66-year-old sulky driver killed in traffic accident in Rabat

Mar 11 2022

Earlier toda, at around 9am, the Malta Police Force was informed of a traffic incident in Dingli Road, Rabat.

The Police were in Rabat after reports of an impact between a Skoda Yeti driven by a 49-year-old Rabat resident and a sulky driven by a 66-year-old together with a 64-year-old passenger, both Rabat residents. A medical team assisted and took two of the men to Mater Dei hospital but unfortunately, the 66-year-old sulky driver was certified as dead on site.

Police Magistrate Dr. Elaine Mercieca was informed of the case and opened an inquiry whilst police investigations are still under way.

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Airlines calling for an end to COVID restrictions for flights within the EU

Mar 11 2022

Airlines and airports have been calling for an end to COVID-19 measures in domestic flights in the European Union as countries around the world continue to relax travel-related measures such as presentation of vaccine certificate and mask-wearing.

A joint statement fro ACI Europe and IATA states that COVID-19 and the Omicron variant are pervasive across all of Europe and immunity is at a level that hospitalisation or risk of death has dropped dramatically, especially in cases of vaccinated individuals. Airports Council International (ACI) Europe represents around 500 regional airports while airline trade association IATA has highlighted how numerous countries are dropping COVID-19 requirements.

“As European countries open up and remove restrictions, it is only logical to remove similar restrictions from air transport.”

IATA Regional Vice President for Europe stated that such movement will allow people to travel freely and support jobs related to European air transport and travel sectors.

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Gynaecologist addresses Grech’s call for permanent IVF specialist: “We’ve had them for three years”

Mar 11 2022

During a political event in Isla on Wednesday, local gynaecologist Mark Sant criticised PN leader Bernard Grech’s pledge to establish a ‘permanent IVF specialist’ in Malta due to the country having no experts in this regard.

On a ONE TV broadcast of programme Awla, Sant stated that Malta has had three IVF experts for the past three years. In his pledge, Grech referred to ‘Batch IVF’, a process by which the menstrual cycles of multiple women are programme in order to conduct the same process at around the same time. Such a process was being conducted due to the lack of IVF specialists, with experts coming to Malta to oversee such process.

The gynaecologist went on to argue that Malta has had three embryologists in Malta for three years and the ‘batch’ process is not carried out anymore… “Maybe that’s why I didn’t speak to him about the issue”, Sant said. As he carried on with his discourse, Sant welcomed Labour’s proposal for the introduction of Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) testing in Malta, which allows specialists to analyse the embryo formed outside the uterus for genetic issues which would prevent it from implanting.

What do you make of this?

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Miriam Dalli announces €500,000 investment to make Mosta’s Wied Speranza more hiker-friendly

Mar 11 2022

Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Sustainable Development Miriam Dalli has announced that Mosta’s Wied Speranza will receive a €500,000 investment to clean up the area and make it more hiker-friendly.

Dalli revealed that the project would include cleaning the valley from illegally-dumped waste and restoration of the ecosystem through the use of rainwater and will include a walkway, restoration of rubble structures, stone bridges and fountains.

Throughout the duration of the electoral campaign, there have been calls to make green areas more accessible for the Maltese public. That being said, the minister has reported that administrative works have begun on the areas chapels, which work includes the removal of invasive plant species, amongst other projects.

The Wied Speranza project forms part of the Life IP River Basin Management Plan project, with Wied Speranza covering around 16 kilometres of land starting from Dingli up until the Salini area. Due to Malta’s climate, high temperatures and low rainfall, projects tackling rainwater conservation such as this one are not only important but essential.

Have you ever visited Wied Speranza?

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