The following are the top headlines in the Maltese newspapers today. 

Times of Malta reports how tax evasion kept rent prices artificially low.

It also reports that Air Malta pilots are still waiting for a meeting with the airline after last week's court decision allowing industrial action.

The Malta Independent says a criminologist is shocked over the way missing persons reports are processed.

In-Nazzjon says the father of the Planning Authority's CEO sits on the same board as his son. He represented Birkirkara Council. During last week's meetings both voted in favour of high rise developments. 

l-orizzont leads with yesterday's comments by the prime minister that the government is creating a new middle class.