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Julius Caesar rework compared to Chris Fearne

Mar 9 2021 Share

A Maltese web developer shared a rendering of Gaius Julius Caesar on Twitter, comparing the face to that of Health Minister Chris Fearne’s. The work emerged on a history account called Oktem on Twitter, and the Health Minister promptly shared it.

Fearne evidently agreed with the liking and humoured it, exlaiming; ‘Haha…tajba!!’. And looking at the portrait of the Roman Emperor’s face, we can see why!

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Higher secondary student protest cancelled as lectures move online

Mar 9 2021 Share

After students from Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School (GCHSS) were set to protest on Friday by not attending classes, a letter issued by the Head of School confirmed that the school will in fact be shifting to online classes until the end of the 2nd term (Tuesday 30th March 2021). The students promptly cancelled the protest as GCHSS now joins the ranks of schools like Junior College in resorting to online lessons.

This decision came after students even took to social media to express their concerns that GCHSS was not making the necessary shift to online lessons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous measures issued by the school were banning sports activities and enforcing mask wearing at all times.

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Malta with lowest percentage of women in parliament

Mar 9 2021 Share

Eurostat has shown that Maltese national parliament has the lowest percentage of women, with only 13% if MPs in Malta in 2020. The share contrasts with the amount of women MPs in European Union, which averages at 33%. This makes 1 in 3 MPs women on average in EU. Malta shares this percentage with Hungary.

Maltese lack of women MPs is also present in national government with only 8% in positions of senior and junior ministers. Greece and Estonia also have a low share in government, with the highest being Finland with a 55% representation.

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Malta has surpassed 100,000 vaccines administered

Mar 9 2021 Share

In the quest to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and all its variants, Malta has surpassed the 100,000 landmark of vaccines administered with a total of 101,776. The vaccine, as previously stated by Fearne, is our main line of defence against the virus, despite the several measures still in place.

The vaccine entered the field of play on Sunday 27th December 2020, with nurse Rachel Grech being the first Maltese person to receive the dose. Malta has a total of 3,035 active cases as of 9th March 2021, with 21,477 recoveries and 335 total deaths.

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