These are the main stories from Malta’s Newspaper front pages.
The Times reports that one in every six healthcare professionals are suffering from burnout while a third show symptoms of a burnout. The study was conducted by psychiatrists Aloisia Camilleri and Patrick Barbara among professionals at Mount Carmel Hospital, the Psychiatric Unit, and the Gozo psychiatric Unit.
The Malta Independent reports that a shooting took place in Birżebbuġa on Saturday night, killing one man and injuring another two. Police sources said the shots were fire from the passenger side of a speeding Toyota Starlet.
The Times says that the incident was reported by one of the victims who the police found on site when they arrived. One of the victims is suffering from grievous injuries while the other is is being treated for serious injuries.
L-Orizzont also carries the story and identifies the killed man as Lassibe Souleymane, 42, from the Ivory Coast. The other victims are also believed to be third-country nationals, but the paper says that there is no indication that there was any other connection between them.
The Malta Independent reveals that a consultation process will be launched later this year to update legislation on prostitution and human trafficking. The Parliamentary Secretariat for for Reforms said the government is planning a national education campaign on human trafficking.
L-Orizzont says that Health Minister Chris Fearne ordered the withdrawal of a memo issued by the Department of Primary Healthcare instructing the removal of religious symbols from health centres. The Minister said he disagrees with the decision taken by the management.
In-Nazzjon also reports on the story and says that the Minister for Health ‘panicked’ and retreated the after the directive to remove religious images and figures was exposed by Net News.
L-Orizzont quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at a political event on Sunday who said that the Labour Party was a force of change in the country, still is, and so will it remain.
In-Nazzjon says that recent surveys show that the greatest concern for people right now is the rising cost of living.
