Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ surpasses one billion views on YouTube

Jul 31 2021

Strongly regarded as one of the world’s most popular memes, Ricky Astley’s hit 1987 single ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ has surpassed one billion views on YouTube and Astley is buzzing.

The song itself went on to become a global number one, the UK’s best-selling single of 1987 and contributed to making Astley a household name, to which he posted on Instagram in sheer excitement. In a reaction to the enormous milestone singer shared that “the world is a wonderful and beautiful place, and I am very lucky.”

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The song rose in popularity again in the mid-2000s after it shifted into the ‘rickrolling’ meme, where the song link is sent to someone as a surprise or pops up somewhere unexpectedly.

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54% of Malta’s social housing blocks improved since 2017

“Malta deserves better” Luke Chetcuti addresses Nordic Bar situation

Jul 31 2021

Following the recent controversy surrounding a bouncer’s alleged attack on two women in Nordic Bar St. Julian’s for sharing a kiss, Hugo’s Group CEO Luke Chetcuti has issued a response on the matter.

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Chetcuti made reference to multiple media reports along with posts by personalities and politicians including Cyrus Engerer and Clayton Mercieca, whom he tagged, ensuring that Nordic and the rest of his establishments have strict policies to ensure respect to customers “irrelevant of their social background, race, and sexual orientation.”

The Hugo’s Group boss went on to condemn the ‘shameful and irresponsible’ posts which tarnish the reputation of the struggling business with “unverified facts, blatant lies and false allegations”.

The issue was first addressed by the Malta Gay Rights Movement (MGRM) after reposting the woman’s post and advising the community to avoid such a venue with politicians like Cyrus Engerer also being amongst the first to address the situation.

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Happy Initiative donates 10,000 meals to fundraiser for Nigerian town

Jul 31 2021

Rafel Sammut and the rest of the team at Happy Initiative are no strangers to charity and community and may have done outdone themselves once again after revealing that they will be donating the equivalent of around 1,000 to Daniel Umanah’s fundraiser for his Nigerian hometown Ikot Imoh Abak, Local Government.

Donate & Share 🤲❤️✨HI & VK x Daniel Umanah Fundraiser for Nigeria 🇳🇬Together with Victory Kitchen we’re supporting…

Posted by Happy Initiative on Friday, 30 July 2021

Sammut shared that Happy Initiative donated a whopping 1,400 kilograms of food which equates to almost 10,000 meals in the collective effort to raise money and help the Nigerian town with food, medicine, clothing and so much more that they desperately need.

Hello my dearest friends and well wishers. I am due to visit Nigeria once again!I am itching to see my grandparents &…

Posted by Daniel Umanah on Thursday, 22 July 2021

In a video shared by the charity organisation, Umanah stated that the pandemic has hit the already-struggling town even worse and called upon the public to join him, Happy Initiative and so many more charitable organisations to help those in need by donating.

Donate to the cause via:

Revolut/BOV: +356 7926 9503

Account number: 50014248688

BOV IBAN: MT75VALL22013000000050014248688

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