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Increased salary for the MPs... 2008-06-02 17:35:00 It has been a while since I got to write here, as I have been extremely busy. However I thought of taking some time and share my views on the current issue of the lucrative pay rises being given to the MPs.
Today at the first sitting of the second term of the year, the Majlis passed to increase the monthly payment (including basic salary and allowances) from Rf 18000 to Rf 67500.
There are
'Winning' our youth back (before it’s too late!) 2008-06-04 10:36:00 In the Maldives just like in the Muslim communities in other parts of the world we see a great intellectual rift forming between the younger generations and the Islamic scholars and the old, in terms of the religious and cultural stand points. Unless we do something about it, something that could win the minds of our youth
, we may be bound to lose a number of them. What is true is that it is the Read more:Winning
Gangsters giving news conferences in official government premises!!!?? 2008-06-08 19:25:00 It was one of the most amazing piece of news I have read for a long time: Today some of the major criminal gangsters in the Maldives gave an official news conference in “Fansavees”, the official news conference facility of the Ministry of Information and Arts. It was such a bizarre event that I cannot recall of any equivalence for it from anywhere in the world!
It is as if these criminal Read more:Gangsters
So far so good with under the new Auditor General? 2008-06-08 05:42:00 From what has been reported yesterday in the local newspapers, the recently appointed AuditorGeneral
Mr Ibrahim Naeem (Maakun) seem to be determined to make a difference and work towards bringing real change in the work of removing corruption from all parts of the government. He has laid out the works currently being carried out (including auditing the Auditor General’s Office) and made bold
Is the Information Minister above the law?? 2008-06-10 07:42:00 Today in the parliament Minister
Nasheed was asked questions on why he is allowing the controversial scholar Dr Afrasheem to appear on the National Television and preach to the people. His defiant answers and statements manifest his strenght and power within the government.
According to many professional legal experts, the Law on the Protection of Religious Unity in the Maldives does not yet Read more:above
Let’s hope we win it this time!! 2008-06-11 11:02:00 Congratulations to the Maldivian national football team for reaching the final of the SAFF Championship!
Although it was painstaking not being able to watch or listen to the game, the joy of the victory against Sri Lanka overcomes the frustrations.
I just hope we will win the SAFF championship and lift the trophy for the first time!
I also hope that TVM and VOM will arrange the final match to
Congratulations to the Maldivian national team! 2008-06-14 16:21:00 Though words could not express the extreme joy felt when the Maldives won the SAFF championship today, I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS to the Maldives national team!!!
I was following the match along with a lot of Maldivian students who had a gathering organised by the Maldivian Students' Association-UK today. We all were praying and hoping that this will be our year, and by God’s grace, thi Read more:Congratulations
‘Hijacking’ our happiness for selfish political reasons?? 2008-06-17 08:44:00 It is worrying to find that already there are vivid indications that our national occasion of joy and unity following the SAFF Championship win is slowly being 'hijacked' to attain political
goals.
Despite the President emphasizing that he is not politicizing the occasion, the government is exactly doing that by lucratively splashing millions of public money (as ‘gifts’ they insist) to the te Read more:happiness
, selfish
“Himeyn-ingilaab” and me 2008-07-01 06:50:00 Confusions and misunderstanding often lead to undesirable circumstances. As such I find that such confusions and misunderstandings are arising with a number of people that there is a plausible connection between me and the recently started “himeyn-ingilaab” movement. Thus I wish to clarify the situation and at the same time express my initial views on this movement.
The most crucial issue I h
DRP Congress - has become a public nuisance...! 2008-06-29 18:05:00 The second national congress (“Gaumee Jalsaa”) of Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has been postponed at least three times and is now scheduled to take place from 10 to 12 July 2008. Perhaps the astronomical calculations have so far pushed it down the line each time. Or perhaps other circumstances were not ripe enough for the party to table the much desired ticket combination for president and Read more:Congress
Maldives: A country now run on advance payments from bids! 2008-06-25 17:35:00 Considering the manner of spending by the government, it is not surprising that the government has run out of money to run this country. The situation has become so worse that the inefficient regime has started to lease out land for hotels, resorts etc and obtain money from successful bidders as advance payments, and use it to bridge the alarmingly increasing budget deficit.
As such, about 30 Read more:Maldives
Enough is enough! 2008-07-15 07:40:00 I sometimes wonder if the ageing president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has got any sense of shame left in him anymore!
Just one simple example…
What is he trying to achieve by forcibly taking the SAFF championship trophy to all the inhabited islands, when most of the islands do NOT want this complete waste of money to be carried out!?
(People of Baa. Hithaadhoo expressing their feelings/pic. from
Gasim resigns… 2008-07-10 05:37:00 Gasim Ibrahim has today submited his resignation from the post of Finance Minister.
There has been huge speculation as to whether or not Gasim will be courageous enough to leave DRP and come out as an opposition candidate in the upcoming presidential candidate. One may argue that this resignation is a strong signal that he is indeed going to do that.
One would wonder what consequences this move
MPs’ hypocrisy! 2008-07-08 11:12:00 The Peoples’ Majlis yesterday rejected accepting a motion tabled by one of the MPs regarding the increasing of the income and salaries of the Civil Service, other offices of the government and government partnered companies. The motion failed to get the required bare minimum of 26 votes (as only 21 voted in favour out of the 27 who bothered turning up to the session)
One would ponder, why the
Which group...? 2008-07-03 17:27:00 Just like in many other Islamic societies we too have people belonging to various different ‘groups’ or sects. I have talked about this topic in a previous post as well (“Dots and SS”- 6/3/08). However since it is one of the major issues facing our country, it needs to be discussed in more detail.
Hence I would like to share a video of world famous Islamic scholar, Dr Bilal Philips, which
A sincere plea to fellow Maldivians… 2008-07-03 05:09:00 As the presidential election date is looming ever closer, the presidential candidates and their associated parties, movements are doing everything they can to get as much support as they can. This is perfectly legitimate, as long as it is done within acceptable legal and ethical limits.
However what is happening is that, as one would have expected, this so-called ‘campaigning’ has taken all t Read more:fellow
Education and raising awareness: the key to meaningful change 2008-07-31 08:44:00 One cannot stress enough the importance of educating the mass and increasing the (political, economical, social, religious) awareness of the people in ensuring a meaningful transformation into a healthy and viable democracy.
Adoption of a feasible and practical constitution and ensuring the careful implementation of it through the required means such as establishment of the various bodies and Read more:Education
Maumoon: has he lost his plot? 2008-07-29 15:01:00 At the opening of the "Dhivehi Maalan" of DRP (on 28 July 2008), President Maumoon, quite dramatically, turned on a show of disgrace and pity, in a desperate attempt to ‘win the hearts’ of the Maldivian people.
He displayed to his followers a supposedly long list of liars, the list been so long that it was longer than his height (no wonder he has been in power for too long!). He exp
Violence back on the streets, again! 2008-08-12 07:04:00 After the spectacular first by the gangsters at the “Fansavees”, a little bit of calm did prevail over Male’ for a period of time. But, unsurprisingly, that was not going to remain so for too long.
The gangsters are back into action!
To add to this, the merciful President excersized his mercy (for the last time perhaps, thanks to the 'new' constitution) and issued a mega-pardon which saw n Read more:Violence
, streets
The Constitution and the citizenship paradox... 2008-08-08 17:28:00 One of the most striking features of the recently ratified constitution of Maldives that could pose perhaps one of the most challenging and daunting scenarios in the years ahead, seems to be the conflicting Article on citizenship
(Article 9 of Chapter 1-“Maahdhaa” 9 of “Baabu” 1).
It has been widely rumoured that the constitution does not allow the citizenship of Maldives to any body who Read more:Constitution
On the (proposed) university of Maldives… 2008-08-05 17:56:00 Recently we heard the news that the President has appointed Dr Mahmood Shauqy as the vice-chancellor of the first university of the Maldives
(yet to be formed).
I found this news to be really startling, given the nature of this appointment and considering the whole approach being adopted so far in forming the first university in the country. Hence I wish to share my views on this very important Read more:proposed
Women abuse in the Maldives-how to solve it... 2008-08-02 04:09:00 As one would acknowledge the issue of abuse
of women (especially in the case of wife and husband) is very common in the Maldives
, just like in many other countries. It is also correct to say that this unacceptable habit is relatively more common amongst those who are found to follow a certain way and belong to certain religious groups.
This issue of abuse of women, when looked at from an Islamic Read more:Women
MDP sides with DRP... 2008-09-04 16:57:00 Perhaps it is the biggest 'shift' so far in the political sphere of the Maldives that MDP has politically sided with DRP. In fact, Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) has been liaising together with President Maumoon and his allies for quite a while.
I am extremely concerned that so many Maldivians is been deceived, and let down by the sinister plots of these people.
There is clear evidence and proof for
Wishing everyone a blessed Ramadan! 2008-08-30 19:59:00 I would like to wish all the Maldivians a happy and blessed month of Ramadan.
May Allah Almighty give everyone
of us the ability to observe fasting, as prescribed by Him, and engage ourselves in getting the best out of this month of blessings. Ameen! Read more:Wishing
Why all these divisions?... 2008-08-26 09:00:00 It is very disappointing, to say the least, to see that the very people who rose from the people to bring about political change in the country, are vying each other and throwing punches at each other, when what they really should be doing is to be united.
United in the very path that they started to march on. The path of bringing the change of the leadership and the abhorrent system that has
The status of the Maldivian youth: when will we wake up? 2008-08-23 13:37:00 Preoccupied with DJs, lustful music, dancing and mingling, sex, drugs, alcohol, and wasting time on useless matters. Ashamed of praying, ashamed of treating parents and elderly politely, ashamed of good manners, ashamed of being a practising Muslim (really)!....
When will we, mothers and fathers, teachers and the society as a whole, wake up to this reality, which is prevalent amongst the youth
?.
“Aneh Dhivehiraajje”...a mystical destination? 2008-08-17 13:03:00 Any campaign, let alone presidential campaigns, which hopes to garner support and win hearts is, I guess, supposed to give a clear message with realistic and practically achievable targets.
However, I find that the presidential campaign of MDP presidential candidate Mr Mohamed Nasheed (Anni), dubbed “Aneh Dhivehiraajje” to be quite the opposite of this...The whole campaign simply fails to fulf
Moral degradation in the society... 2008-08-16 14:22:00 Yesterday I listened live to the speech given by Sheikh Ilyas Hussein at “Alimas Carnival”. It was a very well delivered speech on a very important and relevant topic to the Maldivian society; the issue of moral degradation in terms of sexual matters and chastity.
It is an undeniable reality that Maldivians, since a long time, has a bad culture in this regard. However, a marked difference exi Read more:Moral
On the running mate of Mr Gasim Ibrahim 2008-09-19 18:37:00 The moment of announcement of the running
mate of Mr Gasim Ibrahim
gave a sense of relief to many (including me) who were worried of a corrupt, impotent and ‘tainted’ person from being appointed to that position!
It also gave a sense of hope, that the dawn of a new beginning, is nigh. A beginning where fresh educated young Maldivians who love their religion and their people would come to the
Who should get your vote? 2008-09-11 17:54:00 I would like to share my views on the candidates who have so far confirmed to be contesting in the upcoming presidential election, and also give my reason(s) for supporting or rejecting any of the candidates.
Foreword
First of all let us think about what the Maldives and its people are in need of at this juncture. I believe that we want to be able to live a peaceful and prosperous life filled
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