During Thursday, Prime Minister Robert Abela made a number of visits to Gozo that touched on various areas and sectors, including education and skills, emergency services, culture and public art, as well as enterprise.

During an official visit to the MCAST campus in Gozo, the Prime Minister met with the administration and spoke to several students who are pursuing their post-secondary studies there.

MCAST in Gozo currently hosts 218 full-time and 42 part-time students. This educational institution offers more than 20 full-time courses in several vocational fields, including IT, business and commerce, engineering, social care, health sciences and hairdressing courses.

The Prime Minister also visited the Civil Protection Department in Gozo. Here, he met with the workers and volunteers within the Department and thanked them for their essential work. The Civil Protection plays a central role in risk management and public protection. Through prevention, preparedness and necessary interventions, it offers services of equivalent quality to those in Malta.

In Gozo, the Civil Protection works closely with the Local Government and the community to inform residents about safety, and organises training and simulations to ensure effective and coordinated work in the event of emergencies.

The PM highlighted that the Government is “continuing to invest in the necessary infrastructure so that this essential service can also begin to plan for tomorrow’s needs, including through the construction of a new fire station. In the last two years, the Civil Protection in Gozo has invested in two small wildfire vehicles, as well as in another vehicle from among those recently announced.”

Dr Abela also had the opportunity to meet four Gozitan artists who have designed four new monuments as part of the Public Art Scheme. The Prime Minister viewed the four artistic works that will be installed over the coming months by artists Christopher Saliba, Austin Camilleri, Vince Caruana and Mario Agius.

The Prime Minister ended the day in Gozo with a visit to Tal-Massar Winery in G?arb – a family enterprise that embraces a long history and tradition in the field of wine production in Gozo. During this visit, the Prime Minister met with the management of this company, where it was explained how today it is the third generation of the family that is managing this enterprise.

The Prime Minister praised this work which, he said, “with wisdom and vision, is bringing together agriculture, quality, local produce and the tourist element.”

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