These are the main stories featured in Sunday’s newspapers.

The Sunday Times of Malta interviews Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia who shrugs off criticism that his grip on the party has been weakened in the aftermath of his decision not to press ahead with his call for Simon Busuttil’s suspension from the parliamentary group. In another story, it says the government has approved a record direct order – worth €274 million – to James Caterers and a subsidiary of the Seabank Group for the management of a new extension to the St Vincent de Paul residential home for the elderly.

MaltaToday leads with its own survey and states that the Egrant story had turned into the mother of all miscalculations.

The Malta Independent on Sunday interviews Nationalist MEP Francis Zammit Dimech, one of three mediators in the recent impasse between Dr Delia and Dr Busuttil, who says that elements within the party were instigating further escalation between the two.

Illum says the owners of Paceville establishments want the masterplan for the locality back on the table.

Kullħadd says that according to political analysts, Dr Delia weakened himself when he decided not to follow through with his decision to suspend his predecessor.

It-Torċa speaks to Judge Philip Sciberras in the wake of the Egrant Inquiry who forecasts that more fabricated stories are on the way.

Il-Mument refers to the recent increase in fuel prices and says this move is intended to make good for the government’s dirty deals.