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20-year-old woman arrested in huge Marsa drug bust

Nov 24 2020 Share

€4,000 worth of cocaine, crack cocaine and hash were found in Marsa garage in a seizure conducted by the Special Intervention Unit of Malta’s Police Force.

The squads seized the garage which they had been monitoring for days to find 15 sachets of crack cocaine, 63 sachets of heroin, 110 sachets of cocaine, all ready for sale.

A 20-year-old girl was arrested and charged for drug trafficking with Magistrate Rachel Montebello leading an inquiry.

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Elon Musk becomes second-richest person in the world

Nov 24 2020 Share

Tech entrepreneur and Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the second richest person in the world as he is valued at $127.9 billion.

Musk beat Microsoft founder Bill Gates to take the number 2 spot coming after Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who currently holds a whopping net worth of $182 billion.

Musk’s rise in worth is attributed to the 6.585 increase in Tesla shares, accounting to a $7.2 billion increase.

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Rapid COVID-19 tests will not be sold over the counter

Nov 24 2020 Share

While rapid COVID-19 tests which give swifter results have been made available across the country, these tests cannot be sold over the counter. 

Groups of people have been utilising these tests prior to activities which congregate various people from different bubbles.

Nevertheless, individuals who utilise a rapid test and result positive must still take a normal swab test, which is considered to be the standard practice.

Malta currently stands at 2,060 active cases out of a total of 9,004 cases.

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The Weeknd wins big at American Music Awards

Nov 24 2020 Share

The American music Awards happened last night and despite losing best artist of the year to Taylor Swift, Abel took home favourite soul R&B male artist, favourite soul/R&B album and favourite soul/R&B song.

Matching the theme of his last album After Hours, Weeknd spent the whole show with his face wrapped in bandages, appearing blooded and bruised to promote not only his music, but a message against drunk driving.

Despite taking home 3 big awards, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift took home the top prize of ‘Artist of the Year’ for the third consecutive year.

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