The following are the top stories in the Maltese press today.

The Sunday Times of Malta says the Gozo General Hospital has effectively been privatised for 99 years and not just 30, as the government had repeatedly declared.

It also reports that the likelihood is growing that Malta will assume the presidency of the EU for the whole of 2017 instead of just the first six months, in the light of Britain’s decision to leave the bloc.

The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that the government views the morning-after pill as a social right and ministers Helena Dalli and Chris Fearne are discussing the way forward. 

MaltaToday says foreigners who are buying Maltese passports are not buying expensive properties here. Rather, they are buying 'hovels' to give them an address here. 

KullHadd gives prominence to the charity swim from Marsascala to Grand Harbour by the prime minister's wife yesterday. It also says the new Tourism Police are doing well. 

In-Nazzjon says European institutions are calling on Joseph Muscat to clean up after corruption allegations in his government. 

It-Torca says architect David Pace is refusing to step down from the Office of the Ombudsman after having been found to have carried out private work while holding the office of Environment Commissioner. The Ombudsman is not happy with the situation and has sought advice from the Speaker of the House. 

Illum leads with the shocking evidence about a man who beat up his son, 6, and forced him to have sex with prostitutes.