Plans for 33-storey-tower in Paceville submitted to Planning Authority

Feb 24 2021

PX Lettings have just submitted plans to the Planning Authority for a 33-storey tower to be built in Paceville.

The tower will take the place of multiple derelict buildings in Triq Santu Wistin and Triq Elija Zammit and will occupy around 1,100 square metres in the area and will feature a publicly-available “open plaza”.

Apart from residential blocks, the tower will also have a business centre, retail stores and restaurants and will reportedly utilise modern technology with the aim of maintaining environmental sustainability.

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226 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 220 recoveries

67 COVID-19 cases registered overnight with 323 recoveries

Feb 24 2021

Malta has registered 226 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 3,274 swab tests, while 220 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Tuesday 23rd February 2021, 68,779 vaccine doses were administered of which 21,767 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 21,532 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 18,720 have recovered, 208 died and 2,504 are still active.

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Tiger Woods survives California car crash

Feb 24 2021

Professional golfer Tiger Woods is currently ‘awake and responsive’ after experiencing an incident in California.

Treated for multiple fractures on right leg, the 45-year-old athlete was driving a 2021 Genesis GV80 on Hawthorne Boulevard when the car went off-road, trapping Woods inside the vehicle.

The car reportedly went over the central median and crashed into a tree to then roll multiple times. Reportedly using the ’jaws of life’ hydraulic tool to remove the golfer, police stated that Woods was alone in the car during the incident and that the area was a frequent ‘trouble spot’.

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Almost 70,000 foreign workers in Malta

Feb 24 2021

Finance Minister Clyde Caruana has revealed that JobsPlus saw the registration of 69,919 foreign workers as of September 2020.

From these figures, 38,406 were from third countries whereas citizens of the European Union amounted to 31,513. This brings up the total of foreign workers towards 25% of the over 500,000 Maltese population.

Caruana stated that spot checks occur in order to make sure no abuses are occurring as the number of workers from third world countries substantially increased, with stays often averaging around three and a half years.

When employees are discovered without a JobsPlus permit, the employer could be directly given a crime sentence.

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