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References
- ↑ "Xarabank axed from TVM's schedule". Times of Malta.
- ↑ "'I will not be silenced' says Peppi Azzopardi, as Xarabank is axed".
- ↑ "Why Peppi had to go – Fr Joe Borg". Times of Malta.
