The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.
Times of Malta says Enemalta’s board of directors has decided to hold at least one meeting a year in China, which owns one third of the energy company. In another story, the newspaper says a probe into allegations that overseas ‘secret’ financial vehicles were used to evade tax has been widened to include all individuals and companies mentioned so far in the Panama Papers.
The Malta Independent quotes Prime Minister Joseph Muscat saying Ablecare Oilfield Services will be making an initial investment of €55 million to turn the former shipbuilding site into the Mediterranean Maritime Hub, which will provide maintenance and servicing for the oil and gas sector.
Malta Today says the International Union for Conservation of Nature has urged the EU Commission to close Malta’s spring hunting season.
L-Orizzont says new questions were cropping up about the case of alleged beatings in Paceville by bouncers.
In-Nazzjon says Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has passed on documents to the Auditor General the Nationalist Party neceived before the last election containing a proposal for the building of a new power station.