What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reveals that the Commissioner for the Administration of Justice has rebuked Magistrate Consuelo Scerri Herrera for breaching judges’ code of ethics with behaviour that breached integrity and personal dignity, and which had placed doubts on the independence and integrity of her office. It reports that nevertheless, the Commission found no substantiated evidence of impropriety or that the magistrate had down professional favouritism towards the architect, Robert Musumeci, before the two became companions.  

The newspaper also reports that the Electoral Commission is once again failing to carry a proper reconciliation of newly naturalised and registered citizens, after Identity Malta purportedly omitted to include citizens who acquired a Maltese passport under the Individual Investor Programme.

Sunday newspaper Illum says 10 kiosk owners at Valletta City Gate have been ordered to vacate the land within a maximum of 15 days to make way for the project at the Triton Square. The newspaper also interviews deputy mayor Pawlu Buttigieg who says that he was offered a job in exchange for his silence on the controversial application at Hondoq ir-Rummien for the development of a tourist village.

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that the primitive conditions in which government-employed gravediggers are forced to work are resulting in health risks and unnecessary pain for the bereaved. The newspaper also says that the conditions imposed on the Sadeen Group to obtain a university licence are “non-negotiable”, according to the head of the regulatory body.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says a request for proposals for the construction of a new 15-bed acute mental health hospital will be issued by the end of this summer and adjudicated by the end of the year.  The project, a public-private partnership, will also include extensive refurbishment of Mount Carmel Hospital.

GWU-owned newspaper It-Torca says Voluntary Organisations Commissioner Kenneth Wain is aware on the allegations made against PN candidate Ryan Mercieca after it was alleged that the Gozitan failed to produce documents related to EU funding to an association of NGOs.

PN news organ il-mument says Prime Minister Joseph Muscat ignored a proposal by former EU Commissioner Joe Borg for the setting up of a National Supervisory Committee for Malta’s EU presidency.

Labour newspaper Kullhadd says many of the decisions made by the Planning Authority, such as the refusal of the controversial application at Hondoq ir-Rummien for the development of a tourist village, were in favour of the environment.