The following are the top stories in the national newspapers today.

Times of Malta says the head of the competition watchdog has admitted some of the fruit and vegetables making their way to consumers have had excessive pesticide content because of delays in the testing process.

The Malta Independent speaks to outgoing Labour Party deputy leader Toni Abela, who will be succeeding Louis Galea at the Court of Auditors, who says that the nomination “is what it is” and he would be doing his best.

L-Orizzont says the Planning Authority is considering action about development illegalities at Borg in-Nadur, in the limits of Birzebbuga, where people used to gather to pray and listen to messages from Angelik Caruana.

In-Nazzjon leads with a speech by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil in Zejtun yesterday during which he said that the Gaffarena scandal was the beginning of the end of the Joseph Muscat government.