5 stunning hotels and resorts in Maldives

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

There are a myriad of options for the most breathtaking blue-electric water around the globe; however, it's difficult to imagine a place that could rival the natural beauty that is the Maldives. The hotels are located on small private islands in the 1,200 scattered across 22 atolls of the island nation. The hotels of the Maldives offer the most luxurious experiences in the world.

Here are the list of 5 stunning hotels and resorts in Maldives:

 

1.    Siyam world

Siyam World is a brand-new all-inclusive luxury hotel open 24 hours per day situated within the Noonu Atoll, amid 52 acres of breathtaking landscapes. You can choose the best hotel according to you in Maldives while you are looking for Maldives holiday packages.  List  Siyam World has an innovative strategy, as it is the first resort with a multi-experience within the Maldives.

It comprises luxurious villas and suites that are set in the water, on the beach, or in the tropical vegetation. It has a vast selection of bars, restaurants, activities, and other experiences.

These include an floating aquatic park that features slippery slides, thrilling parkour, lots of obstacles, water trampolines, climbing walls, and rafts. The park also has a FIFA-approved football field. Siyam World is situated in the middle of the 1.5 km reef filled with wildlife and a wide variety of marine life.

 

2.    Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi

Waldorf Astoria is a brand that is synonymous with American-style, traditional luxury. In 2019, the brand launched the first Maldives outpost on the white-sand islet of Ithaafushi located in The South Male Atoll.

The resort ticks all the criteria for those seeking space and comfort, offering a quaint 119 villas spread over eight acres, with three private islands that look like rows of sparkling pearls. If you're looking to unwind from the outside world, the resort's brand new Ithaafushi Private Island, where one key grants access to nine bedrooms spread across three villas.

Beautifully positioned over water and surrounded by tropical greenery. A staggering 11 dining options are included in this top-of-the-line experience, including The Ledge by Australian chef Dave Pynt - whose Singaporean barbecue spot Burnt Ends has a Michelin Star. Suppose you're looking to satisfy their craving for excitement and excitement.

In that case, the Waldorf Young Discovery Park features an extensive water area that will provide you with the most thrilling spills and excitement.

 

3.    One&Only Reethi Rah Maldives

Offering a tropical paradise, One&Only Reethi Rah is an exclusive resort situated in the Maldives. With authentic food and unique Indian Ocean experiences, the resort is a luxury getaway for families and couples.

The resort has a vast selection of beach and water villas and exclusive homes. It is designed to give you a fashionable lifestyle that is carefree on the island with outdoor and indoor living spaces, including outdoor showers.

Accommodations have lush tropical gardens and spacious bathrooms with terrazzo tubs and rain showers that are walk-in. Offering the most delicate dishes from Maldivian and international cuisines, The resort features eight restaurants, including the newly opened Tree House restaurant, perched over the lush canopy.

It offers romantic settings for intimate dinners with a seven-course menu and stunning Indian Ocean views. Tapasake is famous for its Japanese dishes that have Peruvian influences. Botanika is a restaurant run by Brent Savage that has a chef-curated menu featuring vegetarian and contemporary dishes.

 

4.    Raffles Meradhoo

Raffles Meradhoo is so far away the seaplanes cannot get there. Instead, guests must travel by plane for one hour to the southern Gaafu Alifu Atoll, followed by an hour-long speedboat ride towards the hotel.

It's slightly more complicated, but the benefit is an incredible feeling of being in a secluded area (not always the case in the Maldives, the more popular atolls). The hotel, which is modelled after its colonial-era sister in Singapore. It's decorated in cream, navy, and duck-egg blue.

It's adorned with the shadiest verandas, checkerboard tiled floors and swaying fans. The villas are massive, and the bar is stocked with a hot Maldivian variant of Raffles famous sling cocktail.

 

5.    Anantara Veli

In the South Male Atoll, Anantara Veli is 30 minutes away from Male International Airport. This means that no time is wasted in transferring you to the dream island of your dreams. It's hard to distinguish the Maldives's daydream islands from one another, they appear identical, and Anantara Veli is the most elegant of these huts which look on the water.

 

Larry Gadon suspended by SC over viral video containing profanities hurled at Raissa Robles

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

The Supreme Court (SC), acting motu proprio or on its own, slaps controversial lawyer Larry Gadon with preventive suspension, orders him to explain why he should not be disbarred over his viral video hurling expletives at journalist Raissa Robles. A show cause order was also issued to explain why he shouldn't be disbarred. Suspension effective until lifted by SC.

Gadon has 10 days to file his comment “in consideration of the numerous prior controversies leading to the disbarment cases filed against him, and the most recent viral video where he displayed the same controversial behavior despite previous warnings.”

Let's now start the year right. Next is the DQ case ng amo niyang kawatan!!! 

Larry Gadon, gusto ko lang sabihin na deserve mo yang pagsuspinde sa iyo ng SC. Para mabawas-bawasan naman ang kayabangan mo at ng mga Marcos Loyalist. 

Ito yata pambawi ng Supreme Court after posting the reduction of Bar Coverage and shortening of 2020/2021 bar exams.

Thank the Padre Faura gods! Praying fervently for disbarment. I can trade that for the cancellation of that notorious candidate's COC. Actually, he should both be disbarred and not allow to run anymore at the Senate!

Dasurv mo yan Larry Gadon. First great news of 2022. Something good happened today. Raissa Robles lang pala ang katapat. Yong pinagsasabi niya kay Noynoy walang epekto, pero ngayon ...

Ano nga ba ang sinabi ni Atty. Larry Gadon laban kay Raissa Robles? Parang hindi tao. Dapat kapag sobrang baba ng moral standards ay dapat alisin sa legal profession kaagad. Parang nakacoccaine. Why allow him to show cause pa? Just disbar him for life, and kung puwede nga lang disbar any individuals related to him. The video is the whole proof what kind of creature Larry Gadon is.

I remember the time when tuwang tuwa ang mga tao sa 'bobo' ni Larry Gadon at yung pagmumura ni PDuts. Please lang sana nasa tamang landas na sila ngayon. Weh, ada pa ba ako?

Grabe ano?! Kung gaano ka-toilet mouth yung mga BBM supporters, ay kuhang-kuha ni Larry Gadon. Shocks mga squammies ang utak.

Kaya pala ang mag kapanalig ay imburnal ang bunganga dahil may modelo pala sa katauhan ni Larry Gadon. Sana naman bilang abogado na higit ang kaalaman, inaasahan ang matalinong pananalita at matinong pag uugali.

Di ba dalawa ang disbarment case laban sa kanya??? Yung pagmumura niya kay Raissa Robles, tapos yung pagsabi nya sa isang radio station na ang ikinamatay ni PNoy is HIV?

Parang ang dami pang ibang issue na dapat iexplain ito tulad ng going around maskless..hndi lang itong latest ...uh..episode niya.

Kung suspension lang, uulit ulitin ni Gadon ang katarantaduhan niya. Dapat yan ay ma-disbar na. Turuan na ng leksyon yan. Putulin ang mga sungay! Powertrip ang loko!

Gadon is the only lawyer na nakikita kong basura kung magbigay ng statement. Nasaan ang pagiging professional? Akala ko ba dapat isinasabuhay ang inaaral, pero bakit parang wala naman kaming nakitang may pinag-aralan siya?

Matuto sana ang mga "professionals" na gumalang sa kapwa tao niya kahit mas mababa ang katayuan nito sa lipunan. Ang dami rin kasing mga nakalimot na sa good manners and right conduct at ang pagiging disente... because of this bastos Duterte administration.

Saang school ba siya graduate at hindi naturuan ng magandang asal? Graduate ho ba siya ng Bongbong High o the fictional Oxford din?

Larry Gadon is one of Marcos Jr’s biggest voices online. So whether or not he wins a Senate seat, Gadon will likely play a big role in a Marcos Jr presidency. Si Gadon ay nag-aral ng abugasya.. tapos yung idol niya hindi man lang nakuhang makatapos ng undergrad courses.. Mas mataas ang pinagaralan ni Gadon pero himod puwet ang timang.

Are you telling me these are the kinds of people who thrived under Duterte and will continue to thrive? Yan ba gusto natin? Noon pa dapat tinanggalan ng lisensya yang ugok na yan.

It's time for the Highest Court to expunge walking manure lawyers like Larry Gadon from among its ranks in the legal profession! High mindedness, uncouthness, and uncivility have no place in Philippine legal profession! Let's restore the moral gravitas of the legal profession!

Finally a breath of fresh air.. The a-hole should be disbarred for having a rotten mouth and a malfunctioning brain.

Disbar! Walang magandang maidudulot iyang si Gadon sa bayan. Bastos at walang modo. Nakakahiya siya sa taongbayan kasi nga siya ang nagmukhang superspreader ng Omicron Coronavirus. Isa siyang tuta ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. 

Look who’s laughing now? When are we gonna hear your mental breakdown again? Hahaha! The tea is good when served hot!

On the appeal to suspend use of NLEX Bus Terminal

Wazzup Pilipinas!?

The mandatory use of the Integrated Terminal Exchange (ITX), both in the North and South, is mandated under IATF Resolution No. 101.

The same is still existing and in effect. The same is also strongly supported by the MMDA.

While the issue of the bus operators from the North has been raised to the IATF, the latter created a Small Technical Working Group to study the issue. Hence, from December 2-14, 2021, a series of meetings with and through the IATF were held to discuss the mandatory use of ITX Terminals, including NLET.

After much deliberation by the STWG, wherein stakeholders were present as resource persons, the STWG recommended to the IATF to put the matter on status quo until further studies and recommendations may be presented to the body.

The issue here is not only as to traffic but also as to public health. It has been shown during the last christmas season that passengers congregated in their in-city bus terminals which caused congestion. Despite the fact that these operators know that they cannot operate their routes from these in-city terminals, they allowed the passengers inside their terminal, which caused congestion thereby violating public health protocols on social distancing and disinfection, among others, which they thereafter posted in social media themselves.

To address the matter, the LTFRB issued special permits to operators so that they can use these in-city terminals but instead of doing so, these operators refused to run their buses citing several shallow excuses. It was only thru prodding by LTFRB and negative public opinion that they finally operated their routes.

This is contrary to the scenario in the south, where the PITX, for instance, continues to be in operation, and it is proven that minimum health protocols are uniformly observed by stakeholders in the facility.

To be clear, before the pandemic, there were 85 operational terminals (47 were along EDSA) in Metro Manila. Researchers have observed even before the COVID-19 pandemic started that crowded facilities where people of diverse origins and destinations use the same resources are especially prone to spreading viruses. Reopening private terminals along EDSA means authorizing 85 potential sites of viral transmission for the Filipino commuters.

Meanwhile, on the point regarding the limited number of PUBs, please note that to date, there are 2,677 authorized units over 118 routes coming from the north of Metro Manila, however, only 915 have applied for SP/QR Code (34.2%). This means that the issue on supply was not caused by the DOTr or LTFRB not authorizing certain units to ply their routes. It is caused by the non-application of bus operators. This issue may be resolved by urging bus operators to apply for permits for the use of their units this pandemic to serve thousands of commuters going back to Metro Manila coming from the holidays and beyond.

Lastly, please note that the ITX concept has been around the country for almost a decade. This is an established doctrine enshrined in NEDA's National Transport Policy in 2017, which went through consultations with stakeholders and relevant govt agencies. The 2016 NTP further strengthened the enactment of the Executive Order No. 67 s. 2012, which aims for the establishment of at least two integrated transport terminals with locations in the North and South of Metro Manila, to provide effective interconnections between different transport modes and services.

The ITX is a widely accepted worldwide practice to integrate public transport terminals especially in highly urbanized cities for efficient connectivity thereby benefitting commuters. In fact, ITX facilities are already established in highly urbanized cities in the country like those in Cebu, Cagayan de Oro.

From a global perspective, consolidation or lessening the redundancy in the number of terminals is not new. Multiple examples are observed from different parts of the world, and some of the more notable examples from our close Asian neighbors are of Seoul, South Korea and of Surabaya, Indonesia. Moreover, consolidation of terminals or stations during the pandemic were likewise observed. Some examples were in Washington, District of Columbia wherein 20% reduction in the number of stations were observed, while in Valencia, Spain, a 35% reduction.

Until the IATF resolution is rescinded or nullified, the use of the north and south ITX terminals remains valid.