In the Press: Convicted bird trapper tasked with revising trapping laws

The Times of Malta

Albert Pace, a consultant to Animal Rights Parliamentary Secretary Roderick Galdes has been tasked with revising the law on trapping, including the decriminalisation of the use of electronic bird callers for hunters and trappers. However, Pace himself was convicted for illegally using bird callers back in 2009.

L-Orizzont

The government has confirmed that negotiations on oil exploration are ongoing. The Transport Ministry confirmed with the newspaper that the government had created new contacts on oil exploration following last June’s conference by the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers.

In-Nazzjon

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said in his Christmas message that the people want politicians to defend the common good. He added that he wants the Nationalist Party to be a shelter for everyone, where people feel comfortable sharing their ideas, aspirations, wishes and problems.

The Malta Independent

Leisure Clothing says that Vietnamese workers accused the company of abuse because they are less productive than the company’s Chinese and North Korean workers. The management said that its salaries are based on performance bonuses and that the less-skilled Vietnamese workers therefore earn less than their Chinese counterparts. MaltaToday had visited the factory earlier this month and found that working conditions there were nowhere near as harsh than had been previously reported.