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WATCH: Maltese youth breaks down on TikTok after catcalling experience

Maltese youth breaks down on TikTok after catcalling experience
Apr 20 2021 Share

A video by Maria Christina Mallia is going viral on TikTok after the youth took to the social media platform to express her frustration at the inappropriate catcalling that she and other women experience on a daily basis. In the video, Maria explains that through a one hour walk, she was honked at by 6 cars and uncomfortably stared at by 4 men.

She went on show her training outfit by explaining that she was wearing wrist weights and walking fast and went on to state that she does not want to over-generalise a large group of men. Yet she cannot understand how despite all the awareness on social media about these topics, she and other women still have to live in this broken society.

Maria states that humans are really intelligent and should thus understand how this is affecting girls and women. The video ends with her tearing up and calling for much more awareness.

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Malta registers the lowest number of cases since August 30th 2020 with 13 new cases

Malta registers the lowest number of cases since August 30th 2020 with 13 new cases
Apr 20 2021 Share

Malta has officially registered the lowest number of COVID-19 cases since August 30th 2020, when Malta registered 15 cases. 13 cases were reported today on 20th April 2021, showing a significant decrease in the battle against the pandemic, and possibly a positive light.

Malta has also registered 62 new recoveries, with 563 active cases. The vaccine rollout and health measures put in place, which are currently being eased, seemed to have had the desired outcome. Malta has so far administered 282,841 vaccine doses, of which 87,770 were second doses. Despite there being a decrease, health authorities advise the public to abide by health measures in place and accept vaccination invites when received, so as to continue mitigation.

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13 COVID-19 cases registered with 62 recoveries

Apr 20 2021 Share

Malta has registered 13 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours from 1,584 swab tests, while 62 patients have recovered. This information was announced by the official Facebook page of Malta’s Ministry for Health.

As of Tuesday 20th April 2021, 282,841 vaccine doses were administered of which 87,770 were 2nd doses.

To date, Malta has registered 30,039 COVID-19 cases in total, of which: 29,065 have recovered, 411 died and 563 are still active.

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MPE Cyrus Engerer says cannabis legalisation is a huge blow to illegal trafficking

MPE Cyrus Engerer says cannabis legalisation is a huge blow to illegal trafficking
Apr 20 2021 Share

European Parliamentary Member Cyrus Engerer stated that the legalisation of cannabis will be a huge blow to illegal trafficking of the same substance. In a virtual conference organised in association with ENCOD in the European Parliament, Engerer stated that the ‘war on drugs’ mentality is of no benefit to anyone except for traffickers. Economists Marco Rossi and Justus Haucap from Sapienza and Dusseldorf respectively stated that billions are made from organised criminal circles due to lack of regulations surrounding cannabis.

He emphasised basing Malta’s political decisions on science and fact. He stated that Malta should work on moving politics related to cannabis from the perspective of policing and towards on of social policies. Engerer also stated that he will bringing forth new proposals for the government to consider in regards to the White Paper and other cannabis-related regulations.

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