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6 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 NOVEMBER 2020 NEWS Wednesday 18 th November 2020 The Other Brewery Co. Limited 17, Santa Maria FL 3 Triq il- Ward Madliena Swieqi SWQ 1121 Malta MT24750012 Micro-Brewery & Bar Set up The Other Brewery & Co. Limited is requesting quotations for the Supply and installation of the below activities in relation to the construction of a Micro- Brewery. TOBCO 101 – Supply of Refrigeration systems, fridges, dishwasher, and fixtures TOBCO 102 – Supply & Install: Light Points, Power Units, Ceiling Lights, and wall lights for interior and exterior TOBCO 103 – Steel Frame Mezzanine Floor Structure, Staircase and Railing TOBCO 104 – Supply of tiles TOBCO 106 – Service Counter and Back Counter included Concrete Blocks, Tile, Concrete Top TOBCO 108 – Construction and plumbing TOBCO 109 – Canning line The above list of requests for quotations will open from today, Wednesday 18 th November 2020 and all offers shall be returned by Tuesday 24 th November 2020 at noon. To participate in the requests for quotations above, an email should be sent to sebastien@theotherbreweryco.com. LAURA CALLEJA VICTIMS of COVID-19 were re- membered in a symbolic action outside Castille where Repubbli- ka put up 100 empty chairs with white carnations on them. The civil society organisation called out the government for giving out conflicting messages on the pandemic. Malta registered 101 deaths from coronavirus with the vast majority being elderly people. Deaths increased exponentially since September when the sec- ond wave of the pandemic set in and government faced flak for re- acting late. Repubblika spokesperson Ales- sandra Dee Crespo said the chairs represented 100 family members. "Nothing will bring them back," she said, blaming the increase in COVID-19 cases on conflicting messages coming from the gov- ernment. Crespo said on the one hand, government was asking people to be careful, and on the other hand, telling people they could go to the beach and enjoy summer. She said that because of the high number of cases the health care system was no longer able to function correctly. She was also critical of the in- centives to bring people to Vallet- ta during the Christmas period. "For a while now, Health Minis- ter Chris Fearne has been warn- ing the public not the gather; however, Robert Abela's govern- ment seems to know better than the health authorities, and has instead insisted on going ahead with activities," she said. Crespo thanked the front liners, who she said continued to work tirelessly for the public's welfare, while simultaneously calling for Abela and his government to take COVID-19 seriously. 100 empty chairs outside Castille in remembrance of COVID-19 victims KARL AZZOPARDI THE Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia has clarified that parlia- ment does not pay for partners accompanying MPs on interna- tional duties. Farrugia was reacting to a ONE News article which claimed Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi travelled with his partner for a number of times with her expenses being paid by parliament. The Labour Party media house was wrongly quoting an article by newspaper Illum, which re- vealed that in court proceedings during Azzopardi's separation from his former wife, the MP had confirmed that he had travelled abroad with his new partner 34 times. When questioned by the court as to how he had funded his trav- els, Azzopardi stated that expens- es were forked out by third par- ties. Despite his claim, a list seen by Illum showed that around 20 trips were funded by parliament as part of his duties as MP. No- where in the article did it say that parliament funded his partner's expenses. Illum also revealed that when he was junior minister, Azzopar- di was allowed to use services at the Excelsior Hotel for free. Such services included gym facilities, a room and breakfast whenever he wanted. Azzopardi has already suspend- ed himself from the National- ist Party, after it emerged that a Hilton Hotel stay in Tel Aviv in March 2017 had been paid for by Ray Fenech, one of the directors of the Tumas Group – a business group which Yorgen Fenech, now alleged mastermind behind the murder of Daphne Caruana Gali- zia, was also part of. Azzopardi will remain suspend- ed until the PN's ethics board concludes its investigation. He has since denied the allega- tions, calling them the work of an agenda against him. Parliament does not pay for partners accompanying MPs on international duties, Speaker clarifies House Speaker Anglu Farrugia