What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reveals that Malta was serving as a money-laundering base for the remote game networking ran by the ‘Ndragheta, with the newspaper revealing that a mafioso’s son was located at the same address where a gaming consultancy firm partly owned by former police inspector, Daniel Zammit, is registered at.

On the frontpage, the newspaper also reports the ‘dubious intimacy’ between the Gaffarena family and police inspector Daniel Zammit after a murder charge. On the backpage, the newspaper reports Alternattiva Demokratika’s warnings that two proposed tower blocks in Malta will ‘choke residents.’

Sunday newspaper Illum carries an exclusive interview with under fire minister Chris Cardona. In the interview, Cardona underlines that he has never touched drugs, and launches an offensive against Nationalist deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami. The newspaper also reports how Transport Malta has no system to issue parking tickets to foreign-registered cars.

On the backpage, the newspaper reports that MEPA has issued an enforcement notice against a man who destroyed a valley in Gozo, while in another story, the newspaper questions the NGOs’ silence on the oil spills in Pretty Bay, Birzebbugia.

The Sunday Times of Malta says Michael Falzon has denied a conflict of interest in the way he negotiated on behalf of the government with Bank of Valletta in his capacity as a government official while at the same time discussing his personal early retirement package.

The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that BOV managers have been told not to give information to the bank’s directors.

It-Torca reports about the ongoing delays and controversy in the repaving of the main square in Victoria, Gozo.

Nationalist news organ il-mument says there are serious doubts about the legality of the change of composition of Electrogas, while the newspaper also reports Labour MP Marlene Farrugia’s calls for an investigation by the Auditor General.

Kullhadd says former lands minister Jason Azzopardi instructed the Land Department to speed up compensation payment to Emanuel Peresso on land expropriation.