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

Times of Malta leads with a 9% rise in civil marriages last year. Civil marriages now outstrip church ceremonies. The figures include foreigners who come to marry in Malta.

MaltaToday says a leaked letter on gay marriage by former Nationalist MP Tonio Fenech exposes a deep rift in the PN. 

l-orizzont reports how migration led to a rise in the Maltese population.

In-Nazzjon reports on manoeuvres ahead of the election for PL deputy leader. It says rumour is being spread that Joseph Muscat wants Edward Scicluna elected. 

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