The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

The Sunday Times of Malta says Malta’s official jobless figures have been slashed over the past months as a result of nearly 600 long-term unemployed persons being put on the public payroll as part of a newly devised training scheme. The newspaper also interviews Archbishop Charles Scicluna who says politicians lack long-term vision because their main concerns are power and re-election.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says the Libyan national who had served as a middleman in the medical visas racket is claiming that his children have been threatened for the second time this week.

Malta Today says Transport Malta executive chairman James Piscopo has set up a private investment firm of his own and separately dished out another direct order for the concession of Senglea quay.

Illum says Libyan multi-millionaire Husni Bay is expected to re-inject life in the Gżira Metropolis project.

Kullħadd says that some 60 people in Malta a year lose their driving licence.

It-Torċa says prostitution in Malta being advertised on Facebook and sold through massage parlours.

Il-Mument reports Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil speaking on the party’s vision for Gozo.