The scorching heat is set to finally go down by next weekend

Jul 4 2022

According to weather forecasters, the North African anticyclone, which is currently hovering over the central Mediterranean, is set to collapse due to radical changes in atmospheric currents.

In everyday jargon, this means that we will finally be getting a respite from this intense heat. The hot weather is set to persist until next Thursday before it transitions to cooler temperatures for the end of the week.

According to the Malta International Airport Weather forecast, temperatures will see a dip from a scorching 39 degrees Celsius on Tuesday to 30 degrees Celsius by Saturday.

Despite still being quite hot, the temperatures will not be as brutal as they have been in the past couple of weeks. UV index will still be quite high at around UV 10, so caution is still advised.

The wind force is set to be light at Force 4 between Monday and Thursday, before increasing to a Force 6 or 7 starting Friday. The sea temperature is set to rank at an average of 24°C, which is 1°C higher than the seasonal average for the start of the month.

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Adorable Maltese boy imitates band club musicians with toy trumpet

Jul 4 2022

Here’s a little Maltese child stealing the show as he imitates band club musicians with a toy trumpet.

The boy’s father forms part of a band club as he plays at Maltese village feasts.

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The boy was actually imitating his father, and people on the app were quick to encourage the mother to make the best out of this interest and enrol him into a band club as soon as he’s able.

This came not only in order to flourish the young boy’s already growing interest and talent but also safeguard and cultivate another part of Maltese culture, which feasts and band clubs form a massive part.

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He did it again at Luqa Feast ❤️ #ourtrumpetboy #maltesefeast @evairgrech

♬ original sound – Elena Grech

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PN MP Alex Borg raises possible ‘life endangering’ concerns over IVF bill

Jul 4 2022

Ahead of a crucial vote the Maltese Parliament is set to undertake, which will legalise the genetic testing of embryos, PN MP Alex Borg took to social media to explain his position.

In the Facebook post, Borg said that he is totally in favour of granting any prospective parents any means of having a child.

However, he raised his concerns over the possibility of endangering or experimenting with life. ‘We did not come into this world to undermine or even alter or experiment. Every human life is a miracle different from the other. From the start.’

He said that parents should be given all chances to have children, ‘as long as this does not in any way endanger any life, even at its start.’

Borg has since come out as the second PN MP who might vote against the bill after former leader Adrian Delia also warned against possible endangerment. Delia said he will vote according to his conscience.

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech has since come out in favour of the IVF bill, despite being previously against it as he described it as ‘the selection of embryos.’ The government has also since accepted an amendment by the Opposition in the form of polar body testing on unfertilised oocytes.

This was already allowed in the bill’s protocol, but Health Minister Chris Fearne warned that it isn’t as effective as the genetic testing of full embryos.

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Elderly woman falls off balcony at St Vincent De Paul home

Jul 4 2022

An elderly woman has fallen a storey and a half off a balcony at the St Vincent de Paul care residence this morning.

Police revealed that the incident happened at around 7:30am. Her health condition is currently unknown and investigations are still ongoing.

This comes after several warnings by the Malta Union for Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) of several staff shortages at the care home. A police search for resident Karmenu Fino, 83-years, is currently also underway.

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