These are the main headlines reviewed by our editorial and research team for today.
Maltese Cardinal Prospero Grech was given his final goodbye on Thursday morning during a funeral at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The funeral Mass was led by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the vice-dean of the College of Cardinals after a Vatican official signed the traditional Rogito – a testament to his life that will be placed inside the coffin just before it is sealed. Source: Times of Malta
The NGO Repubblika has filed a formal request to police to investigate Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s acceptance of a €20,000 Bvlgari watch, a gift from Electrogas investor Yorgen Fenech, now charged with masterminding the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Source: Malta Today
The Nationalist Party said that a discussion should start so that the country will have a second interconnector. In a statement, the opposition’s spokesperson on Energy and Water Management, David Agius, said that the Ragusa plant was carried out by the Nationalist government with a plan that it may take more than a single interconnector. Source: TVM
For the first time in history, the number of people on social assistance in November and December 2019 dropped below 7,000, a government statement said today. Source: The Malta Independent
The civil society group explained how it filed a police report denouncing Prime Minister (PM) Joseph Muscat for alleged corruption, bribery and conflict of interest. The report, addressed to Police Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar, was signed by lawyer Jason Azzopardi. It comes after Lovin Malta revealed that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat received a €20,000 Bvglari watch from the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder suspect in 2014. Source: Newsbook
