In the Press: Amnesty for illegal dwellings will bring in millions

MaltaToday

The government stands to bring in some €50 million if its proposed fines for illegally built dwellings are accepted. Some 70 villas can qualify for this compliance fine as well as a number of other illegal structures, which will pay to have their property regularized. The boathouses in Armier are exempt from this possibility.

The Times of Malta

PM Joseph Muscat acknowledged that terrorists may be shifting their attention to 'soft targets' recently but the government had no indication that Malta is facing an Islamist threat.

In-Nazzjon

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil and MP Claudette Buttigieg yesterday visited patients at the new Anthony Mamo oncology centre and Boffa hostpital to mark World Cancer Day. Busuttil said that the oncology centre was a concrete example of a project that lets patients retain their dignity.

L-Orizzont

President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca yesterday launched a national cancer platform, which aims to bring together groups and associations that support cancer patients and their families. 

The Malta Independent

Minister Helena Dalli could see illegal works on her property in Zejtun sanctioned through the government's new rural policy. The decision on the case has been deferred numerous times so far.