Bernard Grech rallies for change and labels PM as detached rich man

Sep 21 2021

Addressing an audience at the Floriana Granaries on, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech rallied his supporters as he vouched for change against what he deems to be current Prime Minister Robert Abela’s ‘comfortable upbringing’. Grech insisted that, unlike Abela, he can understand the concerns of ordinary people due to his humble beginnings.

The Nationalist Party leader criticized Abela for boarding his yacht and darting off to Sicily whilst the country struggles with a pandemic and an FATF grey-listing. He contrasted this with the Opposition’s ‘dynamic and strong’ team with him at the helm who can address the public’s everyday aspirations, costs and struggles. He also urged supporters to lift their heads high and be proud of the historical achievements of the party.

Grech kicked off his speech on Monday evening with the trademark phrase reminiscent of Eddie Fenech Adami ‘Dear Maltese and Gozitan brethren’ (Gheziez huti Maltin u Ghawdxin). During the gathering, which abided by COVID-19 health restrictions, Grech also stated that he does not fear the big fish unlike Abela, who failed, according to Grech, to denounce the wrongs of his predecessor.

Pointing to Abela’s inability to act against Rosianne Cutajar, Edward Zammit Lewis and Carmelo Abela, Grech rallied his supporters to join him towards the road of change. He said that he is running for Prime Minister because he believes truth can be changed. Calling for environmentalists and other activists to join the party, he also accused Labour of lacking ideas and being negative in an attempt to flip the image the PN has been historically labelled with.

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Photo Source: Bernard Grech FB

Malta could be getting a metro very soon as studies set for release

Sep 21 2021

Prime Minister Robert Abela has promised to publish the government-commissioned studies which are working towards introducing a metro on the island. The studies would be published for public consultation as the Prime Minister argues that such massive a project would be necessary for future generations. The coming weeks will see the studies released following their alleged completion since last February, Abela told a Labour Party rally. The metro, which could revolutionize public transport, should be analyzed from all factors and angles, continued Abela.

Such concerns include whether or not a metro is in fact needed, whether such transport is ready to be used instead of private cars, whether the public is ready for the inconveniences which will pop up whilst the metro is being built and even whether the public is ready to continue ‘modernizing’ the country further. The Prime Minister emphasized keeping the future generations in mind when taking such decisions as this could change not only transportation but also the very landscape of Malta.

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Photo Source: Robert Abela FB

McDonald’s apparel is here and people are lovin’ it

Sep 21 2021

Fast-food chain giant McDonald’s and cause-driven pop culture retailer BoxLunch have teamed up to announce their multi-category collaboration. The bringing together of these two brands has produced an assortment of apparel, accessories and collectibles, all exclusively available at BoxLunch stores and BoxLunch.com starting from September 20th. With items for both men and women, the collaboration features everything from McDonald’s handbags, socks, T-shirts, hoodies, and other accessories.

The release celebrates retro graphics, beloved characters and modern iconography from the archives of the ‘Golden Arches’. Senior Director of Strategic Alliances at McDonald’s said that ‘as a brand serving tens of thousands of communities across the world, we’re always focused on living our purpose of feeding and fostering the communities we operate in.’ Connecting fandom and philanthropy, BoxLunch donates a meal to a person in need for every $10 spent-in-store or online through their partnership with Feeding America. Would you don some of the new McDonald’s merch?

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Chinese TikTok ‘Douyin’ limiting kids to only 40 minutes a day

Sep 21 2021

The Chinese version of TikTok known as Douyin will be introducing a ‘teenage mode’ which will limit the amount of time spent on the social media platform by kids under the age of 14. The age group will only be able to spend up to 40 minutes a day on the app and it will apply to all Douyin users who have signed up using their real names, revealed Beijing-based ByteDance in a statement. The app will also be unavailable to these same users between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am, with parents being urged to help children register with their real names or else enable teenage mode manually.

ByteDance has not yet issued a statement in regards to how it will deal with those instances wherein someone registers without using their real details to avoid the restriction. With at least 490 million users as of November 2020, Douyin’s restriction comes so as to get kids doing other activities apart from using social media, most notably sport. With studies showing that obesity in Maltese children has only been increasing, topping the charts according to WHO, could such a measure be useful locally?

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