The Voice of the Maltese No.149 (special issue) by The Voice of the Maltese

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Carnival 2017 in Malta - a tribute to the hundreds of participants who contributed to make it such a spectacular show

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Malta Carnival 2017 -a tribute to the participants n our childhood days, Carnival time in Malta was a most welcome occasion, not just for the mid-term holidays from school, but most importantly it was an occasion when our parents would carry us kids to Valletta to spend a few hours to watch the colourful floats on the back of large trucks with youths – girls and boys - on top making merry and singing to popular music or blowing on whistles. People used to fill Merchant Street and Republic Street (then still known as Strada Reale) to the brim doing their best to find vintage points for their kids to be able to enjoy the spectacle. In our family we were never encouraged or denied from putting on carnival costumes, and to be honest we did not even bother. However, we enjoyed seeing other kids or grown ups in costumes or donning masks to hide their identity or for a laugh. And we laughed a lot about this fact as those whom we used to call “clowns” paraded the streets of our village or in the streets of Valletta. Nowadays, either because it is the wish of their parents, or the kids themselves, they like to dress up and join others, at school, private parties or during the defiles in Valletta. We all enjoy seeing these kids happy imagining themselves as being some cartoon character or hero. Though there have been times when Carnival’s popularity seemed on the wane, in the past few years it was given a fresh boost, particularly when two years ago the government lifted the ban on the use of political satire. As such, satirical floats became as important, as the grotesque, and perhaps even more popular as watchers were given the chance to try and recognise faces of local politicians and figure out the situations or messages the float builders wanted to pass. Satire is indeed on the increase. Each year brings new innovations as the dedicated participants and the organisers build on previous successes. Much progress has been made in all sectors and even more progress is envisaged for the future, particularly after the government announced the commencement of the Carnival Project, which means that a long-drawn dream of the Carnival participants should soon come into fruition. In fact, work on the Malta Carnival Experience (Carnival Village) should start soon after the Planning Authority approved all the necessary permits. The Minister responsible for culture even promised to continue to support Maltese talent that also includes all the people who work on the floats, grotesque masks, costumes, dancers, performers and musicians who year in year out successfully organise this event that brings so much joy to people from all walks of life irrespective of their political leanings.

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An event that for at least five days unites the community are publishing, shot by professional photographers clearly bring to life most of what the locals, and tourists witnessed during the Malta Carnival 2017. Therefore let us feast our eyes on these beautiful pictures and admire the work of the Maltese craftsman and artist who keep alive one of the oldest and most enjoyable traditions, the Maltese Carnival that can also be explained as a distraction from politics as it is an event that at least for five days also unites the community. Meanwhile, the dates for next year’s Carnival have already been announced. It will be between Friday February 9 and Tuesday the 13th, 2018. JosephCutajar *from page 2 Today Carnival participants are looking forward to the completion of the Carnival project, which is to be financed from European Union funds (ERDF), is aimed at having activities running throughout the year. It will bring together various artists in their work and in the end could prove to be the breath of fresh air needed to preserve this annual celebration and even improve its standard. Minister Owen Bonnici further announced that in May, Malta would also host the annual convention of the Federation of European Carnival Cities with the participation of delegates from over 20 countries. Even more support for Carnival this year came from ‘The Valletta 2018 Foundation’ that committed itself to further investment in Carnival, particularly in the quality of the activities and the number of activities that took place inside and outside of Valletta. This year’s Carnival was superb. The colourful and very artistic floats and merriment pulled vast crowds to Valletta, Hamrun - on Sunday morning, with the participation of five bands marching along the streets accompanied by a number of floats - and Floriana, especially in Tuesday night’s grand defilé in St Anne’s Street - and in the case of Gozo to Republic Street and It-Tokk Square at Victoria. This year’s even helped to further enhance some old traditions that had almost been lost in past years. The floats this time round were of a very high standard, huge in size and even more artistic than usual. Among the 17 floats was a special one. Since Malta currently holds he EU Presidency, one of the floats, designed by renowned cartoonist Steve Bell and constructed by the Maltese Carnival participants, was dedicated to the presidency. This special edition of The Voice of the Maltese is dedicated to all those who have worked so hard to make such a success of the event. The pictures we

*Aside of the spectacle, and after the event, workers from the Cleaning Directorate within the Ministry for transport and Infrastructure who were involved in an extensive cleaning programme in Valletta and Floriana during the Carnival days, collected 20 tons of waste, 11 tons of it generated on the final day. An extra 100 waste bins were provided for the Carnival days.

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har it-Tlieta tal-©img˙a lo˙ra, fil-gΩejjer Maltin ©ie fi tmiemu l- Karnival ta’ Malta 2017 (u meta ng˙idu dan qed ninkludu lill-gΩira ©irien, G˙awdex). Kienu ˙amest ijiem u ljieli li spikkaw bil-kbir u nessew sa çert punt il-firda politika fil-pajjiΩ. B˙al dejjem kienu jiem li setg˙u jitgawdew minn kul˙add u tassew li kif jing˙ad fl-innu uffiçjali, dan dejjem hu Ωmien “mistenni minn kul˙add li ˙afna jixtiequ li ma jg˙addi qatt, Ωmien li fih kul˙add ikun fer˙an, kemm ix-xju˙ u wkoll it-tfal”. Óafna qablu li meta tqis kollox, organizzazzjoni, karrijiet, kostumi, Ωfin, u attendenza g˙all-attivitajiet, dak ta’ din is-sena kien x’aktarx lakbar u wie˙ed mill-aktar ta’ success fiΩ-Ωmien modern. T˙ares kif t˙ares lejh, kien tassew avveniment spettakolari. Din is-sena f’Malta ˙adu sehem 17-il karru li biex ©ew ippreΩentati lill-pubbliku sar ˙afna xog˙ol millimsie˙ba tal-kumpaniji. Barra minhekk kien hemm nies o˙ra li

Ìie˙ lil dawk li ˙admu g˙as-suççess tal-attivita` g˙andhom ikunu kburija b’dak li wie˙ed seta’ jara. Minn tag˙rif li ksibna, façilment jista’ jinghad li kien hemm mal-1,500 ruhu involuti fl-ispettaklu DaΩ-Ωmien, aktar minn qatt qabel, li tibni karru g˙all-Karnival ta’ Malta (u G˙awdex) mhix xi çajta. Minbarra l-˙idma kontinwu u g˙al xhur s˙a˙ minn qabel il-jiem li nafuhom kemm b˙ala r-Renju tal-Karnival kif ukoll ir-Renju tal-Bluha, hemm spejjeΩ kbar li jla˙˙qu lg˙axriet tal-eluf tal-Ewro. It-t˙ejjija tinvolvi g˙add ta’ nies, artisti, ˙addiema tas-seng˙a u voluntieri. Fost dawk li bnew il-karrijiet din issena, u sa çertu punt b˙al dejjem, kien hemm entuΩjaΩmu kbir. Bil-fors trid tkun t˙obb u dilettant kbir ta’ dawn il-jiem biex tasal tag˙mel g˙add ta’ sagrifiççi li jwasslu ˙alli finalment tintwea l-˙ila ta’ ˙afna nies. Nies li tkellmu ma’ The Voice of the Maltese qalulna li f’˙afna jiem kien

Din il-˙ar©a speçjali qed issir ukoll bis-sa˙˙a ta’ g˙add ta’ fotografi mill-Union Print, fosthom Roger Azzopardi u Alan Saliba, Joe Grech minn G˙awdex, u Joseph Cutajar li ˙adu kwaΩi r-ritratti kollha li qed nippubblikaw. Grazzi wkoll lill-editur fil-UnionPrint, Josef Caruana li po©©a dawn ir-ritratti g˙ad-dispoΩzzjoni tag˙na. Kienet tkun ˙asra li dawn ir-ritratti li juru l-˙ila ta’ dawk li ja˙dmu tant g˙all-karnival fl-gΩejjer Maltin ma nuΩawhomx.

ikollhom mat-tletin ru˙ ja˙dmu fuq karru, filwaqt li fi tmiem il-©img˙a l-g˙add ©eneralment anke jaqbeΩ lerbg˙in. Qalulna li l-bidu tal-karru ©ieli jibda minn sena qabel, kif jintemm il-karnival ta’ qabel. Dakinhar jibdew ja˙sbu x’jistg˙u jag˙mlu biex jispikkaw. *Ikompli f’pa©na 10

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Il-Óadd filg˙odu sar brijju s˙i˙ fil-Óamrun fejn da˙lu l-karrijiet u flimkien ma’ ˙ames baned, fosthom it-tnejn ewlenin tal-lokal ferr˙u b’marçi brijjuΩi lil kull min kien hemm. Issie˙bu wkoll mal-karrijiet biex iΩidu l-ispettaklu nies o˙ra ÓamruniΩi li ma qag˙dux lura biex juru l-˙e©ga tag˙hom g˙al dan l-avveniment b’kostumi mill-isba˙ u Ωfin

Kul˙add jaf li l-˙e©©a tal-ÓamruniΩi g˙all-ispettaklu ma tantx taf limiti, l-aqwa li jie˙du gost huma u jag˙tuh ukoll lil ˙addie˙or

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10 The Voice of the Maltese Biex tibni karru trid nies ta’ ˙afna snajja differenti *minn pa©na 6 Óafna drabi jkollhom g˙add ta’ ideat imbag˙ad jiddiskutu ma’ xulxin ˙alli jag˙Ωlu li fil-fehma tag˙hom tkun l-a˙jar idea. Imbag˙ad tibda t-tpin©ija fuq il-karta u wkoll it-tfassil ta’ kif se ja˙dmu. G˙alkemm fid-deher wie˙ed jara karrijiet mibnija bil-kartapesta, imma hemm ˙afna aktar minhekk. Jid˙ol ix-xog˙ol tal-injam biex ji©i ffurmat il-qafas, u anke l-˙adid biex fuqu jista’ jserra˙ l-armar. Min˙abba li ©enerlament il-karrijiet qed ikunu mekkanizzati, kull parti tal-karru li tiççaqlaq ikun hemm ˙tie©a ta’ mutur g˙aliha. Kull biçça makkinarju, Ωg˙ira kemm hi Ωg˙ira tiswa flejjes kbar. Wie˙ed minn dawk li ilu Ωmien jie˙u sehem b’xi karru fil-Karnival qalilna li biex tibni karru trid mastrudaxxi, nies li jafu l-welding, elettriçisti, min˙abba li l-ispettaklu jissokta wkoll bl-isfilati fid-dlam, nies tekniçi u mekkaniçi, biex i˙addmu ççalqieq, ˙ajjata, Ωebbieg˙a ta’ paçenzja u nies artistiçi. Il-˙ar©a tal-lum ta’ The Voice of the Maltese hija wa˙da speçjali. Hi kollha ddedikata lill-Karnival. Ma stajniex nag˙mlu dan fl-a˙˙ar ˙ar©a g˙ax ma kienx g˙adu intemm. *ikompli f’pagna 13

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Have your say/Xi trid tghid? Kummenti dwar il-Karnival ta’ Malta In this issue this page is reserved for comments about the Malta Carnival made directly to the magazine by a number of tourists, and even by Maltese living abroad who happened to be in Malta during the activity. The comments were made to two young friends of The Voice, Tony and Dorothy Cassar who carried the Vox Pop on behalf of the magazine

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ERIK and ELSA DAHLBERG: We are very happy to be here at this time of year and to be able to join in the merriment. We are from Stockholm (Sweden). Malta has always fascinated us as though it is quite small compared to other European countries it has so much to offer. This is our second visit to Malta but the first time that we have been here at Carnival time and able to be part of it. We are very impressed with the show and believe that our congratulations to those who have made it possible would be most appropriate. We are also happy to have been able to feel so welcome in these surroundings. We also enjoyed the way that the people, locals and foreigners felt they could integrate and feel part of the event. LAWRENCE u CARMEN (St Albans, Victoria): Mhix l-ewwel darba li Ωorna Malta f’dan iΩ-Ωmien. Ìieli konna hawn insegwu l-Karnival. L-a˙˙ar darba kien ˙ames snin ilu imma qatt ma ˙adna gost inkunu parti minn din il-festa daqs din id-darba. Konna impressjonati bil-livell g˙oli tal-artisti Maltin biex jibnu karrijiet b˙al dawn. A˙na attendejna g˙addefile` ta’ nhar is-Sibt bil-lejl u wkoll illum fl-a˙˙ar jum fil-Furjana. Tassew ˙adna gost imma l-aqwa eperjenza tag˙na kienet li naraw il-karrijiet mixg˙ulin tard filg˙axija u lbrijju li ˙olqu Ω-Ωeffiena.

PETER BEVAN: I come from Wales. My wife is Maltese. I married Gina (by the way she is from Marsa) three years ago and this is our first visit to Malta together. My wife is an avid reader of your magazine that she gets from her mother who in turn receives it through an email. Perhaps I should say that one of the reasons that we came to Malta this winter was because of the good things you keep saying about Malta in the magazine. I am a keen swimmer and my initial intention was to visit the island in the summer to make use of my snorkelling experience. However we reached a compromise and after this exciting experience we are set to visit again perhaps in July/August. If this is the way that Malta celebrates Carnival every time, then I would say I am very impressed. The merriment and the atmosphere created by the dancers accompanying the very artistically built floats are most enjoyable. I never thought it would be so interesting to visit Valletta at this time of night during Carnival. I also intend to visit the defile’ during the day on Sunday. Congratulations! MIRIAM SANT (Fairfield, NSW): Din l-ewwel Ωjara li qed nag˙mel f’Malta mindu mietli r-ra©el erba’ snin ilu. Ìieli ©ejna fil-jiem tal-Karnival g˙aliex meta kien Ωg˙ir ir-ra©el kienu jie˙u sehem s˙i˙ fih. Li kieku kien g˙adu ˙aj u jara dan l-ispettaklu kien jibqa’ imprssonat bil-progress. Veru l-Maltin saru kapaçissmi biex juru t-talent tag˙hom. Ti©ini nostal©ija li ner©a’ ni©i ng˙ix Malta. Li jΩomni hu biss iΩ-Ωew© uliedi u lfamilji tag˙hom fl-Awstralja JURGEN and MARTA FISHCER (Gummersbach, Germany): Very impressed with the atmosphere and also with what Malta, such a small country is capable of doing. You must have many talented people to be able to organise such an occasion and provide so many beautiful and colourful floats. This must be an added attraction.

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Is-satira politika tat spinta qawwija lill-Karnival Malti *minn pagna 10 B’din il-˙ar©a nixtiequ nag˙tu ©ie˙ lil dawk in-nies kollha li ming˙ajr ˙idmiethom il-pajjiΩ ma jkollux cans jiççelebra avveniment li storikament jaf il-bidu tieg˙u fl-1400, imma li fl-1535 il-Gran Mastru Piero del Ponte tah il-vera ispinta bg˙ax beda jkun organizzat ‘professjonalment’. Fejn g˙andhom x’jaqsmu n-nies artistiçi, l-aktar filkaΩ tal-karrijiet b’satira politika, spjagawlna li dawn iridu jkunu kapaçi li minbarra partijiet o˙ra tal-©isem, minn fuq biçça karta jew ritratt, iridu jibnu maskra/wiçç li bih ida˙˙ku bil-politiçi u jag˙mluh jixba˙ sew lil min iridu jimmiraw. Ji©ifieri li minbarra li jkun speçi ta’ karattru mag˙ruf b˙ala “cartoon” il-persuna©©/persuna©©i jing˙arfu mill-ewwel mill-folla. Fl-a˙˙ar tlett snin, u wara g˙exieren ta’ snin imça˙˙da, min jibni l-karrijiet ng˙ata ç-çans li jekk irid, dejjem ming˙ajr ma’ joffendi, jibni karrijiet jiddie˙ku bil-politiçi jew bl-atti tag˙hom, u fl-istess ˙in jg˙addu wkoll xi messa©©. Din id-deçiΩjoni tant intlag˙qet tajjeb li ˙afna mill-karrijiet saru jissodisfaw sew ir-regola. Fl-istess waqt anke l-pubbliku aççettaha.

Grazzi g˙al dan sar ferm interessanti u fl-istess waqt pjaçevoli li tkun fost il-folla tid˙ak int u tisma’ l-kummenti dwar ix-xeb˙ u kif iqabblu x-xena li qed jaraw ma’ xi incident li l-politiçi jkunu l-protagonisti fih. Óa©a li spikkat ˙afna wkoll din is-sena kien il-kobor enormi ta’ ˙afna mill-karrijiet. Fil-wisg˙a ©ieli jie˙du min-na˙a g˙all-o˙ra ta’ Triq ir-Repubblika jekk fil-kapitali Maltija, Valletta. Imma sakemm jaslu s’hemm jg˙addu minn xi triq idjeq, b˙al Triq l-Arçisqof qabel jo˙or©u g˙al-Misrah San Ìor©. *Ikompli f’pa©na 14

Anke lil dan il-kelb da˙˙lu fl-ispirtu tal-Karnival

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Il-Villa©© tal-Karnival Óolma li se ssir realta’ *minn pa©na 13 Tal-karrijiet anke g˙al dan ˙asbulu. Xi karrijiet ©ew mibnija b’mod li jekk f’diffikutlta` setg˙u jag˙lqu l-©nub u jg˙addu minn triq bla tant tbatija. Óafna ti©ihom il-kurΩita’ fejn wie˙ed jista’ jibni dawn il-karrijiet g˙ax Ωgur li mhux kull min ji©ih il-˙sieb li jibni m’g˙andu l-post addattat biex ja˙dmu bilkumdita`. Hekk hu! Din il-problema ©iet solvuta billi sakemm jibda l-pro©ett imfassal g˙alih, kul˙add jista’ jibni fil-lpost li qabel kien jintuΩa g˙allbini tal-vapuri fil-Marsa, ix-shipbuilding fejn hemm spazju u kumdita` biΩΩejjed g˙al kul˙add. Hawnhekk wie˙ed seta’ jinnota l-˙biberija bejn il-˙addiema kollha tal-karrijiet differenti li minkejja li jikkompetu bejniethom ma j˙allux li jintrikbu mill-pika g˙ax il-˙sieb a˙˙ari hu s-suççess tal-karnival. Juru li tassew jist˙oqqilhom il-fatt li l-Gvern laqg˙a t-talbiet tag˙hom u wara tant snin jitkarrbu, issa l˙olma se ssir realta` billi jibnilhom l-hekk mag˙ruf b˙ala l-Villa©© talKarnival fejn jistg˙u ja˙dmu b’aktar kumdita`. Hawn se jkunu jistg˙u juru l-frott ta’ ˙idmiethom tul issena kollha g˙ax il-post se jkollu wkoll muΩew b’wirja tax-xo˙lijiet tag˙hom li se jkun miftu˙ g˙al Ωjarat mit-turisti u f’okkaΩjinijiet anke jag˙mlu sfilati Ωg˙ar. Jidher çar li l-miljuni li se jintefqu g˙all-Villa©© tal-Karnival mhux se jkunu mi˙lija! Imma l-Karnival mhux biss karrijiet tal-kumpaniji differenti. B˙al

dejjem, imma aktar minn qabel, hemm dawk li jakkumpanjaw ilkarru fit-toroq u wkoll jie˙du sehem u jippruvaw jispikkaw bil-kostumi kkuluriti u g˙al darb’o˙ra artistiçi li ma tistax ma tammirax, me˙juta bis-seng˙a li tg˙a©©bek. Xi ˙a©a ta’ min seta’ jinnota kien il-fatt li tant Ωg˙aΩag˙ g˙adhom i˙obbu l-Karnival billi jilbsu dawn il-kostumi li jiddisinjawlhom, ˙afna minnhom li Ωgur mhumiex tarka g˙all-bard u l-kes˙a, u anzi jpaxxu l-g˙ajn ta’ min isegwi mhux biss g˙all-ilbies imma wkoll g˙all-figura taΩ-Ωewffiena. Il-˙e©ga ta’ dawn iΩ-Ωeffiena kienet evidenti mhux biss g˙all-entuΩjaΩmu fiΩ-Ωifniet tag˙hom quddiem il-©urija u l-pubbliku li jin©abar f’Misra˙ San Ìor© imma wkoll fit-triq quddiem il-karru li jirrappreΩentaw. Il-briju u l-isfilata ma ssirux biss filbelt Vall e t t a . Ir-Renju jinfirex ukoll fi bliet o˙ra Maltin, ewlenin fosthom il-Óamrun u lFurjana. Il-Óadd filg˙odu l-karrijiet

niΩlu l-Óamrun. Mag˙hom ing˙aqdu Ω-Ωew© baned ewlenin u g˙add ta’ nies bil-kostum u lmaskerati biex taw gost lill-ÓamruniΩi u lil kull min attenda minn ir˙ula o˙ra. Tassew taw spettaklu. It-Tnejn sar aktar Ωfin f’Misra˙ San Ìorg filwaqt li fl-a˙˙ar jum, it-Tlieta filg˙odu saret sfilata mill-kumpaniji taΩ-Ωfin. Wara marru fit-Teatru lMiftu˙ f’Bieb il-Belt fejn kien hemm wirja ta’ Ωfin li g˙aliha minbarra Maltin kienu preΩenti wkoll b˙ala udjenza g˙add ta’ turisti. Kif ji©ri s-soltu t-tmiem tal-Karnival isir fit-triq ewlenija tal-Furjana, Sant’Anna fl-hekk mag˙ruf b˙ala lGran Final. Minn kmieni filg˙axija sa tard bil-lejl, il-karrijiet u dawk li jakkumpanjawhom ikkapparraw ittriq u xxalaw huma u l-eluf li segwewhom. *Ikompli f’pa©na 20

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Fuq: Dehra ©eneral (fuq), u flo˙rajn individwali waqt it-t˙ejjijiet tal-a˙˙ar fuq ilkarrijiet fil-post mag˙ruf b˙ala xshipbuilding filMarsa qabel ˙ar©uhom biex jie˙du sehem filhamest ijiem talKarnival. Kienet attivita` li fiha minkejja lpiki li wie˙ed jistenna biex ikun a˙jar mill-ie˙or bil-karru tieg˙u, xorta wa˙da kien hemm çerta g˙aqda. Issa ˙erqana li fi ftit snin o˙ra jkollhom il-Villa©© tal-Karnival

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aul Calleja, the Hon Consul of Malta in Western Australia, has told The Voice of the Maltese that the Malta High Commission believes the level of demand for consular services in Perth justifies another visit from the Consul-on-the-Move to the city. For more information, one should contact below details. The Hon Consul is pleased to inform that he is now able to deliver full consular services including witnessing signatures and certifying documents. Consular services will be conducted at the Maltese Association of Western Australia, 1 May Holman Drive Bassendean on Fridays 5.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. To request an appointment one should phone: 9271 1847 or email: calleja1948@optusnet.com.au.

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Teachers urgently needed - Paid positions For more information and enquiries Phone 9601 2189 Or email: malteselanguageschoolnsw@hotmail.com Supported by the Minister of Education and Training and the NSW Community Languages Schools Programme. Member of the NSW Federation of Community Language Schools of NSW; Member of the Federation of Maltese Language Schools of Australia; Supported by 16 Maltese associations aﬃliated with the MCC of NSW. The Maltese Language School of NSW is a NotFor-Proﬁt organisation.

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Community News Tune In to Radio and Television

Maltese Radio Programmes MELBOURNE, on 3ZZZ 92.3FM or on www.3zzz.com.au. Mondays 5-6 pm, Fridays 5-6 pm and Saturdays 1011am. MELBOURNE on 98.9 North West FM, every Friday 6.00 - 7.00p.m. and Mondays 7.00 to 8.00pm. Presenter: Emmanuel Brincat. MELBOURNE: STEREO 974 (93180930): 97.4FM Wed (Maltese Magazine) & Thursday (Mer˙ba): 6.00pm to 8.00 pm Co-ordinator – Ray Anastasi In SYDNEY, listen to the MCC radio programmes on 2GLF FM 89.3. Thursdays 2 4p.m: Martese Caruana presents Golden Mix. Available on demand. Follow same procedure as for MCC programmes, except select programe in reference. In BRISBANE listen to the Maltese Programme on 4EB on Tuesdays 6.00 8.15am; Sundays 4.15pm to 5.15pm Listen to John Borg & Ronnie Borg every Saturday at 1.00 p.m. on RADIO 2RRR 88.5FM or on the Internet www2rrr.org.au ON DeMAND

The SBS MALTESE NEWS

Isma’ l-programm tar-radju bilMalti mill-Kunsill Malti ta’ NSW minn fuq l-istazzjon 2GLF 89.3FM. Jista’ wkoll jinstema’ On Demand minn fuq l-Internet www.893fm.com.au (On Demand >Ethnic >Maltese Council 11am) Il-programm tal-Óadd 11.00 am: l-a˙˙ar a˙barijiet minn Malta, muΩika, tag˙rif, kultura, avviΩi u su©©etti ta’ interess. UNCLE SAM DJ (Maltese Radio) tune in to link: www.unclesamdj.com On SBS Radio Day Time Analogue and Digital Friday: 12:00-13:00 97.7fm SBS Radio 2 Saturday: 14:00-15:00: 97.7fm SBS Radio 2 To tune into digital radio you need a receiver or device with a DAB+ chip. Tuning in is by station name not frequency. Digital radio can also be heard via digital TV. SBS Radio 2 is on Channel 38. The radio programmes can be accessed online (live or catch up) at sbs.com.au/maltese and via mobile phone, using the SBS Radio app. For television news from Malta - SBS 2 TV on Thursdays and Sundays at 8am. VIVA MALTA on COAST FM 96.3 Community Radio in Gosford Central NSW. Aired on Thursdays every fortnight from 6 pm -7 pm. Presenter: Nathalie Gatt. Web streaming on: www.coastfm.org.au.

L-A˙barijiet on SBS TV twice a week nationwide Sunday at 8.00 am on SBS2 (Chan. 32); Thursdays at 8.00 am on SBS2

Maltese Seniors Social Welfare Day Groups

Fairfield Active Maltese Seniors Meets on the last Tuesday of the Month. Group meets in Parish Hall, cnr of Stella Street & The Boulevard, Fairfield Heights.

Maltese Seniors Central Coast

Have to contact our Welfare Officer for an appointment. For all information and referral matters call Censina Cefai: 02 439 000 12 or 0414 267 652

Daceyville Maltese Seniors

Meets on the last Wednesday of the month in the Meeting Room One, No. 3 General Bridges Crescent, Daceyville. Note: The Groups also arrange regular Bus Trips Join us and make new friends.

Merrylands Social Maltese Seniors Meets every second Friday of the month: Miller Room, Memorial Avenue Merrylands from 10.30am to 12.30 am

Llandilo Maltese Seniors Meets on the first Wednesday of each month at the Llandilo Community Hall, Seventh Avenue, from 11am to 1 pm.

Maltese of Bankstown

Group meet 3rd Wednesday of the month at New BCRG offices 15 Kitchner Parade, Bankstown NSW (opposite RSL Club). Every other 3rd Thursday they have an outing. For enquiries call Sam 9534 2357

IL-MALTESE BOWLERS SOCIAL GROUP TA’ NSW Jistiednu nisa u r©iel Maltin li j˙obbu l-lawn bowls biex jing˙aqdu mag˙hom, jie˙du sehem fil-log˙ob u jag˙mlu ˙bieb ©odda. • Jilqg˙u wkoll lil dawk li jridu jitg˙allmu jilag˙bu dan l-isport, li jing˙ataw lezzjonijiet b’xejn. • Jilag˙bu log˙ba darba fix-xahar fir-Rosehill Bowling Club u klabbs o˙ra. • G˙al aktar tag˙rif çemplu lis-segretarju, Tony Pace-Feraud (0400 376 607) jew email lil: maltesebowlersnsw@hotmail.com Il-logħba li jmiss se ssir nhar ilĦadd 12 ta' Marzu fis-1:00 pm. firRosehill Bowling Club.

Saint Nicholas Festa Committee Main events for 2017 Sunday March 12: Fete Sunday July 2: Lejla

fil-Buskett Sunday October 15: Fete Sunday December 3:

St Nicholas Feast For more information: Joe Fenech 0412 009 957 or PRO Emm. Vella 045 677 064

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https://www.facebook. com/groups/thevoiceofthemaltese Greystanes Maltese Seniors Meets on the second Monday of each month at the George Preca Centre of OLQP Church, 198 Old Prospect Road, Greystanes from 10 am to 12 noon

The Sutherland & St George Maltese Group Meets every First Wednesday of the Month from 10:00am-1:00pm. Meetings/Get Togethers are interesting, informative & entertaining, so come Join us and make new Friends For more information contact our Coordinator: Charles Mifsud J.P.Phone (02) 9501 5525 – mobile 0421 662 298.

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

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C Co om mm mu un ni it ty y N Ne ew ws s Lejla M©arrija Se ti©i organizzata Lejla M©arrija mill-Horsley Park Community Social Group, Horsley Park

G˙all-Im©arrin u l-Óbieb Nhar is-Sibt 25 ta’ April, 2015 Fil- Mandavilla Events Centre Horsley Drive, Horsley Park Divertiment minn: Charlie Muscat u Joe Xuereb Mistiedna Specjali: Natasha Vella u Martin Vella $65.00 kull persuna Li tinkludi Antipasta Malti, ikla ta’ tliet korsi, birra, inbid, soft drinks te u kafe`.

Biex tibbukkja çempel lil: Theresa Quattromani fuq 0402-178-781, jew Josephine Borg: 0402-040-954

Ejjew niltaqg˙u u niddervertu flimkien.

Il-qlie˙ kollu jmur G˙all-Cancer Council

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n response to a number of inquiries, we wish to Iazine inform readers of The Voice of the Maltese magthat we can now supply hard copies in

colour of the magazine to our readers who requst it, at a price. Therefore, anybody interested in acquiring copies of the (printed) magazine is kindly requested to get in touch with us personally or by email to: maltesevoice@gmail.com. The magazine can also be delivered by post at a price to any state in Australia. As the cost of postage varies from state to state, one is kindly requested to get in touch with us to work out the details.

Australian High Commission on facebook; HC on twitter

he Australian High Commission’s in Malta now has a new Facebook page, and the High Commissioner a Twitter account that could both be accessed by the readers. The High Commission’s Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/A usHCMalta/ The Commissioner’s Twitter handle is: https://twitter.com/AusHCMalta

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L-isports ukoll kellu post riservat g˙alih

K a r n i v a l t a’ M a l t a : *minn pa©na 14 Anke jekk fuq skala iΩg˙ar, imma xejn inqas brijuΩ, G˙awdex ukoll g˙andu tieg˙u, b’karrijiet, kostumi u Ωeffiena, l-aktar tfajliet sbie˙, isebb˙u l-jiem tal-Karnival fit-toroq tal-kapitali G˙awdxija r-Rabat. Kemm f’Malta u wkoll f’G˙awdex ukoll jispikkaw avvenmenti f’xi r˙ula, bil-Kunsilli Lokali jorganizzaw xi forma ta’ karnival. Ewlenin fost dawn, fin-Nadur fil-gΩira G˙awdxija kif ukoll f’Óal-G˙axaq f’Malta f’dawk mag˙rufa b˙ala karnivali spontanji fejn in-nies jilbsu maskri tassew grotteski u ori©inali

b’tali mod li ma jag˙rafhom ˙add. Iservihom biex jittantaw lil dawk mi©bura jsegwuhom ming˙ajr ma jkunu jafu min huma. Dan l-avveniment bil-mod il-mod qed isir attrazzjoni turistika f’dawk ix-xhur li ©eneralment kienu jkunu meqjusa b˙ala l-batuti fit-turiΩmu (shoulder months). Bis-sa˙˙a wkoll tal-Karnival l-g˙an qed jintla˙aq. Anzi fejn g˙andu x’jaqsam G˙awdex dan qed ikollu effett qawwi tant li mxebba˙ mas-sena lo˙ra, fil-jiem tal-Karnial telg˙u G˙awdex mat-80,000 ru˙, ji©ifieri 10,000 aktar mis-sena l-o˙ra. F’çerti jiem kemm fiΩ-Ωew© gΩejjer

isiru wkoll attivitajiet g˙at-tfal, u˙ud anke fi skejjel partikolari fejn mhux biss it-tfal jid˙lu fl-ispirtu imma wkoll l-g˙alliema tag˙hom. Imbag˙ad ikun hemm l-attivita’ organizzata fuq skala nazzjonali, filkapitali taΩ-Ωew© gΩejjer fejn ikun il-mument tal-Karnival tat-tfal kif jidher f’çerti ritratti f’pa©ni o˙ra. Is-sehem tat-tfal jassigura li ‘l quddiem jibqa’ jkun hemm min iΩomm ˙aj din l-attivita` nazzjonali qabel. L-g˙ada tat-tmiem il-Karnival beda Ω-Ωmien tas-sagrifççju, ir-Randan. Issa l-Karnival jinsab a©©ornat g˙al bejn id-9 u t-13 ta’ Frar tal2018.