Mriehel underpass project inaugurated by Minister Aaron Farrugia

Mar 20 2023

The Mriehel underpass, which is part of the Central Link project, was officially inaugurated today by Infrastructure Minister Aaron Farrugia and Infrastructure Malta CEO Ivan Falzon.

The project, which connects the central link with St. Venera, has been a long-awaited development for residents in the area. Minister Farrugia noted that the project had already shown its success, as people had been using the new roads for the past few months, and the feedback had been overwhelmingly positive.

The Mriehel underpass will not only improve traffic flow in the area but will also provide a safer and more efficient alternative for commuters. The project’s completion marks a significant milestone in the central link project’s progress, which aims to improve the country’s transportation infrastructure by upgrading roads and building new tunnels.

During a press conference held in Mriehel, Minister Farrugia and CEO Falzon also announced that more projects would be launched in the zone in the coming months. These projects include the upgrading of other roads and junctions in the area, which will further improve transportation in Malta.

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Malta ranks as the 37th happiest country in the world

Mar 20 2023

According to the World Happiness Report, now in its 11th official year, has ranked Malta as the happiest country in the world.

Interviews with more than 100,000 people across 137 countries revealed that people self-reported significantly higher levels of benevolence – acts of kindness – than before the pandemic.

The report assigns a happiness score on a scale of zero to 10, all based on an average data over a three year period. The Maltese ranked 37th, right behind Mexico and above Panama.

Meanwhile, Finland ranked in first space, followed by Denmark, Iceland, Israel and Netherlands in the top 5 spots.

The top 10 list was rounded up by Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand. On the other hand of the spectrum, Afghanistan ranked as the unhappiest country in the world.

The top 5 unhappiest countries after Afghanistan were Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Congo. Meanwhile, Russia climbed up the table, ranking in 70th position.

However, in 2022, benevolence grew sharply in Ukraine and fell in Russia, following the advent of the invasion by Putin. The UK dropped two places on last year to sit in 19th place behind the US. They are followed by Canada in 13th.

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Aircraft involved in incident on Malta Airport’s primary runway

Mar 20 2023

At 12:21 local time, a light aircraft was involved in an indecent on Malta International AIrport’s primary runway, airport communications confirmed.

The airport confirmed that its Rescue and Firefighting Services Team was dispatched to the scene immediately and no injuries were reported.

As investigations are underway to find out the cause of the incident, the primary runway is currently limited to departures while the secondary runway is being used for landings.

Some flights are being impacted because of this, with the airport team and relevant stakeholders working towards resuming normal operations.

‘Malta International Airport would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.’

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Frosties removed from Kellogg’s cereal variety packs

Mar 20 2023

The big four of cereal variety packs have been reduced to a repetitive trio after Kellogg’s ditched Frosties from its variety pack.

Up until this year, and for most of our childhood, cereal lovers packing small boxes for lunch at school could pick from Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Coco Pops and Frosties.

But now, the sugary sweet goodness of Frosties will no longer be part of the quartet. The realisation came when a disappointed customer posted a snap of their recent purchase, saying that there wasn’t much variety at all.

The variety pack came with three boxes of Coco Pops, four mini boxes of Rice Krispies and just one box of Corn Flakes. The customer soon got a reply from the cereal giant, confirming that Frosties had been dismissed.

“We can confirm that we have recently taken the decision to remove Frosties from the variety pack,” the food company responded. “Thank you for expressing your thoughts about the change, please be assured that we will pass this sentiment back to our marketing department.”

Frosties is famous for cartoon mascot Tony the Tiger and were reportedly removed due to the high sugar content.

Frosties contains 37g of sugar per 100g, which is more than two-times more the sugar in Coco Pops and four times more than in Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies.

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