Quotes of the week

"A staff party turned into a Western-style shooting..."

Mqabba Nationalist Party club barman Antoine Farrugia on how gunman Carmel Saliba returned in his vehicle and shot at the club's door.

"It's a Christmas present."

A woman reacting to the news that the first batch of free Herceptin, a potentially life-saving breast cancer drug, has arrived.

"Once, we even received the windscreen of a truck."

Maltapost official Pierre Montebello on the increased trend to shop online.

"We never expected this... it takes it to a whole new low."

Environment and Landscape Consortium general manager Ronald Cuschieri on the thefts of baby Jesus figures from two illuminated nativity scenes.

"When they are removed, the home is ugly, almost scary."

Mary Vella of Victoria, on the Christmas decorations that adorn every nook and cranny in her house... not even the toilet is spared.

"When the price goes up they inform us, but not the other way round..."

One of the several petrol station owners enraged by the sudden drop in fuel prices.