Good evening,
These are the main news from Malta’s news portals.
The EU tabled an action plan in the event of a no-deal Brexit, reports The Times. The 19-point proposal covers strategic areas from air connectivity and shipping, to fishing rights and funding programmes.
MaltaToday reports that a warrant was issued to search the house of the former daughter-in-law of Eucharist Bajada, owner of the accounts linked to a London prostitution racket in which Opposition Leader Adrian Delia was allegedly involved as a lawyer. The daughter-in-law is PN MP Simon Busuttil’s sister.
One News reports on an increase of over 12,000 people in the jobs market in a year. The Labour Force Survey by the National Statistics Office shows that the gainfully occupied numbered just under 240,000 by December.
Two construction workers lost their lives in separate incidents today. LovinMalta says the first case was reported in the morning in Sliema while the second accident happened in the afternoon at a site in St Julian’s.
The Nationalist Party held discussions with the Islamic community in Malta ahead of the MEP elections in May. Net News quotes Imam El Sadi who said the community was grateful to the party for the support it shows.
Magistrate Rachel Montebello denounced the ‘rampant’ cases linked to passport crimes appearing before the courts. The Malta Independent says that arraignments related to travel document infractions have become a daily occurrence.
Two nurses were charged with the involuntary killing of a patient at Karin Grech Hospital. Newsbook says that the case goes back to 2012 and involves a 64-year-old man who suffered from dementia. The nurses were ordered to pay over €12,000 between them.
The Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Education Ministry to revoke a teacher of his warrant in 2015. TVM says that Vincent Carabott was found guilty of threatening a judge during separation proceedings.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that China is trying to create a “new world media order” to circumvent criticism by the west. The Shift News says that China ranks 176th in the 180-country World Press Freedom Index.
