Quotes of The Week
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Quotes of the week
"This is very good news."Lawrence Grech, who claims to have been abused by the clergy as a child, welcoming news that the Vatican's Promoter of Justice in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Mgr Charles Scicluna, agreed to meet...
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"We also suffer the humiliation." Archbishop Paul Cremona and Gozo Bishop Mario Grech on the sorrow they felt knowing the sex abuse crimes were committed by those duty-bound to protect young people. "Too little, too late" Lawrence Grech, who claims...
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"A moment of great suffering." Pastoral secretary Mgr Charles Cordina referring to the sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church and haunting the Vatican. "You don't need to worry about the country's debt any longer." Some shipyard workers,...
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"The reality is the Marsa power station is getting old."Finance Minister Tonio Fenech apologising for the nationwide blackout caused by a technical fault to Boiler 7. "Sometimes, I cannot afford milk... the grocer gives me credit."A single mother...
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"Embarrassing ." Caritas director Mgr Victor Grech on how 42 per cent of students who finish secondary school end up on the street. He called for an urgent redefinition of the national poverty line. "These guys were trouble from the start." Orfeas...
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"If not today, tomorrow I will kill you." The alleged threat made by GRTU council member Sandro Checuti to GRTU director-general Vince Farrugia. He was later charged with Mr Farrugia's attempted murder. "Frightening." Independent research scientist...
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"I condemn the insults and language used and the people responsible should be ashamed of themselves."Għaqda Unions Maltin chairman John Bencini expresses disgust at demonstrators who hurled insults at Nationalist MPs at an energy tariffs protest in...
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"New clothes and a car." Former prison warder Anthony Mifsud on the first things he will be buying now that he has finally been compensated for being tortured by police 28 years ago. "Not guilty. He shot me." Allan Galea, accused of murdering...
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"Perfect gentleman... He did everything with enthusiasm." President Emeritus Eddie Fenech Adami reacting to the loss of former Finance Minister George Bonello Dupuis, who died aged 82. "The commission is not investigating..." President George Abela...
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"Sheer speculation..." Gozo Minister Giovanna Debono on reports that she was to leave her ministry to take over education in the Cabinet reshuffle. "Malta deserves a different theatre." Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi on plans to retain a roofless...
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"Mepa's monitoring has become one big joke."Government MP Jesmond Mugliett on how the planning authority had a credibility problem after the way it handled the noxious fumes in the Hexagon House area, in Marsa. "An expression of confidence; an...
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"The only guarantees we have for 2010 are high energy tariffs..." Malta Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise president Helga Ellul lambasting the government's offer of a 10-year job guarantee to bus drivers. "I'm sorry to see not everyone agrees...
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"Visibility was nil... There was a lot of silt and rats swimming around."Court expert John Gera testifying on the conditions at Chadwick Lakes last February when Gunner Matthew Psaila died during an army training exercise. "We are acting as guards...
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"No apparent relationship... but timely coincidence." Public Health director general Ray Busuttil on investigations into the link between the swine flu vaccine and the sudden death of Clayton Cachia, 23, four days later. "My parents encouraged me...
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"No incidents were reported except for some minor side effects." Parliamentary Secretary for Community Care Mario Galea insists the swine flu vaccine is safe after being vaccinated last Wednesday. "No industry can expect the public to subsidise it...
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"He is a killer... The sooner he dies, the better."Alfred Spiteri, the brother of Anna Kok, who was killed by her brother-in-law, Salvu Gauci. Mr Gauci is suffering from terminal cancer and has applied for a Presidential pardon to die with his...
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"To Philip from Doris."The wording on the parcel bomb left behind the door of Philip Cini's home in Qormi before Christmas - it left the 60-year-old battling for his life. His wife Doris had warned him not to open it. "Highest in Europe."Chamber of...
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"Each time I have to cross the road I am scared."A 51-year-old woman, who lives along Gozo's Mġarr Road where a German woman was killed, on how drivers rarely stop at the zebra crossing to let her pass. "President George Abela was... overcome by...
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"Neutral to what? Is it neutrality to peace?" US Ambassador Douglas Kmiec questioning whether Malta's neutrality meant the country was also neutral to peace efforts around the world. "The Prime Minister gave Joe Borg clear indications as to his...
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"The bribe was not taken out of malice but weakness, and false friends..." Mr Justice Giannino Caruana Demajo as he delivered the sentence of disgraced former Chief Justice Noel Arrigo. "Women... a more costly source of labour than men..." A...
