Fortina Investments, the venture behind the Fortina Hotel in Sliema – where a massive redevelopment project is taking place– has referred to media reports stating workers on its site in Sliema have not been paid

In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, Fortina Investments said it wishes to clarify that the workers in question are employed by Turkish company TACA Construction, not Fortina.

“Fortina Contracting Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Fortina Investments, has honoured and is in line with all its financial obligations to TACA Construction for the approved civil works undertaken on the development to date, and is very disappointed that the Turkish company has allegedly not paid its workers the wages that are due to them,” it said in a statement.

“Fortina is treating this situation with utmost seriousness and is doing everything it can to ensure workers’ rights are safeguarded”.