Good morning. These are the headlines in local newspapers this Saturday.

Times of Malta reports that the Malta Financial Services Authority ordered all banking activity at Pilatus Bank to be frozen on March 20, one day before news of the US arrest of Ali Sadr Hasheminejad reached Malta. 

In another story, the newspaper quotes the Malta College of Family Doctors as saying more clarity on sick leave policies was needed. 

The Malta Independent reports on fertility statistics and writes that first-time mothers account for half of all births in Malta.

L-Orizzont quotes economist Alfred Mifsud as remarking that it is "incredible" that the government achieved a budget surplus during an election year [2017], with the books €182 million in the green that year. 

Headlines from In-Nazzjon will be uploaded shortly.

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