What the Sunday papers say

A roundup of the newspaper headlines on Sunday morning.

MaltaToday reports that the inquiry into Wednesday’s shooting incident involving home affairs minister Manuel Mallia’s driver and police constable Paul Sheehan is set to give Labour’s next resignation. The newspaper also says that after a terse stand-off between Scottish driver Stephen Smith and Sheehan – during which the police constable was holding a gun – shots were fired while the car was in motion.

On the back page, MaltaToday reports that the fuel depot in Birzebbugia will be closed down to relocate the oil products stored in Birzebbugia to existing underground facilities in Has-Saptan. Among other stories, the newspaper reports how fireworks factories located in buffer zones for the Water Services Corporations potable water boreholes will be considered on  “a case by case basis.”

Sunday newspaper Illum leads with the reaction of two prominent criminal law lawyers in the aftermath of Wednesday’s incidents. In comments to the newspaper, the lawyers say that the use of a firearm is only justified in extreme circumstances and whenever there would be serious danger.

On the back page, the Sunday newspaper leads with a photo of Satruday’s Malta Eurovision song contest winner Amber who won the final with her compelling performance of Warrior.

The Sunday Times of Malta says a bridge linking Malta and Gozo will cost some €1 billion and will take four years to complete, according to a feasibility study by China Communications Construction Company.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says the police have remained silent about the involvement of police officer Paul Sheehan in last week’s shooting incident in Kappara, while in another story the newspaper says that a bridge linking Malta and Gozo would cost €750 million.

It-Torca carries a front-page photo of Saturday’s protest by the self-declared Organisation of Maltese Patriots. The protest was the organisation’s anti-immigration demonstration, this time with a specific emphasis against Malta’s integration with Muslims.

Nationalist newspaper il-mument says home affairs minister Manuel Mallia and his chief of staff Silvio Scerri are a liability and are embarrassing the prime minister and the government.

Labour organ Kullhadd says differences about the Opposition’s reaction to the government’s budgetary measures have surfaced.