In the Press: Government defends local council election postponement | Admission to Mount Carmel 'highly abusive' police practice

The Times of Malta

US ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones said in a press conference yesterday that the US only recognized the authority of the democratically elected House of Representatives in Libya. A UN Security Council meeting in the coming days will discuss a resolution to the crisis, through a ceasefire and, if necessary, sanctions.

In-Nazzjon

Questions have arisen in Ta’ Sannat as to how and why Josephine Vella, whose son is mayor Philip Vella, was employed as a director’s secretary to the production team filming ‘By the Sea’, a film directed by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, and currently being filmed at Mgarr ix-Xini.

L-Orizzont

Justice minister Owen Bonnici has denied accusations that the government proposal to hold local council elections every five years – instead of every three – weakened the democratic process. In the same press conference, Bonnici denied that the proposed postponement had anything to do with a referendum on spring hunting and the hunting lobby that opposes it.

The Malta independent

Mount Carmel hospital frequently sees the admission of people who are under the influence of drugs or alcohol in what doctors call a highly abusive practice by police. While technically a person under the influence is not in control of their mental faculties, thus providing a legitimate reason for admission, doctors consider it a police tactic used to ‘solve problems’.