Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

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This is your morning briefing for Wednesday.

The latest from Venezuela, Libya and Italy dominate our morning briefing for Wednesday, together with a review of the headlines from Malta’s newspaper front-pages.

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The latest from around the world.

Juan Guaidó has appealed for his supporters to take to the streets of Venezuela again on Wednesday, after a day of violent clashes on Tuesday. His call followed a day of clashes across the country with live rounds being fired and armoured vehicles being driven into protesters. 

Philippine officials say they have issue a mandatory evacuation order for more than 1,000 Filipinos in the Libyan capital amid escalating fighting, rocket fire and airstrikes. 

A gunman reported to have been a student opened fire in a building at the University of North Carolina’s Charlotte campus on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four others, three of them critically.

Jim Bridenstine, the head of NASA has warned that it is time to take the threat of an Earth-destroying asteroid seriously.

Police in Bellona, in the southern province of Caserta, arrested the parents of two young girls for neglectg and mistreating their children.

Malta’s front page stories

MaltaToday reports that a proposal made last year to set up a building watchdog is still being discussed as a white paper. A spokesperson for the Infrastructure Ministry said that the consultation process is in its final stages.

The Times picks up a message by Environment and Resources Authority Victor Axiak in the organisations annual report that watchdog lacks financial and other resources. Axiak said that ERA is facing challenges to shift into a regulator.

The Malta Independent says that Minister Konrad Mizzi and Chief of Staff Keith Schembri will not step down after the court ordered an inquiry into the Panama Papers scandal. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the government will wait for the outcome of the 17 Black investigation.

In-Nazzjon carries a story about a 2017 comment by Joseph Muscat where he declared that Keith Schembri would have to resign if a criminal investigation is opened against him. The paper says thePrime Minister is going against his word.

MaltaToday says that Judge Anthony Ellul ruled that blog posts by the late Daphne Caruana Galizia consisting of photos of Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando were an ‘intrusion in hi private life and described as gossip.

The Times says that the new restrictions considered by the updated fuel station policy will apply to pending applications. The policy is in consultation process and proposes limiting the size and siting of new fuel stations.

The Malta Independent reveals that former magistrate Carol Peralta has filed an application to develop a 118-room aparthotel outside the development zone in Mellieħa. The paper says the submitted plans cover some 5,500 square metres of land.

L-Orizzont quotes General Workers Union General Secretary Josef Bugeja who insisted that employees in the hotel and restaurant industry should be paid double rates on Sundays and public holidays. Bugeja was reacting to the hoteliers and restauranteurs union which said employees should have one rate all days.

L-Orizzont publishes a message by the president of the General Workers Union to mark Workers’ Day.  Victor Carachi writes that, with an expanding economy, this is the time to invest in workers’ quality of life.

In-Nazzjon reports on an argument between the Labour mayor of Tarxien and a Labour councillor. The paper says that trouble is brewing among the party’s candidates with more than a hundred refusing to contest the upcoming elections. 

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