Prime Minister set to announce consultation about cannabis legalisation today

Mar 30 2021

Prime Minister Robert Abela is set to announce a consultation in regards to legalisation of responsible cannabis use. The reform will end arrests of those smoking cannabis but will still not incentivise, what Abela called, a ‘cannabis culture.’ A white paper will be launched in the coming days outlining the government’s policy in regards to cannabis legalisation.

People found with small amounts of cannabis will not have to endure criminal and judicial proceedings. The Prime Minister, addressing questions from a political activity on March 28th 2021, stated that people, including youth, have have been arrested, prosecuted and had their records stained due to cannabis use. However, the reform will still allegedly not allow smoking outside to occur, with the government highlighting the problems of smoking cannabis.

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Malta will welcome tourists back in June

Mar 30 2021

Malta is set to welcome back tourists to the island starting June 2021 whilst also launching a €20 million worth aid incentive package to aid a ‘bruised’ industry. Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo outlined the plan on 30th March 2021, stating how the recovery scheme will seek to improve the sector due to its heavy impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The plan will allow vaccinated tourists to visit the island free of restrictions. They will have to provided a digital ‘green passport’, whereas unvaccinated tourists will still be able to submit negative PCR COVID-19 tests taken hours before travelling. The UK has been highlighted as one of the country’s most important source markets, being also a country with a high vaccination rate. Bartolo said that while global tourism collapsed, ‘Malta made sure it worked more than ever to ensure connectivity remains a priority.’

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Destiny to close off first semifinal of Eurovision 2021

Mar 30 2021

As the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 approaches, it has been announced that Destiny Chukunyere will be closing the evening with her song ‘Je Me Casse.’ This means Destiny will be performing in 16th place on Tuesday 18th May 2021. Destiny has already made strides on the 2021 edition of the song contest as being the favourite artist people want to see being titled winner for 2021.

The order of performance has been issued by the production team of the song contest. 10 counties from each semifinal will be moving to the finals on Saturday 22nd of May. According to the judges houses, Malta has surpassed Switzerland as being the most favourite song headed towards victory, with the new music video going over 2 million views on YouTube.

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PN MP Karol Aquilina charged over driving incident and resigns from PN spokesperson position

Mar 30 2021

After a driving incident in which the MP refused to obey police instructions whilst driving, Karol Aquilina will be charged over the June 2019 incident which was first brought to light during the evening TV show Pjazza. The footage showed Aquilina blocking the route of a ministerial vehicle despite orders from police accompanying the vehicle.

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Aquilina has now resigned as PN spokesperson and parliamentary group secretary after charges were filed. Aquilina also took to Facebook to announce that he will be fighting the charges in court and that many will, according to him, undoubtedly try to use the accusations to sway attention away from the acts of Labour Government.

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