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mixed messages

2011-05-08T00:11:00.002+05:00

on the gathering held on friday by MDP its parlimentary group leader and the crowd gathered said to a safer maldives we need to get maumoon arrested. before 24 hours to we hear that the cabinet decides to renew the lease of alif dhaal ariyadhooo given to maumoons brother in law Ilyas ibrahim. he had been accused of fraud before when he was in the power both by the former regime and the present government. So what is the intension of the government.Is it that the current government
uses maumoon to gether support to them as a political tool?. are they afraid to prove the corruption of the former regime cause they themselves have corruption going in the government. hmm

Dollar change good?

2011-05-06T23:36:00.001+05:00

was the dolloar change good or bad?

Protest or Public Disorder?

2011-05-05T18:11:00.002+05:00

the protest that has been going in the street of Male for 5 consecutive nights is viewed in differently. supporters of the government view it as a plot organized by the opposition to overthrow the government by means of protest. taking a model of recent protest that led to government change in most of the middle east nations. The ruling party vows to defend the government by all means. the opposition and its supporters say it is protest by the youth to highlight the impact the country is facing due to the dollar reference change made by the government to stabilize the economy. the crime prevention committee and police view it as public disorder and accused that the protest are a proxy used by the underground gangs to get back at the police for the recent crackdown on them. however it is viewed the protests and the chain of events that occur due to the protest would have its affect's on the country

calls to arrest former government officials poltical drama?

2011-05-02T22:44:00.002+05:00

almost in all of the gatherings of the ruling MDP some of it parliament members and most of the time its parliamentary leader calls on the government to arrest former government officials over corruption and charges on to overthrow the government. till today the calls are not acted on. this raises the question every time MDP top officials call on the government to arrest former government officials are they playing a game to render support to them. a presidential commission have been in place and a lot of cases are said to be investigated by them till to date no case have been finished or sent to the courts. there is no news of any action taken from the commission. wonder of they are doing their job or is this also another game by the government. are they afraid if they do start taking action then their former vice president may also have to be investigated . hmm

Protest to bring down the price?

2011-05-02T12:57:00.002+05:00

two nights the capital male' have seen protests against the rising of prices due to the recent dollar change. the first night saw violent clashes between the police and protesters. the second night the ruling party had their supporters on the streets with some joining the protest the other half against the protest. the question is will the prices go down due to the protest. is the government ready to hear their call. since its an opposition protest the government probably will not listen. the other question is did the price go up entirely because of the dollar crisis or some people using the dollar crisis to their advantage?. why is local foods prices on the rise?. why did the price of stock rise that were already in the shops that was purchased before the dollar change?.why why why .

whats the meaning of the results?

2011-05-01T21:44:00.002+05:00

MDP concluded its internal elections yesterday and the result of its most contested post have been released and both President and his vice in the party went to two candidates that were not in active government jobs. The turnout of the elections have been criticized by some and now speculation of what the eletions result show is the latest buzz. some say the result shows the frustration inside the party for its current leadership. and it shows that members in the party wants independent candidates to be in its most top jobs rather than people people who are already holding top government jobs. questions are raised to what would the presidents move will be to the candidates who lost one of which is his special envoy since he lost 3 elections inside the party.the days to come will see

which TV Station ?

2011-04-30T22:45:00.002+05:00

wonder which TV Station in maldives now gives the truth. some say MNBC ONE. all who are in favour of the government likes it. the opposition says it gives every news one sided.Some say DhiTV gives it fair. People who favour DhiTV is the opposition. those who are against say that every news on it starts wordings thats against the government. there are people who favour VTV, but some say since its part of Villa group whose chairman is an opposition party leader all its news are ccontrolled by his policies. the newly formed Raaje TV according to some say is supported by the government. i guess the answer to which TV station talks the truth is it depends on which side of the political circle you are.

MDP elections

2011-04-29T20:29:00.002+05:00

tomorrow MDP is going to hold its internal elections. we have seen heated comments between canditates running for its presodent and vice president. one camp accusing the other on all sort of things. its secretery general lost his job for campaigning for a candidate. a debate between candidates was dropped after accusation of corruption. there were internet anti campaigns against candidates. some now say that after the election result there may be a crack in the party like what is now happening in DRP. some disagree with this saying MDP is much stronger and a drift as DRP because MDP is not a party based on one person but rather on an ideology. lets wait and see what happens

Dollar , Dollar

2011-04-26T22:34:00.003+05:00

from all corners of the country people are talking about the dollar crisis. you go to the local market ask for the price of something and get a high price and complain you will get the answer its due to Dollar crisis. even if you ask for the price of local foods you get the same. go to the fish market and the fisherman would say its because of the dollar crisis. the construction company complains that they are worst affected of the dollar crisis bacause they are forced to give salary increment to foreign staff . nobody seems to be talking about the real hardship that students studying abroad. they are now forced to pay extra 20% when they take money in the foreign country they are studying.

Child Abuse Cases Everyday.

2011-04-26T20:50:00.003+05:00

Everyday in the news we hear about a child abuse case being unfold. and its not Limited to locals .Expatriates are also involved. Some Say Child Abuse Cases were there before but its now people have the courage to report the issue. but still in some Families they tend to Hide the issue. sometimes when the child Report that some one in the family is doing bad things to them the child is being told not to talk about it. The other issue is when a case is reported the police can arrest the person with a court order after which the police gather up evidence against the person. before the case is fully investigated the court may decide to cancel the court order. this gives the chance for criminal to do more harm and go Missing.

Weaker oppossition a sure win for the Ruling Party

2011-04-23T12:48:00.002+05:00

The current State of the opposition makes you wonder can they give a good fight in the elections in the 2013 elections. The main opposition to many "DRP" is split between the former ruler and his running mate in the 2008 elections. both hate each other."Adhaalath party" is Split between for and against the Government."Jumhooree Party" Seems to be with a Naked Coalition With the Faction in "DRP" that supports the former Ruler. while "Gaumee Party" is Officially in partnership with the other Faction in "DRP". Nobody Knows What "PA" is upto they seems to be supporting the former ruler but ppl question their motive.There is no partnership between the opposition as it was back in the 2008 Elections. If the the situation of the opposition stays that way the 2013 elections is going to be a clear Win for the current Government.

Whats the solution for the gang fights?

2011-04-21T21:40:00.002+05:00

what could be the solution for the gang fights?. Is it to take all the gang members to jail. will it stop if they were given rehabilitation?. In the case of jail some would say it may solve the issue temporarily. Rehabilitation some would question can it be given in Maldives. Maybe if we look into why gangs are formed and try to eliminate the cause for gang formation it may be the best way. but everybody powerful to do anything about it seems to be caught up in political warfare. Maybe the before combating the gang violence we need to do a campaign to stop the political warfare

View the days Exchange Rates

2011-04-16T11:46:00.004+05:00

with the setup of a floating exchange rate everybody would want to know the current days exchage rate. well here is where you can view all the banks exchange rate in one place here

Everybody Wants better pay

2008-06-24T15:28:00.002+05:00

It seems everybody wants better pay for the work they are doing. the last addition to the list who are demanding more cash is the lawyers. earlier it was the teachers. it is understandable that everybody wants money but is there enough cash in the government to give?. it's hard to believe that there isn't as the salary of the parliament have been increased by 500% and the Auditor General's salary have been set to a record breaking 100000 ( to do his job independently). with the rising oil prices it is human nature for everyone to demand for better pay. hope our salary gets a raise

ROL Streaming SAFF championship

2008-06-09T08:31:00.001+05:00

ROl is Streaming The SAFF Championship http://www.rol.net.mv/live/TVM-Live.html watch it live when our team meets sri lanka on wednesday

private TV Channel going live on friday

2008-06-05T07:35:00.003+05:00

A New Private TV channel named "Future TV" will go live on B-net Cable this Friday at 8PM. it is said to be broadcasting Dhivehi Movies and songs. check it out if it is good

Employment Law

2008-05-27T13:05:00.000+05:00

the employment law has been signed by the president and within 45 days it will come into effect. you can view the law from http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/upload/downloads/employment.pdf
would be good to check it

DhiTV Started test Signal

2008-05-17T12:22:00.001+05:00

DhiTV one of the private TV stations given permision to broadcast has started their test signal. Tune into channel 50 of your MediaNet Decoder every night after 8 . check it out

Anti Corruption Board

2008-05-11T07:52:00.002+05:00

Here is the link to the Anti-Corruption Board of Maldives http://www.acb.gov.mv/index.aspx
and here is the link to the cases they have sent to Attorney General Office for Prosecution http://acb.gov.mv/Images/case_to_ago.pdf . do check it out

Permanent Secretaries Appointed so far

2008-05-01T18:51:00.001+05:00

http://www.csc.gov.mv/ps.pdf

IGMH Duty Roster Available Online

2008-04-29T13:22:00.000+05:00

http://www.igmh.gov.mv/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=33

Civil Service Website

2008-04-29T13:15:00.001+05:00

Civil Service Commision have launched their website do check out. it would be good to know the Code of Conduct and the Civil Service LAW before it gets into to gear on May 1st http://www.csc.gov.mv/

HFM posted their schedule

2008-04-27T12:52:00.002+05:00

HFM managed by the local daily Haveeru has published their programme schedule. check it out http://www.hfm.com.mv/schedule

Another FM channel coming soon

2008-04-22T17:25:00.004+05:00

another FM service named Hot FM has been given permission to broadcast on FM92.4. when will the first private TV station come into service?

Another Radio Service On

2008-03-20T16:13:00.001+05:00

Another Radio Service Came to Service this time its FM 96 Radio Atoll. they would be sending test signal on FM 96 due tune into the channel to get its signal.

Civil Service Will it come to Life

2008-03-19T19:42:00.002+05:00

will the Civil Service really come to life on May 1st is a qiestion difficult to answer now. With Major amendments proposed to the Civil Service Law raises a lot of Questions. Already the Civil Service Commision Has Started to giving Notice to People Over 65 that they will have to retire after 1st of May. But the amendments proposed suggest to give them a period of two more years. If the amendments gets Passed then the Letters Civil Service Sent will be a waste. Furthermore the Presidents office have it seems instructed Government Offices to treat the people who are exemted from the Civil Services Commision in the ammendment it proposed to the majlis as Political Posts. The Civil Service are conducting training to Government Staff about the Law and if the amendments got passed most of the onformation would be of no use. hence the Service may loose the trust of the Employees. untill 1st may we will have to wait and see

Toxic Water

2008-03-17T14:16:00.002+05:00

Days after the tragic death of five ppl food and drug authority confirmed that the water used for cleaning the fish in the main fish market and the surrounding sea area near to the fish market. the food and drug authority blamed it on contamination of fish waste and swerage for the toxity. the question is what the about the other areas?. is the waters surrounding the male' safe. a lot of waste is thrown to the sea by the dhoanis anchored and even swerage is disposed to the sea. the authorities need to make sure that the water is safe in other areas and if there is the public should know if there is any danger. it would be good to check the track area and the artificial beach area where most go for swimiing to see if there is any concers that the public should know about. if there is a concern it should be addressed. we need to do that to avoid the conflicts between government officials after the mish market deaths that one warned the other of the toxic nature before the incident. its always better to tackle the problem before it gets deadly.

Ammendments to Exclude Friends and Family

2008-03-11T20:44:00.006+05:00

The government have sent amendments to the civil service law to exclude a lot of people from the list of civil service. Almost all the entities the government wants to be excluded includes the members of the " favor List of the government". the Government's Proposed include Minister Level Posts, State Minister Level Posts,Special Advisers to the President, Political advisor's to the Ministers, Atoll Chiefs , Island Chiefs, and so on. Most of the people say the government seems to be afraid of loosing the Power they had on the people and the government is not very truthful of bringing reforms to the country and the government always favors Family and friends over the people.
Some People Even say the President may even Declare that civil service is not acceptable for the country yet and may abandon the civil service law.It seems Law is not for friend and family. or maybe most of the Time to attract customers companies are using Friends and Family package and the Government just copied their strategy .

HFM started their Test Signal

2008-03-05T20:38:00.002+05:00

HFM has started their test Signal on FM 92.6. they say they will be sending music it would we good to tune into the channel to see if you get the frequency. their test signal now available online too visit http://www.hfm.com.mv/ to get their station

Honeymoon Period for Civil Service

2008-03-02T23:49:00.002+05:00

today the much Awaited civil service came to operation. after today it seems that all government staff will be Managed by the Civil Service. I was thinking that today the president would issue a decree postponing the handover of government management reasoning that there are some issues clarified by the majlis as there are ammendment recommended by the government to exclude some more government offices from the civil service. But thankfully it didn't happen that way. However the first day in operation it seems it received a complain from a senior government official on his job reallocation from one ministry to another. May 1st is the deadline for the civil service fully come active. the two months ahead of the deadline is seen as the Honeymoon period of the Civil Service. it would receive numerous complains from the civil servants and it is how they tackle these complains and the challenges they come across that will make the people believe in the Civil Service and its Integrity. lets hope things goes well

Promotions for DRP Members ...........................................

2008-02-27T21:59:00.005+05:00

Today we saw two new State Ministers appointed. It seems we are the country who have the highest number of Ministers. DO we really need these many ministers?.with almost 3 days for the Civil Service to take over the Government Staff Management Most of the High Ranking DRP Members are either a Minister, a State Minister or a Deputy Minister.which means when the civil service comes most of the DRP Members are untouchable. Do we really need a state minister to run the Electricity Company or the Immigration Department?.There is No logical reason for the promotions other than to make All DRP Members untouchable to the Civil Service.It want be a surprise if we hear other promotions during the weekend.

Two new FM Channels Coming Soon

2008-02-23T18:48:00.002+05:00

Two New Fm channels are going to come to Maldives. One is HFM which will broadcast on 92.6 and Radio 7. All these channels will Broadcast to male' area. so When will the FM channels which Will Broadcast to the Atolls Start?

Promotion Marathon

2008-02-23T15:08:00.002+05:00

March 2nd the Presidents office is to hand over government staff management to the Civil Service and it seems the government is in a race against time to give promotions to everyone who are in the parliament which represents the Elite "DRP" and whoever holds a Influential job in it. some of them have been given a promotion twice within a week.Even Today 4 people are promoted to Deputy Minister level.Most Likely the promotion Fever will end when the civil service takes over or will it?

Will Maldivians Abroad get the right to vote?

2008-02-11T18:38:00.000+05:00

The constitution stated before that every Maldivian over the age of 21 can vote. the New constitution is passed anybody over the age of 18 have the right to vote. The constitution never said whoever is abroad at the time of voting will not have the right to vote. But they have never been given the right.In the past the Maldivians who lived abroad have been neglected when it comes to voting. If they want to vote they have to come to the country to vote.even recently when the referendum was held they neglected the issue. There seems to a lot of Embassies of Maldives Established around the world. But will the government use these institutions abroad give the citizens of Maldives to vote in the coming elections. Does anyone care about this issue?. there are a lot Maldivians in Sri Lanka , India and UK and Malaysia and other places. Will HRCM or Any political party act to make sure they get their rights?. or will they be ignored yet again?

Police Commisioners letter

2008-02-08T11:45:00.000+05:00

Minivan news published a letter which is said to have been sent by the Police Commissioner to the Elections Commissioner to take action against the biggest opposition party for their role in trying to change the government with the help of a foreign party. and another letter from the Elections Commissioner to the Presidents Office and later to the Attorney General on Advice on the matter.
The interesting Part of this whole letters is that the Elections Commissioner asked the presidents office which is Governed by the Head of the Rival Party. And then ask for legal assistance from the Attorney General. this puts question on how fair the verdict would be to any opposition party. and the other thing thats surprising is that the Police Commissioner is Concerned About a political Party trying to change the government with the assistance of a Foreign Political Party while he puts a blind eye when the Parliament is almost completing the Constitution of the Maldives with the help of foreign experts which bare a lot of their followings.
One would winder trying to change the government with foreign help is dangerous while trying to impose foreign law on People is ok. it reminds us of the old saying "Presidency comes first"

Betrayed Again

2008-02-07T23:45:00.001+05:00

When the government decided to raise the salary of the government employees. they originally said that the lowest jobs will get the highest increase. People did believe it a little when the raise proportion was announced although a lot of them complained about the prices of goods not going down and in relation to the raise of prices is small.
Today we heard a news which deepens the complaining. the ministers , state ministers , deputy ministers got a salary increase to the same proportion as the lowest employees got. it seems the government has yet again betrayed the people.it failed to show "fairness to all " and "sticking to their words". proving they comes first before the people. but i don't think anybody will be surprised. its probably what the government have been doing for a long time betraying the people

May 1st a Big Day of Change

2008-02-06T23:32:00.000+05:00

May 1st is celebrated around the world as may day. this year its going to be the day a big shakeup of government will take place. it is the day when The first ever Civil Service of the Maldives comes into affect. they have already given an ultimatum for the members of parliament who are currently in the government and holds a non political post to choose either the parliament or Civil Service and they have given notice to everyone who are above 60 in the government and who holds a non political post in the government to retire before that date or they will be forced to retire.Over the next 2and a half month there will be probably a lot of Vacant jobs in the government. But People wonder will it be for the better or for the worse?

Dr Afrashim makes news Again

2008-02-01T19:19:00.000+05:00

Today most of the local news websites went to active with a breaking news about Dr Afrashim Being attacked. it seems Dr Afrashim makes headlines after his infamous sermon given about music being legal in Islam. After he expressed his "Views" in a TV programme during the ramazaan he have been the target of what is commonly known as "Religious People". Some people have even questioned if he is authorised by the Supreme Councl For Islamic Affairs to give religious sermons.
Does All the Reason a lot of people dislike make him eligable to be attacked?.

Another New Maldives?

2008-01-27T22:59:00.000+05:00

Today the news came that a Movement in the name of "New Maldives" got registered in the home ministry.What would happen to the "New Maldives Movement" that became famous with the former ministers?.Interesting fact is that the movement got registered days after the current legal reform minister stated in his blog that the movement that Dr Hassan brands as new Maldives has no legal grounds. it was never a legitimate registered movement according to him.
The events that happened before the movements registered today as "New Maldives" Makes a lot of people point the finger at the government for playing dirty politics to sabotage support or Dr Hassan's Rising Popularity. Some people questions if the New Maldives Movement don't have any legal Standings why was it not Banned when they were still ministers of the government. why did it became illegal movement after Dr Hassan went against the government?. Some Adds Dr Hassan's New Maldives was legal according to old Constitution and maybe with new constitution it Became illegal. it Would be interesting to know what the people think the real New Maldives Movement is according to their view

How will it go this time?

2008-01-25T16:00:00.000+05:00

Today Island Aviation Started international Flights. the first destination is India. the company says that anyone can go to India from any Airport in Maldives. With the fate of Air Maldives still in mind people question will it end the way it ended like its predecessor . Will the company be open about their financial status. and if it did face problems like Air Maldives will the company be open About it.

The President is Always Right

2008-01-21T11:34:00.000+05:00

there is a saying customer is always right. well in Maldives the saying modified to a local way and its called the president is always right. If the president said something then it usually becomes law and anyone who says otherwise is trying to give wrong information. an incident like this happened very recently the president in a DRP gathering said that the special majlis said that the majlis passed a resolution enabling him to compete in the elections and anyone who says otherwise is not giving the right information.
The majlis said it passed a resolution saying that no one who have served two five year terms cannot compete in the elections. if the president is saying the truth then people who says of what the president said in june 9 th is lying. and people who says in the the constitution that came to effect in 1997 had the same clause and later was removed is also lying.
furthermore people who says what the president said in DRP gathering put questions of the independantness of the special majlis is also lying. The president is Always Right

I can compete for another term

2008-01-19T22:48:00.000+05:00

the president have said in the 27th annual meeting of DRP the the special majlis have passed the resolution on five year terms so that he can still compete in another election. the opposition have been saying the opposite. The state media also promotes that the president can have another term and there were advertisement in local newspaper congratulating the president for that.
the opposition says he cant compete for another term saying the resolution clearly states that no one who have completed 2 five year term as president cannot be a candidate. how will this fight end. i asked a friend about his opinion as to if he thinks the president can compete in the elections he said yes he can. constitution says that anyone who have completed 2 five year terms as president cannot compete and the president has completed only 1 term consisting of 30 years. and in earlier elections it was kinbigasdhoshugey maumoon who competed while this time its going to be the zaeem of DRP competing. i guess he may be right

suddenly the question of why

2008-01-15T23:00:00.000+05:00

yesterday the special majlis passed that anybody who have completed two terms as president cannot participate in another presidential elections as a candidate. after this resolution was passed a new question was put forward. was the special majlis amending the constitution or is this a new constitution being passed.the opposition says it a constitution was ammended while the DRP or the ruling party says its a completely new constitution.
the opposition says that the special majlis was passed to amend the current constitution and because of the resolution passed yesterday the current president could not participate. and this resolution can only be changed by the high court and even high court cannot change the fact
the DRP says it is a new constitution being passed and the president can be a candidate. they say that they will go to the high court if they have to .
we probably will see heated sessions in the majlis in the days to come. some people suggest that all the problem comes because the current president wants to be the president as long as he wants

was the bodyguards at fault?

2008-01-12T18:32:00.000+05:00

the bodyguards of the president has come under a lot of criticism after the attack on the president at Hoarafushi.most of them blaming the bodyguards for not reacting before the scout did. some says there was a very loose security compared to the volatile political situation at the time. some says there should be tigher security for the president specially after september 29th attack on last year. some says that this shows how little the countries security forces have been ready for a threat.
there are others who says the bodyguards did what they should do. and according to them the bodyguards did protect the president and they took the president away from harm very quickly. they say that in a campaign trip it would be difficult to have a very tight security and the bodyguards did there best given the situation.
some even suggest to investigate the issue to see of the bodyguards were in fact at fault or not

who carried out the attack

2008-01-09T20:03:00.000+05:00

The president was targeted with a knife attack recently by a 20 year old youth. he has been arrested by the police with 3 more people. the question now is who did it and why?. the president in an interview to the state media said he dont wont to comment and its upto the police to find out while his spokesman was quick to point the finger @ the opposition alliance. the alliance deny this. some suggest that it was a campaign drama played by the ruling party as it is known to gather support and simpathy to them while others blame it on religious extremist. since 4 people has been arrested indicates that it was not a solo incident and it was an organised crime. lets wait and see what the investigation reveals

equal campaign rights

2008-01-07T18:29:00.000+05:00

This year we will see multiple candidates campaigning for the presidency , and one would wonder will there be equal campaign rights ?. a lot of this will be tested as one of the candidates happens to be the current president. There would be allegations against whoever is responsible for caretaking the process. Already people are saying that it wont be Fair . Speaking to DHiFM IDP president Umar Naseer said if the president campaigns using his official launch and have full security then the others should be treated the same way during the campaign process.

FAR AWAY FM available Online

2008-01-05T11:33:00.001+05:00

the latest adition to private radio station FAR AWAY FM is now Available online to tune in go to http://www.rol.net.mv/stream/far_awayFM.wax

Free & Fair Elections , is it possible?

2008-01-04T15:30:00.000+05:00

the government says they will do whatever it is to make the 2008 elections free and fair. but a lot of people will ask is it possible?. some say it cannot be possible with the current government in place stating that the current president is a candidate in the elections and he will use his powers to make it favourable to him. a government who have been ruling for 30 years which according to some people ruled with and iron fist have tried to forge the elections before and there is no gurantee they will not do it again. and the solution people suggest is a transitional government with independant government.
the current government heavily disagrees saying that the current constitution dosent allow a transitional govenment and all the talk a transitional government to have a free and fair elections is just another way to make lies.

2 new Political party gets registered

2007-12-26T22:38:00.000+05:00

2 new political party got registered how many political party do we need?. one for each person i guess http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=62171

2008 Budget

2007-11-28T10:16:00.000+05:00

2008 budget is available from here check it to see if what you want is included in it

30 th November

2007-11-28T06:23:00.000+05:00

day after tomorrow will be the much awaited 30th November and its almost sure that the constitution will not finish by then. what would happen on that day will there be protest on the streets?. will the special majlis just coolly decide another deadline?. who will be the blamed for the failure?. the president of the country or the president of the majlis or its members?. or will the public be blamed for it?. lets wait and see. the drama will unfold just less than 48 hours

Dr Saeed VS Government

2007-11-25T21:57:00.000+05:00

since the resignation of Dr Hassan Saeed he had been on the limelight for making comments on the governments failure on all fronts. and the government had been responding to each comment he has made. sometime you may think hassan saeed is viewed as a greater threat than all the political parties combined. the latest of the clashes have been recently due to changes proposed by the DRP to the chapter on the "President " to the the constitution been drafted. with hassan saeed accusing the government of a plot to block him from becoming the president. i wonder who will win in this continued clashes.

chapters of the constituoon passed so far

2007-11-22T21:11:00.000+05:00

november 30th is the deadline that the majlis has set themselves to finish the constitution. before that we need to know what it would consist of. take a look at the passed chapters from http://www.haveeru.com.mv/pdf/majlis-progress2.html

Al-qaeda has its eye on maldives

2007-11-20T11:13:00.000+05:00

a website has released a vedeo they say will soon be released by al-qaeda to call in assistance to the himandhoo prisoners. maldives came under the lime light of al-qaeda i guess. http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2007/11/ansar-almujahideen-targets-the/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFJWzsee3Zk

Another Suicide

2007-11-05T23:50:00.000+05:00

Another person of 28 years has committed suicide. it seems suicide has been very common in the maldives lately but it seems that any one in concerned over it. they say people commit suicide because they couldn't cope with situation and they see it as a last thing to get rid of the situation. isnt it time we set up a hotline where people can discuss there can talk to someone who could give advice to them . explain to them of how they could tackle the situation to solve the problem and let the young people know that suicide is not the best option available. maybe the religious scholars can explain to the people how suicide is viewed in the religion. someone needs to do something .

the race for presidency

2007-11-05T17:39:00.000+05:00

the race for the presidency is on now. already president maumoon,Umar Naseer,Reeko Ibrahim Manik,Ibra,Hassan Saeed has said they will contest. Adhaalath Party has said they would Appoint someone who will participate after the constitution is passed and MDP has yet to Finalize of their Candidate.It would be an interesting election Year. probably all the candidates will use whatever they got to take the title. It would be the Acid Test for the current President who haven't been contested this fiercely in his almost 30 years as president. but it all depends on when and if the drafted constitution get passed before end of this year.

Finally Salary to be increased

2007-11-04T21:22:00.000+05:00

the presidents office has revealed they have decided to increase the salary to be increased from next year and also to provide free education material to grades 1 to 12. it would be a relief to most of the people. with election year next year it would be criticized as a campaign trick. http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=59991

Capital Radio on Internet

2007-11-01T12:18:00.001+05:00

capital radio can be listened on internet @ http://www.capital956.fm/ please do check

Finally Attorney General Appointed

2007-10-31T12:54:00.000+05:00

president has finally appointed Azima Shukoor as the new attorney general and renamed the information ministry as Ministry of legal reform and information just as some newspapers have been speculating for days .

http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=59806

I am back

2007-10-30T21:39:00.000+05:00

i was in and out of hospital for the last few weeks so i couldn't update my blog. i am back now and will update as before

New ATMS of Bank of Maldives Installed

2007-10-11T12:44:00.000+05:00

new ATM machine of Bank of Maldives have been installed near MCSE and Olympus. check it out if other ATM's Are crowded

Some IGMH Doctors asked to stay at home

2007-10-11T10:10:00.000+05:00

a newspaper has reported that some IGMH doctors have been asked to stay at home. among the doctors include Doctor Niyaf. it says the doctors themselves dosent have a clue why they have been asked to stay at home. guess even the doctors dosent have job security http://www.jazeera.com.mv/posts/view/4737

why did religious extremism came to maldives?

2007-10-09T19:42:00.000+05:00

after the recent bombing of sultan park and the standoff between security forces and religious extremist in himandhoo we ask ourself why did this come to maldives. some would say its due to the repression of the current government. some would say its the bi-product of too much freedom in maldives.
people who say its the result of repression say that because the government have had a heavy hand on everything prior to 2003. and when they started to loosen the grip people started to distrust what the government said and more beleived the religious scholars who said anything against the government regardless of whether its true or nt.
people who say its due to too much freedom says that its because of the freedom some scholars started to eleborate some religious issues that are debatable and went with it.
some others would say its because of the government's neglegiance to educate the people about religious issues.according to them its only recently that the state TV started broadcasting how to pray. and they say the government body to educate the people about the religion "supreme council for islamic affairs " had been promoting government propegenda for so long people lost trust in it hence loosing trust of almost all religious scholars who had any view similar to that of the govenment stance on it and people went for scholars who have contradictory version of religious issues
which ever the reason the government and the religious scholars need to tackle the issue before another incident happens.

Himandhoo terrorost hive?

2007-10-07T20:15:00.000+05:00

today the security forces of the country clashed with the himandhoo extremist. from the news photos it seems they are way overboard. according to one news paper it was the worst clashes they saw in maldives. the himandhoo extremist were masked and had swords and petrol bombs with them and they were using it against the security forces. it sems himandhoo is the terrorist hub of maldives the pictures are disturbing and they say say have causgt 3 police officers with them. it brings fears in to the normal persons mind what had my maldives become of?. .exclusive pics @ http://ooopx.info/blog/2007/10/exclusive-pictures-of-the-dot-dheen-vs-copz.html/
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=58786
http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/nets/dh/view.asp?nav=24083835256501&catid=2072&articleID=88

police searching for bomb suspect in himandhoo

2007-10-07T12:10:00.000+05:00

police now carrying out special operation in himandhoo http://www.jazeera.com.mv/posts/view/4613
http://www.miadhu.com.mv/div/news.php?id=7304
http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/nets/
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=58786

Why did they do it? and who are they?

2007-10-04T21:59:00.000+05:00

a lot of suspects have been arrested in connection with bombing of the sultan park but we havent heard about the reason why we did it. they say the people in custody have confessed to doing it and they have told why they did it but the police still says they can't publisize why they did it yet. they say they can't say yet if and whether the bombing is connected to any organisation yet. but according to news reports all the people arrested do have long beards and are beleived to be following strict islamic fanatic beliefs. and last night they raided a place where a grouop of muslim fanatic uses as a mosques and according to the news report the police took a some IED's. the police havent confirmed this.
why did maldivians want to blow up places?. and why should they target the industry we are so musch depended upoun?. it cannot be linked to any islamic belief cause islam stickly forbids harming others for no reason. and just because they have beards and turbans they cannot be linked to muslims cause islam is not represented by something you wear or how long your beard is.so whatever their beleif is and for what ever reason they did they could be best described as psychos who needs serious psycological help. hmmm

"NO TO TERRORISM! DON'T TOUCH OUR MALDIVES!"

2007-10-04T11:59:00.000+05:00

"We don't want terrorists and terrorism in our Maldives!
Join the cyber-protest by Maldivian bloggers."

Here is how you can join :
If you condemn the attack of the 29th September and you demand the authorities punish those who organised and carried out the attack most severely and demand safety and security for our people and country, then join the cyber-protest!
To join, just create a new post with the topic as:
"NO TO TERRORISM! DON'T TOUCH OUR MALDIVES!"
And the body to read:
"We don't want terrorists and terrorism in our Maldives!
Join the cyber-protest by Maldivian bloggers."

our peace shattered.

2007-09-30T11:35:00.000+05:00

yeaterday would probably go down in history as the first ever bomb blast in the maldives. the bomb it seems was targetted at a specific time for a specific people.they day being the 17th of ramazaan ( the day of BADR" ) and the targetted area was tourists rather than locals do strongly suggests that this was an act of islamic extremist. if so this means that maldives have a clear threat from islamist now. but some do suggest that this may be the act of democratic reform, they set the stage so that it would be pointed at islamist. and some would say that this is the act of government to score points in the upcoming elcetions to score points. whoever did it did a serious mistake. they have striked at the already fragile economy of maldives. it shattered the record we are having as a peaceful place where you can find peace and happiness. this changes the international community views us. the people who are responsible for this childish act should be punished to the full extent of the LAW. they should not come under any pardoning of anyone whoever it is. we should not let any kind of extremism take over this peacceful nation we are so proud of.its good to know that two people have been arrested in connection hope they catch the gang behind this..

Handover the prisons to the military Says IDP

2007-09-27T13:55:00.000+05:00

the IDP has called on the home minister to hand over the prisons to the military they claim that when the military was controlling the prison it was more organised. hmm was it really organised if it were why were a lot of inmates dead when they controlled it?. the prison may be in control but will the torture of inmates stop?.there were widespread systemetic torture when it was under the military. i dont think handing over the prison to the military will solve the problem. its not an issue of who is controlling the prison thats the problem but the managing of the prison the problem.if there were a clear code of ethics on the prison then it would be more manageble. the inmates should know what their rights are and when will the boundary stop. and the prison guards should know how they can act to control the prison at different times and when to use force and how much force they can use or rather their should be trained guards to control it.but not of this will work if the prison is being used as a political game by the political parties
http://www.haamadaily.com/dhiv/details.php?id=3635&cat=dhivehihabaru

DRP Suspends its Deputy

2007-09-26T20:05:00.000+05:00

DRP has suspended former attorney general and one of it's deputy and the former justice minister and one of it council member in participating in Any DRP activities. the reason pointed out has been that they criticised the government and its reform agenda and criticising the president. check the news @ http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=58362. how would the Dr Hassan react to this?. and what would be the reaction to this from the information minister and one of the best friends of Dr Hassan?. the information minister is said to be reluctant to accept the post of attorney general out of respect for his friend. lets see how sincere he is

when will the new attorney general be sworn in?

2007-09-24T00:50:00.000+05:00

Its been days now after the resignation of the attorney general and still no one has been appointed to the post. all the otheres who resigned have been replaced. in the case of the attorney general ots still vacant. ofcourse information minister us overlooking the office but he has stated that he dont want it to be a permanent post. some newspapers have reported that the president want to divide the tasks of the attorney general some of it coming under the information minter. and it has also been reported that the new attorney general would be the current home minister. the president have said even with the resignation of the ministers government would survive and the information minister have stated that the post of atttorney genral has ben selected and the president will nominate the person after he returned from his jordan trip. it's been days after that and still the post is empty. either the government dosent know what to do to the post or the government probably dosent have someone they can trust to be as attorney general after all the post hold a critical power at this changing times and the government would be very careful who they appoint to the post. the latest attorney general shocked the the government to be cautious in their decison. lets wait and see

FIFA rejects FAM

2007-09-20T13:19:00.000+05:00

FIFA the governing body oin world football has rejected the leadership of FAM. according to the FIFA the FAM (Football association of Maldives) needs to get elected before 31st of December. question is was the old FAM leadership elected. if not why did FIFA accepted their leadership?
http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/nets/dh/view.asp?nav=22253985733277&catid=1886&articleID=72

MPA unable to cope with the load?

2007-09-19T11:24:00.000+05:00

last night we heard that workers at the MPA did damage to the clearenc office of MPA. The Workers unhappy over long wait to clear the goods and other mismangement of MPA ( according to some newspapers).they just were unruly crowd (According to Government Media).all the time MPA says the same thing the Harbour is too small and overcrowding will occur when capacity exceeds. they have been saying that for a long time. the Commercial Harbour never seems to be able to cope with the demand and always space is to blame. how much space does MPA needs?. the whole of Male' ?. the amount of space the commercial harbour is going to be limited cause male' happens to be a place where people live.Why should all the goods that come to Maldives have to be unloaded here?. what is the use of Hulhu Male' ,kulhudhufushi, and addu atoll MPA space?. which law says all goods have to be unloaded to here and redistributed. why cant some goods be unloaded to those sub stations. Maybe if they did that the price of goods in the atolls may decrease.its just another mismanagement of the current administration maybe it needs to have a reform agenda yeah maybe...

Anyone can serve only two terms as president?

2007-09-18T12:32:00.000+05:00

the drafting commitee have drafted the section on the president on the constitution as "anyone who have served 2 terms as presidnet cannot be the president again". Somepeople will get overjoyed by the news hoping that the current president will not be able to be president. but some will look at it in a critical way. i happen to be one who is sceptical about it. the thing hasnt been rectified by the majlis and the 29 members of the current president is still in the majlis and even if it get passed the question will be raised as to when would the 2 years be counted will it be from the date the constitution comes into affect or from the time the country became a republic. lets see what happens when the draft comes into the majlis and watch the drama as it unfolds .

IDP says death Penalty for addicts

2007-09-17T08:55:00.000+05:00

IDP president has said if he is president he would impose death penalty for drug addicts. well then a lot of people have to be killed and probably there would be a solution to overcrowding of the population i guess. He also said that both DRP and MDP cannot cure the drug crisis and he reasoned by saying that DRP is the party that made the crisis and MDP cant do it cause most of the top level and party activist of MDP according to him are drug addicts. serious accusation i guess if you can't prove it. abig bluff coming out from a president of a political party and from someone eho have declared that he would be running for presidency of 2008.Is what he says practical?. will the people with all disgust to addicts approve death penalty for them and to get the death penalty he would have to endorse it through the majlis will he be able to get the support of the majlis for it?. and will the international community that we are so embedded in approve it?. the answer to most is likely to be "no" than a "yes" http://www.miadhu.com.mv/div/news.php?id=6928

Chief Government Spokeman liquidated?

2007-09-13T12:38:00.000+05:00

there are reports that chief governmet spoken post has been liquidated by the government. if this is true why did the government took the decision?.maybe its related to the leaked letter of information minister during the resignation on the then foreign minister?. if so then all the communication of the government would be through the information ministry. hmm http://www.haamadaily.com/dhiv/details.php?id=3414&cat=dhivehihabaru

Powerful Earthquake generated

2007-09-12T17:31:00.001+05:00

Powerful quake hits indonesia with a magnitude of 7.9 tsunam,i alert given please stay off the coast http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/12/indonesia.quake/index.html

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

STELCO fuel pipe leaks

2007-09-12T12:55:00.001+05:00

check the story @ http://www.jazeera.com.mv/posts/view/3957 my question is who will take responsibility for it

Ramazaan moon Puzzle

2007-09-07T19:51:00.000+05:00

ramazaan will meet us in days and the biggest puzzle every year is what would be the first day of ramazaan. the calendar says it is the 13th of september. but sometimes its decided against the calendar. sometimes its decided according to astrological data other times it is decided if the moon was sighted to a muslim nation. the ordinary person dosent have a clue when it would be the first day. sometimes if the astrological data says that the moon wont be sighted then it wont be decided as the first of ramazaan other times its acted differently. some say its decided to the mood the president is. hope the president is in a good mood when he returns from jordan

aafathis news website have a new look

2007-09-06T19:58:00.000+05:00

aafathisnews have changed its website layout check it out http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/net/

Will there be a pay raise

2007-09-06T13:35:00.000+05:00

the price of everything is going up. the only thing thats not going up is the salary. the fasting season is days away. its a season where the spending gets high. if the salary is not raised then it would be a very hard times. does the government always remembers its people only when voting comes. the salary and allowances of the island chiefs was raised days before the referendum. this proves that there is no shortage of money for the government. do we have to wait till next year November to get a raise?. Hmm what to do. if the salary is not raised then atleast the government can try to control the prices. hmmm

Police service had camera trained on voters

2007-09-05T20:22:00.000+05:00

human rights commission has revealed that they have found that police service have surveillance camera trained on voters in one area of place they observed. they said this in their final report they published http://www.hrcm.org.mv/files/82__aammu%20sirru%20vote%202007%20ge%20thafseelee%20report.pdf
( see page 9) police service have admitted that they did it but said they did so to maintain law and order. hmm this only add more distrust to the outcome of the voting .

Majlis Miadhu the best commedy show ever

2007-09-05T09:48:00.000+05:00

after TVM and radio started broadcasting the majlis people has started watching and listening to these two stations. it has become the best ever real comedy series ever been broadcasted. the acting and the script are world class. but now we are hearing that they are thinking of discontinuing this series which would make the ratings of the stations to decline. hope they continue the show so that we get to laugh our heads off before we go to sleep. at least it will make us forget the problems we face everyday and give us a happy mood. that series is sure to get the best commedy series in any TV award ceremony.

Detail report of the referendum of august 18 released

2007-09-04T20:07:00.001+05:00

the human rights commission of the maldives has published their final report on the august 18th referendum check it out from http://www.hrcm.org.mv/files/82__aammu%20sirru%20vote%202007%20ge%20thafseelee%20report.pdf

Is the police capable?

2007-09-04T10:57:00.001+05:00

is the police capable of maintaining law and order is a question some will ask. well the safe of municipalty was stolen building was torched and criminals are loose on the street. police took action only after 3 places was torced and after the safe was stolen and police only started searching for loose criminals when all these things started happening. they are supposed to make thse things not happen. they probably should act before crime strike. there are a lot of cameras placed around male' and when something happen its never captured on any cameras. but sometimes they act very swiftly like they stopped the strike organized by opposition party. and when they stop it they use brutal force and filthy language. in these cases they are seen as provokers rather than try to restore law and order. hmmm

Majlis News on DhiFM

2007-09-03T09:11:00.000+05:00

from today DhIFM will bring majlis news on the day of a majlis meeting do tune to DhiFM to get whats happening in the majlis

What did we vote for?

2007-09-02T12:06:00.000+05:00

what did we vote for in the august 18 referendum?. before the voting it was said that we are not voting for if the current government is right or wrong or if we are happy with the current government. it was said we are voting for the future of our country and whats best for the future of this country. however after the vote that had changed. now we are hearing that the result indicate the support by the people for the current government and the trust people had with the current government and DRP. the hard fact of campaign lies are coming out. we are yet again fooled by the current government. some DRP people and the government and the president himself has said the result indicate support for the current government. have they forgotten that 3 other parties also campaigned for the Presidential system and the result may consist of their supporters too. dont they have any respect for the other political party and their supporters?

somebody tried to torch the Dr zahir hussain's garage

2007-09-01T21:36:00.000+05:00

someone had tried to set fire on Dr Zahir hussain's garage. police say they are investigating it. lets see the cameras in the area is any help to them. http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=57248

MDP muzahira started

2007-09-01T20:35:00.000+05:00

MDP has started their "muzaahiraa" today evening at 16:30. withinn minutes Men in blue came and dismantled them and they their is total chaos in the area. all news sites have been reporting about the event some reporting that police at times just arrest anyone they want . the opposition earlier said that this is a series of " muzaahiraas". in difficult times for the country is this the right thing to do?.

http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/di/stories/?section=6&story=7699
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=57258
http://www.miadhu.com.mv/div/index.php

Back

2007-08-31T17:45:00.000+05:00

i am back to blogging. i was sick for sometime so i wasnt able to post any new blog entry. sorry that my blog was not updated for sometime. the poll i posted on my blog says most people view by blog as crap 12 people voted and 4 people think its crap 3 says its not good while 3 says it is good and 2 says its excellent. had to do a lot i guess to make this blog something that people like.

Media Unlimited given licence

2007-08-26T18:30:00.000+05:00

another private broadcaster media unlimited given permission to broadcast today their station is called HFM 92.4 and they will service kaafu atoll only they say they will start test broadcasting on next month http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=56995

The voting is approved By Human rights

2007-08-26T15:02:00.001+05:00

the Human rights commision has said that the referendum voting is credible and they approve the voting and its result they said this in a news release
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=56979
http://www.hrcm.org.mv/files/80__election%20Noos%20bayaan.pdf

Cabinet reshuffle today says haama daily

2007-08-26T13:11:00.001+05:00

haama daily said today there would be another cabinet reshuffle. hmm guess the president would use every card in the book to remain in power http://www.haamadaily.com/dhiv/details.php?id=3127&cat=dhivehihabaru

Anni Arrested

2007-08-26T12:35:00.001+05:00

one news service has reported that anni chaiperson of MDP has been arrested by police http://www.haamadaily.com/dhiv/details.php?id=3128&cat=dhivehihabaru

Ibra wants to be president

2007-08-26T07:06:00.000+05:00

Male' member has said he is interested in becoming the next president. hmm this make the next presidential elections more interesting http://www.haamadaily.com/dhiv/details.php?id=3124&cat=dhivehihabaru

tourism minister car burned

2007-08-26T07:04:00.001+05:00

someone or someway toursim ministers car has been burned http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/di/stories/?section=6&story=7618
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=details&id=56950

will the commisioner release the voters list

2007-08-24T18:15:00.000+05:00

its almost a wek since the referendum and still ther is no official voting result. the 11 member commitee demands the commisioner hand over the list of people who voted in the referendum. and the opposition published a report saying that 25000 people on the list published by the elections commisioner are people who are either dead or not elogoble to vote. some people say that people who were dead also seems to have voted.if the commissioner released the list of people who voted will this allegation and speculation stop or will it increase?. the result released by the commisioner states that more than 150000 people did actually participate in the voting. this accoridng to the opposition is not true. they say the initial list released by the commisioner include 180000 people while he commisioner announced at that time that more than 194000 are eligibale to vote. and the other thing that makes doubt in peoples mind is while the commisoner admitted that they printed 300000 ballot papers why did they print additional ballot papers for the re-voting of addu. ther are so many unanswered questions that makes people not trust the results

Most view the the current system as dictatorship

2007-08-23T18:18:00.000+05:00

most people who participated in a poll in my blog view the current system of government as a dictatorship. out of the 51 people who participated 16 people think the current government is following a dictatorship 12 people say its a parliamentary system , 10 people say its a presidential ,8 people say its communism and 5 people say its a mixture.it seems the government needs to do more to get the trust of the people to change the peoples view. i wondeer will it change?

New foreign Minster and Justice Minister Announced

2007-08-23T13:57:00.000+05:00

new foreign minister and justice minister assigned new foreign minister is former state minister for foreign affairs abdullah shahid and justice minister is the current deputy justice minister. further to this riluwan shareef becomes state minister for finance and treasury http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/di/stories/?section=6&story=7581
http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/pages/eng_news.php?news:4303:1

Human Rights Commison Of Maldives

2007-08-23T11:54:00.000+05:00

if you think your rights is being violated check this website to report it to the human rights commission. you should know whats the law of human rights in Maldives and how you are protected the link is http://www.hrcm.org.mv/