These are the main stories reported in today's Maltese newspapers.

Times of Malta says that a Christmas staff party ended in tragedy after a Dutch gaming company employee was killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a car allegedly driven by a Latvian colleague. It also reports that a suspected food poisoning outbreak at Mater Dei and Karin Grech hospitals is being investigated by the authorities after dozens of patients developed symptoms and were taken ill.

The Malta Independent quotes the outgoing Bank of Valletta chairman saying that the bank needs a €200 million capital boost. 

L-Oriżżont says travel search engine Skyscanner had listed Malta as the top destination for 2017. It also says that parts of the Marsa power station will be used for an arts installation.

In-Nazzjon reports that the nurses' union held a protest in front of the Health Department after the government failed to publish the charge nurses' results. 

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