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	<description>Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta.</description>
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		By: TB		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Daphne, could you please write a piece about the socio-economic groups you frequently mention in your articles? Or maybe direct me to one of your past articles where you do so? I&#039;d love to read more on the subject. Thanks.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - You&#039;ll find a lot about the subject on the internet, starting with this basic definition: http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2918&amp;Itemid=78 . Of course, you have to allow for peculiarities. For example, in Malta all those who are called tal-pepe are socio-economic group A for research purposes, whatever their occupation and whether they are pensioners or not.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Daphne, could you please write a piece about the socio-economic groups you frequently mention in your articles? Or maybe direct me to one of your past articles where you do so? I&#8217;d love to read more on the subject. Thanks.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; You&#8217;ll find a lot about the subject on the internet, starting with this basic definition: <a href="http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2918&#038;Itemid=78" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.marketresearchworld.net/index.php?option=com_content&#038;task=view&#038;id=2918&#038;Itemid=78</a> . Of course, you have to allow for peculiarities. For example, in Malta all those who are called tal-pepe are socio-economic group A for research purposes, whatever their occupation and whether they are pensioners or not.]</strong></p>
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		By: Snoopy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Snoopy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 22:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-236991&quot;&gt;Qeghdin Sew&lt;/a&gt;.

Do you really think so? Still to qualify IT students in their final year have already been head hunted by Maltese enterprises and with quite excellent pay package - and these still have to graduate.

This is the present situation - and actually we are still missing thousands of IT specialists.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-236991">Qeghdin Sew</a>.</p>
<p>Do you really think so? Still to qualify IT students in their final year have already been head hunted by Maltese enterprises and with quite excellent pay package &#8211; and these still have to graduate.</p>
<p>This is the present situation &#8211; and actually we are still missing thousands of IT specialists.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 21:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-237259&quot;&gt;Harry Purdie&lt;/a&gt;.

Forgot to mention that the pro-austerity parties in Greece were decimated by the &#039;no change&#039; parties. More woe for the Euro.
With the Maltese reds in power here, rip open your mattresses and count your Lira.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-237259">Harry Purdie</a>.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention that the pro-austerity parties in Greece were decimated by the &#8216;no change&#8217; parties. More woe for the Euro.<br />
With the Maltese reds in power here, rip open your mattresses and count your Lira.</p>
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		By: Harry Purdie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harry Purdie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 20:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-237009&quot;&gt;Vanni&lt;/a&gt;.

Daphne, will read it with much interest. Now that we have a &#039;no change agent&#039; as socialist President in France, Lino appears to be also rising from the ashes. Woe is the Euro.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2012/05/if-joseph-wants-to-end-illiteracy-he-should-start-with-his-own/#comment-237009">Vanni</a>.</p>
<p>Daphne, will read it with much interest. Now that we have a &#8216;no change agent&#8217; as socialist President in France, Lino appears to be also rising from the ashes. Woe is the Euro.</p>
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		By: Lomax		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lomax]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 20:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to Maltastar &quot;Francoise (sic) Hollande new president of France&quot;. Quick before they amend it! France has just elected a new FEMALE president.

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - They&#039;ve amended it.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to Maltastar &#8220;Francoise (sic) Hollande new president of France&#8221;. Quick before they amend it! France has just elected a new FEMALE president.</p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; They&#8217;ve amended it.]</strong></p>
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		By: Natalie		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 19:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m sure most have received the email where all words have jumbled up letters, but one is still able to read the actual words.  The email then celebrates the human brain on its ability to read jumbled words as long as the first and last letters are in place.

Sentences such as: &#039;jien hasdd ma siebt la puyinu u lanqas il CCF&#039;, make my eyes bleed.  I cannot even understand what this person means. Such people speak and write in their mother language with total abandon for grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and last but not least, spelling.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure most have received the email where all words have jumbled up letters, but one is still able to read the actual words.  The email then celebrates the human brain on its ability to read jumbled words as long as the first and last letters are in place.</p>
<p>Sentences such as: &#8216;jien hasdd ma siebt la puyinu u lanqas il CCF&#8217;, make my eyes bleed.  I cannot even understand what this person means. Such people speak and write in their mother language with total abandon for grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and last but not least, spelling.</p>
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		By: doris		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[doris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is Mr. Sylvio Parnis&#039;s info on his Facebook profile.


Employers - Maltese Parliament/Member of Parliament


I served as Mayor of Paola from 1994 till 1998. I was first elected in Parliament in 1998, re-elected in 2003 and in 2008 with the largest amount of votes in the 4th electoral district. Since elected in Parliament I was the Malta Labour Party spokesperson for the elderly. June 2008 Newly elected Labour Leader, Dr Joseph Muscat chose Silvio Parnis as the Main Opposition Spokesperson for Consumer Protection. .
 
University - Mount Carmel College Malta]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is Mr. Sylvio Parnis&#8217;s info on his Facebook profile.</p>
<p>Employers &#8211; Maltese Parliament/Member of Parliament</p>
<p>I served as Mayor of Paola from 1994 till 1998. I was first elected in Parliament in 1998, re-elected in 2003 and in 2008 with the largest amount of votes in the 4th electoral district. Since elected in Parliament I was the Malta Labour Party spokesperson for the elderly. June 2008 Newly elected Labour Leader, Dr Joseph Muscat chose Silvio Parnis as the Main Opposition Spokesperson for Consumer Protection. .</p>
<p>University &#8211; Mount Carmel College Malta</p>
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		By: ciccio		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ciccio]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 18:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Labour, plus ca change, plus c&#039;est la meme chose.

Joseph Muscat, the man who told us to stay out of Europe, and George Vella, the other man who actually froze Malta&#039;s application to join the EU in 1996, and their party demanding the resignation of Richard Cachia Caruana, the man who was at the front in Malta&#039;s bid to join Europe.  They probably can&#039;t stand the guy who shattered their partnership dreams, and on the first occasion, they go after him.

This is what the Labour Party is about.  Bile and hate.  Abusing the institutions.  And abusing individuals.  In the national interest, of course.


http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/attacks-on-cachia-caruana-show-kangaroo-court-attitude-government.418656]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Labour, plus ca change, plus c&#8217;est la meme chose.</p>
<p>Joseph Muscat, the man who told us to stay out of Europe, and George Vella, the other man who actually froze Malta&#8217;s application to join the EU in 1996, and their party demanding the resignation of Richard Cachia Caruana, the man who was at the front in Malta&#8217;s bid to join Europe.  They probably can&#8217;t stand the guy who shattered their partnership dreams, and on the first occasion, they go after him.</p>
<p>This is what the Labour Party is about.  Bile and hate.  Abusing the institutions.  And abusing individuals.  In the national interest, of course.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/attacks-on-cachia-caruana-show-kangaroo-court-attitude-government.418656" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/attacks-on-cachia-caruana-show-kangaroo-court-attitude-government.418656</a></p>
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		By: Mark Thorogood		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Thorogood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[from the comments board on timesofmalta.com:

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/Utility-bills-still-higher-for-expats.418500

&quot;Alexandra MalliaBorg

Today, 13:47

........, i personally got not time for people such as yourselves the expats or any British visiter, just pay up or go, straight from our Mr.Dom&#039;s mouth our idle and legend.&quot;

Never mind the xenophobic nature of her comments, I presume the misspelling of idol as idle is what you had in mind regarding illiteracy of PL supporters, or maybe she meant idle legend ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from the comments board on timesofmalta.com:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/Utility-bills-still-higher-for-expats.418500" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120506/local/Utility-bills-still-higher-for-expats.418500</a></p>
<p>&#8220;Alexandra MalliaBorg</p>
<p>Today, 13:47</p>
<p>&#8230;&#8230;.., i personally got not time for people such as yourselves the expats or any British visiter, just pay up or go, straight from our Mr.Dom&#8217;s mouth our idle and legend.&#8221;</p>
<p>Never mind the xenophobic nature of her comments, I presume the misspelling of idol as idle is what you had in mind regarding illiteracy of PL supporters, or maybe she meant idle legend ?</p>
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		By: cat		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 16:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I know two siblings who are in their mid-thirties and they are illiterate.  They are the only young illiterates I know.  I&#039;ve never met any others. 

As Mrs Caruana Galizia said, their parents were not only illiterate but also careless and didn&#039;t give a damn about their family.

I happen to know this family personally, and there is a third party involved in this  situation, their family doctor.  These siblings never went to school. They were always absent.  

The  doctor used to issue medical certificates regularly for them.  The parents were fined regulary for the childrens&#039; absenteeism.  But the authorities took no serious actions against the parents and the family doctor.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know two siblings who are in their mid-thirties and they are illiterate.  They are the only young illiterates I know.  I&#8217;ve never met any others. </p>
<p>As Mrs Caruana Galizia said, their parents were not only illiterate but also careless and didn&#8217;t give a damn about their family.</p>
<p>I happen to know this family personally, and there is a third party involved in this  situation, their family doctor.  These siblings never went to school. They were always absent.  </p>
<p>The  doctor used to issue medical certificates regularly for them.  The parents were fined regulary for the childrens&#8217; absenteeism.  But the authorities took no serious actions against the parents and the family doctor.</p>
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