"The news contained in the investigation is impressive," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
"The news contained in the investigation is impressive," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
"The news contained in the investigation is impressive," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
"The news contained in the investigation is impressive," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
"The news contained in the investigation is impressive," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
"The news contained in the investigation is shocking," say Walter Verini, Enza Rando, Debora Serracchiani, Giuseppe Provenzano, Valentina Ghio, Anthony Barbagallo, Franco Mirabelli, and Valeria Valente, members of the Democratic Party in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
The Democratic Party asks the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio to report to Parliament on the permits granted to mafia bosses, even under 41 bis, following an investigation that revealed the possibility of temporary release from prison for inmates convicted of serious mafia-related crimes. #Mafia #Antimafia #Giustizia (translated)
On October 9th in Rome, a public initiative organized by ANTIMAFIADuemila will be held in support of Report and investigative journalism, emphasizing the importance of press freedom at a time of attack against journalists, starting from the attack against Sigfrido Ranucci. #LibertàDiStampa #GiornalismoDInchiesta #DifesaDellaDemocrazia (translated)
A wanderer, Ceresa Raffaele, wrote that there were photographs of Scarpinato working with Borsellino and Falcone, and images of Delmastro together with a Camorra member. https://t.co/2HaZWDAsQp #Giustizia #Antimafia #Memoria (translated)
Roberto Scarpinato, a senator from the Five Star Movement, denounces attempts to exclude him from the Anti-Mafia committee after presenting evidence about the massacres in Italy, highlighting that these events are connected to the parties currently in government who fear the revelation of the truth. #StragiItalia #RobertoScarpinato #Antimafia (translated)
The anti-mafia commission has launched an investigation into the hospitals of Palermo following complaints by deputy Ismaele La Vardera concerning the presence of employees linked to mafia circles, with hearings scheduled to listen to Governor Schifani and Councillor Caruso. #Mafia #Palermo #Sanità (translated)
Antonello Caporale wrote that Delmastro, already undersecretary, was a partner in a steakhouse along with the daughter of a frontman of Senese and had asked former magistrate Scarpinato to leave the Anti-Mafia Commission and, according to Caporale, probably also the Senate. Caporale had stated that he was terrified by the fact that Delmastro believed that decency and shame had no place in politics. #politica #Antimafia #etica (translated)
The prosecutor of Naples, Nicola Gratteri, states that the change in the anti-Mafia method has led to the delegitimization of judges, who have only been sanctified in death. #Giustizia #Antimafia #Gratteri (translated)
The Court of Caltanissetta highlights how Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were sidelined by their colleagues, emphasizing the great distance that separated them. #GiovanniFalcone #PaoloBorsellino #Antimafia (translated)
CIVICO 33 - "ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB": FROM CAPITANATA TO "BROADWAY WORLD", THE "COMMUNITY BAND" PROJECT CONQUERS NEW YORK The social laboratory promoted by ANBG and the Ministry of Culture lands on the largest theatrical network in the world thanks to the article co-written by Chris Rabinowitz and the Orthese author Luciano Magaldi Sardella. There is a brass thread connecting Piazza Mario Frasca to Broadway. "Orta Nova Sound Lab" is the Community and Social Regeneration Band through Music, the project officially presented on September 21 at the C-Lab MAO FM 19.77 by brothers Luca and Erminio Ferrandina, which is experiencing unprecedented media attention for a band initiative born in the province of Foggia. The journalistic success is marked by its appearance on September 28 in Broadway World, the most authoritative global portal dedicated to theater and live performance, based in New York with over 1.5 million monthly global visits. This is not an insignificant result, projecting a story from the Apulian periphery into the realm of international cultural information. The article, titled "Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy," is co-authored by New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, a journalist for the American publication, and his Italian co-author Luciano Magaldi Sardella, an international author originally from Orta Nova, an engineer, academic journalist, and researcher active between Italy and abroad. The dual Italian-American signature symbolizes how a "good local practice" can become global news when told with expertise and roots. The Project: the Band as Social Regeneration "Orta Nova Sound Lab" is promoted by the National Association of Marching Bands (ANBG), chaired by Benedetto Grillo, and has been approved for funding under the public notice of the Ministry of Culture as per D.D.G. April 7, 2026, rep. n. 149, aimed at "Enhancing research and dissemination of musical practices in peripheral and areas of high social vulnerability." It is realized with the support of the Municipality of Orta Nova and with the collaboration of a solid civic network: the A.P.S. MAO FM 19.77, the "A. Olivetti" Higher Education Institute, the "Sandro Pertini" Comprehensive Institute, the Music Art association, and the C.I.S.A. of Foggia. As highlighted by "Broadway World," this is the first initiative in Italy to reinterpret the distinctive tradition of marching bands and youth orchestras within a ministry grant dedicated to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. A model that explicitly dialogues with the spirit of the so-called "Caivano Decree" (D.L. 123/2023) for combating youth discomfort, educational poverty, and juvenile delinquency. The idea, in its disarming simplicity, was summarized by the project director for ANBG, Antonella Spagnoletti: "The band is aggregation! The band is cohesion. Bringing these kids together to learn and live differently from the social world is among the primary objectives of our association." This concept was reiterated by the Mayor of Orta Nova, Ing. Domenico Di Vito: "This is an important project that can definitely make a difference compared to the past because it has all the ingredients to connect the entire world of culture and social issues that exists in Orta Nova and needs to be valued. The administration's commitment is to ensure sustainability, structure, and continuity over time." At the press conference presentation, moderated by journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie, participated alongside President Grillo, Director Spagnoletti, and Mayor Di Vito, Regional Councillor Grazia Maria Starace, Councillor for relationships with the third sector Sebastiano Battista, Councillor for Culture Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, and educational professor Alfredo Coppola, delegate of the Olivetti Institute. Why the News Became International The "Orta Nova Sound Lab" marching band project demonstrates that when a project has anti-mafia roots, pedagogical value, and a credible institutional network, the press responds. From local and national outlets like Cassa Armonica, Ansa Puglia, TGNorba, Corriere della Sera Bari, RaiNews TGR Puglia, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Amica9TV, Brindisi In, Blasting News Italia, TRM Network, Secolo XIX, FoggiaToday, PlayNews24, Stato Quotidiano, and many others that well-documented the conference, it reached BroadwayWorld, which viewed the Orthese experience as a "social laboratory" capable of responding to the mafia with music. This leap in scale comes from joint efforts and the bridging work done by Luciano Magaldi Sardella, who managed to translate for the English-speaking audience alongside New York editor Chris Rabinowitz the deep meaning of a village band that in Apulia is not folklore, but a civil presence, a concrete alternative to screens and disintegration. In a South often narrated only for its emergencies, Orta Nova chooses to be told for its ability to generate community. And this time, the news has made its way around the world, starting from a square in Daunia. The Schedule The path, entirely free, includes instrumental workshops for brass and percussion, ensemble music lessons, and collective rehearsals with qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools, and citizens. The program that attracted the attention of national and now international press is organized as follows: October 2026: parade of bands marching through the streets and public spaces of Orta Nova, to recover the historical value of the band as a popular and identity expression. November-December 2026: high-profile concert season with the Grand Band Concert of Conversano and the Grand Band Concert "Biagio Abbate" City of Bisceglie, artistic training for the young students. Focus on inclusion: a special evening dedicated to female music with the Orchestra Note di Puglia, a formation composed entirely of professionals, to reinforce the values of equal opportunities. January 2027: first official concert of the newly formed Community Band of Orta Nova, a foundational act and public restitution of the work done. (translated)
Galeazzo Bignami wrote that, according to the judge from Caltanissetta, Scarpinato would have engaged in cover-up activities in the anti-mafia commission regarding the massacre on via D'Amelio. He added that the 5 Star Movement and the left continued to defend him and called for his resignation from the commission. https://t.co/v1g9CMFr1o #mafia #giustizia #politica (translated)
Stefano Esposito wrote that, according to the investigating judge of Caltanissetta, the M5S senator Roberto Scarpinato would have engaged in misleading activities in the Anti-Mafia commission. He argued that another parliament member accused of a similar fact would today be subject to calls for resignation, while Scarpinato would have attacked his former colleagues and the representatives of M5S would have spoken of a conspiracy. Esposito also stated that, in his opinion, judges were appreciated by them only when their decisions were favorable, and he described the matter as disturbing. #politica #antimafia #giustizia (translated)
Giovanni Donzelli wrote that the GIP of Caltanissetta had established that Senator Scarpinato had engaged in a cover-up during the anti-mafia investigations regarding the Via D'Amelio massacre. He also accused the Five Stars Movement of attacking judges and argued that those who mislead about Borsellino should not sit in Parliament, especially in the Anti-Mafia Commission. #Giustizia #Antimafia #Politica (translated)
“PUGLIA IN”: “ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB” CONQUISTA NEW YORK: LA “BANDA DI COMUNITA’ “APPRODA SU “BROADWAY WORLD” SOURCE: https://www.pugliain.net/303862-orta-nova-sound-lab-new-york-banda/ Lieto che il mio articolo inviato all’editor Chloe Rabinowitz sia stato accettato e pubblicato. Comunque, non stiamo parlando di un sito qualsiasi, ma de il più grande sito di teatro al mondo su internet, quello che copre Broadway, il West End e oltre, con oltre 6 milioni di visitatori al mese, presente in 100 città USA, 45 paesi e in 12 lingue nel mondo. _________________________________________________________________ ORTA NOVA (FG) — Il progetto sociale e musicale “Orta Nova Sound Lab” ha debuttato la scorsa settimana sul prestigioso portale statunitense BroadwayWorld, network internazionale dello spettacolo dal vivo con sede a New York. L’iniziativa, nata a Orta Nova nel cuore della Capitanata per creare una banda giovanile di comunità, è stata presentata oltreoceano come un modello innovativo di inclusione e rigenerazione urbana per il Mezzogiorno. Il modello pugliese di rigenerazione sociale attraverso la musica promosso dall’ “Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG)” presieduta da Benedetto Grillo e sostenuto dal Comune di Orta Nova, il laboratorio è stato ammesso a finanziamento dal Ministero della Cultura nell’ambito del bando per il potenziamento della musica nelle periferie e nelle aree vulnerabili. Il progetto si inserisce nel solco degli interventi di contrasto al disagio giovanile e alla povertà educativa previsti dallo spirito del “Decreto Caivano”. L’articolo pubblicato sulla testata americana porta la firma dell’editor newyorchese Chris Rabinowitz e dell’autore e ricercatore di Orta Nova Luciano Magaldi Sardella. Il testo illustra come la secolare tradizione bandistica pugliese sia stata reinterpretata quale strumento di prevenzione e coesione civica, grazie alla collaborazione tra l’associazione MAO FM 19.77, l’Istituto Olivetti, l’Istituto Pertini, Music Art e il C.I.S.A. di Foggia. Perché la Notizia è Diventata Internazionale Il progetto bandistico “Orta Nova Sound Lab” dimostra che quando un progetto ha radici antimafia, valenza pedagogica e una rete istituzionale credibile, la stampa risponde. Dalle testate locali e nazionali come Cassarmonica, Ansa Puglia, TGNorba, Corriere della Sera Bari, RaiNews TGR Puglia, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Amica9TV, Brindisi In, Puglia IN, Blasting News Italia, TRM Network, Secolo XIX, FoggiaToday, PlayNews24, Stato Quotidiano, e tanti altri, che hanno ben documentato la conferenza, si è arrivati a “Broadway World”, che ha letto l’esperienza ortese come “laboratorio sociale” capace di rispondere alla mafia con la musica. Questo salto di scala deriva dal lavoro congiunto anche al lavoro di raccordo svolto da Luciano Magaldi Sardella, che ha saputo tradurre per il pubblico anglofono insieme alla redattrice newyorchese Chris Rabinowitz il significato profondo di una banda di paese che in Puglia non è folklore, ma presidio civile, alternativa concreta alle dipendenze giovanili dagli schermi elettronici e alla disgregazione sociale. In un Sud spesso narrato solo per le sue emergenze, Orta Nova sceglie di farsi raccontare per la sua capacità di generare comunità. E questa volta, la notizia ha fatto il giro del mondo, partendo da una piazza del Basso Tavoliere. Le tappe del programma e i grandi concerti in Capitanata La programmazione, totalmente gratuita per i partecipanti, propone percorsi formativi per strumenti a fiato e percussioni affiancati da lezioni di musica d’insieme. Durante il mese di ottobre 2026, le vie di Orta Nova ospiteranno sfilate e parate bandistiche, mentre tra novembre e dicembre il territorio vedrà l’esibizione dei prestigiosi Gran Concerti Bandistici di Conversano e Bisceglie. Il cartellone riserverà uno spazio specifico alle pari opportunità con l’esibizione al femminile dell’Orchestra Note di Puglia. Il percorso culminerà a gennaio 2027 con il primo concerto ufficiale della neonata Banda di Comunità di Orta Nova, traguardo di un itinerario formativo che proietta il riscatto sociale della provincia di Foggia sulla scena culturale globale.
Una giovane di 20 anni della provincia di Lecce è indagata per istigazione all'odio e alla violenza in un'inchiesta coordinata dalla Procura nazionale antimafia e antiterrorismo, dopo che le sue attività in chat neofasciste sono state scoperte dai carabinieri del Ros, che hanno anche sequestrato i suoi dispositivi informatici. #istigazioneallodio #neofascismo #antiterrorismo
