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Continue reading →: How is a Constitutional Amendement possible by the Drafting Committe!
Muna writes: pls refer page 78 of the document, number 102 of this document: According to the individually passed clauses of constitution (in the middle column) an Act/law should specify salaries of top officials. But the constitution passed on wholesale on June 26th has a so called editorial amendment stating…
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Continue reading →: Layman Psychology: Our Frustration is a Self-Induced Condition
We oftentimes have this feeling of frustration. We also see people who are frustrated, especially during these times of hardship. Some are so frustrated that they cannot stop to listen to anyone. This evening I came across one. The idea of writing this post struck me because I had the…
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Continue reading →: When I look at things happening around us!
When I look at the things happening around us, I cannot help but read between the lines to appreciate the lessons that are so abundant around us. I sold my MTCC shares this year and bought Bank of Maldives shares this year because it made business sense to me. But…
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Continue reading →: Comments on the Teachers' Strike!
I just couldn’t help but wonder the goodness in the majority of us, reading the following 2 comments to Nasheed’s blogpost on the Teachers’ Strike.The expression of the respect for teachers is so awesome! I can now understand the sentiments of the 12 year old child from Iskandhar and where…
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Continue reading →: People's Role and Participation in National Development
Thursday evening I stole away some time from an unusually back to back schedule to appear as a guest on Musthafa Hussain’s show “Alhugandu Dhekeygothugai…” (I think ) on TV Maldives. I was a guest at the show with Mota Hassan Manik, who has retired after 65 years of service…
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Continue reading →: Why has the President maitained a Silence over Teachers' Pay
Usually our President or any President of a People for that matter speaks to express himself/herself in times of national jubilation and also in times of crisis. The media (including the state media) has reported the ongoing industrial action and please by the teachers for a revision to their salaries,…
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Continue reading →: Industrial Action by Teachers: the Lesson
Today, industrial action by teachers of the country organized by the Association of Teachers Link, was completed successfully. The organizing committee has called off the strike and given the govenment a month to comply with the basic demands of teachers for a reasonable salary and honorable working conditions commensurate with…
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Continue reading →: Amendments to the Land Law
Haveeru Online has reported that the Majlis (Parliament) has passed a bill to allow lease of land for upto 35 years and also to allow for Maldivian nationals and legal entities with hundred percent Maldivian ownership to purchase more than one plot of land. The Majlis however failed to bestow…
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Continue reading →: Parliament concerned that Teachers will Strike
Haveeru has reported that the Maldives Parliament consisting mainly of business tycoons, resort owners, land lords and the highest paid government staff, who add a contribution of an alleged 100,000.00 Rufiyaa a month to their wealth from parliament which is more like a part-time job for them in actual practise;…
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Continue reading →: What can a pay commission do?
Finance Minister and the country’s biggest philanthropist cum business tycoon Gasim Ibrahim, who is also the Speaker of the Special Majlis who has been seen to be mainly responsible for the adoption last Thursday of the country’s new constitution has said that he asked President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom to form…
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Continue reading →: Teachers to go on Strike
Hundreds of teachers in Male’ have decided to go on strike on the 1st of July, demanding the Government to increase their wages to meet the rising cost of living due to inflation, according to Haveeru Online today. Read the full article here. The aim of the strike is to…
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Continue reading →: Congratulations Speaker Gasim!
After a four-year process of development, the Maldives’ constitutional assembly voted on Thursday to pass a final set of amendments to the country’s new constitution, meaning the document is now complete. Read more from the article published in Minivan News here I congratulate the Honorable Speaker of the Constituent Assembly…
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Continue reading →: Chasing Away Rannamaari Once and For All
It was over eight hundred years ago that the King of Maldive Island decreed that his people convert to Islam in order to get rid of Rannamaari that took away the lives of the young girls who reached puberty in this nation. Little did the people know that the Rannamaari…
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Continue reading →: MDP Party Reforms Underway!
New MDP Leader, Chaiperson Maria Ahmed Didi who is also MP for Male’ Atoll, has announced the names of key party officials who left the party. The announcement was made in the first National Executive Committee meeting held under her leadership. [I have been told that the NEC has not…
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Continue reading →: French Cinema at Athena Thursday Night
Organized by AFM (Association Franco Maldivienne) this is the third is a series of French movies organized at Athena Cinema. This time (Thursday, June 19,2008) the film is “Les Poupees Russes” [The Russian Dolls] by a French Writer/Director who scored enormous success amongst those who enjoy the artistic style of…
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Continue reading →: How to Receive Constructive Criticism
Here are 7 keys to effectively receive constructive criticism: Silence your feelings and listen objectively so you can get something from the feedback. Remember feedback is not final. It is only a part of your whole person and performance at any given point in time. Before saying “I know,” humbly…
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Continue reading →: The Celebration of a Life Time!
The country is ticking like a time-bomb ready to explode. There is complete anarchy everywhere. There is a complete cessation of ordinary life and law and order. The Maldives is celebrating the unpcrecedented success of its footballers, who have proven themselves to be national heroes. A woman talking to a…
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Continue reading →: How to Give Constructive Criticism!
Herein are 7 keys to giving constructive criticism: Consider and care for a person’s feelings before endeavoring to criticize them. Acknowledge a person’s strengths and accomplishments before plunging into recognizing their weaknesses. Build them up as a person first before pointing out flaws and dangers. Commit to the person and…
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Continue reading →: Children's Rights Action Group (CRAG)
CAWM has started a discussion topic in the Facebook Group (Child Abuse Watch Maldives) to muster volunteers for a possible initiative to engage at the local community level for the rights of children. The proposed objective is to create an caring environment in the local communities for children. The CRAG…
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