What the Sunday papers say…

A roundup of the newspaper headlines on Sunday morning.

MaltaToday reports how Greece remains on the edge, with Alexis Tsipras’s political gamble backfiring as Eurogroup tells Greece they do not trust it to deliver reforms for €74 billion lifeline. The newspaper also reports that parliamentary secretary Michael Falzon was not told to resign by the prime minister over the controversial ‘Gaffarena expropriation’.

On the backpage, Tim Diacono reads how tele-evangelist Gordon John Manche’s repeated failures to submit his organisation’s accounts to the Commissioner for NGOs is due to a disagreement with the law.

Sunday newspaper Illum reports on the transparency of donations at church schools in Malta, saying that in the absence of a legal framework, schools do not have a legal obligation to publish accounts of the donations. On the front page, the newspaper reports how a woman has been trapped in her home for seven months, while in another story the newspaper reads how three former colleagues of Simon Busuttil were appointed on public boards.

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that a Chinese syndicate and its Maltese intermediary are the masterminds behind match fixing in domestic leagues, while in another story, the newspaper says that Chinese telecoms firm Huawei will test 5G mobile technology in Malta.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says that the FBI is investigating a company involved in John Dalli’s trip to the Bahamas.

It-Torca says former MIMCOL CEO Vince Mifsud had been earning three times what the prime minister was entitled for, and that he earned €320,000 in two years.

Nationalist news organ il-mument says abuses are being committed on the elderly in St Vincent de Paule, while in another story, the newspaper claims that the Bank of Valletta (BOV) has hid its deal with Michael Falzon.

Labour newspaper Kullhadd says the PN voted against the environment when it objected to the SPED law in parliament on Wednesday.