Rosianne Cutajar, Omar Farrugia and Glenn Bedingfield among casually elected

Apr 7 2022

Rosianne Cutajar, Omar Farrugia and Glenn Bedingfield have just been elected this morning through the casual election which occurred in the Naxxar counting halls.

Cutajar was elected on the sixth electoral district after the Labour Party executive decided to give up Minister Ian Borg’s parliamentary seat after he was elected on two districts. Malcolm Paul Agius Galea, Sean Apap Meli, Fiona Borg, Joseph Cutjaar, Katya De Giovanni and Omar Farrugia also contested nomination on this district.

In total, 38 nominations were submitted by Labour Party candidates to fill up the remaining 8 seats. Glenn Bedingfield managed to secure the seat on the second district.

Meanwhile, Omar Farrugia was also elected on the fifth electoral district. Raymond Abela was elected on the Third District, Katya De Giovanni on the Fourth district.

Malcolm Paul Agius was elected on the seventh district, followed by Rebecca Buttigieg on the ninth district and Romilda Baldacchino Zarb on the 11th district.

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WATCH: Pope Francis stopped Pope mobile to greet children in Gozo

Apr 7 2022

It’s already been a couple of days since Pope Francis made his voyage to Malta for a two day visit. Despite that, cute moments like this are still surfacing on the internet.

In the video, the Pope could be seen stopping his Pope Mobile to greet children in Gozo, signalling at them to run out and meet him.

Little kids took the chance to meet the Church leader as he interacted with them through his iconic white vehicle as people looked on from the sidelines and cheered him on.

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The visit was highly anticipated by the Maltese public and its Catholic and Christian communities. The Pope met the President and the Prime Minister’s family as well as migrants in the Peace Lab.

His final mass at the Granaries in Floriana attracted upwards of 12,000 people, with international journalists making their way to Malta just to broadcast the event. The Pope appealed to the Maltese to treat those outcasted by society and migrants as they once did St Paul.

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Exclusive: Marvel actor Frank Grillo in Malta filming new movie

Apr 6 2022

Worldwide famous actor Frank Grillo is currently in Malta filming his brand new movie, and has described his experience shooting in Malta as exceptional.

The actor is known for many appearances and roles in popular Hollywood productions.

He is a familiar face for many Marvel fans after he played enemy of the Avengers, Crossbones in Captain America: Winter Soldier and Civil War. He is currently working on a brand new film called ‘Hounds of War’. Grillo will be playing Ryder, an ex-special ops working undercover.

It is a story of revenge and war directed by Isaac Florentine. Grillo commended the Maltese people for being talented, kind and smart and loved working with them.

He also highlighted Malta’s unique environment and locations, saying that, despite having traveled all around the world to film, Malta offered very unique sites for a movie to be filmed.

‘I love the antiquity of Malta. I love the history of Malta. It’s aesthetically so beautiful but mostly I found the people to be just really friendly and compassionate. And excited that we’re here making a movie’ he said.

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EU stockpiling radiation drugs over Russian invasion fears

Apr 6 2022

The European Union revealed on Wednesday that it was building a €540 million emergency stockpile of medicine and equipment to deal with chemical and nuclear emergencies.

This is mainly due to the rising fears over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Commission said that the bloc’s executive claimed the supplies consist of medicines such as vaccines and therapeutics to treat patients exposed to radiation, biological and chemical emergencies.

The first step was procuring ‘potassium iodide tablets’ which could be used to protect people from harmful radioactive effects. Around three million of these tablets had been delivered to Ukraine with the help of EU members France and Spain, the EU revealed.

Janez Lenarcic, the EU crisis management commissioner, revealed that concrete measures to increase Europe’s preparedness in the face of potential threats. Some Western countries warned that Moscow could carry out a chemical attack in Ukraine as fierce resistance from Kyiv’s forces pushed back the Kremlin forces.

Worries also sparked when Russian forces directed their attacks and took over the Chernobyl nuclear plantations as well as Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s biggest atomic power plant.

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