These are the stories from the Front pages of Malta’s papers.
MaltaToday speaks to US deputy assistant secretary for cyber and international affairs Robert Strayer who raised concerns about Malta’s proposed Safe City video surveillance. Strayer says that information could be relayed to China via tech company Huawei.
The Sunday Times leads with a story about the setting up of a new Office of the President Emeritus, allowing former President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca to continue to steer The President’s Trust and The President’s Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society.
The Independent on Sunday reports on a study by the Malta Association of Public Health Medicine which finds that climate change and immigration are having an effect on the rate of infectious disease in Malta.
MaltaToday reports about a zoning application for the 120,000 square meter area between Swatar and Birkirkara, with plans for commercial and residential space. Residents in Swatar said the development would eliminate the farmland separating towns.
The Independent on Sunday speaks to Midwives and Nurses Union president Paul Pace who insists that plans were underway last month to treat casualties from the ongoing Libyan conflict at Mater Dei hospital.
The Sunday Times says that the total number of traffic fines issues last year was just under 53,000, the lowest in six years. Police statistics show that fines for contraventions that do not deduct points were also lower than the average.
Illum says that Nationalist Party MEP candidates David Casa and Frank Psaila are both vying for the party’s second seat, with the eventual winner likely to have to rely on the transferred votes.
It-Torċa publishes an interview with Ozo Group chairman who says that without foreign workers the country would stop. The paper says the company is among one with the highest rate of foreign employees in Malta.
Kulħadd covers statements by Labour Party MEP Miriam Dalli who argued that the incumbent Nationalist Party MEPs voting record could threaten Malta’s self-control over taxation matters.
Il-Mument accuses Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi of persisting in breaking up Air Malta and reports that plans are in place to sell the company’s engineering section for €30 million behind the employees backs.
It-Torċa speaks to Heritage Malta curator MariaElena Zammit who explains that the facial features of skulls found at the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum show face are very similar to contemporary facial structures.
Il-Mument quotes PN Leader Adrian Delia who said that the party is building a vision for the country’s and the EU’s future together with young people. Delia said that the party wants to leave young people a cleaner country.
Kulħadd quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat who said that the upcoming elections are an opportunity to give an answer ‘those who voted against Malta’. Muscat described the Nationalist Party MEPs as hypocrites.
