A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Palm Beach Resort & Spa, a property of Sun Sporting Holidays Ltd has announced that they are to cease operations of the resort due to a force majeure. The management revealed that they are unable to confirm any further booking at Palm Beach Resort & Spa, even if the booking has already been made for any staying at the resort. […]
Cars pictured parked alongside a pavement in Male City. PHOTO / MIHAARU Two Maldivians, who were caught engaging in “inappropriate sexual activities” inside a minister’s car, were arrested on Monday night. Mihaaru is aware that the two individuals were the minister’s driver and his girlfriend. The car was parked behind Aasaharaa Cemetery in the capital […]
AirAsia along with All H Maldives and Maldives Getaways has launched the very first Maldives Travel fair in Malaysia from the 12-13th of September 2017. The Fair is being held at gateway@KLIA 2, part of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport from 10 am to 8 pm. Organizers revealed that whole purpose of the fair is […]
One of the court rooms at the Criminal Court. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/MOHAMED SHARUHAAN The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Tuesday revealed that 31 individuals have submitted applications for vacant judicial posts. The judicial watchdog announced vacancies for four Criminal Court and two Civil Court judges, on August 17. The deadline for applications closed last Sunday. […]
Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under watch by Bangladeshi security officials in Teknaf on December 25, 2016. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have intercepted 34 boats carrying some 340 Rohingyas at border points near Cox’s Bazar. / AFP PHOTO / STR […]
Some people pictured outside Hulhumale Hospital. / MIHAARU PHOTO The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has begun investigating two potential corruption cases involving the Hulhumale Hospital in the reclaimed suburb island of Hulhumale. The graft watchdog’s deputy chair Muawiz Rasheed said that the commission began investigating the cases two months ago. The ACC is looking in […]
Lawyers gathered in front of the Supreme Court to submit a petition raising concerns over the Maldivian judiciary. The European Union and British Ambassador to the Maldives on Monday criticized the mass suspension of over 50 lawyers in the archipelago over an “unlawful” petition they submitted to the Supreme Court. In a tweet posted late […]
During the press conference held by lawyers who were suspended indefinitely over submitting a petition to the the Supreme Court raising concerns about the Maldivian judiciary. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The lawyers, who are suspended over submitting a petition to the Supreme Court, proclaimed that they will not shrink away from their efforts to protect the legal […]
“WHATEVER you do, don’t go to the Maldives alone.” When my friend warned me about her own solo experiences in the Maldives she told tales of feeling conspicuously single in a sea of honeymooners and other loved up couples. But when the chance came to go to a place I’d always dreamed of I decided […]