Quotes of the week

"Government has not yet decided..."

A Health Ministry spokesman on whether or not to introduce cervical and colorectal cancer screening programmes.

"Substantial downsizing."

STMicroelectronics chief financial officer Carlo Ferro confirming there will be job cuts at the Malta plant due to the company's cost-reduction programme.

"I cannot leave it up to Mepa."

Nationalist MP Jeffrey Pullicno Orlando expressing serious doubts on the evaluation of the proposed at underground museum at St John's Co-Cathedral .

"Signs to warn drivers in good time."

Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt proposing to set up a unit to oversee the placement of road signs indicating large potholes.

"Don't expect any refunds if you don't get shocked."

Director Chris Gatt's warning to audiences of the play Stitching, which has been banned by theatre classifiers.

"If you have an ear to listen, Valletta has a lot of stories to tell."

Italian architect Renzo Piano on the "whispers" telling him that the city is not about big open spaces, but about intensity and compression.