In the Press: Simple drug possession will still result in arrest after law reform

Stories from today's national press

The Times of Malta

A 34-year-old mother is facing charges of child neglect after leaving her infant daughter unattended in a locked car for almost 90 minutes last Sunday.

In-Nazzjon

Police investigations are ongoing in the case of Matthew Dingli, the 31-year-old man who was evacuated from Libya after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Police are eager to speak to Dingli himself, who remains in intensive care.

L-Orizzont

The facilities currently in use by the House of Representatives will be used in 2017, when Malta takes on the presidency of the Council of Europe, to host meetings.

The Malta Independent

Simple possession of drugs will remain an 'arrestable offence' in what minister Owen Bonnici called an effort to fight trafficking. He went on to say that possession of small amounts, ostensibly for personal use, will effectively be decriminalized.