The following are the top stories in the newspapers on Thursday.

Times of Malta reports that the sole director of a cleaning firm that received more than €9 million in direct orders in three years owed the Inland Revenue Department over €4 million in unpaid taxes. It also reports from court how the police launched a hunt for a drug 'kingpin' in October. 

The Malta Independent quotes Joseph Muscat saying the government will not amend the electoral laws without an agreement with the opposition. It also says the hunting season for quail will coincide with the peak migration of turtle dove.

In-Nazzjon quotes Adrian Delia saying during a walkabout that people were worried by high rents and the quality of health services. It also says that over €24,200 were raised on Wednesday for Net TV on demand.

l-orizzont leads with comments by the mayor of St Julian's about the need for discussion on the future of St Patrick's Day festivities in the locality. The newspaper also gives prominence to a man's experience after having adopted a Down Syndrome child.

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