MVMT’s World Of Dance Berlin Winning Piece

Jul 11 2024

The official video of The MVMT’s winning piece at World of Dance Berlin has been released – and it shows exactly why the group rose to the top of the competition.

Dancing to alt-J’s ‘Tessellate’, the routine was created by local movement artist and dancer Cheryl Lofreda.

This was not the first time the crew placed 1st in World of Dance, having already bagged 1st and 3rd place at World of Dance Switzerland in 2019.

Their return to the competition after a brief hiatus showed that they still have a special place amongst the pantheon of Europe’s best dance crews.

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Anthony Delia To Kayak From Malta To Sicily For Charity

Jul 11 2024

Tomorrow morning Anthony Delia will begin his robust and challenging journey, attempting to kayak an insane approximate 94km from Sicily to Malta.

He will begin his journey from Marina di Ragusa, Sicily and will end it closer to home at St. Paul’s Bay in Malta. This challenge is all being done to raise funds for charity.

Delia is estimating that the journey will take him around 18-19 hours to complete permitting the weather is nice towards him.

Anthony will leave Sicily at around 1 am on Friday morning and is expected to arrive in Malta between 8-10 pm.

He is also encouraging other rowers and kayakers to join him on the final leg of his journey.

Delia has only been kayaking for a few years now and last year, he and a friend kayaked around Malta to raise funds for the SiGMA Foundation, aiming to help build a school in Ethiopia and provide medical treatment for patients in Colombia.

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Nigel Holland Becomes Floriana Mayor: James Aaron Ellul Deputy Mayor

Jul 11 2024

A decision has been reached on who is set to take the role of mayor in Floriana – and that is independent candidate Nigel Holland.

Meanwhile, Nationalist candidate James Aaron Ellul will be taking the role of deputy mayor after a deadlock left the locality without a mayor following the Local Councils elections.

After the most recent elections in Floriana, there was a division in the results, 43.64% of the vote went to Labour, 31.01% went to the Nationalist Party, and a significant 16.67% went to independent candidate Nigel Holland.

PL’s Sandra Sammut Hili led her party with 274 first count votes, whereas Aaron James Ellul led with 296. The PN earned 31% of the overall locality vote, with the PL obtaining 43.6% of the vote.

It is worth noting that the new vice mayor garnered 4 votes in favour and 1 vote against which means one of the Labour Councillors voted in favour of a Nationalist Party councillor. On the other hand, the vote for the Mayor got 3 votes in favour and 2 votes against.

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Skola Sajf 2024 Begins With More Than 12,000 Students

Jul 11 2024

Yesterday marked the first day of Skola Sajf 2024 with almost 12,000 students over Malta attending this year. This year’s theme is ‘Life is My Adventure’.

The Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research, and Innovation, Clifton Grima, stated, “SkolaSajf is an excellent service that not only forms part of our vision and efforts to make the educational system reflect the realities and needs of the society we live in but is also a service through which we nurture children from a young age through alternative learning that helps them in their future lives.”

He said the ministry continued to strengthen services that contribute to the long-term educational journey of students, including the Klabb 3-16 and Skolasajf services. “We have enhanced these services to reach more children and promote learning outside of school hours,” said Minister Grima.

This year, Skolasajf will be provided from 54 centers across Malta and Gozo between Monday and Friday, including 5 resource centers and 5 centers in Gozo.

The service runs from July 10 to August 9 and from August 19 to September 6. While the Skolasajf hours are from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, an extended service for working parents will be provided at selected centers from 7:00 am to 8:30 am and from 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm.

Through Skolasajf, thousands of students are being offered an extended education service, with attending children benefiting from a program of informal educational activities related to the theme through activities, outings, and sports games, among others.

Public and private sector entities contributing to Skolasajf are also growing; in fact, last year, there were 90 entities, including private companies and non-governmental organizations, that participated in Skolasajf.

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