These are the main news reported by Malta’s news portals.
A man stands accused of offering his wife, in her presence, for sexual services as payment for a €6 purchase from a grocery store in Santa Venera.MaltaToday and The Malta Independent report that the man allegedly returned with a different woman and the same request when the shop owner refused his first offer. He visited the store a third time, threatening the shopkeeper with what appeared to be a firearm, and made it off with the cash register.
The Nationalist Party is proposing introducing the Robson Rotation system to the electoral system, printing multiple sets of ballot sheets with candidate lists in different orders. The system seeks to minimise the effect of donkey voting. LovinMalta says the PN did not see much enthusiasm from the Electoral Commission and suggested, instead, of drawing the sequence of names by lot.
A motorcyclist is in critical condition after losing control in Luqa. TVM says the police arrived on the scene in Triq L-Ingiered to find the 43-year-old on the ground with the bike on top of him before he was rush to hospital by ambulance.
The Commissioner for Education expressed concern for the lack of supervision on school transport and is willing to discuss the situation with the Education Minister. According to Newsbook, Commissioner Charles Caruana Carabez says that no incidents have been reported but adds that prevention is better than cure.
A man is suffering serious injury after bricks fell on him at a construction site in Żabbar this morning. Net News says the 47-year-old from Pakistan and residing in Sliema was taken to hospital and a police investigation opened.
One News picks up a tweet by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat which says the government welcomes the report by the Venice Commission. He said the government generally agrees with the proposals in the report will act in accordance.
Malta Post is holding talks with the Malta Communications Authority to review its rates and tariffs. The Times says that the pricing structure is unchanged for years and that rising costs are affecting the company’s profitability, which slid to 2.6 million from €3 million last year.
Twelve-year-old Tahina Mongodin presented a petition calling to end overfishing to EU ministers convening in Brussels today. More than 350,000 EU citizens signed the petition ahead of the annual meeting held to set fishing quotas. The Shift News reports that EU Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella, meanwhile, received over 7,000 emails urging him to protect fish stocks.
