Archive for January, 2009

Change of official working hours

I have read on Haveeru online, three articles written by Hamdhoon, Idrees and Yoosuf on three consecutive days from 25th January. What they had tried, in my understanding, is to promote their way of thinking on the changes made by the government on official working hours. It seems that their basic idea is to feed [...]

Yahoo News: Goat detained over armed robbery

LAGOS (Reuters) – Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery.
Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323.
“The group of [...]

Maldivian flying to Malaysia?

One thing formal is that Maldivian is going to start flying a new ‘bigger’ airplane…soon.. It might have already started flying if not for the economical dowturn.  And with the news of buying this new airplane there is another talk that is spreading wildfire! Maldivian going to start flying to Malaysia. Last couple weeks, where [...]

CNN iReport: Protest against Israels in Maldives

Images taken from a protest held in Maldives capital Male’ on Friday 9th of Jan 2009 to condemn the inhumane acts of Israeli troops on Gaza killing several children and women.
The protest was attended by several political figures of the Maldives from almost all the registered political parties and also members of different NGOs. Some [...]

With the people of Gaza

It might be because they are Muslims. It might be because of land, it maybe because of several things. But it is inhumane, the war on Gaza. The cries of the kids, the prayers of the elders, the weeping of the old! Any person with a heart would feel heartbreaking for what the Israeli forces [...]

Dr. Abdul Majeed and the banning of discos!

It came as shocking news for several people, specially the youth of Maldives, to hear that the discos organized in order to celebrate the New Year was banned by the Islamic Affairs Ministry. And it was more shocking that the Islamic Ministry advised the police to stop such discos that were planned to be held [...]