The Times publishes an interview with a man rescued from a rubber boat by the Armed Forces on Monday. Mohammed Adam Oga, from Ethiopia, said that he was the sole survivor among 15 passengers aboard, all of whom died in the crossing.
L-Orizzont carries a story about a 28-year-old woman from the Ivory Coast stranded on the Ocean Viking rescue ship. The mother of six says she would rather die at sea that allow being returned to Libya.
The Malta Independent quotes Archbishop Charles Scicluna who, during the Santa Marija mass in Mosta on Thursday, prayed for the migrants stranded at sea waiting for Europe to ‘open the gates of mercy.’
L-Orizzont says industrial relations between HSBC employees and the bank is in a critical situation. Independent Bankers Union president Mark Muscat told the paper that employees are working ‘under a cloud of fear.’
In-Nazzjon speaks to an unnamed health professional who says that the situation at Mount Carmel hospital is being ignored by the government. The source says that the ‘worrying conditions’ are having an effect on patients as well as staff.
The Malta Independent speaks to GRTU deputy president Philip Fenech who said that Airbnb has become an intrinsic part of Malta’s tourism sector. He said that in the first six months of this year around 273,000 visitors used private holiday rentals.
In-Nazzjon reports on the seven parishes around Malta in Gozo that are celebrating the traditional feast of the Assumption. The paper says that the August 15 date also commemorates the sailing into the Grand Harbour of the ‘Santa Marija Convoy’ in 1942.
