The Tagle family holds great importance in the Spanish nobility, as it was one of the most important noble families in Spain and Mexico in the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. The ancient lineage of Tagle, originating in the place of Tagle, near Santillana del Mar, in the Mountains of Santander, Cantabria where in the sixteenth century an ancient tower was built. Founded in March 1483, the land was a donation of Sancho de Tagle as a gift to his eldest son. The name exists in the village at least since 1237, when a Juan de Tagle confirms a deed of the Collegiate Hall.
Origins
It is said that the family line comes from the great house of Velarde, who flourished in the mountains of Santander, The origin of the family was said to have came from a gentleman named Sancho Velarde, who was found in the court of Pelagius; King of Asturias. Pelagius (Spanish: Pelayo, Portuguese: Pelágio; died in 737) was the founder of the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. He is credited with beginning the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, in so far as he established an independent Christian state in opposition to Moorish hegemony, but there is no strong evidence that he either intended to resuscitate the old Visigothic kingdom or was motivated by any religious desire.
Sancho Velarde was presented to the King and he said: "My Lord, this brave knight of yours waited three days to answer the challenge of the foul serpent (the Moors), and yet none dared to go to combat such, I swear by God that hears me, that your knight will die if he fails to bring the head of the infidel". The king gave his support to Sancho Velarde and even promised to marry his daughter to the brave knight once he proved to be victorious. The cavalier fought until Sancho Velarde defeated the Muslims and cut off the head of the Moorish leader, whose rulers and troops were filled with terror and dispersed and thus the city was free again. King Pelagius fulfilled his promise and he married the noble and his daughter Infanta Iñiga of Asturias, and thanked him. Since then he and his descendants held the Lordship of the land of Tagle and the tittle Vizcondado de Tagle, where he built his tower, the Tower of Solariega which is now in ruins.
Coat of Arms
The Noble Family of Tagle holds the ancient arms which depict a knight in armor mounted in on a horse that is killing a green scaled serpent next to a lady (princess) wearing a blue skirt and a red royal mantle. In addition they often add the motto “Tagle se llamó el que la sierpe mato y con la Infanta casó” which translates as "Whom serpent slayed and Infanta espoused, Tagle was called".
This is confirmed in office crest of the Marquis de Torre Tagle and another was issued in Madrid on March 26 1779 by Don Juan Felix de Rújula in favor of Don Francisco Antonio Ruiz-Tagle. Another version of the arms depicts a shield divided into four sections: the first is a knight on horseback with a spear in his hand, killing a snake.
The second one shows a cypress with an eagle on the top. A princess in the third and the fourth one depicts a hound with two fleur-de-lis (a symbol that has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries. It is particularly associated with the French Monarchy in a historical context, and continues to appear in the arms of the King of Spain and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, members of the House of Bourbon) above it.
Mexico
A descendant of the Tagle family in the Mexican nobility was a founding member of the now defunct Mexican Imperial Family. The first Emperor of Mexico, Agustin I, married Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz, the daughter of the nobleman Isidro Huarte y Arrivillaga and Ana Manuela Muñíz y Sánchez de Tagle. She was the Grandaughter of the Marquis of Altamira. The aristocratic title of 'Marquis of Altamira' was created by favor of His Majesty King Philip V of Spain on the 23rd of December 1702. It was a promotion from the previous title of 'Vizcondado of Tagle' given to Don Luis Sánchez de Tagle, but certain records show that the family has held the title of 'Marquis' since the 1600’s during the time of Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, Marquis of Altamira and Knight of the Order of Calatrava. Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle is considered the Father of Tequila.
Emperor Agustin I of Mexico, born Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu, was originally a Mexican Army General who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821; decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. Agustin’s father, Joaquín de Iturbide, came from a Basque noble family who received their title from King Juan II of Aragon. After the declaration of independence on September 28, 1821, it was the intention of the Mexican Parliament to establish a commonwealth whereby Ferdinand VII of Spain would also be Emperor of Mexico—both countries were to be governed by separate laws and with their own legislative offices.
Should the king refuse the position, the law provided for a member of the House of Bourbon to accede to the Mexican Throne. Ferdinand VII, however, did not recognize Mexico's independence and demanded that no other European prince take the throne of Mexico. After Mexico was declared and recognized as an independent state, Agustin Iturbide was backed and influenced by Mexico's conservadores who favored an independent Mexico with a monarch from one of the European Royal Families as head of state. When no European royals accepted Mexico's offer (as Spain still had hopes of taking Mexico back), Iturbide was persuaded by his advisers to be named Emperor in the manner of Napoleon I. Accounts stress that Iturbide initially rejected the offer in favor of persuading King Fernando VII of Spain to change his mind about ruling Mexico but then reluctantly accepted. Agustin Iturbide's official title was “Por la Divina Providencia y por el Congreso de la Nación, Primer Emperador Constitucional de México” which translates as “By Divine Providence and the National Congress, First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico". His coronation took place on July 21, 1822, in Mexico City.
Emperor Agustin I and Empress Ana Maria of Mexico founded the House of Iturbide which ruled Mexico from 1821 to 1823. The Royal House still continues today, but the male line died out with Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Itúrbide y de Marzán—the two adoptive sons of the next emperor, Maximilian I of Mexico. The Imperial House is still continued today through the line of Don Salvador's daughter, Doña Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, Princess Imperial of Mexico. The House of Iturbide holds no recognition from the Mexican government, not even in protocolary events.
Peru
From the mountains of Santander, a branch of the family went to Peru. One member of the family, Don Jose de Tagle y Bracho; who was then the Treasurer to the Spanish Royal Armada proved his nobility in 1715 in the Order of Santiago, Calatrava on 1734 and 1749 and in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid on 1721 , 1723, 1733, and in the Royal Society of Marine Guardias 1762 and was created Marquis of Torre Tagle on 26 November 1730 by the courtesy of His Majesty King Philip V of Spain and Juan Antonio Tagle y Bracho, Captain Militias of Lima, was created Count of Tagle in House of Trasierra on August 25 1744. Being one of the most powerful man in Peru and member of the most important aristocratic families in Spain, the Marquis of Torre Tagle issued the construction of a palace to serve as his personal residence. The majestic palace is the Torre Tagle Palace located in the city of Lima.
During the Peruvian War of Independence from Spain, a member of the Tagle Family played a very important role. The man accredited to this was José Bernardo de Tagle; 4th Marquis de Torre Tagle and Marquis of Trujillo. José Bernardo was the President of Peru from 1823 to 1824. Born in Lima, 21 March, 1779, he was the son of José Manuel Tagle y Isasaga; 3rd Marquis of Torre Tagle and María Mercedes Zamudio y Portocarrero; both aristocratic Peruvians of Spanish ancestors and belonged to one of the best and well known aristocratic families in Spain. He was also the Great-grandson of Don Jose Tagle y Bracho: 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle, and the man who issued the construction of the majestic Torre Tagle Palace. José Bernardo attained the rank of colonel of the army, and, being elected deputy to the Cortes, was sent to Spain in 1813 with special recommendation for his good services. Being promoted brigadier, he was appointed inspector of the army of Peru and intendant of the department of Trujillo.
When General José de San Martín landed in Peru, Tagle was the first Peruvian officer to hoist the national flag in the north, and on 24 December, 1820, proclaimed independence in Trujillo. On 26 July, 1822, he was appointed provisional president by San Martin when the latter went to meet Bolivar in Guayaquil. After the departure of San Martin for Chile, on 20 September, Tagle was elected member of the triumvirate under La March. Although some isolated stirrings for independence had manifested themselves earlier in Peru, San Martín's invasion persuaded the conservative creole intendant of Trujillo, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, that Peru's liberation was at hand and that he should proclaim independence. It was symptomatic of the conservative nature of the viceroyalty that the internal forces now declaring for independence were led by a leading creole aristocrat, the 4th Marquis of Torre Tagle, whose monarchist sympathies for any future political order coincided with those of the Argentine liberator.
In January, 1823, congress appointed him President; but a military mutiny deposed him and proclaimed Riva Aguero on 28 February. After the deposition of the latter and his retreat to Trujillo, Tagle was appointed president by Antonio José de Sucre on 20 July, and elected by congress on 16 August, and Simón Bolívar, who on his arrival on 1 September, had been proclaimed dictator, left him in charge of the government.
When the garrison of Callao revolted, 5 February, 1824, for arrears of pay, and, Tagle failing to provide the necessary means, pronounced for Spain, Bolivar sent General Necochea to arrest him, and congress deposed him on 10 February. Fearing to be shot by order of a court-martial, he fled to Callao, where the rebels kept him a prisoner, and on the reoccupation of Lima by the Spaniards; he was offered the place as governor of the capital, but declined, preferring to remain a prisoner of war.
After the beginning of the siege of Callao, he tried several times to be admitted on board the blockading Chilean fleet, but Admiral Blanco Encalada refused to receive him except as a prisoner, and he perished with his whole family by the disease that was caused by the famine due to the protracted siege. Although he was not a traitor to his country, as charged by his enemies, he caused great misfortunes by his want of energy and vacillating policy.
Chile
In Chile, the Tagle Family also played great importance on the country’s politics. Francisco Ruiz-Tagle was a Chilean political figure. In 1830, he was briefly president of the country. Provisional President of Republic of Chile elected by Congress. He was born in Santiago; the son of Manuel Ruiz de Tagle y Jaraquemada and of María del Rosario Portales Larraín. In his youth and according to the social norms of the time, he also became a militia officer in the "Regimiento del Principe" (Prince's regiment). He married Rosario Larraín Rojas and had nine children. The son of a royalist family, he was a tepid participant in the Chilean War of Independence, specially during the period of the first Government Juntas. After the Battle of Maipu, he became an ardent independentist and joined the Conservative party.
Now, his descendant Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle has taken his mantle. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was the President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. Frei Ruiz-Tagle is currently the candidate of the ruling Concertación coalition for the 2009 presidential election. The family of Chilean Ruiz-Tagle is a branch of the family of Spanish Tagle y Bracho, who had high social status in Peru in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and which belonged to the Marquis de Torre Tagle.
Philippines
In the Philippines where the country experienced 300 years of Spanish conquest, the Tagle family managed to find their way to the Spanish colony. One particular member of the family was Don Pedro Pérez de Tagle, an officer in the Spanish Royal Guards who settled in the Philippines about 200 years ago and would represent the colony at the Spanish Cortes at its opening in 1810. The members of the Tagle family are well known mestizos as they had married into Spanish-Tagalog mestizo families.
Nowadays the noble blood line of Tagle have conquered almost half of the entire world, spanning many generations and walks of life, traveling the world on an ocean voyage starting at Santander; Cantabria and sailing around to Peru and Southern America and getting as far as The Philippine Islands by going the long and only way around.
Origins
It is said that the family line comes from the great house of Velarde, who flourished in the mountains of Santander, The origin of the family was said to have came from a gentleman named Sancho Velarde, who was found in the court of Pelagius; King of Asturias. Pelagius (Spanish: Pelayo, Portuguese: Pelágio; died in 737) was the founder of the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling from 718 until his death. He is credited with beginning the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, in so far as he established an independent Christian state in opposition to Moorish hegemony, but there is no strong evidence that he either intended to resuscitate the old Visigothic kingdom or was motivated by any religious desire.
Sancho Velarde was presented to the King and he said: "My Lord, this brave knight of yours waited three days to answer the challenge of the foul serpent (the Moors), and yet none dared to go to combat such, I swear by God that hears me, that your knight will die if he fails to bring the head of the infidel". The king gave his support to Sancho Velarde and even promised to marry his daughter to the brave knight once he proved to be victorious. The cavalier fought until Sancho Velarde defeated the Muslims and cut off the head of the Moorish leader, whose rulers and troops were filled with terror and dispersed and thus the city was free again. King Pelagius fulfilled his promise and he married the noble and his daughter Infanta Iñiga of Asturias, and thanked him. Since then he and his descendants held the Lordship of the land of Tagle and the tittle Vizcondado de Tagle, where he built his tower, the Tower of Solariega which is now in ruins.
Coat of Arms
The Noble Family of Tagle holds the ancient arms which depict a knight in armor mounted in on a horse that is killing a green scaled serpent next to a lady (princess) wearing a blue skirt and a red royal mantle. In addition they often add the motto “Tagle se llamó el que la sierpe mato y con la Infanta casó” which translates as "Whom serpent slayed and Infanta espoused, Tagle was called".
This is confirmed in office crest of the Marquis de Torre Tagle and another was issued in Madrid on March 26 1779 by Don Juan Felix de Rújula in favor of Don Francisco Antonio Ruiz-Tagle. Another version of the arms depicts a shield divided into four sections: the first is a knight on horseback with a spear in his hand, killing a snake.
The second one shows a cypress with an eagle on the top. A princess in the third and the fourth one depicts a hound with two fleur-de-lis (a symbol that has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags over the centuries. It is particularly associated with the French Monarchy in a historical context, and continues to appear in the arms of the King of Spain and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, members of the House of Bourbon) above it.
Mexico
A descendant of the Tagle family in the Mexican nobility was a founding member of the now defunct Mexican Imperial Family. The first Emperor of Mexico, Agustin I, married Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz, the daughter of the nobleman Isidro Huarte y Arrivillaga and Ana Manuela Muñíz y Sánchez de Tagle. She was the Grandaughter of the Marquis of Altamira. The aristocratic title of 'Marquis of Altamira' was created by favor of His Majesty King Philip V of Spain on the 23rd of December 1702. It was a promotion from the previous title of 'Vizcondado of Tagle' given to Don Luis Sánchez de Tagle, but certain records show that the family has held the title of 'Marquis' since the 1600’s during the time of Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, Marquis of Altamira and Knight of the Order of Calatrava. Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle is considered the Father of Tequila.
Emperor Agustin I of Mexico, born Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Aramburu, was originally a Mexican Army General who built a successful political and military coalition that was able to march into Mexico City on 27 September 1821; decisively ending the Mexican War of Independence from Spain. Agustin’s father, Joaquín de Iturbide, came from a Basque noble family who received their title from King Juan II of Aragon. After the declaration of independence on September 28, 1821, it was the intention of the Mexican Parliament to establish a commonwealth whereby Ferdinand VII of Spain would also be Emperor of Mexico—both countries were to be governed by separate laws and with their own legislative offices.
Should the king refuse the position, the law provided for a member of the House of Bourbon to accede to the Mexican Throne. Ferdinand VII, however, did not recognize Mexico's independence and demanded that no other European prince take the throne of Mexico. After Mexico was declared and recognized as an independent state, Agustin Iturbide was backed and influenced by Mexico's conservadores who favored an independent Mexico with a monarch from one of the European Royal Families as head of state. When no European royals accepted Mexico's offer (as Spain still had hopes of taking Mexico back), Iturbide was persuaded by his advisers to be named Emperor in the manner of Napoleon I. Accounts stress that Iturbide initially rejected the offer in favor of persuading King Fernando VII of Spain to change his mind about ruling Mexico but then reluctantly accepted. Agustin Iturbide's official title was “Por la Divina Providencia y por el Congreso de la Nación, Primer Emperador Constitucional de México” which translates as “By Divine Providence and the National Congress, First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico". His coronation took place on July 21, 1822, in Mexico City.
Emperor Agustin I and Empress Ana Maria of Mexico founded the House of Iturbide which ruled Mexico from 1821 to 1823. The Royal House still continues today, but the male line died out with Agustín de Iturbide y Green and Salvador de Itúrbide y de Marzán—the two adoptive sons of the next emperor, Maximilian I of Mexico. The Imperial House is still continued today through the line of Don Salvador's daughter, Doña Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide, Princess Imperial of Mexico. The House of Iturbide holds no recognition from the Mexican government, not even in protocolary events.
Peru
From the mountains of Santander, a branch of the family went to Peru. One member of the family, Don Jose de Tagle y Bracho; who was then the Treasurer to the Spanish Royal Armada proved his nobility in 1715 in the Order of Santiago, Calatrava on 1734 and 1749 and in the Royal Chancery of Valladolid on 1721 , 1723, 1733, and in the Royal Society of Marine Guardias 1762 and was created Marquis of Torre Tagle on 26 November 1730 by the courtesy of His Majesty King Philip V of Spain and Juan Antonio Tagle y Bracho, Captain Militias of Lima, was created Count of Tagle in House of Trasierra on August 25 1744. Being one of the most powerful man in Peru and member of the most important aristocratic families in Spain, the Marquis of Torre Tagle issued the construction of a palace to serve as his personal residence. The majestic palace is the Torre Tagle Palace located in the city of Lima.
During the Peruvian War of Independence from Spain, a member of the Tagle Family played a very important role. The man accredited to this was José Bernardo de Tagle; 4th Marquis de Torre Tagle and Marquis of Trujillo. José Bernardo was the President of Peru from 1823 to 1824. Born in Lima, 21 March, 1779, he was the son of José Manuel Tagle y Isasaga; 3rd Marquis of Torre Tagle and María Mercedes Zamudio y Portocarrero; both aristocratic Peruvians of Spanish ancestors and belonged to one of the best and well known aristocratic families in Spain. He was also the Great-grandson of Don Jose Tagle y Bracho: 1st Marquis of Torre Tagle, and the man who issued the construction of the majestic Torre Tagle Palace. José Bernardo attained the rank of colonel of the army, and, being elected deputy to the Cortes, was sent to Spain in 1813 with special recommendation for his good services. Being promoted brigadier, he was appointed inspector of the army of Peru and intendant of the department of Trujillo.
When General José de San Martín landed in Peru, Tagle was the first Peruvian officer to hoist the national flag in the north, and on 24 December, 1820, proclaimed independence in Trujillo. On 26 July, 1822, he was appointed provisional president by San Martin when the latter went to meet Bolivar in Guayaquil. After the departure of San Martin for Chile, on 20 September, Tagle was elected member of the triumvirate under La March. Although some isolated stirrings for independence had manifested themselves earlier in Peru, San Martín's invasion persuaded the conservative creole intendant of Trujillo, José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, that Peru's liberation was at hand and that he should proclaim independence. It was symptomatic of the conservative nature of the viceroyalty that the internal forces now declaring for independence were led by a leading creole aristocrat, the 4th Marquis of Torre Tagle, whose monarchist sympathies for any future political order coincided with those of the Argentine liberator.
In January, 1823, congress appointed him President; but a military mutiny deposed him and proclaimed Riva Aguero on 28 February. After the deposition of the latter and his retreat to Trujillo, Tagle was appointed president by Antonio José de Sucre on 20 July, and elected by congress on 16 August, and Simón Bolívar, who on his arrival on 1 September, had been proclaimed dictator, left him in charge of the government.
When the garrison of Callao revolted, 5 February, 1824, for arrears of pay, and, Tagle failing to provide the necessary means, pronounced for Spain, Bolivar sent General Necochea to arrest him, and congress deposed him on 10 February. Fearing to be shot by order of a court-martial, he fled to Callao, where the rebels kept him a prisoner, and on the reoccupation of Lima by the Spaniards; he was offered the place as governor of the capital, but declined, preferring to remain a prisoner of war.
After the beginning of the siege of Callao, he tried several times to be admitted on board the blockading Chilean fleet, but Admiral Blanco Encalada refused to receive him except as a prisoner, and he perished with his whole family by the disease that was caused by the famine due to the protracted siege. Although he was not a traitor to his country, as charged by his enemies, he caused great misfortunes by his want of energy and vacillating policy.
Chile
In Chile, the Tagle Family also played great importance on the country’s politics. Francisco Ruiz-Tagle was a Chilean political figure. In 1830, he was briefly president of the country. Provisional President of Republic of Chile elected by Congress. He was born in Santiago; the son of Manuel Ruiz de Tagle y Jaraquemada and of María del Rosario Portales Larraín. In his youth and according to the social norms of the time, he also became a militia officer in the "Regimiento del Principe" (Prince's regiment). He married Rosario Larraín Rojas and had nine children. The son of a royalist family, he was a tepid participant in the Chilean War of Independence, specially during the period of the first Government Juntas. After the Battle of Maipu, he became an ardent independentist and joined the Conservative party.
Now, his descendant Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle has taken his mantle. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle was the President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He is currently Senator for Los Ríos and was President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. Frei Ruiz-Tagle is currently the candidate of the ruling Concertación coalition for the 2009 presidential election. The family of Chilean Ruiz-Tagle is a branch of the family of Spanish Tagle y Bracho, who had high social status in Peru in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and which belonged to the Marquis de Torre Tagle.
Philippines
In the Philippines where the country experienced 300 years of Spanish conquest, the Tagle family managed to find their way to the Spanish colony. One particular member of the family was Don Pedro Pérez de Tagle, an officer in the Spanish Royal Guards who settled in the Philippines about 200 years ago and would represent the colony at the Spanish Cortes at its opening in 1810. The members of the Tagle family are well known mestizos as they had married into Spanish-Tagalog mestizo families.
Nowadays the noble blood line of Tagle have conquered almost half of the entire world, spanning many generations and walks of life, traveling the world on an ocean voyage starting at Santander; Cantabria and sailing around to Peru and Southern America and getting as far as The Philippine Islands by going the long and only way around.
The Malta Association of Dental Students M.A.D.S. is a non-profit, senate-recognised, association, aimed at promoting the study of dentistry in Malta, and representing and protecting the interest of all local dental surgery students studying at the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the University of Malta.
The MADS is based at the Medical School and operates within the Faculty of Dental Surgery.
The Association is affiliated with the International Association of Dental Students (I.A.D.S.)
Highlights throughout the year are the organisation of a Christmas Gala Dinner,a Summer BBQ, other social events including parties, and a number of first aid courses.
The MADS is managed by an Executive Committee elected at the beginning of every academic year at the Association’s Annual General Meeting. The Executive Committee is made up of ten officials namely the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Information Technology Officer, 2 National Exchange Officers, Activities Organiser, Social Policy Commissioner, Dental Education Officer and the Public Health Officer. Apart from the Executive Committee, the MADS can have specific subcommittees such as the one that was set up to organise the Malta 2000 IADS-YDW Worldwide Dental Congress.
Executive Committee 2005-2006
*President - Adrienne Busuttil
*Secretary General - Monique Portelli
*Treasurer - Erika Zahra
*I.T. Officer - Neil Schembri
*National Exchange Officers - Tim Vella Briffa, Roberta Psaila
*Public Health Officer - Darien Cini
*Sports and Entertainment Officer - Melissa Spiteri
*Social Policy Commissioner - Roberto Cutajar
*Dental Education Officer - Jan Degiorgio
*Faculty Board Officer - Matthew Cachia
Executive Committee 2006-2007
*President - Tim Vella Briffa
*Secretary General - Roberta Psaila
*Treasurer - Erika Zahra
*I.T. Officer - Neil Schembri
*National Exchange Officer - Michael Brincat
*Assistant Neo - Maria Abela
*Public Health Officer - Daniela Santucci
*Activities Organiser - Ali
*Social Policy Commissioner - Andrew Vella
*Dental Education Officer - Luke Ungaro
*Faculty Board Officer - Matthew Cachia
Executive Committee 2007-2008
The Executive Committee for 2007-2008 was chosen during the Annual General Meeting held on the 25th of October 2007 at the Medical School in St Lukes Hospital. This was the last AGM held at St Lukes hospital due to the opening of the new state of the art hospital: Mater Dei.
*President - Neil Schembri
*Secretary General - Andrew Vella
*Treasurer - Maria Abela
*I.T. Officer - James Frederick Attard
*National Exchange Officers - Jan Degiorgio and Peter Borg
*Public Health Officer - Daniela Santucci
*Activities Organiser - Kirsty Galea
*Social Policy Commissioner - Cher Farrugia
*Dental Education Officer - Luke Ungaro
*Faculty Board Officer - Darien Cini
Executive Committee 2008-2009
*President - Jan Degiorgio
*Secretary General - Amanda Tabone
*Treasurer - Kirsty Galea
*I.T. Officer - James Frederick Attard
*National Exchange Officers - Peter Borg & Luke Ungaro
*Public Health Officer - Maria Vella
*Activities Organiser - Roberto Cutajar
*Social Policy Commissioner - Cher Farrugia
*Dental Education Officer - Gabrielle Cordina
*Faculty Board Officer - Darien Cini
Executive Committee 2009-2010
*President - James Frederick Attard
*Secretary General - Kirsty Galea
*Treasurer - Amanda Tabone
*I.T. Officer - Josef Awad
*National Exchange Officers - Luke Ungaro & Sarah Vella
*Public Health Officer - Cher Farrugia
*Activities Organiser - Ann DeGaetano
*Social Policy Commissioner - Sarah Ghio
*Dental Education Officer - Maria Magri
*Faculty Board Officer - Gabrielle Cordina
History of the Faculty of Dental Surgery
The first course leading to a degree in Dental Surgery, at the University of Malta, commenced in 1933. The qualification was recognized by the Medical Council of the United Kingdom in 1936.
Dental Surgery was established as a separate Faculty in 1954, previous to which the course was under the direction of a Board of Studies within the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
The Faculty now caters for an undergraduate intake of 8 students annually. The course of studies is under constant review to conform with the Directives and Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Dental Practitioner of E.C..
The Faculty regularly invites overseas visiting lecturers and an overseas external examiner participates fully in the Final Examination. The degree granted by the University of Malta is recognised for full registration by the General Dental Council of United Kingdom. The Faculty provides facilities for M.Phil research programmes.
The MADS is based at the Medical School and operates within the Faculty of Dental Surgery.
The Association is affiliated with the International Association of Dental Students (I.A.D.S.)
Highlights throughout the year are the organisation of a Christmas Gala Dinner,a Summer BBQ, other social events including parties, and a number of first aid courses.
The MADS is managed by an Executive Committee elected at the beginning of every academic year at the Association’s Annual General Meeting. The Executive Committee is made up of ten officials namely the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Information Technology Officer, 2 National Exchange Officers, Activities Organiser, Social Policy Commissioner, Dental Education Officer and the Public Health Officer. Apart from the Executive Committee, the MADS can have specific subcommittees such as the one that was set up to organise the Malta 2000 IADS-YDW Worldwide Dental Congress.
Executive Committee 2005-2006
*President - Adrienne Busuttil
*Secretary General - Monique Portelli
*Treasurer - Erika Zahra
*I.T. Officer - Neil Schembri
*National Exchange Officers - Tim Vella Briffa, Roberta Psaila
*Public Health Officer - Darien Cini
*Sports and Entertainment Officer - Melissa Spiteri
*Social Policy Commissioner - Roberto Cutajar
*Dental Education Officer - Jan Degiorgio
*Faculty Board Officer - Matthew Cachia
Executive Committee 2006-2007
*President - Tim Vella Briffa
*Secretary General - Roberta Psaila
*Treasurer - Erika Zahra
*I.T. Officer - Neil Schembri
*National Exchange Officer - Michael Brincat
*Assistant Neo - Maria Abela
*Public Health Officer - Daniela Santucci
*Activities Organiser - Ali
*Social Policy Commissioner - Andrew Vella
*Dental Education Officer - Luke Ungaro
*Faculty Board Officer - Matthew Cachia
Executive Committee 2007-2008
The Executive Committee for 2007-2008 was chosen during the Annual General Meeting held on the 25th of October 2007 at the Medical School in St Lukes Hospital. This was the last AGM held at St Lukes hospital due to the opening of the new state of the art hospital: Mater Dei.
*President - Neil Schembri
*Secretary General - Andrew Vella
*Treasurer - Maria Abela
*I.T. Officer - James Frederick Attard
*National Exchange Officers - Jan Degiorgio and Peter Borg
*Public Health Officer - Daniela Santucci
*Activities Organiser - Kirsty Galea
*Social Policy Commissioner - Cher Farrugia
*Dental Education Officer - Luke Ungaro
*Faculty Board Officer - Darien Cini
Executive Committee 2008-2009
*President - Jan Degiorgio
*Secretary General - Amanda Tabone
*Treasurer - Kirsty Galea
*I.T. Officer - James Frederick Attard
*National Exchange Officers - Peter Borg & Luke Ungaro
*Public Health Officer - Maria Vella
*Activities Organiser - Roberto Cutajar
*Social Policy Commissioner - Cher Farrugia
*Dental Education Officer - Gabrielle Cordina
*Faculty Board Officer - Darien Cini
Executive Committee 2009-2010
*President - James Frederick Attard
*Secretary General - Kirsty Galea
*Treasurer - Amanda Tabone
*I.T. Officer - Josef Awad
*National Exchange Officers - Luke Ungaro & Sarah Vella
*Public Health Officer - Cher Farrugia
*Activities Organiser - Ann DeGaetano
*Social Policy Commissioner - Sarah Ghio
*Dental Education Officer - Maria Magri
*Faculty Board Officer - Gabrielle Cordina
History of the Faculty of Dental Surgery
The first course leading to a degree in Dental Surgery, at the University of Malta, commenced in 1933. The qualification was recognized by the Medical Council of the United Kingdom in 1936.
Dental Surgery was established as a separate Faculty in 1954, previous to which the course was under the direction of a Board of Studies within the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery.
The Faculty now caters for an undergraduate intake of 8 students annually. The course of studies is under constant review to conform with the Directives and Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the Training of Dental Practitioner of E.C..
The Faculty regularly invites overseas visiting lecturers and an overseas external examiner participates fully in the Final Examination. The degree granted by the University of Malta is recognised for full registration by the General Dental Council of United Kingdom. The Faculty provides facilities for M.Phil research programmes.
Jorge-Alonso Chehade (; born February 20,1987), best known as Alonso Chehade, is an alumni from the Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, best-known for his immigration case and his fight against deportation from the United States. He recently founded and currently runs Dreamers for Positive Change, a project in development for youth involvement in politics and social issues, and currently working in support of the Dream Act and Comprehensive Immigration Reform .
Early Life
Alonso Chehade was born at "Virgen del Carmen" Hospital in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. On 1998 his father's human resources business failed and after three years of fighting against age discrimination in employment, a corrupt business environment and an stagnated economy; Alonso's father decided to move the family to the United States.
The family attempted immigrating to the United States through Alonso's aunt, a U.S citizen, with an immigrant visa petition, I-130 Petition for Alien Relative. After learning about the petition's approximate waiting time of 10 to 11 years before approval, the family immigrated to the United States on 2001 through a B-2 Visitors Visa, when Alonso was 14 years old.
Alonso attended North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, Washington. In high school he played on the soccer team as a right wing and a defensive midfielder. During his senior he enrolled in the running start program and attended Olympic Community College graduating from high school with honors.
After community college Alonso transferred to the Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where he majored in business administration with a focus on entrepreneurship, marketing and sales, motivated by his fascination for psychology and his inherited parents' entrepreneurial spirit. During college he was Chief Marketing Officer through a school project of U-Nights Entertainment, a nightlife event planning company, volunteer team chair of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2009, team ambassador of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2008, VP of External Relations of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club, and member of the Hispanic Business Student Association. Alonso's parents paid for all his tuition and to earn money for his books, rent and living expenses, Alonso founded and ran DRY Mobile Wash, a mobile Eco-friendly auto detailing service that featured and sold its own waterless car wash formula, worked as an independent private tutor, and sometimes worked in side jobs such as gigs in entertainment and product promotions, paid research studies, gardening and moving services.
Alonso is the first member of his family to attend college. After graduation Alonso decided to partner with a well connected local DJ to create an event planning entertainment company which ended its development after Alonso's immigration incident in the Canadian Border.
Immigration Case
On the morning of March 15, 2009, after leaving a friend's house in Bellingham and heading back to Seattle, Alonso and a friend, not being familiar with the area, took a wrong turn on the highway. By the time they noticed they were heading north rather than south, there was one more exit to turn around before the border. This was blocked by construction which left them no choice except to enter Canada and turn around behind the port of entry to return to the United States. Alonso was stopped by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities after discovering that he was in the United States with an overstayed visa, and was charged and arrested for unlawful presence in the United States , and sent to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. After two weeks, Alonso was released due to support letters of family and friends, and his parents, who posted a $7,500 bail bond.
On an immigration court hearing in May 28, 2009 Alonso was granted voluntary departure by September 25,2009. On June 18, 2009, Alonso and friend, Krista Jensen, began a campaign to stop his deportation that gained two pro-bono attorneys, Shannon Underwood and Karol Brown partners at the Global Justice Law Group PLLC, and local and national support through the use of social media that lead to a lot of local media attention. On September 15,2009 a deferred action request was submitted, and 17 inches of faxed letters were sent from local and national support including Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, Congressman Jim McDermott, and other important political figures; the local immigration authorities denied the request on September 23, 2009. On the same day, Congressman McDermott introduced a private bill on Alonso's behalf attempting to deferred his deportation which failed after stagnating for consideration.
On September 24, 2009, Alonso's deportation was delayed to November 16, 2009 by a sua sponte legal filing from the Global Justice Law Group. On November 10, 2009 the Department of Homeland Security granted Alonso an extension until January 5, 2009 after a meeting between Senator Cantwell and Assistant Secretary of homeland security, John T. Morton.
On December 2, 2009, Senator Cantwell pressed on Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, to revisit Alonso's case, which she agreed to review.
On January 4,2010, the Department of Homeland Security grants Alonso a second extension until February 15, 2010. Alonso qualifies for the Dream Act, a proposed federal legislation currently co-sponsored by Senator Cantwell, which is why she is currently and still discussing the possibility on introducing a private bill on Alonso's behalf to deferred his deportation if no other options.
Early Life
Alonso Chehade was born at "Virgen del Carmen" Hospital in San Isidro, Lima, Peru. On 1998 his father's human resources business failed and after three years of fighting against age discrimination in employment, a corrupt business environment and an stagnated economy; Alonso's father decided to move the family to the United States.
The family attempted immigrating to the United States through Alonso's aunt, a U.S citizen, with an immigrant visa petition, I-130 Petition for Alien Relative. After learning about the petition's approximate waiting time of 10 to 11 years before approval, the family immigrated to the United States on 2001 through a B-2 Visitors Visa, when Alonso was 14 years old.
Alonso attended North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, Washington. In high school he played on the soccer team as a right wing and a defensive midfielder. During his senior he enrolled in the running start program and attended Olympic Community College graduating from high school with honors.
After community college Alonso transferred to the Michael G. Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, where he majored in business administration with a focus on entrepreneurship, marketing and sales, motivated by his fascination for psychology and his inherited parents' entrepreneurial spirit. During college he was Chief Marketing Officer through a school project of U-Nights Entertainment, a nightlife event planning company, volunteer team chair of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2009, team ambassador of the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2008, VP of External Relations of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club, and member of the Hispanic Business Student Association. Alonso's parents paid for all his tuition and to earn money for his books, rent and living expenses, Alonso founded and ran DRY Mobile Wash, a mobile Eco-friendly auto detailing service that featured and sold its own waterless car wash formula, worked as an independent private tutor, and sometimes worked in side jobs such as gigs in entertainment and product promotions, paid research studies, gardening and moving services.
Alonso is the first member of his family to attend college. After graduation Alonso decided to partner with a well connected local DJ to create an event planning entertainment company which ended its development after Alonso's immigration incident in the Canadian Border.
Immigration Case
On the morning of March 15, 2009, after leaving a friend's house in Bellingham and heading back to Seattle, Alonso and a friend, not being familiar with the area, took a wrong turn on the highway. By the time they noticed they were heading north rather than south, there was one more exit to turn around before the border. This was blocked by construction which left them no choice except to enter Canada and turn around behind the port of entry to return to the United States. Alonso was stopped by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities after discovering that he was in the United States with an overstayed visa, and was charged and arrested for unlawful presence in the United States , and sent to the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. After two weeks, Alonso was released due to support letters of family and friends, and his parents, who posted a $7,500 bail bond.
On an immigration court hearing in May 28, 2009 Alonso was granted voluntary departure by September 25,2009. On June 18, 2009, Alonso and friend, Krista Jensen, began a campaign to stop his deportation that gained two pro-bono attorneys, Shannon Underwood and Karol Brown partners at the Global Justice Law Group PLLC, and local and national support through the use of social media that lead to a lot of local media attention. On September 15,2009 a deferred action request was submitted, and 17 inches of faxed letters were sent from local and national support including Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, Congressman Jim McDermott, and other important political figures; the local immigration authorities denied the request on September 23, 2009. On the same day, Congressman McDermott introduced a private bill on Alonso's behalf attempting to deferred his deportation which failed after stagnating for consideration.
On September 24, 2009, Alonso's deportation was delayed to November 16, 2009 by a sua sponte legal filing from the Global Justice Law Group. On November 10, 2009 the Department of Homeland Security granted Alonso an extension until January 5, 2009 after a meeting between Senator Cantwell and Assistant Secretary of homeland security, John T. Morton.
On December 2, 2009, Senator Cantwell pressed on Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, to revisit Alonso's case, which she agreed to review.
On January 4,2010, the Department of Homeland Security grants Alonso a second extension until February 15, 2010. Alonso qualifies for the Dream Act, a proposed federal legislation currently co-sponsored by Senator Cantwell, which is why she is currently and still discussing the possibility on introducing a private bill on Alonso's behalf to deferred his deportation if no other options.
Cel-Man Iller is an Alternative Underground musician, currently specifying in Hip-Hop, Alternative Rock, Trance, Techno, House, Funk, Jazz, and Classical. His lyrical scheme has been labeled as "horror-core" by some critiques due to his willing speech about certain topics. With a vast array of knowledge on many worldwide topics ranging from things such as the occult to the many aspects of the enviornment and universe, he uses this to "Quantom Leap" in his music.
Biography
Early life and career
Cel-Man Iller was born in Detroit, Michigan born, DeAngilo Chester Anthony Willis to a single mother in a small household in the Metro Detroit area; with grandmother (Myra), grandfather (Chester), aunt (Sherrell), and an uncle (Carl). He was raised in Detroit, and currently still resides in said city. He began making music with the rap group X-Ponents in the early 2000s. Starting his musical development in his early middle school years, (at Roosevelt Middle School in Oak Park, Michigan) his uncle (through marriage) gave him his first music instrument, a bass guitar. Sparked with an interest in Jazz, he set out to start a Jazz band in his earlier years by joining his schools orchestra class in hopes of recruiting members with a said interest and love for the arts.
In his later high school years he took up electric guitar and built his own small, make-shift studio. Now attending schools in Southfield meeting new people, he came across local Detroit rappers Flame Tha Poet and Ice in which many collaberations were made. Making up the starting foundation of X-Ponents, Slim Lo used this time to get known around the local area as an instrumentalist and much lesser emcee, using his voice talents for mainly chorus hooks, and background add-libs. Sadly, in 2003 due to misunderstandings, Slim Lo took his leave from the group X-Ponents, though still helping the group with instrumentals. His first underground album, MalFunK-NatioN inspired him to go on an internal voyage to find the better emcee within himself. While working on lyrics he continued to make a series of instrumentals under the name of "Zakum 41", techno, trance, drum and bass, house, even continued to make some hip hop instrumentals.
He began focusing his works on making a collaberative group with Flame Tha Poet; Crimzon Ebuny. The group fell apart in late 2008. Cel decided to continue his work alone and came across many other rappers to work with while he improved his lyrics, Pyro Tha Maniac, Ether, ArmoKid, Sik Lib, etc...
In early 2009 he decided to take his cause to the streets and travel across the United States while gaining fans and improving, he titled this project "La Vagabundo" later on titled "Cel-Man Iller Project: Persona." Seeing how DeAngilo has so many hip hop persona, he used this project to give a better understanding of all of them indivisually.
Current Works
For 2010 Cel-Man began work on a Jazz album not yet titled. A fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and maybe some Drum and Bass works. Expected collaberations from artist like Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Portishead, Madlib, Nujabes and many other instrumentals will be used in the demo.
Also the mcuh awaited hard-core rock/ Metal album entitled "MalFunk-Nation: Downfall" is also expected to drop in 2010.
Atrist Notes: "My jazz mix tape most likely won't be complete until late 2010 to 2011, though in the mean while my mix tape Infinity is close to being complete and has gone through a few changes, for the better I believe. The name is not Infinity anymore. The new title is Infinity Incomplete Institute Inc. a.k.a Quad I. With that being said I have already started more work on the jazz mix tape, now titled Sessions 1.0, than I have on MalFunK-NatioN: Downfall. Thus why I am not sure which will drop first. Believe me though, when I say I am working as hard and as fast as possible, it is true."
Discography
2007-Current
Solo Works
Slim Lo/Cel-Man Iller
MalFunK-NatioN (2007)
MalFunK-NatioN Tha Instrumentals (2007)
Persona Chapter 1: La Vagabundo (2009)
Persona Chapter 2: MalFunK-NatioN: Uprising (2009)
Infinity Incomplete Institute Inc. (2010)
Persona Chapter 3 (TBA)
Zakum 41
P her... (2008)
Home Run To Her... (2009)
Mitsurugi Kazumaru
Sessions 1.0 (TBA)
Fohr-2
Project DATa: Pooh Pooh (2007)
Out My Mind (2008)
Collaberations
RX-78 3 Compilation with MC Scratch N Sniff (TBA)
Grim-Auto
MalFunk-NatioN: Downfall (TBA)
Biography
Early life and career
Cel-Man Iller was born in Detroit, Michigan born, DeAngilo Chester Anthony Willis to a single mother in a small household in the Metro Detroit area; with grandmother (Myra), grandfather (Chester), aunt (Sherrell), and an uncle (Carl). He was raised in Detroit, and currently still resides in said city. He began making music with the rap group X-Ponents in the early 2000s. Starting his musical development in his early middle school years, (at Roosevelt Middle School in Oak Park, Michigan) his uncle (through marriage) gave him his first music instrument, a bass guitar. Sparked with an interest in Jazz, he set out to start a Jazz band in his earlier years by joining his schools orchestra class in hopes of recruiting members with a said interest and love for the arts.
In his later high school years he took up electric guitar and built his own small, make-shift studio. Now attending schools in Southfield meeting new people, he came across local Detroit rappers Flame Tha Poet and Ice in which many collaberations were made. Making up the starting foundation of X-Ponents, Slim Lo used this time to get known around the local area as an instrumentalist and much lesser emcee, using his voice talents for mainly chorus hooks, and background add-libs. Sadly, in 2003 due to misunderstandings, Slim Lo took his leave from the group X-Ponents, though still helping the group with instrumentals. His first underground album, MalFunK-NatioN inspired him to go on an internal voyage to find the better emcee within himself. While working on lyrics he continued to make a series of instrumentals under the name of "Zakum 41", techno, trance, drum and bass, house, even continued to make some hip hop instrumentals.
He began focusing his works on making a collaberative group with Flame Tha Poet; Crimzon Ebuny. The group fell apart in late 2008. Cel decided to continue his work alone and came across many other rappers to work with while he improved his lyrics, Pyro Tha Maniac, Ether, ArmoKid, Sik Lib, etc...
In early 2009 he decided to take his cause to the streets and travel across the United States while gaining fans and improving, he titled this project "La Vagabundo" later on titled "Cel-Man Iller Project: Persona." Seeing how DeAngilo has so many hip hop persona, he used this project to give a better understanding of all of them indivisually.
Current Works
For 2010 Cel-Man began work on a Jazz album not yet titled. A fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and maybe some Drum and Bass works. Expected collaberations from artist like Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Portishead, Madlib, Nujabes and many other instrumentals will be used in the demo.
Also the mcuh awaited hard-core rock/ Metal album entitled "MalFunk-Nation: Downfall" is also expected to drop in 2010.
Atrist Notes: "My jazz mix tape most likely won't be complete until late 2010 to 2011, though in the mean while my mix tape Infinity is close to being complete and has gone through a few changes, for the better I believe. The name is not Infinity anymore. The new title is Infinity Incomplete Institute Inc. a.k.a Quad I. With that being said I have already started more work on the jazz mix tape, now titled Sessions 1.0, than I have on MalFunK-NatioN: Downfall. Thus why I am not sure which will drop first. Believe me though, when I say I am working as hard and as fast as possible, it is true."
Discography
2007-Current
Solo Works
Slim Lo/Cel-Man Iller
MalFunK-NatioN (2007)
MalFunK-NatioN Tha Instrumentals (2007)
Persona Chapter 1: La Vagabundo (2009)
Persona Chapter 2: MalFunK-NatioN: Uprising (2009)
Infinity Incomplete Institute Inc. (2010)
Persona Chapter 3 (TBA)
Zakum 41
P her... (2008)
Home Run To Her... (2009)
Mitsurugi Kazumaru
Sessions 1.0 (TBA)
Fohr-2
Project DATa: Pooh Pooh (2007)
Out My Mind (2008)
Collaberations
RX-78 3 Compilation with MC Scratch N Sniff (TBA)
Grim-Auto
MalFunk-NatioN: Downfall (TBA)