Priest jailed for three years after sexually abusing 13-year-old

Nov 18 2020

A former Burmarrad parish priest was sentenced to 3 years in prison after abusing a 13-year-old boy who had shown interest in becoming a priest.

Now close to 50 years old, Fr. Donald Bellizzi was found to engage in non-consensual sexual activities such as oral sex and lasted for more than three years.

The boy told his parents of the abuse when he opened up about his attraction to men, which he said affected his sexual orientation during the years he would attend vocation meetings and live-ins.

The priests name will be listed on the paedophile’s register.

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Kavallieri women’s handball team making waves in the European league

Nov 18 2020

The Kavallieri Handball Club women’s team look to make history as they head to face Greek side ‘A.C. PAOK’ in their first ever foray into the EHF European Cup.

This international competition features more than 41 handball clubs from 18 different European countries while the Maltese team have advanced to the final round before the Last 16 round.

Due to the effects of COVID-19, both matches against A.C. PAOK will be played locally on Friday 20th November and Sunday 22nd November at 6PM, with the matches to be streamed on YouTube, Facebook and TVM Online.

You can find the Facebook event here.

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Daily deaths expected to triple by mid-December

Nov 18 2020

A global health research centre predicts that the daily number of COVID-19 deaths will triple in the next month.

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reports that local COVID-19 deaths are expected to increase from an average of two per day to around six per day halfway through December before dropping again.

Local epidemiologist Neville Calleja confirmed the reliability of these predictions who went on to state that the vulnerable who were once protected are now dying, with the largest clusters being between family members.

Malta has registered 103 COVID-19 deaths so far.

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Death toll up to 103 following two more COVID-19 deaths

Nov 18 2020

The Health Authorities have announced the death of two elderly people after testing positive for COVID-19.

The first death was an 83-year-old man who had tested positive for COVID-19 on 6th November and died at Mater Dei Hospital on the 16th November while the second case was a 70-year-old woman who who tested positive on 20th October and died on the 17th November.

The Ministry expressed its sympathy to those close to the victims and appealed for the public following of COVID-19 measures.

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