In the Press: Development Planning Act paves way for widespread planning amnesty

MaltaToday

The proposed Development Planning Act, approved in parliament on Monday, gives the minister responsible the power to issue new regularisation rules, effectively paving the way for widespread planning amnesty. 

The Times of Malta

A newly maternity leave system aims to end employment discrimination between the sexes by obliging employers to pool in to a national fund on the basis of the number of people they employ, regardless of gender. Women who take maternity leave will be paid from this fund. 

In-Nazzjon

Minister Chris Cardona has remained mum on the topic of his use of a Portomaso flat without paying rent. There are doubts as to the authenticity of the rental contract he released, which only obliges him to pay rent at the end of his tenancy, in September. 

L-Orizzont

The lighthouse at Delimara has been completely restored by Din l-Art Helwa, ten years after the NGO first acquired the piece of Maltese maritime history. 

The Malta Independent

The Commission against Corruption has heard the testimony of a man who alleged that parliamentary secertary Ian Borg illegally redeveloped a rural property in Rabat.