“This agreement, which translates into tens of millions of euros, will immediately have a positive impact on a nationwide scale.”

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on the deal which will see a Chinese State-owned energy company becoming a minority shareholder in Enemalta.

“Will this mean another country will determine our country’s energy generation?”

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said the Government’s decision to partially privatise Enemalta raised a lot of questions.

“We are anxious to avoid a repeat of this incident and will do everything we can to make sure that our fieldworkers are safe.”

Birdlife Malta executive director Steve Micklewright after a parked, empty car used by three ornithologists was allegedly riddled with shotgun pellets in Gozo.

“I ask the Virgin Mary to heal me.”

Shezyan Zammit, 5, who was granted permission to have her first Holy Communion today before receiving chemotherapy in October to remove a brain tumour.

“The economy is moving slower than we’d like it to and slower than what the country needs for more jobs to be generated.”

Finance Minister Edward Scicluna during the second pre-Budget public consultation meeting in which he said 50,000 to 70,000 more people needed to be employed.

“My dreams have been crushed.”

Mariella Barbara who suffers from palindromic rheumatism, a rare condition that disabled her with pain and forced her into poverty.