Sarah Harding and her long term partner Tom Crane recently announced their engagement from the private island resort of Velassaru, Maldives.
Tom proposed to the stunning Girls Aloud star whist celebrating New Year and enjoying a romantic break at the 5 star luxury resort.
Velassaru, Maldives is a sophisticated resort that pairs contemporary luxury with the natural beauty of the Maldives. This 21 acre coral island is situated in the quiet South Malé Atoll and is one of the finest local resorts accessible via speedboat. Sarah and Tom stayed in the resorts exclusive Pool Villa.
For more information, visit: velassaru.com
Kuoni (kuoni.co.uk) offers 7 nights on room and breakfast basis at the 5-star Velassaru Maldives in a deluxe bungalow, including flights with British Airways from London Gatwick, transfers in resort and lounge in the UK upon departure. Price for 2011 from £1149 per person based on two sharing. Book by 28 February 2011.
Source: http://www.easier.com
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
South Asian election commissioners exchanging best practices
Chief election commissioners of South Asian countries are meeting here to exchange ideas and best practices to promote electoral democracies in the region.
The two-conference, jointly organized by Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre and Foundation for Advance Management of Elections (FAME) began at Pragati Resorts, about 40 km from Hyderabad.
Except Bhutan, where the municipal elections are on, poll officials of all other South Asian countries are attending the conference, the first event of its kind.
The chief election commissioners of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are discussing the problems they face in conducting elections and the ways to promote electoral democracies, which include voter education, voter registration and the conduct of free and fair elections.
The conference is being held at the initiative of former chief election commissioners J.M. Lyngdoh, N. Gopalaswami and T.S
Krishnamurthy.
Anil Seal, Director, Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre, told reporters that the deliberations were being kept private to the participants as their governments may not like election commissioners expressing their views in public.
'We are discussing how to promote best practices in electoral democracy. It includes voter education, how to achieve full and immaculate register of all those who vote, how to count votes accurately and how to have elections which are not distorted by muscle power, money power and all the many factors which distort the voice of the people,' Seal explained.
He said the South Asian countries face common challenges, albeit in different circumstances.
'South Asia has more voters by far than any other single continent of the world. There more than a billion voters. Democracies range from 250,000 voters in 190 islands of Maldives to India with its awesome figures of 710 million voters.
'In the post-conflict situation, the countries face new challenges. Nepal has moved from bullet to ballot while there was three-and-a-half decade long war in Afghanistan. There are difficulties in other neighboring countries,' Seal added.
The theme of the conference will be reflected in the events the Election Commission of India will be organising as the concluding events of its Diamond Jubliee in Delhi.
Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath told reporters that the participants would also share whatever problems they were facing in the conduct of the elections.
Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi will attend the conference Saturday. The participants include Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, chairman, National Electoral Commission of Ghana and executive secretary, Association of African Election Authorities and P. Manogran, Member Malaysian Election Commission.
Source: http://www.sify.com
The two-conference, jointly organized by Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre and Foundation for Advance Management of Elections (FAME) began at Pragati Resorts, about 40 km from Hyderabad.
Except Bhutan, where the municipal elections are on, poll officials of all other South Asian countries are attending the conference, the first event of its kind.
The chief election commissioners of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are discussing the problems they face in conducting elections and the ways to promote electoral democracies, which include voter education, voter registration and the conduct of free and fair elections.
The conference is being held at the initiative of former chief election commissioners J.M. Lyngdoh, N. Gopalaswami and T.S
Krishnamurthy.
Anil Seal, Director, Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre, told reporters that the deliberations were being kept private to the participants as their governments may not like election commissioners expressing their views in public.
'We are discussing how to promote best practices in electoral democracy. It includes voter education, how to achieve full and immaculate register of all those who vote, how to count votes accurately and how to have elections which are not distorted by muscle power, money power and all the many factors which distort the voice of the people,' Seal explained.
He said the South Asian countries face common challenges, albeit in different circumstances.
'South Asia has more voters by far than any other single continent of the world. There more than a billion voters. Democracies range from 250,000 voters in 190 islands of Maldives to India with its awesome figures of 710 million voters.
'In the post-conflict situation, the countries face new challenges. Nepal has moved from bullet to ballot while there was three-and-a-half decade long war in Afghanistan. There are difficulties in other neighboring countries,' Seal added.
The theme of the conference will be reflected in the events the Election Commission of India will be organising as the concluding events of its Diamond Jubliee in Delhi.
Election Commissioner V.S. Sampath told reporters that the participants would also share whatever problems they were facing in the conduct of the elections.
Chief Election Commissioner of India S.Y. Quraishi will attend the conference Saturday. The participants include Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, chairman, National Electoral Commission of Ghana and executive secretary, Association of African Election Authorities and P. Manogran, Member Malaysian Election Commission.
Source: http://www.sify.com
Sarah Harding celebrates engagement holiday...with another holiday
After enduring a gruelling new year slumming it in a five-star hotel in the Maldives, relentlessly having to lounge on sun-kissed beaches reading, forcing herself to eat some of the finest food known to man and THEN being given a huge rock of an engagement ring, it’s all become a bit much.
So the Girls Aloud singer, 29, and her fiance Tom have taken a much-deserved break to the Maldives AGAIN to celebrate their news.
Next week, the couple are expected to fly to Thailand to mark their return home*.
Source: After enduring a gruelling new year slumming it in a five-star hotel in the Maldives, relentlessly having to lounge on sun-kissed beaches reading, forcing herself to eat some of the finest food known to man and THEN being given a huge rock of an engagement ring, it’s all become a bit much.
So the Girls Aloud singer, 29, and her fiance Tom have taken a much-deserved break to the Maldives AGAIN to celebrate their news.
Next week, the couple are expected to fly to Thailand to mark their return home*.
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk
So the Girls Aloud singer, 29, and her fiance Tom have taken a much-deserved break to the Maldives AGAIN to celebrate their news.
Next week, the couple are expected to fly to Thailand to mark their return home*.
Source: After enduring a gruelling new year slumming it in a five-star hotel in the Maldives, relentlessly having to lounge on sun-kissed beaches reading, forcing herself to eat some of the finest food known to man and THEN being given a huge rock of an engagement ring, it’s all become a bit much.
So the Girls Aloud singer, 29, and her fiance Tom have taken a much-deserved break to the Maldives AGAIN to celebrate their news.
Next week, the couple are expected to fly to Thailand to mark their return home*.
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk
Monday, January 17, 2011
The end of Indian hegemony in the Maldives
Maldives is a country that is 100% Muslim. After Saudi Arabia, the Maldives is the only nation that has a 100-percent Muslim population. More than 300,000 people in the Maldives, an Asian Ocean archipelago with 1,192 islets. The country is is located 435 miles southwest of Sri Lanka and all its nationals are Sunni.
Nearly one-third of the Maldivians live in the capital city of Malé. maldives is the richest country in South Asia in terms of GDP per head. The Maldives has widespread internet access and the people are very aware of world events. feelings of solidarity with the Palestinians and the Kashmiris run deep.
However due to its proximity with the regional hegemon, Bharat, it faces tremendous interference from Delhi. The last Maldives president had allowed China to build a base in the Maldives, however he was removed from office in a non-military coup which placed a Bharati hand-picked puppet in the Maldives presidency.
There is ubiquitous opposition to Mr. Delhi puppet Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, but he clings to power with draconian measures against all Muslim organizations who want Maldives as an independent and Muslim country.
Mr Yameen the incarcerated leader of the Opposion says he is not willing to hold any talks with the governing puppets of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) until he is released, and says he will only agree to “reasonable” requests.
The Maldives voted for a presidential system in a referendum in 2007, with the then opposition MDP campaigning for a parliamentary system. the new president has acted as if he he is running a dictatorship.
A strong current of Anti-Indianism runs through the Maldives, and most Muslims of the country do not like Delhi or its puppets in the presidency. The Heritage Foundation in the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom report produced by the Wall Street Journal ranks the Maldives has as one of the world’s most economically-repressed countries. Most Maldivians blame India and Najeeb for this low ranking.
Read more from Time of Bombay
Nearly one-third of the Maldivians live in the capital city of Malé. maldives is the richest country in South Asia in terms of GDP per head. The Maldives has widespread internet access and the people are very aware of world events. feelings of solidarity with the Palestinians and the Kashmiris run deep.
However due to its proximity with the regional hegemon, Bharat, it faces tremendous interference from Delhi. The last Maldives president had allowed China to build a base in the Maldives, however he was removed from office in a non-military coup which placed a Bharati hand-picked puppet in the Maldives presidency.
There is ubiquitous opposition to Mr. Delhi puppet Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, but he clings to power with draconian measures against all Muslim organizations who want Maldives as an independent and Muslim country.
Mr Yameen the incarcerated leader of the Opposion says he is not willing to hold any talks with the governing puppets of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) until he is released, and says he will only agree to “reasonable” requests.
The Maldives voted for a presidential system in a referendum in 2007, with the then opposition MDP campaigning for a parliamentary system. the new president has acted as if he he is running a dictatorship.
A strong current of Anti-Indianism runs through the Maldives, and most Muslims of the country do not like Delhi or its puppets in the presidency. The Heritage Foundation in the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom report produced by the Wall Street Journal ranks the Maldives has as one of the world’s most economically-repressed countries. Most Maldivians blame India and Najeeb for this low ranking.
Read more from Time of Bombay
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Ballerina may face fine for nude beach pic
Tour operators in Maldives said a former Russian ballerina could face penalties for posing for nude photos on a beach in the country.
Anastasia Volochkova, a former ballet star with Russia's famed Bolshoi Theater, posted the nude photos to her blog Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported Friday.
"Dear paparazzi, just for you! You're hunting for us, stars, trying to take pictures of our pants, and even better to catch us without them. As if we have something others do not," Volochkova wrote in a note accompanying the pictures.
Maldiviana tour operator Lyudmila Mostovaya said Volochkova, who is still in the country on vacation, could face penalties ranging from a warning to a fine.
Source: http://www.upi.com
Anastasia Volochkova, a former ballet star with Russia's famed Bolshoi Theater, posted the nude photos to her blog Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported Friday.
"Dear paparazzi, just for you! You're hunting for us, stars, trying to take pictures of our pants, and even better to catch us without them. As if we have something others do not," Volochkova wrote in a note accompanying the pictures.
Maldiviana tour operator Lyudmila Mostovaya said Volochkova, who is still in the country on vacation, could face penalties ranging from a warning to a fine.
Source: http://www.upi.com
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