October 11, 2022
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT The President meets with the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, Anthony Rota
The Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, Anthony Rota, accompanied by a delegation, paid a courtesy call on President George Vella at Sant’Anton Palace. The strengthening of relations between Malta and Canada over the decades was discussed from different angles, ranging from exchanges at political level, trade, and people to people contacts. On this last point, reference was made to the active presence of the Maltese community in Canada, with President Vella giving a historical overview of how the Maltese diaspora evolved. Speaker Rota explained to President Vella how the intention of the visit to Malta by the
THE MINISTRY FOR THE NATIONAL HERITAGE, THE ARTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT: Restoration works underway at Auberge D’Anglaterre, Birgu
During a press conference addressed by Minister for National Heritage, the Arts and Local Government Owen Bonnici and Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government Alison Zerafa Civelli, it was announced that restoration works currently underway at the Auberge D’Anglaterre, are expected to be finalised by the end of November. These works, which originally started in May, are being carried out by the Restoration Directorate in collaboration with the Kottonera Foundation and Birgu Local Council. “These restorations allow us to continue preserving our national history, a heritage that determines our identity as a people. It is our mission to make our
THE MINISTRY FOR AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND ANIMAL RIGHTS The Public Abattoir is the first entity with a monitoring system for electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions
The Public Abattoir is the first entity in Malta to systematically monitor electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions according to the so-called Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol). During a visit to the abattoir, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Rights Anton Refalo described this step as a concrete example of how the government is working towards increasing efficiency and at the same time reducing the environmental impact of its operations. The Public Abattoir ensures food safety by facilitating the supply of local meat. The hygiene processes require a high energy consumption, particularly to reach the high temperatures necessary
Smashing Success: NASA Asteroid Strike Results in Big Nudge
A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. The space agency attempted the first test of its kind two weeks ago to see if in the future a killer rock could be nudged out of Earth’s way. The Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail of dust and rubble stretching several thousand kilometers. It took days of telescope observations to determine how much the
White House: Get New Booster by Halloween for Safer Holidays
The White House on Tuesday said eligible Americans should get the updated COVID-19 boosters by Halloween to have maximum protection against the coronavirus by Thanksgiving and the holidays, as it warned of a “challenging” virus season ahead. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, said the U.S. has the tools, both from vaccines and treatments, to largely eliminate serious illness and death from the virus, but he stressed that’s only the case if people do their part. “We are not helpless against these challenges,” he said. “What happens this winter is up to us.” The Centers for Disease Control