These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Monday.

The Times of Malta reports that hundreds of staff members at Mount Carmel Hospital are being procured and paid for without tenders or Finance Ministry approval.

The newspaper also reports on plans to construct a boutique hotel in Rabat.

The Malta Independent focuses on waste piling up at Wasteserv bring-in sites, many of which are stuffed to the gills with white goods.

The newspaper also reports on Gozo tunnel plans, with a geologist warning that difficult geology could end up costing lives during the tunnel’s construction phase.

L-Orizzont focuses on the Prime Minister’s Sunday speech, in which he said the government’s key characteristic was its focus on mondernisation and said that the country’s institutions were the backbone of success.

In-Nazzjon gives front page prominence to PN leader Adrian Delia, who told a Sliema crowd on Sunday that Malta’s reputation was being sullied by money-laundering and corruption allegations.

The newspaper also writes that a top official at Safi detention centre has quit two posts following claims of mismanagement at the site.