The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

Times of Malta speaks to the deputy chairwoman of the EP committee tasked to look into EU member states’ involvement in the Panama Papers who says Malta could face political sanctions if Konrad Mizzi did not cooperate in the investigation. In another story, the newspaper says Maltese passengers on the Harmony of the Seas cruise ship only learnt about the death of a crew member during a lifeboat accident when relatives called in a panic upon hearing the news.

The Malta Independent speaks to Gżira mayor Conrad Borg Manche who said he believed activists who broke into Manoel Island, restoring public access, were set up by the MIDI consortium, after the latter let the place fall to ruin for a full 16 years.

L-Orizzont says that the tower being proposed at Fort Cambridge was 40 storeys high.

In-Nazzjon reports about a visit to Palumbo Shipyard employees by PN leader Simon Busuttil.