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Daily COVID-19 Update 🦠 251 New Cases along with 66 Recoveries. 1,252,837 vaccines have been administered so far, with 2 deaths registered overnight. A total of 54 patients are currently in hospital with 1 in the ITU.

Early on Saturday, the tanker Chem P was swept into Maltese waters because of the storm & gale-force winds 🌬 The Maltese authorities began an operation to prevent the tanker from running aground on the coast of Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq 🚢 After cutting its anchor this morning, the tanker is now on its way to being anchored off Anchor Bay in Mellieħa 🇲🇹

🚨 A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou province when it crashed in the hills of Guangxi province & caught fire. Rescue crews were sent to the crash site & the fire was put out. It is feared that there are no survivors. Meanwhile, the number of casualties & reason for the crash are not known yet.

🚨2 men aged 22 remained in custody yesterday after pleading not guilty to stealing Playmobil figurines & other toys worth €10,000. The police did a 4-hour search at the warehouse in Ħal afar & the men were arrested on Saturday morning. The theft apparently took place between Thursday & Friday in which the two men then returned to the warehouse the following day yet were caught by the police. Both men were repeat offenders who were charged with causing about €2,000 worth in damages to a San Ġw...

🗳 Journalist Peppi Azzoprdi raised concerns over his mother who was taken to vote early without her family’s consent since she has dementia. Azzopardi stated in a Facebook post that his mother doesn’t recognise him & that the hospital informs his family about everything that goes on about her. “So why weren’t we informed that they were going to vote? Can I know what is going on?” he wrote.

The first MATSEC examination session has officially started, with oral examinations kicking off today 🏫 Whatever exams you’ve got coming up, here’s some quick advice: ✏️ Prioritise the most important topics ✏️ Make sure you’ve understood the questions properly ✏️ Keep an eye out for the time ✏️ Check your work ✏️ Breathe & don’t let the nerves get the better of you Good luck to all the students sitting for their MATSEC exams! At the end of the day, just try & do your best 💪

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the beauty of the sea 😍 #whales

#CareersMonth 👉 Although we can have some brilliant ideas or inventions, unfortunately not everyone might be able see our vision ☁️ Some ideas we’ve got today weren’t so popular at the board room meeting - yet now its absolutely insane to think someone didn’t like it. Here’s some insane ideas that were initially rejected 🙅 Check out the new Careers Section on the latest update of the FreeHour App 📲

🇧🇪 6 people were killed after a car drove into a crowd in southern Belgium. The incident happened in the small town of Strépy-Bracquegnies. The car reportedly drove at high-speed into a group of around 60 people who were preparing to take part in a carnival parade today. Several people were also seriously injured & some are in a critical condition. The circumstances of the attack are being investigated, but Belgian police said a terror attack had been ruled out.

🇲🇹 4 women aged between 29 & 44 were accused of prostitution & sentenced to 4 years in prison each. The women were all foreign, coming from Morocco, Honduras, Venezuela & Spain. The women admitted they were guilty to the charges yet could not understand why they were breaking the law since they claimed “it’s their body”.