USS Laboon crew members lend a hand
Volunteers from the USS Laboon have dedicated some of their free time to two community projects in a gesture of appreciation for the hospitality they received during their brief stop at Malta.
One team of crew members joined with local volunteers to renovate living quarters at the Marsa Open Center, while another worked to clear garbage left on the beach and in the sea at Selmun Bay.
The 20 or so US Navy volunteers were joined by African migrants who reside at the Marsa Open Centre and together they refreshed the paintwork in several rooms which had been damaged earlier by an accidental fire.
The beach clean-up at Selmun Bay was conducted in collaboration with the Mellieħa council. This was the second time that US Navy volunteers participated in a clean-up project at Selmun Bay.
The mayor expressed his appreciation for the willingness of the crew to give up their free time to assist the council in its efforts to preserve the beauty of Selmun Bay.
The volunteers enjoyed the sparkling waters of the bay with a well-deserved swim as soon as they finished their work.
The USS Laboon leaves Malta tomorrow.
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Sean Grima
Sep 5th 2010, 16:19
the crew members can do what they want with their time, they do not need a bunch of xenophobes ordering them around.
David Portelli
Sep 3rd 2010, 18:02
Really a nonsense comment by Robert Azzopardi. Unbelievable
Sean Grima
Sep 6th 2010, 12:29
all your comments are nonsensical.
David Portelli
Sep 3rd 2010, 18:01
Excellent point by S.Mifsud totally agree
David Portelli
Sep 3rd 2010, 18:00
Excellent point by S.Mifsud totally agree
smifsud
Sep 3rd 2010, 15:57
in general this is a cutural issue and the Maltese need to "clean up there act" period ...we all should contribute to KEEP MALTA CLEAN !!! imagine 400,000 people cleaning Malta on the same day for 1 hour ....it will be sparkling clean ,,,, that would be amazing ,,,maybe Gonzi and Muscat should lead the way with a broom ,shovel and dustbin !!!
Jesmond Micallef
Sep 3rd 2010, 13:19
The RMS Titanic littered the sea bed because Mr. Smith ignored what others told him. So did HMS Hood after being split into two pieces by a those who where left to die in the icy cold waters of the Atlantic. Even Green aircraft engines burnt fuel in the atmosphere until someone realised how unclean combustion can be. Homely civic pride does not come easy and Prof. Stephen Hawking's latest does sound the alarm in this regard. Home sweet home, planet earth. Indeed, people should make their lives as comfortable as possible on this dying planet.
L.Hood
Sep 3rd 2010, 12:39
@ G.Green
Don't you know, the locals are very good at dirtying the place and expect someone else to clean up their dirt. It's their culture. That also is a shame.
S. Zammit
Sep 3rd 2010, 13:22
People at the Marsa Open Centre are not locals
And I actually got into a quarrel during the Lija village feast, when a tourist(with a nice British accent) threw a cigarette butt on the ground, and when I asked her to pick it up, she refused as "no one will fine her here". Then again she was quite drunk I guess. And no she wasn't young - I'd say 40ish.
Sam Busuttil
Sep 3rd 2010, 17:19
L.Hood If some of the English were as much as 0.001% as clean as Maltese people they would apply for the Guinness book of records.
G Green
Sep 3rd 2010, 11:56
Why do the local people not carry out simple tasks like these themselves? I suppose the reason being the Maltese have no civic pride. Shame really.
Anthony Cassar
Sep 3rd 2010, 11:41
Why do the residents of the Marsa open center have to wait for the crew of the USS Laboon to clean up their living quarters? they seem to have a lot fo free time on their hands! All they need is some paint and good will to make the open center look much cleaner...
Robert Azzopardi
Sep 3rd 2010, 12:22
The Question is why do Maltese wait for US marines to help out the residents of the Marso Open Centre. The Question is why Anthony Cassar, aren't you there helping out?
Joe Bugeja
Sep 3rd 2010, 12:41
Robert Azzopardi Mr Cassar is correct. The illegal immigrants were given a brand new never used block originally built for our soldiers at Hal Safi. They turned it into a pigsty within one week. So do you expect us taxpayers to continue paying for them when they do not take care of their living quarters? The government must send them back because in time they will turn all Malta into a pigsty.
Anthony Cassar
Sep 3rd 2010, 13:39
@Robert Azzopardi
Dear Mr. Azzopardi - no one is keeping you from driving up to the Marsa open center to help the residents whitewash their bedrooms! but since you asked why am i not helping them out, i can give you two reasons;
1) i prefer to help out others who really need themselves, not lazy bums who spend all day sitting outside the open center doing nothing (when they could easily be cleaning up where they are living)
2) I am busy enough at work, paying my taxes to be used (in part) to provide for illegal immigrants staying in the Marsa open center.
Jesmond Micallef
Sep 3rd 2010, 11:36
Well done to the crew members of USS Laboon in showing such solidarity with the local communities during thier own free time.