KURT
SANSONE
ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt
KURT
SANSONE
ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt
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SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2024 • ISSUE 1303 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Trapping
PAGE 2
Steward SLAPP
Spanish
court says
Mediatoday
in procedural
default
THE Labour and National-
ist parties are refusing to say
whether they received any
donations from Villa Rosa
developer Anton Camilleri or
his companies.
As controversy swirls
around the government deci-
sion to review the local plan
for the Villa Rosa site, the two
major parties are being scarce
with information.
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PL, PN mum
on whether
Villa Rosa
developer
donated
money
€1.95
MEDIATODAY Co. Ltd has been declared
in default of an ongoing SLAPP proceeding
filed by the floundering healthcare compa-
ny Steward in Spain, against the newspaper
and former editor Matthew Vella.
The private hospitals group Steward In-
ternational, whose multi-million deal in
Malta was rescinded by a Maltese judge,
filed a damaging lawsuit in Spain where it
is now headquartered, alleging defamation
from a 2023 report on allegations made
by financial investigators Viceroy. It is
demanding €25,000 in damages from the
newspaper.
Mediatoday did not file a legal response
to the court, nor had it been notified offi-
cially of the case in the first instance.
PL refers MaltaToday to its official
donations report while PN ignores
questions
A protestor carrying a placard denouncing a 'government held hostage
by developers' with Villa Rosa seen atop of the hill in the background.
Several environmental and social activist groups were joined by residents
yesterday in a protest in St George's Bay against the Villa Rosa project and
government's attempt to amend the local plan for the specific site.
(Photo: James Bianchi/MaltaToday) SEE PAGE 7
FKNK's Lucas Micallef FKNK's Lucas Micallef
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