Contractor granted bail after dumping injured migrant worker in Mellieha

Oct 8 2021

Contractor Glen Farrugia, who has been accused of dumping a severely injured migrant worker on the side of the road in Mellieha, has been granted bail and released from custody.

31-year-old Farrugia is a building contractor and director of J&G Farrugia contractors and had garnered national attention and been remanded in custody after migrant worker Lamin Jaiteh fell two storeys on a construction site and was dumped on the side of the road in Mellieha rather than being taken to hospital.

Farrugia was charged with causing grievous injuries to Jaiteh along with charges of breaching occupational health and safety, labour market laws and failing to pay the worker appropriately for working on a public holiday, unused vacation leave, overtime, statutory bonus, tax and national insurance. Farrugia was ordered a €10,000 deposit for release and a personal guarantee of €30,000 along with observation of a curfew and must sign a bail book three times a week.

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Malta ranks first globally in COVID-19 recovery index

Malta ranks first globally in COVID-19 recover index

Oct 8 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Chris Fearne took to social media this morning to share some positive news with regards to Malta and the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing a chart which addresses the global COVID-19 recovery index.

The index was created by the world’s largest financial newspaper Nikkei and highlights countries’ recovery status in light of the recent pandemic, with Malta ranking in first place. The factors taken into consideration are vaccination and infection rates along with social mobility, with Malta scoring a positive 73.0 having high vaccination, low infections and high social interactions.

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Malta takes over from previous first China who has went from first to ninth due to lack of progress in the social mobility field, while Malta has seen significant progress in recent weeks. Chile and Bahrain follow with scores of 72.0 each and UAE in 4th with a score of 71.0 while the Philippines have dropped to last place in the recovery index.

Until yesterday, 834,543 vaccine doses were administered, of which 20,048 were booster shots.

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Metro must connect Malta and Gozo, says PN candidate Alex Borg

Oct 8 2021

With a lot of discussion surrounding the installation of a metro system in Malta and a potential election coming up, many candidates from all sides of the political spectrum have stated their opinion. On Thursday, PN candidate Alex Borg gave his two cents on the metro, suggesting that the system should connect Malta and Gozo and consider Malta’s industrial zones.

Borg went on to highlight that based on recent surveys conducted by the National Statistics Office, one in every five Gozitans who works full-time, crosses over to Malta every single day to work. The new candidate that both workers and students should be able to utilise the metro to get to University, MCAST and work and be able to return to their Gozitan homes without having to be separated from their families for a whole week.

A point regarding Malta’s traffic issue was also raised, with Borg accentuating his enthusiasm towards the fact that a Labour Government is adopting proposals made by the Nationalist Party a few years ago, similar to what happened with the windfarms a pipeline, according to the PN candidate.

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James Bond actor Daniel Craig receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Oct 7 2021

As the final film in which the actor stars as the titular character James Bond, Daniel Craig has sealed the launch week by becoming the 2,704th celebrity to be honoured with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in California. The star was unveiled outside 7007 Hollywood Boulevard in honour of the fictional British spy’s code number 007. Sir Roger Moore, Craig’s Bond predecessor, has his own star just yards away. The 53-year-old has played 007 since 2006 and expressed how honoured he is to be walked all over in Hollywood.

The latest Bond film and Craig’s last, ‘No Time To Die’ won critical praise and earned the highest opening weekend takings of any Bond movie in the UK. It had repeated delays to its release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rami Malek, who played the movie’s villain, praised Craig as an actor and colleague. Craig has now joined Pierce Borsnan, David Niven and Barry Nelson as being another Bond actor to have a star. The late Sean Connery does not have one.

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