Blue Ling, Molva Molva.
There, it’s not only decent English that one is exposed to here. Cheers.

Karol Aquilina
Kunsill Lokali Is-Siġġiewi
Stqarrija tal-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi

Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi jirreferi għall-aħbar fil-mezzi tax-xandir lokali u dawk Taljani rigward kumment tas-Sindku ta’ Vittoria, Sqallija Giuseppe Nicosia fis-sens li ma jarax raġuni għalfejn għandu jibqa’ fis-seħħ il-ġemelaġġ bejn il-belt tas-Siġġiewi u dik ta’ Vittoria fi Sqallija.

Is-Sindku ta’ Vittoria għamel dan il-kumment fid-dawl taċ-ċirkostanzi marbuta mal-arrest u s-sejbien ta’ ħtija ta’ żewġ sajjieda Taljani li nqabdu jistadu fl-ibħra territorjali Maltin mill-Forzi Armati Maltin.

Is-Sindku tas-Siġġiewi Dr Karol Aquilina esprima d-diżappunt tiegħu li inċident li seħħ fl-ibħra territorjali Maltin u li jinvolvi ċittadini Taljani, jista’ jwassal għal deċiżjonijiet unilaterali li jolqtu b’mod negattiv ir-rabta ta’ ġemelaġġ li jeżisti bejn is-Siġġiewi u Vittoria. Is-Sindku Karol Aquilina jisħaq li l-imsemmi inċident m’għandu jħassar xejn mir-relazzjonijiet tajbin li jeżistu bejn iż-żewġ ibliet u fisser kif is-Siġġiewi jibqa’ lest li jassisti liċ-ċittadini ta’ Vittoria fi spirtu ta’ ħbiberija li teżisti bejn iż-żewġ komunitajiet u dejjem b’rispett sħiħ tal-liġijiet ta’ pajjiżna.

Is-Sindku Karol Aquilina jappella biex f’dan il-mument jirbaħ fuq kollox is-sens ta’ kooperazzjoni reċiproka u ħbiberija li dejjem eżista bejn Malta u l-Italja kif ukoll bejn l-ibliet tas-Siġġiewi u Vittoria. Matul dan il-perjodu iż-żewġ ibliet qegħdin jgħixu din il-ħbiberija bis-saħħa tas-sħubija tagħhom fi proġett tal-Unjoni Ewropea dwar il-Millennium Development Goals tan-Nazzjonijiet Uniti.

Huwa saħaq ukoll li ser ikun qiegħed jagħmel kuntatt mas-Sindku ta’ Vittoria Giuseppe Nicosia biex iffissirlu l-ħsibijiet tiegħu b’rabta mal-kummenti li huwa għamel fil-mezzi tax-xandir.

There is a Mediterranean cod, called “Lipp” in Maltese. Not very common but uncommonly good eating.

[Daphne – Do you know the scientific name? Well, no, don’t bother. I’ll look it up in Rio Sammut’s Mediterranean Sea Fishes. It’s an excellent reference book, which gives you all four names you will need for cross-reference: Maltese, English, Italian and scientific, plus a drawing of each fish.]

Yes, but its a dish not a fish.( Atlantic Cod cooked Mediterrenean style)
What the Italians call merluzzo is Atlantic cod or Arctic Pollock. The Maltese Merluzz is Hake.

[Daphne – Yes, you are correct: European hake, Merluccius merluccius, from the same family as cod and haddock.]

I’ve been praying for many Maltese drivers to drive in Europe and start to learn what driving really is.

[Daphne – Oh come on, surely you know that there is such a thing as Mediterranean cod.]

Illegal immigration is a hot topic everywhere. It is a complex matter that has many strands to it. Surely it is not going to be solved by people biting each other’s head off and idiots talking about black dicks.

Good joke! Of course, people will be at the airport waiting with the citizenship certificate.

I would also say… try and enter Australia or USA illegally and get caught.