"We are very active objectors in development; not just within World Heritage Sites but also other developments adjacent to our museums and sites" - Heritage Malta CEO Noel Zammit, 5 January
"We do not want to use the EIA process to green-wash projects. EIAs are carried out where is needed" - Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) CEO Kevin Mercieca, 5 January
"The main reason behind the CAA set-up was the importance to consolidate efforts together across government and beyond to truly assess the potential to action on climate" - Climate Action Authority (CAA) CEO Abigail Cutajar, 12 January
"Many times, when projects are announced, it would be a concept. The project changes along the way, and this is normal" - Project Green CEO Joseph Cuschieri, 12 January
"You need human interaction; it is an essential skill and if you don't develop it during the school years you will never acquire it" - MUT President Marco Bonnici, 19 January
"Whoever comes in an attempt to vindicate themselves through the Ombudsman is sorely mistaken" - Ombudsman Joseph Zammit McKeon, 19 January
"We do this to keep the elderly individual in the community as much as possible. This is the concept of active aging, but also to reduce the burden on old people's homes" - Parliamentary Secretary for Active Aging Malcolm Paul Agius Galea, 19 January
"The current composition of two against two (in the Standards Committee) is too confrontational and limited" - Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi, 26 January
"We recycle everything we can. Waste that can't be recycled will go to recovery, and only what cannot be recovered will end up in landfills" - WasteServ CEO Richard Bilocca, 26 January
"Strength in unity has driven our growing membership, as trailer operators recognise the value of a collective front for stronger business foresight" - Association of Tractor and Trailer Operators chairman Joseph Bugeja, 26 January
"When it comes to matters of conscience we have party members who fall on both sides, but that is not something that should divide us." - Momentum member Sumaya Ben Saad, 2 February
"This would be a fair system within the context of voting patterns and people's inclinations today" - Chamber of Commerce Head of Policy Kevin Mizzi on electoral reform, 9 February
"Voters are influenced primarily by their personal and family history, which informs their trust in one party and distrust of the other". - Anthropologist Ranier Fsadni, 9 February
"Membership in the EU can be considered as the last issue which provided a clear distinction between the PN and the PL. The PN and the PL now have similar approaches towards the European Union and Malta's economy." - European Studies academic Jean Claude Cachia, 9 February
"People have consistently shown that if they are not satisfied with the style of government of one party, they will shift to another." - Sociologist Michael Briguglio, 9 February
"Robert Abela got an F for our country. He failed our country. But he doesn't care because he is concerned about himself." - PN MP Claudette Buttigieg, 16 February
"If you don't pay taxes, the government chases you. Why doesn't it enforce child maintenance in the same way?" - Women for Women founder Francesca Fenech Conti, 16 February
"Robert Abela is more dangerous than Joseph Muscat" - PN MP Karol Aquilina, 23 February