Janet Richard and Jeremy Zammit awarded ‘Athletes of the Year’

Nov 28 2022

Janet Richard and Jeremy Zammit were awarded ‘Athletes of the Year’ by Athletics Malta.

After a series of top level performances during the past months, Richard and Zammit, received the Association’s highest honour during an award ceremony held on Sunday evening.

This year, the long-jumper Jeremy Zammit of Pembroke Athleta broke a national record that stood for 17 years with a jump of 7.73m. He is also the first Maltese athlete in his category to reach the finals of both the World and European Under 20 Championships. Zammit has also obtained a prestigious scholarship at the D1 University of Auburn in the United States, where he will also continue his studies.

Janet Richard, of Pembroke Athleta was awarded this title for the second time after achieving a national record in 400m when competing in the European Championships in Munich, Germany where she achieved a time of 53.49s. Richard also formed part of another national record, in the 4x100m relay, with a time of 45.59s during the Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham. She also won two gold medals for Malta in the European Championships of Small Countries.

Athletics Malta also awarded a number of other athletes in the different age categories. The winners include Claire Azzopardi, Beppe Grillo, Dillon Cassar, Bradley Mifsud, Mireya Cassar and Matthew Galea Soler.

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WATCH: Waves flood lower flat in Balluta due to heavy winds

Nov 28 2022

A video uploaded to Facebook by Steffie Cassar Torreggiani shows massive waves crashing into a balcony to a lower flat in Balluta.

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The apartment building is situated in Balluta, next to Barracuda. Waves could be seen smashing into the balcony’s glass pane and water accumulating in the balcony.

Torreggiani highlighted the gravity situation, pointing to the flaws in infrastructural planning. Hopefully no on was injured in the flooding.

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Government hasn’t done enough to stop femicide admits prime minister

Nov 28 2022

Speaking in an interview on ONE TV, Prime Minister Robert Abela admitted that not enough has been done to prevent domestic violence and femicide cases in Malta.

‘The state, the country and society did not do all that is required’ he said as 2022 saw three deaths of women in three separate cases. These women, he said, could have still been alive and therefore there needs to be more done to prevent such crimes.

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This is a first time wherein a governmental body, in this case the Prime Minister, admitted to a lack of attention to an issue. The admittance of such a mistake could be a good first step to encourage further work to be done on the issue, with full responsibility by authorities being taken.

The three women the Prime Minister is referring to are the recent Bernice Cassar, who was shot by her husband; Paulina Dembska, who was fund murdered on January 2nd by Abner Aquilina; and Rita Ellul, who was strangled to death by her partner.

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Parliament to start discussing amendments to the Criminal Code

Nov 28 2022

Today, the Maltese Parliament will start discussing an amendment to the Criminal Code to clarify the legal position of the attending physician and the mother in circumstances where the pregnancy leads to the mother suffering from a medical complication that could put her life at risk or health in grave danger.

In a statement issued this morning, the Labour Party said that “the Nationalist Party knows very well that with what the Parliament will start discussing tonight, abortion will remain illegal according to Maltese law.”

The PL said that “only one law amendment is being made.” The party in government explained that this will clarify situations that occur when medical professionals agree that the pregnancy should be terminated due to a medical complication that could put the mother’s life at risk or in grave danger. “This means that the articles that already exist in the Criminal Code regarding abortion will remain there”, said PL.

In a separate statement, the Nationalist Party stated that “tonight the Parliament will start discussing the introduction of abortion in our country as Robert Abela wants.” The PN said that “Robert Abela does not have an electoral mandate to introduce abortion in Malta.”

An official statement by PN said that this is “typical of a Prime Minister who has no respect for the value of life from conception to the last breath.” The PN stated that Robert Abela is abusing his position as Prime Minister with a misleading amendment to the Criminal Code to introduce abortion instead of providing legal certainty and protection for pregnant women, unborn babies and professionals in the field of health in case an intervention is necessary to save the life of the mother who is in clear danger.

All the PN Members of Parliament declared that they are against the introduction of abortion and they will be voting against the law being proposed by the government.

On the other hand, Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna, has asked whether one “should kill someone because of a health threat and not a life threat?” Charles Scicluna appealed to parliament to thread carefully on this subject.

This national debate took off a few weeks ago when US national Andrea Prudente was denied a request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy whilst in Malta.

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