What the Sunday Papers say…

MaltaToday reveals that the National Commission for Further and Higher Education has fined Sadeen Education Investment Ltd, the company established in Malta by the Sadeen Group to develop the American University of Malta, has been fined after ignoring instruction to desist from using ‘university logo’. In another story, the newspaper reports that the resignation of Nationalist MP Albert Fenech has allowed Opposition leader Simon Busuttil to move head-long on his party’s criticism of the privatisations managed under the aegis of Konrad Mizzi.

In another story, the newspaper says that the prison charity Love Faith Forgiveness (LFF) is yet to process over €21,000 in payments, of which anything from €10,000 to €15,000 has to be paid to inmates. The newspaper also publishes a full statement of accounts for Love Faith Forgiveness prison charity.

Sunday newspaper Illum says St Julian’s mayor Karl Gouder, who already served as an MP between 2010 and 2013, is favourite to replace Albert Fenech after the latter’s resignation yesterday. The newspaper also carries comments by Glenn Bedingfield, the PM’s  aid whose come under fire for his poison-pen blogging, who says Labourites are fed up of being at the receiving end of criticism, but he does not want to be compared to Daphne Caruana Galizia. On the frontpage, the newspaper reveals that self-declared patriots Ghaqda Patrijotti Maltin will contest the forthcoming general election.

The Sunday Times of Malta says a statute of Dom Mintoff is to be erected at Castille Place later this year as the government again reverses its plans for the monument to the former prime minister. The newspapers also says that inmates owed €16,000 for design and sewing carried out for a project endorsed by the prime minister’s wife, are still in the dark about when they will receive their money.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Independent MP Marlene Farrugia has said she would be willing to lead a new political party if she is asked to do so by the group of political activists she is gathering together.

It-Torca says the resignation of Albert Fenech paves the way for the PN to co-opt lawyer Joe Giglio. The newspaper also says the PN had a debt of €22 million after the general election and it was rising due to interest higher than 4%.

Nationalist news organ il-mument says energy minister Konrad Mizzi took part in more secret meetings with Shanghai Electric, and says that the Socialists and Democrats – the political family of the Labour Party – is not comfortable defending the Panama scandal.

Labour newspaper Kullhadd says work is about to start on the ‘American University of Malta’ in Cospicua, and reports that €3 million are to be spent on works around the Kappara Junction.