Students create edible tape to make eating burritos easier

May 25 2022

A group of students studying at John Hopkins have figured out how to ensure that a burrito will never fall apart. And the idea may just stick around (pun intended).

Engineering seniors in a John Hopkins’ product design course were tasked with creating an invention that would be useful for everyday life.

And what would be more useful than ensuring that your delicious burrito does not crumble before you take your first bite? The all female team solved it with an edible tape that keeps all the food contents inside safe and sound.

The group started to research the different components that make up the real tape and found edible counterparts. After much trial and error, a tasteless, clear but strong product was produced.

The product was finally given a name – Tastee Tape – and suffice to say, it stuck. It could also work on pitas, flatbread and wraps, but the students did not reveal the ingredients of the tape as they still aim to file for a patent.

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As many massage parlours as pastizzi shops – PN MP raises concerns

May 25 2022

The government was challenged on its inaction when it comes to the increase of massage parlours by Opposition MP Graziella Attard Previ.

Speaking in Parliament, the MP said that it has long been known that the parlours are also acting as brothels and slammed the government or ignoring the blatant abuse.

She quoted a study which found that workers are having unprotected sex and their movements are often restricted, exposing them to disease and exploitation in the process. Police, the MP said, have confirmed these claims repeatedly.

‘Why are we allowing foreign women to be trafficked? There is a need for massage parlours to be regulated’ she said. She pointed at how the parlours are very often staffed by foreign nationals and questioned the qualifications of the workers.

Previ asked whether the government’s denial of the problem is part of a policy to legalise prostitution and said that prostitutes inevitably end up being victims of exploitation. Up until 2016, there were around 200 registered such parlours in Malta.

After 2016 however, the government removed licensing requirements for the establishments, meaning that figures would no longer be available. Times of Malta went on to report in 2019 how about 500 men who tested at the GU clinic over two years conceded to having sex with the workers.

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AFM’s newest entries perform official recruitment parade

May 25 2022

After lots of training and hard work, the Armed Forces of Malta welcomed 67 new recruits at the end of 2021. With 4 of them women and 4 Gozitans, the recruits finally got to showcase their choreographed and rhythmic parade as they join Malta’s army.

The recruits had to undergo testing in fields ranging from military to medical knowledge, from academic to field work. The build-up culminated in their official parade which took place yesterday, Wednesday 25th may 2022.

A subsequent ceremony swore in the recruits, with the official AFM Facebook page sharing some images of the event.

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri welcomed the new recruits with a Facebook post of his own. ‘As a government, we will be shoulder to shoulder alongside the recruits in their journey with the AFM. There is no greater honour than serving one’s country!’

Well done to all!

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Install wide CCTV coverage in St Paul’s Bay says PN MP

May 25 2022

PN MP Ivan Castillo has called for locality wide CCTV coverage for all of St Paul’s Bay following vandalism and other incidents.

Posting to Facebook, Castillo said that the situation in St Paul’s Bay, Bugibba, Qawra and Xemxija has residents concerned and distressed.

This locality as a whole has the highest registered amount of Vandalism and the highest amount of thefts, with a police force that is under staffed and over worked! Police have to cater for a huge area after a number of police stations have been closed.”

‘If all this does not make St Pauls Bay a candidate for Locality wide CCTV I do not know what does. It should be made a pilot project for the rest of the island! We should be taking what is now the worst locality in the country when it comes to crime rates and give the residents some solace and hope!’

He said that we find money for everything and we should therefore invest seriously in making lives better rather than just talking about it in parliament.

‘Let’s try and start to prevent crimes rather than be be reactive to them with the police force extended beyond their limit’ concluded the MP.

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