“People have a right to know and we want to correct any fears about what is going on.”

Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit addressing his first crime conference after the murder of Paul Degabriele, which is possibly connected to a web of violent gang crime.


“If I managed to earn an extra €50... I would put it aside to buy something special.”

Carnival enthusiast Antoine Grech lamenting the loss of thousands of euros worth of equipment that were reduced to a cinder after their warehouses caught fire.


“Our priest tells us to take it day by day and when things get really tough to take it moment by moment.”

Zhana Xuereb, the mother of Leah, 4, who is back undergoing chemo­therapy in Malta after life-saving treatment in Texas last year.


“I will sleep easy tonight...”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on the message sent through Government’s decision to remove the time-bar on crimes that politicians who committed corruption in the past would not get away with it.


“A serious threat to Valletta’s image.”

Valletta mayor Alexiei Dingli slamming Government’s decision to relocate the monti flea market closer to the capital’s entrance.


“My resignation was definitely not voluntary.”

Antonio Ghio insisting he was forced to resign as Malta Communications Authority chairman when Labour was elected to power.


“They are ugly.”

Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna censuring the eternal flames flanking the Floriana War Memorial that were not a British concept, and should have been embedded in the ground, not elevated.

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