It is still to be confirmed whether deaths in hospital on Saturday are related to Covid-19. Reports of three new Covid-19-related deaths are yet to be confirmed, with a Health Ministry spokesperson telling The Malta Independent that a statement will be published in due course. If the reports are confirmed, it would mean that the death count related
Today at 6.15 p.m. TVM will be screening a programme with songs which have made it to the final of the Malta Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The programme will show the 12 songs which were interpreted live before a three-person jury panel . This programme was recorded without an audience at the Spazju Kreattiv theatre. Prior to each song, Dorian
A Gozo-based LGBT advocacy group has started a directory of queer-friendly professionals on the sister island. The directory is the work of LGBTI+ Gozo, the only queer organisation in Gozo, and includes 17 professionals ranging from counsellors to spiritual directors, accountants and lawyers. All those listed on the directory commit to promoting inclusive
Malta women’s coach Mark Gatt has named a squad of 20 players for the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 qualifier against Denmark, being played behind closed doors at the Centenary Stadium on Tuesday (kick-off: 6.30pm). Gatt has kept faith with most of the players who were part of the squad for the two previous qualifiers – the 2-1 victory over Georgia and the
Last December, the Malta Police Force mourned one of its own as PC 773, Ryan Tonna, died tragically in Pisa. Ryan Tonna had choked after taking part in a Pisa marathon. Tonna served in the Drug Squad and his colleagues describe him as ‘an examplary officer’. “His change in lifestyle to an athletic one inspired many who do not believe in themselves
Wasteserv has dismissed allegations of misconduct and improperly transporting contaminated COVID-19 waste in Gozo as “unsubstantiated and false” and blamed a rogue worker for the claims. The allegations, published by Nationalist Party media over a series of days this month, accused the state waste agency of running a chaotic operation in Gozo, with
Malta’s women coach Mark Gatt has named a squad of 20 players for the upcoming UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 qualifier against Denmark. The Maltese girls host the Nordic side this Tuesday in a game that due to the anti-coronavirus protocols will be held behind closed doors at the Centenary Stadium (kick-off: 18.30). For this game, coach Gatt kept faith with
As already advised , Transport Malta is currently collaborating with BirdLife Malta’s ` LIFE Arcipelagu Garnija’ project to reduce the impact of maritime activities on the protected Yelkouan Shearwater bird in the Maltese Islands and includes studies by BirdLife Malta on light-induced seabird ship strikes in the Maltese waters. To this end BirdLife
Wasteserv have quashed media reports on their Gozo operation, saying that the Covid-19 measures they take exceed requirements and that their Gozo operation has the required OHSA certification. “Media.link news outlets have rehashed several allegations in relation to Wasteserv’s Gozo operations on a number of media ‘reports’ starting on Sunday 6 September
Reading Time: < 1 minute Boris Johnson has said the long-feared second wave of the pandemic has arrived in the UK, with new cases of coronavirus in England estimated to have doubled over the past week. The prime minister said he does not want to put the country in another national lockdown but warned the government may need to “intensify things to
Reading Time: < 1 minute Several people have reportedly been killed after a mass shooting in a city in the north of New York state. Authorities say the incident in Rochester has resulted in fatalities. Developing Story
Reading Time: < 1 minute Popular video-sharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network, according to court documents filed late on Friday. TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., filed a complaint in a Washington federal court challenging the recent prohibitory
First it was Cyprus, then Rome International, which was followed by South Africa and now it’s the turn of BNI Global Riders, an informal group of BNI members from all over the world, interested in coming to Malta and meet Malta-based chapters and members. To be held on Tuesday 29th September from 6:45am to 9am, this is the fourth international joint
Żurrieq and Lapsi boast some of the most dropdead gorgeous views in Malta… but that doesn’t mean it all still can’t be ruined by some good old human intervention. “A road with beautiful views, some of the best in Malta… but all you can see is rubbish everywhere,” Justin Meli posted on Facebook this week. In a number of videos shared by Meli, the scenic
Labour MEP Alfred Sant called for a process of national reconciliation and democratization in Belarus and said that this should take place before any intervention in the country. Requests for direct intervention by the EU can easily boomerang while statements indicating the recognition of a Belarusian political leader as president-elect seem premature
It has been a long wait, but domestic competitive football finally makes its return to Malta this weekend when the opening matches from the BOV Premier League being played between today and Monday. It’s no understatement to say that this season’s championship will be held in extraordinary circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit hard
Italians are heading to the polls this weekend for regional elections, and to vote on changes to the constitution, in what is seen as a key test of public support for the government after the country was ravaged by the coronavirus. Italians will be voting on September 20-21 for the presidency of seven regions (Tuscany, Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Marche,
There are just seven days between you and €2,000 as this time next week, Daniel & Ylenia start their special Saturday Edition of Bay Breakfast from a secret location in the Maltese Islands, and all you have to do is tune in, keep your ears open, your eyes fixed on our socials, and your diary free. Look high and low, far and wide, up, down, side to
Described as having a firm mouth and chestnut hair, Vittorio Galea would probably not have stood out from other 19-year-olds of his time. Descriptions of passport applicants often highlighted their tattoos. Photos: Pierre Portelli/National Archives The features that truly identified him though, back in 1917, were an image of the Holy Trinity tattooed
A few days ago, The Guardian ran a different kind of article , one written entirely by an AI language generator. After this article was published, we got in touch with Maltese AI expert Angelo Dalli to find software which could write an article from scratch about how automated services can affect Malta. This is the result. This article, written by