Parliament votes in favour of the ‘abortion’ law amendment

Dec 19 2022

Today, with 42 votes in favour and 34 against, Parliament voted in favour of a law amendment that will allow abortions when a woman’s life or health is at risk – the final vote, before the law is put in front of the President to sign, will be held next year.

This means that proposed changes have now passed second reading and will only be subject to tweaks at Parliament committee stage.

Outside Parliament, after the vote, Prime Minister Robert Abela stated that this amendment will not introduce abortion and will protect women. On the other hand, in a statement, the PN said it will continue doing its utmost to ensure proper consultation about the amendments at committee stage, hoping that the final vote will be different than that of today.

Whilst all Opposition MPs voted against, the PN urged everyone who is against this law, to make their voices heard.

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Threatening letters sent to Labour MPs Rebecca Buttigieg & Randolph De Battista

Labour MPs Rebecca Buttigieg & Randolph De Battista receive threatening letters

Dec 19 2022

Labour MPs Rebecca Buttigieg and Randolph De Battista have received two anonymous letters with obscene language and threats to themselves, Prime Minister Robert Abela and even De Battista’s partner and MEP Cyrus Engerer.

In the letter addressed to the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality, Buttigieg was called a ‘dirty labour whore’ and ‘killer of babies’ amongst other things. “It’s apparent that you know how to open your hands (I’m aware even your legs behind the scene), the letter wrote.

Meanwhile, the letter addressed to De Battista feature homophobic language, called him corrupt, part of ‘Bobby’s’ government ‘which ruined Malta’ and ‘ugly with teeth like Bugs Bunny’s’ before going on to attack his partner MEP Cyrus Engerer with similar homophobic language.

Both letters concluded with threatening statements and that the MPs will, somehow, pay for what they have done.

What do you make of this?

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1 week to go for Istrina!

Dec 19 2022

There is just 1 week left for Istrina, the annual fundraiser held on Boxing Day, the 26th of December, to raise funds for Puttinu Cares and help children in need.

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Istrina release one of their first promotional videos in anticipation of the fundraiser, which sees the Maltese public coming together to donate as much money as they could to help people who need the financial support to get through the difficult challenges they face.

Last year’s Istrina raised a whopping €5,845,000 in funds, and this year aims to continue the generosity or, if possible, boost it and raise even more money. MaltaDaily will be reporting on the day to promote more donations to this very important cause!

Will you be donating?

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Man dressed as Father Christmas zip-lines from roof to Gozo square

Dec 19 2022

It really does feel like Christmas now as a video on TikTok went viral showing a local Father Christmas zip-lining from a house roof down into a village square.

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The man jollily rings his min bell as he rides the zip-line down to the square as people cheered him on. A presenter could also be heard urging him on and providing entertainment for kids and their parents looking on as the feat was clearly carried out to surprise the local children.

The video was uploaded by TikTok account @dnavigators (Frances Cauchi), amounting a whopping 39.8K views as of time of writing.

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#fyp #fypmalta🇲🇹 #fypmalta #fypgozo #gozotiktok #gozo #christmas #santa #ziplining

♬ original sound – Frances Cauchi

The video also gained 1144 likes and 411 shares as people remained locked to their screens to see the latest local antics – this time with a Christmas twist.

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