Announcements

CARUANA. On July 13, at Mater Dei Hospital, GIUSEPPINA of Kappara, aged 84, passed away peacefully comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her son Alfredo and his wife Susan, her granddaughters Lauren and Simone, relatives and friends. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.

COPPERSTONE. On July 11, CHARLES, of Tarxien, aged 51, passed away peacefully at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, England, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. He leaves to mourn his loss his beloved wife Josette, his sons Mark and his fiancée Charmaine, and Glenn and his fiancée Adriana, his father Frank and his mother Emma, his sister Patricia and her husband Noel Attard, his mother-in-law Sylvia, his uncles, aunts, nephews, in-laws, cousins and friends. The funeral leaves Mater Dei Hospital tomorrow at 8 a.m. for the Annunciation parish church, Tarxien, where Mass praesente cadavere will be said at 8.30 a.m. followed by interment at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery. No flowers by request but donations to Dar tal-Providenza would be appreciated. Lord grant him eternal rest.

PACE. On July 14, FELICITY, née Sammut (Giga), widow of Emmanuel, passed away at the venerable age of 95. She leaves to mourn her loss her beloved daughter, Notary Dr Marthese and her husband Dr Anton Felice, her treasured granddaughters, Camille and Katrina, her in-laws, nephews and nieces, relatives and friends. Lord, grant her eternal rest. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

VELLA. On July 14, MARY née Camilleri, of Ħamrun and residing at Mellieħa, widow of Joseph, passed away peacefully at Dar il-Madonna tal-Mellieħa, comforted by the rites of Holy Church. She leaves to mourn her loss her children Lilian and her husband Joe Cauchi, Victor and his wife Anna, Sandra and her husband Michael Camilleri, and Anthony and his wife Marion, her grandchildren Josef, Daniel and fiancée Kristina, Thomas and fiancée Diane, Francesca, Adrienne, Christopher and fiancée Monique, and William, her brother Amante Camilleri, widower of Rose, her sisters Carmen, widow of Emanuel Muscat, and Pauline Camilleri, nephews, relatives and friends. The funeral leaves Dar il-Madonna tal-Mellieha today at 2.45 p.m. for the Nativity of Our Lady parish church, Mellieħa, where Mass praesente cadavere will be said at 3.30 p.m. followed by interment at Marija Sultana tal-Vittorji Cemetery at Mellieħa. No flowers by request but donations to the Hospice Movement will be greatly appreciated. The family regret they are unable to receive visitors. God grant her eternal rest.

In Memoriam

BORG. Remembering with love our dear parents KATE and FRANK who passed away five years ago on July 15 and 20. Never forgotten and so sadly missed. Lilian, Josephine and Thomas, Luisa, Ignazio and Graziella.

FARRUGIA - VICTOR. Fondest memories of a devoted father and grandfather on his anniversary. Mabel and Constance and their families.

GALEA BORG. In loving memory of JOHN who died six years ago. Fondly remembered by his wife Mary, his son Kevin and his wife Jackie, his daughters Marisa and her husband Concetto, Stephanie and her husband Sammy, his grandchildren, his brother and sisters.

PACE - MARIA VICTORIA, née Attard. Remembering our dear mother with much love and gratitude. Audrey and Mildred.

Go winner

Dorielle Scicluna has won the Go competition organised for St Aloysius College (SAC) sixth form students during the SAC FEST.

Clients who filled in forms for further information regarding Go services were eligible to win three months of free broadband internet. After answering a question correctly, Ms Scicluna landed herself three months of Go ADSL connection and a 2 Mbps download speed and a 512 kbps upload speed with a download limit of 25GB, including free installation and free use of the modem. Go has teamed up with SAC and committed itself to support its sixth form activities for the next three years. In fact, the support kicked off at the SAC FEST with the launch of a broadband offer tailor-made for SAC.

Furthermore, Go Plus offered 30 days of free internet when customers subscribed to 90 days in advance and for every new internet connection Go agreed to donate free books to the college library.

Voluntary organisations council

Social Policy Minister John Dalli is inviting applications for appointment to the council that regulates voluntary organisations and their administration.

The council will be composed of a chairman and 10 members.

One member will be appointed by the minister to represent the government and another will be the commissioner for voluntary organisations ex officio.

Five members from the voluntary sector will be appointed as follows: three will be nominated by voluntary organisations enrolled at the date of publication of the notice; one by voluntary organisations that are not enrolled in terms of the law governing the sector but are registered in terms of the Second Schedule to the Civil Code and one by voluntary organisations that are neither enrolled in terms of the law nor registered in terms of the Second Schedule to the Civil Code.

The other four members will be appointed as follows: one representing founders of and donors to voluntary organisations; a representative of members of voluntary organisations and volunteers; one to represent administrators of voluntary organisations and one member to represent foreign and international organisations.

Provided that there is more than one nomination representing a particular sector, the minister will appoint such members from among the nominations received and where no nominations are received the minister shall appoint such members at his discretion.

There are certain restrictions as to who can be nominated.

Nominations will be received by the Commission For Voluntary Organisations by August 18.

Mepa e-applications

Mepa yesterday gave NGOs and local councils free, unlimited access to digital plans for all planning applications through its e-applications systems. The authority is inviting NGOs that have not received notification of the service to contact it on 2290 2014 or send an e-mail to ruth.micallef@mepa.org.mt and submit their request.

E-applications, launched earlier this year, is more than just a technological tool, Mepa said. The system brings together different platforms and technologies into one homogeneous system that allows clients to view application details, submit and pay for applications online and send/receive correspondence digitally thus increasing participation, efficiency and transparency.

Palm fronds

In order to control the spread of the red palm weevil pest, palm fronds to be used by fishermen for the lampuki season should be collected from a common site where the cutting of fronds is controlled.

In Malta, palm fronds should only be collected from Wied Inċita, while in Gozo they should only be collected from the Afforestation Section at an approved site after interested persons present a receipt issued by the Fisheries Section in Gozo.

For further information contact the Plant Health Department within the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs on 2339 7100.

Philately meeting

The Bank of Valletta Philately Club will hold a meeting at the Fatima Sanctuary convent in Guardamangia, near the parish priest's office, today at 6 p.m. Stamp collectors are invited to attend. For enquiries call 7931 5509.

Feast of Christ the King

The feast of Christ the King will be celebrated in Paola on Sunday.

The Christ the King Band will play marches on Friday from 8 p.m.

On Saturday, the band will present a musical programme conducted by David Sammut in the main square following a ceremony at the foot of the Christ the King monument at 8 p.m.

The band will then join Our Lady of Lourdes band, also of Paola, for a march around Antoine de Paule Square.

Highlights on feast day are the traditional morning march and the procession with the statue of Christ the King in the evening.

The Christ the King Philharmonic Society has issued a CD featuring band marches to mark its 110th anniversary.

Toys with magnets

European Commission Directive 2008/329/KE dealing with the magnetic element in children's toys will come into force on Monday, the Ministry of Finance, the Economy and Investment said.

The directive puts an obligation on producers, distributors, importers and retailers to place a warning on magnetic toys saying that "magnets sticking together or becoming attached to a metallic object inside the human body can cause serious or fatal injury" and urging immediate medical help if magnets are swallowed or inhaled.

The ministry said toys may be withdrawn from the market if such a warning is not displayed.

stephanieann.fenech@msa.org.mt