Malta now accepting Singapore and Kuwait-issued COVID-19 vaccine certificates

Malta now accepting Kuwait and Singapore-issued COVID-19 vaccine certificates

Sep 24 2021

In a statement published by the health and tourism ministries on Thursday, it was revealed that Malta now accepts COVID-19 vaccine certificates issued by Kuwait and Singapore-issued vaccines, as long as they have been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The statement outlined that arrivals must have received their second dose at least 14 days before travelling. This is the most recent addition to the list of locally-recognised vaccine certificates.

Malta currently recognises digital vaccine certificates from the EU, Switzerland, Turkey, the UAE, tUK, Serbia, Gibraltar, Jersey, Guernsey, Qatar, Albania, Australia, Egypt, Lebanon, Canada and the USA record card.

Malta currently has 488 active COVID-19 cases, with 15 patients currently being treated at Mater Dei Hospital and 4 of whom in the Intensive Therapy Unit.

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Batsmen officially renamed to Batters as Cricket tries to be more gender neutral

Sep 24 2021

The Marylebone Cricket Club, a cricket club based in England has announced its intentions to amend the Laws of Cricket by changing the term “batsmen” to “batters” to further try to make the sport of cricket more gender neutral. The MCC oversee and are in charge of the various rules in cricket. They have announced that the change will take action immediately.

MCC has today announced amendments to the Laws of Cricket to use the gender-neutral terms “batter” and “batters”, rather than “batsman” or “batsmen”.

— Marylebone Cricket Club (@MCCOfficial) September 22, 2021

In a statement the MCC stated “MCC believes that the use of gender-neutral terminology helps reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all,”. They also confirmed that “The changes are effective immediately and updates have been made to the Laws of Cricket published (online), with the Laws of Cricket App and printed editions to be amended accordingly at their next updates.”

This isn’t the first time the sport of cricket went through one of these changes. Back in 2000, the MCC changed the name of fieldsman to fielder and that name is still used to this day. Many high profile names in cricket are in favour of this change with former England captain Michael Vaughan telling people against the change ‘to get a life’.

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80 primary classrooms without teachers before start of scholastic year

Sep 24 2021

Just a few days before the start of the scholastic year, the Malta Union of Teachers has reported that 80 state school primary classrooms have yet to have a teacher placed.

Union chief Marco Bonnici told Times of Malta that the government previously had plans to move peripatetic, complementary and services teachers to classes in order to fill the gaps. He went on to express concern that if such an action was to be taken, the posts which these educators previously occupied will become highly diluted.

For this reason, the MUT declared a trade dispute with the ministry and issued directives to the educators affected. The Union had already criticised the authorities for issuing the protocols late.

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European Champions Pro Recco train in Malta and sign young Maltese player

Sep 24 2021

This week is a special one for local water polo fans, as European champions Pro Recco will be having a training camp in Malta. The Italian team will be training at the Neptunes pool in St Julian’s. The Pro Recco president Maurizio Felugo recently had an interview with the Times of Malta. In the interview he explained the reasoning of coming to Malta and the signing of the young Maltese player Mark Castillo.

Just landed in Malta 🛬🤽🏼‍♂️

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— Pro Recco (@prorecco) September 21, 2021

Club president Maurizio Felugo revealed that he was delighted that the team were finally in Malta. He also said that this idea was also shared with national team coach Karl Izzo, Maurizio said “This was a great idea which we had shared with Karl Izzo for several years and it was realised thanks to the support of VisitMalta who brought us here and Neptunes WPSC who provided us with the facilities to train,”.

He continued the interview by saying “This is a great opportunity for us to showcase our sport in Malta, a country where waterpolo is already well followed and that has great desire to continue to grow in the sport. The fact that we have the chance to launch our season here is of great satisfaction for us.”

Last season Pro Recco had a very successful season on the European front, winning the whole competition but came 2nd in the league losing the final to Brescia. With regards to last season Felugo said “Last season we lost the title for the first time in 15 years to Brescia and that hurt. We have great respect for Brescia but this season we will do everything in our power to win back the title.

In the interview Maurizio also announced the signing of young Maltese player Mark Castillo. Mark will be joining the Italian team next month and will be staying there for a year training with the worlds best players. Maurizio had this to say about Mark “Mark Castillo is a very young player but holds great potential and I am sure that this experience at Pro Recco will help him gain valuable knowledge to maximise his potential,” he also told the Times of Malta “I am sure that they will return home much better players and ready to give a bigger contribution to their national team.”

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