Paola shooter Roderick Cassar to become first person ever charged with femicide in Malta

Nov 24 2022

Estranged husband Roderick Cassar is set to be charged by the police for the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Bernice Cassar in Paola on Monday 22nd November.

42-year-old Cassar will be the first person to be charged with femicide in Malta after the law was introduced earlier this year in the aftermath of Paulina Dembska’s violent murder on New Year’s Day.

Femicide is an aggravated version of the homicide offence, a law which encourages judges to seek harsher sentences for murders which are committed on women because they are female. Cassar was arrested on Wednesday after police spent 17 hours in front of his Qrendi home attempting to convince him to give himself up.

Lawyers Franco Debono and Marion Camilleri are representing Cassar while lawyers Stefano and Marita Pace Dimech are appearing for the victim’s family parte civile.

On Friday, the international day for elimination of violence against women, local activists will gather outside Malta’s police headquarters to ask who will answer for Malta’s femicides.

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Spicy Chill from SOFTSWISS: Bright Flavours and Unique Emotions

Nov 24 2022

On 2–3 November, iGaming industry expert SOFTSWISS amused Maltese citizens and visitors with its bright and creative ice cream truck at Sliema and Gzira. Two days in a row, everyone could enjoy exclusive flavours of chilli ice cream from SOFTSWISS to cool a little down in the heat that the company’s presence is bringing to the Mediterranean island.

The SOFTSWISS spicy desserts helped attract interest both to the company and its progressive solutions. Guests of the ice cream truck appreciated the originality of the idea and the variety of chilli flavours.

By adding a cooling spice to its large-scale promotional campaign in Malta, SOFTSWISS managed not only to give light to its top-notch solutions but also to come up with interesting job offerings. Having an office on the island and growing its regional presence, the company is interested in attracting professionals to its team.

As part of the SOFTSWISS campaign, 800+ portions of ice cream were served over the two days, accompanied by smiles and bright emotions.

With this and some other activities to follow, SOFTSWISS will smoothly enter SiGMA Europe, which will take place on 14–18 November in Valletta. Visitors are welcome to stand S17 to learn about the winning combination of SOFTSWISS solutions and products. Stay tuned!

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Stormy weather and heavy winds to close off November in Malta

Nov 24 2022

November is expected to close off with quite the literal bang, with stormy weather, rain showers and heavy winds being forecasted for the next few days.

Local weather page ‘It-Temp Madwarna’ forecasts storms over the weekend and towards the end of November, with ‘Aġġornament tat-temp’ backing up such forecasts. Correcting a previous report, the latter forecasts relatively cloudy weather on Friday, with winds to pick up Saturday with rainy storms and gale force 5 winds.

Malta is expected to be hit with rainfall on Sunday evening, with a 50% chance of rain during the day and a heavy wind warning issued for the afternoon.

Such reports have been corroborated by Malta’s Met Office, with maltairport.com’s 7 Day Forecast predicting thundery showers on Saturday and heavy winds with isolated showers on Sunday.

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Japan’s dressing room left spotless after national team’s World Cup win over Germany

Nov 24 2022

Beyond the incredible first-game win against Germany in the World Cup, the Japanese national team has been making quite a name for itself for the respectable actions conducted by the team and its supporters in Qatar.

On Wednesday, revered sports journalist Fabrizio Romano shared a photo of the Japanese team’s dressing room in immaculate condition after their victory against Germany. The photo went viral within minutes, with supporters from around the world praising the team for leaving the dressing room ‘spotless’.

This kind of conduct is not exclusive to the Japanese team, with clips of Japan’s supporters also going viral after they were caught cleaning up the stadium in the aftermath of Qatar versus Ecuador.

Japan’s national team and their supporters continue to make a name for themselves for their conduct in Qatar. Their next match-up will happen on Sunday 27th November, with Japan set to take on Costa Rica at 11AM.

Hopefully these kinds of actions will be emulated by other teams and supporters at the Qatar World Cup.

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