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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?.