Nearly Half of Americans want Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as President

Apr 8 2021

A new poll by Piplsay has discovered that nearly half of Americans would want to see Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson take up the mantle of President of the United States of America. At least 46% of the Americans would support The Rock should he run for president. The 48-year-old actor and retired wrestler had already dropped hints at running for 2024 should the people want it to happen.

And it seems as if they actually do. The poll was conducted online among 30, 138 US adults between April 2nd and 4th and found that 63% of Americans believe Hollywood stars could indeed make good politicians should they be supported by the correct staff and have the right attitude. Will Smith was also another favoured candidate, with Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie being the top female choices.

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Week of cold and cloudy weather expected for Malta

Apr 8 2021

The weather for the Maltese islands is set to drop below average as of today 8th April as a cold polar air mass affects the central Mediterranean. We had grown quite accustomed to sunny and warm weather with clear skies, but it seems as if the weather has other plans.

The weather is set to get partly to mainly cloudy starting Saturday up until Wednesday of next week. The temperature will allegedly feel like approximately 16 to 19 degrees Celsius. The confidence in the weather prediction is around 70%, meaning a high degree of certainty.

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55 COVID-19 cases registered with 45 recoveries

Apr 8 2021

Malta has registered 55 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,227 swab tests, while 45 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Thursday 8th April 2021, 227,606 vaccine doses were administered of which 63,114 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 29,463 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 28,508 have recovered, 401 died and 554 are still active.

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Civil Society Network state COVID-19 home inspections breach privacy rights

Apr 8 2021

The Activist group Civil Society Network has stated that the COVID-19 home inspections carried out is a breach of fundamental human rights to privacy. The group stated that it ‘laments the lack of safeguards with regards to house visits authorised by delegated laws by the Superintendent of Public Health.’ It also added that even though it appreciates the need to mitigate the virus, ‘this should not be done at the expense of fundamental rights.’

Speaking in a press conference, Prime Minister Robert Abela stated that the permission given to authorities to inspect private homes are not breaching human rights. CSN has called for safeguards to regulate the use of this authority, including clear public guidelines for the authorities to follow. The activist group disagreed with the Prime Minister in regards to the fact that despite something being a law, it does not raise any legal concerns.

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