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COVID-19 on the Global Front

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When the world first heard of the novel coronavirus breaking out in Wuhan, expectations were that it would be like the SARS or MERS virus - create panic for a...

Gang violence — the first step

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When one hears the word gangs, it is very quickly associated with criminality. The generic taboo one hears growing up in this society, especially with the depictions of movies and...

The viability of Indigenisation

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According to the article ‘the Expatriate Workforce: Boon or Bane?’ published on the Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) website, the number of expatriate workers in the Maldives had a huge boom...

Language matters — language matters?

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Living away from home immersed in another culture, the sights, the sounds and the language, one feels a sense of belonging. You left your home country with a tidal wave...

Did we learn from COVID-19?

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Right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, and the Maldives, the nation registered a nominal GDP of USD5.6 billion by the end of 2019, and attracted a record 1.7...

Maldives this week: 5 – 11 August 2021

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On 11 August, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, at a press conference, said that it will not be the best way forward for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and the opposition...

Consumer behaviour shifts

5 min read
The new normal heralds a lot of changes in nearly every aspect of modern living, yet how much of these changes have truly taken place?