Maltese flag flies on environmentally-advanced cruise ship

Nina Fabri

Aug 5th 2009, 12:30

Well said Mr.Bartolo, i agree and so do many more of my friends i talk to.At least we are free to comment especially when it concerns Malta and our politics, foreigners quoting another of my countryman's comment : Butt Off: and keep your noses out of our local affairs. Thankyou in Advance.

F.bartolo Snr

Aug 4th 2009, 19:30

Arthur Peffers yes quite, part of the EU aren't we just? Malta is Malta as i am concerned small m indedness or not. The rest if its a problem with some of you foreigners its your business and not mine.
Mr. F.Bartolo Always flying the Maltese Flag and our patron saint.
Good Day Sir.

Arthur Peffers

Aug 4th 2009, 16:35

@ Maria Pace
I think you've missed the point in this article, but will say your reaction does give a lot of insight into the narrow mindedness within the island.

Malta is now part of the EU, let's all get on.

Adrian Sargent

Aug 4th 2009, 14:43

What is everyone talking about? This article is NOT about flying flags from rooftops! It is about the fact that the maltese shipping authority being able to attract an advanced and modern cruise liner to fly under its flag.

So good job to the authority. Well done.

Lynda Thatcher

Aug 4th 2009, 11:54

Mr Catania, there is quite a lot of Maltese in UK and very welcome they are. I can assure you in London you can buy Kinnie, twistees and cheesecakes. Myself I wouldn't fly a flag on my rooftop but I am not offended by anyone who chooses to do so no matter which Nationality they are. My husband is Maltese and lived in UK for 35 years and he was always made to feel welcome and part of British society as I myself have been made welcome here in Malta but there is a minority here that seem to dislike having foriegners living in Malta. I like Malta and its people very much and I am happy that we decided to retire here.

Mike D Nite

Aug 4th 2009, 11:10

Yes John Rapa correct mate, same here in New Zealand, that just shows you how arrogant and selfish some Pommies are and i see the same un your country with the St.George's flag but no Matese flag on a seperate pole like any Maritime ship. Mike(Kiwi)friend

Mike D Nite

Aug 4th 2009, 02:48

It looks guys that there are also whinging Poms in Malta, loads of them here, a never ending saga with these ex-colonials. Hope to see you guys in Sliema April Next. Mike.

john rapa

Aug 3rd 2009, 21:26

whenever maltese raise the maltese flag in canada and most of other countries they also raise the flag of that country either on two seperate poles or on one pole with the flag of the country on top, not lke malta just the flag of another country.

lgalea

Aug 3rd 2009, 20:44

Maria Pace
You are right.

David Buttigieg
NO david, foreigners cannot and should not raise their flags in Malta. It is only Maltese flags that should be flown. It is only foreign embassies that are allowed to fly their national flags, all others are against the law. If they don't like it they can go back to their own countries. No one sent for them and we would do better without them. That shows how much they are ready to integrate.

Nigel Lawrence

Aug 3rd 2009, 16:25

The first item by Ms Pace demonstrates a person with a massive inferiority complex. I wonder if she has EVER left Malta and seen the other world out there?

Denis Catania

Aug 3rd 2009, 16:09

@Maria Pace: Well said.
@David Buttigieg:Speak for yourself I live in the U.S.A and I wouldn't even think of flying the Maltese flag without the American flag next to it. Only ignorant people fly a flag without the home flag next to it.
@Lynda Thatcher: Maybe you need to lighten up. Selling Kinnie"s and some food from back home is one thing. But to fly the Maltese flag without the British flag in England is ignorant.

To all Maltese living in Malta and fly American, Canadian and any other flags without the Maltese flag. You ought to be ashamed.

Alexander Mallia

Aug 3rd 2009, 13:47

Ref to our friend Maria Pace@ >>>Lynda Thatcher. We are free to comment as seen fit by the editior of the Times, so please do not bud in unless u got somthing nice to say to us Maltese in Malta, and where is this cafe selling Kinnie? first time i heared about it, the only country that sells this product as far as i know is one country that i love dearly apart from Malta and that is my 2nd home in Hamburg-Germany.

J Martinelli

Aug 3rd 2009, 13:34

It makes me cry to read some comments proving without doubt that they do not even know what a shipping register is all about, the difference between flying a national as opposed to a maritime flag and of scrap carrying ships flying the Maltese Maritime flag!

Astounding and pitiful!

Lynda Thatcher

Aug 3rd 2009, 13:11

Maria Pace you have a pretty big chip on your shoulder. Also "real Maltese" whats that all about? How many Maltese people live outside Malta and they make small communities in their adopted countries, opening up cafe's selling Kinnie and other foods which remind them of home. Lighten up Maria and live and let live.

r ferriggi

Aug 3rd 2009, 12:33

i have nothing against ( or in favor) of flags of any nations,,,,

but referring to this article,,,,it is nice to have our flag on this ship,,, but what about the other ships carrying our flag?? are there any scrap ships carrying our flag as well??

im just asking....

David Buttigieg

Aug 3rd 2009, 12:29

@Maria Pace

Well, it is NOT the NATIONAL flag that is flying but the MARITIME flag!

As to "foreigners" raising "their" flag over "our" territory!

Come on, they have every right in the world to raise whatever flag they wish over their property! And it IS their property, it does not however in any way make "our" territory their own. Surely you're not so insecure as to feel threatened by it! After all Maltese migrants do the same abroad!

Maria Pace

Aug 3rd 2009, 11:08

ThankGod for that it really makes a change to see our Maltese National Flag flying as oppose to the many many foreign flags,English are the main headache to see on roof tops and other ousiders making OUR territiory as their own. I would like to see more Mlatese Flags on roof tops and also local festas flags. Great to see our flag on the enviremental cruise ship.
Maria and Edwin Pace Real Maltese.