On tonight’s episode of AWLA on ONE, 15-year-old Leah attempts to buy alcohol and cigarettes from outlets around Malta.
Will she be successful?
Leah makes her way to various outlets and asks for alcohol and cigarettes.
The question is posed as part of tonight’s episode on discipline, with a number of experts and personalities set to discuss the issue together.
AWLA airs tonight on ONE at 20:45.
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MCAST lecturers began the new academic year with a protest over the delay in agreeing to a new collective agreement, which has been pending for nearly three years.
The Malta Union of Teachers (MUT) expressed a loss of faith in MCAST’s new management, particularly Principal Stephen Vella, and refused to negotiate with him, preferring to negotiate directly with the government instead.
Lecturers, dressed in black to “mourn their working conditions,” gathered at the MCAST Paola campus. MUT president Marco Bonnici criticized the principal for suggesting arbitration to resolve the issue, and for threatening legal action if the union did not comply within a deadline.
The union rejected this approach, preferring to negotiate rather than leave the decision to an arbitrator unfamiliar with MCAST.
Faculty members are currently following union directives, which include not responding to emails and withholding exam marks.
Lecturers expressed sympathy for students affected but felt compelled to take action due to poor working conditions.
Meanwhile, government sources labeled MUT’s demands, including less contact time with students and teleworking options for certain roles, as “unreasonable.” Shadow ministers Justin Schembri and Ivan Castillo were present at the protest in support.
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A photo uploaded to Facebook group ‘Are You Being Served’ has made a man go absolutely viral after he saved a turtle between Ħaġar Qim and Għar Lapis.
The photo, shared by user ‘Attard Psiuol’ shows the man crouching near the turtle, with the post racking up over 2.6K reactions.
Many thanked and praised the man for this saving of the beautiful marine creature, with a comment confirming that Wildlife Rescue Team Malta picked up the turtle and transported it to the rehabilitation centre in Xrobb L-Għaġin.
‘Thank you for the gentleman who swam with it to Ghar Lapsi and all the people who helped us transport it safely up the steep road. Always call Naturetrust’s wildlife rescue team on 99999505 for injured local wildlife’, wrote Sonja Casha.
Well done!
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Video footage from the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) shows a poacher shooting down a protected Honey Buzzard near Buskett Gardens last Friday.
The bird was flying towards the Buskett Bird Sanctuary when a single shot brought it down.
A man with a shotgun was later seen searching the area but left without retrieving the bird, likely due to CABS’ presence. The injured bird was recovered by the Environmental Protection Unit (EPU) following collaboration with CABS, and the suspect was questioned.
In a separate incident, another Honey Buzzard was killed in Has-Saptan valley, though it wasn’t filmed and the bird couldn’t be located. CABS also documented five cases of birds of prey with shotgun-related injuries, including Peregrine Falcons, Honey Buzzards, and Marsh Harriers near Girgenti and Buskett Gardens.
Last week, CABS reported another poacher killing a protected Bee-Eater near Birzebugga, leading to criminal proceedings. Additionally, a repeat offender was filmed using an illegal electronic bird caller on the L-Ahrax peninsula and fined €350.
CABS praised the EPU, Birdlife Malta, and the Malta Ranger Unit for their efforts in combating bird poaching, noting that while illegal killings have decreased over the past two decades, some poachers remain undeterred.
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