The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers on Monday.

Times of Malta reports that lengthy waiting times for outpatient appointments have been singled out by the European Commission, with a new report saying the Maltese are waiting an average of 40 weeks for a first appointment at the national hospital. 

The newspaper also reports that an Audit Office investigation into the granting of visas by Malta's consulate in Algiers was hampered by purged data. 

The Malta Independent reports that Donald Trump has described sending US troops to Venezuela as 'an option'.

In-Nazzjon quotes Adrian Delia saying Malta has the most corrupt government ever, using the yardstick of Transparency International.

l-orizzont quotes an expert saying that up to 40% of cancers can be avoided. In other stories, it reports Joseph Muscat's warning that the economy will suffer without foreign workers. It also says that Adrian Delia ignored Franco Debono and made no reference to him in his speech on Sunday.