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    Six Years of Learning and Growth

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    August 15, 2007

      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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  • Society

    Our Children: A forgotten species!

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    August 14, 2007

      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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  • News and politics

    I guess a parliamentary system will take this seriously!

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    August 13, 2007

      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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    A Roadside Interview!

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    August 12, 2007

      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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  • Poems

    Change: Why so patriotic!

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    August 11, 2007

      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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    A New Opportunity: to Serve Care Society

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    August 10, 2007

      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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  • Poems

    But Why?

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    August 9, 2007

      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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  • News and politics

    Misinformation: Parliamentary v. Presidential

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    August 8, 2007

      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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    Resignation of Hassan and Jameel

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    August 6, 2007

      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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    Blast from the Past

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    August 5, 2007

    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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  • News and politics

    The Future of Our Nation: How it is Governed!

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    August 4, 2007

      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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    Young People: On Politicians

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    August 3, 2007

      Interesting thoughts from a younger person! Ahmed said:   http://ahm3dda1.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F602D98965A0817A!156.entry 

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  • Poems

    The Circus that Failed a People

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    August 1, 2007

      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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  • Poems

    How do you Deal?

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    August 1, 2007

      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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  • Society

    Two Sides of a Coin

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    July 31, 2007

      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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  • News and politics

    Stuck to their Chairs by their Addiction: the Honorable Hypocrites!

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    July 29, 2007

      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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  • Health and wellness

    Daddy Can you give me 10$?

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    July 26, 2007

    A must read from Ummu Khadheeja: http://ummkhadheeja.blogspot.com/2007/07/daddi-can-you-give-me-10.html  

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  • News and politics

    Independent Maldives: For whom?

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    July 26, 2007

      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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  • Happiness

    MNCCI Night Market will start on July 27th

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    July 25, 2007

      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…

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