What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reports that over 200 applications from 30 countries for the Maltese citizenship under the Individual Investor Proograme have already been submitted, which applications would mean that the government would have raked in €130 million. The newspaper also leads that one of the directors in the Café Premier bailout was paid €210,000 as 'debt' for reaching €4.2 million deal. Moreover, details of the investigation conclude that there was no evidence of any criminal act or underhand payments.

On the back page, the newspaper  says that the closure of the Malta-Libya routes is causing  Air Malta ‘substantial losses’ every month. Coupled with the losses from the Libya route, Air Malta CEO Louis Giordimaina has insisted that increasing competition have put the airline’s revenue under pressure.

Sunday newspaper Illum leads with the increasing burglaries and crime in Malta, and quoted police in saying that foreign burglars may be working in tandem with Maltese gangs. It also states that foreigners entering in Malta are not being screened enough. The newspaper also reports that the highest amount of traffic accidents occur on Sunday, while statistics have put Birkirkara as the most accident prone localities in Malta. 

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that Birdlife officials is being charged with an alleged breach of Data Protection laws related to a series of videos by BBC journalist Chris Packham.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says that its Freedom of Information request for the governemnt to publish Malta's gas contract with the ElectroGas Malta consortium has been turned down. 

It-Torca reports that precarious work is increasing in the tourism industry, as employers are opting to out-source their services rather than employ workers on a full-time basis. 

Il-Mument says that an injured Libyan man was brought to Malta, and later transported to the emergency department in Malta where he was certified as being dead. It also claims that $134 million belonging to one of Gaddafi’s sons is still seized in Malta.

Kullhadd hits out at PN leader Simon Busuttil, claiming that Busuttil's comments on employment were mistaken on three different occasions, and that statistics dispute the PN leader's claims.