What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reveals how property entrepreneur Joe Gaffarena paid a €8,150 bill for construction works at Nationalist MP and former health minister Joe Cassar’s Dingli farmhouse. The newspaper reports that the construction works financed by Gaffarena came at a time when Cassar was health minister, implying that he should have declared Gaffarena’s financing as a gift.

The newspaper also reveals that Cassar paid a €1,000 donation to the PN a year after ‘purchasing’ a car from Gaffarena’s son, and in addition, the Nationalist MP sold the same car says after the revelation of the Gaffarena expropriation scandal. In another story, the newspaper carries an interview with former Labour Party youth leader Aaron Farrugia.

Sunday newspaper Illum reports how the government has been asked for millions y the Cottonera Waterfront Group for the return of Fort St Angelo. The newspaper also carries a detailed report of the social affairs committee report on domestic violence, and sheds light on the several shortcomings and lack of legal guidelines that are presently hindering victims of domestic abuse.

On the backpage, the newspaper reports how 224 persons were killed after a Russian passenger in crashed in Egypt. The report explains how Russian transport minister Maksim Sokolov refuted the claim that Islamic State militants had brought down the plane.  

The Sunday Times of Malta says the General Workers’ Union was legally bound to at least €3.2 million for its landmark Valeltta property before it could lease the building to ARMs Ltd. The newspaper also quotes former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi in saying that the government should clarify whether it has “horse-traded” Malta’s national assets with Italy in turn for absorbing asylum-seekers rescued in the Mediterranean.

The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that the Prime Minister’s own cousin, Robert Falzon, had been serving as Malta’s Consul on Algeria since March 2-14 and throughout the entire span of the alleged visa scam.

It-Torca publishes a fiscal receipt which it says is proof that Nationalist MP Joe Cassar had accepted €800 in CCTV cameras as a gift from Joe Gaffarena.

Nationalist news organ il-mument says members of the Islamic State were among those who were granted a visa from Algeria to pass to mainland Europe through Malta.

Kullhadd says Gozo will be getting an animal emergency service as from next year.