Gozo Fast Ferry Ltd to provide high-speed service between the islands

Apr 14 2021

Gozo Fast Ferry Ltd announced today that it will be operating a fast-ferry service which will run between Gozo and Valletta starting June. Two state-of-the-art high-speed passenger craft will be used by the company, backed by Bianchi Group and Merrill Investments.

We’re happy to announce our collaboration with GozoFast Ferry, which is set to start operating in June. This new ferry…

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Transport Malta has been notified of this service after the market was liberalised. Each vessel is allegedly capable of comfortably carrying 300 passengers per trip and will make the journey between Mgarr, Gozo, to the Grand Harbour in Valletta in less than 45 minutes. Schedule and pricing details will be announced in due course.

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58 COVID-19 cases registered with 41 recoveries

Apr 14 2021

Malta has registered 58 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,001 swab tests, while 41 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Wednesday 14th April 2021, 254,885 vaccine doses were administered of which 76,593 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 29,778 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 28,797 have recovered, 403 died and 578 are still active.

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Construction worker falls to his death in Wied il-Ghajn

Apr 14 2021

Police were informed this morning at around 8:00 a.m that their assisted was needed on a construction site in Triq il-Qrempuc, Wied il-Ghajn. The District Police convened immediately on site and preliminary investigations revealed that an Albanian man fell down a 7 storey height down a shaft he was working on.

Members of the Civil Protection Department and a medical team were called to assist but the man was unfortunately confirmed to be dead on site. Magistrate Dr Donatella Frendo Dimech LL. D was informed of the case and issued an inquiry, with investigations still ongoing.

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Malta to finance repatriation of Lassana Cisse’s body

Apr 14 2021

Lassana Cisse Souleymane, 42-year-old father of three, was murdered in a racially-motivated attack two years ago by two Armed Forces of Malta soldiers in a drive-by-shooting. The Maltese government will now be covering expenses to transport the body of Lassana back to the Ivory Coast, as confirmed by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri.

Lassana’s body was released for burial by the courts on January 2020 and his family has been expecting the transfer to take place two months later. This has not yet occurred and thus prompted MP Mario Galea to ask a parliamentary question on the matter.

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