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These are the main stories from Malta’s newspaper front pages.
MaltaToday quotes a whistleblower working in the tuna farming industry who has spoken to MaltaToday about the abuse inside the business, de- scribing how it benefitted from lax enforcement and got away with flagrant abuses while government officials are duped or even look the other way. It also reports “When the tuna is fished out of the cage and onto the reefers to be killed and frozen, a lot more unaccounted killing takes place after the monitors leave. If the freezers do not get properly examined by the department’s monitors – and they do not get checked properly = then you can rest as-sured that they will carry even more tuna than what is being recorded.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that moves towards turning Gozo into a region would result in less EU funds at its disposal, said Parliamentary Secretary for EU Funds and Social Dialogue Aaron Farrugia. He spoke out after the PN called for a regional council to be established in Gozo, instead of a Regional Development Authority.
MaltaToday also reports that Hili Ventures have submitted a bid to buy a significant stake in Comino Hotel.
Il-Mument leads with a story about the Nationalist Party General Council being held this week. In another story, the newspaper also reports about the concerns being expressed by players in the financial services and banking industry about Malta’s reputation.
Illum reports that Maltese women were being offered abortion pills for €90.
Il-Kullħadd reports about MEPs coming from the same political formation of Roberta Metsola, who didn’t do like Metsola and voted against Malta.
In the same newspaper, we read also a report about the plans for the MCAST, in an interview with director James Callejja.
It-Torca carries a story about the need that construction workers should be treated equally in terms of pay and conditions, which also need to be improved. In another story we read about the spat between the mayor and deputy mayor of Zebbug Gozo.
The Sunday Times carries another story, quoting Democratic Party leader Godfrey Farrugia and an alliance for mental health who have questioned whether the involuntary commitment of a former police officer to the psychiatric hospital on Friday was legal.
In another story, Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia is quoted saying that he would not hesitate to resign should he feel he has become a liability to the party.
