A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
It looks like sand. But it is rubbish. Thilafushi is 4 miles from Male, it is a strip, a thin strip: just 2 miles long, and 200 meters wide. And it is an artificial island. It grows of a square meter every day: every day of 330 tons of trash. The Maldives don’t have an […]
The government is “creating youth slums” with new flats in Hulhumalé aimed at married couples, a former housing minister told the Maldives Independent on Tuesday. The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) earlier this month invited bidders to submit proposals for the construction of a 14-storey residential block comprising 322 one-bedroom apartments with 23 apartments on each […]
The Maldivian government has revealed that they have received MVR 166 million as departure tax from all operating international airports collectively. According to Maldives Inland Revenue records, MVR 166 million was received as airport development charge (ADC) until the end of September 2017. MVR 47 million was recorded in September 2017 alone. In order to […]
Police have downplayed the scale of ‘party drug’ abuse in the Maldives, dismissing rumours it is being distributed in schools and appealing against sensationalist reporting. Following the death of two young people late last month, messages about “Strawberry Quick meth” being distributed in schools started circulating through Viber groups, the common medium of messaging in […]
This week, let’s see what the Maldives looks like through television actress Deepti Bhatnagar’s lens. Deepti is a water baby! She said hello to the Maldives with this picture. ‘Been wanting to come here and finally I am here,’ she wrote. Celebrating her birthday with a relaxing vacation. Ready for dinner! And ready to […]
She’s been letting loose on an idyllic Maldives getaway with her pal, Georgia Harrison. And Montana Brown continued to soak up the sun, as she showed off her sizzling figure in a range of skimpy swimwear on Instagram. The 22-year-old Love Island star set pulses racing in a neon yellow one-piece as she shot the camera […]
Foreign investments approved this year has already passed the USD 1 billion mark, according to Registrar of Companies, Ms Mariyam Visam. Over the past 3 years, each year the Ministry of Economic Developments has approved foreign investments worth commitment of USD 1 billion. This year, due to real estate and construction projects that are underway, […]
MTCC has announced that their new suction hopper dredger “Maha Jahraaf” will work on the land reclamation project for the Kulhudhufushi Airport as its first project. MTCC CEO Ibrahim Ziyath said that once the dredger arrives in Maldives, it will make its way to Kulhudhufushi and will immediately begin works on the airport project. According […]
A former Malé city councillor on trial for obstruction and unlawful acquisition and disclosure of information has switched factions in the divided Progressive Party of Maldives. “I have withdrawn the support I gave for President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom in the political arena since 2008,” Zaidul Ameen declared on his social media accounts. “And I have […]