"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 when asked if the Commission for the Administration of Justice was probing allegations made by columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia against Magistrate Consuelo Scerri-Herrera.

"This situation is ridiculous... and downright appalling."

Casualty doctors and nurses in a letter to Mater Dei Hospital authorities after a patient had to be resuscitated in the corridor following a cardiac arrest.

"They treated us like hostages."

A passenger on being detained in Tripoli for 20 hours before being turned back to Malta after Libya stopped issuing entry visas to travellers from Schengen countries in retaliation for Switzerland's blacklist.

"Tantamount to blatant arrogance."

Playwright Mario Philip Azzopardi on the Prime Minister's decision to forge ahead with the planned open-air theatre in Valletta even though the local arts scene was against it.

"Willing to discuss."

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi reacting to the letter by 128 artists and theatre users opposing the open-air theatre. But he emphasised that architect Renzo Piano believed it should remain an open space.