Quotes of the week

"I had prepared my handbag and a warm pair of pyjama trousers by the door just in case another quake hits." Miriam Xuereb, who was living in L'Aquila, Italy, when the earthquake that claimed nearly 300 lives occured, on her fear that more lay in...

"I had prepared my handbag and a warm pair of pyjama trousers by the door just in case another quake hits."

Miriam Xuereb, who was living in L'Aquila, Italy, when the earthquake that claimed nearly 300 lives occured, on her fear that more lay in store.

"He never produced any official receipts, no matter how many times I chased him."

Helpers from the Association for Abandoned Animals who filed a report against founder Freddie Fenech for misappropriating the sanctuary's donations.

"I will take legal action to clear my name."

Association for Abandoned Animals founder Freddie Fenech on the allegations of repeated misappropriation of funds.

"No comment to make."

Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici on Gozo Bishop Mario Grech's advice to reassess the policy to detain illegal immigrants for a maximum of 18 months.

"Italy... is arguing the immigrants should all be taken to Malta."

EU sources on Italy's objections to take immigrants rescued during the Frontex patrols to Lampedusa.

"She could feel them drilling and banging on her bone."

Lia Gatt on the operation her sister Lisa, 25, endured in a Cambodia hospital (the anaesthetic had not worked), following a road accident.

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