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41 Events maltatoday, Sunday, 3 November 2013 GO4MINI - win awesome prizes every day with GO GO mobile customers have the chance to participate in a trivia SMS competition and win great prizes. GO4Mini gives GO Mobile customers the chance to win an iPad Mini every day, one 42" TV and a €500 Fuel Voucher and, even better, a brand new car, a MINI One. The competition runs from the 4 November to the 17 November both days inclusive. The competition is open to all GO mobile customers who are 18 years of age and over and subscribed to any Pay As You GO or GO Pay Monthly plan. To participate, customers just need to send an SMS to 50700300 with the word 'MINI'. Participants will then receive two initial messages. The first includes information about prizes and the cost of each SMS. The second message contains a trivia question. The participant needs to respond with the correct answer by simply sending '1' or '2'. Each SMS sent by the participant costs €1.20. SMS which form part of a monthly bundle cannot be used for the purpose of this competition. Throughout the competition participants can collect points by answering correctly to questions. Each question has two answers – a correct answer and a wrong answer. Each correct answer is rewarded with points. Points are carried forward from one day to the next. An iPad Mini will be awarded every day of the week including Sundays. All participants sending at least one SMS to 50700300 on the day are eligible to win the daily prize. A MINI One will be awarded on the final day of the competition. All participants are eligible to win the MINI. The number of points accumulated through correct answers gives participants a better chance of winning any of the prizes. Participants will be able to reply to a maximum of 30 trivia questions per day. Speaking about the competition, First edition of the Dragonara Poker open in November 2013 As part of its new Poker set up, Dragonara Casino is proud to announce its flagship Poker Event – The Dragonara Poker Open to be held within the Dragonara Casino from 28 November – 1 December. The event, to be organised over four days will kick start the first of its kind Poker Tournament for the season. The First Edition of Dragonara Poker Open will attract a total of 300 international and local players for this Texas Hold'EM event. "Dragonara Casino is intensifying its drive to attract the best Poker Events in the region," said Johann Schembri – Managing Director of Dragonara Gaming Limited. "This is our third announcement within a few weeks, after earlier this month we announced that Dragonara Casino is also hosting Dealer EM in September 2014 – The European Poker Championship for Casino Dealers, and the Deep Stakes Poker Tour in November 2014. Our aim is to organise at least 2 International Poker events per month throughout 2014," Schembri concluded. Additional details on the Dragonara Poker Open can be found on www.dragonaracasino.com and on the Dragonara Poker Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/DragonaraPoker win awesome prizes! Within the next couple of weeks our customers will be competing to win an iPad Mini every day, 2 random prizes of a 42" TV and a €500 Fuel Voucher and finally the grand prize of a new car – a MINI One." "We know that our customers love the chance to answer trivia questions and win prizes and this is why we are running this new GO4MINI SMS competition," he said. If participants wish to opt-out of the competition, they can do so simply by texting 'STOP' to 50700333 free of charge." Simon Falzon, Product Manager – Mobile at GO, said: "We are delighted to give our mobile cus- Conservation exercise on two Renaissance paintings kicks off, thanks to Banif Bank Banif Bank is once again collaborating with the University of Malta's Department of History of Art Research Programme for the study of Late Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture, by allocating funds for the diagnostic tests and restoration of two important Renaissance paintings dating to 15101515. The paintings that will be studied and restored are two of eleven or more paintings from a polyptych by Antonio de Saliba, produced for the medieval Rabat Franciscan Minor Observants' Church of Santa Maria di Gesù (Ta' Gieżu). This commission illustrates an interesting example of Franciscan patronage which reached the renowned follower of Antonello da Messina, who enjoyed great repute in Eastern Sicily in the early decades of the sixteenth century. This commission also proves that the Maltese Islands possessed great works of Renaissance art prior to the arrival of the Knights in 1530. Banif Bank and the Research Programme for Late Medieval and Renaissance Art have already collabo- Emirates arrives in Guinea Emirates launched services to Conakry in the Republic of Guinea, marking its 24th destination in Africa and sixth new destination launch since January 2013. Situated on the Atlantic coast of Africa, Conakry is the nation's economic, financial and cultural centre, home to an estimated population of 2 million people, almost a quarter of the nation's total population. Agriculture and mineral production are Guinea's main economic activities. The country is also one of the world's largest producers of bauxite, and has rich deposits of diamonds and gold. Emirates' Conakry service, which is linked to its existing Dakar operation, provides new opportunities for business and leisure travellers in Guinea to seamlessly connect to Emirates' worldwide network through its Dubai hub, particularly to destinations in China and other cities in Asia, the Middle East, India, and Australia. "We are excited to be able to serve our customers in Guinea with our new Conakry flight, and expect Dubai to be a popular choice for business travellers seeking commercial opportunities and onward flight connections, as well as for leisure travellers looking for world-class accommodation and entertainment options," said Hubert Frach, Emirates' Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations West. Travellers on the Dubai-ConakryDakar flight will fly on Airbus A340-300 aircraft, with a three class configuration featuring Emirates' award-winning service and passenger comforts, including hundreds of channels of on-demand inflight entertainment, the ability to send and receive emails and text messages, meals prepared by gourmet chefs and superior service from the airline's international cabin crew recruited from over 130 countries. In addition to passenger services, Emirates SkyCargo offers nearly 13 tomers the opportunity to enjoy themselves through a trivia SMS competition and get the chance to For more information on the GO4Mini SMS competition, customers can call GO customer care anytime on 146 – free from their GO mobile connection – or Freephone 8007 2121. Alternatively they can opt to visit the website www.go.com.mt. Further details are also available on the GO Facebook page. Terms and conditions apply tonnes of cargo capacity per flight, supporting Guinea's key exports of perishables such as fresh fish, fruits, vegetables, rock and oil samples, and imports of general cargo, pharmaceuticals, textiles, mobile phones and electronics, mining equipment and machinery. The linked service to Dakar will operate four times a week each Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Emirates flight EK795 departs Dubai at 07:20hrs and arrives at Conakry International Airport at 14:00 hours the same day. The flight will then depart Conakry at 15:25hrs arriving in Dakar at 17:05hrs, then departing Dakar at 18:35hrs to arrive in Dubai at 07:40 the next day. Emirates operates four scheduled flights weekly from Malta to Dubai via Larnaka, Cyprus, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. While on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, Emirates operates direct flights from Dubai to Malta and return flights fly via Tripoli From left, Roderick Abela (ReCoop), Fr Gino Gauci (Artistic Advisor to the Franciscan Minors) and Charlene Vella (University of Malta) discussing what the diagnostic tests sponsored by Banif will reveal rated on the restoration intervention of a Madonna and Child Enthroned in Żejtun Parish Church (now in the Parish Museum). The painting was diagnostically tested and restored last year by ReCoop Laboratories. "Malta possesses paintings of great art historical significance by the followers of Antonello da Messina," said Professor Mario Buhagiar, who directs the Research Programme, assisted by Charlene Vella. "We are very grateful to Banif Bank for recognising the importance of this exercise and for the generous support extended to us once again." Retouchings and repaintings that have been added to the panels probably in the late nineteenth century, alter the original features of both paintings under study. Diagnostic tests carried out on the paint layers, as well as IR, UV and X-Ray photography, will help determine the medium used for the execution of the panels, the type of wood used, the structure of the polyptych and how the panels were held together, as well as the way forward with regard to the methodology for restoration to be employed. Restoring these two paintings will bring them closer to the original work of Antonio de Saliba, and this task is once again being entrusted to ReCoop. Atlas Insurance PCC Limited and Island Insurance Brokers also contributed towards this project. Island Insurance acted as advisers on the project's insurance and risk management requirements while Atlas provided the necessary insurance cover for transportation and storage at the laboratories. These services were offered without charge as part of the organisations' social corporate responsibility. Lawrence Pavia from Island Insurance said 'it has been a pleasure to be part of this project and to be associated with Malta's cultural heritage' noting further that the company, now in its 25th year of operation, has always been supportive to the local art scene." On their part, Atlas Insurance are not newcomers to supporting the preservation of Malta's national heritage. Atlas Insurance's Chief Commercial Officer Robert Micallef talked about Atlas' satisfaction in being instrumental in preserving this part of our heritage through Atlas' Corporate Social Responsibility Programme. "We are proud to support our heritage and firmly believe in the importance of its rehabilitation to keep Malta's culture and history alive for the generations to come. We are incredibly lucky to have such a rich culture and history considering our size and population and must do our best to support the preservation of the past and the generation of the history of the future."

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