These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. 

The Times of Malta reports that the government intends on hiving off all Air Malta ground staff to a new company as part of its deal to sell 49 per cent of the airline to Alitalia. 

The Malta Independent reports on the alleged racket providing medical visa to Libyans, writing that there is evidence of a middleman pleading for the return of €38,000 in illicit fees. 

Malta Today writes that the government is considering postponing the downsizing of Air Malta until after the general election. 

In-Nazzjon reports that Transport Malta workers moved to a new office block are unhappy with their working conditions. 

L-Orizzont writes that the Department for Local Governance is already implementing some of the good governance measures suggested by the Local Governance Board in a report which found that former Birkirkara mayor Michael Fenech Adami had broken public procurement rules. 

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