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Joseph Muscat given enthusiastic welcome at Junior College

Joseph Muscat got an enthusiastic welcome when he visited the Junior College this morning.

A large crowd of students chanted 'Joseph Joseph' and 'Taghna Lkoll' as he toured the school after giving a press conference on the PL's proposals on education outside the nearby Lyceum.

Dr Muscat told the students to quieten down, pointing out that they were in a school.

He also signed copies of his biography and had a short meeting with the principal before touring the labs and the library.

Students wait for Joseph Muscat.Students wait for Joseph Muscat.
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Johnluke Ellul

Feb 1st, 18:57

Pulse Membership o.O X'Ghandom x'jaqsmu il-Pulse? Joseph Muscat gie ghall-Istudenti Kollha. u membri miz-zewg ghaqdiet kien hemm jilqawh.

Owen Grech

Feb 1st, 13:01

I already replied to one of your comments similar to this , but you seem to be only intrested in saying that Pulse has to do with Labour, Pulse is an organisation which has members from both Political parties, and to be honest people from both organisations (Pulse and SDM) were present and waited for the opposition leader ,

Joe Grech

Feb 1st, 11:43

Veru li dak li tirreferi ghalih kien inaccettabbli. Pero kien hemm incidenti ohra inaccettabbli li twettqu taht il-PN.
It-tajjeb hu li dawn l-affarijiet ma jergghux jirrepetu ruhhom!
Bosta zaghzagh diskustati bit-tmexxija infficenti taht GonziPN u maqrusa serjament per ezempju minhabba dak li gara lill-Fondi Edukattivi EU taht Doleres Cristina....
Iridu BIDLA

A. Camilleri

Feb 1st, 11:34

Mr.Bartoli, I assume you don't know that pulse is NOT in any way associated with ANY political party. Don't students have the right to show their opinions? They shouldn't be judged whether pulse or sdm. There were students of all organisations that went to welcome Dr.Muscat yesterday. I think the problem you're dealing with is that you can't believe that so many students went to welcome him!

Owen Grech

Feb 1st, 12:53

Bir-rispett kollu izda wara Joseph kien hemm min ghamel gurnata warajh miz-zewg ghaqdiet, kien hemm min hadlu idu biss miz-zewg gahqdiet u kien hemm min komplu bir rutina normali tieghu , habba lessons miz-zewg ghaqdiet , Gifiri jekk joghbok taqbadx u tiggudika li kull min hemm wara Joseph huwa Pulse,ghax mhux vera apparti il-fatt li l-opinjoni ta student ma tirraprezentax ghaqda. Grazzi :)

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 13:30

@A. Camilleri you can't believe that so many students went to welcome him! yes right 5 % of the students

Dominic Chircop

Feb 1st, 10:17

Or join Bizlejn il-Maltin !

P. Ciantar

Jan 31st, 21:42

well said

Nicole Borg

Feb 1st, 00:05

Mr Bartoli nixtieq ninfurmak li Joseph Muscat gie l-Junior College mhux ghal pulse izda ghal istudenti kollha.. kif ukoll Iltaqa mal-membri taz-zewg organisations

Clive Farrugia

Feb 1st, 09:34

Tinsab zbaljat ghaliex ilbierah jistennew il-wasla ta Dr Joseph Muscat kien hemm studenti li gejjien min ghaqdiet differenti u anka studenti li ma jipartecipawx f'dawn l-ghaqdiet. Studenti mil-Sdm Studenti mil-Pulse u studenti ohrajn kienu prezenti.

N. Aquilina

Feb 1st, 10:18

Sour Grapes :)

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 10:35

@Nicole Borg & Clive Farrugia, mela iktar u iktar ghandi ragun nghid li 95% of the students don't give a toss about him!

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 10:47

@Nicole Borg Joseph Muscat gie ghal istudenti kollha u min 2,500 marru biex jilqawh 50 ruh :)

Donna Agius

Feb 2nd, 08:14

Mr, Bartolli, nassigurak kien hemm iktar minn 50 ruh. Ir-ritratt mehud fuq it-tarag, dak kien fl-ahhar tat-tour ma l-iskola kollha. L-istudenti bdew jimxu warajh u hemm min telaq jew ghax lesson (ovjament jekk din hija skola), jew ghal xi affarijiet ohra. Rigward il-PULSE, Joseph Muscat gie ghall-istudenti kollha, u mbilli XI nies tal-PULSE interesshom, ma jfissirx li hi PULSE hija tal-labour.

C Busuttil

Jan 31st, 21:49

ahseb u ara minn kien kontra l-edukazzjoni ghal kulhadd ghax kien aktar mohhu lit-Taljan ikun il-lingwa ta' pajjizna!!!!! jew kontra l-minimum wage ghax ma kienx jaqbel lis-sinjur li kienu l-backers tieghu.

Mario Camilleri

Feb 1st, 00:05

@C. Bartoli,
The Dejma and fabbrika tal-kappar were opportunities for the Maltese to earn a salary so they could feed their families. Unfortunately a year or two earlier these Maltese had to beg for food and money and even selling 'santi' under the Borg Olivier era. Again these aforementioned works kept the Maltese with their families instead of emigrating. Today we have early retirement schemes.

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 08:48

@C Busuttil “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”


― Winston Churchill

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 10:40

@Mario Camilleri socialist dont want anyone to be more inteligent thatn they are otherwise they cannot brainwash them. In my days I studied in a garage because my school was closed down and I could not got to University because I had no parrinu. In those days there were 700 students and the university, today there are over 10,000,

C. Bartoli

Feb 1st, 10:41

@Mario Camilleri in the 50's MLP had a minister responsible for emigration!

Dennis Zammit

Feb 1st, 04:38

Best statement heard . . . with a minor addition 'with another one from the same party.'

C Busuttil

Jan 31st, 21:52

il-PN partit tal-Haddiema ????? int bis-serjeta ??? billi ma riedux l-introduzzjoni tal-minimum wage b'hekk tkun favur il-haddiem ? jew billi il-kbarat tieghu jiehu 500zieda u l-haddiema 1,16c ?

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 22:19

He might listen to their needs but it does not look like he is doing anything to to facilitate their learning curve, unless you consider that signing the hardbound photo album is acting accordingly! He just went visiting the pulse group & trying to make it look like all students are behind him. There are 2500 students at the Junior College however there are not more than 100 students greeting him!

Roderick Farrugia

Jan 31st, 20:55

and just to let everyone know even you cannot vote in the next election my friend :)

Nicole Borg

Feb 1st, 00:07

oh sorry, didnt notice that all the students after gonzi in meetings and rallies are all legible to vote.

Nicole Borg

Feb 1st, 00:12

oh so the majority where running away from joseph muscat ? i recall everyone say ' qishom merhla nghag, kemm hemm nies warajh'. whilst i only recall about 30 people or less outside the canteen

Mary Borg

Jan 31st, 18:18

Oh yes, so vote the party who has given us brand new schools and broken half baked curriculum and syllabi. As if students will improve according to the number of schools built. How lame! Dr. Muscat has nothing to do with past PL decisions so grow up and judge the man according to HIS decisions and actions and not others'. Scaremongering is passée!

amadeo calleja

Jan 31st, 18:33

Imma il passat huwa garanzia ghal futur

Steve Zammit

Jan 31st, 17:56

Why do you think so? There are 2500+ students at JC, not 50.

Mario Scicluna

Jan 31st, 17:24

@John Scerri
Il biza mil-Babaw!!!!

Dawn l-apologisti msieken ta' GonziPN u Simon(ikkonfrontawhom ghand tal-grocer) Busuttil jahsbu li ghandhom xi dritt divin taghulhom il-Hallieq sabiex jiggvernaw!!!

Mela l-kontijiet esagerati tad-Dawl u l-Ilma mhux 'awsterita' jewwilla??

C Busuttil

Jan 31st, 21:55

@Mario Scicluna

jien nixtieq il-labour joffri option lil dawn l-apologisti tal-gonziPN biex meta jorhos id-dawl taht il-labour, huma jekk jixtiequ jistaw jibqaw ihallsu l-kontijiet kif huma bhalissa ha naraw kemm jemmnu f'dawk li jghidu imma kif jghid il-Malti bejn il-kliem u l-fatti hemm ........

C Busuttil

Jan 31st, 22:00

honestly I had a very bad impression of Muscat, mainly because of all the hype of the pn media about him, however he's impressing me, not that I will vote for labour although I would neither vote the PN, I am sure he will be a good PM much better than the one we have and he reassures me that a labour government will be very different from that of the past.

amadeo calleja

Jan 31st, 17:52

Well said

R. muscat

Feb 2nd, 12:21

xtahseb? li ha joqoghdu jitilfu lessons listudenti bix imorru jaraw lil joseph? hafna mill istudenti kienu waqt xi lesson jew jidejjqu jidhru fuq il media u naf hafna minn dawn in nies :) imbilli ma kienux gor ritratt ma jfissirx li ma jatux is-support taghhom lil Joseph Muscat :)

E Gatt

Jan 31st, 16:24

If you have weighed your options, reflected on how lucky you are to live in a prosperous country, and come to the conclusion that you will risk all this to vote for someone who looks more ‘youthful’, then there’s not much more to add. It’s your vote.

Remember though that Joseph Muscat is no spring chicken – he’s in his 40th year.

Steve Zammit

Jan 31st, 17:57

Muscat is youthful? He's almost 40.

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 19:53

or the janitor if it wasn't for a PN goverment that gave him the opportunity to further his studies!

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 20:02

Fin-1996 il-lejber kien wieghed li mhux se jmiss l-istipendji u qalibhom loans.

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 22:06

F Gauci illum ghandek l-opportunita li tista tistudja u tista tissaportja il-partit li tipreferi. Fi zmieni dan ma kienx possibli. Anke nixtru gazzetta konna nibzaw.

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 20:03

Alfred Sant fin-1996 kelu l-opportunita li jkompli jibni fuq it-tajjeb li diga hemm. imma wara li wieghed li mhux se jmiss l-istipendji qalbhom loans, bil barka ta Karmenu Vella u Leo Brincat!

A.Felix Busuttil

Jan 31st, 13:15

u min organizza demostrazzjonijiet gie mpjegat fl-ufficju tal ministru gatt, bambalulna bl-arriva u minhabba li se johrog ghal elezzjoni il pn iggieled ma franco

B.C. Borg

Jan 31st, 13:24

l-istudenti jiftakru x'gara f'dawn l-ahhar 7 snin u mhux 16-il sena ilu meta kienu mmexxija minn persuna li ta Malta fjask wahda wara l-ohra. Hemm problema ta' kredibbilta

B. Theuma

Jan 31st, 15:14

Dawn iz-zghazagh kollha ghandhom mohh biex jahsbu, u m'ghandhomx bzonn lilek toqghod tbezzaghhom bil-babaw!

Charles Bugeja

Jan 31st, 17:08

dawn l-istudenti qeghdin fejn qeghdin bir riformi fl-edukazzjoni li kien ghamel il labour - dan insejtu!!!

Sandra Cutajar

Jan 31st, 16:45

At the Junior college ? People under 18 ? really ?

My my how smart you are!

M Farrugia

Jan 31st, 15:16

You can't blame these students, they have never experience an MLP governemnt and typical of the young generation, they want to experiment. Pity, as the vote is not a game on the phone or tablet; once you lose, with bad politics you cannot restart without consequences.

Steve Zammit

Jan 31st, 17:58

2500+ students.

Nicole Borg

Feb 1st, 00:15

So you expected all the pl supporters to be in that photo? come on!

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 22:08

Illum la hawn biza u lanqas twerwir!

K Grech

Jan 31st, 14:49

Youngsters never respect the past? I think its more about you got stuck in the past.

N. Aquilina

Feb 1st, 19:28

Why Byron, so the students can try humiliate the labour leader and show their true colours, like they did with Dr. Sant, hemm indunajna min huma il hamalli! I cannot wait for it as well, maybe this time round the "educated" ppl will really act like educated ppl

N. Aquilina

Feb 1st, 19:26

Really Joe, you are so desperate that you actually counted them?

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 22:10

and what are lejber's job proposals? If it is a private Enterprise Gozef says that it is a PN benefector and if it is a public project it's a waste of money!

JL Deguara

Jan 31st, 20:14

Argument bla sugu fl-opinjoni tieghi. Hafna mill-istudenti li jlestu JC jispiccaw Universita'. Qed tghid li meta jghaddu l-ezamijiet jaraw id-dawl u jaqilbu Nazzjonalisti? Il-problema li hawn min ma jiflahx jara zghazagh favur PL, ghal certu nies dil-haga tistona wisq!

M Attard

Jan 31st, 21:37

Ha nghidlek kemm hu veru JL Deguara. Meta kien l-ahhar li telghu il-Pulse fil-Kunsill Studenti Universitarji? Meta qatt rajt studenti ta' l-Universita` jifirhu b'membru tal-partit laburista fil-campus ta' l-Universita` f'dawn l-ahhar ghaxar snin? Argument bla sugu ghax ma joghgbokx u ghax ma tifhimx.

JL Deguara

Feb 1st, 08:55

Nahseb qed iddawwar il-kliem. Int stess ghidt li JC hemm maggoranza ta studenti Laburisti. Dawn hafna minnhom jispiccaw Universita', fejn skond it qatt ma tara studenti jifirhu bil-PL.

M Attard

Feb 2nd, 01:20

Ftakar ukoll li l-Universita` ma jidhlux nies mill-JC biss. Qed nifhem ir-ragunar li qed tipprova tuza' imma r-realta` hija differenti. Fil-JC hemm attivita` qawwija laburista fost l-istudenti mentri fl-universita` qes biss tinduna li jezistu. Tant kemm hu veru hafna drabi qes johorgu l-Pulse ghall-elezzjonijiet tal-KSU ghax jitilfu.

Int student ta' l-universita`? Ghax kieku zgur taqbel mieghi.

C. Bartoli

Jan 31st, 22:11

what did Joseph do so far?

JOHN WHITE

Feb 1st, 09:44

Yeah yeah whatever.We can truly have a look at all the project done by JM. JM will surely be a puppet on a string with all those around him (the old mps)

Joseph Aquilina

Jan 31st, 11:44

Or maybe when in 1997 Alfred Sant removed the stipends and Joseph Muscat the puppy when wild in trying to protect this move!!

S. Cuschieri

Jan 31st, 12:26

ma nahsibx li tista tafdah lil labour meta jghid li mhux se jmiss l-istipendji.... ga nafu x'gara meta kien qal hekk!

Corinne Coleiro

Jan 31st, 12:31

apparti minn hekk l-argument bla sens tal PM caretaker huwa li jgholli l istipendji biex ihajjar l istudenti jidhlu ghal courses partikolari.. jigifieri dan jahseb li l-istudenti jmorru l Universita` ghall-flus?? u jahseb li min ikollu vokazzjoni jew ikun ilu jistudja suggetti partikolari mill-Post Sekondarja ha jbiddel fehemtu ghal ftit euros extra?? Argumenti ta min hu distakkat mir-realta`!!

Charles Bayliss

Jan 31st, 11:19

Poor you. You have no real comment to make and you resort to scaremongering people.

salvu azzopardi

Jan 31st, 11:20

sure maria what about that politician who is promising a surplus in the country's deficit after 2016 and who also did this promise in 2008. But he is warning us that if he doesn't make it there will have to be drastic measures.....maybe stipends ?

Gorg Borg

Jan 31st, 11:25

Yes Maria, keep living in the 80s and in the past !!!!!!!!

Mr B Busuttil

Jan 31st, 11:29

Maria,

no one is gonna believe you!

:)

John L Galea

Jan 31st, 11:29

@Maria Camilleri: You have to first learn to distinguish between Junior Lyceum and Junior College. Your scaremongering tactics are not effective anymore and it is being seen as PL is gaining rather than losing. Get a life!!!

DC Agius

Jan 31st, 11:34

Ahjar jaraw f'liema stat halla jsir il JC GonziPN!! M'hemmx klassi wahda sura ta' nies! Abbandun totali...Rigward il-kumment tieghek....mamma mia x'biza'! Veru effettiv proset.

Mario Buhagiar

Jan 31st, 11:45

fkaz li ma tafx Maria, l-istipendji lahhar li naqqashom kien Gonzi. Minn 100 euros/month nizzilhom ghal 85 euro. (naf ghax student)

Michael Magri

Jan 31st, 12:00

Maria Camilleri.. Beware yourself first... Stop swallowing GonziPN`s spins and political lies.. Take the advise of President emeritus, Dr Eddy Fenech Adami when he clearly told GonziPN & Klikka, that NOBODY is beleiving you on your spinnings of scaremongering the PL`s past...!!! I am sure that you know very well, what the PL is NOW binding and committing itself on stipends.. GROW UP....!!!

David C

Jan 31st, 12:18

Salvu jahasra, taf x'gara wara l-ahhar elezjoni madwar l ewropa? jew sal ONE tv tasal? Pajjizi kbar fallew, jew appik li jfallu, hafna pajjizi b'mizuri ta osterita, taxxi ghola, unemployment rates sa 40%. U Malta irnexxilna lahhar 4 snin xorta nnaqsu d deficit, unemployment rates li jitfawna fil 5 l-ahjar pozizjoni u xorta jkun em min jhalli nies jbellawilu li Malta ma tistax tkun ghar!

B Ellul

Jan 31st, 12:36

Charles Int OK? Mela insejt x'gara bejn 1996-1998? That's history and NOT scaremongering!

Charles Bugeja

Jan 31st, 12:40

Maria, kun af li l-istipendji kien dahhalhom il labour fl 80`s u tal PN kienu kontrihom dak in nhar ax bezghu li tfal tal haddiema ikomplu jistudjaw. Jien biex infakrek naqra mill-istorja!

K Grech

Jan 31st, 12:41

Maria Camilleri, this is simple not applicable anymore and it is showing that the more the PN adopts the scaremongering tactic, the more it loses votes. May I tell you that it was only in 2005 that stipends got reduced under a PN government, but that is something which the PL is not telling because it is leading a positive campaign, unlike obviously Gonzi and the gang

Mr. M. Camilleri

Jan 31st, 12:57

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE

Something new please???

Alfred Vassallo

Jan 31st, 13:25

These pn apologists always harp on fear like they did in the 60's when they had the 'ghaqda tal Muzzew' blowing their infernal whistles every time the mlp held a meeting. Pathetic to say the least!

Joe Busuttil

Jan 31st, 13:43

Do you,by any chance,know that even Gonzipn has admitted that it was he who reduced the nursing students' stipends and this resulted in a shortage of medical staff? Of course,he blamed somebody else for providing the wrong advice. Will he do the same thing again? It certainly was not Dr Muscat who did it.

Michael Magri

Jan 31st, 11:10

J Portelli... Imma kemm tifilhu tghidu cucati u hmerijiet.. Ghalinqas hudu l-parir tal-President emeritus Dr. Eddie Fenech Adami, biex forsi tighalmu xi haga..!!

Daniel Zarb

Jan 31st, 11:12

This is 2013 not 1996. l-Istipendji mhumiex se jintmissew. Stop living in the past.

Lorainne Spiteri

Jan 31st, 11:12

Dawn l-istudenti jħarsu 'l quddiem u mhux lura. Jista' jkun li missiehrom kien jahdem l-Airmalta, t-tarzna, l-Go, kellu xarabank u rcieva ittra minghand Gonzi li ggartilhom xogħlhom u wara dahak bihom.

Alan Darmanin

Jan 31st, 11:15

The more you speak of the past, the more convinced we are of our future.

Mr B Busuttil

Jan 31st, 11:18

Sur Portelli...

it tattika tal babbaw li tbezzaw lin nies mijiex qeghda tahdem u ser tfalikom !!

illum il poplu m'ghadux bahnan u jibla kollox !

ghadkom fic cans li tibdlu it tattika

Maria Mangion

Jan 31st, 11:22

Dawn tfal taghna lkoll u l istipendji taghhom kulhadd jikonribwixxi ghalihom u mhux in nazzjonalisti biss. L importanti li n nefqa fl edukazzjoni taghti l ahjar prodott u dejjem nharsu l quddiem.

Joseph Portelli

Jan 31st, 11:30

Il-Passat huwa mera ghall-futur! Min ma jiftakarx il-passat, ikkundannat li jerga jghixu!

John L Galea

Jan 31st, 11:32

Li min hu attent Muscat diga qed jindika li se jsib HOFRA! - Kulhadd jaf li hemm hofra. Jien li niskanta kif fi Spanja d-dejn qieghed 75% tal-GDP, F'malta qieghed l-istess u jekk iddahhal id-dejn ta' l-Enemalta jitla ghal 90%. Il-hofra hi kbira daqs €5 biljun.

Dean Hili

Jan 31st, 12:11

Nothing to worry about Joseph, if the PN had any credibility left you wouldn't be worrying would you? Are you doubting all the 'Finanzi Fis-Sod' slogans?

David C

Jan 31st, 12:15

Lorainne, qed tirrepeti ukol int. Missieri kien L-Airmalta u kelli zijju it tarzna, missier sihbi kellu Xarabank..tal Go ma nistax nikkumenta..Kuntenti kollha kemm huma...ghax haddu somma tajba u issa jew ed jihdu pensjoni ukol jew ghadhom jahdmu uhud minnhom!...Ma nistax nifhem x'fiha hazin li keccew in nies jek tawhom somma tajba, u thallew jihdu pensjoni u setaw ukol jahdmu!

S. Cuschieri

Jan 31st, 12:25

To all the labour supporters here who are telling us to forget about the past.... we are not talking about the middle ages.... this is 1996 we are talking about! The same people who had promised students that their stipends would remain untouched are still there... and we all know what happened. This is not a statement to scare people... these are FACTS which truly happened when labour was in gov

K Grech

Jan 31st, 12:45

This scaremongering is not applicable anymore, the more the PN uses this tactic the more the students are attracted to the PL because the rising generation wants better political tactics rather than those endorsed by PN, which is over 25 years old, the world changes, the ideas must be changed to

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