Yesterday, officials within the Civil Protection Department saved a cat from a well in a delicate operation in Gozo.
A number of CPD officials headed to Xewkija after reports of a disgruntled cat who fell down an empty well. The cat was escorted to safety after one of the officials descended into the narrow well.
Many took to the comments to thank the Civil Protection Department for their efforts.
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As the global fashion industry continues to grow, so does the counterfeit market, with millions upon millions of counterfeit products entering international markets every single day.
However, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have just made a major dent in the false frenzy, busting two major shipments of counterfeit Rolex watches on April 27 and 29, valued a total of $10.1 million if real. Coming from Hong Kong to Brooklyn, New York, the agency had previously gathered information from the vendor sending the shipment, noting a number of fraudulent shipments in the past, triggering CBP offers to inspect them.
The April 27 shipment contained up to 300 counterfeit Rolex Watches while the April 29 shipment carried 160, a news release revealed.
Malta is also no stranger to counterfeit products; a simple search on Facebook’s Marketplace feature will find a significant number of ‘luxury watch’ offers at ridiculous prices.
Anyone fancy a €50 Rolex?
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On Saturday, Nationalist MP Eve Borg Bonello took to Facebook to express her disdain at the fact that the Parliament building in Valletta still has barriers in front of it.
The barriers were initially placed in front of Parliament in 2019 due to multiple protests in light of the revelation of government officials’ ties to the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Newsbook.com.mt reported that the barriers were removed early on Saturday due to the official opening of the Parliament’s 14th legislature, but were then put back hours later.
In her post, Borg Bonello stated that the Parliament building belongs to the people and not the politicians, and she will be doing her utmost to see that the barriers are removed as soon as possible so ‘the people have power once again’.
Do you agree that the barriers should be removed?
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Photo Source: Eve Borg Bonello / Newsbook.com.mt
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo and partner Georgina Rodriguez have finally revealed the name of their newborn baby daughter.
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In a recent Instagram post featuring the newborn cradled in a cot revealed that the couple named their baby Bella Esmeralda. She was born on April 18, with the pair also announcing that they had sadly lost their infant son during childbirth.
In a subsequent post, Ronaldo had told the couple’s followers “your support is very important and we all felt the love and respect that you have for our family. Now it’s time to be grateful for the life that we’ve just welcomed into this world.”
Bella looks to become a very popular name in Malta as well and the couple’s decision will only contribute to an increase in such a name around the world. In 2019, ‘Emma’, ‘Mia’ and ‘Valentina’ topped the list of Maltese girl names while ‘Noah’, ‘Luca’ and ‘Liam’ were the most popular names for newborn baby boys.
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by Stefan Azzopardi
