<<Il-President ta’ Malta issa hi l-aħħar tama>> is the leading story of In-Nazzjon referring to the comment by Paul Vincenti (President of the Gift of Life Foundation) following the vote on Wednesday for the changes in the IVF legislation. The newspaper also carries a follow up story on Wednesday’s explosion in Gharghur. The report entitled <<Indikazzjonijiet li l-bomba kienet qed tinħadem>> refers to the investigations which indicate that probably the Gharghur bomb was being manufactured. L-Orizzont also refers to the investigations on this case. <<Il-Pulizija tiġbor il-filmat minn CCTV cameras>> refers to the police investigations, which includes the review of CCTV footage.
The Malta Independent leads with a photo story showing firemen on the site of a <<Paola warehouse blaze>>. The newspaper also carries a story about Pilatus Bank. Entitled <<MFSA says ‘no red flags’ emerged during Pilatus Bank due diligence amid ‘proceeds of crime claims’, refers to comments by the MFSA following request for information by the Malta Independent following the submissions by the US District Attorney in the case against Iranian banker and Pilatus Bank owner Seyed Ali Sadr Hasheminejad, that the money used to set up Pilatus Bank had stemmed from criminal proceeds. In another story, the Malta Independent focuses on the on an indepth interview with Roberta Agius from Agenzija appogg about the use of corporal punishment on children, which exists across all social cases.
L-Orizzont’s carries three stories. In one story we read an interview with Ms Antonella Rogers, a 37 year old woman who went through treatment for cancer, and after she got the clear, her mother was diagnosed with the same disease. <<Jien ‘l-Mulej tlabtu biex inti tfiq u tiegħek jagħtih lili>> is the title which reflects the prayer of Roger’s mother, who wanted that her daughter heals and offered herself to get the illness instead of her. <<Il-Gvern kommess li jagħti l-għajnuna lill-iskejjel privati>> refers to comments by Education Minister Evarist Bartolo who confirmed that there are meetings between the Government and the private schools to find an agreement on the implementation of the MUT agreement.
The Times leads with the story about a strongly-worded letter written by Nationalist MEP David Casa, to the head of the United Arab Emirates’ anti-money laundering unit urging an investigation into the activities of the Dubai company 17 Black. The report entitled <<Casa asks UAE to probe 17 Black>> states “Mr Casa claimed that 17 Black’s owner was “clearly involved in criminal activity”. Leaked e-mails show that €150,000 were set to be trans- ferred every month by 17 Black and another Dubai company called Macbridge to the Panama companies owned by the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Keith Schembri, and Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi.” Another story entitled <<Air Malta staff lament ‘discrimination’ in new deal>> reports “Institutionalised discrimination” is how some Air Malta cabin crew members described a new collective agreement in an application before the Industrial Tribunal. It adds that “some 40 employees who instituted the case are demanding annulment of the collective agreement signed last December. They claim the agreement includes discriminatory clauses violating their basic fundamental rights, according to their application, a copy of which was seen by this newspaper.”
