These are the main headlines reviewed by our editorial and research team for today.
Prime Minister and Labour Leader, Joseph Muscat, said that he will leave behind the register of gifts he received, including the watch in commemoration of Malta’s entry in the European Union, given to him by Yorgen Fenech. Source: TVM
Deputy Prime Minister Chris Fearne, a Labour candidate inching ever closer to possibly becoming the next Prime Minister, told a Paola crowd present for his campaign activity that the Nationalist Party would never be in government for as long as he lives. Source: MaltaToday
The current power situation proves how wise Labour’s plan for Malta’s generation of energy was, according to Joseph Muscat. Giving his last radio interview for 2019, the outgoing prime minister said that had there been no new power station in Delimara and no LNG tanker, parts of Malta would be out of power for long stretches or totally dependent on the old, polluting Marsa power station. Source: Times of Malta
The Office of the Regulator of the Individual Investor Programme has published the sixth annual report on the IIP programme, revealing that up till the end of June 2019, there had been 1,054 total successful main applicants to the IIP programme since it was launched. Source: The Malta Independent
The Government of Malta has declared that disgraced Chief of Staff Keith Schembri has returned his diplomatic passport. A spokesperson for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs told Newsbook.com.mt that Schembri “used to own a diplomatic passport due to the nature of the role he used to occupy.” He said that this passport has now been returned. Source: Newsbook
