Today marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal where her family was taking a vacation. According to reports, Madeleine McCann was in bed with her two siblings while their parents were dining with friends at a nearby eatery that was in sight of the holiday apartment.

How time flies that it is quite shocking to know that it has been a year since that awful incident happened. And the sad thing to know is that after a year, there is still no closure to the case.

I still remember that period of time where I received so many forwarded messages from concerned people who kept saying that we should get the news out to help find the missing girl. And if all the other emails of missing people were fake, this one, we just have to push that forward button and ask questions later.


Gerry & Kate McCann
AP Photo / Steve Parsons / PA Wire / POOL

Police in Portugal has listed Madeleine’s parents Gerry & Kate McCann as suspects in this case and they are requesting for a reconstruction of that fateful night to try to get a better insight of what actually happened that night.


Madeleine McCann

Is Madeleine still alive? Only God knows. Who did it and why did he, she or they do it? The fact that Madeleine was supposed to be sleeping with her two siblings at the time period that she was said to have gone missing, and both the siblings or Madeleine herself did not raise a ruckus as she was led away, mean that this was done by someone she [and her siblings] trusted.

While investigations should be left to the Police from both countries, Portugal and Britain, and while the perpetrator(s) may be able to escape from legal prosecution, I wonder how he/she/they would be able to live with themselves with whatever they did to Madeleine McCann.

May she be well wherever she is.

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29
Mar

Cubans Can Now Own Cell Phones

   Posted by: Emily   in International News



When I read the news report that the new President of Cuba, Raul Castro, is now allowing cell phones to ordinary Cubans, I was very surprised. Coming from Malaysia, although I personally do not feel that it is a very advanced country, at least we have been using cell phones for at least 15 – 20 years already. We can see kids as young as 7 years old owning cell phones, though they most probably are hand-me-downs.

Did you know that the cell phone was so exclusive that only those who held high posts in the Communist government or those who work in foreign firms were allowed to use them?

Even though now that ordinary Cubans are allowed to own a mobile phone and sign up for a mobile subscription, most probably will not be able to afford it, no thanks to their monthly salary of not even US$20!

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