A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
20 automated parking systems are planned to be enacted across various points in Male’ while today’s system proved successful in its test run. | Photo: Housing Ministry The first ever automated motorbike and moped parking system installed in Maldives has been tested on Thursday. The system is located at Heenaamaage, behind Velanage office complex. Housing […]
Fushifaru Investments Pvt. Ltd. is delighted to announce its inaugural resort, Fushifaru Maldives located on the far North East border of Faadhippolhu Atoll, more popularly known as Lhaviyani Atoll. The exquisite island of Fushifaru is home to an extraordinary landscape above and below the waterline. With ‘Fushi’ meaning ‘island’ and ‘Faru’ meaning ‘reef’ in the […]
Dhiraagu, UNDP and Enterprise Development (Ministry of Economic Development) announces Startup Weekend by Techstars Global, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. The Startup Weekend will be held in October this year and purposed with inspiring and developing young entrepreneurs. The format is divided into two parts; the first includes networking, which involves team building and mentoring […]
The US is concerned over the status of rule of law and democracy in Maldives, saying lack of higher educational opportunities and weak institutions contribute to the growth of Islamist extremism in the strategically situated country in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives has been hit by political unrest since Mohamed Nasheed, the country’s first democratically […]
6 Sep 2017 [embedded content] Video by Fitzgibbons International Sally Fitzgibbons has just landed in SoCal where the forecast is looking less than desirable for a World Championship event. Especially so considering she just got back from that last epic swell in the Maldives. Check out her compilation clip, but mute it then press play with […]
Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim (C) receives WHO’s award to the Maldives for the successful eradication of measles from the country. PHOTO/HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday presented the Maldives an award for successfully eliminating measles from the country. The Maldives received the award at WHO’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for […]
Picture of seized drugs — The Criminal Court has transferred a man, who was remanded after being caught with a haul of drugs, to house arrest. The decision was made at the final remand hearing of the defendant held on Wednesday. Judge Adam Areef had cited the defendant’s “delicate health” as the reason for transferring […]
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has canceled a visit to the Maldives to speak at the annual session of the World Health Organisation’s regional committee for Southeast Asia. A senior manager at the Paradise Island Resort, which is hosting the WHO meeting, confirmed to the Maldives Independent that Bachchan’s booking at the resort was cancelled Thursday upon […]
Honorable, 11 member countries of WHO (South east asia region), this is an open letter to you on behalf of each Maldivian fighting for justice. We have always been peaceful people living on a beautiful island country of indian ocean but today it is the time that we must become peacefully furious and find our […]