Operations continue following bomb threat in Valletta Courts building

Jul 8 2021

Operations have continued at the Courts of Justice building in Valletta following a mass evacuation due to a potential bomb scare earlier today.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal response vehicle arrived outside the Courts of Justice building with the area being closed with police tape. Police officials and the force’s bomb squad entered the building to ensure that there was no danger.

All proceedings were paused after the police received a phone call at around 9.45am, with everyone returning to the building after an assurance that there was no threat.

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55 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 6 recoveries

Jul 8 2021

Malta has registered 55 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 2,668 swab tests, while 6 patients have recovered. No deaths were registered in the past 24 hours. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

Till Yesterday, 696,858 vaccine doses were administered of which 367,086 were 1st doses. 344,666 people are currently fully vaccinated.

To date, Malta has registered 30,755 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 30,176 have recovered, 420 died and 159 are still active.

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162 suicides in Malta since 2015; 80% of victims were male

Jul 8 2021

Between January 2015 and June 2021, the Malta Police Force registered 162 cases of suicide in Malta, with 80% of victims being male.

131 of cases were male while 31 cases were female, with most cases occurring in 2015 where 7 female cases and 29 male cases were registered.

This information was revealed by Minister for Internal Affairs Byron Camilleri following a parliamentary inquiry by Nationalist MP Claudette Buttigieg.

A recent report also noted that Mount Carmel Hospital registered an increase in suicide attempts since the beginning of the pandemic, also noting an increase in admissions in 2020 compared to 2019.

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Peppi Azzopardi states Corradino did not allow prisoner to enter rehab prior to suicide

Jul 8 2021

Local media personality and activist Peppi Azzopardi took to social media on Wednesday to state that the administration of Corradino Correctional Facility did not allow a prisoner to enter into a Caritas rehabilitation programme but ‘let her commit suicide’.

Mill-Ħabs ma ħallewhiex tmur tagħmel programm il-Caritas imma ħallewha tagħmel suwiċidju.

Posted by Peppi Azzopardi on Wednesday, 7 July 2021

The Times of Malta had confirmed that the 29-year-old wanted to follow a Caritas programme but was not allowed to do so due to ‘the current legislation’. The female prisoner had been found unconscious in her prison cell after a suicide attempt only two weeks before dying in hospital on Sunday.

Fit-Times il-Caritas ikkonfermat li t-tfajla qabel ma wettqet suwiċidju riedet tmur il-Caritas biex tfiq u tal-Ħabs ma ħallewhiex.

Posted by Peppi Azzopardi on Wednesday, 7 July 2021

It has been reported that she had a drug problem and was serving a two-year sentence after admission of six counts of fraud and theft back in February.

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