The following are the main stories in Friday’s newspapers.
Times of Malta says tens of ‘extra’ employees were recruited at Mount Carmel Hospital in May 2017 on the direct intervention of the Health Ministry. In another story, the newspaper says a pregnant woman and 47 youths claiming to be minors were among the 100 migrants who landed in Malta on Thursday after the ‘hijacked’ tanker that had rescued them off Libya was escorted to Senglea.
The Malta Independent leads with the Graffiti’s protest at the Planning Authority.
In-Nazzjon says that the tanker ‘hijacked’ by migrants has entered Malta.
L-Orizzont quotes Justice Minister Owen Bonnici saying that culture generated work and new careers.