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Maltese in urbanised towns reported lowest life satisfaction in 2021

Maltese in urbanised towns reported lowest life satisfaction in 2021
Mar 27 2023 Share

According to information published by The Malta Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society, it was revealed that those living in the North Harbour region of Malta – the most urbanised and populated towns – had the lowest life satisfaction in 2021. 

These findings were reported through the Wellbeing INDEX Project, and are based on the latest statistics collected by the NSO, which were presented to Parliament on the International Day of Happiness. 

The North labour region includes Sliema, which according to the latest Census is the most densely populated town in Malta with around 20,000 people per kilometre. 

‘The region is home to the largest single fraction of the population and includes localities as diverse as Qormi, Ħamrun, Ta’ Xbiex and Swieqi.’ 

‘It is heavily built-up with some areas recording higher than average air pollution, lower than average disposable income and a higher fraction of persons at risk of poverty.’

Meanwhile, females tended to systematically report lower wellbeing than males, with younger people reporting being happier than older people. 

Satisfaction with jobs and finances remained strong in 2021 but loneliness seemingly increased and nervousness remained a consistent high. 

This was pointed out by economist and principal investigator of the INDEX Project Marie Briguglio, who said the findings ‘chimed with those emerging from the World Happiness Report 2023 based on Gallup data (2020-2022)’.

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Teasing Summer: partly cloudy weather expected for this week

TEASING SUMMER: PARTLY CLOUDY AND SUNNY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THIS WEEK
Mar 27 2023 Share

As beaches get prepped for our early summer swims and many of us get excited for those beach-dazed jams, the weather is taking its time to tease us with what’s in store.

This is because the forecasted weather for the week ahead is not exactly the summer atmosphere we are craving. 

We’ll have a couple of days of partly cloudy skies on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The weekend will then bring us the sunlight with a Saturday that feels like 21 degrees Celsius. 

All before Sunday brings back some cloudy skies. But this is a breath of fresh air given that the winter months always somehow managed to reserve the storms for the weekend. 

Temperatures are set to fluctuate all throughout the week, with lows of 17 degrees Celsius and highs of 21 degrees Celsius. The wind is set to be slightly stronger today, before it drops slightly as the week goes on.

Are you ready for summer? 

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No major commotions except for brief argument, police confirm

No major commotions except for brief argument, police confirm
Mar 27 2023 Share

The video shows a small commotion that happened outside the National Stadium, yesterday, before the Match between Malta and Italy.

 

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This was only a small argument that was sorted in no time thanks to the excellent work of the Police outside the stadium.

A Police Spokesperson spoke to Malta Daily this morning, and confirmed that although Ta’ Qali saw more than 16,000 people, no major incidents were reported and everything worked out as planned.

We take this opportunity to thank everyone involved.

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Realistic AI image of Pope Francis causes online stir

Realistic AI image of Pope Francis causes online stir
Mar 27 2023 Share

We all noticed Artificial Intelligence was making leaps and bounds in how accurately it portrays image. 

However, one of the latest images generated by AI has caused an online stir after many people seemingly fell for a portrait of Pope Francis donning a white puffer jacket and a crucifix. 

The picture instantly went viral, portraying the leader of the church donning the jacket and making his way with absolute style. 

Retweets and reshares of the image expressed how absolutely realistic it looked. ‘It’s crazy how realistic this looks’ said one. ‘Wtf? I actually thought this was real for so long’ said another. 

And while people were losing their minds over how realistic the image looks, AI experts raised a couple of concerns. 

Despite noting that some little inconsistencies give away the fact that the image was not real, like the hand holding the bottle, the AI experts highlighted how such glitches will soon be made extinct. 

However, the image of Pope Francis rocking such fire drip isn’t the real issue, according to these experts. For them, the problem is generating images of, say, the war in Ukraine or other disinformation. 

What do you make of this?

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