"Better to die at sea than return to Libya... that place is hell."
A Somali immigrant recounting what happened when Maltese soldiers allegedly told them they would be left on the sinking dinghy if they refused to board the Libyan ship during a joint rescue operation.

"The army behaved according to established rules."
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi ruling out an independent inquiry into the army's actions during the rescue operation that saw 27 immigrants being returned to Libya 'voluntarily'.

"I never asked for free advertising."
Vision Tech manager Jason Grech, who sponsored the Żebbuġ parish's billboard without knowing its topic was divorce, reacting to the negative feedback.

"It was a split second... He did not even cry out or make a sound.
Sandro Cascun and his fiancée Mirleydis Azaharez describing how photographer Mario Agius fell to his death off Wied iż-Żurrieq as he was trying to find the right spot for their pre-wedding photos.

"It's like... we either accept the measures, or else leave work."
An ST Microelectronics operator on how she felt austerity measures were being forced on employees and they really had no choice.