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    Reinventing the Wheel of Local Governance

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    July 4, 2011

    [The following is a glimpse of a piece of my mind. You are not required to believe it, to accept it, nor to act upon it. Please read at your own risk. It is not my intention, to promote it; but to exercise my right of freedom of thought.] The…

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  • Politics

    Government defeated by the Party for a second time in a week

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    June 30, 2011

    The government of President Nasheed seem to have been defeated for a second time in a row in a matter of just one week. First, the government team was defeated by the MDP parliamentarians in a football match held to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Party. Later today, the…

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    One Man in a Dark Hole…

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    June 22, 2011

    Day before yesterday, I was having a late lunch at Baazaaru Hotaa and as I finished lunch a person I know walked into the hotaa. He saw me and came towards me. He said that he was hoping to meet me, walked over and sat in a chair beside me.…

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    New CEO at Male’ Health Services Corporation

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    June 8, 2011

    Haveeru has revealed that the Managing Director Male’ Health Services Corporation (MHSC) has been replaced by British national Catherine Jane Waters. Presidential Spokesperson Mohamed Zuhairu is reported to have said that the appointment was to improve the services of the hospitals and health centers under the corporation. And to design…

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    Mining Your Company’s Talent

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    June 2, 2011

    Mining Your Company’s Talent by Douglas R. Conant in Harvard Business Review Have you ever worked with someone who made your own job difficult? Someone who forced you to pick up the slack, or who had “personality issues”? Such people make you feel like you’re working two jobs — theirs…

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    Excuses for not delegating

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    May 31, 2011

    Duncan Brodie of Goals and Achievements helps accountants and health professionals to become highly effective leaders and managers. He invites you to take advantage of his free audio e-course Leadership Success at www.goalsandachievements.co.uk He writes: Ask managers what their biggest challenges are and the chances are delegation will appear as one…

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    Prevent the Twitter Unfollow: Tips from a Twitter User

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    May 28, 2011

    Prevent the Twitter Unfollow: Tips from a Twitter User.

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    Note from My Daughter

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    May 7, 2011

    I received the following note hand written on a circle of white paper of 6.5cm radius, when I came home from work this evening. It was a note from my daughter Almas. “You are so helpful and caring to your children. You are so brave. You can solve all the…

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    Media Freedom and Personal Integrity and Majlis

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    April 20, 2011

    Haveeru has reported that MPs have spoken for medium freedom and against attacks on the media from the parliament floor, where all the deliberations are broadcast live. MPs including parliamentary leader of MDP and parliamentary leader and the only member of Qawmee Party are said to have spoken against the…

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    Baarah: fingers of three year old crushed in a rice grinder

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    April 18, 2011

    Haveeru has reported that the hand of a three year old has been crushed in a rice grinder. The child’s hand was removed from the grinder in which it was stuck, by a surgeon and a mechanical engineer after the child was taken to the hospital in Kulhudhuffushi. According to…

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    Madaveli: two people arrested for attempted rape of thirteen year old girl

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    April 18, 2011

    Sun has reported that two people have been arrested by the Police for the attempted rape of a 13 year old girl, in Madaveli, Gaaf Dhaal Atoll. It reports that Maldives Police Service spokesperson SIP Ahmed Shiyam has revealed that two men are being held for investigation after they had…

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    Dhidhdhoo: Protestors calling for the release of a person detained by Police during the previous demonstration calling for the release of a person accused of sexual abuse of 13 year old, clash with and injure police officers

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    April 17, 2011

    Police officers have been injured in clashes with demonstrators, in Haa Alif Dhidhdhoo; Sun and Haveeru have reported. The local media reports say that demonstrators clashed with Police, after police custody of a person detained by the Police for investigation in the previous days clashes was exteded by the local…

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  • Politics

    One in five, one in five, are people and their welfare just another statistic to the government?

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    April 16, 2011

    Are the people who elect them and empower them to run the business of the State, just a bit of statistic to the government? This is a question that I ponder myself over, on many occasions. At such instances, the government seems to me more like a donor agency –…

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  • Random Thoughts

    Di Naina: tempat makanan saya di subang jaya

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    April 16, 2011

    During my stay in Malaysia this time, I am staying at Casa Tiara in Subang Jaya. There is a wonderful Iranian restaurant and Italian restaurant downstairs. However, my crowd – friends of my son, frequent Di Naina – which is a food outlet about 3 minutes walk from our residence.…

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    President Nasheed opens his weekly address this week with “sincere thanks to the people, especially the business community” for their patience, and trust and confidence in the government

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    April 15, 2011

    President Nasheed in his 93rd radio address to the nation, hjas expressed his gratitude to the public and the bsiness community for their understanding of his devaluation of the Maldivian Rufiyaa, and the confidence and trust in the government shown by the public and the business community. He said expressed…

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    A university campus island for the Maldives

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    April 14, 2011

    I have been in Malaysia for ten days now. It is a long way away from the troubles at home in Male’ – the ongoing killings, street violence, reports of sexual child abuse on an epdiemic scale, rule of anarchy and power in the hands of street gangs and looters…

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  • CAWM

    Special Education Teacher under investigation for the sexual abuse of disabled children he tutored

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    April 14, 2011

    A teacher who gave private tuition to children with hearing disability has been arrested by the police and is under investigation after being accused of sexual abuse of children he tutored. He was taken into custody for investigation on Monday, reports the local media. The teacher under investigation is Mr.…

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    Man accused of sexually molesting with fourteen year old boy arrested

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    April 14, 2011

    A 42 year old man accused of sexually molesting with a 14 year old boy has been arrested and is under investigation by the Police in Feydhoo, Addu atoll, local media has reported. The man was reported to the police by the boy’s family members, wh have said that the…

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    Crowds gather in front of police station calling for the release of those accused of child abuse and gather at the house of the victims calling for her arrest

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    April 12, 2011

    Sun and Haveer has reported of demonstrations in Dhidhdhoo of Haa Alif atoll for the release of those held in Police custody, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 13 year old girl. It has been reported too that the girl is the daughter of a woman of Dhidhdhoo married…

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