Episode #1 of The Unconventional Office with JOON just dropped!

Aug 12 2022

The exciting new project ‘The Unconventional Office’ has just dropped its first episode today and this innovative take has set the bar for what is in store for interviews and music on the island!

All centred around a Volkswagen T25, the new platform is the brainchild of Neo Borg Bonaci and will be driving (literally) more awareness about all the talented individuals on the Maltese islands (and maybe even beyond…)!

The first episode features Yasmin Kuymizakis, better known as ‘Joon’, being interviewed by MaltaDaily’s very own Daniel Briffa, a.k.a DJ Debrii.

For this episode, Debrii dives with Joon into what inspires her to make music, her taste in sound as well as all her successes and place in the music scene.

Joon is also part of a Los Angeles based record label called Italians Do It Better, being the first Maltese music artist to be featured on such a massive platform. She is also the founder of Malta Sound Women Network which promotes and educates women and girls in electronic music and sound.

If this first episode is anything to go by, Neo and his team have built a space which is ready to revolutionise how we get to know artists in the local scene and give this realm of art the boost it truly deserves.

This project is supported by @artscouncilmalta and @insynkcollective and is in media partnership with @maltadaily.mt.

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11 year old girl collects €600 to donate to Puttinu on her birthday

Aug 12 2022

Instead of celebrating in the usual way kids are known to commemorate their birthday, Katrina Zammit decided to give back to the community.

Celebrating her 11th birthday, Katrina raised a sum of €600 to donate to NGO Puttinu Cares.

Katrina’s selfless act will be going towards helping many kids in need battling cancer. Needing all the help they can get to pay for treatments and other necessities, it is such deeds that remind us of the goodness in humanity.

Katrina urged her family and friends not to give her gifts and instead donate to the organisation. In the process, she also served as inspiration for others to do the same!

Well done Katrina! And a big happy birthday!

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Hamrun Spartans receive hero’s welcome at airport following historic win

Aug 12 2022

Following their massive historic achievement yesterday to qualify for the next Europa Conference League round, Hamrun Spartans received an absolute hero’s welcome at the Malta International Airport.

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The players were greeted by the rest of their supporters as, playing away from home, the Spartans could only get a handful of cheering fans to the official match.

The Spartans beat Nevski Sofia by overturning a 1-0 defeat and becoming the first ever Maltese representative to qualify to the play-off round of a UEFA club competition.

Their success will now see them take on Serbian giants FK Partizan.

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MEA criticize ‘obscene and unprecedented’ Air Malta severance package

Aug 12 2022

The Malta Employers Association has revealed their disappointment in Air Malta’s severance package being offered to redundant employees, describing the packages as obscene and unprecedented. The news of the severance package was announced by The Shift News, outlining the plan to dissolve the airline through a tentative government plan.

In a statement, the MEA said that the severance package is “the most obscene agreement in Malta’s industrial relations history”, with workers being offered roughly only €16,000 for every year of service.

They also went on to say that “there are thousands of better ways to use such funds than wasting them on golden handshakes. This agreement is morally flawed, and only intended to appease an advantaged class of workers, many of whom should never have been employed at Air Malta in the first place.”

The MEA also went on to criticize the airline’s human resources, describing it as a tragedy of errors. They also went on to suggest to transfer Air Malta employees to the private sector instead of relocating them to a public entity, arguing that the public sector is already overstaffed.

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