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Lexington Mayor Jim Gray shook hands with moderator Tom Martin on Thursday morning and mayoral candidates Danny Mayer and Anthany Beatty shook hands after a mayoral candidate debate at the University of Kentucky hosted by The Lexington Forum.

Eleven presidential candidates tonight turned up to be interviewed by Malawians through the second in a series of debates, but most of them failed to articulate how they would implement the brilliant ideas they put across. The aspirants seemed lost on policy and legislation already available on

There are several free lessons political parties should draw from the second round of the presidential debate held at the Bingu International Conference Centre (Bicc) in Lilongwe. Top among the lessons is the exposure of our political parties’ lack of clear political ideologies which, at the end of

New Labor Party president Friday Jumbe has described the current presidential debates as a road show that will not add any value on the country’s political platform. Jumbe who opposed the debate’s task force earlier decision to disqualify those parties failing to raise at least 19 parliamentary seat

Republicans vying for their party's nomination to run against Gov. Dannel Malloy in November met for a debate in Stamford Wednesday.

A man who set himself ablaze and embraced a BSP politician during the recording of an election debate in Sultanpur, about 140 km from Lucknow, died at a government hospital in the state capital late on Monday night, within hours of the shocking incident.

An official election call appears to be the last thing standing in the way of a provincial leaders’ debate in the north. Both NDP leader Andrea Horwath and Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak say they would gladly accept a challenge issued by Premier Kathleen Wynne earlier this week to contest

Some political parties have cried foul over the new format for presidential debates which says only parties fielding parliamentary candidates in not less than 10 percent of the 193 constituencies will take part in the remaining two sessions. Presidential candidate for New Labour Party (NLP), Friday

Malawi’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika and George Nnensa who leads the Tisintha Alliance have confirmed that they will turn up for the second phase of the presidential debates to be held next week Tuesday in Lilongwe and the final debate on May

The State broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has received credit from some influential civil society organisations and media institutions for beaming live the historical first Presidential debate held at the Bingu International Conference Centre auditorium room in Lilongwe. MBC

The Council for Non- Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma) has urged Malawians to vote for a government that can be trusted with the public purse and one that will deal with the cashgate without fear or favour. Congoma makes the call in a report made available to the press yesterday

Four of the twelve presidential candidates in the May 20 polls failed to show up for yesterday’s debate organised by the Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa. The four, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Peoples Party (PP), Tisintha Alliance and Chipani cha Fuko gave