What the Sunday papers say...

A roundup of the newspaper headlines on Sunday morning

MaltaToday reveals how, under the previous administration, a €4.3 million deal was brokered with a local restaurateur in order to remove an environmental eyesore on the eve of the 2013 general election.

Sunday newspaper Illum leads with an article in which government's consultant on health matters, John Dalli, slams the mismanagement at Mater Dei Hospital, whilst highlighting the decision of Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia to work as a Minister from Mater Dei itself as a clear case of political interference.

The Sunday Times leads with a statement by the lead investigator in the Lockerbie bombing calling for the Maltese witnesses in the case to receive €3 million for their part in helping to secure the conviction of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi.

The Malta Independent on Sunday leads with an article which reveals how Malta, for the first time, has granted asylum to an 18-year-old Nigerian migrant on the claims that he faced persecution in his country over his homosexuality.

It-Torca says that Mater Dei is in 'a state of emergency', referencing the lack of good management and political interferences present mentioned in the John Dalli report.

The Nationalist party's newspaper Il-Mument leads with the heading that the owners of Henley and Partners - the company chosen by government to sell Maltese citizenship - have connections with the financing of electoral campaigns.