Your Wednesday’s morning briefing with a roundup of the salient news and headlines from around the world and a review of today’s front pages from Malta’s newspapers.
The Timesspeaks to the Office of the Prime Minister to establish the role that Neville Gafa’ holds within government. The paper was told that Gafa’ is a projects director within the Ministry of Health, although sources said that he has not been seen at the Ministry since allegations of a visa scam emerged in 2016. Recently Neville Gafa’ kicked up a media storm when he was described by Libyan media as a special envoy of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, a claim both he and the OPM dismissed.
The Timessays that hygiene standards in schools are below par and provisions on student density, sanitary facilities, and general cleanliness are found lacking.
MaltaTodaycovers a KPMG Gaming eSummit held on Tuesday in which experts in the gaming industry spoke about factors in Malta that hinder the sector. The main limitations they encounter are a bad reputation, high property prices, an incompatible banking sector, unavailability of schools for employees’ children, and inadequate infrastructure.
The Malta Independentquotes a report by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Press Freedom which describes the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia as the “darkest hour” for media freedom since the attacks on Charlie Hebdo offices in 2015. The Media Pluralism Monitor says that Malta is among the countries that registered high risk for journalists.
MaltaTodaysays that PL MEP Alfred Sant has still not submitted his nomination as a candidate for the European Parliament, with two days to go.
Another story inThe Malta Independentreports that the previous adviser to the Trump presidential campaign George Papadopoulous arrived in prison to begin his two-week sentence. Papadopoulos revealed that he had connections with Maltese professor Joseph Mifsud, himself wanted for investigation by the Democratic National Committee.
L-Orizzontsays that, following the tragic death of a construction worker on Monday, Malta Developers Association president Sandro Chetcuti insists that a register of everyone employed in the sector is necessary.
L-Orizzontreports that Air Malta has been named ‘Turnaround Airline of the Year’ at the CAPA Aviation Summit in Berlin. The paper says the national airline was recognized for its speedy transformation.
Another story inL-Orizzontreports on a court in which a woman accused her husband of neglect and who chose to go feed the cats instead of accompanying his wife when she went into labour with their child. The paper also features a report by NSO which shows that government debt decreased by €200 million in the first sic months of the year.
In-Nazzjoncovers a meeting by PN Leader Adrian Delia and the National Youth Council on Tuesday. Delia said that the involvement of young people in the General Council last week demonstrates that the PN is committed to keep young people at the heart of politics.
In another story,In-Nazzjonsays Environment Minister Jose Herrera admitted that Malta moved too slow to implement radical measures in waste management. The paper says that amenity sites for bulky refuse, as well as landfills around Malta, have no more space for deposition of waste.
