“I never, personally, instructed anyone to cover up anything.”

Home Affairs Minister Manuel Mallia denying any involvement in trying to cover up the shooting incident involving his driver Paul Sheehan.


“OK sieħbi [my friend].”

Dr Mallia just before hanging up with Sheehan hours after he alleged­ly shot at the car of an unarmed man on the night of November 19.


“This is a saga of pathological lies.”

Opposition spokesman Jason Azzo­pardi highlighting the many times facts were twisted in the shooting incident involving Dr Mallia’s driver.


“If I ever build a second new Parliament in Malta, I will probably need a whole piazza.”

Architect Antonio Belvedere, who works at Renzo Piano’s office in Paris, criticising Maltese MPs’ “hullaballoo” over the larger-than-needed desks.


“I’m prepared to take the political flak for the missed deadline.”

Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi shouldering responsibility for the 15-month delay in generating electricity from gas-fired plants.


“I took a loan... to pay for this well-paid job.”

Vietnamese Van Hoang Thi Cam telling a court she paid $3,500 for her dream job in Malta but ended up receiving a paltry €150 every month at Leisure Clothing in Ħal Far.


“Liars, liars, liars...”

Patrick Dalli, husband of Equal Opportunities Minister Helena Dalli, attacking this newspaper for saying he failed to publish the promise of sale agreement of his controversial farmhouse, when he had no problem doing so. One week later he has still not handed over the document.

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