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Caruana
Caruana is a surname and given name, commonly found in Italy, Sicily and Malta. Notable people called Caruana include: As a surname *Alfonso Caruana (born 1946), member of the Sicilian Mafia *Angelik Caruana, Maltese resident who reports visions of the Virgin Mary *Antonio Annetto Caruana (1830–1905), Maltese archaeologist and author *B. J. Caruana, Australian singer and songwriter *Charles Caruana (1932–2010), Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar *Chris Caruana (born 1971), Australian former professional rugby league footballer *Christian Caruana (born 1986), Maltese international footballer *Clyde Caruana (born 1985), Maltese politician within the Labour Party *Danielle Caruana, known professionally as Mama Kin, Australian singer-songwriter *Deirdre Caruana (born 1972), Maltese former sprinter *Fabiano Caruana (born 1992), Italian-American chess grandmaster *Francesco Saverio Caruana (1759–1847), Maltese prelate *Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018), Maltese artist and ceramicist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844, Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history. Born in Miami to Italian parents, Caruana grew up in Brooklyn. A chess prodigy, Caruana played for the United States until 2005, when he transferred his national federation affiliation to Italy. He earned his grandmaster title in 2007 at the age of 14, and in the same year won his first Italian Chess Championship, a feat he repeated in 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2014, Caruana won the Sinquefield Cup, recording a 3098 performance rating, the highest in history at the elite level. He transferred his national federation affiliation back to the United States in 2015, and in 2016, won the US Chess Championship. By winning the FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15, Caruana qualified for the Candidates Tournament 2016, where he placed second after Sergey Karjakin. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelik Caruana
Angelik Caruana is a resident of Birżebbuġa in Malta who has reported a series of Visions of Jesus and Mary, visions of the Virgin Mary since 21 April 2006, including a number of times at a hill in Borġ in-Nadur where he delivered monthly messages to the public. Caruana originally made headlines in 2006 when he claimed that a statue of the Virgin Mary in his home was weeping blood and oozing oil. The blood was later identified as Angelik's own and the oil as burnt cooking oil. The Borġ in-Nadur site sometimes received more than 200 visitors, and Caruana has a number of followers who circulate his messages through newsletters and the internet. In January 2016, the Catholic Church decreed that Caruana's messages were not divine in nature, and should not be promoted. The curia were particularly concerned over Caruana's "monetary gain" from the reported apparitions, and two cases where Caruana had told cancer patients that their illness has been cured, only for them to die weeks la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfonso Caruana
Alfonso Caruana (; born 1 January 1946) is an Italian-Canadian crime boss and member of the Sicilian Mafia who was the head of the Sicilian Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan's branch in Canada. In 1997, he was sentenced ''in absentia'' in Italy, on several charges, to nearly 22 years in prison. In 1998, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) amassed enough evidence, and Caruana was arrested at his Woodbridge, Ontario, home. In 2000, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Ontario Superior Court, but in 2008, was extradited to Italy to serve his sentence. Early life Caruana was born in Castelvetrano in the province of Trapani, Sicily. His family originated from Siculiana in the province of Agrigento and is closely related to the Cuntrera family through several marriages. Alfonso Caruana married his niece Giuseppina Caruana and has a son and two daughters. Mafia career In 1968, Alfonso Caruana arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with $100 in his pocket pretending to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Caruana
Giovanni Caruana (1866 – 31 July 1923) was a Maltese lawyer and minor philosopher. He was mostly interested in the philosophy of law and in political economy. At least two portraits of Caruana exist, both by the renowned early 20th century Maltese artist Edward Caruana Dingli. Both were displayed at an exhibition on Caruana Dingli at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta, in 2010. Life Caruana was probably born at his father's Valletta house at 266, St Paul's Street, in 1866. He was the son of an influential man, Prof. Antonio Annetto Caruana, who was an archeologist, librarian, Director of Education, and Rector of the University of Malta. Caruana studied law at the University of Malta, and continued his studies in England and in Italy. He became professor of political economy at the University of Malta in 1889, and later Professor of Constitutional Law. In 1895 he was also appointed Professor of Civil Law. His teaching career spanned over thirty years. He reti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Caruana
Laurence Caruana (born February 16, 1962) is a Maltese artist, writer, and lecturer noted for his contribution to the contemporary visionary art movement, particularly through his ''Manifesto of Visionary Art.'' Biography Laurence Caruana was born the third son of Maltese parents who met and married in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After completing his studies in German and ancient Greek Philosophy (B.A. from the ''University of Toronto'' 1985), he learned classical painting techniques at the ''Akademie der Bildenden Künste'' in Vienna (''Academy of Fine Arts Vienna'' 1990).''Dalis Erben malen Europa'', edited by Roger M. Erasmy (Kastner Verlag, 2005) p. 14. Caruana then began an itinerant existence, living variously in Toronto, Malta, Vienna, Munich, Monaco, and Paris. In that period, he actively pursued visionary experience (dreams, entheogens) as a source for his painting and writing. After meeting his French fiançée in Munich, L. Caruana settled in Paris. In the year 2000 he m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justyne Caruana
Justyne Caruana is a Maltese lawyer and politician who served as the Minister for Gozo from 2017 to 2020 and Minister for Education from 2020 to 2021. She was appointed on 9 June 2017 in the second cabinet of Joseph Muscat and reconfirmed by new Prime Minister Robert Abela before resigning one week later on 20 January 2020 and replaced with Clint Camilleri. After 11 months, she was re-appointed to Cabinet on 23 November 2020 as the new Minister for Education by Abela. She resigned as Minister for Education on 22 December 2021. Political career She was first elected to Parliament in 2003 and successively in 2008, 2013 and 2017, always from her native Gozo constituency. She served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Rights of Persons with Disability and Active Ageing from 2014 to 2017. In Opposition she was Spokesperson for Youth, Culture, Sports, Family, Children and Persons with Disability. Caruana was regional representative of the UK, British Isles and Mediterranean Region on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielle Caruana
Danielle Caruana, known professionally as Mama Kin, is an Australian singer-songwriter. She has released two albums, ''Beat and Holler'' and ''The Magician's Daughter''. She lives with her family in Fremantle. Early life Caruana grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Newport, the youngest, by some years, of six siblings by parents of Maltese extraction. The family was musical and she studied classical piano from the age of five to 16. Every child in the family was expected to play an instrument and to play in the family band in church and for members of the Maltese community who visited their house. Her strongest musical influence was her sister Carmen, 14 years older, with whom she sang and who taught her to harmonise, and who introduced her to lasting musical influences: blues and gospel, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, the Pretenders and Joan Armatrading. Other family influences were country, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, the crooners, Stev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Caruana
Raymond Caruana (9 May 1960 – 5 December 1986) was a Maltese political activist affiliated with the Nationalist Party (PN). Caruana was murdered in a drive-by shooting at a PN club in Gudja. Murder While Caruana was at the PN club in Gudja, a land rover driven by Malta Labour Party thugs drove past the club firing several shots. One bullet hit him in the throat, killing him. Peter Paul Busuttil was accused of the murder; however, in the Maltese Law Courts, it later transpired that Busuttil had been the victim of a frame-up orchestrated by thugs from the ruling Labour Party with the aid of corrupt police officers. The case is still unsolved to the present day. During the December 1986 TV transmission of the budget debates in Parliament, Wistin Abela assaulted Eddie Fenech Adami when the latter brought up the shooting of Raymond Caruana. Suspects Later investigations carried out under a new Nationalist administration identified Nicholas Ellul (''iċ-Ċaqwes''), as the own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Caruana
Chris Caruana (born 18 March 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the North Sydney Bears and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. He primarily played in the centres. Playing career Growing up in public housing in Millers Point, Caruana began as Balmain junior playing for the Pyrmont Colts club. He then later played for the North Sydney junior club Brothers, from where he was graded by the Bears. Caruana made his first-grade debut on 12 April 1992 during round 4 against the Western Suburbs Magpies. Norths went on to lose the match 26–16. Caruana's breakout year was the 1994 NSWRL season where he made 22 appearances and scored 5 tries. He was in the team that made it all the way to the preliminary final but lost the match to eventual premiers Canberra Raiders. Caruana was also part of the North Sydney sides which experienced preliminary final heartbreak in 1996 and 1997. During the 1997 season, Caruana was fined and dropped from first grade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Caruana
Natasha Caruana (born 1983) is a photographic artist who works with still photography, moving image and installation. She is based in London and is a Senior Lecturer of Photography at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK. Caruana's work is based around themes of love, betrayal and fantasy. Her books include ''ONO'' (2012) and ''Married Man'' (2015). In 2014 she won the BMW Young Photographer-in-Residency at Nicéphore Niépce Museum, France. Her work is held by the British Library in London. Life and work Caruana gained an MA in Photography from the Royal College of Art, London in 2008. She is a Senior Lecturer of Photography at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK. *''Married Man.'' London: Here, 2015. . With transcriptions by Caruana. Edition of 500 copies.Here Press' page about ''Married Man'' ihere/ref> *''Coup de Foudre.'' Paris: Trocedero / BMW Art and Culture, 2015. Publication paired with another *''Basics Creative Photography 03: Behind the Im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Caruana
Jonathan Caruana (born 24 July 1986) is a professional footballer who plays for Maltese Premier League side Valletta, where he plays as a defender. On 26 September 2017, Caruana was handed a four-year ban from football. The 31-year-old was provisionally suspended by the Malta Football Association after he returned a positive sample during an out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Organisation (NADO) back in March 2017. In September 2018 after having his ban cut short, he returned to Valletta. Playing career Hibernians Caruana started his career with Hibernians, and made his debut during the 2003–04 season. Making the transition from youth team to first team, he was only used as a bit part player, and went on to make just one appearance during the season, with Hibernians going on to finish in third position in the Maltese Premier League. The 2004–05 season, saw Caruana gain a few more first team opportunities. He helped Hibernians to another third-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Caruana
Gabriel Caruana (7 April 1929 – 16 July 2018) was a Maltese artist who worked primarily in ceramics. He studied at the Malta School of Art (1953–59), the Accademia Pietro Vannucci in Perugia (1965), the School of the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts (1966) and the Istituto Statale per la Ceramica in Faenza (1967). He exhibited internationally, including a group exhibit by Maltese artists at Hunter College in 1996, and at venues such as the head office lobby of the Bank of Valletta. Early life and education Caruana was born in Balzan, Malta on 7 April 1929. He was the son of Anthony Caruana, Malta Police Force sergeant and Beatrice Ebejer Michelizzi. He studied sculpture at the Malta Government School of Arts in the classes of George Borg, Emvin Cremona and Vincent Apap. Art and career Caruana was a pioneer of modern art in Malta, drawing inspiration from popular art traditions and the architecture of the Island. Caruana held solo exhibitions in Malta, England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
