Malta Today leads with the launch of a public consultation process seeking to reform sex work laws. Brothels will not be legalised, but prostitutes will no longer be prosecuted and special structures will be set up to support them instead.
The Times follows the introduction of the proposals, too, and quotes parliamentary secretary Julia Farrugia Portelli who said that the reform will address human trafficking and black-market sex work in gentleman’s clubs and massage parlours.
The Independent covers a business breakfast by the Finance Ministry ahead of this year’s budget. Minister Edward Scicluna said that the economy has momentum but managing success requires level-headedness and proper planning.
L-Orizzont speaks to the Auschwitz Museum after a photo emerged of a group of young men from Malta making the Nazi salute outside the historic camp. A representative said that the incident is being taken seriously and will be reported to the museum’s legal office.
Malta Today reveals that one of the accused hijackers in the Afriqiyah Airways that was diverted to Malta in 2016 was offered a 10-year sentence if he pleads guilty to the charges and testifies against the second hijacker.
In-Nazzjon quotes PN Leader Adrian Delia who said that Malta’s good reputation is at risk because of bad practices by the government. Delia announced that the party will publish proposals to strengthen the financial services sector.
The Independent asks the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life about possible conflicts of interest on any probes involving MP Mario de Marco, his brother-in-law. Commissioner George Hyzler said he would appoint a new commission to handle any such situations.
L-Orizzont carries an interview with Professor Stephen Montefort, Head of Medicine Department at the University of Malta. The professor threw out claims that more than a hundred people in Malta die of asthma every year, as was recently suggested in parliament.
The Times follows the situation in the House of Commons on Tuesday as the Johnson government lost its working majority after Conservative MP Philip Lee crossed the aisle to join the Liberal Democrats.
