In the Press: Government officials with foreign accounts will have to step down - PM

The Times of Malta

45% of the island's elderly population suffer from high blood pressure and 23% of adults have the condition, according to a nation-wide study. Parliamentary secertary Chris Fearne said that the love for Maltese bread, which has a high salt content, could be to blame and announced the government's interest in holding talks with industry representatives to rectify the situation.

In-Nazzjon

PM Joseph Muscat said yesterday that he was unaware whether the former Cafe Premier owners had made any donations to the Labour party in the run-up to the 2013 elections. Muscat had met twice with Cities Entertainment's Mario Camilleri before the election.

L-Orizzont

PM Joseph Muscat said that if anyone within or close to the government was found to have kept foreign bank accounts, they would have to step down from their post.

The Malta Independent

The prime minister and the head of the civil service said the Cabinet had been kept up to speed on the Cafe Premier bailout, despite there having been an absence of details on Cabinet memos. One such detail was the fact that €2.5 million would be spent to pay off a commercial loan.