Easter Sunday is one of the most important religious holidays in Malta, as it harkens back to one of the most central teachings in the island’s largely Catholic religious culture.
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Most Maltese people celebrate Easter with great devotion, traditional customs, and a rich cultural heritage. And of course, the eating of lots of figolli!
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A horse has unfortunately died after it allegedly ran in a panic into the side of a bus outside of Valletta.
One News reported that the incident took place at around 1500hrs in Triq l-Assedju l-Kbir, Floriana.
The newsroom confirmed via a police officer that preliminary investigations that the horse escaped whilst still tied to a carriage. No passengers were onboard at the time and no one was hurt.
However, a 38-year-old Philippine woman resident of Birkirkara was taken to Mater Dei due to suffering shock at the sight.
Investigations are ongoing.
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NASA’s James Webb Telescope has captured a stunning image of the seventh planet in our solar system, highlighting 11 out of the 13 rings surrounding Uranus.
‘Only Voyager 2 and Keck (with adaptive optics) have imaged the planet’s faintest rings before, and never as clearly as Webb’ wrote NASA.
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A second image captures Uranus’ moons, of which there are a total of 27. Most of them are too small and faint to capture, but the 6 brightest ones are made visible – Puck, Umbriel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania and Ariel.
The surrounding lights in the second image are actually other galaxies in the background!
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The Malta Police Force fleet has just been updated with 2 new Rigid Inflatable Boats (RHIBS) and 5 new mini-buses.
The RHIBS are now assigned to the Police Environment Protection Unit, with the aim of enhancing the police force’s capabilities inshore through patrolling of remote areas accessible only with maritime vessels.
‘This investment also includes trailers in order for the RHIBS to be able to use different slipways, depending on the emergency of the situation’ the police force said in a statement.
Meanwhile, the mini buses were assigned to the Police Immigration Section and are intended to ‘facilitate the transportation of immigrants to their respective hosting venues.’
4 of the mini buses are 20 seaters with the remaining one being a 17 seater with a wheelchair accessible ramp.
The investment was one of more than €1,100,000 and was funded as part of the Malta Police Force’s Specific Actions for Border Surveillance, an EU funded project under the Internal Security Fund 2014-2020.
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