Donald Trump quits U.S. Actors Union

Feb 5 2021

Donald Trump has officially resigned from The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) following news that the union was considering removing him due to his role in the attacks on the Capitol building on 6 January.

Trump has previously appeared in films such as Home Alone 2 and programmes like Sex and the City in the early 90s while also producing the series ‘The Apprentice’.

The reason behind Trump’s resignation is that ‘they did nothing for him’, to which SAG-AFTRA replied with only ‘Thanks’.

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Malta is 15 days ahead of vaccine schedule, Prof. Gauci reports

Feb 5 2021

According to Superintendent for Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci, Malta is 15 days ahead of the previously-planned inoculation schedule.

This was reported during today’s media conference where Prof. Gauci reiterated that 33,477 vaccine doses have been administered so far, highlighting the fast nature of vaccinations compared to other European countries.

She went on to highlight how so far, almost all elderly individuals aged 85 and over have been vaccinated, with only those currently in quarantine left.

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The Economist deems Malta’s democracy ‘flawed’ as index points drop

Feb 5 2021

International newspaper The Economist has deemed Malta’s democracy ‘flawed’ as the island’s points on its 2020 Democracy index continue to drop.

The index covers close to the countries’ entire population and categorises according to electoral process and pluralism, government functionality, political participation, political culture and civil liberty and scores each democracy country by country.

Based on points achieved, Malta falls under the ‘flawed democracy’ category along with countries like the United States, France, Italy and Greece.

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Keith Schembri’s bail lifted as ‘investigations are still ongoing’

Feb 5 2021

Former Office of the Prime Minister Chief of Staff Keith Schembri has had his bail lifted following interrogation from the police’s financial crimes department.

Despite this, the Malta Police Force has stated that Schembri’s Whatsapp chats are still being investigated, shutting lawyer Edward Gatt’s claims that the police probe is dismissed.

Schembri had been interrogated for two hours from the financial crimes department on Thursday.

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