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	Comments on: Malta&#8217;s new ambassador to UNESCO, Monsignor Vella Gauci (Laburist and friend of Twanny Bronka, the Gozo Minister) appoints Felix Busuttil &#8216;direttur artistiku&#8217; of the Gozo carnival	</title>
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		By: Rumplestiltskin		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rumplestiltskin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1327054&quot;&gt;T&lt;/a&gt;.

Or into golden eggs if it&#039;s the Malta Taghna Kollha brigade who benefits.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1327054">T</a>.</p>
<p>Or into golden eggs if it&#8217;s the Malta Taghna Kollha brigade who benefits.</p>
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		By: Chlamys an		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chlamys an]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 23:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Xelta vera propja u f&#039; posta. Insejna l-fjask li ghamel Felix meta kien Direttur Artistiku fil-ftuh ta&#039; xi Olipijadi f&#039; Malta fi zmien il-Ministru Mugliett. 

Veru hareg ta&#039; &quot;king&quot;, bl-irkiekel tac-cumbini fuq l-irjus tan-nies, u kullhadd jitnejjek bina, qisna hrigna bil-partijiet genitali fuq l-irjus. 

Milli jidher dawn huma nies li jerdaw dejjem, ikun min ikun hemm fil-gvern. Kieku tighd li Felix ghandu xi ideja fuq il-karnival nifhima, pero dan huwa bniedem li karnival jifhem fih meta jaghmel xi paprata bhalma ghamel recentament, meta tella &quot;crew&quot; ta&#039; zeffiena ghal xahar l-Amerika, biex jaghmlu tour ta&#039; zfin, u meta tela kullhadd irreallizza illi kien bela kanna minn hawn u faccata, ghax hadd ma xtara biljetti ghal dan it-tour.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Xelta vera propja u f&#8217; posta. Insejna l-fjask li ghamel Felix meta kien Direttur Artistiku fil-ftuh ta&#8217; xi Olipijadi f&#8217; Malta fi zmien il-Ministru Mugliett. </p>
<p>Veru hareg ta&#8217; &#8220;king&#8221;, bl-irkiekel tac-cumbini fuq l-irjus tan-nies, u kullhadd jitnejjek bina, qisna hrigna bil-partijiet genitali fuq l-irjus. </p>
<p>Milli jidher dawn huma nies li jerdaw dejjem, ikun min ikun hemm fil-gvern. Kieku tighd li Felix ghandu xi ideja fuq il-karnival nifhima, pero dan huwa bniedem li karnival jifhem fih meta jaghmel xi paprata bhalma ghamel recentament, meta tella &#8220;crew&#8221; ta&#8217; zeffiena ghal xahar l-Amerika, biex jaghmlu tour ta&#8217; zfin, u meta tela kullhadd irreallizza illi kien bela kanna minn hawn u faccata, ghax hadd ma xtara biljetti ghal dan it-tour.</p>
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		By: the saint		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1327778</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[the saint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So as to be able to enjoy himself on board the gravy-train, Monsignor Vella Gauci voted for same-sex marriage. Truly a man of principle.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So as to be able to enjoy himself on board the gravy-train, Monsignor Vella Gauci voted for same-sex marriage. Truly a man of principle.</p>
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		By: Pluribus		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pluribus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 21:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What are the church authorities doing about this scandal? And most astounding of all, where is the opposition? 

&lt;strong&gt;[Daphne - They don&#039;t speak about girlfriends because &quot;it&#039;s a personal attack&quot;. So if a monsignor with a long-time female consort is made the government of Malta&#039;s ambassador to UNESCO, we&#039;re supposed not to say anything because it might be construed as an attack on a priest and his personal life. Go figure. Alien culture and all that.]&lt;/strong&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What are the church authorities doing about this scandal? And most astounding of all, where is the opposition? </p>
<p><strong>[Daphne &#8211; They don&#8217;t speak about girlfriends because &#8220;it&#8217;s a personal attack&#8221;. So if a monsignor with a long-time female consort is made the government of Malta&#8217;s ambassador to UNESCO, we&#8217;re supposed not to say anything because it might be construed as an attack on a priest and his personal life. Go figure. Alien culture and all that.]</strong></p>
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		By: zunzana		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zunzana]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jien skandallizat. Dan veru qassis,  ghax kif qed nifhem jien Ms Grech hija habiba intima tal-monsinjur. Il-Papa Frangisku ma iddejjaqx jissuspendi lill-isqof Germaniz Tebatz-van Elst. Kif il-knisja f&#039;Malta ma titkellem xejn fuq dan.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jien skandallizat. Dan veru qassis,  ghax kif qed nifhem jien Ms Grech hija habiba intima tal-monsinjur. Il-Papa Frangisku ma iddejjaqx jissuspendi lill-isqof Germaniz Tebatz-van Elst. Kif il-knisja f&#8217;Malta ma titkellem xejn fuq dan.</p>
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		By: vic		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1327364</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[vic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1326703&quot;&gt;Aunt Hetty&lt;/a&gt;.

Can the Church afford to have such people as priests ?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1326703">Aunt Hetty</a>.</p>
<p>Can the Church afford to have such people as priests ?</p>
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		By: Evarist Saliba		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Evarist Saliba]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This goes beyond friends of friends. Indecent shameless relationships seems more apt.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This goes beyond friends of friends. Indecent shameless relationships seems more apt.</p>
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		By: A Montebello		</title>
		<link>https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/maltas-new-ambassador-to-unesco-monsignor-vella-gauci-laburist-and-friend-of-twanny-bronka-the-gozo-minister-appoints-felix-busuttil-direttur-artistiku-of-the-gozo-carnival/#comment-1327199</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A Montebello]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Labour love nothing more than a switcher with some populist clout. 

Here&#039;s another little unknown fact: Busuttil also sits on the board of the Mediterranean Conference Centre - the fact that he is one of the only companies to produce shows for a profit there doesn&#039;t constitute a massive conflict of interest when you&#039;re part of the Malta Taghna Lkoll team.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Labour love nothing more than a switcher with some populist clout. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another little unknown fact: Busuttil also sits on the board of the Mediterranean Conference Centre &#8211; the fact that he is one of the only companies to produce shows for a profit there doesn&#8217;t constitute a massive conflict of interest when you&#8217;re part of the Malta Taghna Lkoll team.</p>
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		By: T		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the monsignor had any clue about carnival, its setup, work involved, etc, it would have been fine. But unfortunately he is only there biex isahhan is-siggu. 

To make matters worse he appointed Felix Busuttil, director of Yada Dance Company as artistic director. Felix knows a thing or two about dancing but certainly not about Carnival. Is he there for this own personal interests? Let&#039;s not be negative.

They are so clueless that they have come up with one common theme for participating dance companies. Traditionally companies were left at liberty to choose their own theme, costume, dance and music. From 2014 onwards if they want to participate in the Saturday Carnival parade they must all follow one central theme which Felix Busuttil has decided. 

As far as I know all the dance companies have pulled out. They want nothing to do with this. Felic is not worried as I&#039;m pretty sure his own Yada Company will have free run of carnival performances. Of course, they (Yada) will be handsomely compensated. A 60,000 Euro budget has been set aside for the Gozo Carnival. I would love to know where most of it goes. 

Everything that Labour touches turns to ash.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the monsignor had any clue about carnival, its setup, work involved, etc, it would have been fine. But unfortunately he is only there biex isahhan is-siggu. </p>
<p>To make matters worse he appointed Felix Busuttil, director of Yada Dance Company as artistic director. Felix knows a thing or two about dancing but certainly not about Carnival. Is he there for this own personal interests? Let&#8217;s not be negative.</p>
<p>They are so clueless that they have come up with one common theme for participating dance companies. Traditionally companies were left at liberty to choose their own theme, costume, dance and music. From 2014 onwards if they want to participate in the Saturday Carnival parade they must all follow one central theme which Felix Busuttil has decided. </p>
<p>As far as I know all the dance companies have pulled out. They want nothing to do with this. Felic is not worried as I&#8217;m pretty sure his own Yada Company will have free run of carnival performances. Of course, they (Yada) will be handsomely compensated. A 60,000 Euro budget has been set aside for the Gozo Carnival. I would love to know where most of it goes. </p>
<p>Everything that Labour touches turns to ash.</p>
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		By: Angus Black		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angus Black]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Is Joseph trying to gain some credibility about his State-Church relations while at the same time engineering a Law granting marriage rights to same sex couples?

The whole freaking barrel of apples is rotten. What a mess.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is Joseph trying to gain some credibility about his State-Church relations while at the same time engineering a Law granting marriage rights to same sex couples?</p>
<p>The whole freaking barrel of apples is rotten. What a mess.</p>
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