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Continue reading →: President Nasheed takes Oath of Office
President Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) took Oath of Office of the President of Maldives around ten thirty this morning. He starts his first day of office with a renewed commitment to deliver on his five campaign promises and a promise to deliver good governance to the people. Anni walks into office…
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Continue reading →: The Suffering of Gang Rape Victim continues…
Minivan News 8th November 2008: Just over two months ago, Shareefa Abdul Kareem’s 14-year old daughter was grabbed by a group of six men when she was walking home on her small, sleepy island in Noonu atoll. Dragging her to an isolated beach, four of the men violently raped her,…
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Continue reading →: More Knifing back on the streets
Minivan News 4th November 2008: A 39-year old has been stabbed in the shoulder and back last night Maafaanu district of Male’, only days after a 15-year old knife attack victim died after a violent attack on the eve of elections. Ameen Ali, of Mathi Dhuni in the Machangolhi ward,…
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Continue reading →: November 3rd
Today we commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the independence of this nation and those whose lives were taken in the aftermath that followed. Our nation will remember them on this day every year which is marked as a public holiday (when we can rest) in memory of…
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Continue reading →: And the Winner is…
The second round of the presidential elections is over and so is its anticlimax finale. It will take a week for the elections commission to announce the obvious though the head of the current regime (as we like to call it) has conceded defeat to the leader of the opposition…
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Continue reading →: Gang Rapists free on Victim’s Island
Minivan News 13th October 2008 A group of men who confessed to gang-raping a fourteen year old on Noonu atoll Holhudhoo last month have been released and have threatened the girl they will carry out a repeat attack. Police say the release of the six men was due to a…
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Continue reading →: To THINK: A sin in democracy …the Maldivian Style
This afternoon I sat for a cup of coffee at a table in a coffee house. An acquaintance who walked up to the table and made his input to the ongoing discussion around the table about the upcoming elections. He said to be aware of this guy Shihab, that he…
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Continue reading →: Maldives too busy to take note of Financial Crisis 2008
IMF Reports that: The world is going through the most dangerous financial crisis since the 1930s. Coordinated global action is starting to reverse the tide of the financial crisis, but governments also need to “deploy all instruments” to limit damage to the real economy, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told…
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Continue reading →: A Real Bad Habit…!
I was on my was past Aminiya School, Chaandhanee Magu tonight, after a dinner with a visiting diplomat. I was smoking a cigarette as I walked past. At that moment, a young man walked up to me and quite politely asked, “can I have a light”. I looked at the…
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Continue reading →: Why spread hatred of other religions!
Tolerance is key to competitive coexistence in a global village. I am surprised our politicians do not understand the difference between being Muslims and being intolerant anti-Christian and anti-Buddist. For God’s Sake, will someone open our eyes to the fact that all religions and people need to coexist. I am…
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Continue reading →: Presidential Election: Was it democractic?
Minivan News: “Election-related legislation does provide the basic conditions for democratic elections,” the statement says, but it adds: “the requirement to meet unrealistic deadlines took precedence over good electoral practice.” Read more about the Commonwealth Interim Statement here
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Continue reading →: Prosecutor General expresses concern…
Child Abuse Watch Maldives: The Prosecutor General has expressed conern over the delays at the Criminal Court, of the sexual abuse case of daughter by Adnan Hussain. He was formerly a director at the President’s Office. The Prosecutor General’s Office said that the case has been investigated and submitted to…
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Continue reading →: Prosecutor General expresses concern over sexual abuse case delay
Miadhu News Online reports, The Prosecutor General has expressed conern over the delays at the Criminal Court, of the sexual abuse case of daughter by Adnan Hussain. He was formerly a director at the President’s Office. The Prosecutor General’s Office said that the case has been investigated and submitted to…
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Continue reading →: Go Vote… for what?
Last night, I stopped by Alfresco on my way home. There were people gathered around the tables watching the campaign rally of Aneh Dhivehi Raajje on DhiTV. People at one of the tables started shouting filth as Dr. Mustapha Luthfy came on stage. They started with “elhaa vakikuree keevvekan engeytha!”…
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Continue reading →: Congratulations… TVM!!!
This afternoon just an hour before six oclock, TVM made history in the historic presidential elections to happen in Maldives on October 8th. The presentation of an individual profile of each presidential candidate and a closing statement for the campaign by each candidate was a very useful last step to…
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Continue reading →: And … the winner is…!!!
A friend of mine told me today about a very iteresting incident in a school poetry writing competition years back. This was the story. There were a group of students who were attending a tutorial on poetry writing. On the day of the poetry competition, all students attending the tutorial…
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Continue reading →: Free and Fair: What does that mean?
Dr. Abdulla Waheed writes: “… The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for Maldivians with too much happening in too short a time. Let alone ordinary citizens, even parties and candidates have not been able to keep up with the pace, with many of them still to publicize…
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Continue reading →: Listen to Children, says High Court Judge
Jersey Evening Post reports: A HIGH Court judge has spoken of the importance of a community taking notice of the stories of victims in historical child abuse cases as a way of moving forward. The Hon Sir Ernest Ryder, a High Court Judge of the Family Division, was formerly Counsel…
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