“It’s all about the people. We have to be the people’s party.”

PN leader Simon Busuttil addressing the party faithful in Santa Lucija.


“I was never the type to be tied to my post.”

Chris Said after being asked by PN leader Simon Busuttil, in the aftermath of Giovanna Debono’s resignation from the PN parliamentary group, not to seek re-election as party general secretary in order to concentrate on his role as shadow minister for Gozo.


“I didn’t appreciate how much discipline went into working as a team to deliver the news against such tight deadlines.”

Archbishop Charles Scicluna on his experience as Times of Malta’s first ever guest editor for last Friday’s issue.


“My message to everyone is to have a kind and loving heart, don’t hold on to jealousy and keep laughing.”

101-year-old Gozo-born Salvina Formosa who still does her own cooking and shopping and even lifts weights and exercises every week.


“All I want is for us to stay together.”

Amanuel Tekle Sium, a 14-year-old Eritrean migrant, who was reunited with his mother in Malta last week more than a year after escaping from Eritrea in search of her and travelling alone through Sudan, Libya and across the Mediterranean.


“I hope this does not mean that we will have to remain at the helm of the EU for a whole year instead of six months.”

Foreign Minister George Vella, in a lighthearted comment, on the possible effect of a UK exit from the EU on Malta’s 2017 European Union presidency.

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