Historic day for Malta as gender quota bill is unanimously approved

Apr 14 2021

A historic day for Malta as a ground-breaking gender quota bill has been overwhelmingly approved in Parliament earlier this evening.

Historic day for #Malta as Parliament overwhelmingly votes in favour of #EqualRepresentation in our country's highest institution! 🇲🇹

Another step forward towards #GenderEquality and further proof of @MaltaGov's commitment towards #progressive and #inclusive public policy – RA

— Robert Abela (@RobertAbela_MT) April 14, 2021

Prime Minister Robert Abela took to social media to announce this decision, calling it “another step forward towards #GenderEquality”, going on to hail the Government’s commitment towards inclusivity.

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MP Rosianne Cutajar, who had been heavily backing the bill for months during her time as Parliamentary Secretary for Equality and Reforms, also praised the approval and highlighted its anticipated strengthening of representation within the country’s highest institution.

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Malta’s newest eco-friendly platform is as fresh as it gets and we’re loving it

Apr 14 2021

In 2021, global sustainability should be one of our primary goals as citizens of the Earth and Malta’s newest green concept Greenie is making sure of it.

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Rather than targeting environmentalists, vegans or vegetarians, this eco-friendly platform appeals to individuals from different walks of life to inform them of environmental news, awareness, locations, recipes and is calling on environmentally-conscientious companies and restaurants to work together towards a greener Earth.

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Greenie’s objective is to raise the demand for environmentally-friendly products and services to ultimately work towards a greener, and stronger planet and encourages as much people as possible to follow their page and join their community.

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Tributes pour in following shocking death of “Welcome to Chili’s” Vine star

Apr 14 2021

Adam Perkins became a vine star for his iconic video in which he poses in his briefs in front of his bathroom mirror and simply states; ‘Hi, Welcome to Chilli’s’. News has shocked social media however stating that Perkins has sadly passed away at the young age of 24.

His twin brother Patrick announced the death, stating ‘I can’t even really put into words what this loss means for me. I love you, my best friends. 1997-forever.’ The cause of the passing has as of yet been undisclosed, but our condolences go to the whole Perkins family.

RIP.

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Malta will not administer Johnson & Johnson vaccine following blood clot concerns

Apr 14 2021

Following reports of blood clots and the USA halting the vaccine out of an abundance of caution, it seems Malta will be following in these footsteps as it will not be using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Superintendent for Public Health Professor Charmaine Gauci confirmed this in an interview with a Times of Malta journalist.

The one shot vaccine will be halted by not just Malta but the UE along with the US due to 6 cases of blood clots resulted from 6.8 million doses administered. AstraZeneca will still be administered. She also stated that Malta will not give the option for people to choose to take the second shot from a different company, as did Germany.

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