"Risk assessments are vital, and the police, social workers and risk assessors strive to convey their importance to victims in validating the risk they face" - Police Assistant Commissioner Louise Calleja, 23 February
"What is certain is that it is the government's full intention to provide better answers to the challenges local film producers face" - Culture Minister, Owen Bonnici, 2 March
"If you have a different economic model, and you open up new niches, then you develop the country in a different way. You have to think on a larger scale" - PN Environment spokesperson Rebekah Borg, 2 March
"We don't have enough beds. We don't have enough medical infrastructure in general, because we lost 12 years" - Outgoing MAM president Martin Balzan, 9 March
"As long as Byron Camilleri remains Home Affairs Minister, then he will continue to be a symbol of national insecurity" - Nationalist Party MP and Spokesperson for Home Affairs Darren Carabott, 9 March
"It's not just sitting down, playing games, eating chips and wasting time. There is a lot of work that goes on" - e-gamer Nathan Bonello, 9 March
"If an issue arises under my Ministry but is beyond my control, should I resign? The context matters" - Minister for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector Julia Farrugia, 16 March
"Revision of local plans will be an excellent opportunity to rethink urban planning in Malta" - A founder of architectural firm AP Valletta, David Felice, 16 March
"The trade war between the United States of America and the European Union will be detrimental to both sides" - former Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio Borg, 16 March
"When the government tries to attack not only us, but democracy, like this week, we were unanimously united to safeguard democracy in our country" - PN secretary general Charles Bonello, 23 March
"There is no such thing as overtourism" - MHRA president Tony Zahra, 23 March
"The way in which the Maltese government brought in legislation against SLAPPs was rushed and there was no attempt to go beyond the minimum that was the EU's directive" - SLAPP legislation expert Justin Borg-Barthet, 30 March
"The disability benefits racket that shocked Malta's social welfare system ... left a scar on social workers who dedicated their lives to helping those in need" - CEO of the Social Care Standards Authority (SCSA) Ruth Sciberras, 30 March
"The change of epoch has brought about the need to alter the Salesians' outreach, but the underlying duty remains to work with young people and educate them to facilitate their journey in life" - Rector Major of the Salesian community, Fr Fabio Attard, 30 March
"Today in Parliament there is, it seems, a lack of empathy between the members of both sides - at least that's what those who are out there feel." - President Myriam Spiteri Debono, 6 April
"Allegations against former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will collapse" - Labour party deputy leader for party affairs Alex Agius Saliba, 13 April
"The public sector should be downsized and its workers upskilled" - President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, William Spiteri Bailey, 13 April
"We are doing everything possible for the landfill not to continue growing. Right now we are making certain types of investments not to take up any more agricultural land" - Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, 20 April
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