These are the main headlines reviewed by our editorial and research team for today.
A bag of coal accompanied with a list of “scandals which have plagued” Malta over the past six-and-a-half years have been left on the doorstep of various government ministries in a symbolic Yuletide protest by activists. Source: Times of Malta
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy is recommending to the Government of Malta to reinforce the protection of fundamental human rights and respect for the rule of law in the context of the reform of its surveillance, policy, legislation and practices. Source: Malta Today
Activists from Occupy Justice last night affixed protest posters on the doors of a number of ministries, saying that the “criminal gang” must be reminded of that this is not a normal Christmas. Activists also put coal on the doorstep. Source: The Malta Independent
Preparations are in their final stages so that on the morrow of Christmas the Maltese people once again will join together in a feast of generosity and solidarity: L-ISTRINA. President George Vella saluted the workers and volunteers involved in this great effort. Source: TVM
Newsbook.com.mt is reliably informed that Yorgen Fenech abandoned the plan to escape to Tunis in a dinghy as he feared for his life. The plan was hatched in the Gozo villa of Fenech’s doctor, Adrian Vella, who also happens to be the doctor of Keith Schembri. From Tunis, the plan was for Fenech to travel to Dubai. Source: Newsbook
