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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2016 News Shipyard worker had been employed just one month before fatal accident MIRIAM DALLI ANIELLO Fariello of Italy had studied hard to become a naval engineer and his dream came true when, after graduating, he was employed by Palumbo S.p.A, just over a month ago. Fariello, 27, died on Monday at Dock 4 after a large steel winch used to secure mooring ropes hit him in the head. The winch came loose as workers were unwinding the moorings. He is believed to have died in- stantly. Fariello's death was picked up by Italian media, who reported that Fariello had spent his life studying naval engineering, his dream job. Originally from Marina di Pis- ciotta, Fariello left home after finishing high school in Cilento, to study naval engineering. In December he was employed by Palumbo who operates shipyards in Italy and France. According to Corriere del Mezzogiorno, Fariel- lo was forced to relocate to Malta to work here. Fariello's death was the second to occur at the Malta facility since last year, when Patrick Vella, a 36- year old diver who was working on a caisson, passed away after allegedly getting stuck in a gate valve. Contacted by MaltaToday, Ital- ian owner Antonio Palumbo said when asked about health and safety measures at the shipyard that health and safety at the place of work was of utmost priority. "Workers' safety is our main aim and it has been our central concern all along," he said. Palumbo was away from Malta at the time of the accident. Ex- plaining that he didn't know much about what had happened, the Italian owner said he was very concerned about the fatality and his thoughts were with the vic- tim's relatives. He added that based on prelimi- nary information, the accident was not related to safety issues. Aniello Fariello died after being struck in the head by a large steel winch [Photo: Corriere del Mezzogiorno] 2017 EU presidency earns Borg place in Forbes's 'under-30' list MATTHEW VELLA YOUNG Ian Borg, 29 – the former Dingli mayor elected to parliament in 2013 – has made the Forbes list of '30 Under 30' policy-makers as he gets closer to the 2017 presidency of the Eu- ropean Council. Borg is parliamentary secretary in the ministry for EU affairs, and handles the EU funds' port- folio and preparations for the 2017 presidency of the European Council, Malta's first ever stab at the rotating presidency. Every one of the accomplished leaders in Forbes's '30 Under 30' was personally vetted by a blue- ribbon panel of experts in their fields, namely: Politico Europe's executive editor Matthew Kamin- ski, formerly of the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the Economist; Historian and professor Fabrice d'Almeida, and Italian politics expert Professor Roberto D'Alimonte. "Our Policy class represents one of the most diverse groups of nationalities among our 10 lists. We have honorees from 15 coun- tries — several of whom hold positions within the European Parliament, which comprises the 28 member countries of the European Union and represents the diversity in valuable contri- butions among EU members," Forbes says. The youngest list member, 22- year-old Italian Jacopo Mele, is the co-founder and president of Homo Ex Machina and is viewed as an expert on environmental and social issues. He has ap- peared on national TV and has been a consultant to half-a-bil- lion dollar companies. Others include Lassana Bathily, the 25-year-old who is credited with saving the lives of several hostages in the Paris market two days after the Charlie Hebdo at- tack. He later received French citizenship for his heroic actions and has since gone on to write a book (titled "I Am Not a Hero") and continued activism through his eponymous organization. EU funds parliamentary secretary Ian Borg Students create film interpretations of Maltese poems MARTINA BORG MALTESE poems were the in- spiration behind 10 short films, produced by students, that were inaugurated yesterday by educa- tion minister Evarist Bartolo. The films were produced by MCAST students reading for a degree in Media Studies, in col- laboration with the Quality and Standards directorate of the ministry for education. The po- ems are part of the curriculum for Maltese literature students read before their 'O' Level ex- aminations. "The project, which has be- come an annual tradition, seeks to help students to learn new skills by reimagining works peo- ple are familiar with," lecturer and Media Studies coordinator Ian Attard said. He explained that media was being used in order to transpose and interpret works that have been around for years. "It is a way to reinvent and reawaken old works," he said. "The poems are therefore some- thing they remember well, and the project helps them to build skills and exert their creativity," he said, adding that the projects had included a large number of students. He explained that it had also presented students with the chance to interact with others. Bartolo thanked the partici- pants and urged them to apply their creativity in other media such as literature, drama, tech- nology, music and art. The group of poems the films were based on include works by contemporary poets such as Achille Mizzi, Maria Grech Ga- nado, Victor Fenech and Mario Azzopardi, alongside the greats of Maltese literature like Ruzar Briffa, Dun Karm and Anton Buttigieg. MCAST students Alexia Camilleri and Lynne Jo Fenech told MaltaToday that students had been permitted to choose whichever poem to adapt, and that the projects had taken around a month and a half. "Since I studied Maltese at Ad- vanced Level, the project was a unique way for me to adapt my studies to a more creative art form," Camilleri said, referring to her interpretation of Anton Buttigieg's 'Niftakar'. Speaking about her interpre- tation of Maria Grech Ganado's poem 'Jum San Valentin', Fenech said that she had tried to present the reality that the poem de- scribes. "Our aim was to show students the meaning and sense of the po- ems in as relatable a way as pos- sible," she added. MCAST students (left) produced short films based on Maltese poetry