Good morning. These are the leading stories in this Saturday's local newspapers.

The Times of Malta highlights warnings made by employers' lobby group MEA. The Malta Employment Association has said the property market is "inflated" and Malta's labour market at "critically scarce" levels. 

In another story, the newspaper reports on the two people found dead inside an Mġarr ix-Xini boathouse on Friday. The two are believed to have died due to gas inhalation on Tuesday. 

The Malta Independent splashes with a photo of President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca receiving the colourfully-dressed King of the Ashanti Kingdom of Ghana Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

The newspaper highlights a court case about an off-duty police officer who lied under oath. The courts have asked the police commissioner to launch an investigation into the officer. 

L-Orizzont leads with news of the two people found dead in Mġarr ix-Xini, with the newspaper also reporting that there are plans to introduce tougher sentences for people who assault police officers. 

In-Nazzjon reports from Slovakia, where an investigative journalist was murdered in his home last week.  The country's general prosecutor told a press conference Slovakia "is not like Malta or Russia". 

 

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