“Legal hunters deter poachers.”

St Hubert’s Hunters secretary Mark Mifsud Bonnici believes extending the autumn hunting season was unnecessary.


“Foreign people at Arriva were oblivious to the Maltese mentality and tried to introduce work practices which may make sense abroad but not here.”

Transport Minister Joe Mizzi lamenting the situation within the transport provider but not saying which old habits he wanted to reintroduce.


“Not affordable to anyone apart those few with social connections... and cultural prostitutes.”

Brikkuni band frontman Mario Vella complaining that the open-air theatre, with a price tag of €2,000, was geared for the elite.


“No State can accept this. It is not a protest. They are here on a full-board basis.”

Egypt’s Ambassador to Malta Magda Baraka condemning the sit-in protests by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Morsi.


“Cyberbullying exposes them as being different, weird and losers – all that they strive so hard not to be.”

Counselling psychologist Ingrid Grech Lanfranco urging parents to supervise their children’s online activities to protect them from online trolls.


“I was bombarded with questions and told to admit to the charges.”

Daryl Borg, the 27-year-old man who was wrongly imprisoned for a hold-up he didn’t commit after a police mix-up, recounting his ordeal.


“It’s the only thing to do when you visit Comino.”

An American student who fractured her breastbone while jumping from a cliff edge on Cominotto defending her decision to take the plunge despite the warning signs.

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