The Times quotes Corradino Correctional Facilities director Colonel Alexander Dalli who said in court that drugs have been ‘eradicated’ from prison. The director also said that no fights between inmates have been reported in the last three or four months.
The Malta Independent speaks to Transport Minister Ian Borg following the protest against the Central Link project on Sunday. Borg said he respected the views of demonstrators but insisted that the project will be ‘environmentally friendly.’
In-Nazzjon also quotes Minister Borg who said that the plans for Central Link have been modified several times and have now been approved by the Planning Authority. The paper says Borg is not prepared to revise plans despite widespread criticism.
The Times follows the story of a 12-year-old boy who fled his home in Cameroon with his family but was separated from his mother and sisters in Libya. The Agency for Welfare of Asylum Seekers and the Ombudsman helped him to reunite with his family in Spain.
The Malta Independent says that PN MPs Simon Busuttil, Karol Aquilina, and Jason Azzopardi have avoided questions about the confidence vote in party leader Adrian Delia on Saturday. The paper says the three are among the most critical of Delia within the parliamentary group.
L-Orizzont quotes General Workers Union secretary general Josef Bugeja who insists that the 2020 budget must address shortages in skills. The union was participating in a forum by the Malta Council for Economic and Social Development.
In-Nazzjon says that Finance Minister Edward Scicluna held a meeting with social partners to ‘prepare them’ for an economic slowdown. The paper says Malta will register a deficit for the first half of the year.
L-Orizzont reports on a two-year prison sentence handed to a man found guilty of threatening a police officer. In another story, Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi criticizes former Lands Minister Jason Azzopardi for concessions to beach operators in Għadira Bay.
