Press digest

The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press. The Sunday Times reveals that the Finance Minister will announce in the Budget speech that the maximum income tax rate is to be reduced over a period of three years. The Malta Independent on Sunday says the Prime Minister may opt not to appoint a new foreign minister since the end of the legislature is near. Instead he will keep the portfolio himself. It also says that according to surveys, Simon Busuttil is the people’s choice to become PN deputy leader. MaltaToday says Magistrate Scerri-Herrera has jailed a whistleblower who named and shamed her father. The man was arrested for allegedly sending a letter to threaten the husband of Rita Schembri, head of the OPM’s internal audit department. It-Torca reports that a torture victim of former Kazhak diplomat Aliyev was in Malta to discuss with the Office of the Prime Minister what action could be taken against him. Aliyev lives in Malta. Illum says the prime minister ignored Parliament’s decision and took Richard Cachia Caruana with him to Brussels for the EU summit. It also says the reduction of power tariffs for hoteliers by a Labour government will not be...