What the Sunday papers say

MaltaToday on Sunday reveals that Marie Louise Coleiro Preca has accepted to become President, making her the second women to hold the position. The Sunday newspaper also carries a report on a €4.2 million "amicable bailout" the owners of Valletta's Café Premier received in January 2014 from the Lands Department. The newspaper also reports that two new members of the judiciary will be women.

Sunday newspaper Illum reports that just days befopre the March 2013 election, 519 people were employed in the civil service by the previous administration. Moreover, the newspaper says that the police are still clueless over the murder of a 40-year-old mother of two, which shocked the village of Mgarr in 2012.

The Sunday Times carries a headline with former European Court of Human Rights Judge Giovanni Bonello saying that this week's decision in Parliament to shelve the impeachment motion against Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco was self-defeating. The respected Bonello adds that nothing in the Constitution or Maltese law suggests that the House cannot proceed with an impeachment motion when a court case has ben filed.

The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that the former parish priest of Gharghur, Albert Schembri, has taken sabbatical leave after having left his church in disarray by neglecting to pay a number of bills resulting in debts of €26,000.

GWU newspaper It-Torca reports trhat Marie Louise Coleiro Preca could make an official announcement in the coming days, while it also carries a report on former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici which it says is now in a stable condition following an operation at Mater Dei Hospital.

Labour Party's kulhadd reports that a persons close to Nationalist MP Clyde Puli took up the position of head of logistics at the Malta Sports Council just days before the 2013 election. Moreover, economist Karm Farrugia is quoted as saying that there was not one negative indicator in the European Commission's economic forecast report on Malta published this week.

Il-Mument says that the Freeport would have to close down because of the floating gas storage facility should the same safety distance applied in Livorno be applied in Malta.