What the Sunday papers say

MaltaToday reports that shareholders in BOV’s precursor,  the National Bank of Malta, are claiming €325 million in compensation after a financial appraisal.  The story shares the front page with an investigation by the paper which has revealed that former PN secretary general Joe Saliba had purchased block of flats with Joe Gaffarena, just  four months after stepping down from his post at the PN.

Maltese language weekly Illum, reports that Drugs Squad police inspector Dennis Theuma has told it that there are large failings in controls on the importation of illicit drugs, weapons and fuel by sea from Sicily and Libya. The front page is shared with a report about the influx of Sicilian businesses, which are sprouting across the island. It also reports that bus drivers are complaining that they are receiving €4.50 per hour when they had been promised €6 by the new operator.

Il- Mument dedicates its entire front page to an investigation by the paper into the incident in which the police driver for former minister Manuel Mallia had fired shots at a car after a traffic accident last year. It quotes Police Inspector Gabriel Micallef as saying that “[Acting Police Commissioner Raymond] Zammit had made a hash of things and is trying to blame it on me.”

The paper claims to have revealed that the police disciplinary board had described the investigations into the incident as “flawed.”

The Malta Independent  leads with Accountant Joe Sammut’s Maltese visa and residency permit business operation, claiming that for the hefty fee of €7500, Sammut registered companies and secury residencey permits in Malta on a no-questions-asked basis for at least 850 clients.

It-Torċa dedicates the front page to a story revealing that PN deputy Beppe Fenech Adami had been legal counsel to the Gaffarena family in several cases, before mysteriously stopping and handing over to lawyer David Gonzi, son of former PN Leader and ex-Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi.

Sunday Times of Malta  dedicates much of its front page to an incident in which yesterday’s freak storm caused a paraglider carrying two British tourists to break its tether at Għadira bay.

The cover is shared with a story about the Archbishop’s opposition to a proposed plan for a supermarket to be built instead of the Carmelite Priory in Balluta.