Squid Game Season 2 officially confirmed for Netflix reveals creator

Jun 13 2022

Hugely popular Netflix show ‘Squid Game’ has officially received the green light by the streaming giant, with the date still unconfirmed.

Netflix announced on Sunday that the wildly popular South Korean show will be returning, with director and writer Hwang Dong-hyuk revealing all in a letter to the show’s fans.

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‘And now Gi-hun returns. The Front Man returns. Season 2 is coming’ said Dong-hyuk. The fictional drama from South Korea became the biggest ever series at launch for the company.

Netflix had informed CNN that it was the platform’s first-ever Korean series to reach No.1 in the United States, attracting 1.65 billion hours of viewing in the 28 days following release.

In the letter, Hwang said that it took 12 years to bring the first season of Squid Game to life last year. ‘But it took 12 days for Squid Game to become the most popular series ever.’

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With the increase in demand and the millions made to be used for season 2, it certainly won’t take another 12 years to bring the show back. Fans are particularly interested in how the plot of the series will continue given its Hunger-Games-esque format.

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Mark il-Lullu Piscopo remembered before yesterday’s win over San Marino

Jun 13 2022

Prior to Malta’s victory over San Marino, kit manager of national football team Mark il-Lullu Piscopo, was commemorated due to him having passed away at the age of 52 last week.

The Malta Football Association announced the news, expressing deep sadness at his passing. Piscopo had been filling the team’s kit manager role since his debut on the 2nd of September 2010.

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Described as the heart and soul of the National Team, tributes poured in prior to the match and beyond. With a photo of him held up and flowers given as tribute, many tear-stricken players saluted his contributions to the team with a resounding applause.

Rest in Peace Lullu.

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A childcare centre for parliament by end of 2022 Speaker confirms

Jun 13 2022

The Office of the Speaker has confirmed that a childcare centre for MPs and parliament staff should be made operational by the end of 2022.

The Speaker informed Times of Malta that the facility will be located in Belt is-Sebh, with works and recruitment for staff set to be coordinated and managed by the Education Ministry.

The Speaker said that this will be one of the measures set to make parliamentary work more family-friendly. ‘By giving the necessary attention to the family as the fundamental basis of our society, we are helping our MPs contribute even more to the people they were elected to represent.’

The first plans to address such concerns started in 2018 after parliament rescheduled their Wednesday sessions to two hours earlier, thus allowing MPs to go back home to their families at a decent time.

The childcare opening hours and which age range and number of kids it will be able to accommodate are all still unclear. The Speaker however did say that it is time to consider full-time MPs, the revising of parliament’s meeting times and shorter speech times.

Ministers Julia Farrugia, Miriam Dalli, PN MP Julie Zahra and even the Prime Minister brought their children to parliament at some point. It is also something many MPs, notably newcomer Eve Borg Bonello, have pushed for.

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Malta beat San Marino again to keep hopes for promotion alive

Jun 12 2022

The Maltese national team have beaten San Marino for the second time in a space of a week, to keep their promotion dreams alive. The game was held in Ta’ Qali national stadium, with the loud fans seeing only one goal in the whole 90 minutes.

Before the game started a tribute by the players and staff was held towards Mark ‘il-Lullu’ Piscopo. The former national team kit manager sadly passed away last Friday. During the tribute various players such as captain Steve Borg were seen with tears in their eyes.

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The first half was very close with both teams having chances to score. In the beginning of the match Malta seemed nervous with the ball, making various mistakes, but come the end of the first half the Maltese players looked more than comfortable. San Marino were yet again playing a very defensive game resting their goals coring hopes on counter attacks.

The second half started in a much better way for Malta, as in the 50th minute defender Zach Muscat managed to head in a beautiful Ryan Camenzuli cross. The game seemed to go even better for Malta as in the 63rd minute, striker Luke Montebello managed to put the ball in the back of the net again. Unfortunately for him the goal was disallowed for offside. The game ended with Malta beating San Marino yet again, this time with a reduced score of 1-0.

Devis Mangia’s team will now be hoping for a good result against Estonia in Talinn if their promotion dreams are to be achieved. That game will be held on the 23rd of September.

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