Maltatoday’s front page carries two stories. In the main one, entitled <<UNESCO experts stop hotelier’s bid to turn St Elmo into laguna>> we read that UNESTO stopped a proposal by hoteliers to gut a part of St Elmo fort in Valletta to create an artificial laguna in the parade grounds. The plan was presented by the company Sohum Wellness, and architect Ray Demicoli. The report, by Matthew Vella, also adds that ‘Man from Vitals Global Shaukat Ali has business relationships with Indian millionaire who was planning the mentioned development. In a second story we read that <<Swedes to prevent Crane from printing Krona in Malta>>. In this report we read that a plan to shift the printing of the Swedish currency banknote in Crane Currency’s new plant has hit the rocks, after the Swedish Central Bank declared it will prevent the country’s currency printing from moving to Malta.
The Sunday Times reveals that Bet365 – one of the world’s leading online gambling groups – has finalised plans to relocate its operations to Malta from Gibraltar as soon as the UK exits the European Union next year. The group, owned by a British family and according to its latest published accounts (2015) having had a revenue of €1.5 billion, is expected to relocate some 1,000 employees from its operations in Gibraltar, significantly boosting Malta’s economy and dependence on the online gambling industry. In the report entitled <<UK gambling giant moving to Malta>>, Ivan Camilleri reveals that the owners of Bet365 have already signed a promise of sale agreement to acquire a large part of a new property development sprouting out on the Tigné peninsula in Sliema to serve as the company’s hub of operations.
In a second story <<FIAU asked Latvia’s help over 17 Black>>, Claire Caruana writes that anti-money laundering investigators in Malta have requested assistance from the authorities in Latvia to trace payments made via ABLV Bank and connected to alleged corruption involving the company 17 Black. The Sunday Times also presents a photo of the newly-wed Royal couple, entitled <<You look amazing>>.
The Malta Independent leading story, signed by David Lindsay is entitled <<Gaping hole in Gasol audited accounts after Malta exit>>. In this story we read that the latest available financial statements of Gasol, the former lead partner of the Delimara power station project, show nothing but a blank space in a note meant to contain the specific financial details about the company’s exit from the Malta project. In a second story, the newspaper refers to the social housing project. <<Private sector could build government’s social housing plan for €38 million less, MDA President says>>, quotes MDA President referring to calculations the MDA did and which indicate that the project can be done for less than what was cited by Government.
The front-page of ILLUM carries a story about the Maltese perceptions about porongraphy. <<Il-Maltin jaħsbu li l-pornografija tgħin>> is a story which shows that the majority of Maltese couples believe that pornography can help the intimate relation between the couple. In another story <<Jonqos is-serq, jiżdied il-frodi>> we read that the annual report about criminality in Malta shows that while thefts went down by 162 cases, the cases of fraud went up by 282.
It-Torċa’s main story is about IVF. Victor Vella’s report <<Ħallu l-għażliet kollha lil-koppji>> quotes Dr Steven H Snyder, a lawyer who specialises on IVF who argues that the couples going through IVF procedures should be given all options, including that of anonymity of the egg, sperm and gamet donors. In a second story, It-Torċa reports the disturbing experiences of Donna Anne Pace who was the victim of domestic abuse. <<Jien kont biċċa laħam għalih>> reports about how the woman used to wear a fake ‘mask’ to hide the difficult experiences which domestic abuse led her to. In another story we read Dominican priest Fr Mark Montebello was censured and threatened, following his criticism to the Catholic church, in relation to its stance about IVF legislaiton. The last story on the newspaper’s story is related to the GWU’s position to protect the police. <<Il-GWU trid li tieqaf il-mibegħda lejn il-pulizija>> focuses on the position of the union as also declared in yesterday’s solidarity march organised in Valletta. It-Torċa also carries a photo story highlighting the positive year at Palumbo dry-docks.
Il-Mument’s front page is wholly dedicated to the same solidarity march. Entitled <<Għandi taħlita ta’ rabja, diqa u ħafna nieket>> quotes to Dr. Adrian Delia, the PN leader comments during yesterday’s march. The story carries a photo of those who attended the solidarity march, led by the highest authorities of the country. Even Il-Kulħadd carries a story about yesterday’s march. In a report <<Eluf mal-Pulizija>> we read about yesterday’s presence of thousands of people during the mentioned demonstration of support. The Malta Independent on Sunday also dedicates a photo caption story on the newspaper’s frontpage. The Sunday Times has a lead-to story in the header’s section.
The Kullħadd’s front page carries three stories, apart from the one referring to the Police support demonstration. In one of them we see a photo of the monument of former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Dom Mintoff, which is expected to be erected in Castille Place. In a second story we read about comments done by Transport Minister Ian Borg where he referred to a major infrastructural project aimed to alleviate the traffic problems in the centre. The third story gives information about the second-time buyers scheme. In the report entitled <<Mill-Ewwel għat-Tieni>> we read that over 200 people applied for the new scheme.
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