Corporate Dispatch Monday Morning Briefing and Newspaper Review

Good morning,

Your morning briefing brings you a quick roundup of the salient news from Malta and around the world.

These are the stories on Malta’s newspaper front pages.

The Times reports that investigators in Spain will take their probe into the international tuna smuggling racket further. They say that ‘widespread abuse’ likely took place and are expected to investigate other companies and entities in Malta.

The Malta Independent says residents in Cospicua raised concerns over plans by the American University of Malta to develop the Dock 1 area. Residents say the development will encroach on public space altering the character of the three cities.

The Times quotes a report by Reuters International which says that, while one in five countries made necessary legal changes following the Panama Papers leak, no measures were taken in Malta.

The Malta Independent publishes an interview with Bicycle Advocacy Group president Michelle Gauci Tonna who complained that the National Cycling Strategy was ‘very clearly’ not drafted by people familiar with cycling.

L-Orizzont leads with a story that medicinal cannabis company Supreme Cannabis showed interest in investing in Malta. The paper says the Canadian company owns renowned brand 7Acres.

In-Nazzjon quotes PN Leader Adrian Delia who said that the governments lack long-term planning, unlike successive Nationalist governments which brought ‘positive change’. The party leader said that young people are being forced out of the property market.

L-Orizzont speaks to Caritas director Anthony Gatt about worries that lethal drug could make its way to Fentanyl. Gatt said that while the synthetic drug is extremely potent, caution should be exercised not to over-sensationalise the subject.

These the main news headlines from around the world. 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that her Cabinet had agreed in principle upon tighter gun laws for New Zealand.

Between Saturday and Sunday, western Tripoli areas saw heavy fighting between National Mobile Force and an armed group of the general security apparatus.

Analysis of Black Boxes of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight showed ‘clear similarities’ with crashed Lion Air flight the Ethiopian Transport Minister was reported saying by the Wall Street Journal. 

A burial service for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

At least one person was killed and two others wounded in a shooting and stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank.

Lawyer Zuzana Čaputová won the largest share of votes in Slovakia’s presidential ballot Saturday, making her the frontrunner ahead of a second round later this month

Labour will this week back a cross-party amendment which would set Britain on course for a referendum on Theresa May’s deal.

In Twitter posts on Saturday and Sunday, Mr. Trump renewed his criticism of Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican who died in August from complications from a virulent form of brain cancer.

A non-fatal stabbing in Surrey is being treated as a terrorism incident by police.

Fifty-one women and girls are suing the U.S. Olympic Committee and the organization’s officers, directors and national governing board for failing to prevent abuse by team doctor Larry Nassar and their coaches.

German Justice Minister Katarina Barley has called for changes in Germany’s laws to reflect their needs of separated or divorced parents and alleviate their financial burden.

Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William the Duke Cambidge, Colonel of the Irish Guards, presented shamrocks to members of the Irish Guards, at the Cavalry Barracks Hounslow in London, Britain on the occasion of St Patrick’s day.

Paris Jackson has rubbished claims she tried to kill herself in the wake of a scandal prompted by the controversial Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland.

Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina has been taken to hospital after he seemed to collapse unconscious following a head injury.

Inter beat AC Milan 3 – 2 in an action packed derby on Sunday night to regain the third spot in the Serie A.