August 8, 2022

THE MINISTRY FOR THE NATIONAL HERITAGE, THE ARTS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE MINISTRY FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS, YOUTH, RESEARCH, AND INNOVATION

An agreement to strengthen the collaboration between the creative community and the publishing industry An agreement between Arts Council Malta and the National Book Council aims to strengthen the existing collaboration between these two entities for the promotion of several artistic and educational initiatives, particularly during the National Book Festival and the Book Festival ​on Campus. The agreement will also facilitate the integration of opportunities for the creative community working in and around the publishing industry, specifically illustrators and graphic designers. The MoU was signed by Arts Council Malta’s Director of Funding and Strategy Mary Ann Cauchi and the Executive

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE NOTICE

The Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health notifies that following repeated sampling of seawater carried out daily during the last days of the bathing site at Balluta (around the Waterpolo Pitch), St Julian’s (Site Code B 08) is once again fit for bathing and thus the health warning is hereby being lifted. For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Health Inspectorate Services between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on telephone number 21337333, or by calling personally at its offices at Continental Business Centre, Old Railway Track, Sta. Venera or by email at wrau.edh@gov.mt 

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Five Southern African Countries Kick-Start Elephant Census

Five southern African countries, with more than half the continent’s elephants, are conducting a first-ever aerial census to determine the elephant population and how to protect it. Light aircraft will fly simultaneously across the plains of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — in a conservation area known as the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-frontier Conservation Area (KAZA) — in an exercise that will run until October 20. KAZA is home to an estimated 220,000 elephants, and the five countries are keen to know the exact figures and the animals’ distribution patterns. More than 130,000 of the animals are found in Botswana, which

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Nonprofits Launch $100M Plan to Support Local Health Workers

A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to medical care. The Skoll Foundation and The Johnson & Johnson Foundation announced Monday that they donated a total of $25 million to the initiative. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which will oversee the project, matched the donations and hopes to raise an additional $50 million. The investment seeks to empower the front-line workers that experts say are essential to

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