38 Year Old Man Grievously Injured Whilst Operating Grinder

38 Year Old Man Grievously Injured Whilst Operating Grinder
Jan 29 2025 Share

Yesterday, at around 1630hrs, police were informed that their assistance was needed in a warehouse in Xatt il-Mollijiet, Marsa.

Upon arrival, police discovered that a 38 year old man resident of Żabbar had been grievously injured whilst working with a grinder.

Preliminary aid was given to the man and he was subsequently transported to Mater Dei for further care.

Investigations are ongoing.

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No Hot Water, No Jacuzzi & More Punishments For Big Brother Residents

No Hot Water, No Jacuzzi & More Punishments For Big Brother Residents
Jan 29 2025 Share

After days of contestants breaking the rules, Big Brother had finally had enough, and called all the residents for a dishing out of punishments.

The contestant tested the boundaries: they removed microphones for off-record conversations, invented code languages, whispered while others tried to sleep at night and discussed private diary room sessions.

To drive the point home, Big Brother played back footage of their offences. Instead of showing remorse, some housemates laughed at their own antics, which likely did little to help their case.

As a result, strict consequences were put in place. The jacuzzi was immediately off-limits, hot water would be unavailable for the next 48 hours, and all forms of entertainment, including games, were removed for the rest of the week.

On top of that, their usual stocked kitchen was replaced with only the most basic grocery supplies.

Big Brother made it clear that this was more than just discipline—it was a final warning. If the housemates continued to disregard the rules, they wouldn’t just face restrictions. They could face eviction.

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Attard Could Get A New Speed Camera

Attard Could Get A New Speed Camera
Jan 29 2025 Share

During a recent parliamentary session, PN MP, Charles Azzopardi, asked the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works, Chris Bonett, whether he could consider putting a speed camera in Triq in-Nutar Zarb, in Ħ’Attard.

The reason Azzopardi proposed this is due to the fact that many trucks and cars have been passing  in the direction of Rabat towards Valletta with excessive speed.

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The Minister replied that there is a request for a repeater speed camera further down the same road and that such request is being evaluated by the Authority.

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Melita Showcases World-Leading Quantum Communications Network

Melita Showcases World-Leading Quantum Communications Network
Jan 29 2025 Share

The Melita Data Centre in Madliena provided the location for a demonstration of the quantum communications testbed network being developed and deployed in the PRISM project on Melita’s existing country-wide fibre network.

This testbed network has been developed as part of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) project, designed to create a quantum communications network across the EU with world-leading cybersecurity capabilities.

This demonstration was another step towards creating a quantum communications network across the EU.

Two of the nodes in Malta’s quantum testbed network were connected to Sicily, with the demonstration providing attendees with the opportunity to see the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) devices that are being used to facilitate the quantum link to Italy.

James Spina, Chief Technology Officer at Melita Limited, said, “The roll-out of an EU-wide quantum communications network will be critical to guarantee secure communications in the future.

Melita, together with its partners in the PRISM Consortium, is leading the way in establishing how such quantum networks would operate on commercially deployed fibre networks and in enabling the development of the standards to be adopted by the EuroQCI project.

This is not only a great endorsement of Melita’s technical infrastructure but also Malta’s capabilities in the fields of quantum physics and engineering.”

Prof. André Xuereb, Professor of Physics at the University of Malta and founder of Merqury Cybersecurity, a key technical partner in the PRISM consortium, said, “The demonstration at the Melita Data Centre formed part of a weeklong series of activities held in Malta during which ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) delegates from all over the world were able to continue their work developing the standardisation roadmap for quantum technologies.”

“The work being done in Malta by the PRISM Consortium is preparing the foundations for a quantum communications network which will make communication impervious to novel threats such as those posed by quantum computers – now and in the future. We should all take pride in the fact that Malta is playing such an important role in this incredibly important project.”

More information on the work of the PRISM project can be found at https://prism-euroqci.eu/

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