Awguri Prim! Prime Minister Robert Abela turns 45 today

Dec 7 2022

Today, Malta’s Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader Robert Abela turns 45.

Son to former president of Malta George Abela, the PM was born on 7th December 1977 and spent quite a few years in politics before being elected Labour leader and eventually Prime Minister.

Many took to Facebook to share their heartfelt messages and send their best wishes to Abela, including his wife Lydia Abela who shared a touching photo of the Abela family, stating “Thank you for everything that you do with us. We love you a lot.”

Currently, Abela is in the Albanian Capital of Tirana attending an EU-Western Balkans summit, he posted a video to Facebook on Tuesday to give an update on the summit’s progress.

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Amber releases a new Christmas song

Dec 7 2022

Local singer/songwriter Amber released a new Christmas song titled ‘Mument Maġiku’.

This is her second original Christmas tune following the release of ‘Dan il-Millied’, last year. Amber loves the festive season and spending time with family and friends during these times means a lot to her.

‘Mument Maġiku’ speaks about how the warm Christmas feeling comes from memories created throughout the years and how they make this season so special. Christmas is a time where we try and surround ourselves with love and appreciation for all that we have been blessed with. In fact, talking about this release, Amber said “It’s the time spent together that make it the most wonderful time of the year and what makes it so magical’’

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WATCH: Man spotted handling cocaine in Paceville bank branch

Dec 7 2022

A bizarre clip has started to make the rounds online of a man who seems to be handling cocaine in a Paceville bank branch in one of the area’s most frequented spots.

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Taken from across the street, the video shows the man arched against against a flat surface as he handles what seems to be a sachet of cocaine.

During the first 7 months of 2022, a record-breaking amount of 2,339 kilograms of cocaine were discovered by Maltese authorities, exceeding the total amount of cocaine seized in 2021 three times over.

Back in November, the CEO of the Foundation for Social Welfare Services Alfred Grixti shed light on the excessive cocaine use in Malta, stating that they heard stories of people using during Holy Communion, Confirmation and even Baptism parties.

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A World Cup of surprises: Who will be crowned champion in Qatar?

Dec 7 2022

As we head into the quarter finals, the Qatar World Cup has, so far, been a journey of surprises and shocking moments, with the most recent being Morocco’s elimination of the 2010 world champions Spain.

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Croatia will clash with favourites Brazil on Friday 9th December at 4PM while the Netherlands will take on Argentina at 8PM. On Saturday, dark horse Morocco will face Fernando Santos’ Portugal in the afternoon while England will go head-to-head with reigning champions France in the evening.

The odds currently put Brazil as favourites to take the World Cup home at 9/5, with champions France coming in second at 9/2 however, considering everything that went down this World Cup season, we still anticipate a couple of surprises coming our way.

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