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The Malta Independent Independent.com.mt events feed Fri, 29 May 2020 20:38:55 +0100
Mosta Council wants to honour Charmaine Gauci with Ġieħ il-Mosta The Mosta local council has unanimously agreed to put forward a motion for the Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci to be given the Ġieħ il-Mosta. In a Facebook post, the council said that all councillors from the locality agree on this, and thanked her for her work in the name of all Mosta residents. Fri, 29 May 2020 17:57:00 +0100
Prime Minister and ministers exempted from mandatory quarantine after Libya visit The Superintendent of Public Health has exempted the Prime Minister, Robert Abela, along with Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri and Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo from mandatory quarantine after a brief trip to Libya. In a notice published by the Government Gazette, Professor Charmaine Gauci suspended the need for quarantine for all persons on Flight 9H-ELI CITATION X travelling from Malta to Libya on 28 May 2020, which returned on the same day. "This suspension is granted on the basis that the persons travelling on these flights provide an essential service, the very limited period of time that was spent abroad, national security emergency relating to the travel and urgency of the trip abroad," the notice read. Prime Minister Abela, along with Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri and Foreign Affairs Minister Evarist Bartolo visited Tripoli to discuss migration issues with the Libyan government, such as migration. Footage shows Abela shaking hands with the Libyan delegation and not following social distancing rules. According to current rules, anyone who returns from abroad is currently required to quarantine at home for two weeks Fri, 29 May 2020 17:37:00 +0100
Malta’s new generation e-passport awarded best regional ID document of the year The Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship and Communities Alex Muscat has welcomed the news of Malta’s new generation e-passport being awarded best regional ID document of the year for best new e-passport. Parliamentary Secretary Muscat said that this award portrays our country’s continuous effort in protecting its citizens’ identity through technological advancements. It also highlights the agency’s commitment to continue working on all fronts. The award recognises the highest levels of achievement among global government passports and ID cards, and was awarded to the Identity Malta Agency during the High Security Printing EMEA Conference which was organised by Reconnaissance International in Portugal. The conference was attended by 270 delegates from more than 136 organisations and 43 countries, including France, Germany, UK, USA, and Australia. The Maltese e-passport incorporates cutting-edge technology and new security features which will further prevent the counterfeiting of the document. Fri, 29 May 2020 16:10:00 +0100
Man arrested over drug find A police investigation led to the arrest of a 41-year-old man on allegations of drug trafficking and drug abuse in his Birkirkara home. The police went to the mans residence after days of surveillance. Upon searching the home, they found what they believe to be cannabis ready to be sold, as well as other items related to drug trafficking. Magistrate Caroline Farrugia Frendo is leading a magisterial inquiry and investigations are ongoing. Fri, 29 May 2020 15:38:00 +0100
Court of Appeal rejects request by man accused of murder to be declared insane The Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected an attempt by the man accused of murdering Maria Lourdes Agius to be retroactively declared insane at the time of the murder. Michael Emmanuel stands accused of strangling his former partner, Maria Lourdes Agius, to death with a crucifix on 14 September 2018 in her bedroom in Paola. He was also accused of causing grievous bodily harm to her elderly mother, disobeying police orders and forging his identity papers. Agius was the mother of seven children, one of whom was Emmanuel’s. In July 2019, he had been declared to have been sane at the time of the murder, by a jury empanelled for the purpose of establishing his sanity or otherwise at the time. Michael Emmanuel had filed an appeal against that verdict. In a decision handed down earlier this week, the Court of Criminal Appeal, presided by Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti, Mr Justice Joseph Zammit McKeon and Madam Justice Edwina Grima, observed that “it is an established principle at criminal law that the state of insanity of accused person amounting to exemption from criminal responsibility does not necessarily tally with the meaning attributed to this state of mind in medical and psychiatric fields.” Quoting from a raft of case law, including Republic vs David Norbert Schembri and the 1843 House of Lords case R vs Mc Naghten, which established guidelines (“the Mc Naghten rules”) for dealing with insanity pleas, the court said that it was incumbent on the appellant to prove on the basis of probability, that at the time of the commission of the offence he was incapable of understanding that his actions were contrary to law and that he was unable to will the consequences of those actions. It noted that the accused had been transferred from Corradino Correctional Facility to Mount Carmel Hospital due to aggressive behaviour. Upon his admission, he was examined and “found to be suffering from a psychotic disorder, living under the grandiose delusion that he had a special contact with God and his late biological father, which thoughts appellant believes also had a direct influence on the tragic outcome of this case.” Subsequently, his defence counsel had pleaded insanity and a jury was empanelled to establish whether there was a case of legal insanity at the time of the murder. The jurors, by means of a verdict delivered on the 5th July 2019, unanimously found that appellant was not in a state of insanity when the incident occurred. Emmanuel had appealed this verdict, arguing that there was no valid reason for the jury to discard the report presented by the court expert, concluding that the appellant was insane according to law. The court said that from the acts of the case, it emerged that the psychiatrist had only examined the mental health of the accused after the acts took place. “The question however remains whether or not accused/appellant was in fact insane when he allegedly performed the incriminating acts which he is accused of having committed...” said the court. The psychiatrist who had examined the man over a month after the murder confirmed to the court that the psychosis could have developed after the incident as a response to the trauma he experienced. The court observed that “…even if the Court, gratia argomenti, were to accept the diagnosis that appellant was suffering from a delusional psychosis at the time of the commission of the offence, this does not make him insane in terms of law, since he himself asserts that he wilfully pressed a cross on victim’s neck knowing that this could lead to her death, even though he was instructed to do so by victim herself since she was a bad omen and therefore had to be eliminated for him to be able to carry on with his life! He was therefore fully conscious of his actions and to the danger that these could pose to victim’s life.” A medico-legal expert had categorically excluded the use of a cross in the course of the strangulation, adding that the victim had been beaten, and was probably unconscious by the time the strangulation had occurred – accounting for the lack of defensive wounds. Having examined all the evidence in detail, the three judges said they were of the opinion that the grounds of appeal put forward by the appellant were unfounded. The jurors could have legally and reasonably concluded that the appellant was not in a state of insanity according to the Criminal Code because Emmanuel had no history of mental illness before the murder, or past medical history of psychosis in his family at least during the 10 years he resided in Malta prior to the murder, said the court. It also took into account the history of domestic violence reports to the police filed by the woman, indicating the violent nature of the appellant, as well as the fact that none of the lay witnesses and police officers who testified mentioned that Emmanuel had indicated any sign of mental illness after the crime, “all attesting to the fact that the appellant was always coherent in his words and actions.” The judges noted that the appellant was aware that his actions were wrong since he himself confirmed that he used his left hand, “whilst cognitively being aware that his actions were ‘unclean.’” Confirming the verdict and judgment of the Criminal Court, the Court of Criminal Appeal ordered that the acts of the case be remitted to the Court of Magistrates as a Court of Criminal Inquiry for the compilation of evidence against Emmanuel to continue. Fri, 29 May 2020 14:58:00 +0100
Many services for the elderly in the community to resume on Monday A number of services for the elderly in the community are set to resume as from Monday. After consulting the Public Health authorities, a number of active aging and community care services will be offered as from Monday 1 June, a statement by the Parliamentary Secretariat for Active Aging and Community Care read. However, instructions assuring the health of the elderly as well as the workers must be followed. The services that will restart include the home help service, physiotherapy, podology service, occupational therapy, Comm Care, home respite, social work services, services offered by the Dementia Intervention Team, handy man services and services offered from the elderly service centre. A number of services that won’t yet be reintroduced due to Covid-19 are Active Aging Centre services, Silver-T and night shelters. All community services that will provide a service inside the homes of the elderly must put in place a number of prevention measures. Before a visit Professionals must call the elderly person and confirm that there is no exposure to Covid-19, and confirm that there are no family members who are under quarantine. If there is, the visit will be postponed. The professionals must confirm that the elderly person has a mask or visor at their disposal. The elderly person will be asked to prepare all the essential items for the visit or service to take place. The elderly person is asked to open doors and windows to ensure there is adequate ventilation, preferably 30 minutes before the visit. It must also be assured that only people who live at the home be present. The professionals must also prepare their PPE, like masks, gloves, visors, alcohol rub etc, according to the exigencies of the service. It must be ensured that there are ways that the professionals can wash their hands before and after entering the home by using alcohol rub. Prevention measures by professionals during the visit The people offering the service must wear a visor, mask, and anything else according to the exigencies of the service before entering the elderly person’s home. They must be worn at all times while providing the service inside the home. The service providers must wash their hands frequently, before entering and while exiting. Contact with surfaces must be limited, and personal items should not be placed on them. The professionals must also avoid contact with the elderly person’s face. A two-metre distance must be kept from the elderly person and whoever is profiding the service. In addition, not more than one person will be allowed in a single room. The visits should be kept as short as possible. The professionals must then place their PPEs in a bag before leaving the elderly person’s home, and dispose of the items as they are meant to. If the person offering the service feels unwell, or feels some symptoms, that person cannot go into an elderly person’s home or report to work. If symptoms persist, then the supervisor must be informed for a swab test to be undertaken. Prevention measures by the elderly people during a visit Elderly people inside their homes must wear a mask or visor while a service is being provided. Physical contact must also be limited. Preferably, the elderly person should be in another room other than where the person providing the service is (depending on the exigencies of the service). The elderly person must inform the professional if feeling unwell or if they have any symptoms. Prevention measures by professionals after a visit Professionals and service providers must disinfect the equiment used during the visit by using antiseptic wipes, including their mobile phones, laptops and anything else. The surfaces where equipment was used during the visit must also be disinfected. The professionals must also wash their hands with alcohol rub. At the end of the day, the person who provided the service must wash any clothes that might have been exposed to the virus, and must also wash themselves. Prevention measures from Elderly Service Centres A maximum of two clients can enter at once. In addition, a 2m distance must be kept between a client and an official while waiting to be helped. Clients must weat a mask or visor, and must wash their hands with antiseptic rub before entering and have their temperature taken. Clients must keep their distance by staying behind the tape on the floor. If a client does not observe the regulations they can be refused entry. Officials must wear a visor. Hand sanitizers at the entrance and in every room where an official works will be available. Fri, 29 May 2020 14:37:00 +0100
Oral contraceptive pill should be considered essential medicine, should be free of charge - PN The oral contraceptive pill should be considered essential medication said the Nationalist Party in a statement published on Friday. In recent news, a number of oral contraceptive pills have been noted to be out of stock in pharmacies around the island. Spokesperson for Equal Rights Claudette Buttigieg and Spokesperson for Health Stephen Spiteri said that OCP’s should be seen as essential not only because of their contraceptive nature but also because they are often prescribed for polycystic ovaries or acne, which affect women’s wellbeing. “The government should work on ensure that certain OCPs should be made available on the government formulary, as there are cases of some women who cannot afford to purchase them. The government should also work to truly increase accessibility of OCPs, not only to ensure that these are on the market (especially during the particular circumstances we currently find ourselves in), but also to ensure that financial realities of certain women in society do not prove to be a constraint in obtaining this medication.” The statement also reflected on the statement made earlier by Parliamentary Secretary for Equality Rosianne Cutajar, that the contraceptive pill should be made prescription free. “It is unacceptable and irresponsible for government MPs to try score political points based on populist statements, and calling for prescription free OCPs.” The two MPs said that OCPs should be made accessible, but that the pill can have heavy side effects for certain people and can lead to negative repercussions. “Medical professionals’ prescriptions are vital and also serve as an added incentive for regular visits to the doctor and other medical examinations that can prevent many health issues that many arise otherwise.” Fri, 29 May 2020 14:18:00 +0100
Watch: €1.8m investment in home for boys in need of alternative family The Family Ministry is investing €1.8 million over three years in a home for boys needing an alternative family, run by the Dar San Guzepp Foundation. The signing of the contract was held today in Santa Venera in the presence of Minister Michael Falzon and the home administrator Fr Louis Mallia. The agreement is for a €107 daily payment for each bed, for a total of €1,757,475. Apart from accommodation, the foundation offers psychological, socio-legal and educational assistance to the boys. Fri, 29 May 2020 14:10:00 +0100
Hello and welcome: Robot waiters to the rescue amid virus You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse. He just didn’t have a clue how useful they would prove. The coronavirus pandemic has turned a whimsical idea into perhaps a window into a dystopian future where a human touch may make people cringe with fear, and a waiter clearing the table sends a customer tense with stress — only to be relieved by a soothing brush with plastic. “They came in just ahead of that time,” said Hu’s daughter Leah, who also works at the restaurant, the Royal Palace. Now, his two shiny white-and-red robots glide across the dining area’s floor where, once the restaurant reopens, they will be serving Chinese and Indonesian specialties like Babi Pangang and Char Siu at 15.5 euros ($17) each. “Hello and welcome” the robots say — in a voice best described as pre-programmed. Their duties will include greeting customers, serving drinks and dishes and returning used glasses and crockery. It’s unclear whether diners will be expected to tip. One thing the robots will certainly do is see that social distancing rules are respected. “We will use them to make sure the 1.5 meters (5 feet) we need during the corona crisis sticks,” Leah Hu said. “I’ve had negative reactions,” she said, “such as saying it makes it impersonal.” But it may prove just what customers crave when Dutch restaurants are allowed to reopen on Monday as lockdown restrictions are further eased. In a stab at quasi-human panache, one robot wears a chiffon scarf around its neck. And the hunt is on to give the two human names, with a competition already underway on Instagram. “We dont have a favorite yet. But the suggestion of Ro and Bot is out. We want to give them a normal name," said Leah Hu. Dutch restaurants have been hard hit by the crisis and have been closed for over two months. As of Monday, they will be allowed to reopen but with a maximum of 30 customers. That will force some layout adaptations in the Royal Palace where the robots’ programmed floorplan may have to be changed at the last moment. And in the southern Zeeland province, the Hus don’t want to hear any complaints about the robots robbing young people of a job. They say it’s hard enough anyway to find staff in a rural region without any major city close by. “They help us with the work we do,” said Leah Hu. “We are often busy and cleaning tables and the robots give us an extra hand.” It also frees up the human staff for some more personal contact. “We are not disappearing. We are still here. They will always need people in this industry,” she said. Adapting to the robots, even your own, remains a challenge. “For us, it is still trying to see what works," she said. Fri, 29 May 2020 13:47:00 +0100
Biker seriously injured in Coast Road accident A motorcyclist was seriously injured when he lost control of the bike he was riding and crashed, the police said. The accident took place on the Coast Road at 7a, The biker, aged 33 of Ta’ Xbiex, was riding a Kymco Agility 125 in the direction of Bugibba. He was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Fri, 29 May 2020 13:09:00 +0100
Watch: Number of active cases falls below 100 as no new cases recorded No new Coronavirus cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours while 13 patients have recovered, but as reported earlier the number of people who died as a result of Covid-19 has now grown to eight, Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci said today. Earlier this morning, the health ministry said that a 56-year-old man with chronic conditions passed away last night at Mater Dei Hospital. It is the fourth time that no new cases were registered on a given day, the second time this week. The first time was on 8 March, the day after the first three cases were registered, but that was at the initial stages of the pandemic spread in Malta. The second time was on 26 April, at a time when the number of cases started to slow down as measures introduced by health authorities were making inroads. The third “zero day” came exactly a month later, on 26 May, followed by no cases today. The number of cases remains at 616, with eight deaths. The number of active cases drops to below 100 again, at 94, while the number of patients who have recovered is 514. Gauci said that 13 patients are being kept at Boffa Hospital, six are at St Thomas Hospital while another six patients are at Mater Dei Hospital, with one of them at the ITU. Over the last two days, 23 people have recovered (no details were give about the 10 who recovered the day before). There ages are: two between 10 and 19, seven in their 20s, five in their 30s, four in their 40s, three in theirn 50s, and one each in 60s and 70s. The four cases which were recorded on Thursday, and of which details were given today, are all women. Two of them are carers at Karin Grech Hospital, both of Indian nationalist and aged 32 and 33. The others are two women aged 33 and 53. Asked about the re-opening of the airport, Gauci said that the health authorities are working hand in hand with the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) to come up with regulations and guidelines to ensure the safety of the public’s health. “We are looking at those countries that have less risk of transmission and we are working on the necessary protocols for the airport to take on,” she said. Preparations are in hand for the airport to be ready when a decision is taken for its re-opening. Gauci was asked for the total number of swab tests which were carried more than once on the same patient. She said that for patients who tested positive for COVID-19, they have to take another swab test after 14 days to determine whether they still have the virus. She said that the statistics will be published later on. Gauci said that the elderly and vulnerable need to still be protected and taken care of. “In the situation we are in, our message is that the elderly take care and are safe. If they are to go out they do not go out in areas where there are big crowds and a lot of people.” Currently, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy, which are crucial for children with disabilities, are still not being provided. Just like these therapists, reflexologists are also in limbo as to when they will receive the necessary guidelines for them to start providing a service. Gauci said that medical services which were stopped are gradually being re-introduced. “It is important to remember that these professionals must be prepared and given the right guidelines for them to work. As we have seen we did not just relax measures for restaurants, but we also began providing medical services to the public.” She stressed that training is necessary for these professionals. Fri, 29 May 2020 12:23:00 +0100
Tribunal halts work on fuel station project in Marsascala A tribunal has halted works on an ODZ Marsaskala fuel station construction project until an appeal against the decision by the Planning Authority to give it the green light has been decided. Last October, the PA had dismissed a resident’s call for the revocation of the permit, finding instead for the planning directorate. The resident in question had filed an appeal to the decision. The Planning Appeals Board, in a decision handed down on 20 May upheld the appeal. According to the law, when a permit is given and subsequently appealed against, the appellant can request the suspension of the the permit – halting the works – until the final decision in the appeal is handed down. If the permit is suspended, a decision must be handed down in 3 months from the first sitting – in this case a decision is scheduled for 10 June. In its decree the PAB, composed of Architect Roderick Spiteri, Lawyer Carlos Bugeja and Architect Alessandra Fiott, noted that it was not permitted to examine the merits of the case, but only to carry out a preliminary assessment as to whether the suspension is required. In view of the fact that the fuel station is proposed in a sensitive ODZ area, the tribunal suspended the permit until it could properly examine the issue at hand. Lawyer Natalino Debrincat appeared for the appellants. Fri, 29 May 2020 12:05:00 +0100
Airport reopening date to be announced in the coming days �" Tourism Minister Tourism Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli had indicated that Prime Minister Robert Abela will be announcing the date for the reopening of Malta’s International Airport (MIA) in the coming days, This information was revealed on Thursday during TVM’s programme Xtra. At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malta, all air traffic to and from Malta was stopped on 21 March and the ban was scheduled to last till 16 June. The reopening date will be set around mid-July. During the programme, Farrugia Portelli explained that the government always had a date in mind but never revealed it as it did not want to run the risk of having to backtrack if there was a drastic increase in Covid-19 cases in other countries. Now, the situation seems to be stable enough for the government to reveal the official date of the reopening of Malta’s airport – “and we will be treating that day as the day we will reopen in the safest possible manner,” she said. She assured that Malta is safe to have a summer season this year due to the protocols that have been put in place by Malta Tourism Authority (MTA). She added that discussions are also underway for protocols on an international level, specifically ones relating to airports and travelling. Air Malta has already released one measure that will be mandatory for any passengers travelling with the airline. On Thursday evening, the airline posted on its Facebook page saying that even though “evidence suggests that the risk of transmission on board an aircraft is low due to the high efficient air ventilation and filtration systems… as of 1st June 2020, all passengers travelling on an Air Malta flight will be required to wear, at all times, their own face mask.” The airline emphasised that the mask has to be kept on during boarding, transfer to and from the aircraft, and on-board at all times and that passengers without their own face mask will not be allowed to board the aircraft. It also suggested that travellers should keep their masks on within the airport building itself as an added safety measure. Last week, The Malta Independent was informed that the MIA is also expected to see some changes as it could axe dozens of routes in its Winter 2020 and Summer 2021 schedules as the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the tourism industry are expected to drag on well into next year. MIA said several factors which it does not yet have an understanding of, including when Malta’s travel ban will be lifted, determine the extent of this impact. Malta is discussing opening safe corridors with Luxembourg, Norway, Serbia, Slovakia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Lithuania and Israel. The UK is also mulling the idea of ‘air bridges’, removing the 14-day quarantine requirement for people coming from ‘safe’ countries, while Italy has said it will open its airports on 3 June. It is unlikely, however, that Malta will consider re-launching flights to the two countries at this stage – even if they are Malta’s biggest tourism markets – given their high Covid-19 infection rates. MHRA boss Tony Zahra believes that those who think that things will return to normal the day the airport reopens are “gravely mistaken.” He said that, the most positive scenario predicted by industry sources is of 1.3 million tourists visiting Malta in 2021. This is around a third of the tourism figures for 2019. Zahra added that it is very difficult to predict what routes could be axed and if flight frequencies would change, adding that Malta would have to adapt to the situation. “If we manage to get 30% to 40% of last year’s numbers in the upcoming winter schedule, it would not be so bad,” Zahra said. Fri, 29 May 2020 11:44:00 +0100
Government deficit tops €600 million by end April �" NSO By the end of April 2020, the Government’s Consolidated Fund reported a deﬁcit of €607.1 million, the NSO said today. Between January and April 2020, recurrent revenue fell by €220.1 million and totalled €1,167.6 million. This reﬂects a 15.9 per cent decline from the €1,387.7 million reported in revenue by the end of April 2019. A €109.0 million drop in Income Tax proved to be the main catalyst behind the decline in revenue. Further drops were also witnessed under Value Added Tax (€31.9 million), Licences, Taxes and Fines (€25.4 million), Customs and Excise Duties (€24.0 million), Grants (€23.5 million), Social Security (€22.0 million), Fees of Oﬃce (€9.2 million) and Reimbursements (€5.2 million). In contrast, higher revenue was registered under Miscellaneous Receipts and Dividends on Investment. By the end of April 2020, total expenditure amounted to €1,774.7 million, a 15.9 per cent increase from the corresponding period in 2019. Recurrent expenditure totalled €1,491.2 million, a €170.1 million increase from the €1,321.1 million recorded by the end of April 2019. The main contributor to this increase was a €120.2 million rise reported under Programmes and Initiatives. Furthermore, rises in outlay were also registered in Contributions to Government Entities (€50.9 million) and Personal Emoluments (€4.7 million), while Operational and Maintenance Expenses declined by €5.7 million. The main developments in the Programmes and Initiatives category involved added outlays towards social security beneﬁts (€60.9 million, of which €5.2 million was spent on COVID-19 beneﬁ ts), medicines and surgical materials (€23.2 million), church schools (€19.6 million), solid waste management strategy (€5.7 million), compensation payments (€5.2 million), street lighting (€4.9 million), extension of the school transport network (€4.7 million), EU own resources and feed-in-tariﬀ (both €4.3 million). Drops were reported in the tax relief measure (€11.4 million) and the state contribution (€9.6 million, also reported as revenue). The interest component of the public debt servicing costs totalled €61.7 million, a €4.4 million drop from the same period in 2019. Government’s capital spending amounted to €221.8 million by the end of April, an increase of €77.4 million from 2019. The rise was largely due to additional spending towards investment incentives (€55.2million) which amounted to €73.0 million, including €50.0 million spent in relation to the COVID-19 Wage Supplement. Other increases were recorded in road construction and improvements (€16.0 million), property, plant and equipment (€11.3 million), the EU agricultural fund for rural development 2014-2020 (€6.8 million) and the ICT core services agreement (€3.0 million). On the other hand, there was a drop reported under EU internal security fund - borders and visa (€14.4 million). The diﬀerence between total revenue and expenditure resulted in a deﬁcit of €607.1 million being reported in the Government’s Consolidated Fund by the end of April 2020. This represented an increase in the deﬁcit of €463.2 million when compared to the deﬁcit of €144.0 million witnessed during the same period in 2019. This diﬀerence mirrors an increase in total expenditure, consisting of recurrent expenditure (€170.1 million), interest (-€4.4 million) and capital expenditure (€77.4 million), in addition to a drop in recurrent revenue (€220.1 million). Decreases in revenue and increases in expenditure reﬂect developments related to COVID-19. By the end of April 2020, Central Government debt stood at €5,936.4 million, a €433.4 million rise from April 2019. This was primarily the result of a €320.2 million increase exhibited under Treasury Bills, as well as higher debt reported under Malta Government Stocks (€119.1 million) and Euro Coins issued in the name of the Treasury (€4.6 million). In contrast, there were drops in debt registered under the 62+ Malta Government Savings Bond and Foreign Loans. Higher holdings by government funds in Malta Government Stocks also resulted in a decrease in debt of €7.3 million. Fri, 29 May 2020 11:13:00 +0100

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This Mercedes Benz Sprinter of Malta Public Transport is seen waiting to depart from Valletta Bus Station on Route 133 which goes all around Valletta every 30 minutes. The route leaves Valletta Terminus and passes through Castille Square, St Paul Street, Marsamxett, Saint Elmo, MCC, Lower Barrakka Gardens, Ta' Liesse, the Valletta Waterfront and goes up to the terminus via Kurcifiss Hill and Floriana's Centre. It currently is the shortest bus route by Malta Public Transport.

The bus has a Valletta 2018 livery as it came in service in occasion of Valletta European Capital of Culture in 2018 as to promote a cleaner mode of transport within Valletta. Published: 2019-12-12 - 12:49:15

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