What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage. When the billionaire class can decide which voices are allowed on stage and which ones are too dangerous to hear, everyone should be paying attention.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “I am a woman and also a mother. I cannot stand with someone who kills innocent children.”
The brave woman continued to walk around wearing a Palestinian flag around her neck in front of Netanyahu.
Netanyahu:
➖"Naziler Yahudilerden nazikçe gitmelerini mi istedi? 'Lütfen gidin mi?' dediler... Bunu yapan var mı? 'Çıkın da içeri girelim mi?' dediler, tabii ki hayır."
Bu konuşmasıyla kendisinin de Nazi olduğunu kendi ağzıyla itiraf etmiş oldu.
Ed Sheeran performed to a half empty stadium in Philadelphia after endorsing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The concert failed to sell tickets at a 50% discount, proving that boycotts do work. Free Palestine!
@bankofmaldives You should make a public announcement like this BEFORE you charge too! Not lie about the “extra charges” the “foreign bank” charged or VISA’s conversion rates. Would have saved a lot of our time AND MONEY!
After charging me 2700 rf extra for ATM withdrawal this month!!! Don’t make it sound like you’re doing a favor after ripping us off. 😡 An apology would have been better with a refund!!
The Government & Ministries do not have a mandate to determine justice (or injustice) @muththo
Person lost his opportunity to after applying to buy a land 23 years ago, through a lapse in state bodies or his side? Something to be determined in a court of law, with application of existing laws, regulations etc.
President holds personal meetings on grievances and decides to grant wishes. Tht's not governance. Tht's ad-hoc arbitration based on access and luck.
Government has no mandate to decide justice case-by-case. That's wht courts are for. Ministries shouldn't decide who deserves land based on a meeting. Tht's wht procedures and law are for.
When the president becomes judge, rule of law dies. You're left with patronage. This is not how policies are determined.
Yesterday u grant a land claim. Tomorrow someone else gets approved for debt forgiveness. Next week someone else gets their problem solved by proximity. Tht's not justice. This is favoritism getting institutionalized.
Procedures exist for a reason.
To apply the same standard to everyone. If this is applied, the government can decide to 'CORRECT' a lot of wrongs.
Oh please, spare us the nonsense!
Thousands of Maldivians have been awarded housing by one Gov only to have it cancelled or taken away by the next.
Hiyaa flats were awarded and later taken away under the MDP Gov. More than 1,000 one-bedroom flats awarded under Yameen’s Gov were cancelled under Ibu’s government. FDC flats awarded to people have been cancelled under this government. The list goes on.
We are not talking about a dozen people. We are not talking about a hundred people. We are talking about several thousand Maldivians who, at some point, were officially awarded housing on paper but never received it.
So if the Gov is now going to hide behind the word “justice” to justify giving housing to selected individuals, then PUBLISH a regulation establishing how this “justice” will be delivered to EVERYONE who was previously awarded housing but never received it.
You don't get to pick and choose a handful of people from a pool of thousands, make transactions in their favour, and then, when questioned, say: “We were giving them justice.”
And there are even more serious questions in this particular case,
How was land allocated for the original Binveriyaa Scheme given to someone who apparently was’t included in HM plots?
And how did this person receive land from Gulhifalhu if, according to the government's own explanation, there was already land registered under his name?
Under the existing rules, having land allocated under your name on paper matters ( whether or not you have physically received the land). For example, people who had already been allocated land from Giraavarufalhu on paper were not eligible to apply for RasMale.
So if this gentleman already had land allocated under his name on paper, as the government itself claims, how was he eligible for another allocation?
This is precisely why clear, established and publicly available regulations are NECESSARY.
Without regulations, “justice” becomes whatever a minister decides it means on a particular day, for a particular person.
That isn't justice. That's discretion without accountability.
We only know about this case because @HKurusee raised it publicly on X.
The bigger question is how much land originally allocated for the Binveriyaa Scheme has already been reassigned to other individuals under this so-called “justice” ( selective ) and to whom?
Publish the rules. Publish the allocations. Apply the same standard to everyone.
Justice requires rules. Selective exceptions are not justice.
Since 2014, Maldivian taxpayers have been paying for MP Falah’s special health insurance.
Last year, he claimed insurance for 5 people, himself and four dependents (spouse/children under 18).
Falah and each eligible family member receive a healthcare package worth over 1.3 million per person, paid for with public money. It covers all hospitals, clinics and pharmacies across 22 countries in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, including Singapore, Thailand, Oman, the UAE and Türkiye.
And guess what, whether Falah is ever elected again or not, under the current law taxpayers will continue paying for his health insurance for the rest of his life.
Healthcare is a BASIC human need, not a privilege that should depend on whether someone holds political office. The fundamental principle of a public healthcare system should be equal access based on medical need, not political status.
MPs make the laws. Then they use those laws to give themselves premium healthcare, paid for by you, while ordinary citizens struggle to access medicines, treatment and other basic healthcare.
We have started a commoners’ petition to end this privilege.
Please sign it. Send it to your family and friends. Share it widely.
Link: https://t.co/nkSwJLWEFP
Disgusting behaviour by the Argentinians at the end, especially Paredes.
Just a bunch of nasty violent thugs, and a disgrace to football. Never been so happy to see a team lose.
🚨 José Mourinho on Argentina vs. Egypt:
“This is daylight robbery. It’s a shame what football is becoming. How do you let the play continue, allow the goal to be scored, and only then decide to go back and cancel it? If there was a foul, stop the game immediately. Don’t wait until after the goal.
Then I ask another question—why wasn’t Argentina’s first goal reviewed with the same attention when it looked very close to offside? Why was every incident involving Argentina checked, while Egypt didn’t seem to get the same treatment?
VAR is supposed to bring fairness, not confusion. Today, it looked like every important decision went in Argentina’s favour. Football deserves better.”
🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:
“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?
We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.
Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.
That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.
The inconsistency.
One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.
We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.
And let’s talk about those final minutes.
Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.
Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.
That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.
Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.
But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.
The disallowed goal.
The ignored penalty shouts.
The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.
And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?
No.
Football wins when the rules are applied equally.
Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.
Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.
Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.
Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.
Maybe they didn’t.
That’s football.
But what will make people angry isn’t the result.
It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.
And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”
Grazie! ❤️
Enrica Cioli
In queste ore tanti stanno giustamente parlando del coraggio degli speleo-sub finlandesi.
E sì, Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund e Patrik Grönqvist meritano rispetto assoluto.
Hanno affrontato il buio degli abissi.
Hanno rischiato la vita per riportare a casa cinque italiani.
E alla fine hanno persino rifiutato qualsiasi pagamento.
Un gesto enorme.
Raro.
Che parla di umanità vera.
Ma oggi, mentre il mondo applaude quella missione impossibile, c’è un nome che non possiamo permettere venga dimenticato.
Sergente Maggiore Mohamed Mahudhee.
Perché lui da quell’oceano non è più tornato.
Mentre tutti cercavano una speranza, lui è sceso laggiù.
Nel silenzio delle grotte sommerse.
Nel punto in cui il mare può diventare una condanna in pochi secondi.
E lo ha fatto per salvare degli italiani che nemmeno conosceva.
Non per soldi.
Non per notorietà.
Non per obbligo.
Lo ha fatto perché esistono uomini che mettono la vita degli altri davanti alla propria.
E questo ha un peso immenso.
Oggi tutti noi possiamo parlare dei corpi recuperati.
Delle famiglie che hanno avuto almeno la possibilità di un ultimo saluto.
Di figli, fratelli e amici riportati a casa.
Ma quel ritorno ha avuto un prezzo terribile.
La vita di un uomo.
Da qualche parte oggi c’è una famiglia che piange Mohamed Mahudhee.
Una sedia vuota.
Una voce che non tornerà più.
Un dolore che nessuna medaglia potrà cancellare.
Ed è forse questo che rende il suo sacrificio ancora più grande.
Perché gli eroi veri spesso non cercano applausi.
Fanno semplicemente ciò che ritengono giusto.
Anche quando il prezzo da pagare è la propria vita.
Onore ai sub finlandesi per il loro coraggio.
Ma il pensiero più profondo oggi va a quel sergente che ha dato tutto per aiutare cinque italiani intrappolati sotto il fondo dell’oceano.
Mohamed Mahudhee non dovrebbe essere ricordato soltanto come un militare.
Dovrebbe essere ricordato come un uomo che, nell’istante più difficile, ha scelto l’umanità.
E ci ha lasciato l’esempio più potente di tutti. 🌊🖤
🇲🇻🇮🇹 FLASH | Les plongeurs finlandais qui ont remonté les corps pensent avoir identifié ce qui aurait provoqué la mort des cinq Italiens piégés dans une grotte sous-marine aux Maldives.
Selon les premiers éléments, le groupe expérimenté aurait pourtant emprunté par erreur un mauvais tunnel lors de la remontée après avoir été trompé par une « illusion de mur de sable » dans l’obscurité de la grotte.
Les secours ont retrouvé les corps dans un couloir sans issue situé à environ 50 mètres de profondeur.
Les experts estiment qu’avec leurs bouteilles standards de 12 litres, les plongeurs ne disposaient que de quelques minutes d’autonomie à cette profondeur. Pris de panique et désorientés, ils auraient rapidement consommé tout leur air.
Les enquêteurs analysent désormais les GoPro et le matériel récupéré pour comprendre précisément ce qui s’est passé. (La Repubblica)
In Dec 2024 🇯🇵 gifted to 🇲🇻 @MoDmv@MNDF_Official Coast Guard, maritime communication systems, professional diving gear, and search-and-rescue equipment, such as portable recompression chambers, for advanced operational needs. Hope it was useful in the recent operations
MVR 570 million. That’s what we spent on Bayraktar combat drones in 2024.
A professional deep-sea rescue ROV rated to over 600 meters, with sonar and a recovery arm, costs around $100,000. Some less.
Five people are dead in a 60-meter cave in Vaavu Atoll. We flew in Italian experts just to locate the bodies.
With that same budget we could have equipped every atoll in this country with underwater rescue capability and still had money left over.
So when does a country stop buying weapons to feel powerful and start buying tools to actually protect people?