Following earlier reports of a blast from Siberia to dramatically drop local temperatures, the Malta Weather Facebook page has reported the arrival of ‘seriously cold’ temperatures in Malta over the next few days.
The page also reports temperatures feeling as cold as 0°C at times with gale force winds, rain showers and potentially even hail storms.
So it’s about time to crack open the winter wardrobe, thick socks and warm beverages because Winter is indeed coming.
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Civil society NGO Repubblika has published a report in commemoration of Malta’s 100 years since its first parliament, presenting a number of parliamentary reforms.
One of the most bold proposals being that the President of Malta be elected by the people, who may be nominated by political parties but ultimately tarnish the idea of a widely-respected symbol of national unity yet respects the ‘democratic legitimacy of office.’
Other proposals include the full-time nature of MPs with professional salary compensation, MPs relinquishing of private work or consultancy during office and ministers giving up their seat in parliament, amongst others.
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Malta has registered 189 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,405 swab tests, while 107 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.
From yesterday’s cases; 45 cases were family members of previously known cases, 15 cases were contact of positive work colleagues, 6 cases were direct contacts with other positive cases and 15 cases were from social gatherings with other positive cases.
To date, Malta has registered 14,958 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 12,123 have recovered, 234 died and 2,601 are still active.
Despite public statements that Carnival 2021 is cancelled from the Nadur local council and widespread appeal for safety, the Gozo Tourism Authority reports and high demand for accommodation bookings during the carnival weekend.
Multiple searches on booking.com illustrate an influx of bookings for small groups, with many already being sold out.
Similar celebrations on New Year’s Eve, with 25,000 people going to Gozo between December 29 and 31, were followed by a surge in COVID-19 cases and record-breaking highs.
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