In the Press: Schembri rebuts questions on implications of offshore company

MaltaToday

The PM's chief of staff Keith Schembri has emphatically rebutted suggestions that his offshore company in Panama could open him up to accusations of bribery. Schembri called questions put to him by MaltaToday about this very issue 'malicious and untruthful'. 

The Times of Malta

Energy minister Konrad Mizzi said that any discrepancies in his 2013 and 2014 income declarations can be 'reconciled based on taxation rules'. Tax free allowances given to ministers explain the difference betwen the declared income of one year and the next. 

In-Nazzjon

PN Secretary General Rosette Thake said that the party was giving a voice to the people's anger at the corruption being revealed within the government by means of the protest due to be held on Sunday. 

L-Orizzont

This newspaper alleges that a well known businessman is behind the leaking of information on government officials, after he allegedly lost a government contract and sought to seek revenge.

The Malta Independent

Nexia BT, the company responsible for minister Konrad Mizzi's overseas financial activities, was paid according to commercial rates, Mizzi said. Invoices for these services would be published once the process was complete, he said.