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Continue reading →: Six Years of Learning and Growth
Today I am completing six years with Damas, which is my full-time engagement in the private sector after 16 years of service in the government. Today is a day worth celebrating, and also a day for new committments and milestones for building a better future for my company, my family, my colleauges and myself.…
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Continue reading →: Our Children: A forgotten species!
Teacher caught red-handed molesting 8 year old boy! http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/?page=details&id=17647 The above news has so far not been reported in the Maldives Police Service website; similar to the torture, rape and video case of a 15 year old girl in Villingili. It is alarming that the majority of us seem…
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Continue reading →: I guess a parliamentary system will take this seriously!
The following is a linke to the news on Haveeru of three men who tortured and videoed a 15 year old girl nude in the "woods" of Villingili, an island of Male’ 8 minutes by boat. According to the newspaper the case was reported on the 8th of this…
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Continue reading →: A Roadside Interview!
Who will win the 8/18 Referendum? The decision will rest with the Elections Commissioner. I am not aware that anyone is competing is this referendum. The collective wisdom of the people will win. Somebody will take credit for it. Who will be the next President of Maldives? If the majority vote…
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Continue reading →: Change: Why so patriotic!
What do you want to change? Why do we want a change? Are we going to change? What is the problem? Why are we in peril? Are we concerned enough? What do they want? Why are they so keen? Are they interested in us? Or the Wealth to…
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Continue reading →: A New Opportunity: to Serve Care Society
In a rescheduled AGM of Care Society, I have been elected to the executive board of the Society. I was not in the meeting, but I had given my word to Ijaazullah that I would like to be a part of the executive body, if the general membership felt that way. In the…
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Continue reading →: But Why?
Why is the world so cruel Why are people so arrogant Why did god give us the power to hurt Innocent people’s feelings and lives To test us, perhaps To err, is human To be human, is natural But nature gives us the choice
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Continue reading →: Misinformation: Parliamentary v. Presidential
This morning as I commuted to work, I got down from the ferry and boarded a taxi to STO Trade Centre. The driver of the taxi asked me which form of government I supported for the country. I told him that I will not be voting in the Public Vote to decide a Form…
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Continue reading →: Resignation of Hassan and Jameel
The resignation of two strong heads in President Maumoon’s cabinet responsible for law and order sent a shock wave through the corridors of the political maze. It was so sudden and so unexpected – to the average citizen; and most people for that matter. The fact that the…
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Continue reading →: Blast from the Past
Quote (from 21 November 2005) The Reforms a Century Late … better than Never Reform are in full swing in the Maldives and ongoing without a hitch. Several things have been done and are being put on the table. But the "anti-reformists" are still not satisfied. The "anti-reformists" or…
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Continue reading →: The Future of Our Nation: How it is Governed!
Tonight at nine o’clock the most looked-forward event in the political reform process in the recent history of the country will happen at Dharubaaruge. The event organized by Haveeru is the first time that the two leading and opposing political parties in the country will have the opportunity for…
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Continue reading →: Young People: On Politicians
Interesting thoughts from a younger person! Ahmed said: http://ahm3dda1.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F602D98965A0817A!156.entry
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Continue reading →: The Circus that Failed a People
Do these people have any integrity Do they know they are the laughing stock Who have no value nor respect The Golhaas are hurt and wild about it They can’t face the music They are uncomfortable with criticism Golhaa Dharubaaru is a circus They ridicule the disabled and the…
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Continue reading →: How do you Deal?
How do you deal How do you deal with A person that is your enemy Someone who hates you Someone who hates the sight of you Someone who hates your skin Who hates your existence Who hates your being Who hates your kind Tolerance is the key To give…
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Continue reading →: Two Sides of a Coin
Yesterday evening as I was coming back from the Night Market, I came across a distant relative who was running a stall in the market. She said that she had along with six other friends of hers who worked in the same office. They were all from the Sales and…
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Continue reading →: Stuck to their Chairs by their Addiction: the Honorable Hypocrites!
I have stopped watching the television broadcasts of the National Circus that is called the Special Majlis, stopped reading about it in the media or listening to it’s media hattricks; however, how much I wanted to rid my life of these hypocrites and their drama I "stumbled into th issue" this…
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Continue reading →: Daddy Can you give me 10$?
A must read from Ummu Khadheeja: http://ummkhadheeja.blogspot.com/2007/07/daddi-can-you-give-me-10.html
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Continue reading →: Independent Maldives: For whom?
Today is the 42nd year since we started celebrating our independence day. Indepedence was brought to our motherland, because of (the culprits from) Addu according to the then Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Hon. Rasheed. It may also be true that the independence that we are celebrating today,…
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Continue reading →: MNCCI Night Market will start on July 27th
The MNCCI had its executive board meeting as schedule this afternoon at 4.30 pm. Today’s meeting was a highly productive meeting and ran longer than usual. It was concluded at 6.30 pm. On that agenda were deliberations on the Charter of the Chamber, issues related to MPA, Sri Lanka – Maldives trade, the Night…