Haley Bugeja among best youth talents in high-profile football portal

Mar 22 2022

Haley Bugeja has been scoring awards with no indication of stopping. And this latest achievement, despite not coming as much of a surprise, it is still a testament to her success.

The Maltese football star placed third in Goal’s NXGN list of the best women’s football youth talents. Goal.com is a high profile football portal which focused on covering women’s football in recent years, awarding incredible starlets.

Haley made her introduction into the list last season after she was named in the top ten. She kept a spot in the list when they expanded it to 20 players. It was then open for players born on or after January 1, 2003.

Bugeja, born in 2004, could make it onto the list for the third time next season. In 2021, Bugeja managed to top Sassuolo’s scoring charts for her debut season with 12 goals.

With an overall record of 14 goals and 6 assists in 28 Serie A games for Sassuolo, she also played in the Coppa Italia and the Italian Super Cup.

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This exciting new Japanese bar in Valletta will take you on a trip unlike any other

This exciting new Japanese bar in Valletta will take you on a trip to Japan

Mar 22 2022

The year is 2022 and Malta’s capital city has arguably transformed into the place to be for socialites & foodies across the island. Strait Street in particular is now not only one of Malta’s most popular streets but a brand of culture, entertainment and gastronomy… and Komaki has its eyes set on becoming the social hub’s newest hotspot.

This cosy spot in the beating heart of Valletta’s cultural hub will provide a quintessential Japanese experience which welcomes patrons for food, drinks and social experiences.

Komaki offers a tantalising selection of fine-crafted Japanese gin, whisky & cocktails which are defined by their unique ingredients and precise distilling methods. Pair that with an indulgent selection of Japanese tapas prepared by a specialised chef with a star-studded background and you’re in for a unique, intimate experience unlike any other. With mouth-watering dishes like Wagyu Toast & the signature Pork Belly Bites, along with a number of speciality dishes which are exciting to say the very least, we can’t wait to head on down there ourselves.

So, bottom line; gorgeous decor, fine Japanese drinks and an immersive food menu helmed by an extraordinary chef and the man behind spots like Wagyu Bar & Kitchen and Burgers.Ink; you really can’t miss out on this one.

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€40 million project to replace San Luċjan Fuel Storage Facility announced

Mar 22 2022

The Minister for Energy and Sustainable Energy Miriam Dalli announced a €40 million project in order to regenerate the San Lucjan Fuel Storage Facility. This was used for the storage of oil but will now be transformed into a facility for recreation for families and an investment into new niches.

The project will be known as Siċċa and it will offer 18,000 square meters of recreational space to increase the amount of open areas in the South of Malta. The Siċċa project will serves a unique centre in the heart of the Mediterranean for research and innovation into industries such as aquaculture, blue economies and circular economies.

The project was designed in an innovative way by a renowned International company known as Pininfarina. It will not only be complimented by the natural environment surrounding the project but it will be equipped with natural measures to help in the fight against climate change.

70% of the project will operate on renewable energy and half of it will serve as recreational public space. Minister Miriam Dalli said that this project will be a catalyst to attract other sustainable projects such as this to our island.

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Gray whales often engage in threesomes… and dolphins watch

Mar 22 2022

So, get this. Gray Whales apparently just love getting it on in groups of three and they do it quite regularly.

According to Christopher Fitzsimmons, who is an education specialist at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the huge mammal regularly mates in pods of three.

The threesome often involves two males and a female, with the whales rolling and rubbing to get themselves familiar with one another and to make sure the female is receptive to mating.

It turns out that the whales use their pectoral fins to coerce and align female whales into mating positions. Female whales are highly selective when choosing mates as they are pregnant for around 13 months and spend around a year nursing.

Females are observed avoiding the advances of males for days on end, but when they do engage in mating, the males act as ‘wing-men.’

The Gray whales engage in mating triads wherein one male props the other male up to mate and then they flip position. And it gets weirder… dolphins are often seen near large whale mating rituals for unclear reasons.

The whales often know that the dolphins are there and it appears that they sometimes have fun with them by swimming upside down. The whales are also suspected to mate just for the fun and not just for child rearing.

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