State Visit – Pope Francis at Gozo – 02.04.2022
Malta welcomed His Holiness Pope Francis during his Apostolic visit to the country from Saturday 2nd April to Sunday 3rd April of which on Saturday 2nd April he visited the sister island of Gozo. The island of Gozo was wearing Holy Week dress and Vatican City Flags mounted on road roundabouts, balconies, roof flagpoles etc […]
Casualties – XLENDI – 09.04.1992
28 Years ago on Thursday 9th April, 1992 the Gozo Channel Line ferry XLENDI ran aground at Cominotto while crossing from Cirkewwa to Mgarr. The incident happened around 2130 hrs of which at that time XLENDI was the latest to join the fleet of the Gozo Channel Line and she sustained considerable damage when she […]
Coronavirus – Non Essential crossing between Malta and Gozo stopped & Updated Gozo Channel Schedule – 03.04.2020
All travel between Malta and Gozo, except for specific reasons, has been restricted in a bid to prevent Covid-19 from spreading further. Gozo Minister Clint Camilleri said on Tuesday 31st March, 2020 that all travel between the two islands would be prohibited unless for specific purposes. KERCEM at Gozo All passengers boarding the Gozo Channel at Ċirkewwa, Malta or Mġarr, Gozo […]
AFM – Missing Person Body Found – 08.09.2019
A dead man’s body was found off Malta’s western coast on Sunday 8th September morning, following an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) helicopter search that began on Saturday. The body is believed to be that of a man who ran into trouble while swimming in the Miġra l-Ferħa, Mtahleb. He was later identified as a […]
