“This was a series of unfortunate events.”

An airport source explaining why the airport was closed for nearly two hours after a nationwide blackout led to double back-up failure.

“People were pushing and shoving... but lights had only been out for 20 minutes at that point.”

Restaurateur Silvio Monelli on how bemused he was looking at the chaos and hungry crowds jostling outside food trucks when the island was thrown into pitch darkness.

“He’s scared... My grandfather spends hours at the window watching people’s movements.”

A relative of a Sliema couple who were robbed on how the incident has left them psychologically scarred, refusing to go out.

“She swam in clothes... she is just trying to make herself a martyr.”

Marsa Sports Club president Ralph Asciak contesting a Muslim woman’s claims that she was stopped from swimming in a modest full body bathing suit.

“Unacceptable that someone managed to trespass the helipad.”

An OPM spokesman after a Times of Malta journalist parked on the hospital helipad unhindered, just after the government ordered an inquiry into why a car was allowed to block it.

“I hope the festival decision is not vitiated by scandalous decisions.”

V-18 chairman Jason Micallef questioning the national broadcaster’s decision to shift the Eurosong festival to November from February.

“Thanks for the wonderful night in Filfla.”

Yvonne Zarb Cousin, who was wardrobe mistress during the film Popeye, showing a photo autographed by Hollywood actor Robin Williams – found dead at his home – that she felt encapsulated his friendly and funny nature.