The following are the top stories in the Maltese newspapers today.

The Sunday Times of Malta reports that plans for a statue to Dom Mintoff at Castille Square have been revived. It also says that St Julian's Mayor Karl Gouder may be co-opted to parliament to replace Prof Albert Fenech, who has resigned.

It-Torca sees an opportunity for the PN to co-opt lawyer Joe Giglio for Prof Fenech's place in Parliament. It also  says the PN had a debt of €22m after the general election and it was rising owing to interest which was higher than 4%.

MaltaToday says the Higher Education Commission has fined the Sadeed Group for breaching licence conditions when it referred to its project as the American 'university' of Malta.

Meanwhile, KullHadd says work is about to start on the American University in Cospicua. It also reports that €3m are to be spent on works around the Kappara Junction.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Marlene Farrugia is willing to lead a new political party, if asked. 

Illum carries comments by Glen Bedingfield who says labourites are fed up of being at the receiving end of criticism, but he does not want to be compared to Daphne Caruana Galizia.