Teach Them Young: Ben Camille picks up trash off beach with son

Aug 12 2022

A fun day at the beach can be an equally educational experience as well as environmentally aware for young kids. And Ben Camille’s son George is no exception as the duo made sure to pick up trash left behind at Mellieha’s Golden Bay.

Camille could be seen urging his son to excitedly make the surrounding environment cleaner, a value George will undoubtedly cherish as he grows older. And we cannot help but find the moment when Ben picks up George to throw the bottles into the bin insanely adorable!

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This also comes as a reminder to all, whether beach-goers or anyone else out and about, to be mindful of disposing rubbish in the provided bins so as to collectively care for our island’s cleanliness and ecology.

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UPDATED: Missing 35 year old diver found dead in St Paul’s Bay

35 year old diver goes missing in St Paul’s Bay

Aug 12 2022

The Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) conducted an emergency search for a diver who went missing around St Paul’s Islands.

Police confirmed that they were searching for a 35-year-old Għaxaq man, who went missing at around 1730pm on Thursday.

Updates: the diver was found deceased in the water in the area he was being searched for. According to One News, the man died due to some form of impact with a boat.

This also comes as Malta gets battered by intense weather, with water spouts even being spotted off various coasts of the islands.

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Water spout spotted off coast of St Paul’s Bay

Aug 12 2022

Photos sent to this newsroom show what seems to be a massive water spout which was seen forming off the coast of St Paul’s Bay this Friday morning.

This comes as Malta undergoes extreme battering by stormy weather ahead of the Santa Marija feast – a yearly expected phenomenon known as ‘L-Għerejjex ta’ Santa Marija’.

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It is unclear how close to land the water spout was or whether any injuries or damage were reported due to the phenomenon.

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Air Malta to be dissolved through tentative government plan

Aug 11 2022

The Shift News have reported that the government established advanced plans to dissolve Air Malta later this year.

The plans are to transfer its few remaining profitable assets to a new airline, in a move similar to what occurred with Alitalia in Italy.

All of Air Malta’s workforce will be rendered redundant, with the drawing up of new contracts based on current market conditions also in talks as the new government-owner airline will be established.

A Plan B has been secretly drawn up to be implemented as all indications from Brussels point to a failure in ongoing state aid negotiations by the government to approve a new €290 million ‘rescue package’ for the airline.

Prime Minister Robert Abela and Finance Minister Clyde Caruana have already approved a plan which was set to be implemented once negotiations on state aid fail. This aims to set up a new national airline at the end of October and, simultaneously, declare Air Malta’s dissolution.

All Air Malta staff still on the register will be given redundancy notices, with some of them given the opportunity to apply for a new job with the new airline. The contacts to be offered will be completely redrawn, with many of the benefits currently enjoyed by staff no longer remaining applicable.

Customers who made bookings beyond the day of dissolution will either have refunds sent or will be offered the chance to travel with the new airline. Not all routes served by Air Malta will be continuing as the new airline will have to show that it is a completely separate economic operator and not a successor to get an EU approval.

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