr Leonardo
15:00 Tg3 LIS 15:10 Cycling: Giro d’Italia 18:05 Geo & Geo
19:00 Tg3 Tg Regione 20:00 Blob 20:10 Lia Celi Celi, mio
marito! 20:30 Un posto al sole 21:05 Ballarò 23:20 Report
cult 00:00 Tg3
CANALE 5
08:00 Tg5 08:50 Mattino Cinque 11:00 Forum
13:00 Tg5 13:40 The Bold and the Beautiful 14:10 CentoVetrine 14:45 Uomini e donne 16:05 Amici di Maria16:50
Pomeriggio Cinque 18:50 Money Drop 20:00 Tg5 20:40
Striscia la notizia 21:10 Benvenuti a tavola 2 23:30 Tg5
notte
HALL PASS
ITALIA 1, 23:15
ITALIA 1
TAKING LIVES
RETE 4, 00:00
Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is a special agent with the FBI who has a reputation for using offbeat methods, but also boasts a strong record as a criminal
profiler. Scott is called in by a former colleague (Tcheky Karyo) to assist two
Canadian police detectives, Paquette (Olivier Martinez) and Duval (JeanHugues Anglade), who are on the trail of a serial killer who takes on the identity of each new victim.
06:40 Cartoons 08:40 The Gilmore Girls 10:30 E.R. 12:25
Studio aperto/Studio sport 13:40 The Simpsons 14:35
What’s My Destiny Dragon Ball 15:00 Naruto Shippuden V
15:20 Le avventure di Lupin 16:05 Smallville 18:00 The
Middle 18:30 Studio aperto/Studio sport 19:20 CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation 21:10 Film: The Hangover Part II 23:15
Film: Hall Pass 01:15 Sport Mediaset
Rick (Owen Wilson) and Fred (Jason Sudeikis) are best
friends who have been married for many years. When
the two men begin to show signs of restlessness at home,
their wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) take
a bold approach to revitalising their marriages by granting them a ‘hall pass’, one week of freedom to do whatever they want. But Rick and Fred discover that their
expectations of the single life and themselves are completely out of sync with reality.
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SPORTS
GO STARS
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GO TV 150
MELITA 314/331
07:05 Puss In Boots 08:40 Battleship 10:50
Damages 11:40 Million Dollar Murder
13:05 Fun With Dick & Jane 14:35 Licence
To Kill 16:50 Good Morning Vietnam 18:45
Immortals 20:35 Parks & Recreation 21:00
Safe House 22:55 Perfect Sense 00:25
Shadow Dancer
07:00 I Used to be Darker 08:30 I Am Not
A Hipster 10:00 Tuya Siempre 12:00 Halley 13:30 Breaking Upwards 15:00 I Used
to be Darker 16:30 I Am Not A Hipster
18:00 Later with Jools Holland 19:00 Later
with Jools Holland 20:00 Discovering Dali
21:00 Rectify 22:00 For Once In My Life
23:30 The Lost Son of Havana
08:30 The French Open Tennis 09:30
The French Open Tennis 10:30 Game,
Set and Mats 11:00 The French Open
Tennis – live 21:00 Game, Set and Mats
23:30 World Series by Renault
TCM
07:30 Game, Set and Mats 08:00 The
French Open Tennis 11:00 The French
Open Tennis – live 21:00 The French
Open Tennis 23:00 Australian Football
Magazine
EUROSPORT 2
MGM
09:15 A West Side Story: The Film and the
Philharmonic 10:05 Bonanza: Under
Attack 11:35 The Wilby Conspiracy 13:20
A Star for Two 14:55 The Tenth Man 16:30
The Initiation of Sarah 18:00 Shadows and
Fog 19:25 Born to Win 20:55 Big Screen
Legends 21:00 Pulp 22:35 Chattahoochee
06:00 Doctor Zhivago 09:05 Cimarron
11:30 Jailhouse Rock 13:05 The Charge of
the Light Brigade 15:00 Elvis: That’s the
Way It Is 17:00 Three Daring Daughters
19:00 Seven Days in May 21:00 2001: A
Space Odyssey 23:15 The Formula
SAFE HOUSE
GO STARS, 21:00
In this high-tension thriller, Denzel Washington stars as a lethal prisoner
who is escorted from a compromised safe house by a CIA Agent (Ryan
Reynolds). They must make their way to another safe house in South Africa
without being taken out by violent forces that want them both dead.
CARTOONS
DISNEY CHANNEL
JIM JAM
08:55 Jonas 09:15 So Random 09:40
Hannah Montana 10:05 Sonny with a
Chance 10:25 Kim Possible 10:50 Shake
It Up 11:15 Shake It Up 11:35 Wizards of
Waverly Place 12:00 That’s So Raven
12:25 Austin and Ally 12:45 Jessie 13:10
ANT Farm 13:35 The Suite Life on Deck
13:55 So Random 14:15 That’s So Raven
14:35 Good Luck Charlie 14:55 Jessie
15:15 Shake It Up 15:40 Dog with a Blog
16:00 Austin and Ally 16:15 Have a
Laugh 16:20 The Suite Life on Deck
16:45 The Suite Life on Deck 17:10 Cory
in the House 17:30 WIZARDS OF
WAVERLY PLACE: ALEX VS ALEX 17:55
Dog with a Blog 18:20 ANT Farm 18:40
Good Luck Charlie 19:00 Have a Laugh
19:05 Jessie 19:25 Shake It Up
08:45 Igloo-Gloo 09:00 Heroes of the
City 09:15 Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks 09:40 Benjamin’s Farm 09:45
My Animal Friends 10:00 See The Sea
10:05 Lots & Lots 10:20 Bob the Builder
10:30 Fireman Sam 10:40 Thomas and
Friends 10:47 Thomas and Friends 10:55
Baby Antonio’s Circus 11:00 Rubbadubbers 11:10 Pingu 11:15 Tiny Planets
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Business&Finance
EU to close excessive deficit
procedure vs Italy tomorrow
The European Commission will
close tomorrow a procedure
against Italy started in 2009
when Rome breached the
European
Union’s
deficit
ceiling of three per cent of gross
domestic product, several Italian
newspapers
said
quoting
Commission documents.
The decision is much awaited
in Italy, which has introduced
strict fiscal discipline under the
Government of former Prime
Minister Mario Monti even as it
was fighting a deep recession.
The closing of the procedure
will put an end to strict EU
monitoring of Italian public
spending and allow the
freeing up resources for up to
€12 billion, Regional Affairs
Minister Graziano Delrio told
La Stampa yesterday.
“The closing of the procedure
alone allows us to boost spending
by between €7 billion and €10 billion, €12 billion in the most optimistic forecast,” said Delrio, who
said the money could be used to
reduce youth employment and a
property tax.
Pier Carlo Padoan, chief economist at the Organisation for
Economic Development and
Italy’s Prime Minister
Enrico Letta addresses
a news conference
after meeting
European Commission
president José Manuel
Barroso on May 2.
Photo: Reuters
Cooperation, said in an interview
with La Repubblica he expected
a further, significant fall in
government bond yields once the
EU closes the procedure. He said
the Commission’s decision
would give Italy more money in
the form of an additional tranche
of structural funds.
According to the draft proposal that will be put to EU Commissioners tomorrow, the Commission will also make several
economic policy recommendations to Italy.
It will ask Italy to continue
with “fiscal consolidation at a
pace that is appropriate but
compatible with growth” and to
keep a primary surplus.
The Commission will also ask
Italy to improve the efficiency of
its public administration and of
its banking system, noting the
state of extreme credit crunch.
In particular, the EU will
tell Italy to remove a rule
under which banks take up to
18 years to eliminate certain
bad debts from balance sheets
and to consider alternative
channels – such as the market or
private equity funds – to help
finance companies.
The EU’s executive will
suggest Italy takes measures
to
improve
youth
and
female employment, which
has rocketed through the
economic crisis, and to shift
the fiscal burden from direct
income to other forms of
taxation. (Reuters)
Money market report for the week ended May 24
ECB monetary operations
On Monday, May 20, the European Central
Bank (ECB) announced its weekly main refinancing operation (MRO). The auction was
conducted the following day and attracted
bids from euro area eligible counterparties
of €103.40 billion, €0.44 billion lower than
the bid amount in the previous week. The
amount was allotted in full at a fixed rate
equivalent to the prevailing MRO rate
of 0.5 per cent, in accordance with current
ECB policy.
Also, on Tuesday, May 21, the ECB conducted an auction for a seven-day
fixed-term deposit intended to absorb €201
billion. This operation was designed to sterilise the effect of purchases made under the
Securities Markets Programme that were
settled but had not yet matured by the previous Friday, May 17.
The auction was carried out at a variable rate, with euro area eligible counterparties allowed to place up to four bids at
a maximum rate of 0.5 per cent. It
attracted bids amounting to €254.15 billion, with the ECB allotting €201 billion,
or 79.09 per cent, of the total bid amount.
The marginal rate on the auction was set
at 0.08 per cent, with the weighted average rate at 0.06 per cent.
On Wednesday, May 22, the ECB conducted an eight-day US dollar funding
operation through collateralised lending
in conjunction with the US Federal
Reserve. This operation was carried out at
a fixed rate of 0.60 per cent and
attracted no bids from euro area
eligible counterparties.
Furthermore, on Wednesday, May 22, the
ECB, in conjunction with the US Federal
Reserve, conducted an 84-day US dollar
funding operation through collateralised
lending. This attracted bids of $1.29 billion,
which was allotted in full at a fixed rate of
0.61 per cent.
Domestic Treasury
bill market
In the domestic primary market for Treasury bills, the Treasury invited tenders for 91day bills maturing on August 23. Bids of €54
million were submitted, with the Treasury
accepting €2 million. Since €5.4 million
worth of bills matured during the week, the
outstanding balance of Treasury bills
decreased by €3.4 million, to stand at
€344.70 million.
The yield from the 91-day bill auction
was 0.650 per cent, i.e. 1.5 basis points lower
than on bills with a similar tenor issued on
May 17, representing a bid price of 99.8360
per 100 nominal.
During the week under review, Treasury
bill trading on the Malta Stock Exchange
amounted to €2 million and was conducted
by the Central Bank of Malta in its role
as market maker.
Today the Treasury will invite tenders for
91-day bills maturing on August 30.
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Market overview
Overview
Comments from Federal Reserve’s chairman Ben Bernanke coupled with the
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes helped to place greater
emphasis on economic data as markets try to determine the timing of a QE
exit. To that end, consumer confidence figures and Q1 GDP revisions could
be helpful. On the one hand, confidence is expected to rise and is forward
looking whereas GDP could see some downward revisions, but is backward
looking. In the eurozone, the single currency continues to see some support
on the back of confidence figures. German and French business sentiment
surveys should stronger than expected gains, which bodes well for growth.
France will hold a debt auction and ECB’s Joerg Asmussen is expected to
speak. In Japan, equity markets closed three per cent lower after experiencing
a 10 per cent decline over the last two trading days.
Sterling
The sterling could see some small gains on the back of Hometrack data. The
property researcher showed prices rising in London at the fastest pace since
2007 and home values increasing throughout the UK. An improving property
markets will make the BoE less inclined to increase its QE program and therefore help support sterling.
US dollar
The durable goods data that was released showed strong gains of 3.3 per cent.
Excluding transport the figures rose 1.3 per cent.
Japan yen
The Japanese stock market is down over two per cent after falling over 10 per
cent in the last two sessions. The gyrations in equity markets are also being
seen in Japanese debt markets. Japanese banks hold much of the government’s
debt such that when yield swings are seen it can negatively impact the bank’s
balance sheet. The minutes to the BoJ’s last policy meeting suggest that
its statement may have been contradictory and therefore prompted these
market swings.
Euro
German IFO business sentiment survey was better than forecast and helped
lift the euro. German IFO sentiment came in at 105.7 versus a forecast gain of
104.5. The German figures combined nicely with French sentiment, which
also moved from 88 to 92 in the month of May. Unlike in China, it appears the
government is becoming better at shifting to a consumer driven economy as
demand helped replace a decline in exports and a drop in investment. Looking
forward, liquidity will be thinned, but attention will swing towards a French
debt auction and comments from ECB’s Asmussen, who is scheduled to speak.
European shares
bounce in thin
trade, Fiat rallies
European shares rose yesterday,
rebounding after a two-day drop,
with Fiat rallying on speculation
the Italian carmaker could soon
launch a buyout offer for its US
unit Chrysler.
Trading volumes were thin,
however, as both the UK and US
markets remained closed for a
public holiday.
The Euro STOXX 50 index
gained 1.1 per cent, at 2,795
points, after suffering a 2.5 per
cent drop in two days. Volumes
on the eurozone’s blue-chip
index represented only 40 per
cent of its daily average volume
of the past three months.
“We shouldn’t read too much
into today’s rise, and I think the
pull-back started last week is
not over yet,” Saxo Banque
senior sales trader Alexandre
Baradez said.
“However, the medium-term
trend is still positive for European stocks, with no big negative
catalyst ahead.”
Eurozone banks featured
among the biggest gainers,
bouncing back after a 5.6 per
cent slide last week, with both
BNP Paribas and Banco Santander up two per cent.
Fiat gained 4.4 per cent,
boosted by a press report saying
the Italian carmaker is in talks
with banks to secure financing
for a buyout of US unit Chrysler.
“The medium-term
trend is still positive
for European stocks
with no big negative
catalyst ahead”
Club Med jumped 23 per cent
after the French holiday resort
operator’s top shareholders, AXA
Private Equity and Chinese
investor Fosun International,
unveiled a buyout offer.
Swiss watchmakers Richemont
and Swatch Group added 0.5 percent and 1.1 per cent respectively,
rallying after Chinese authorities
said import duties on Swiss
watches will be trimmed by 60 per
cent over the next 10 years.
Around Europe, Germany’s
DAX index rose 0.9 per cent,
France’s CAC 40 added one percent, Italy’s FTSE MIB rose 1.6
per cent and Spain’s IBEX
climbed 1.2 per cent.
Equities saw further inflows last
week, according to EPFR Global,
with equity funds world-wide seeing $7.49 billion of net inflows.
“A lot of investors who have
the impression that they’ve
missed the rally of the past 10
months are coming in, which is
why we’re seeing strong inflows
continuing,” said Edwin Lugo,
head of the Franklin European
small-mid cap growth fund.
“But at this point, equities in
Asia ex-Japan are very expensive,
and US stocks are getting expensive, while Europe is still the
cheapest market.
“Despite the rally starting last
July, the best opportunities are
still in Europe.” (Reuters)
Economic reality finally
cracks market fervour
Andy Bruce
As evidence mounts that a mid-year
slowdown is taking place in the
world economy, the next few days
will offer a clearer glimpse of how
that will impinge on policymaking
and buoyant financial markets.
Global stocks stumbled last
Thursday in one of the few times
the grey economic reality cut
through this year’s reverie in
financial markets.
And that could mark the start of
a trend, after Federal Reserve
Chairman Ben Bernanke last week
hinted the US Central Bank could
soon scale back its monthly bond
purchases that have flooded stock
markets with new cash.
Some poor business surveys
from China have also had an
impact, suggesting the world’s
number two economy is struggling for momentum.
While there is little in the way of
major economic data this week that
will send chills through stock markets as happened on Thursday,
there is a renewed sense of caution
in the market.
“The underlying momentum in
the global economy is weaker than
it should be at this point of the economic cycle, five years after the
global crisis,” said Lena Komileva,
director of G+ Economics consultancy in London.
“We have yet to see evidence of a
convincing, self-sustained positive
feedback loop between real growth
and market value inflation.”
Hope that market confidence
would filter through to the real
economy
was
memorably
described as “positive contagion”
by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in January – in
hindsight perhaps more in hope
than expectation.
“We have yet to see
evidence of a
convincing,
self-sustained
positive feedback
loop between real
growth and market
value inflation”
Growth is still proving to be elusive for the eurozone economy,
largely thanks to the extent of the
budget austerity taking place
across the continent.
Tomorrow, the European Commission will release its review of its
countries’ debt-cutting policies,
which will confirm that the likes of
France, Spain and Slovenia are to
be given more time to trim their
budget deficits to target.
The Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development’s
semi-annual review of the world’s
major economies will come out on
the same day, having identified
global economic activity “picking
up” in its interim assessment
in March.
Now, the world economic
growth seems to be moving into a
soft patch, although there is no
sign of anything that will curb
it significantly.
Last week’s purchasing managers
indexes showed factory activity in
China declined slightly for the first
time in seven months, while in the
US manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October.
“These surveys suggest that the
Chinese economy is doing a bit
worse than expected and the
eurozone marginally better, but
they do not alter our view that
global growth will remain weak,
and imbalanced, for the rest of
this year,” said Andrew Kenningham, senior global economist at
Capital Economics.
He noted, however, that
economies like the UK and Japan
that were not covered in last
week’s PMIs have performed better than expected in recent
months, so the global economy
could be slightly stronger than the
surveys implied. (Reuters)
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On May 27, 2013
USD US dollar
1.2939
JPY Japanese yen
130.59
BGN Bulgarian lev
1.9558
CZK Czech koruna
25.968
DKK Danish Krone
7.4531
GBP Pound sterling
0.85560
HUF Hungarian forint
289.23
LTL Lithuanian litas
3.4528
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0.7013
PLN Polish zloty
4.1935
RON New Romanian leu
1.3443
SEK Swedish krona
8.5964
CHF Swiss Franc
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AUD Australian dollar
1.3405
BRL Brazilian real
2.6542
CAD Canadian dollar
1.3357
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12676.25
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Social and Personal
OBITUARY
AGIUS-CUTAJAR. On May 27,
MARY of Valletta, residing in
Guardamangia, aged 85, passed
away peacefully, comforted by
the rites of Holy Church. She
leaves to mourn her loss her
most beloved children Lilian and
her husband Joseph, Janica and
her husband Raymond, Paul and
his wife Romina and Doreen and
her husband Charles, her grandchildren Dr Petramay Attard
Cortis and her husband James,
Dr Joelle Cortis and her husband
Ryan Azzopardi, Eman Cortis, Dr
Juanita Parnis and her fiancé
Daryl Borg-Cardona, James Parnis and his wife Marouska, Kimberly, Daniel, Matthew AgiusCutajar, Benjamin and Eliza
Spiteri, her great-grandson
Edward, her brother Fr Anthony
Vella of the Order of the Franciscan Minors, Margaret Vella, Jane
and Gaetano Busuttil, other relatives and friends.
The funeral leaves Karin Grech
Rehabilitation Centre tomorrow
at 7.30am for Our Lady of the
Immaculate Conception parish
church, Ħamrun, where Mass
præsente cadavere will be said at
8.15am, followed by interment in
the family vault at Santa Maria
Addolorata Cemetery.
Lord, grant her eternal rest.
CARUANA. On May 26, at Casa
Antonia, Balzan, MARY, née
Sultana, of Floriana, living in
Sliema, widow of William, aged
83, passed away peacefully
comforted by the rites of Holy
Church. She leaves to mourn her
loss her beloved daughter Joan,
her brother Fr Joseph Sultana,
her brother-in-law Joe Caruana
and his wife May, her nieces,
their
respective
spouses
and families, other relatives
and friends.
The funeral leaves Casa Antonia
today at 2pm for Stella Maris
parish church, Sliema, where
Mass præsente cadavere will
be said at 2.30pm, followed
by interment in the family
grave at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery.
Special
thanks
go
to
the management and staff at
Casa Antonia for their care
and dedication.
CURMI. On May 26, ANN of
Luqa but residing at Costa del
Sol, Għadira, passed away
peacefully, comforted by the
rites of Holy Church, aged 66.
She leaves to mourn her loss her
husband Twanny, her children
Romina and her husband Joe
Gauci, Candice and her husband
Vince Muscat, Reuben and his
wife Joanne Curmi, Romina,
widow of the beloved Christian
Curmi, her brothers and sisters
Johnny, Gina, Andrew, Pius,
Marlene, Hilda and Oreste and
their
respective
spouses,
grandchildren
and
greatgrandchildren, other relatives
and friends.
The funeral leaves Mater Dei
Hospital today at 3.30pm for St
Andrew’s parish church, Luqa,
where Mass præsente cadavere
will be said at 4pm followed by
interment in the family grave at
the cemetery of the same parish.
Donations to Hospice Malta,
Balzan, will be appreciated.
FARRUGIA. On May 26, GUIDO
of St Venera, aged 81, passed
away peacefully at Sir Paul
Boffa Hospital, comforted by
the rites of Holy Church. He
leaves to mourn his loss his
beloved wife Josephine, his
children Catherine and her
husband Cliff Pace, Geraldine
and her husband John Portelli
and his grandchildren Matthew,
Emma, Alexander and Daniel, as
well as his sisters Ginny Galea
and Guża Axiak and his in-laws,
other relatives and many friends.
The funeral leaves Mater
Dei Hospital today at 1.30pm
for St Francis of Assisi church,
Villambrosa, Ħamrun, where
Mass præsente cadavere will be
celebrated at 2pm, followed by
interment in the family grave
at Santa Maria Addolorata
Cemetery. No flowers by request
but donations to Hospice Malta,
Balzan, will be appreciated.
Lord, grant him eternal rest.
GOODCHILD – RONALD.
Passed away peacefully May 21
at Karin Grech Rehabilitation
Centre. He leaves to mourn
his loss his family members
and friends.
Service will take place today at
3pm at Naxxar cemetery.
IN MEMORIAM
BUGEJA. In loving memory of
LILY, née Salomone, today the
anniversary of her passing away.
Fondly remembered by Joe
and Amy.
BUTTIGIEG de PIRO –
ANTHONY, the Most Illustrious
and Noble Marquis Buttigieg de
Piro and Marquis de Piro, K.St.J.,
ERK, GCLJ(J), KMLJ, F.IoD.,
MIM, Commander St John
Rescue Corps (Ret.). In loving
memory of a dear uncle and
grand uncle, especially on the
first year anniversary of his
death. A Mass for the repose of
his soul will be said tomorrow at
6.45pm at Our Lady of Good
Counsel church, Paceville.
Always in our thoughts and
prayers. David, Priscilla, Isaac,
Malcolm and Jack.
CAMILLERI – TESSIE. In loving
memory, today the sixth anniversary of her death. As time goes by
her memory in our hearts grows
fonder and deeper. Her husband
Albert, her children Vincent and
his wife Frida, Rose and her
husband Sammy, Nadia, and her
grandchildren Pamela, Ilona
and Kristine.
DARMANIN. In loving memory
of our dear father EDWIN on
the seventh anniversary of his
death. Mariella, Philip and
their families.
FRENDO. In loving memory of
VICTOR on the first anniversary
of his passing away. Kay and
his family.
MICALLEF. Cherished and ever
loving memories of our parents
EDGAR and HELEN, née Anastasi, on the 27th anniversary of
our mother’s demise. Always in
our thoughts and prayers. Giovanna, Margaret, Rosemarie,
Theresa and their families.
PACE BARDON – ANTHONY.
Loving and unfading memories
of a beloved husband and father
on the 16th anniversary of his
sudden passing away. Louise,
Michael and Jessica, Roberta,
Christina and the Muscat family.
PACE BARDON. Treasured and
loving memories of ANTHONY,
a beloved son, brother and
uncle, on the 16th anniversary of
his sudden death. May he rest in
peace in the glory of the Lord.
SCHEMBRI. Treasured memories of JOSEPH, especially today
the 25th anniversary of his
demise. Still loved, still
missed. His wife, Eric, Maria
and families.
VUKOVIC – HILDA. Remembering our dearest mother with so
much love and affection, today
the 13th anniversary of her
demise. Your singing voice is
always in our hearts, dear
mum. Your son, daughters and
their families.
What’s on
today
EXHIBITIONS
At Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, The
Spring Art Collection: Celia Borg
Cardona, Debbie Caruana Dingli,
Joan Zammit Cutajar and Kenneth
Zammit Tabona exhibit their latest
collections of watercolour and
oil paintings.
At St James Cavalier, Valletta,
WW, an exhibition of war-related
paintings by Tonio Mallia.
At St James Cavalier, Valletta,
The Spirit of Piano, an exhibition
by Ljupco Samardziski.
At the Radisson Blu, St Julian’s,
Natively Raw, an exhibition by
Denis Calleja.
At the Malta Society of Arts,
Manufactures & Commerce,
Valletta, Fire Inside , an exhibition of ceramics by Anthony
Lucian Cauchi.
At Christine X Art (Artitude)
Gallery, Tignè Street, Sliema, Tiers
of Truth, artworks by Rupert Cefai.
POWER CUTS
There will be power cuts
tomorrow as follows:
Between 8am and 1pm in
Dejma and San Tumas streets,
in Fgura.
Between 8am and 1pm in St
Albert, Belvedere and Samuel
Taylor Coleridge streets,
in Gżira.
Dejma, Kurunell Mas and San
Tumas streets, in Tarxien.
Għaxqetl-Għajn, Caravaggio,
Ġnien, Madliena, Sofija, Santa
Marija Taż-Żellieqa, Fidiel
Zarb, St George and Kromb IlBaħar streets, in Għargħur.
Torri, Sir George Borg and
Windsor streets, in Sliema.
Between 8am and 3pm
in Kromb il-Baħar, Charlotte
and St George streets,
in Għargħur.
Between 8.30am and 3.30pm
in Daħla tal-Blata and Ta’
Ħondoq ir-Rummien streets,
in Qala.
Between 8.30am and 2.30pm
in Marsalforn, Tal-Masri and
Tal-Pergla streets, in Xagħra.
On the second month of the passing away of
EDWARD CASSAR
of Mellieħa
a Mass is being said at Christ the King
Chapel, Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Triq Notabile, Mrieħel.
I would like also to thank all those who
sent flowers and condolences.
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37
Sport
GSSE 2013
FORMULA ONE
HOCKEY
TRACK FINALS ON DAY ONE OF
COMPETITION IN LUXEMBOURG
MERCEDES FACE HEARING
OVER SECRET TYRE TEST
BORG EXTRA TIME GOAL
CROWNS QORMI CHAMPIONS
» pages 40, 41
» page 38
» page 39
Tennis French Open
Nadal survives scare
All seemed normal as Rafael Nadal walked on
to Chatrier Court to begin his pursuit of an
eighth French Open title but Germany’s Daniel
Brands ensured it was no regular Monday at the
office for the defending champion who survived a huge scare.
Nadal, as expected, took his place in the second round but his 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-3 win over the
inspired German who had never won a main
draw match at Roland Garros was fraught with
danger as he flirted with the unthinkable.
After a relatively thrill-free opening day on
Sunday, fans flocked to the brick dust courts
beside the Bois de Boulogne to feast their eyes
on a line-up loaded with big names.
Former women’s champion Li Na began with
a grafting 6-3 6-4 first round win against Spain’s
Anabel Medina Garrigues while home fans
dreaming of a first French men’s champion
since 1983 cheered loudly as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
turned on the style.
However, it was claycourt king Nadal’s struggle that created the buzz around the crowds
thronging the grounds.
The 26-year-old has been unstoppable in the
build-up to the tournament he has dominated
since winning the title as a teenager in 2005.
All looked well in Rafa World but things soon
got complicated for the former world No.1.
Looking sluggish and struggling to cope with
the punishing, flat-hitting of 59th ranked
Brands, Nadal double-faulted on a break point
at 4-4 and Brands seized his chance, claiming
the first set with a forehand missile.
Brands then held off break points and
dragged Nadal into a tense tiebreaker.
With the capacity crowd glued to the action,
Brands fired down two huge winners to take a
Rafael Nadal hits a return to
Daniel Brands, yesterday.
3-0 lead but just when the alarm bells began to
ring loudly in the Nadal camp, the Mallorcan
was let off the hook.
A Brands backhand sliced low into the net
gave Nadal a new lease of life and the Spaniard
won seven of the final eight points in the
tiebreak to level the match, roaring as much in
relief as joy after dispatching a fizzing backhand
passing shot on set point.
After breaking the mighty Brands serve for
the first time in the opening game of the third
set, Nadal always looked the likely winner,
although his performance will offer hope to
those wishing to knock him off his perch.
“He was playing unbelievable tennis and I
was just trying to find my game and resist his
great shots and I’m very happy to be through,”
a relieved Nadal said in an interview.
While Nadal was toiling, Tsonga was entertaining the crowd out, outclassing Slovenia’s
Aljaz Bedene 6-2 6-2 6-3 with a performance of
pace and power.
New league
takes steps
to combat
spot-fixing
The founder of the soon to be
launched International Premier
Tennis League (IPTL) is planning to
meet with the sport’s integrity unit in
London next month to try to ensure
the competition is not affected by
illegal gambling and spot-fixing.
The league, due to start in late
2014, has been compared in format
with cricket’s Indian Premier
League, a competition recently embroiled in a spot-fixing scandal.
The IPTL will take place in six as
yet undecided cities across Asia and
will see some of the sport’s biggest
names drafted into teams to play
against each other in one-set
shootout tennis.
The competition’s founder, Indian
doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi, said they will do all they can to
ensure the league is unaffected by
the problems that have tarnished
cricket.
“I have some meetings with people who are part of the Tennis
Integrity Unit in London next
month,” Bhupathi said.
“We will try and batten down as
much as we can to ensure we do not
have these issues.”
Bhupathi said a number of cities
were under consideration to form
teams for the tennis league including Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Jakarta, Manilla, Bangalore, Calcutta, Doha and Dubai.
Sports round-up
Snooker
CRICKET
■ England has been confirmed
as the host country for the 2019
Cricket World Cup, the England
and Wales Cricket Board and the
ICC said yesterday. The
tournament, scheduled to
involve 10 teams, will be held in
June at 10 different venues
which will be announced later.
ICC chief executive David
Richardson said the World Cup
attracted a broadcast audience
in excess of 1.5 billion people.
England hosted the first World
Cup in 1975 and also staged the
tournament in 1979, 1983 and
1999.
Four Maltese players for
European Championships
GOLF
■ Italy’s Matteo Manassero has
climbed to a career-high 28th in
the world rankings following his
play-off triumph in the BMW
PGA Championship on Sunday.
Manassero, 20, moved up from
57th in the standings after
defeating England’s Simon Khan
on the fourth extra hole to claim
his fourth European Tour title.
Despite letting a two-shot lead
slip in the early stages of the final
round, Lee Westwood moves
from 12th to 10th after finishing
ninth at Wentworth, while Khan
is up to 147th from 384th.
MOTOR RACING
■ With a good luck charm he had
given to a sick child back in his
pocket, Brazilian Tony Kanaan
won his first Indianapolis 500 on
Sunday to end a decade of disappointment at the famed
Brickyard. The former IndyCar
champion captured the crown
jewel of North American motor
racing in his 12th attempt to
complete his resumè, taking the
chequered flag under caution
after defending champion Dario
Franchitti crashed with just over
two laps to go. Colombia’s Carlos Munoz crossed the finish
line second in his IndyCar racing debut.
BASKET, NBA
■ Miami Heat displayed championship fight as they routed
Indiana Pacers 114-96 on Sunday to regain control of the Eastern Conference Finals. LeBron
James scored 22 points, Dwyane
Wade had 18 and eight assists
and the Heat used a complete
team effort to overwhelm Indiana and grab a 2-1 best-of-seven
series lead. It was the first home
defeat of the play-offs for the
Pacers, who will try to rebound
in Game Four tonight back in
Indiana.
Four Maltese snooker players will
leave the country today on their
way to Poland to represent the
country at the 2013 EBSA
European Championships which
start this week and wrap up on
June 6.
Malta champion Duncan Bezzina heads the team with the others making the trip to Eastern
Europe being the top player in the
local rankings Alex Borg, Mario
Brincat, no.3 in the list, and
Roberta Cutajar, the top seed in
the local women’s game.
Organisers confirmed this week
that 146 players from 29 countries
will compete in the championships which will be played on
16 tables at the Olympic Sport
Centre in the city of Zielona Gora.
There will be 76 players
featuring in the men’s championship, 42 in the Masters (over
40) and 28 cueists in the women’s
competition.
Bezzina, Borg and Brincat will
take part in the men’s event.
All participants were divided
into 12 groups of six or seven
players each with the top four in
each section qualifying for the Last
48, the first round of the knock-out
stage of the tournament.
Matches in the round robin
phase will be over the best-ofseven frame format.
Borg, who was pitted in a sixman Group M, won the European
Championship in 2005 and 2006
and was also a finalist in 1998 and
2004.
Bezzina is in Group A and Brincat in Group B. Both sections A
and B contain seven players.
In the women’s competition, the
players were divided into four
groups of seven players each with
the top four in each group reaching the Last 16 knock-out stage.
Cutajar reached the semi-finals
on her first appearance in the 2011
tournament in Bulgaria.
Matches in the women’s competition will be played over the
best-of-five format.
Roberta Cutajar
38
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Sport
Motor racing Formula One
Mercedes
face hearing
over secret
tyre test
Red Bull and Ferrari protest
Alan Baldwin
Red Bull and Ferrari protested
against Formula One rivals Mercedes after accusing the Monaco
Grand Prix winners on Sunday of
breaking the rules by carrying out
a secret tyre test with Pirelli the
week before.
The stewards said in a statement, after Germany’s Nico Rosberg had celebrated his victory,
they would send a report to the
governing FIA, who could bring
the matter before the sport’s International Tribunal.
Mercedes – whose other driver
is 2008 world champion Lewis
Hamilton – could face a heavy
sanction, including possible
exclusion from the championship,
if found to have acted illegally.
The race results were, however,
declared official.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner said he had found out
about the test in Barcelona only on
Saturday after the details leaked
out in a meeting of the Grand Prix
Drivers Association.
He told reporters, amazed that
the test had been kept secret in a
sport full of prying eyes, that Mercedes had behaved in an “underhand way” and suggested they had
gained an unfair advantage.
“We feel testing in Barcelona in
a current car with current tyres is
in breach of the regulations,” he
said.
“It’s effectively a contravention
of the rules that affect the championship.”
The regulations ban in-season
testing but Pirelli said their contract
allowed them to do a number of
1,000-km private tests with a ‘representative’ car and the three days
in Spain were therefore legal.
Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda (right) talks with Pirelli Group chief Marco Tronchetti Provera in the
paddock area before the Monaco F1 Grand Prix on Sunday.
“The testing rules are very clear
in the sporting regulations,” said
Horner.
“When you enter the championship at the beginning of the year
you sign up to those regulations.
And in our opinion Mercedes by
doing that test have not complied.
“Whenever you run these cars
you are learning about reliability,
about the mechanical side of the
car and how these tyres act and
behave. For Mercedes to claim
they didn’t benefit from that test
would be difficult to believe.”
Mercedes GP non-executive
chairman Niki Lauda said the
team had sought and obtained
permission from the FIA.
“It is very simple. We were
asked by Pirelli, we asked the FIA:
‘Are we allowed to do the test?’
The FIA confirmed it and said ‘yes’
and so therefore we did the test.
“We think other teams have
been asked too,” he said.
“Mercedes did nothing wrong –
they asked for permission. We
asked FIA, they checked it legally
and advised us we could do it so we
can’t do any better.”
Lauda’s version of events was
challenged by the FIA, who said in
a statement hours after Sunday’s
race had ended that Pirelli and
Mercedes had not told them about
the test beyond an initial query in
early May.
The governing body said Pirelli
had asked whether they would be
allowed to test with a team using a
current car.
“Pirelli and Mercedes were
advised by the FIA... that such
tests would be conditional upon
every team being given the same
opportunity to test in order to
ensure full sporting equity,” the
statement said.
“Following this communication, the FIA received no further
information about a possible test
from Pirelli or from Mercedes.
“Furthermore, the FIA received
no confirmation that all teams had
been given an opportunity to take
part in this test.”
Raikkonen brands Perez an Renault want to
work on reducing
idiot for overtaking move
engine costs
Formula One title contender Kimi
Raikkonen accused McLaren’s
Sergio Perez of driving like an idiot
after a Monaco Grand Prix collision that almost ended the Finn’s
23-race run of scoring finishes.
The Lotus driver and the Mexican made contact at the entrance
to the chicane in Sunday’s race
while Raikkonen was defending
fifth place.
Perez’s attempt to pass ended in
contact with Raikkonen suffering
a rear tyre puncture that dropped
him right down the field.
“Actually that (idiot) is a nice
word compared with what he
really said,” said Lotus team principal Eric Boullier when asked
about Raikkonen’s radio outburst.
The 2007 world champion, who
had started the day four points
behind Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel
and ended it 21 adrift but still second overall, pitted for supersoft
tyres and passed six cars in the
final five laps to finish 10th.
That was his 23rd successive
race in the points, one short of
Michael Schumacher’s all-time
record.
“He hit me from behind and
that’s about all there is to it,” said
Raikkonen.
“If he thinks it’s my fault that he
came into the corner too fast then
he obviously has no idea what he’s
talking about.
Kimi Raikkonen driving his Lotus during the race in Monaco.
“It’s not the first time he’s hit
someone in the race. He seems to
expect people to be always looking
at what he might do, then move
over or go straight on if he comes
into the corner too quick and isn’t
going to make it without running
into someone.
“Because of one stupid move
from Sergio we’ve lost a lot of
points to Sebastian in the championship and you can’t afford to lose
ground like that.”
Perez retired after the incident,
having also come close to collisions with his own team-mate Jenson Button and Ferrari’s Fernando
Alonso.
Boullier suggested McLaren
might want to take him in hand.
“He nearly crashed with his
team-mate in Bahrain, here obviously there was a little bit of action
also. It looks like he is trying too
often to be aggressive and attempt
something which most of the time
is impossible to do.”
Perez recognised his move had
been risky but pointed out he had
got past Button and Alonso, who
had to cut the corner to avoid contact, at the same place.
“Kimi didn’t give me any room,
there was nothing I could do. If
someone could avoid the accident
it was Kimi,” he declared.
Renault are committed to Formula One and will work to reduce the
cost of their new engine after its introduction next year, the company’s
chief executive Carlos Ghosn has assured Bernie Ecclestone.
Speaking at the Monaco Grand Prix after Renault announced a deal
to supply its 2014 engine to Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso, currently
with Ferrari, Ghosn said he was aware of F1 supremo Ecclestone’s
cost fears.
The current V8 engine costs around nine million euros whereas
the new 1.6 litre V6 turbo-charged unit with energy recovery systems
will see the price more than double.
“There is some concern about the cost of the engine, I understand
it, but our commitment is to work to reduce these costs,” Ghosn, who
met Ecclestone for lunch in Paris in the week before Sunday’s race,
told F1 reporters.
“Let’s first put the performance at the right level, reassure our teams
that they are going to get a very competitive and effective power unit
for 2014 and then little by little rationalise, simplify, reduce the costs.
“We are not going to drop the price for anybody for 2014,” he added.
“But our commitment is every year we will be working hard to make
this engine more efficient, to reduce the costs and then try to pass
part of the cost reduction to the users.”
Renault are supplying four teams this season – champions Red
Bull, Williams, Lotus and Caterham – and will be supplying at least
three next year.
Red Bull and Toro Rosso are confirmed while Caterham have a
long-term commercial agreement with Renault and their Malaysian
owner Tony Fernandes said at the weekend they were staying with
the French manufacturer.
Williams are expected to switch to Mercedes while Lotus are understood to be talking to various parties.
Ghosn said three teams was the minimum Renault, who invest
$150 million a year into their Formula One engine activities, required
to meet their commercial targets.
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Sailing
Table
tennis
Serbian
coach
Dimitrijevic
for HiTT
Academy
Boats jostling for positions during the SLAM Regatta off the Sliema coast.
Artie RTFX and Sailaway
take IRC SLAM honours
Young Optimist dinghy sailors engaged in keen competition
The Royal Malta Yacht Club (RMYC) was
buzzing with activity earlier this month as
sailors of all ages took part in the 2013 SLAM
Regatta.
This annual event consisted of two inshore
races, one series being for keelboats, under the
IRC rating system, and the other for small
dinghy classes – the Optimists.
The IRC fleet got into the action Friday afternoon in light winds. The race, however, had to
be shortened by the Race Officer to ensure that
all boats could complete the course in time.
The next day, the breeze was steadier and the
event took off in earnest as the numerous Optimist dinghies launched from the club slipway
and headed for their race area in the waters just
outside Grand Harbour.
The keen, young sailors in their boats produced good competition on the water and
completed a number of races that day.
REGATTA RESULTS
IRC Racer Class 1: 1. Artie RTFX; 2. Juno 3;
GasanMamo Comanche Raider II.
IRC Racer Class 2: 1. Sailaway; 2. Inspiration.
Optimist Open Class: 1. Zak Zammit; 2.
Matthew Micallef; 3. Timo Bonnici.
Optimist Cadet Class: 1. Jake Satariano; 2.
Lacy Aquilina.
Optimist Novice Class: 1. Victoria Schulteis; 2. Richard Schulteis; 3. Patrice Pace.
Meanwhile, the IRC class boats also had a
good day’s racing.
In fact, skippers were able to complete three
windward leeward races off the Sliema coast.
As expected, the wind continued to
strengthen on Day Three of the regatta, reaching Force 6 at times but it was not too strong for
the IRC fleet and another three races were held.
After seven races, it was Lee Satariano’s Artie
RTFX, co-skippered by Christian and Sebastian
Ripard, who was the overall winner in Racer
Class 1 while Ray Schembri’s Sailaway was first
in Racer Class 2.
In those rough conditions, the Optimist
classes had their races in the more sheltered
waters of Sliema Creek where they provided a
great spectacle to those watching from the
shoreline.
Zak Zammit was the winner in the Open
Class while Jake Satariano was first in Cadets
and Victoria Schulteis won the Novices.
Prizes were awarded to the winners at the
club in Ta’ Xbiex soon after the end of the third
day’s racing.
The Hi-Impact Table Tennis
(HiTT) Academy is headed by
Malta champion Mario Genovese
whose name has now become
synonymous with the game in the
local scene.
The academy focuses mainly
on achieving results and includes
a functional programme revolving around the basic needs of
core table tennis players, from
beginner to advanced levels.
“The aim is to make the new
players feel an instant motivation
and inspiration by joining the
HiTT team which is composed of
coaches and players with a different dynamic perspective,”
Genovese, who played professionally in Sweden, Denmark and
the UK, said.
Only a few weeks after its
inception, HiTT has brought over
coach Zeljko Dimitrijevic from
Serbia to form part of the technical team.
He will be here up to June 10
and running the programme
while Genovese, who doubles as
Malta coach, has to be abroad
with the national team.
Dimitrijevic has extensive
experience in coaching some of
the most talented juniors in his
country, particularly the ones
from the central region.
Last year, he also collaborated
closely with the Malta Table
Tennis Association (MTTA) to
help prepare the junior national
team players for international
tournaments.
One may obtain more details
on the academy through facebook or by sending an email at
[email protected].
The organisers can also be
reached by phoning 7928-8297.
Hockey National League
Borg goal crowns Qormi champions
QORMI ....................................................4
YOUNG STARS ........................................3
(after extra-time – normal time: 3-3)
As league deciders go this definitely lived
up to its billing and provided a classic.
The game swung to and fro and was
finally decided in the fifth minute of the
first period of extra time when Jonathan
Borg slotted the winner for Qormi.
Before both teams settled into a
rhythm, Young Stars drew first blood in
the second minute when Mark Camilleri
netted as a result of penalty corner
action.
Not to be outdone, two minutes later,
Qormi equalised when Juan Sarcia
scored, again as a result of a penalty corner action.
Young Stars then piled on the pressure
but did not capitalise from four penalty
corners awarded to them.
In the 32nd minute, Borg shot Qormi
ahead giving them a 2-1 lead which they
held up to the half-time whistle.
After early Young Stars pressure at the
start of the second half, Qormi went further
ahead in the 44th minute when Sarcia netted his second goal and Qormi’s third.
This instigated an immediate comeback
from Young Stars with Edward Hughes
pulling one back in the 48th minute and
Marvin Vella equalising five minutes later.
Both teams tried hard to win the game in
normal time but there was no change to the
score by the end of the match, and extra time
was required to determine a winner.
Most of the exchanges took place in
midfield but in the fifth minute Borg
scored Qormi’s fourth which proved to be
the winner.
Young Stars tried hard by winning four
penalty corners in the second period of
extra-time but to no avail, giving Qormi
their fourth championship victory in a row.
Umpires: Luke Busuttil Leaver, Manuel
Imbroll.
SLIEMA HOTSTICKS................................3
RABAT .....................................................2
Officially, this was the last match of the
2012-13 championship.
Hotsticks had the better of the early
exchanges, winning four penalty corners to
Rabat’s one by the 18th minute.
Ryan Brincat shot just past the post for
Rabat but Hotsticks drew first blood with a
Shawn Grima goal on 27 minutes.
Rabat came out motoring in the second
half and scored two goals in first six
minutes through Jason Vella and Mario
Galea.
True to form, Hotsticks reacted strongly
and Grima notched his second goal before
FINAL STANDINGS
Played
Points
12
12
12
12
12
18
18
11
7
6
Qormi
Young Stars
Sliema Hotsticks
Rabat
White Hart
Steve Portelli made it 3-2 as a result of a
penalty corner action.
After Ryan Dalli missed a chance to put
Hotsticks further ahead, they did not
capitalize on three other penalty corner
opportunities but held out and went on to
register a hard-earned victory despite
Rabat’s late efforts.
Umpires: Paul Brincat, James Mizzi.
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Luxembourg 2013
Track finals take centre-stage
on day one of competition
Valhmor Camilleri
Luxembourg City
Long months of preparation and
hard training will come to the test
today when the first medals at the
2013 Games of the Small States of
Europe (GSSE) will be at stake for
the nine nations taking part in this
week-long sporting festival hosted
by Luxembourg.
The highlight of the day’s programme will be the athletics events
at the Josy Barthel Stadium. They
reach a climax late in the evening
with the finals of the most popular
races on the track – the men’s and
women’s 100 metres.
In the sprints, Malta will be represented by 2011 silver medallist
Diane Borg and Rebecca Camilleri, the current Malta champion
over the short distance, while
Luke Bezzina and Steve Camilleri
will be involved in the men’s 100m
dash.
Rebecca Camilleri will have a
second chance to win a medal
today as she competes in the long
jump event along with Rebecca
Saré while Giselle Camilleri is
another podium contender in the
10,000m race final.
The build-up to today’s opening
session in track and field was far
from ideal as most of the athletes
involved were not given the chance
to try out the conditions at the Josy
Barthel Stadium and, instead, were
shifted to another venue.
That decision, taken as
preparations were underway for
last night’s opening ceremony,
irked officials from most participating countries, including the
Maltese Olympic Committee who
even mulled a formal complaint at
one point.
“It’s not acceptable that we were
not given the opportunity to
practise on the track with competition starting on Tuesday (today),”
coach Mario Micallef told The
Times of Malta, yesteday.
“Luxembourg officials informed
us that they were looking into the
problem and, hopefully, things
will get back to normal soon.
“However, that might be too late
for our first events and most of the
Flags flutter outside the Josy
Barthel Stadium, yesterday.
Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
athletes will now compete without
having tried out this track.”
Meanwhile, individual competitions in judo also get under way
this morning at Tramsschapp with
Marcon Bezzina, Jeremy Saywell
and Joanna Camilleri leading
Malta’s charge for a medal.
Shooters Brian Galea and Jeffrey
Pisani start their Trap competi-
tion, targeting the opening 75
clays while Etienne Bonello,
Malta’s only cyclist in Luxembourg, will race in the time-trial
event in Cessange.
In table tennis, the men’s and
women’s selection will play their
first matches from the team event,
which is being held on a round
robin format.
Our top player, Simon Gerada,
was expected to join the group last
night after completing a training
camp in Poland with the club of
his former Malta team-mate
Andrzej Makowski.
Tennis also gets under way
today with the first matches from
the singles events. Our players in
the tournament will be Matthew
Asciak, Roseanne Dimech and
Elaine Genovese.
Greta Zarb and Alison Borg play
their first match in the beachvolley
tournament against Monaco while
gymnasts Peppijna Dalli, Adreana
Zammit, Kirsty Caruana and
Suzanne Buttigieg will be on the
mat for the all-round competition
at the Hall Sportif Belair.
Athletes in action today...
ATHLETICS
100 metres (heats and finals): R.
Camilleri, D. Borg, L. Bezzina, S.
Camilleri.
400 metres (heats): K. Moore, M. Croker, J. Richard, L. Scerri.
Long jump (final): R. Camilleri, R.
Sarè.
10,000 metres (women, final): Giselle
Camilleri.
BEACHVOLLEY
Malta vs Monaco.
Malta players: G. Zarb, A. Borg.
CYCLING
Time-trial: E. Bonello.
GYMNASTICS
Team event: P. Dalli, A. Zammit, S.
Buttigieg, K. Caruana.
JUDO
Individual events: M. Bezzina, J.
Camilleri, V. Fraser, J. Saywell, M.
Korchilava, I. Bezzina.
SHOOTING
Trap (first 75 clays of competition): B.
Galea, J. Pisani.
SWIMMING
100 freestyle (heats and final): A.
Chetcuti .
TABLE TENNIS
Team event: S. Gerada, D. Bajada, V.
Lucenkova, P. Fei, J. Pace.
TENNIS
Men’s singles: M. Asciak.
Women’s singles: E. Genovese, R.
Dimech.
Table tennis player Daniel Bajada during practising. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
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Luxembourg 2013
Hosts ‘ready’ for the Games
Valhmor Camilleri
The 2013 Games of the Small States of Europe were off to
an auspicious start yesterday after a colourful opening
ceremony at the Josy Barthel Stadium in Luxembourg
City.
Athletes from the nine participating nations took part
in a traditional march past and the evening reached a
high when Luxembourg’s Gran Duke Henri declared the
Games open.
Among the distinguished guests present for the show
was International Olympic Committee (IOC) president
Jacques Rogge whose second term in office comes to an
end in September.
Rogge was accompanied by Prince Albert of Monaco
and European Olympic Committee president Pat Hickey
among other VIPs.
Singapore’s Ng Ser Miang, vice-president of his
homeland’s Olympic Committee and one of the
candidates for the IOC president’s seat, was also present
for the opening ceremony, probably more interested in
raising his profile and promote his election bid.
The Maltese Olympic Committee contingent was led
into the stadium by basketball captain Josephine Grima,
the country’s flagbearer.
Luxembourg’s official motto for the 2013 GSSE is ‘Are
you Ready for the Games?’
The official mascot – Ready – is a virtual manikin
wearing a sporty cap and sneakers. Ready portrays the
development and progress achieved in the GSSE since
their inception in 1985.
Home track and field member Claude Godart last night
recited the athlete’s oath and other promises of fair play
and Olympic spirit were read out by gymnastics official
Martine Reuter and basketball coach Hermann Paar.
Over 600 volunteers and 100 musicians took part in the
spectacle that was co-ordinated by Charles Muller and
carried the theme of Luxembourg as a welcoming and tolerant country.
The story narrated the evolution of man from an aggressive creature to a civilised human being ready to live in
harmony with fellow citizens, with sport portrayed as a
strong medium to convey this idea.
Maltese athletes at the
march past, yesterday.
Photos: Matthew Mirabelli
IOC president Jacques Rogge watching the show produced by the Luxembourg NOC organisers.
Golf and archery
to make debut
2015/2017 programmes unveiled
The next two editions of the Games
of the Small States of Europe (GSSE)
are set to include golf and archery,
two sporting disciplines that have
never featured before in the
calendar of competitions since the
sporting festival for the continent’s
minnow countries came to life in
1985.
Yesterday, the National Olympic
Committees of Iceland and San
Marino both unveiled their plans for
the next two Games which will be
held in 2015 and 2017.
Iceland, the next host country
after Luxembourg, presented the
programme of sport that will be held
mainly in Reykjavik and a major
novelty was the inclusion of golf
which will be played at the Kopra
course.
The Iceland organisers said the
majority of events will take place in
the area of Laugardalur (hot spring
valley) which is located at the heart
of Reykjavik. Top sporting facilities
already exist in the area where basketball, volleyball, athletics, swimming, beach volley, artistic gymnastics and judo can be staged.
Shooting, both clay and indoor,
were kept in the programme of
events along with tennis for the next
GSSE after this.
The road cycling and mountain
bike events, however, will not form
part of the schedule for the 2015
Games which will be held between
June 1 and 6.
The logo to be adopted by the
Iceland NOC will be “Let’s meet in
the middle” in a reference to the
geographical position of Iceland
which is in the middle between
Europe and America.
San Marino officials also
leaked the first information of
their sports programme which
will be held between May 29 and
June 3, 2017.
The San Marino Games will have
bowls back in the calendar but a
major inclusion will be that of
archery. This sport of bows and
arrows will also feature for the first
time in the biennial Games.
Athletics, basketball, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball will all be
retained from the Iceland 2015 programme but cycling returns at the
expense of golf.
Sport Domus, the multi-event
complex which has just been constructed in Serravalle, will be the
main sporting venue for the 2017
Games which mark the start of the
third cycle of GSSE competition.
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Football In Italy
Football news
Benitez joins Napoli
Podolski plans
Arsenal stay
Former Liverpool, Inter and Chelsea manager Rafael
Benitez will return to Italy to take charge of Serie A
club Napoli.
“Rafa Benitez is the new manager of Napoli,” club
president Aurelio De Laurentiis said on his Twitter
feed last night.
The Spaniard replaces Walter Mazzarri who quit
after the team finished second behind Juventus in
Serie A this season to qualify for the Champions
League.
Mazzarri was in charge for just under four years,
building a strong attacking side which twice qualified
for the Champions League and won the Italian Cup
in 2012. He said on resigning that he felt he had taken
Napoli as far as he could.
Benitez was in charge of Inter for the first half of the
2010-11 season after replacing treble-winning Jose
Mourinho.
With the team lying a modest sixth in December
of that season, the Spaniard’s job was under threat,
but he appeared to earn a reprieve when he led
them to victory in the Club World Cup in Japan.
Benitez then angered Inter owner Massimo
Moratti by demanding reinforcements and was
sacked before Christmas.
He then remained out of coaching for nearly two
years until Chelsea hired him to replace 2012
Champions League-winning Roberto Di Matteo in
an interim capacity.
Benitez ended a seven-month spell at the London
club earlier this month by winning the Europa
League and finishing third in the Premier League,
thereby qualifying for the UEFA Champions
League.
Lukas Podolski has rejected
rumours linking him with a move
away from Arsenal.
Podolski, who joined Arsenal
from Cologne last summer, is
thought to be attracting interest
from Turkish giants Galatasaray.
However, Podolski, who is currently away on international duty
with Germany says he is happy at
Arsenal and has no intention to
leave.
“I feel very comfortable and I
am completely satisfied with my
first year in England,” Podolski
said.
“I have no intention to leave
the club. Rumours are rumours
and I cannot stop them.”
Red’s the colour
for England
Rafael Benitez... on his way to Naples.
He won the Champions League and FA Cup with
Liverpool and La Liga twice with Valencia where he
also won the old UEFA Cup.
The 53-year-old may have to rebuild Napoli following media speculation that forward Edinson Cavani,
Serie A’s top scorer this season with 29 goals, is set to
join one of Europe’s wealthier clubs.
MOTORING & LEISURE
England’s new away kit has been
revealed, with makers Nike
returning to iconic red.
The US sportwear giant, who
agreed a six-year deal with the
Football Association last year, has
plumped for the colour England
famously wore when they won
the World Cup in 1966 to replace
Umbro’s navy shirt.
Nike designers have gone for a
polo-necked top – red apart from
a white button featuring a St
George cross – white shorts and
red socks.
The shirt is emblazoned with a
gold crest to celebrate the FA’s
150th anniversary and preserves
a gold star in honour of the 1966
heroes.
Defender Wilson
opts for Hearts beat
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Hearts have secured the signing
of Danny Wilson from Liverpool
on a three-year contract.
The defender spent the last
four months on loan at Tynecastle from Anfield and will sign a
permanent deal when his Liverpool contract expires.
The 21-year-old, who left
Rangers for Liverpool in a £2 million move in 2010, said: “It didn’t
take me long to decide about
committing myself to Hearts once
the club made it known they were
keen to keep me.”
Wilson is Gary Locke’s first
signing as manager.
Rogers makes first
LA Galaxy showing
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Robbie Rogers’s return to football ended in a 4-0 win as Robbie Keane’s hat-trick saw Los
Angeles Galaxy ease past Seattle
Sounders on Sunday.
Barely 24 hours after signing
for the Galaxy to end his hiatus
from the game after coming out,
Rogers became American professional sport’s first openly gay
active player when he stepped
off the bench – to a standing
ovation from the home fans – to
replace Juninho in the 77th
minute.
By that time LA Galaxy were
already four goals up thanks to
Sean Franklin’s 12th-minute
opener and strikes from Keane
in the 24th, 34th and 44th minutes, the last two from the
penalty spot.
Loew praises
Dortmund keeper
Germany coach Joachim Loew
has paid tribute to Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller (picture), although the
chances of him earning a call-up
to the national team remain slim.
Weidenfeller was the only German player on the field at Wembley not to have won a cap, but
while the national coach was full
of praise for the keeper, he
stopped short of opening him a
door into his squad.
“Of course it has not escaped
me that Roman has played a fantastic season,” said Loew.
“If you look at his performances, then Roman would certainly have deserved a cap.”
However, at the age of 32, Weidenfeller no longer fits the blueprint Loew is looking for, especially as he continues to view
Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer,
27, as his no.1.
Lopez not moving
Goalkeeper Diego Lopez insists
he has no intention of quitting
Real Madrid this summer amid
reports linking him with a move
to big-spending Monaco.
Lopez has made a huge
impression at Madrid since rejoining the club on a four-anda-half year deal from Sevilla during the January transfer
window.
The 31-year-old was brought
in after Iker Casillas was ruled out
for three months with a hand
injury and he has made the most
of the opportunity with a series of
superb performances.
He said: “I’ve tried to take
advantage of the chance as
always. I’ve already said that
every minute at Real is golden.
“It’s in my plans to continue
at Real. I think that competition
between goalkeepers is positive.”
Lewandowski set
for Bayern – agent
Borussia Dortmund striker
Robert Lewandowski is likely to
join German rivals and newlycrowned Champions League
winners Bayern Munich, the
Pole’s agent said.
However, Cezary Kucharski
told Polish reporters that Bayern
had yet to agree terms for Dortmund’s top-scorer.
“For us it is clear, but we have
not signed anything,” Kucharski
said.
“The clubs need to reach an
agreement.”
Kucharski gave no further
details, but said they should
emerge within three weeks’ time.
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Roma
coach hits
back at
‘whiner’
Osvaldo
Football In England
Crystal Palace’s Kevin Phillips (centre) celebrates scoring his side’s winner from the penalty spot, yesterday.
Phillips puts Palace back
in the Premier League
Kevin Phillips grabbed the golden goal to fire
Crystal Palace into the English Premier League
and end his play-off final hoodoo.
The evergreen striker, who turns 40 in the
summer, kept his nerve to blast in an extra-time
penalty and dash his former club Watford’s
dreams of promotion.
It was a special moment for Phillips, who had
lost all three of his previous play-off finals.
It was special too for Manchester Unitedbound Wilfried Zaha, the young winger who
signed off as a Palace player by winning the
penalty and ensuring they will join him in the top
flight next season.
Special, too, for manager Ian Holloway, whose
Blackpool side were beaten by West Ham in last
year’s final, and who has been the fiercest critic
of Watford’s controversial use of loan players.
The Championship’s player of the year Matej
Vydra, one of the 10 players Watford borrowed
from sister clubs in Italy and Spain, endured a
miserable first half and limped off at half-time.
Instead, it was Zaha who caught the eye
throughout, and he lured Marco Cassetti into the
clumsy lunge which ultimately settled the match
in the 104th minute.
The 20-year-old created Palace’s only chance
of the first half with a scintillating run down the
right, leaving Nathaniel Chalobah and Cassetti
chasing shadows before pulling the ball back to
Owen Garvan, whose shot was blocked.
Watford, the top scorers in the Championship
this season, were strangely subdued and caused
few alarms in the Palace penalty area.
It took almost an hour for their first shot on target to be registered, and Alex Geijo’s grasscutter
Neymar booed at
last game for Santos
Brazil’s hottest soccer talent Neymar
got booed by rival fans in his last
appearance for Santos on Sunday,
a day after confirming his move to
Barcelona next season.
Neymar failed to inspire his team
in a goalless draw against Flamengo
in their opening match of the Brazilian championship played in the
new World Cup stadium in Brazil’s
capital.
The 21-year-old striker announced on Saturday he had
picked Barcelona over Real
Madrid and would be leaving Santos to sign a five-year deal with the
Catalan club.
Many of the 63,500 spectators
who filled Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha
National Stadium were Flamengo
fans who booed Neymar when he
gained possession of the ball and
cheered when he lost it.
The Brazilian ace with a Mohican
hairdo cried during the national
anthem line-up before the game, his
last for the club that launched his
career and where he became the top
scorer since Pele.
“It was an honour to have played
for this marvellous team Santos, I
am so happy I did,” he told
reporters.
“Every child has a dream, either
to be a player, a dentist or a reporter.
My dream was to become a professional athlete and I have achieved
that. Today Barcelona is fulfilling
my dream of going to a totally beautiful team,” he told Globo TV.
Some of the Flamengo fans who
booed Neymar will probably be
cheering him on in the same Brasilia
stadium on June 15 when he is due
to play for Brazil against Japan in the
opening game of the Confederations Cup, an eight-nation warm-up
event for next year’s World Cup.
Neymar does not know when he
will travel to Barcelona but said he
was excited at the prospect of playing alongside Lionel Messi, Xavi,
Andres Iniesta and Dani Alves.
“The Santos fans are the only
ones who have always supported
me. I can only thank them and say
‘see you later,’ because I will be back
one day,” Neymar said.
did not pose Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni
any problems.
In extra-time it was Speroni who was forced
into action to claw the ball from underneath Troy
Deeney as he chased Almen Abdi’s cross.
But the breakthrough came when Cassetti, by
now dizzy having been twisted and turned by
Zaha yet again, brought the winger down in the
area. Referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the
spot and Phillips crashed the penalty high into
the net.
The drama did not end there with Joel Ward
clearing Fernando Forestieri’s shot off the Palace
goal-line in stoppage time.
But it was Zaha, Phillips and Holloway who
were celebrating moments later as the Eagles
secured their return to the top flight after an
eight-year absence.
Sporting briefs
FAN DIES: One Brescia supporter
lost his life and 25 others were
injured after a traffic incident late
Sunday. Andrea Toninelli, 22, was
killed as the coach carrying fans
back home from Livorno overturned just outside Brescia. Livorno
and Brescia drew 1-1 but Livorno
made it to the Serie A promotion
play-off final against Empoli.
McCALL: Motherwell manager
Stuart McCall has chosen to stay at
Fir Park following talks with
Sheffield United. The former Blades
player and coach held discussions
with the League One side last week
as they search for a permanent successor to Danny Wilson, who lost
his job last month. But McCall has
decided to stay with Motherwell,
who he has led to third and second
place in the SPL during his two full
seasons in charge.
WALKER: England defender Kyle
Walker has been ruled out of this
week’s friendlies against Ireland
and Brazil due to injury, the FA said
on its website yesterday. Walker has
returned to his club Tottenham and
will not be replaced in the squad for
the matches against Ireland at
Wembley tomorrow and in Rio de
Janeiro on Sunday. Manchester
United midfielder Tom Cleverley
also withdrew from Roy Hodgson’s
squad due to a calf injury.
LES BLEUS: Lyon midfielder Clement Grenier was called into the
France squad for next month’s
friendies in Uruguay and Brazil due
to doubts over Samir Nasri’s fitness.
“Because of doubts on Samir Nasri’s
health after Man City’s two games
in the US, Didier Deschamps has
called up Clement Grenier,” the FFF
said. France play Uruguay on June
5 and Brazil on June 9.
DUTT: Robin Dutt was named as
the new coach of Werder Bremen
yesterday after the German football
federation agreed to release him
from the post as their sporting
director. The 48-year-old will
replace Thomas Schaaf, who was
the country’s longest-coaching top
flight coach when he was sacked by
the four-times champions earlier
this month after 14 years.
BUNDESLIGA: Relegation play-off
– Kaiserslautern vs Hoffenheim 1-2
(Hoffenheim win 5-2 on aggregate).
Roma forward Pablo Osvaldo was
described as “a whiner” by his coach
Aurelio Andreazzoli yesterday after
throwing a tantrum during the Italian Cup final defeat to Lazio.
Television cameras caught
Osvaldo apparently insulting his
coach at the end of the game, after
he was left out of the starting lineup and brought on for the last 15
minutes.
“There’s nothing new in Osvaldo
making a scene when the camera is
filming him,” Andreazzoli told
reporters.
“But, in private, he’s a bit of a
whiner. It’s his problem, not mine.
“A player who represents the
national team should show better
behaviour but as I say, it’s not my
problem.”
The episode could cost Osvaldo
his place in the Italy squad as
national team coach Cesare Prandelli has sidelined players in the past
for misbehaviour with their clubs.
“We’ll make a decision shortly.
First, I want to confirm what happened with the Roma directors,
because at the moment all I have is
second hand information,” Prandelli told reporters at a training
camp, yesterday.
“If we have to take any measures
to remain coherent with what we
have done in the past, we will do it.”
Casillas
returns for
Confed Cup
Goalkeeper Iker Casillas returned
to the Spain squad as coach
Vicente del Bosque offered up few
surprises in a provisional 26-man
group yesterday for next month’s
Confederations Cup.
The list will be cut back to 23
after the final round of La Liga
matches next weekend.
Real Madrid’s Casillas, who captained the team to success at
Euros 2008 and 2012, and the 2010
World Cup finals, returns to the
side as expected despite having
barely played for his club since
breaking a finger in January.
The popular 32-year-old was left
on the substitutes’ bench when he
recovered from injury as departing
Real coach Jose Mourinho preferred Diego Lopez as his number
one during their run into the end
of the season.
“Iker had a small injury,” Del
Bosque said.
“I don’t think it’s a problem he
hasn’t played for a few months. He
has been training and is in good
condition.”
Fernando Torres and Javi Martinez, omitted from Spain’s last
World Cup qualifier against France
in March, were also recalled.
Since March, Torres has helped
Chelsea to win the Europa League
and Martinez was a central figure
in Bayern’s Champions League
final victory over Borussia Dortmund.
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Jason Micallef staying on as One chairman while heading V-18 Foundation
‘I have no conflict of interest’
Kristina Chetcuti
Jason Micallef has confirmed that as parttime chairman of the Valletta 2018 Foundation, he will retain his full-time post as chairman of the Labour Party’s television station,
but sees no conflict of interest in these roles.
Mr Micallef told Times of Malta he had no
idea when he would take up his role as V-18
chairman on a full-time basis and relinquish
his One TV post.
“No dates have been set as yet – but it will
happen as the event draws near: the Prime
Minister explained this,” he said.
V-18 is the name of the foundation
preparing Valletta to be the European
Capital of Culture in 2018.
Earlier this month Prime Minister
Joseph Muscat said that, when Mr Micallef
officially takes over the post full-time , he
would have to resign his chairmanship of
One Productions.
Mr Micallef said he felt there was “no
conflict of interest whatsoever” between
the two posts.
“If you are professional in your attitude,
there should never be any conflict of
interest,” he said.
He said the previous V-18 chairman,
David Felice, also had a full-time job other
than his chairmanship.
“His post was not full-time... so what
about him? Did he not have any conflict of
interest with his full-time job?”
Jason Micallef. Photo: Jason Borg
“If you are professional in your attitude, there should
never be any conflict of interest”
When it was pointed out that Mr Felice
did not head a political station but was an
architect and his full-time job had nothing
to do with politics, Mr Micallef said: “Up
till a few months ago, we had government
MPs chairing government entities. Is that
a conflict? I’m asking you, tell me: isn’t that
a conflict?”
Mr Micallef insisted that from the
moment he was appointed he declared on
Facebook that he would be refraining from
commenting on political issues.
“Are you aware that I even stopped writing for L-Orizzont? That’s something that
I had been doing for many years – but I
gave it up because of my new role.”
Why did he feel the need to take a
step back from political commentary but
not from manning a political station?
“There is no conflict of interest at all,”
he repeated.
In a filmed interview on the Newsbook
website on Sunday, Mr Micallef said that
Mr Felice had accepted to be one of the
directors on the V-18 board and that the
number of board members was going
to be increased from six to 10 “to
involve other people whose contribution
in the cultural field is worth taking
on board”.
He said that each board member was
paid €1,000 a year.
Mr Micallef contested the last general
election unsuccessfully but in the interview shrugged off criticism that his
appointment was a form of appeasement
on the part of the Prime Minister.
Times of Malta sent questions to the
office of the Prime Minister asking if he
felt there was a conflict of interest in the
dual roles of Mr Micallef, but questions
were unanswered by the time of printing.
Asked earlier this month why it was felt
that Mr Felice should be changed, Dr
Muscat had replied, “Why not?”
T: TVM2
K/O CODE
TIME
PLEASE NOTE NEUTRAL GROUND FOR MATCH
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
IRL
IRL
20:45
20:45
503
504
SLIGO ROVERS
ST PATRICKS
1.40
1.20
3.75
5.00
6.00
8.50
DUNDALK
UCD
1.02
-
1.14
1.05
2.31
3.15
GRE
GRE
SWI
SWI
SWI
SWI
17:15
19:30
20:30
20:30
20:30
20:30
512
528
531
532
533
534
PAOK
ASTERAS TRIPO.
LAUSANNE
ST GALLEN
YOUNG BOYS
ZURICH
1.55
1.60
2.15
2.25
3.40
1.85
3.30
3.20
3.30
3.10
3.30
3.20
ATROMITOS
5.00
4.75 PAS GIANNINA
SERVETTE
2.55
2.55 GRASSHOPPE.
BASEL
1.80
THUN
3.30
1.05
1.07
1.30
1.30
1.67
1.17
1.18
1.20
1.17
1.20
1.18
1.19
1.99
1.91
1.44
1.40
1.16
1.62
AUC 16:30
553
AUSTR. VIENNA
1.15
5.50 10.00 SUPER. PASCH.
-
1.03
3.55
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
BRAZIL WORLD
CUP 2014
OTHER EUROPE
553
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
-1 2.45 3.25 2.30 3.50 1.15
-1 1.85 3.40 3.10 4.50 1.08
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 3.00 3.20 2.00 2.80 1.25
-1 3.20 3.20 1.90 2.65 1.30
-1 4.50 4.00 1.45 3.20 1.20
-1 5.00 4.25 1.40 3.10 1.20
1 1.70 3.75 3.40 4.00 1.12
-1 3.75 3.75 1.65 3.30 1.18
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
-1 1.70 3.50 3.50 4.75 1.06
O
U
0-1
2-3
4+
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
FIRST HALF
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
TV
League
CAN BE PLAYED AS SINGLES
GOAL
TV
MATCHES HIGHLIGHED IN PINK
003
O
Code
1.75 1.75 1.22
2.00 1.50 1.35
3.10
2.50
3.50
4.50
1.85
1.90
3.10
2.50
1.70 1.80
1.70 1.75
1.95
1.65
2.10
2.40
6.50
8.00
1.35 2.50
1.45 2.20
1.50
1.45
1.65
1.65
1.90
1.70
1.12
1.10
1.18
1.18
1.30
1.20
4.00
4.25
3.40
3.40
2.65
3.20
2.80
2.65
3.20
3.10
4.00
3.30
1.85
1.85
1.85
1.85
1.95
1.90
4.00
4.25
3.40
3.40
2.65
3.20
1.60
1.55
1.80
1.80
2.00
1.80
1.95
2.00
1.70
1.65
1.55
1.65
2.15
2.25
2.85
3.00
4.00
2.50
1.95
1.90
2.05
2.00
2.10
2.00
5.75
5.75
3.20
3.25
2.40
4.00
1.25
1.22
1.30
1.30
1.40
1.30
2.10 1.45 1.35
2.40
4.75
1.95
2.40
1.65 1.80
1.55
2.50
9.00
1.45 2.15
2.00
2.10
1.85
1.85
1.60
1.80
EVENT CODE
COMPETITION WINNER
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
2.90
3.00
2.75
2.70
2.35
2.60
Odds
Code
5.50
300.00
3.75
150.00
60.00
30.00
100.00
250.00
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
Team
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
CAMEROON
CHILE
COLOMBIA
CROATIA
CZECH REP
Odds
Team
DENMARK
ECUADOR
EGYPT
ENGLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
150.00
100.00
300.00
18.00
30.00
7.00
150.00
150.00
Code
Team
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
HOLLAND
ITALY
IVORY COAST
JAPAN
MEXICO
NIGERIA
NORWAY
PARAGUAY
Odds
Code
18.00
18.00
150.00
150.00
40.00
200.00
350.00
200.00
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Odds
Code
--40.00
--500.00
40.00
250.00
--300.00
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
Team
POLAND
PORTUGAL
REP OF IRELAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
S. KOREA
SCOTLAND
SERBIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY
UKRAINE
URUGUAY
USA
ANY OTHER
G: GO
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
BRA
BRA
CLA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
CLA
00:30
00:30
00:30
02:00
02:00
02:00
03:00
03:00
537
538
539
540
541
542
544
545
BRA 00:30 558
CLA 03:00 559
1
x
2
SANTA FE
ATLETICO PR
1.40
2.25
3.75
3.10
6.00
2.55
BOTAFOGO
SAO PAULO
NEW. OLD BOYS
BAHIA
FLAMENGO
NAUTICO
GOIAS GO
OLIMPIA ASUN.
1.85
1.65
1.80
2.15
1.60
1.85
3.10
2.40
3.20
3.30
3.10
3.10
3.50
3.20
3.10
3.00
INTERNACIONAL
ATLETICO MG
1.40
1.35
3.75
4.00
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
REAL GARCIL.
CRUZEIRO
1orX 1or2 Xor2
1.02 1.14
1.30 1.20
2.31
1.40
SANTOS
3.30
4.00 VA. DA GAMA
3.60 BOCA JUNIO.
CORITIBA
2.70
4.25 PONTE PRETA
3.30 VITORIA BAH.
1.95 CORINTHIANS
2.45 FLUMINENSE
1.17
1.10
1.14
1.27
1.10
1.17
1.55
1.33
1.19
1.17
1.20
1.20
1.16
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.62
1.81
1.67
1.44
1.92
1.62
1.20
1.35
6.00 CRICIUMA SC
6.25 CLUB TIJUANA
1.02 1.14
1.01 1.11
2.31
2.44
GOAL
League
CLA 03:00 506
BRA 20:00 529
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
X
2
147
148
149
150
151
152
Code
10.00
--9.00
4.00
30.00
1.40
171
172
173
174
175
176
ARMENIA
BULGARIA
CZECH REP
DENMARK
ITALY
MALTA
Team
GROUP F
AZERBAIJAN
ISRAEL
LUXEMBOURG
N IRELAND
PORTUGAL
RUSSIA
Odds
Code
-----
191
192
1.85
1.90
3.10 1.70 1.80
3.00 1.90 1.60
1.95
2.95
2.10 6.50
2.00 3.20
1.35 2.50
1.30 2.55
1.70
1.70
1.45
1.70
1.70
1.75
1.70
1.60
3.20
3.20
4.25
3.20
3.25
3.00
3.20
3.50
3.30
3.30
2.65
3.25
3.30
3.40
3.25
3.00
1.90
1.85
1.85
1.90
1.85
1.90
1.90
1.90
3.20
3.20
4.25
3.20
3.25
3.00
3.20
3.50
1.65
1.70
1.90
1.65
1.75
1.65
1.65
1.70
2.50
2.25
2.50
2.85
2.20
2.50
3.75
3.20
2.00
2.00
1.90
2.00
2.05
2.00
2.00
1.95
1.30
1.30
1.22
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
165
166
167
168
169
170
1.90 1.60 1.30 2.70
1.80 1.70 1.22 2.95
4.00
3.60
1.90
1.85
2.70 1.80 1.70
2.95 1.70 1.80
1.90
1.85
2.15 6.25
2.15 6.50
O
U
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 2.45 3.25 2.30 3.50 1.15
-1 4.75 4.25 1.40 3.40 1.18
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
-1 3.75 3.75 1.65 3.30 1.18
-1 3.20 3.50 1.85 3.30 1.18
-1 3.75 3.40 1.65 2.65 1.30
-1 4.50 4.25 1.45 3.25 1.18
-1 3.00 3.40 1.90 3.30 1.18
-1 3.60 3.75 1.65 3.40 1.18
1 1.55 3.75 4.00 3.25 1.18
-1 5.50 4.50 1.35 3.00 1.22
FRIDAY 31 ST MAY
-1 2.35 3.40 2.30 4.00 1.12
-1 2.30 3.25 2.45 3.60 1.15
1.80
1.80
--------Odds
3.50
3.40
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
BELGIUM
CROATIA
FYR MACEDONIA
SCOTLAND
SERBIA
WALES
Team
GROUP E
ALBANIA
CYPRUS
ICELAND
NORWAY
SLOVENIA
SWITZERLAND
1.75 1.75 1.22 3.10
1.75 1.75 1.22 3.00
1.5
U
Team
GROUP B
2-3
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
Code
0-1
K/O CODE
TIME
Odds
141
142
143
144
145
146
Code
1.80
1.80
2.10
1.80
1.80
1.75
1.80
1.90
O
U
1.20
1.20
1.10
1.20
1.18
1.22
1.20
1.15
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1.80
1.75
1.60
1.85
1.75
1.85
1.85
1.80
1
X
2
4.00
4.75
4.50
3.40
4.75
4.00
2.65
3.10
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
TV
TV
Team
GROUP A
O
2.60
2.60
3.10
2.60
2.60
2.55
2.60
2.75
Code
189
190
G: GO
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
GOAL
League
K/O CODE
TIME
BELARUS
FINLAND
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
GOALS
FIRST HALF
U/O1st HALF
1.5
0-1
2-3
4+
NO
GOAL GOAL
3.50
3.00
1.85
3.50
1.75 1.70
2.95
1.95
3.30
1.25 2.80
3.20
2.90
3.40
3.40
3.20
3.20
3.30
3.60
3.10
3.10
3.30
3.30
1.85
1.90
1.85
1.85
1.90
1.90
3.20
2.90
3.40
3.40
3.20
3.20
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.75
1.80
2.40
5.50
3.00
3.20
2.20
2.45
2.05
2.05
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
4.25
2.05
3.25
3.00
5.25
4.25
1.30
1.35
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
O
U
1
X
2
U
501
SYRIANSKA
2.20
3.10
GEFLE
1.29
1.19
1.41
17:00
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
19:00
511
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
BODO GLIMT
HONKA
JYVASKYLA
KUOPION
ROVANIEMI
TURKU
VAASA
BRANN
HODD
ODDS BK
RANHEIM
SOGNDAL
TROMSO
VARD HAUGES.
VIKING
MALMO
1.15
1.75
5.00
2.25
2.50
1.60
1.80
1.30
3.20
1.60
2.75
1.45
1.10
4.00
1.40
2.20
5.50 10.00
ELVERUM
3.30 3.50
LAHTI
3.50 1.50
HELSINKI
3.10 2.55 INTER TURKU
3.10 2.30
MYLLYKOSKI
3.30 4.50
MARIEHAMN
3.20 3.50
JARO
4.75 5.75
MJONDALEN
3.50 1.80
MOLDE
3.60 4.00 SANDEFJORD
3.30 2.05
AALESUND
4.00 4.75 ULLENS. KISA
6.25 12.50
FOLLO
3.60 1.60
HAUGESUND
3.75 6.00
BRYNE
3.10 2.60 HELSINGBORG
1.14
2.06
1.30
1.38
1.08
1.15
1.02
1.67
1.11
1.50
1.06
1.89
1.02
1.29
1.03
1.17
1.15
1.20
1.20
1.18
1.19
1.06
1.15
1.14
1.17
1.11
1.01
1.14
1.14
1.19
3.55
1.70
1.05
1.40
1.32
1.90
1.67
2.60
1.19
1.89
1.26
2.17
4.17
1.11
2.31
1.41
NOC
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
SE1
2.60
-1 4.75 4.00 1.45 3.00 1.22 1.60 1.90 1.15
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1
1
-1
1
-1
-1
3.50
2.05
5.00
1.40
3.00
3.60
-1 4.75
3.60
3.40
4.25
4.25
3.40
3.60
1.70
2.70
1.40
5.00
1.90
1.70
4.25 1.45
3.30
3.60
3.10
3.10
3.30
3.30
1.18
1.15
1.20
1.20
1.18
1.18
1.70
1.80
1.65
1.65
1.70
1.70
1.80
1.70
1.85
1.85
1.80
1.80
1.20
1.25
1.18
1.18
1.20
1.20
3.10 1.20 1.65 1.85 1.18
1.70
1.70
1.65
1.65
1.75
1.70
3.40
3.10
1.85
3.40
1.80 1.65
2.95
2.00
3.30
1.30 2.70
3.50
2.85
3.00
3.50
1.90
1.90
3.50
2.85
1.80 1.70
1.95 1.55
3.00
3.10
1.95
2.00
3.30
3.10
1.25 2.75
1.35 2.45
7
6
5
KONGSVINGER
STABAEK
DJURGARDEN
NORRKOPING
2.35
2.25
2.25
2.45
3.20
3.20
3.00
3.00
2.40
2.50
2.60
2.40
HAM KAM
FREDRIKSTAD
KALMAR
AIK STOCKH.
1.35
1.32
1.29
1.35
1.19
1.18
1.21
1.21
1.37
1.40
1.39
1.33
-1 5.00
1 1.35
4.25 1.40
4.50 5.00
3.00 1.22 1.60 1.90 1.15
3.50 1.15 1.80 1.70 1.25
ITALY
IT2
TV
20:45
535
HOME TEAM
EMPOLI
2.25
x
2.90
2
3.00
AWAY TEAM
LIVORNO
1orX 1or2 Xor2
1.27
1.29
1.47
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
K/O CODE
TIME
FINAL RESULT
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
3.5
U
O
U
O
U
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 5.00 4.00 1.45 2.70 1.30 1.55 2.15 1.12
PLEASE NOTE NEUTRAL GROUND FOR MATCHES
HOME TEAM
SUM OF GOALS
2.5
O
G: GO
League
1
DOUBLE CHANCE
GOAL
K/O CODE
TIME
FINAL RESULT
GOAL
League
X
2
2.70
2-3
1.90
4+
4.00
NO
GOAL GOAL
FIRST HALF
1.65 1.80
1
X
3.00
1.85
2
3.75
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
1.22 3.00
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
502 & 530
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
4.00
0-1
GOALS
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
O
U
0-1
2-3
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
IF
20:45
502
TURKEY
1.20
5.00
8.50
IF
IF
IF
02:00
20:30
21:00
505
530
536
CANADA
GERMANY
ENGLAND
2.25
1.40
1.40
3.00
3.75
4.00
IF
IF
02:00
12:20
543
551
USA
JAPAN
2.50
1.40
3.10
3.75
1.05
3.15
2.60
COSTA RICA
6.00
ECUADOR
6.50 R. OF IRELAND
1.29
1.02
1.04
1.21
1.14
1.15
1.39
2.31
2.48
2.30
6.00
1.38
1.02
1.20
1.14
1.32
2.31
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
-1 1.90 3.30 3.10 4.00 1.10
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 5.00 4.00 1.40 2.80 1.25
-1 2.30 3.50 2.30 4.25 1.10
-1 2.35 3.30 2.40 3.60 1.15
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
1 1.40 4.25 5.00 3.00 1.22
-1 2.55 3.10 2.30 3.10 1.22
G: GO
FINAL RESULT
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
GOAL
League
HOME TEAM
552
CYPRUS
4.00
1.85
2.75
1.65 1.85
1.65
2.35
8.00
1.40 2.30
1.50 2.00 1.12
2.00 1.50 1.35
1.85 1.75 1.22
4.00
2.45
2.95
2.80
4.25
3.60
1.85
1.95
1.85
4.00
2.45
2.95
1.70 1.80
1.90 1.60
1.70 1.80
3.00
1.90
1.90
1.90
2.15
2.15
3.40
6.25
6.75
1.22 2.95
1.45 2.20
1.35 2.45
1.60 1.90 1.15
1.60 1.90 1.15
3.50
3.60
3.00
3.10
1.85
1.85
3.50
3.60
1.80 1.70
1.60 1.90
3.20
1.95
1.95
2.05
3.10
6.50
1.25 2.80
1.25 2.75
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
U
1.95
3.10
3.10
N IRELAND
1.20
1.20
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
E21 16:00
2.75
EUROPEAN U21 QUALIFICATIONS
K/O CODE
TIME
1.90 1.60 1.25
U
O
U
O
0-1
2-3
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
TV
TV
-
LATVIA
irl
Standings & Statistics
TV
TV
G: GO
554
555
556
557
------------Odds
153
154
155
156
157
158
Code
------------Odds
159
160
161
162
163
164
Code
--20.00
----3.50
1.15
177
178
179
180
181
182
AUSTRIA
FAROE ISLANDS
GERMANY
KAZAKHSTAN
REP OF IRELAND
SWEDEN
Team
GROUP G
BOSNIA-HERZEG.
GREECE
LATVIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
SLOVAKIA
1.45
2.75
------6.50
183
184
185
186
187
188
Odds
Code
Code
Odds
GROUP I
4.00
193
---
€
TV
18:00
18:00
19:00
19:05
Code
2.60
2.45
2.70
2.70
2.60
2.60
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
NOC
NOC
SE1
SE1
Odds
Team
SPAIN
ST PATRICKS
SLIGO ROVERS
DERRY CITY
DUNDALK
F A
22 8
25 7
32 16
21 17
P
33
31
30
24
G
12
12
12
12
12
12
F
26
23
15
16
24
15
A
8
12
11
15
16
15
P
29
24
23
21
20
17
F A
24 6
15 6
20 9
14 9
12 8
18 15
P
22
21
19
16
16
16
F A
13 8
13 5
11 8
8 7
P
17
16
14
14
no1
STROMSGODSET
ROSENBORG
VIKING
BRANN
AALESUND
HAUGESUND
A
14
19
21
24
18
P
16
16
15
14
13
A
9
17
16
14
18
P
14
14
14
13
9
F A
11 11
9 8
11 13
10 9
P
14
13
12
11
UCD
BRAY WANDERE.
BOHEMIAN
SHELBOURNE
G
15
15
15
15
F
19
15
13
6
A
31
31
25
26
P
14
14
13
6
VALERENGA
START
ODDS BK
MOLDE
SANDNES
G
12
12
12
12
12
F
13
15
10
15
9
A
19
23
14
17
16
P
13
13
11
10
10
TROMSO
SOGNDAL
LILLESTROM
SARPSBORG
HONEFOSS
G
12
12
12
12
12
F
18
15
18
16
14
BROMMAPOJKA.
HALMSTAD
OSTER
SYRIANSKA
DJURGARDEN
G F A P
10 11 20
9
10 8 12
8
10 10 16
8
10 6 16
8
10 7 22
8
fin
ATVIDABERG
NORRKOPING
HACKEN
AIK STOCKHOLM
GEFLE
G
10
10
10
10
10
F
13
15
14
15
11
JARO
ROVANIEMI
LAHTI
JYVASKYLA
G F A P
8 11 11 11
9 9 12 10
8 5 10
6
8 5 14
3
HONKA
TURKU
MARIEHAMN
KUOPION
G
9
8
9
9
A
31
30
33
44
P
66
63
59
52
G
10
10
10
9
9
10
F A
20 8
17 9
18 9
12 8
16 9
16 16
P
25
22
20
18
17
16
Odds
RANHEIM
SANDEFJORD
BODO GLIMT
HODD
HAM KAM
STABAEK
PAOK
ATROMITOS
CRUZEIRO
CRICIUMA
SAO PAULO
GREMIO
FLUMINENSE
CORITIBA
VASCO DA GAMA
THUN
SION
YOUNG BOYS
LUZERN
G
34
34
34
34
F
42
36
46
35
A
42
50
47
49
P
47
45
42
36
A
9
11
15
12
15
LAUSANNE
SERVETTE
G F A P
34 28 47 30
34 29 55 26
P
15
14
13
13
10
STROMMEN
FOLLO
ULLENSAKER KISA
V. HAUGESUND
ELVERUM
G
10
8
10
10
10
P
7
ASTER. TRIPOLIS
G F A P
4 4 6
5
ATLETICO PR
PORTUGUESA
BAHIA
NAUTICO
PONTE PRETA
GOIAS
G F A P
1 1 2
0
1 0 1
0
1 1 3
0
1 0 2
0
1 0 2
0
1 0 5
0
Norwegian 2nd
BRYNE
KRISTIANSUND
KONGSVINGER
MJONDALEN
FREDRIKSTAD
G
9
10
10
10
9
F
16
13
13
10
14
F
9
10
10
11
10
A P
14 10
18
6
18
6
21
5
23
5
Greece Play-offs
G F A P
4 4 4 10
4 6 4
7
bra
Finnish 1st
G
9
8
9
8
BASEL
GRASSHOPPERS
ST GALLEN
ZURICH
F
59
42
53
58
gre
Swedish 1st
G
HELSINGBORG
9
IFK GOTHENBURG 10
10
ELFSBORG
9
MALMO
10
KALMAR
10
MJALLBY
Team
Swiss 1st
G
34
34
34
34
no2
Norwegian 1st
se1
HELSINKI
MYLLYKOSKI
INTER TURKU
VAASA
P
21
19
19
17
1.30
--4.25
12.00
--9.00
4.6 MILLION
1.3 MILLION
2.7 MILLION
swi
A
9
16
24
21
Team
GROUP H
ENGLAND
MOLDOVA
MONTENEGRO
POLAND
SAN MARINO
UKRAINE
4,600,000
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
F
18
20
25
15
------------Odds
ANDORRA
ESTONIA
HOLLAND
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
TURKEY
MANTORPRACE TRACK
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
G
SHAMROCK ROV.
15
LIMERICK
15
DROGHEDA
15
CORK CITY FORAS 15
Odds
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
Irish Premier League
G
15
14
15
14
Team
GROUP D
1.15
V75 JACKPOT
O
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
SE1 19:00
Team
GROUP C
FRANCE
GEORGIA
SCANDINAVIAN LEAGUES
Code
Team
TV
TV
Team
003
Odds
1.40 2.30
1.35 2.45
5.00
150.00
150.00
250.00
500.00
50.00
100.00
20.00
EVENT CODE
GROUP WINNER
Code
Odds
Team
PAS GIANNINA
G F A
4 4 4
Brazilian 1st
G F A
1 5 0
1 3 1
1 2 0
1 2 0
1 2 1
1 2 1
1 1 0
P
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
INTERNACIONAL
VITORIA BAHIA
BOTAFOGO
CORINTHIANS
FLAMENGO
SANTOS
ATLETICO MG
G F A
1 2 2
1 2 2
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 1 2
P
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1.55
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DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
CODE DRIVER
CODE DRIVER
ODDS
101
BAUTISTA
500.00
104
DOVIZIOSO
200.00
107
PEDROSA
102
BRADL
500.00
105
LORENZO
3.00
108
ROSSI
103
CRUTCHLOW
40.00
106
MARQUEZ M.
2.60
109
ANY OTHER
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
UNITED STATES
INDIANAPOLIS
CZECH REPUB.
GREAT BRITAIN
29 Jun
14 Jul
21 Jul
18 Aug
25 Aug
01 Sep
13
14
15
16
17
18
SAN MARINO
ARAGÓN
MALAYSIA
AUSTRALIA
JAPAN
VALENCIA
ODDS
RACE CALENDAR
1
2
3
4
5
6
096
Event Code
CODE DRIVER
ODDS
2.45
30.00
150.00
2013
QATAR
AMERICAS
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SPAIN
FRANCE
ITALY
CATALUNYA
07 Apr
21 Apr
05 May
19 May
02 Jun
16 Jun
STANDINGS
2013
7
8
9
10
11
12
15 Sep
29 Sep
13 Oct
20 Oct
27 Oct
10 Nov
1
DANI PEDROSA
Spanish
Honda
83
12 BRADLEY SMITH
British
Yamaha
17
2
MARC MARQUEZ
Spanish
Honda
77
13 MICHELE PIRRO
Italian
Ducati
13
3
JORGE LORENZO
Spanish
Yamaha
66
14 BEN SPIES
U. S. A.
Ducati
9
4
CAL CRUTCHLOW
British
Yamaha
55
15 HECTOR BARBERA Spanish
FTR
7
5
VALENTINO ROSSI Italian
Yamaha
47
16 RANDY D. PUNIET French
ART
6
6
A. DOVIZIOSO
Ducati
39
17 D. PETRUCCI
Italian
Ioda-Suter
4
7
ALVARO BAUTISTA Spanish
Honda
38
18 M. LAVERTY
British
PBM
3
8
NICKY HAYDEN
U. S. A.
Ducati
35
19 Y. HERNANDEZ
Colombian ART
3
9
A. ESPARGARO
Spanish
ART
20
20 KAREL ABRAHAM
Czech
ART
1
10 A. IANNONE
Italian
Ducati
18
21 COLIN EDWARDS
U. S. A.
FTR Kawasaki
1
11 STEFAN BRADL
German
Honda
17
22 HIROSHI AOYAMA
Japanese
FTR
1
Italian
Tennis
ATP/WTA Roland Garros
May 26th - June 9th
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DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
CODE
101
102
103
104
DRIVER
ODDS
2.75
ALONSO
200.00
BUTTON
--GROSJEAN
HAMILTON 12.00
CODE
105
106
107
108
EVENT CODE:
ODDS
150.00
--RAIKKONEN
6.50
ROSBERG
25.00
DRIVER
MASSA
PEREZ
CODE
DRIVER
109 VETTEL
110 WEBBER
111 ANY OTHER
095
CONSTRUCTOR CHAMPIONSHIP
ODDS
1.70
60.00
---
TEAM
CODE
201 FERRARI
202 LOTUS
ODDS
2.65
15.00
EVENT CODE:
CODE
ODDS
TEAM
203 McLAREN 150.00
204 MERCEDES 12.00
095
CODE
ODDS
TEAM
205 RED BULL
1.50
206 ANY OTHER 200.00
RACE CALENDAR 2013
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
AUSTRALIA
MALAYSIA
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CHINA
BAHRAIN
SPAIN
MONACO
CANADA
15
22
12
19
10
23
07
-
17
24
14
21
12
26
09
Mar
Mar
Apr
Apr
May
May
Jun
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
GREAT BRITIAN
GERMANY
HUNGARY
BELGIUM
ITALY
SINGAPORE
KOREA
28
05
26
23
06
20
04
-
30
07
28
25
08
22
06
Jun
Jul
Jul
Aug
Sep
Sep
Oct
15
16
17
18
19
JAPAN
INDIA
ABU DHABI
USA
BRAZIL
11
25
01
15
22
-
13
27
03
17
24
Oct
Oct
Nov
Nov
Nov
STANDINGS DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
1
S. VETTEL
German
Red Bull Racing-Renault
2
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN
Finnish
Lotus-Renault
3
F. ALONSO
Spanish
4
LEWIS HAMILTON
5
107
12 SERGIO PEREZ
Mexican
McLaren-Mercedes
12
86
13 D. RICCIARDO
Austral.
STR-Ferrari
7
Ferrari
78
14 N. HULKENBERG
German
Sauber-Ferrari
5
British
Mercedes
62
15 J. VERGNE
French
STR-Ferrari
5
MARK WEBBER
Austral.
Red Bull Racing-Renault
57
16 E. GUTIERREZ
Mexican
Sauber-Ferrari
0
6
NICO ROSBERG
German
Mercedes
47
17 VALTTERI BOTTAS
Finnish
Williams-Renault
0
7
FELIPE MASSA
Brazilian
Ferrari
45
18 P. MALDONADO
Venezue.
Williams-Renault
0
8
PAUL DI RESTA
British
Force India-Mercedes
28
19 JULES BIANCHI
French
Marussia-Cosworth
0
9
R. GROSJEAN
French
Lotus-Renault
26
20 CHARLES PIC
French
Caterham-Renault
0
10 JENSON BUTTON
British
McLaren-Mercedes
25
21 MAX CHILTON
British
Marussia-Cosworth
0
11 ADRIAN SUTIL
German
Force India-Mercedes
16
22 G. V. DER GARDE
Dutch
Caterham-Renault
0
T: TVM2
K/O CODE
TIME
PLEASE NOTE NEUTRAL GROUND FOR MATCH
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
IRL
IRL
20:45
20:45
503
504
SLIGO ROVERS
ST PATRICKS
1.40
1.20
3.75
5.00
6.00
8.50
DUNDALK
UCD
1.02
-
1.14
1.05
2.31
3.15
GRE
GRE
SWI
SWI
SWI
SWI
17:15
19:30
20:30
20:30
20:30
20:30
512
528
531
532
533
534
PAOK
ASTERAS TRIPO.
LAUSANNE
ST GALLEN
YOUNG BOYS
ZURICH
1.55
1.60
2.15
2.25
3.40
1.85
3.30
3.20
3.30
3.10
3.30
3.20
ATROMITOS
5.00
4.75 PAS GIANNINA
SERVETTE
2.55
2.55 GRASSHOPPE.
BASEL
1.80
THUN
3.30
1.05
1.07
1.30
1.30
1.67
1.17
1.18
1.20
1.17
1.20
1.18
1.19
1.99
1.91
1.44
1.40
1.16
1.62
AUC 16:30
553
AUSTR. VIENNA
1.15
5.50 10.00 SUPER. PASCH.
-
1.03
3.55
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
BRAZIL WORLD
CUP 2014
OTHER EUROPE
553
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
-1 2.45 3.25 2.30 3.50 1.15
-1 1.85 3.40 3.10 4.50 1.08
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 3.00 3.20 2.00 2.80 1.25
-1 3.20 3.20 1.90 2.65 1.30
-1 4.50 4.00 1.45 3.20 1.20
-1 5.00 4.25 1.40 3.10 1.20
1 1.70 3.75 3.40 4.00 1.12
-1 3.75 3.75 1.65 3.30 1.18
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
-1 1.70 3.50 3.50 4.75 1.06
O
U
0-1
2-3
4+
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
FIRST HALF
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
TV
League
GOAL
TV
003
O
Code
1.75 1.75 1.22
2.00 1.50 1.35
3.10
2.50
3.50
4.50
1.85
1.90
3.10
2.50
1.70 1.80
1.70 1.75
1.95
1.65
2.10
2.40
6.50
8.00
1.35 2.50
1.45 2.20
1.50
1.45
1.65
1.65
1.90
1.70
1.12
1.10
1.18
1.18
1.30
1.20
4.00
4.25
3.40
3.40
2.65
3.20
2.80
2.65
3.20
3.10
4.00
3.30
1.85
1.85
1.85
1.85
1.95
1.90
4.00
4.25
3.40
3.40
2.65
3.20
1.60
1.55
1.80
1.80
2.00
1.80
1.95
2.00
1.70
1.65
1.55
1.65
2.15
2.25
2.85
3.00
4.00
2.50
1.95
1.90
2.05
2.00
2.10
2.00
5.75
5.75
3.20
3.25
2.40
4.00
1.25
1.22
1.30
1.30
1.40
1.30
2.10 1.45 1.35
2.40
4.75
1.95
2.40
1.65 1.80
1.55
2.50
9.00
1.45 2.15
2.00
2.10
1.85
1.85
1.60
1.80
EVENT CODE
COMPETITION WINNER
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
2.90
3.00
2.75
2.70
2.35
2.60
Odds
Code
5.50
300.00
3.75
150.00
50.00
30.00
75.00
250.00
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
Team
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
CAMEROON
CHILE
COLOMBIA
CROATIA
CZECH REP
Odds
Team
DENMARK
ECUADOR
EGYPT
ENGLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GHANA
GREECE
150.00
100.00
300.00
18.00
30.00
8.00
150.00
150.00
Code
Team
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
HOLLAND
ITALY
IVORY COAST
JAPAN
MEXICO
NIGERIA
NORWAY
PARAGUAY
Odds
Code
18.00
18.00
150.00
150.00
40.00
200.00
350.00
200.00
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Odds
Code
--30.00
--500.00
40.00
250.00
--300.00
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
Team
POLAND
PORTUGAL
REP OF IRELAND
ROMANIA
RUSSIA
S. KOREA
SCOTLAND
SERBIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY
UKRAINE
URUGUAY
USA
ANY OTHER
G: GO
AMERICAN FOOTBALL
BRA
BRA
CLA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
CLA
00:30
00:30
00:30
02:00
02:00
02:00
03:00
03:00
537
538
539
540
541
542
544
545
BRA 00:30 558
CLA 03:00 559
1
x
2
SANTA FE
ATLETICO PR
1.40
2.25
3.75
3.10
6.00
2.55
BOTAFOGO
SAO PAULO
NEW. OLD BOYS
BAHIA
FLAMENGO
NAUTICO
GOIAS GO
OLIMPIA ASUN.
1.85
1.65
1.80
2.15
1.60
1.85
3.10
2.40
3.20
3.30
3.10
3.10
3.50
3.20
3.10
3.00
INTERNACIONAL
ATLETICO MG
1.40
1.35
3.75
4.00
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
REAL GARCIL.
CRUZEIRO
1orX 1or2 Xor2
1.02 1.14
1.30 1.20
2.31
1.40
SANTOS
3.30
4.00 VA. DA GAMA
3.60 BOCA JUNIO.
CORITIBA
2.70
4.25 PONTE PRETA
3.30 VITORIA BAH.
1.95 CORINTHIANS
2.45 FLUMINENSE
1.17
1.10
1.14
1.27
1.10
1.17
1.55
1.33
1.19
1.17
1.20
1.20
1.16
1.19
1.20
1.21
1.62
1.81
1.67
1.44
1.92
1.62
1.20
1.35
6.00 CRICIUMA SC
6.25 CLUB TIJUANA
1.02 1.14
1.01 1.11
2.31
2.44
GOAL
League
CLA 03:00 506
BRA 20:00 529
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
X
2
147
148
149
150
151
152
Code
10.00
--9.00
4.00
30.00
1.40
171
172
173
174
175
176
ARMENIA
BULGARIA
CZECH REP
DENMARK
ITALY
MALTA
Team
GROUP F
AZERBAIJAN
ISRAEL
LUXEMBOURG
N IRELAND
PORTUGAL
RUSSIA
Odds
Code
-----
191
192
1.85
1.90
3.10 1.70 1.80
3.00 1.90 1.60
1.95
2.95
2.10 6.50
2.00 3.20
1.35 2.50
1.30 2.55
1.70
1.70
1.45
1.70
1.70
1.75
1.70
1.60
3.20
3.20
4.25
3.20
3.25
3.00
3.20
3.50
3.30
3.30
2.65
3.25
3.30
3.40
3.25
3.00
1.90
1.85
1.85
1.90
1.85
1.90
1.90
1.90
3.20
3.20
4.25
3.20
3.25
3.00
3.20
3.50
1.65
1.70
1.90
1.65
1.75
1.65
1.65
1.70
2.50
2.25
2.50
2.85
2.20
2.50
3.75
3.20
2.00
2.00
1.90
2.00
2.05
2.00
2.00
1.95
1.30
1.30
1.22
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.25
165
166
167
168
169
170
1.90 1.60 1.30 2.70
1.80 1.70 1.22 2.95
4.00
3.60
1.90
1.85
2.70 1.80 1.70
2.95 1.70 1.80
1.90
1.85
2.15 6.25
2.15 6.50
O
U
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 2.45 3.25 2.30 3.50 1.15
-1 4.75 4.25 1.40 3.40 1.18
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
-1 3.75 3.75 1.65 3.30 1.18
-1 3.20 3.50 1.85 3.30 1.18
-1 3.75 3.40 1.65 2.65 1.30
-1 4.50 4.25 1.45 3.25 1.18
-1 3.00 3.40 1.90 3.30 1.18
-1 3.60 3.75 1.65 3.40 1.18
1 1.55 3.75 4.00 3.25 1.18
-1 5.50 4.50 1.35 3.00 1.22
FRIDAY 31 ST MAY
-1 2.35 3.40 2.30 4.00 1.12
-1 2.30 3.25 2.45 3.60 1.15
1.80
1.80
--------Odds
3.50
3.40
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
BELGIUM
CROATIA
FYR MACEDONIA
SCOTLAND
SERBIA
WALES
Team
GROUP E
ALBANIA
CYPRUS
ICELAND
NORWAY
SLOVENIA
SWITZERLAND
1.75 1.75 1.22 3.10
1.75 1.75 1.22 3.00
1.5
U
Team
GROUP B
2-3
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
Code
0-1
K/O CODE
TIME
Odds
141
142
143
144
145
146
Code
1.80
1.80
2.10
1.80
1.80
1.75
1.80
1.90
O
U
1.20
1.20
1.10
1.20
1.18
1.22
1.20
1.15
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1.80
1.75
1.60
1.85
1.75
1.85
1.85
1.80
1
X
2
4.00
4.75
4.50
3.40
4.75
4.00
2.65
3.10
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
TV
TV
Team
GROUP A
O
2.60
2.60
3.10
2.60
2.60
2.55
2.60
2.75
Code
189
190
G: GO
FINAL RESULT
HOME TEAM
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
GOAL
League
K/O CODE
TIME
BELARUS
FINLAND
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
FIRST HALF
GOALS
U/O1st HALF
1.5
0-1
2-3
4+
NO
GOAL GOAL
3.50
3.00
1.85
3.50
1.75 1.70
2.95
1.95
3.30
1.25 2.80
3.20
2.90
3.40
3.40
3.20
3.20
3.30
3.60
3.10
3.10
3.30
3.30
1.85
1.90
1.85
1.85
1.90
1.90
3.20
2.90
3.40
3.40
3.20
3.20
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.80
1.75
1.80
2.40
5.50
3.00
3.20
2.20
2.45
2.05
2.05
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
4.25
2.05
3.25
3.00
5.25
4.25
1.30
1.35
1.30
1.30
1.30
1.30
O
U
1
X
2
U
501
SYRIANSKA
2.20
3.10
GEFLE
1.29
1.19
1.41
17:00
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
17:30
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
18:00
19:00
511
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
BODO GLIMT
HONKA
JYVASKYLA
KUOPION
ROVANIEMI
TURKU
VAASA
BRANN
HODD
ODDS BK
RANHEIM
SOGNDAL
TROMSO
VARD HAUGES.
VIKING
MALMO
1.15
1.75
5.00
2.25
2.50
1.60
1.80
1.30
3.20
1.60
2.75
1.45
1.10
4.00
1.40
2.20
5.50 10.00
ELVERUM
3.30 3.50
LAHTI
3.50 1.50
HELSINKI
3.10 2.55 INTER TURKU
3.10 2.30
MYLLYKOSKI
3.30 4.50
MARIEHAMN
3.20 3.50
JARO
4.75 5.75
MJONDALEN
3.50 1.80
MOLDE
3.60 4.00 SANDEFJORD
3.30 2.05
AALESUND
4.00 4.75 ULLENS. KISA
6.25 12.50
FOLLO
3.60 1.60
HAUGESUND
3.75 6.00
BRYNE
3.10 2.60 HELSINGBORG
1.14
2.06
1.30
1.38
1.08
1.15
1.02
1.67
1.11
1.50
1.06
1.89
1.02
1.29
1.03
1.17
1.15
1.20
1.20
1.18
1.19
1.06
1.15
1.14
1.17
1.11
1.01
1.14
1.14
1.19
3.55
1.70
1.05
1.40
1.32
1.90
1.67
2.60
1.19
1.89
1.26
2.17
4.17
1.11
2.31
1.41
NOC
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
FIN
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
NOC
SE1
2.60
-1 4.75 4.00 1.45 3.00 1.22 1.60 1.90 1.15
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1
1
-1
1
-1
-1
3.50
2.05
5.00
1.40
3.00
3.60
-1 4.75
3.60
3.40
4.25
4.25
3.40
3.60
1.70
2.70
1.40
5.00
1.90
1.70
4.25 1.45
3.30
3.60
3.10
3.10
3.30
3.30
1.18
1.15
1.20
1.20
1.18
1.18
1.70
1.80
1.65
1.65
1.70
1.70
1.80
1.70
1.85
1.85
1.80
1.80
1.20
1.25
1.18
1.18
1.20
1.20
3.10 1.20 1.65 1.85 1.18
1.70
1.70
1.65
1.65
1.75
1.70
3.40
3.10
1.85
3.40
1.80 1.65
2.95
2.00
3.30
1.30 2.70
3.50
2.85
3.00
3.50
1.90
1.90
3.50
2.85
1.80 1.70
1.95 1.55
3.00
3.10
1.95
2.00
3.30
3.10
1.25 2.75
1.35 2.45
7
6
5
KONGSVINGER
STABAEK
DJURGARDEN
NORRKOPING
2.35
2.25
2.25
2.45
3.20
3.20
3.00
3.00
2.40
2.50
2.60
2.40
HAM KAM
FREDRIKSTAD
KALMAR
AIK STOCKH.
1.35
1.32
1.29
1.35
1.19
1.18
1.21
1.21
1.37
1.40
1.39
1.33
-1 5.00
1 1.35
4.25 1.40
4.50 5.00
3.00 1.22 1.60 1.90 1.15
3.50 1.15 1.80 1.70 1.25
ITALY
IT2
TV
20:45
535
HOME TEAM
EMPOLI
2.25
x
2.90
2
3.00
AWAY TEAM
LIVORNO
1orX 1or2 Xor2
1.27
1.29
1.47
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
K/O CODE
TIME
FINAL RESULT
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
3.5
U
O
U
O
U
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 5.00 4.00 1.45 2.70 1.30 1.55 2.15 1.12
PLEASE NOTE NEUTRAL GROUND FOR MATCHES
HOME TEAM
SUM OF GOALS
2.5
O
G: GO
League
1
DOUBLE CHANCE
GOAL
K/O CODE
TIME
FINAL RESULT
GOAL
League
X
2
2.70
2-3
1.90
4+
4.00
NO
GOAL GOAL
FIRST HALF
1.65 1.80
1
X
3.00
1.85
2
3.75
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
1.22 3.00
INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES
502 & 530
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
4.00
0-1
GOALS
1.5
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
U
O
U
O
U
0-1
2-3
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
IF
20:45
502
TURKEY
1.20
5.00
8.50
IF
IF
IF
02:00
20:30
21:00
505
530
536
CANADA
GERMANY
ENGLAND
2.25
1.40
1.40
3.00
3.75
4.00
IF
IF
02:00
12:20
543
551
USA
JAPAN
2.50
1.40
3.10
3.75
1.05
3.15
2.60
COSTA RICA
6.00
ECUADOR
6.50 R. OF IRELAND
1.29
1.02
1.04
1.21
1.14
1.15
1.39
2.31
2.48
2.30
6.00
1.38
1.02
1.20
1.14
1.32
2.31
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
-1 1.90 3.30 3.10 4.00 1.10
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
-1 5.00 4.00 1.40 2.80 1.25
-1 2.30 3.50 2.30 4.25 1.10
-1 2.35 3.30 2.40 3.60 1.15
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
1 1.40 4.25 5.00 3.00 1.22
-1 2.55 3.10 2.30 3.10 1.22
G: GO
FINAL RESULT
1
x
2
DOUBLE CHANCE
AWAY TEAM
1orX 1or2 Xor2
GOAL
League
HOME TEAM
552
CYPRUS
4.00
1.85
2.75
1.65 1.85
1.65
2.35
8.00
1.40 2.30
1.50 2.00 1.12
2.00 1.50 1.35
1.85 1.75 1.22
4.00
2.45
2.95
2.80
4.25
3.60
1.85
1.95
1.85
4.00
2.45
2.95
1.70 1.80
1.90 1.60
1.70 1.80
3.00
1.90
1.90
1.90
2.15
2.15
3.40
6.25
6.75
1.22 2.95
1.45 2.20
1.35 2.45
1.60 1.90 1.15
1.60 1.90 1.15
3.50
3.60
3.00
3.10
1.85
1.85
3.50
3.60
1.80 1.70
1.60 1.90
3.20
1.95
1.95
2.05
3.10
6.50
1.25 2.80
1.25 2.75
UNDER/OVER
HANDICAP
1
X
2
1.5
U
1.95
3.10
3.10
N IRELAND
1.20
1.20
SUM OF GOALS
3.5
2.5
O
WEDNESDAY 29 TH MAY
E21 16:00
2.75
EUROPEAN U21 QUALIFICATIONS
K/O CODE
TIME
1.90 1.60 1.25
U
O
U
O
0-1
2-3
4+
FIRST HALF
GOALS
NO
GOAL GOAL
1
X
2
U/O1st HALF
1.5
U
O
TV
TV
-
LATVIA
irl
Standings & Statistics
TV
TV
G: GO
554
555
556
557
------------Odds
153
154
155
156
157
158
Code
------------Odds
159
160
161
162
163
164
Code
--20.00
----3.50
1.15
177
178
179
180
181
182
AUSTRIA
FAROE ISLANDS
GERMANY
KAZAKHSTAN
REP OF IRELAND
SWEDEN
Team
GROUP G
BOSNIA-HERZEG.
GREECE
LATVIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
SLOVAKIA
1.45
2.75
------6.50
183
184
185
186
187
188
Odds
Code
Code
Odds
GROUP I
4.00
193
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€
TV
18:00
18:00
19:00
19:05
Code
2.60
2.45
2.70
2.70
2.60
2.60
THURSDAY 30 TH MAY
NOC
NOC
SE1
SE1
Odds
Team
SPAIN
ST PATRICKS
SLIGO ROVERS
DERRY CITY
DUNDALK
F A
22 8
25 7
32 16
21 17
P
33
31
30
24
G
12
12
12
12
12
12
F
26
23
15
16
24
15
A
8
12
11
15
16
15
P
29
24
23
21
20
17
F A
24 6
15 6
20 9
14 9
12 8
18 15
P
22
21
19
16
16
16
F A
13 8
13 5
11 8
8 7
P
17
16
14
14
no1
STROMSGODSET
ROSENBORG
VIKING
BRANN
AALESUND
HAUGESUND
A
14
19
21
24
18
P
16
16
15
14
13
A
9
17
16
14
18
P
14
14
14
13
9
F A
11 11
9 8
11 13
10 9
P
14
13
12
11
UCD
BRAY WANDERE.
BOHEMIAN
SHELBOURNE
G
15
15
15
15
F
19
15
13
6
A
31
31
25
26
P
14
14
13
6
VALERENGA
START
ODDS BK
MOLDE
SANDNES
G
12
12
12
12
12
F
13
15
10
15
9
A
19
23
14
17
16
P
13
13
11
10
10
TROMSO
SOGNDAL
LILLESTROM
SARPSBORG
HONEFOSS
G
12
12
12
12
12
F
18
15
18
16
14
BROMMAPOJKA.
HALMSTAD
OSTER
SYRIANSKA
DJURGARDEN
G F A P
10 11 20
9
10 8 12
8
10 10 16
8
10 6 16
8
10 7 22
8
fin
ATVIDABERG
NORRKOPING
HACKEN
AIK STOCKHOLM
GEFLE
G
10
10
10
10
10
F
13
15
14
15
11
JARO
ROVANIEMI
LAHTI
JYVASKYLA
G F A P
8 11 11 11
9 9 12 10
8 5 10
6
8 5 14
3
HONKA
TURKU
MARIEHAMN
KUOPION
G
9
8
9
9
A
31
30
33
44
P
66
63
59
52
G
10
10
10
9
9
10
F A
20 8
17 9
18 9
12 8
16 9
16 16
P
25
22
20
18
17
16
Odds
RANHEIM
SANDEFJORD
BODO GLIMT
HODD
HAM KAM
STABAEK
PAOK
ATROMITOS
CRUZEIRO
CRICIUMA
SAO PAULO
GREMIO
FLUMINENSE
CORITIBA
VASCO DA GAMA
THUN
SION
YOUNG BOYS
LUZERN
G
34
34
34
34
F
42
36
46
35
LAUSANNE
SERVETTE
G F A P
34 28 47 30
34 29 55 26
P
15
14
13
13
10
STROMMEN
FOLLO
ULLENSAKER KISA
V. HAUGESUND
ELVERUM
G
10
8
10
10
10
P
7
ASTER. TRIPOLIS
G F A P
4 4 6
5
ATLETICO PR
PORTUGUESA
BAHIA
NAUTICO
PONTE PRETA
GOIAS
G F A P
1 1 2
0
1 0 1
0
1 1 3
0
1 0 2
0
1 0 2
0
1 0 5
0
A
42
50
47
49
P
47
45
42
36
A
9
11
15
12
15
Norwegian 2nd
BRYNE
KRISTIANSUND
KONGSVINGER
MJONDALEN
FREDRIKSTAD
G
9
10
10
10
9
F
16
13
13
10
14
F
9
10
10
11
10
A P
14 10
18
6
18
6
21
5
23
5
Greece Play-offs
G F A P
4 4 4 10
4 6 4
7
bra
Finnish 1st
G
9
8
9
8
BASEL
GRASSHOPPERS
ST GALLEN
ZURICH
F
59
42
53
58
gre
Swedish 1st
G
HELSINGBORG
9
IFK GOTHENBURG 10
10
ELFSBORG
9
MALMO
10
KALMAR
10
MJALLBY
Team
Swiss 1st
G
34
34
34
34
no2
Norwegian 1st
se1
HELSINKI
MYLLYKOSKI
INTER TURKU
VAASA
P
21
19
19
17
1.30
--4.25
12.00
--9.00
4.6 MILLION
1.3 MILLION
2.7 MILLION
swi
A
9
16
24
21
Team
GROUP H
ENGLAND
MOLDOVA
MONTENEGRO
POLAND
SAN MARINO
UKRAINE
4,600,000
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
F
18
20
25
15
------------Odds
ANDORRA
ESTONIA
HOLLAND
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
TURKEY
MANTORPRACE TRACK
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
G
SHAMROCK ROV.
15
LIMERICK
15
DROGHEDA
15
CORK CITY FORAS 15
Odds
SATURDAY 1ST JUNE
CORRECT PREDICTIONS
Irish Premier League
G
15
14
15
14
Team
GROUP D
1.15
V75 JACKPOT
O
TUESDAY 28 TH MAY
SE1 19:00
Team
GROUP C
FRANCE
GEORGIA
SCANDINAVIAN LEAGUES
Code
Team
TV
TV
Team
003
Odds
1.40 2.30
1.35 2.45
5.00
150.00
150.00
250.00
500.00
40.00
75.00
35.00
EVENT CODE
GROUP WINNER
Code
Odds
Team
PAS GIANNINA
G F A
4 4 4
Brazilian 1st
G F A
1 5 0
1 3 1
1 2 0
1 2 0
1 2 1
1 2 1
1 1 0
P
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
INTERNACIONAL
VITORIA BAHIA
BOTAFOGO
CORINTHIANS
FLAMENGO
SANTOS
ATLETICO MG
G F A
1 2 2
1 2 2
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 1 2
P
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1.55
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TIMES OF MALTA |
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International
A sexually graphic love story, La Vie d’Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2 by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche, wins Palme d’Or in a watershed year for gay rights
Lesbian romance scoops top prize at Cannes
Belinda Goldsmith
and Alexandria Sage
An intimate lesbian love story by
French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize at
Cannes on Sunday, and the film
festival’s director immediately
urged the large crowds protesting
against gay marriage in Paris to go
and see it.
La Vie d’Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2
(Blue is the Warmest Colour) was
chosen from a field of 20 films
exploring sex, violence and
emotional anguish that were
vying for the Palme d’Or, one of
the most coveted film awards
after the Oscars.
Critics picked the three-hour
film as a possible winner at the
66th Cannes festival, but wondered if its explicit lesbian sex
scenes – one lasting up to 10 minutes – would deter the jury deciding the awards led by US filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
In an unusual move, Spielberg
said the award would be
shared between Kechiche and
his two lead actresses Adele
Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux
as they were central to the
film’s success.
Actress Uma
Thurman poses
during a photocall
after the closing
ceremony.
“I think it will get a lot of play...
I think this film carries a very
strong message, a very positive
message,” Spielberg told journalists. “It was the perfect choice
between those two actresses and
this incredible very sensitive and
observant film-maker.”
Spielberg said he supported
same-sex marriage, but downplayed any suggestion the award
was to promote this cause.
Festival director Thierry
Fremaux said the film was timely,
as hundreds of thousands of
demonstrators marched in Paris
on Sunday to protest France’s
recent legalisation of same-sex
marriage.
“Everyone who is against samesex marriage or love between two
people of the same sex must see
the film,” he told Reuters.
Kechiche, a Tunisia-born actor
who made his directorial debut in
2000, was virtually speechless as
he accepted the award, which he
dedicated to the youth of France
and Tunisia who, during the Arab
Spring, “wanted only to live,
speak and love freely”.
La Vie d’Adele is an emotional
tale of love and sexuality centred
on 15-year-old Adele (Exarchopoulos) and her lover Emma
(Seydoux) that follows the course
of their tumultuous relationship.
Critics had also considered as a
forerunner Inside Llewyn Davis
about a struggling New York folk
singer by the American Coen
brothers Ethan and Joel, which
was named as runner-up.
The third prize went to Japanese director Kore-Eda Hirokazu
for the baby-swapping drama
Soshite Chichi Ni Naru (Like
Father, Like Son) while the best
director award went to Mexico’s
Amat Escalante for his brutal look
at Mexico’s drug war, Heli.
American Bruce Dern, 76, won
a best actor award in Alexander
Payne’s road trip film Nebraska,
beating Michael Douglas, who
was widely praised for his performance as flamboyant pianist Liberace in Steven Soderbergh’s
Behind the Candelabra.
French actress Berenice Bejo
(The Artist) won the best actress
award in Iranian director Asghar
Farhadi’s tense domestic drama
Le Passe (The Past).
Director Alexander Payne receives the Best Actor award on behalf of actor
Bruce Dern for his role in the film Nebraska, from actress Laetitia Casta.
Everyone who
is against
same-sex
marriage or love
between two
people of the
same sex must
see La Vie
d’Adele, an
emotional tale
of love and
sexuality
Before the ceremony, stars
including Kim Novak and Laetitia
Casta signed autographs and
posed for photographers on the
red carpet in blazing sunshine, a
contrast to the festival’s
opening ceremony on
May 15 when umbrellas took over in
the rain.
The
awards
ended the 2013
edition of the
world’s largest film
festival, where up
to 40,000 film
professionals also
bought and sold
titles on the
bustling marketplace
hidden
away from the
glitzy
promotional circuit of
parties
and
stunts. (Reuters)
Director Abdellatif Kechiche with actresses Lea
Seydoux (left) and Adele Exarchopoulos after he
received the Palme d’Or for the film La Vie
D’Adele (Blue is the Warmest Colour) at the closing
ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
Jury member actress
Nicole Kidman arrives
on stage during the
closing ceremony.
The main
prizewinners
Palme d’Or: La Vie d’Adele Chapitre 1 & 2 (Blue is the
Warmest Colour), Abdellatif
Kechiche (France)
Grand Prix : Inside Llewyn
Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen
(US)
Jury Prize: Soshite Chichi Ni
Naru (Like Father, Like Son),
Kore-Eda Hirokazu (Japan)
Camera d’Or : Ilo Ilo,
Anthony Chen (Singapore)
Best director: Heli, Amat
Escalante (Mexico)
Best screenplay: Tian Zhu
Ding (A Touch of Sin), Jia
Zhangke (China)
Best actress: Berenice Bejo
in Le Passe (The Past )
(France)
Director Anthony Chen poses with his
Camera d’Or award for the film Ilo Ilo.
Best actor: Bruce Dern in
Nebraska (US)
Short film: Safe , Moon
Byoung-Gon (South Korea)

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