Everything seems so surreal in Male’, writes Jofelle Tesorio from the Asia News Network.
“The easy island life is masked by an uneasy development where buildings are built in every corner and people buy branded products, sport the newest phone technology and drive expensive cars. And yet, there is a significant number of the population who barely can afford necessities.
“The unemployment rate in the country is also quite high compared to its population yet the country will soon graduate from being an underdeveloped to middle-income country.
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