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‘Waves may be in the sea, but the octopus is on the ground.’

Mar 2 2021 Share

The protest which was organised by Manuel Delia, Repubblika and Occupy Justice outside Parliament worked around the pandemic restrictions by setting up socially distant and sanitised chairs so as to address the current restrictions.

The protesters also addressed Prime Minister Robert Abela’s remark of ‘waves in the sea’, a reference to a possible second wave hitting the country. Manuel Delia added on to the statement by stating ‘Waves may be in the sea but the octopus is on the ground.’ The octopus, a symbol utilised during the protest, signified the tentacles of corruption and cloud of ink that hides the corrupters.

Further reference was also made to Abela’s statements of how the institutions were working, with activist Louiselle Vassallo claiming that if that were true, Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassins would not have spent over three years out of arrest.

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Lady Gaga’s dog-walker to make full recovery

Mar 1 2021 Share

After being shot earlier this week, Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s dog-walker, is said to make a full recovery. After trying to defend the pop-star’s French bulldogs, his family issued a statement thanking to all the first-responders, nurses and doctors who worked to care for the young man.

They also thanked Gaga for her support and asked that everyone kindly respect their family’s privacy as they focus on Ryan’s healing. Gaga has called a Fischer, as he loved her dogs like family, and is reportedly paying the hospital bills.

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Trump considers re-running for 2024

Mar 1 2021 Share

After losing the 2021 election, Donald Trump has claimed in his first statement after leaving the White House that he does not exclude the possibility of re-running for President in 2024. Trump began his Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando speech by asking whether his presence as President is being missed, to which the audience applauded. He went on to criticise both Joe Biden and members of the Republican Party who wanted to impeach him.

Trump had managed to survive an impeachment hearing in the Senate after being held accountable for the Congress building storming on January 6th. With the Republican Party divided about whether Trump would succeed in 2024, he told his cheering fans that he might decide to beat them for a ‘third time’. The alleged second victory he mentions is his false claim of winning in 2020.

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Former French president jailed for three years over corruption charges

Mar 1 2021 Share

France’s ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in prison after being charged over a bribery attempt with a French magistrate.

The bribe was an attempt to acquire information on a criminal inquiry Sarkozy himself was involved in and will now serve a prison sentence at home with an electronic bracelet.

Two of Sarkozy’s three years are suspended and the former president is set to face a second trial starting March over accusations of fraudulently overspending during a presidential campaign in 2021.

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