What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reveals that NGO Commissioner Kenneth Wain has seriously rebuked actor Alan Montanaro after failing to provide a transparent financial system for donations received by his Drama Outreach Project, and over the offensive choice of words he used to refer to the impoverished Cambodian children his organisation was supposed to be helping. In another story, the newspaper reports that despite the manifest reluctance by all political parties to take a stand on euthanasia, the subject will be discussed in Parliament by the Permanent Committee of Family Affairs.

The newspaper also reports that Deputy Central Bank governor has filed a report to press defamation and blackmail charges against his former companion, Anna Zelbst, who has alleged the former Mid Med Bank chairman had taken bribes for the installation of banking software by the M Demajo group.

Sunday newspaper Illum reports that none of Malta’s nine female MPs has come out in favour of legalising the morning-after pill. The newspaper reports that Claudette Buttigieg, the shadow minister for health, told the newspaper that she is against the legislation of the morning-after pill as she is “against anything linked to abortion.”

On the frontpage, the newspaper also reports that workers at the three state hospitals, the Gozo General Hospital, St Luke’s and Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital, will be left of the state payroll after Vitals Global Healthcare formally took over the management of the hospitals. 

The Sunday Times of Malta says the wife of a man wrongfully convicted of having molested his daughter has pleaded to Justice Minister Owen Bonnici to review the law that keeps her husband in chains even after his release.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is still backing Central Bank governor–designate Alfred Mifsud, but finance minister Edward Scicluna is more doubtful. The newspaper also says that financial experts commissioned by the government have advised that Air Malta’s financial predicament does not qualify it for a listing of its shares, and consequently there is no business case to publicly list Air Malta on the stock exchange.

GWU-owned newspaper It-Torca says the Nationalist Party is “hostage” to Daphne Caruana Galizia and Richard Cachia Caruana. Quoting sources within the PN, the newspaper says the Opposition is in panic after its plan to destabilise the government failed miserably.

PN newspaper il-mument says Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has remained silent and opted not to answer questions about the bribery allegations surrounding Deputy central Bank Governor Alfred Mifsud, despite him being under police investigation.

Labour newspaper Kullhadd says Malta will face more risks than opportunities should the United Kingdom leave the European Union.