In the Press: 'Concrete suppliers not automatically blacklisted from future tenders' - Fearne

The Times of Malta

The government paid Mark Gaffarena €1.65 million to expropriate half a Valletta property he did not yet own, which were still under a promise of sale agreement. Gaffarena made a profit of €685,000 on the expropriation of part of the Old Mint Street building. 

In-Nazzjon

Rosette Thake has been elected Secretary General for the Nationalist party, the first woman to hold the post in the party's history. Other appointments to the PN executive were Jean Pierre Debono as assistant Sec-Gen, Karol Aquilina as president of the administrative council, Anne Fenech as president of the executive council, Alex Perici Calascione as treasurer and Trevor Degiorgio as international secretary.

L-Orizzont

Reinforcement works on the Mater Dei buildings affected by the use of poor quality materials will cost some €35 million and are expected to begin next year. 

The Malta Independent

Companies that provided concrete for the Mater Dei building project would not automatically be blacklisted from applying to carry out repairs, according to parliamentary secretary Chris Fearne, a move the PN said was shielding contractors close to the Labour party.