Could Malta’s football star Haley Bugeja be signing with Juventus?

Jun 7 2021

Malta’s very own football wonderkid Haley Bugeja continues making groundbreaking strides in the international football scene after a contract for Bugeja between Sassuolo and Juventus is reportedly in its advanced stages.

Italian media have stated that Juventus Women are interested in signing Bugeja, who was recently voted as the best young player in Italy’s Serie A Femminile who is also being eyed by a number of top Italian clubs.

17-year-old Bugeja finished her season with Sassuolo as the club’s top goalscorer and fifth overall scorer in the Serie A and even becoming the first Maltese woman to score a hat-trick during an international game with Malta’s national team.

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MTA issues permit to Paradise Exiles for seating on Exiles Bay

Jun 7 2021

The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) has reportedly issued a permit which allows establishment Paradise Exiles to set up tables and chairs on Exiles Bay in Sliema.

When speaking to The Malta Independent’s Shona Berger, an MTA official confirmed that seating on the beach has been granted until end of June 2021 in light of the recent COVID-19 measures in place for bars and restaurants, generating a considerable amount of controversy due to the use of public space.

When questioned, Sliema Local Council Anthony Attard told The Malta Independent that these kinds of permits are not issued by the Sliema Council but by the Malta Tourism Authority.

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15-year-old Maltese swimmer Sasha Gatt breaks national record

Jun 7 2021

15-year-old local swimming prodigy Sasha Gatt has made waves both figuratively and literally as she broke her own national record in a 400m freestyle event at Malta’s Olympic Qualifying meet at Tal-Qroqq.

The two-day event saw Gatt’s own national record set for the first time back in February where she registered a time of 4:23:33, going on to set the new record at 4:18:58.

The swimmer said she was ‘over the moon’ with her performance and improvement and went on to thank her coach Catalin Stan for the support and training.

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Maltese call for weekly COVID-19 update as Florida enacts new system

Jun 7 2021

The Health Department of Florida in the United States has announced that it will no longer publish the state’s daily pandemic update as it has been doing in the past months but will now publish a weekly COVID-19 update.

The authorities stated that there is no longer a need for daily updates since the state is allegedly close to complete normality, making in the first American state to halt updates every 24 hours.

After seeing such news, many Maltese went on to call for the same procedure to be adopted in Malta, with a weekly update instead of daily one.

On Sunday, Malta was reported to have a COVID-19 reproduction rate of 0.26, as revealed by statistician Vincent Marmara.

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