Tag: Fireworks
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Labour’s Chief Justice nominee allowed Edmond Saliba to keep his fireworks license despite history of illegalities and wild behaviour
Earlier today, Times of Malta published an investigation into the history of Edmond Saliba, the man identified as the operator and licence holder of the Lourdes Hamas-like fireworks room that exploded in Naxxar. The factory is the Lourdes Fireworks Factory, owned by the Lourdes San Ä wann band club. The Labour Party’s proposed Judge for Chief…
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A fight for no accountability
Hunters and fireworks producers are once again uniting behind Labour in their demand for no accountability. This fight is being propped up by Labour’s publicly funded propaganda machine and driven by outright lies and disinformation. This goes along with the core of Labour’s current political philosophy: a self-serving populism that empowers the worst elements of…
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Why basic science doesn’t like Hamas-like fire-rooms
There are obvious reasons why fireworks rooms keep exploding, and it is because basic science does not like them. The Labour Party, however, is campaigning for mediocrity as it fights to preserve this dilettantesque and dangerous practice. The production of fireworks is also literally the production of explosives. Fireworks are made from pyrotechnic mixtures: oxidisers…
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Alex Agius Saliba demands to conserve dangerous fireworks-rooms
Deputy Party Leader and MEP Alex Agius Saliba has issued a statement demanding the preservation of dangerous fireworks rooms in the Maltese countryside. Alex Agius Saliba is making these demands following a massive explosion of a fireworks room in Naxxar (Magħtab), which killed several farm animals and damaged farms. Alex Agius Saliba is implying that…
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Welcome to Labour’s Banana Republic
Today’s explosion in Magħtab is an ironic foretelling of Labour’s new government and its future policies. The Labour Party campaigned in favour of the type of environment and legal-system that effectively leads to these incidents. Labour has made a wide and expansive campaign in defence of Maltese “hobbies” and pseudo-traditions such as hunting. This banal…
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Man critically injured in fireworks factory accident in Qrendi
A 48-year-old man is being treated for serious injuries following an accident at a fireworks manufacturing facility in Qrendi. The incident occurred on Wednesday at around 9:00 p.m. in a fireworks room located in Triq iż-Å»ellieqa, Qrendi. The man, who is a resident of the same locality, was reportedly injured while carrying out work related…
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A recent Reddit post accusing the University of Malta Rector, Alfred Vella of corruption has been deleted
There was a very interesting post on Reddit alleging that the Rector of the University of Malta, Alfred Vella stopped doing new research on air and soil pollution caused by fireworks as soon as Joseph Muscat hired him as his consultant in 2014. Afred Vella was then appointed Rector of the University of Malta by…
