The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.
Times of Malta says the influenza virus that hit Malta hard this winter affected production lines too, with employers reporting a massive surge in workers calling in sick. In another story, the newspaper says President Emeritus George Abela said in court on Thursday that when he was in office he believed he should assume responsibility for events held by the Malta Community Chest Fund.
The Malta Independent reports about the court sitting on Thursday during which court responders described the chaotic scene after the bomb blast which killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Read: Caruana Galizia's car was "a ball of fire"; witnesses describe "chaotic" scene in Bidnija
L-Orizzont leads with a story of a 36-year-old woman who was forced to prostitute herself by her cousin.
In-Nazzjon says a canvasser of Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said during a fight with colleagues at the Labour Party club in Safi he was ready to kill for his minister.