"The situation is so fluid it is too early to say whether we will make it."

Finance Minister Tonio Fenech refusing to commit to the 2010 deadline set by the European Commission for Malta to meet deficit targets.

"He was like a brother to me."

Local pastry maker and Michael Jackson impersonator Robert Lautier reacting to his idol's death.

"Security people and door supervisors need to have clear-cut rights but also clear-cut obligations."

GRTU's Philip Fenech, reacting to reports that the government is in the process of introducing regulations for bouncers and security officers.

"Will the government give some form of benefit to the thousands who suffered during the power cut?"

Labour leader Joseph Muscat questioning whether the government would compensate the public for the recent blackout, which he says was caused by a lack of investment in power stations.

"Long, cordial discussions."

A Church spokesman describing the conversations between Fr Joe Abela and Archbishop Paul Cremona that led to Fr Abela leaving the Church's film classification board. Fr Abela had testified in court that he would have given the banned play Stitching an 18R rating.

"We were just trying to carry out an inspection on the boats."

Greenpeace's François Provost, after an activist was beaten by fishermen as she tried to board two boats at Grand Harbour in search of illegally fished blue fin tuna.