Hiring Relatives

One of the odd things about Maldives is that everyone seems to be related to someone else who you know or who is famous. For example the niece of the Minister of Legal Reform used to work in the newsroom as a translator. Like her uncle she is being groomed to be a lawyer, and is currently in the the A levels or 11th grade, and sick of being defined by her relation to Nasheed.

TVM falls nunder the jusristiction of Nasheed's ministry. hiring your relatives is considered normal, partially because at some point it would be hard not to.

Another example: JD, another English translator, is somehow related to the news director!