The Nationalist Party Leader Adrian Delia declared that there are no intentions from the Nationalist Party to take action against former leader Simon Busuttil following the publication of the Egrant Inquiry.
This is expected to be confirmed by the Administrative Council of the Nationalist Party.
NET said that Delia reminded that there are a number of Magisterial inquiries which are pending and which raise a number of questions against a number of high-level individuals within the Labour Government.
Both the party and former leader Simon Busuttil, in a separate statement said that the Opposition will remain ‘united’ against its only political adversary, which remains the current Government.
All Media: A pharmacy in Sliema’s Rudolph Street caught fire this morning. TVM reports that preliminary information indicates there were no injuries even though there were clients in the pharmacy at the time. However, everybody managed to leave the building in time. Civil Protection personnel worked to control the fire, as the pharmacy was engulfed in flames and appears to have suffered considerable damage. The road had to be closed to traffic.
TVM: Democratic Party MPs Godfrey Farrugia and Marlene Farrugia have received threats to their lives fron an anonymous source. In the letter Dr Farrugia and Dr Marlene Farrugia were threatened not to undermine the position of PN leader Adrian Delia, as otherwise they would end up like Daphne Caruana Galizia. In a reaction to this threat, the Nationalist Party dissociated itself and unreservedly condemned the anonymous threat and the denigrating words received by Dr Farrugia.
Net/One/Newsbook/Lovin Malta: Francis Patanè, a Maltese woman who worked as an English teacher in Syracuse, Sicily, has lost her life after being involved in a terrible traffic accident while holidaying in Scotland, NetNews reported. The accident occurred in the Moray region of Scotland, and left five people dead after a minibus and a car crashed head onto each other.
Newsbook: A mother made a heartfelt appeal to ensure that all children are constantly supervised to prevent kidnapping.
In a Facebook post, a mother, clearly shaken, appealed to all parents to never leave their children by themselves, ‘not even for one second’ she said. She said her son was the target of an attempted kidnapping in Għadira Bay.
TVM reported that the Police confirmed that they are holding a man in connection with the attempted abduction of a five-year old boy. The case occurred on Sunday at Għadire bay.
Net News: The MV Lifeline Captain appeared in court this morning. During the session related to the MV Lifeline saga which also developed itself in a diplomatic standoff with Italy, the Captain presented an award he was bestowed by the German Social Demorat Party.
Times of Malta: The developers of the Townsquare project in Sliema are to reduce the height of the proposed tower by 37 metres, equivalent to 11 storeys of the previous tower. The Townsquare tower project had been sent back to the Planning Authority for a new decision after the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal accepted an appeal by NGOs against its approval.
Malta Today: The Maltese government has expressed its disappointment with the release of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee interim report into fake news. It called on the DCMS committee to “rectify this serious error in the publication of its final report”.
The Malta Independent: In what appears to be pay-back time, posters slamming former PN leader Simon Busuttil and slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia have been affixed in on the Great Siege Memorial in Valletta, which serves as a tribute to Caruana Galizia. Similar posters have also been affixed in Marsa. Since Caruana Galizia was killed in October, her followers have repeatedly affixed banners and posters calling for justice.
