Valletta Deputy Mayor slams city development after ambulance struggles to navigate streets

Sep 25 2021

Valletta Deputy Mayor Ray Azzopardi took to Facebook on Saturday morning to share his concern with the current state of Valletta and the effect that is being left by the ever-increasing number of commercial establishments in the city.

Azzopardi shared a video of an ambulance struggling to drive along Valletta’s narrow roads, which path was being impeded by the seating of a restaurant. The deputy mayor went on to rhetorically Transport Malta, the Planning Authority and enforcement whether sales should come before peoples lives.

“It’s a shame that you will wake up from the slumber when a life is lost due to this situation”, Azzopardi stated, concerned at the suffocating infrastructure in Valletta at the moment. In his concluding statements, he appealed to the authorities to “stop being cretins and start enforcing seriously before it’s too late.”

Do you agree with the Valletta Deputy Mayor?

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Elon Musk and Grimes ‘semi-separated’ but on great terms

Sep 25 2021

Following the news that eccentric couple Elon Musk and partner Grimes had broken up, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has revealed that the couple is ‘semi-separated’ but on great terms.

Musk went on to reveal that his work with SpaceX and Tesla require him to be in Texas or travel overseas frequently and being that Grimes is primarily based in Los Angeles, it presented a problem. He went on to reveal that both Grimes and son X Æ A-Xii are staying with him at the moment.

The billionaire business magnate was recently under fire for the vague claims that Tesla is close to developing ‘full self-driving cars’, after which he was called out by the government and the cars’ ‘auto-pilot’ feature under investigation from government regulators.

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Finance minister promises ‘substantial increase’ on electric car grants

Sep 25 2021

During a recent pre-budget consultation with the theme ‘X’Pajjiż Tixtieq Tħalli lil uliedek?’ finance minister Clyde Caruana stated that there will be a “substantial increase” in grants on electric vehicles in the Budget 2022.

Caruana went on to state that the country must change the formula in which it thinks and ‘invest in the people’ to maintain the increased quality of life. The minister also stated that the government will prioritise education to provide people more opportunities, thus affecting income and contributing to a developed economy.

Tracking back to the country’s evolution, the minister said that while the economy used to be based on manufacturing, it is services which we are most focused on nowadays. The three Gozitan ministers, Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri, Education Minister Justyne Caruana and Animal Rights Minister Anton Refalo were also present during the Gozo event.

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Norway removes all COVID-19 measures… should Malta follow?

Sep 25 2021

The Norwegian Government had stated that the Nordic nation is set to remove all COVID-19 restrictions at 4pm today in an attempt to reopen society. Norway joins Denmark, Britain and a considerably-growing number of countries to completely remove domestic restrictions to return to what was once considered normality.

Prime Minister Erna Solberg addressed a conference stating that while everyday life is back to normal for most, the pandemic is not over and it is important for people to get vaccinated, going on to state that one must still go into isolation if they contract COVID-19.

In Norway, 76% of the population has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 67% of the entire population is fully vaccinated.

With Malta leading the charge on global vaccination rollouts and COVID-19 boosters currently being administered, this begs the question whether Malta should follow these countries and drop all COVID-19 measures.

The imposed measures have not only limited social interaction but have affected the livelihoods of many businesses and while performing positively in containing the virus for a considerable amount of time, one cannot exclude the possibility of a step forward.

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