These are the main news reported by the leading Maltese news portals:
The Pontifical Mass in celebration of the feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck is underway at the St Paul’s Parish Church, led by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna. Present for this Mass there are the President of Malta George Vella and other members of Parliament. At the end of the this Mass, details will be given of the visit by Pope Francis to Malta on Sunday 31 March 2020. Source: TVM
The Nationalist Party’s Executive Committee is expected to convene on Tuesday, following former party secretary general Louis Galea’s letter to Alex Perici Calascione. Following abysmal results in MaltaToday’s survey last Sunday, party leader Adrian Delia once again faced calls for his resignation. Despite ongoing calls for Delia’s resignation, the party leadership has not been placed on the agenda. Source: MaltaToday
A troubled company service provider is set to renounce its investment in a prospective bank after the financial regulator cancelled its registration due to a raft of regulatory breaches. Source: Times of Malta
Rising rents, expensive restaurants and heavy overcrowding are killing the igaming industry in Malta, a report in Ayo News said. The report, written by Oliver Cook, speaks of how Malta was the ideal place for igaming in 2015 and 2016 but recent developments have meant that the country has lost the edge in the industry. Source: The Malta Independent
The Archbishop’s curia has formally announced the impending visit by His Holiness Pope Francis to the Maltese Islands. A few minutes after the statement was issued, the President of Malta Dr George Vella was invited by the Archbishop Charles Scicluna who was officiating the pontifical mass on the occasion of the feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul, to make public the message. Source: Newsbook
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