“I... apologise for any inconvenience caused.”
Developer Charles Polidano, iċ-Ċaqnu, uncharacteristically apologises for any difficulties caused by his illegal development and promises to fully cooperate with the authorities.
“Al Megrahi was innocent.”
Foreign Affairs Minister George Vella expressing a “strong belief” that the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing 25 years ago killing 270 people was not to blame and the case should be reheard.
“John Dalli had expressed an interest in drafting a report… and we accommodated him.”
Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia distancing himself from the Dalli report on Mater Dei Hospital that sparked the ire of the nurses’ union.
“The Prime Minister asked me to do this in writing.”
Former health minister John Dalli contradicts Health Minister Godfrey Farrugia’s statement, insisting the Prime Minister had asked him to pen the Mater Dei report.
“Systems in the civil service work at two speeds: slow and very slow.”
Mater Dei CEO Joe Caruana on how political intrusion has weakened the hospital’s management and rendered it ineffective over the years.
“Malta? We’re talking of Italy?... Yes I have been there actually.”
The ‘pigeon man’ tramp on the streets of Dublin, identified as Martin, when asked if he had ever spent time in Malta after his accent raised questions about his nationality.
“She left the baby at the law courts in an act of great panic.”
The Mother Superior of the Ursuline crèche on why the Ethiopian woman abandoned her eight-month-old baby at the Law Courts after her husband was jailed.