Għajnsielem church pays respect to COVID-19 victims with over 800 crosses

Mar 20 2021

An Għajnsielem church courtyard has been decorated with over 800 crosses made up of recycled wood to pay respect to COVID-19 victims and their families during the second Holy Week in the pandemic.

Vice Mayor Franco Ciangura expressed how this pandemic has effected everyone in some form or other and that the installation was created to create a particular atmosphere during sunset and salutes those who died of COVID-19 with the white crosses.

The installation was possible through help from various voluntary organisations like the Għajnsielem Drama Group and the Għaqda Armar Għajsnielem, along with the local council and church.

#MaltaDaily

Joe Biden ‘just fine’ after stumbling up steps of Air Force One

Mar 20 2021

United States President Joe Biden is reportedly ‘just fine’ after stumbling up the steps of Air Force One, with the video making the rounds on the internet soon after.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Malta Daily (@maltadaily.mt)

78-year-old Biden is the oldest-ever US president and managed to get up unscathed from the fall, but is not the first president to have stumbled up or down the stairs of Air Force One.

Back in 1975, president Gerald Ford slipped and fell in Salzburg, Austria due a wet ramp with Barack Obama nearly meeting the same fate in 2015.

#MaltaDaily

Car catches fire after coast road incident

Mar 20 2021

Yesterday afternoon, two cars were engaged in a traffic accident on the Coast Road at around 4pm.

It is reported that there were no fatalities but one of the cars was caught on video catching fire.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Malta Daily (@maltadaily.mt)

The police soon arrived on the scene to take control of the situation where the fire was eventually put out.

#MaltaDaily

Malta drops 17 places in global happiness index

Mar 20 2021

The recent publishing of the United nations’ World Happiness Report has revealed that Malta has dropped 17 places in the worldwide study of happiness in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Malta endured one of the biggest drops in the global index, placing 37th out of the 95 total countries, with the index measuring ‘life evaluation’, taking into consideration the pandemic’s effects on emotions.

Finland maintained its top spot as the world’s happiest countries, followed by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland, with the index measuring factors such as Gross Domestic Product, levels of corruption, freedom and social support, all of which contribute to what is called a ‘happiness score’ for countries.

#MaltaDaily