{"id":512,"date":"2018-09-04T07:29:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T07:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2018-09-19T11:34:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:34:44","slug":"how-lorna-can-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/how-lorna-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How Lorna can help"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"title title--underline title--decoration-bottom-left\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title__primary\">Legal &amp; Other Advice<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]B\u0127ala kandidat tal-Parlament Ewropew, Lorna Vassallo qieg\u0127da hemm sabiex tag\u0127ti pariri legali u o\u0127rajn lill-kostitwenti tag\u0127ha (li jinkludu Malta u G\u0127awdex kollha) sabiex ittejbilhom \u0127ajjithom.\u00a0 Jekk ma tg\u0127inekx personalment, hija tkun tista\u2019 tindikalek liema huma dawk in-nies li jistg\u0127u jg\u0127inuk l-a\u0127jar fl-istruttura tal-gvern bid-diffikultajiet u ilmenti tieg\u0127ek, sabiex kemm jista\u2019 jkun tinstab soluzzjoni.\u00a0 Billi Lorna Vassallo ta\u0127dem fulltajm mal-Ministeru g\u0127all-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Promozzjoni tal-Kummer\u010b, ma ta\u0127dimx fil-Qrati Maltin g\u0127alkemm tista\u2019 tg\u0127inek fil-preparazzjoni tad-dokumenti u pariri.\n<p>Lorna Vassallo m\u2019g\u0127andhiex \u0127inijiet tal-uffi\u010b\u010bju fissi u tiltaqa\u2019 man-nies bl-appuntament biss. Ikkuntattja lil Lorna u t-tim tag\u0127ha fuq <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa\">www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa<\/a> (Lorna Vassallo Page), \u010bempel jew ibg\u0127at sms 79443906 jew imejl\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:vassallolorna@gmail.com\">vassallolorna@gmail.com<\/a> jew billi tu\u017ca s-sezzjoni ta\u2019 kuntatt f\u2019dan is-sit elettroniku, sabiex tag\u0127ti informazzjoni dwar id-diffikult\u00e0 tieg\u0127ek u\/jew tag\u0127mel appuntament.\u00a0 L-appuntamenti ma\u2019 Lorna normalment isiru l-Belt Valletta matul il-\u0121img\u0127a.\u00a0\u00a0 Mhux l-ewwel darba li telefonata tkun bi\u017c\u017cejjed biex issolvi \u010berti problemi.\u00a0 Preferribilment, il-persuna tikteb imejl lil <a href=\"mailto:vassallolorna@gmail.com\">vassallolorna@gmail.com<\/a> billi b\u2019hekk is-su\u0121\u0121eriment jew l-ilment tieg\u0127ek ikun ji\u0121i indirizzat fl-iqsar \u017cmien.\u00a0 Meta jinkitbu imejls importanti li l-persuna tinkludi:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isem u Kunjom<\/li>\n<li>Numru tat-telefown u mowbajl<\/li>\n<li>Numru tal-Karta tal-Identit\u00e0<\/li>\n<li>Indirizz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Importanti wkoll li fejn jid\u0127lu applikazzjonijiet\/karti relatati mal-Awtorit\u00e0 tad-Djar, Awtorit\u00e0 tal-Ippjanar, Identity Malta, Awtorit\u00e0 tal-Artijiet, Uffi\u010b\u010bju Kon\u0121unt, ARMS Ltd. ji\u0121i pprovdut in-Nru. tal-Fajl\/Kont rispettiv. \u00a0Fejn g\u0127andhom x\u2019jaqsmu appuntamenti l-isptar, jekk jog\u0127\u0121bok ikkwota l-isem tal-Professur.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>As a candidate for the European Parliament, Lorna Vassallo is there to give free legal and other advice to her constituents (which includes all areas of Malta and Gozo) to make their lives better.\u00a0 If she cannot help you herself, she will channel you to the right people you within the government structure who can help with your difficulties and complaints.\u00a0 Since Lorna Vassallo is employed full-time with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion she cannot defend you at the Courts of Justice.\u00a0 However she can give you free advice and help you preparing the paperwork.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lorna Vassallo has no fixed office hours and meets people only by appointment.\u00a0 Please contact Lorna and her\u00a0 team on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa\">www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa<\/a> (Lorna Vassallo Page), phone\/sms 79443906 or email\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:vassallolorna@gmail.com\">vassallolorna@gmail.com<\/a> or by using the \u2018Contact us\u2019 section on this website, to explain your case and\/or fix an appointment.\u00a0 Lorna\u2019s appointments are usually held in Valletta on weekdays.\u00a0 Sometimes, a telephone call is enough to solve a problem.\u00a0 Preferably, a person writes an email to <a href=\"mailto:vassallolorna@gmail.com\">vassallolorna@gmail.com<\/a> as it is only in this way that your suggestion\/complaint is attended to at the earliest time possible.\u00a0 Whenever emails are written make sure that the following are included:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Name and surname<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Telephone\/Mobile No. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>ID Card No.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Postal Address<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It is very important that where Housing Authority, Planning Authority, Identity Malta, Lands\u2019 Authority, Joint Office, ARMS Ltd. applications\/papers are concerned the File\/Account No. is also quoted. \u00a0With regard to hospital appointments please quote Professor\u2019s name. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"title title--underline title--decoration-bottom-left\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title__primary\">Letters<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Fejn l-ittra tkun trid tinkiteb minn Lorna Vassallo u t-tim tag\u0127ha, il-pro\u010bess ikun ferm itwal. \u00a0Dak kollu li ntqal hawn fuq jibqa\u2019 japplika.<\/p>\n<p><em>Whenever a person does not provide an email the process is longer as Lorna and her team have to write down the letter for you.\u00a0 \u00a0All that is said above regarding Legal and other Advice applies here.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"title title--underline title--decoration-bottom-left\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title__primary\">PQs<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Rarament, ir-risposta tad-diffikult\u00e0 tieg\u0127ek tirrikjedi li ssir Mistoqsija Parlamentari billi tolqot iktar nies.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo issottomettiet diversi Mistoqsijiet Parlamentari f\u2019isem \u0127addie\u0127or fil-passat li wasslu g\u0127al risposti ferm informattivi u sodisfa\u010benti apparti l-fatt illi ji\u0121bdu l-attenzjoni tal-gvern g\u0127all-b\u017connijiet li to\u0127loq kwistjoni partikulari. Il-pro\u010bess sabiex tinkiseb risposta g\u0127al Mistoqsija Parlamentari jista\u2019 jie\u0127u x-xhur.<\/p>\n<p><em>Occasionally the answer to your difficulty requires the submission of a Parliamentary Question as it is of a wider concern.\u00a0 Lorna Vassallo has submitted a number of parliamentary questions on behalf of other people in the past which have provided informative and satisfactory replies apart from drawing the government\u2019s attention to the need to address a certain issue.\u00a0 The process of acquiring a reply to a PQ sometimes takes months. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"title title--underline title--decoration-bottom-left\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title__primary\">Newspaper articles and Facebook Posts<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Mod ie\u0127or kif Lorna Vassallo tista\u2019 tmexxi \u2019l quddiem il-kaw\u017ca tieg\u0127ek jew tindirizza l-problema li qed taffettwak hija billi tinkludiha fil-kolonna tag\u0127ha ta\u2019 kull \u0121img\u0127a f\u2019\u2018L-Orizzont\u2019.\u00a0 Diversi artikli li kitbet irri\u017cultaw minn laqg\u0127at mal-kostitwenti li kellhom punti verament validi u ssostanzjati mill-evidenza.\u00a0 Wie\u0127ed minn dawn l-artikli kien propju dwar ir-rifletturi uni\u010bi tal-Fanal tal-\u0120ordan, l-G\u0127asri, G\u0127awdex, li huwa wie\u0127ed mill-a\u0127\u0127ar mill-fanali tat-tip tieg\u0127u fid-dinja u li issa \u0121ie restawrat mill-gvern pre\u017centi.\u00a0 L-isem ta\u2019 min issu\u0121\u0121erixxa u kiseb l-informazzjoni dwar l-artiklu qatt ma jissemma\u2019 sakemm ma tkunx ix-xewqa tieg\u0127u li jissemma\u2019. L-artikli ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo jidhru wkoll fuq dan is-sit elettroniku fis-sezzjoni Artikli.<\/p>\n<p>Lorna Vassallo tista\u2019 wkoll tg\u0127inek billi tippre\u017centa l-problema tieg\u0127ek\u00a0 fuq il-pa\u0121na ta\u2019 Facebook tag\u0127ha (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa\">www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa<\/a>) li ti\u0121i segwita minn madwar g\u0127axart elef u tliet mitt persuna Maltija jew li toqg\u0127od Malta (10,300+) kif ukoll fuq il-profili tal-Facebook tag\u0127ha li jattiraw iktar minn \u0127amest elef persuna kull wie\u0127ed.\u00a0 Meta wie\u0127ed jikkunsidra illi \u010b-\u010birkolazzjoni ta\u2019 \u0127afna mill-gazzetti Maltin ta\u2019 kuljum hija ta\u2019 tlieta u g\u0127oxrin (23,000), iktar minn g\u0127axart elef ru\u0127 hija udjenza\u00a0 sostanzjali.\u00a0\u00a0 Fl-2017, wara post dettaljata ta\u2019 Lorna Vassallo fuq il-Pa\u0121na u l-profil\/i tag\u0127ha fuq Facebook, dwar is-sigurt\u00e0 u l-istat tal-mini ta\u2019 \u0127dejn l-Universit\u00e0 ta\u2019 Malta, il-Ministru Ian Bor\u0121 \u0121entilment bag\u0127at lill-\u0127addiema tieg\u0127u sabiex inaddfu l-mini kollha u ji\u010b\u010bekkjaw s-sigurt\u00e0 tal-post.\u00a0 Il-vanta\u0121\u0121i ta\u2019 <em>Facebook Post<\/em> fuq gazzetta huwa l-fatt li nies o\u0127ra jistg\u0127u jikkummentaw fuq u jappo\u0121\u0121jaw il-proposta tieg\u0127ek.\u00a0 Dan, apparti l-fatt li Post tista\u2019 ti\u0121i ppubblikata f\u2019iqsar \u017cmien u b\u2019hekk anke r-rispons jista\u2019 jkun iktar immedjat mhux biss mill-pubbliku i\u017cda wkoll mill-Awtoritajiet.\u00a0 Facebook Posts b\u0127al dawn ikunu wkoll disponibbli fuq dan is-sit elettroniku sabiex tkun garantita l-usa\u2019 pubbli\u010bit\u00e0 tag\u0127hom.<\/p>\n<p><em>Another way of promoting your cause or addressing your problem is for Lorna to include it in her weekly column on \u2018L-Orizzont\u2019.\u00a0 Various articles have resulted from encounters with constituents who put forward very valid points supported by evidence.\u00a0 One of such articles was that about the unique reflectors of the Victorian G\u0127asri (Gozo) Lighthouse, \u2018It-Torri tal-\u0120ordan\u2019, which is one of the last of its kind in the world and which has now finally been restored by the Government.\u00a0 The name of the person doing the suggestion and providing the information is never revealed unless it is his\/her wish to be mentioned in the article. \u00a0All of Lorna\u2019s articles are available on this website in the Articles Section. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lorna Vassallo can also help you by publishing your problem on her Facebook Page (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa\">www.facebook.com\/lejnmaltaaaa<\/a>) which is liked by more than ten thousand and three hundred (10,300+) Maltese people or people living in Malta to date.\u00a0 Considering that the circulation of most of the Maltese daily newspapers is twenty three thousand (23,000), more than 10,000 people is a substantial audience.\u00a0 In 2017 all the subway area near the University of Malta was kindly cleaned and all its safety features checked by Minister Ian Bor\u0121 after a detailed facebook Post posted by Lorna on Lorna Vassallo Page and her profile\/s. \u00a0\u00a0The advantages of a Facebook post over a newspaper article are the fact that other people can give their immediate feedback to the subject proposed by you and support it. This, apart from the fact that it can be published in no time at all, guaranteeing more immediate feedback in real time not only by the public but also by the Authorities. \u00a0\u00a0This type of Facebook post will also be available on this website for maximum exposure. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"title title--underline title--decoration-bottom-left\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"title__primary\">Others<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n[vc_column_text]Hemm diversi modi o\u0127ra kif wie\u0127ed iwassal il-messa\u0121\u0121 tieg\u0127u.\u00a0 Fil-passat Lorna Vassallo organizzat protesta (kontra l-bini ta\u2019 pompa tal-petrol \u0121ewwa l-Mellie\u0127a), appo\u0121\u0121jat u g\u0127adha tappo\u0121\u0121ja \u00a0avvenimenti\/protesti organizzati minn \u0127addie\u0127or (spe\u010bjalment fejn g\u0127andu x\u2019jaqsam il-\u0121bir ta\u2019 fondi g\u0127all-missjoni) kif ukoll organizzat residenti sabiex jissottomettu ilment jew jift\u0127u kaw\u017ca bejniethom hekk kif jirrikjedu \u010b-\u010birkustanzi.\u00a0 Kull proposta ti\u0121i me\u0127uda ka\u017c b\u2019ka\u017c u wara Lorna u t-tim tag\u0127ha jidde\u010biedu l-a\u0127jar mod kif tista\u2019 titmexxa \u2019l quddiem g\u0127all-a\u0127jar benefi\u010b\u010bju tieg\u0127ek.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>There are other ways and means of driving a message home. In the past Lorna Vassallo organised a protest (against the building of a petrol station in Mellie\u0127a), supported and still supports events\/protests organised by other organisations (especially where fund-raising for missionary work is concerned) as well as organized residents to file a common complaint or court case where the need arose.\u00a0 All proposals will be taken on a case by case basis and the best way to push your cause forward will be decided by Lorna and her team for your maximum benefit. <\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]B\u0127ala kandidat tal-Parlament Ewropew, Lorna Vassallo qieg\u0127da hemm sabiex tag\u0127ti pariri legali u o\u0127rajn lill-kostitwenti tag\u0127ha (li jinkludu Malta u G\u0127awdex kollha) sabiex ittejbilhom \u0127ajjithom.\u00a0 Jekk ma tg\u0127inekx personalment, hija tkun tista\u2019 tindikalek liema huma dawk in-nies li jistg\u0127u jg\u0127inuk l-a\u0127jar fl-istruttura tal-gvern bid-diffikultajiet u ilmenti tieg\u0127ek, sabiex kemm jista\u2019 jkun tinstab soluzzjoni.\u00a0 Billi Lorna<\/p>\n<div class=\"padding-top text-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/how-lorna-can-help\/\" class=\"atbtn atbtn--medium atbtn--rounded atbtn--transparent\">Read more<i class=\"atbtn__icon atbtn__icon--right fa fa-long-arrow-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648,"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vassallolorna.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}