“The stadium is not a battleground.”

Police Inspector Kevin Farrugia insisting the stadium is a family-oriented place after Valletta supporters and a footballer were arraigned for the mayhem that erupted after the Valletta-Floriana FA Trophy final.

“I am not a drunkard.”

Former PBS chairman Joseph Mizzi protesting his innocence after a video emerged showing him in an apparent drunken state during a Eurovision party in Germany. He believes his drink was spiked and will fight to clear his name.

“Unfair and a ruse.”

Finco Trust managing director Paul Bonello slamming Bank of Valletta’s compensation offer to investors whose property fund went belly up.

“I am a woman and I want all the rights that come with it.”

Joanne Cassar, who underwent gender reassignment surgery and whose birth certificate has been changed to indicate she is female, vowing to continue fighting for her right to marry by taking her case to Europe.

“Mela.”

The Maltese word that alerted a Sicilian man to connect Gozitan engineer Saviour Buttigieg, who had been missing for two years and living as a tramp in Sicily, with Malta, leading to his return.

“Nothing out of the ordinary.”

Pharmacist Caroline Scerri on the sale of condoms from her health shop at the University. Having a condom dispenser on campus has been the subject of controversy since 1993.