Xarabank veru programm tal-marmalja u hamalli Maltin u ghalhekk jarawh hafna nies ghax il-maggoranza tal-poplu hekk huwa.

Is it the food at Ta’ Karolina, which i find excellent, well priced and serviced with the most friendly atmosphere and ambiance that is truly unique.

Is it the people eating there, which I for one never found myself to be in bad company such as what is quoted further up as “Hamalli” .

Is it Joseph himself, because of a half truths said about him by Ms DCG even about his family. I always found Joseph as a very hard working man,always seriously concerned about the client’s experience at his restaurant , and for me when i go to a restaurant that is all i care about.

Please tell me why all this, tell me, which one MP past or present that doesn’t go to GOZO and dine out every night and even at more luxurious eateries.

Joseph do not worry, as i know you are right now. Real people of value are beyond this shit, I will be back for sure, can’t wait really. and now that I know that DCG is a sure no show, i think i will come even more.

[Daphne – Ref your last few words, Chris: just don’t do it all over your iPad.]

Why should Gozo need leadership? Is it an independent country?

I think you people need to come back down to earth. This “poplu Malti u Ghawdxi” business has gone to your heads.

Joseph id – Durellu is a hard working man and anyone who comes to eat at ta’ Karolina will be eating the best food one can ever taste. The service is the best. Also I would like to answer everyone’s shit by first saying that he only works part time with the gov not a full. Also both parliament parties comes at ta’ Karolina which are served the same as others. When are we all going to grow up and not let politics take the role in our lives 24 7 , Isn’t there anything better to talk about in life other than politics. You Ms. Caruana I really feel sorry for you having nothing better to do. Is your life that boring?

[Daphne – The reason I don’t think taking a ferry to Gozo to eat at a place like Ta’ Karolina is the height of excitement, Mel, is precisely because my life isn’t boring. And if you think that sort of food is the best you will ever taste, I suggest you widen your experience. Some of us eat better than that even at home. Food/restaurant standards and expectations are so low in Malta that it’s almost frightening.]

Dubious..

Exactly in synch.

He is employed as a government clerk but runs a restaurant full time while on the state payroll in the republic of Gozo.

His sister Monica was heavily involved in the Labour Youth Forum and has since had an iced bun of her own with a ministry job.

In Gozo, more so than in Malta, politics are tribal. The official switchers are the large number of people originally from the bigger island who are now registered in the smaller one.

Anton Refalo administers his ministry very much like a parish priest, attending to the needs of his constituents. The majority of Labour supporters who have a government job don’t turn up for work. Everyone is aware of this.

This is why young people from Gozo who are actually relevant don’t want to work there.

In a public meeting at the PL club in Victoria, last January, Anton Refalo said that the children of Gozo Laburisti are being treated as inferior and that the government should change the rules to accommodate this.

He went on to mention examples like lowering the entry requisites for the Army and Police. The people that he was referring to were the bunch of unskilled and unqualified individuals who have been queuing in the ministry halls for a government job so that they can carry on being unproductive while receiving a government pay cheque.

They are lining up to take what they can.

There is nothing new about this. Gozo has not had decent leadership since Anton Tabone, who loathed this mentality and single-handedly gave Gozo the respect it deserved after Mintoff swore doom on it in the 1960s when their bells and whistles interrupted his speaking at It-Tokk.

Basically it is a restaurant for hamalli. Xarabank is also popular – however, it does not mean that it is a must-watch TV programme for everyone.

Ghadu ma marx Debono Grech ifittxu fuq ix-xoghol mela, ha jara hux jiskarta.