Quotes of the week

"Christmas is an encounter with a newborn baby, wailing in a wretched grotto."Pope Benedict XVI on how Christmas should be as joyful an event as the birth of a child. "The vote is detached from the current economic climate."Malta Business Bureau...

"Christmas is an encounter with a newborn baby, wailing in a wretched grotto."
Pope Benedict XVI on how Christmas should be as joyful an event as the birth of a child.

"The vote is detached from the current economic climate."
Malta Business Bureau president Stefano Mallia on the European Parliament's vote to cap overtime.

"Excessive."
The Auditor-General describing in his 2007 report a €3,065 mobile phone bill of an IT Ministry policy coordinator, exceeding his allowance of €815.

"The results were not that brilliant."
Daniel Borg on the Malta Song for Europe performance of his younger brother Kevin who has since been crowned Swedish Pop Idol.

"There might be foot traffic... but the average spend has dropped."
Malta Employers' Association president Pierre Fava on how consumers are more careful about parting with their money because of the rise in water and electricity bills..

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