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7 News Farrugia communicated details of his meeting with Austin Gatt to Trafigura officials. In February 2013, during a press conference held at his ministry, Austin Gatt claimed emails being published by MaltaToday relating to the case were "fake" – in one instance saying there were three different versions of the email being floated on social media channels, one with a Maltese heading, one with an English one and one with a totally different format. As it turned out, Gatt was quickly shown to have jumped to a mistaken conclusion in a bid to divert attention from the case. Gatt had denied meeting businessman George Farrugia over any alleged contracts for the procurement of fuel consignments to state utility Enemalta. "Gatt later held another press conference at the PN headquarters, which I attended, and where I declared that I never claimed nor stated that he had been bribed or received kickbacks himself," Balzan testified. "What I wrote was that amongst the meetings Farrugia had were several with Austin Gatt, and pertaining to lucrative oil deals. I never said any bribery took place during these meetings, but surely they spoke about the oil trade business. So it is impossible that Gatt, the energy minister, was not aware of what was going on at Enemalta." READ MORE @ Minister denies meeting businessman on oil procurement tinyurl.com/oznv3r6 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2013 Ministers join students for CPR training TIM ATTARD MONTALTO EDUCATION Minister Evarist Bartolo said that good education was not simply about end-of-year examinations, but also about developing important life skills. Bartolo was speaking at a training event organised yesterday morning by the Malta Resuscitation Council and Health and Safety Unit in Malta, in aid of the European Restart a Heart Day. The event, which took place at the Verdala Sports Complex in Cottonera, focused on the importance of non-medical persons knowing how to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of an emergency. "Education is not only about those sometimes 'annoying' subjects which we need to study for in order to do well in our exams. A substantial part of our education is also about learning certain skills which will help us throughout the course of our lives. Knowing how to administer CPR is certainly a life skill," he told the students. Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia said that such an event was "a great opportunity" for students to learn more about CPR because "in the case of an emergency and in the absence of professionals, the responsibility could fall on you. You should look at it as an opportunity to become leaders," he said. The Chairperson of the Malta Resuscitation Council, Jonathan Joslin, explained that knowing how to carry out CPR is very important in today's world. The training event was attended by teachers and secondary stu- The event focused on the importance of non-medical persons knowing how to deliver CPR in case of an emergency dents from ten colleges. Glen Aloysio, a 14-year-old student of the San Gorg Lyceum in Hamrun and a member of the Red Cross in Malta, was then invited by Joslin to demonstrate how CPR should be carried out. With the help of Joslin, Aloysio delivered an expert step-by-step guide to CPR. The students were then divided into separate groups, and with the help of experts, practiced on dummies. While one of her students attempted to 'resuscitate' the dummy, Marisa Azzopardi, a teacher in the Health and Safety department at Maria Regina College expressed her opinion on the importance of learning such skills at a young age. "I think it is crucial that we are taught these things, especially when we're still young. In that way, we grow up having knowledge on such important procedures. The reality is that someone's life can one day depend solely on you. With the proper training, we can be prepared for that," Azzopardi said. According to the Malta Resuscitation Council, around 350,000 Europeans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.