What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday says a woman who agreed to donate her body to the University of Malta for medical research was buried a few days after her death – against her express wish – without her family even being informed. The newspaper reports that to add insult to injury, Devout Jehovah’s witness Beryl Schembri’s body was buried in an unmarked grave at the Addolarata Cemetery.  

The newspaper also reports that fewer students are sitting for their ‘O’ level exams in Maths, English and Maltese, with the sharpest drop being registered in Mathematics. On the frontpage, the newspaper reveals that the fate of disbarred lawyer Patrick Spiteri, who is wanted in Malta for criminal conduct related to fraud charges, hangs in the balance when a London court will decide this month on his appeal against his extradition.

Sunday newspaper Illum quotes tourism minister Edward Zammit Lewis in saying that the government hopes to have a ‘new’ Air Malta by June with a link-up with a strategic partner. In another story, the newspaper reports that despite pledging that he would not honour a deal struck by his predecessor with the owners of the boathouses in Armier, PN leader Simon Busuttil has refused to answer on the PN’s intentions on the boathouses.

The Sunday Times of Malta says former president George Abela will co-chair an Air Malta committee and act as a “catalyst” between Air Malta’s unions to discuss a way forward as the government’s talks with a strategic partner continue. The newspaper also reports that the Labour Party has taken legal steps to avoid paying tax on the controversial transfer of Australia Hall which an architect had originally valued at €5.5 million.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says the Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia intends to ensure that MPs’ declaration of assets correspond with their income tax returns.

It-Torca says the alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary witnessed by Angelik Caruana at Borg in-Nadur are not divine and are not to be regarded as supernatural.

PN news organ il-mument says the Opposition is calling for the resignation of home affairs minister Carmelo Abela after a third suicide was committed by a prisoner or individual held by the police since November.

Kullhadd says the Gharb Local Council does not have legal standing to sue Katie Holmes for libel after the latter claimed that Frenc tal-Gharb used marijuana to cure his patients.