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Malta National Hunt collects €4000 for a good cause

Malta National Hunt collects €4000 for a good cause
Aug 10 2021 Share

One Culture Group’s first ever treasure hunt around the Maltese islands racked up a whopping €4000 for a good cause. The first ever Malta National Hunt first managed to collect €2000, but the amount was amazingly doubled by Heritage Malta to rack up the €4000 digit.

Going towards Puttinu Cares, the fundraiser, which was executed through an exciting event, will help an organisation which makes the lives of many people, especially children’s, lives easier as they battle cancer. 

The Malta National Hunt team thanked all the participants who inputted into the successful fundraiser. 

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Photo Source: One Culture Group Communications

‘All the cultural progress will be undone’; Jason Micallef on Notte Bianca cancellation

‘All the cultural progress will be undone’; Jason Micallef on Notte Bianca cancellation
Aug 10 2021 Share

In light of the news that Malta’s 2021 Summer Carnival and Notte Bianca being cancelled, Chairman of the Valletta Cultural Agency Jason Micallef addresses the situation with bewildered shock and disappointment. Writing on Facebook, Micallef asks why Notte Bianca, which happens in the first weekend of October in Valletta, has been once again cancelled due to COVID-19 health measures. As of writing this article, it seems that Carnival Malta 2021 will be the one cancelled as amendments to the initial news revealed that further information on Notte Bianca will be released in due time. 

He rhetorically asks whether Malta aims to go blindly into nothingness post-pandemic as arts and culture remain discriminated against by the health authorities. This, says Micallef, is the same economic, social and cultural sector in Valletta which achieved so much in the years prior to the pandemic. This same sector, however, is being abandoned to be destroyed, undoing all the progress. 

Jason Micallef points to the fact that most of Malta’s population is fully vaccinated along with herd immunity. He also asks whether arts and culture are considered less than sports or religious functions as the decisions being made post-COVID do not make any sense. Despite the vaccine rollout, herd immunity, potential for booster doses and certifications, the health authorities still seem to be placing the arts sector in between a rock and a hard place. 

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Photo Source: Jason Borg, Jason Micallef

Meet your X-Factor Malta Season 3 judges!

Meet your X-Factor Malta Season 3 judges!
Aug 9 2021 Share

The big reveal has finally arrived! As the long awaited season 3 of X-Factor Malta draws nearer, the judging panel has been unveiled. It is up to these four judges to decide the fate of the singers competing for the title of X-Factor Malta! 

Howard Keith Debono and Ira Losco need no introduction as they return for their third round on the judging panel. 

They will be joined by Winter Moods lead singer Ivan Grech and award-winning New Victorians member Philippa Naudi. Their combined expertise, extensive musical history and keen eye in detecting upcoming talent will surely make for an exciting third season. 

The hype is real for this third season as singers gear up to show if they have what it takes to be crowned Malta’s X-Factor!

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Photo Source: X-Factor Malta

The window to avoid climate disaster is getting smaller scientists warn

The window to avoid climate disaster is getting smaller scientists warn
Aug 9 2021 Share

Global scientists are officially warning how the window to cut our reliance on fossil fuels and avoid climate disaster is slowly closing. The world has been increasingly experiencing droughts, raging wild-fires and engulfing floods, changing the landscape of our home planet and making it less hospitable than ever before. Allegedly warming up 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels, the climate is racking up towards 1.5 degrees – the critical threshold which global leaders agreed would be best to stay under. 

This dire situation can only be reversed if green house gas emissions and carbon dioxide are cut from the atmosphere, with lead author of the IPCC’s 2001 report saying that there are zero years left to avoid dangerous climate change. The breakneck speed with which the Earth is warming baffled, and outpaced, scientific predictions. Even if the most optimistic scenario were adhered to, which is that emissions start dropping today, global temperatures will still peak above the deadly threshold. 

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the report a code red for humanity as efforts need to be stepped up drastically if we wish to survive. Many countries have missed the deadlines to cut their emissions, with a significant gap forming between what leaders are promising and what is actually needed by 2030. Climate researcher Michael Byrne stated that we knew what was coming and now its here. 

Heat waves have killed hundreds in the US Northwest and British Columbia, and heavy rainfall that used to occur once every 10 years now occurs 30% more frequently. Droughts now happen 70% more often globally. The chance to turn the tides is getting slimmer by the day. The further progress is prolonged, human lives are at stake, turning the world we inhabit into an inhospitable landscape at every turn. 

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Photo Source: The New York Times