Hero of the day: hairdresser offers free services to Dar Bjorn

Jul 29 2021

Every now and then, a piece of news will hit local headlines that truly shows the kindness of the people of Malta, and the story of Dorianne is one of them.

This local hairdresser won the hearts of many after ALS Activist and Dar Bjorn Founder Bjorn Formosa took to Facebook to share the news that Dorianne not only helped an ALS patient within Dar Bjorn, but that she will also be offering her services to residents of Dar Bjorn for free every month.

Din Dorianne! Mara simpatika li rat l-appel li għamilt ftit ilu biex ngħinu lil Mario, pazzjent bl-ALS sabiex taqalu…

Posted by Bjorn Formosa on Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Many took to the comments of Bjorn’s post to congratulate Dorianne for her noble efforts and to wish her the best of luck on opening her own establishment in Qormi.

Meanwhile, Bjorn and his team are currently working on their campaign #926tofinish, a marathon to be held on September 26 to finance the building of a second Dar Bjorn, which Bjorn called one of his last few efforts to help patients of ALS and other neurological conditions.

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Eleanor Bezzina completes first 25 m precision qualifying round, finishing in 17th

Jul 29 2021

Local Olympian, Eleanor Bezzina earlier today completed her precision round of the Olympic qualifiers in Tokyo .The qualifying round of the 25m shooting competition is halved in two, the precision round and the rapid round.

The precision round which happened today ended with a 1st place finish for Serbian shooter Zorana Arunović and a 17th place finish for Maltese shooter Eleanor Bezzina. Eleanor ended up with 289 points, 7 points off the top. Tomorrow at 2AM in the morning, she will participate in the rapid round where the shooters will have to test there accuracy even more as they will have to shoot quicker. This is the 2nd event Eleanor has competed in, in Tokyo, after her participation in the women’s 10m air pistol competition.

A top 8 finish in the final standings is needed to qualify for the final, so a big good luck to Eleanor Bezzina for her rapid round.

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Photo Source: Maltese Olympic Committee FB

Fully-vaccinated COVID-19 cases not killed by virus; Mater Dei consultant confirms

Jul 29 2021

In an interview with Newsbook on Wednesday, public health consultant for Mater Dei’s Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Dr. Tanya Melillo revealed that all of the fully-vaccinated COVID-19 patients who passed away in 2021 died of other health-related problems.

Dr. Melillo highlighted that ten fully-vaccinated individuals died while positive for COVID-19 this year but it was not the virus that killed them, as a matter of fact, it was the same vaccine that prevented the virus from being the cause of death, going on to shed light on other health complications such as cancer.

78% of Malta’s COVID-19 cases in July were unvaccinated with 14 of the 36 COVID-19 patients currently in hospital being fully vaccinated while the other 22 are not. The patient currently receiving intensive care is unvaccinated.

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Manchester United sign two world-class players in their quest for the Premier League

Jul 29 2021

These past couple of weeks have been quite eventful for all Manchester United fans, as they announced the signings of two of the worlds best players, Raphaël Varane and Jadon Sancho. These players will surely help the Red Devils take the next step and become a club aspiring to win the Premier League, instead of only aiming for Champions League qualification.

Jadon Sancho, who the club paid €85 million for, is a right-winger brought in to fill the quite evident hole in their attack. In past seasons many United fans noticed the lack of natural right wingers at the club. United, last season relied heavily on players like Mason Greenwood, who is more comfortable in the center of the park. Fan favourite, Marcus Rashford, who seems better as a left winger and likes to cut inside was also used as a right winger. Manchester United have been linked with Jadon Sancho for over a year now so to finally get their preferred right winger ,and not look for other options, must be a good feeling for fans and staff alike. This move will also feel like a homecoming for Jadon, as before his move to German giants Borussia Dortmund, he was a part of the academy at Manchester City, Manchester United’s local rivals.

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Raphaël Varane, who even coach Ole Gunnar Solskjær called a “proven winner”, will add the experience and quality needed in the Manchester United backline. This signing felt like a signing the great Sir Alex Ferguson would have done back in his day, luring the world’s best to come and play at Old Trafford. The French center back was a boyhood fan of the club and considered club legend Rio Ferdinand as his hero growing up. Varane, who is a four times Champions League winner with Real Madrid, and one time World Cup winner will add the winning mentality the team needs as few of their players have actually won a trophy of significance.

With more players like Kieran Trippier and Eduardo Camavinga rumored to be also coming in, Manchester United fans can be assured of a bright future for their club. Varane and Sancho are the signings the club needed to indicate that their back.

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