These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals:
A sentence handed down against contractor Charles Polidano has been confirmed by the Court, which acquitted him in the case of an incident at the Montekristo Animal Park when a five-year-old boy had been attacked by a tiger. The sentence has been confirmed by the Court of Appeal. Source: TVM
Steward Healthcare, the US company running a 30-year concession for three state hospitals, has penned a pointed letter to Prime Minister Robert Abela, in which it questions the way the Maltese government supervised the PPP it had previously awarded to Vitals Global Healthcare. Steward said it was facing an exposure of over €12 million due to problems connected to the Vitals concession on financing as well court proceedings. But it called on the government to honour well over €18 million in reimbursements in accordance with the concession agreement. Source: MaltaToday
Persistently high student underachievement and early school leaving make it difficult for Malta to meet the demand for skilled labour, the European Commission has warned in a working document. Source: Times of Malta
A Constitutional court has been asked to provide a remedy to a man who is claiming that the fact that lawyer Pawlu Lia, who serves on the judiciary watchdog the Commission for the Administration of Justice, is opposing counsel in a civil suit breaches his right to a fair hearing. Source: The Malta Independent
Randolph De Battista had his role as CEO of the Labour Party terminated by the Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party Robert Abela. Debattista occupied the role of Party CEO since 2017 when he replaced Gino Cauchi. Previously De Battista formed part of the team at the Maltese Representation in Brussels. Source: Newsbook
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