I hardly ever heard, ‘wara nofs in-nhar it-tajjeb’ being said casually, in Malta too.

Whenever I said ”buon pomeriggio”, the reply I always got was ”buona sera”, even as early as 1pm.

I can’t imagine what difference it could have made saying in the ‘afternoon’ instead of, in the ‘evening’ or vice versa, though I’m not aware of the context.

From what I have heard, even those who are vehemently against the PN have not a word to say against Chris Said, who is known as a true gentleman. I am sure he will prove himself correct.

Chris Said is an up-and-coming politician by all accounts and acknowledged as such by many people on either side of the political divide.

His predicament is little more than collateral damage in a conflict between an ex (presumably) couple. That it has come to this is due – directly or indirectly – to petty oneupmanship and squabbling by the people who run our country in their spare time, or so it seems.

I hear that such things are quite run of the mill in separation cases. Do we have a way of knowing that such goings-on are limited to separation tribunals or whatever they’re called? Can we be sure that this “fear of reprisal” won’t hinder the true and fair progress of justice?

You’re now going to think that I’m going out of point, but how will the introduction of divorce solve these problems? This is a genuine question. I appreciate that this is your blog and I won’t “bear any grudges” if you decide to edit out the last question.

[Daphne – Reuben, those two were not even married. The mistake she made was to register him as the father. She should have just taken the baby and gone back home to England, and been shod of him for good. Summary of story: English women whose parents own a house in Gozo holidays here, falls for Gozitan savage who takes the opportunity of having sex with somebody he doesn’t have to marry, falls pregnant, has baby, Gozitan savage tries to keep baby without keeping woman and kicks her out when the baby is three weeks old, then pursues custody because he thinks he is a fit father.]

‘Ghabex’ is the word.

The ethical part is that you cannot serve as Minister or PS and be under police investigation, however trivial the case. It is the same for any other high-ranking public servant.

There is the Maltastar world and the real world. I guess that’s what they mean by ‘the international world’ – everything that is outside their narrow, uninformed existence.