The reaction by the Prime Minister for the response of the Leader of the Opposition for this year’s budget is practically covered on all newspapers’ front pages for today.
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The MaltaIndependent and The Times lead with a soundbite given by the Prime Minister linking the reaction to Halloween, saying that this budget is one with no tricks just treats. The Nazzjon’s front page report quotes the Leader of the Opposition saying that the Budget is one of treats for the boys and tricks for the people. L-Orizzont quotes the Prime Minister saying that the 2019 budget is the biggest financial packet ever distributed in the country. MaltaToday takes a different perspective and quotes the Prime Minister accusing the PN Leader of pandering to the extreme right.
On the same subject L-Orizzont reports the GWU declaring that xenophobia and discrimination are factors which weaken social cohesion.
TheTimes leads with a story about a Magisterial investigation in the operations of tuna farms in Malta, following the flagging of irregularities by an international Europe investigation which indicates a tuna racket worth €20 million a year.
The Malta Independent reports about the current development of a National Suicide Prevention Strategy, which is currently underway, as members of the Crisis Resolution Malta team will be meeting a series of stakeholders which can help in this area.
Both Orizzont and In-Nazzjon refer to the introduction of the separation of organic waste. While Orizzont highlights the introduction of this, In-Nazzjon focuses on the persistence of confusion coming from what it calls ‘panic’ in this initiative’s introduction.
In another story MaltaToday reports that lawyer Joseph Ellis hit back at the court censure over Liam Debono’s article, which followed the decision to block an interview by TV show Xarabank.
