Post-secondary students are being left in the dark says Julie Zahra

Sep 9 2021

PN candidate Julie Zahra has vouched for students who she says have the right to know the protocols for the upcoming academic year. Writing on a blog for newsroom Newsbook, Zahra reveals that some time ago she spoke about the urgency for the government to publish the protocols and guidelines which students will follow during the next academic year. Despite welcoming the protocols for the reopening of schools, Zahra, along with the Nationalist party, pointed out how such minimal changes could have been announced earlier.

Zahra focuses on students in post-secondary and university education programmes, saying that it is unfair that these students are left in the dark. She reveals how there are students who have not yet stepped on University campus grounds despite having been enrolled in a course for around a year and a half. Zahra said that in a normal country, this is not right and that we should care for our students and their mental health.

Zahra asks why such protocols took so long to be issued, despite having an entire summer to discuss such matters. She asks why such confusion was forced on so many students and educators – persons who already have so much to worry about.

Zahra joins forces with the student organisations to express concerns and appeal for a publication of the strategy which will directly impact all post-secondary education. Apart from all these concerns, Zahra asks pertinent questions about social distancing, what will happen should students need quarantine due to COVID-19 and which halls/classrooms will accommodate the students at the University.

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Photo Source: Welcome Center Malta, Julie Zahra FB

LESA praised after officer helps man struggling with pushchair

Sep 9 2021

A post uploaded to Maltese Facebook group ‘Are You Being Served?’ praised a LESA officer for helping a man struggling to put a baby into a car from its pushchair. Uploaded by Darren Stivala, the post reveals how the man was on the side of traffic when a Local Enforcement System Agency (LESA) officer stopped his car to assist him. He acted as a shield against traffic so that he can place the child safely into the car.

He ended the post by addressing LESA, saying that not everyone hates the force but there are in fact people out there who notice these acts of kindness and appreciates them wholeheartedly. The post garnered a lot of praise, both for Stivala’s sharing of the generous act but mainly for the LESA officer who assisted the struggling man. Despite being unnamed, the officer’s work struck the heart of thousands who reacted to the post.

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Photo Source: LESA FB

Bouncer guilty of head butting and fracturing client’s nose

$Bouncer guilty of head butting and fracturing client’s nose$

Sep 9 2021

A man from Fgura who worked as a bouncer at a Marsascala establishment was found guilty of lifting up a client, head butting him and fracturing his nose. Gerald Gilford, 45, was accused by Inspector Oriana Spiteri of having inflicted grievous injuries on Adrian Gravina on the 1st of July 2018. The assailed reported the bouncer at Marsascala Police Station following the incident.

When police spoke to the bouncer, the latter told them that Gravina had been chatting up a girl and kept making advances despite having allegedly been warned to leave her alone. Gravina stated in court that he had been chatting with the girl when a man approached him and pushed him. Gravina alleged that he moved to another table when the bouncer committed the act of violence. Magistrate Rachel Montebello believed Gravina’s version, stating that even if he had been annoying someone, Gravina should not have assaulted him. Gravina was handed an eight-month prison sentence suspended for two years.

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Photo Source: Kamra tal-Periti

New meat-free McPlant Burger launched by McDonald’s

Sep 9 2021

McDonald’s have launched a meat-free burger which the fast food chain claims tastes just like beef. The McPlant Burger is already on sale elsewhere around the whole world, having just been introduced to the UK. It is a created partnership between US company Beyond Meat and McDonald’s, aiming to have the same texture and flavour of beef.

The burger is not only targeted at vegetarians or vegans but also ‘flexitarians’, those who enjoy a mainly plant-based diet but still dip their taste buds into the occasional meaty dish.

This newsroom contacted Malta’s McDonald’s team to inquire whether or not this burger will be made available to cater for Malta’s vegetarians/vegans. A spokesperson told MaltaDaily that the McPlant is one of the many McDonald’s products under consideration and that it may in fact come to Malta in due course. So Malta’s vegetarians and vegans – keep an eye out!

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Photo Source: BBC