TV presenter Manuel Micallef to stand for election

TV presenter Manuel Micallef will be contesting the general elections on a Labour ticket.

Although he has not yet officially announced his candidature, the presenter of Sibt il-Punt and il-Folji revealed on social networking site Facebook that he will no longer be presenting the two programmes.

"I thank you all for following me on these programmes... I will miss you," the former GWU deputy secretary general wrote. He went on to add: "However, I will still be of service with new responsibilities."

His comment immediately attracted congratulatory comments and messages of support.