These are the main stories from today’s newspaper frontpages.
The Malta Business Weekly announces that British company Electrosteel Castings UK won a contract in Malta that is expected to raise its turnover from £14 to £20 this year. The company supplies iron pipes and products to the water and waste water industry.
The Times leads with a study by the Malta Insurance Association which shows that only two percent of those involved in serious traffic accident are made to take the breathalyser test. The Association said that insurers have to go through complicated processes to establish whether motorists were drink-driving.
The Malta Independent reports on a Vatican summit convened by Pope Francis to deal with issues of child protection within the catholic church. Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna says that he is impressed by Pope’s humility in admitting mistakes.
The Malta Business Weekly says that the Norwegian Gaming Authority has found six Malta-based companies guilty of illegally targeting gamblers in Norway. The authority has instructed banks in Norway not to transfer funds to any of the accounts held by the companies.
The Malta Independent says that the family of one of the victims in last year’s tragic accident on a tourist bus in Żurrieq is suing Transport Malta and operator City Sightseeing Malta for damages. The plaintiffs argue that the driver was driving recklessly while the roads were not well-maintained.
The Times quotes latest Eurobarometer figures which show that housing has grown significantly as a concern for people in Malta, rising to over 25 percent of respondents’ answers. Worries about housing come second to problems associated with immigration.
L-Orizzont carries a story about a cleaner employed with the health department who said that he is not receiving equal pay to colleagues doing the same job but employed by a private contractor. The employee said he is losing over €1,300 every year.
In-Nazzjon quotes PN Leader Adrian Delia that the banking and financial sector is under threat by the actions of the government which broke the country’s good reputation. Delia was addressing a political event.
L-Orizzont speaks to forensic psychologist Kevin Sammut Henwood who said that not all people react the same way to the death of a loved one. Dr Sammut Henwood was referring to the case of a man discovered to have kept his dead wife at home for months because he did not want to part with he
