These are the main news from Malta’s news portals.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat today repeated that the Electrogas report is a positive report. MaltaToday reports that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that while there were a few shortcomings in the tendering process, the Auditor General’s report on the Electrogas contract was somewhat flawed because it did not take the price of the interconnector into consideration
Opposition leader Adrian Delia on Sunday challenged the police commissioner to come question him immediately about allegations that he laundered money linked to a Soho prostitution ring. The Times reports that while addressing supporters in Gudja on Sunday morning, Dr Delia invited the police commissioner to ask him any questions he wanted, as he had nothing to hide. “I was acting as a lawyer back then. I never broke the law. I never laundered money for myself or others”, Dr Delia said.
Eleven migrants rescued off the coast of Libya by a Spanish fishing boat were brought to Malta on Sunday, ending a protracted standoff to find a safe port for the boat. TVM
‘I regret backing Konrad Mizzi in 2016 no-confidence vote’ the Malta Independentreports Godfrey Farrugia saying in an interview. Given the recent developments re 17 Black, Godfrey Farrugia regrets backing Konrad Mizzi in 2016. “Yes, definitely,” he says, before repeating the same phrase for emphasis. “That experience taught me something. It taught me how much dirt there is in politics, and how much we need to clean it up.”
A Żebbuġ man accused of trying to run over two police officers was granted bail on Sunday after a court heard that nobody was injured in the incident. The Times reports that Robert Fiteni, 39, was stopped by police officers on Triq Diċembru 13 in Marsa on Saturday at around 3pm.
