In the Press: Gaffarena refused money for a car Joe Cassar acquired

Stories from today's national press

MaltaToday

Businessman Joe Gaffarena refused money for a second-hand car that former health minister Joe Cassar acquired, with Gaffarena instead directing Cassar to give the money to the Nationalist party, back in 2012. 

The Times of Malta

Financial planning and a lack of a coherent programme of events are only two issues flagged in a report on the V18 project. The monitoring panel of the European Capital of Culture's 8-page report gave Malta until the beginning of 2016 to 'regain momentum'. 

In-Nazzjon

The Opposition has called for members of the judiciary to begin to declare their assets, as is expected of MPs, in the interest of transparency. 

L-Orizzont

Enemalta is in the process of recouping some €1 million, owed it by a single client for energy theft, said energy minister Konrad Mizzi in reply to a parliamentary question. 

The Malta Independent

Parliamentary secretary for disability Justyne Caruana defended the contentious proposal for the creation of a hub for people with disability, saying that it is in line with the UN's convention of rights and that services offered in other parts of the island would continue.