Maria Farrugia is Malta’s oldest living woman who just celebrated her 109th birthday. Farrugia was born in Hamrun in 1912 and her mother had lived to the age of 100.
Maria was a seamstress and used her skill to help her family make a living. She is a mother of 3, only to outlive two of her own children, and was widowed at the age of 54. We wish Maria a Happy 109th birthday and a Happy Women’s Day!
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Over the past 7 days, over 700 fines were handed out to people who were not wearing a mask. All these fines accounted for 90% of fines issued in the period in relation to COVID-19. The authorities carried out 5,768 inspections, with 789 fines issued for law breaches. 706 were related to legal notices regulating use of face masks.
56 people were also fined for meeting in groups larger than the required maximum of 6. Banned events and establishments were the rest of said fines. Other than this, no quarantine was found to have been breached from all 2,910 inspections.
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After Hamrun Spartans won the Premier League game versus Hibernians, some mixed reactions popped up, especially on social media, as to how some decided to celebrate the victory. However, some other celebrations occurred which still abided by the mitigations that did not get the spotlight.
Some celebrated from their balconies, waving the banner in support of their team. Many more also decided to drive around in their cars, also waving flags, and thus keeping a safe distance from other participants. These participants also admitted that some overstepped and broke the restrictions, but that this should not shed bad light on all.
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After a number of fines were allegedly issued over the weekend to people removing their masks to eat, drink or smoke over the weekend, Malta Daily contacted the Malta Police Force for further clarification.
An official of the Malta Police Force stated that the Force is awaiting further clarification from the health authorities regarding mask-wearing in public.
In the past the few days, concerns were raised over the perceived discrepancies related to mask-wearing, especially in the face of potential penalisation.
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