In the Press: NAO to present investigative audit on Gaffarena expropriation deal

MaltaToday

The National Audit Office is due to present an investigative audit in parliament today, which focused on the contentious expropriation of a Valletta property from Marco Gaffarena. Planning secretary Michael Falzon approved the expropriation. 

The Times of Malta

Transport Malta has been paying about €122,000 in rent for a building it has not moved into. The Paola premises belongs to the General Workers Union, which has been paid for the lease of the property since September. 

In-Nazzjon

43-year-old Dorothy Refalo, dubbed 'Gozo's drug queen', was arrested yesterday in Rabat, Gozo. A search of her Ta' Sannat home turned up some 50g of heroin. 

L-Orizzont

Mepa will be holding a public meeting on 1 February to discuss an application for development in the untouched Munxar area in the south of the island.

The Malta Independent

A magisterial inquiry into the November incident in Paceville, which saw 74 injured after a glass bannister outside a nightclub collapsed, has concluded and is expected to be published soon.