A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Morning assembly at Ghiyasuddin International School with the low turnout of students amidst the current swine flu epidemic in the Maldives. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA The Audit Report for 2015 uncovered that the Ministry of Education had spent more than MVR 800,000 unlawfully. According to the Audit Report for 2015 signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, the schools and […]
Ahmed Nasheed has resigned from the post of Commissioner of Sports, on 10th December 2017.
While neighbouring Sri Lanka is struggling to attract higher numbers of tourists, the island archipelago the Maldives attracted 127,986 tourists this October, which was 8.9 percent more tourists compared to a year ago, with keen interest from Europeans. The European region sourced approximately half of the tourists to the Maldives, increasing 12 percent year-on-year (YoY). […]
As part of its defences, the Maldives has been erecting a wall around the capital of Malé to thwart a rising sea and a future tsunami. The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global […]
The Maldivian Blood Services has seized providing any treatment still in its research stages, the state-operated institution has said. The MBS, which operates the Central Blood Bank and the Thalassemia and other Haemoglobinopathies Center, said that treatments that require more clinical research or are still in their infancy will not be provided from December 10th […]
Capella Hotel Group is set to enter Maldives Market with the planned opening of Capella Maldives resort. Located in the North Malé Atoll, the 65-key Capella Maldives will be part of an integrated luxury development of Rahfalhu Huraa. Developed to be the first of its kind in the Maldives, it will consist of several hotels, […]
Local councils have been banned from meeting foreign diplomats without written permission from authorities including the home affairs ministry. The Local Government Authority, in a circular sent out Monday evening, said it had seen an increase in councillors meeting foreign diplomats and officials from international organizations. The circular noted all powers relating to foreign policy […]
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) was named the World’s Leading Seaplane Operator 2017 at the World Travel Awards 2017. The World’s Largest Seaplane Operator won back the title this year. Previously TMA was awarded the same in 2015 and 2014 consecutively. Trans Maldivian Airways Pvt. has one of the biggest seaplane fleets in the world. TMA […]
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) headquarters in the capital Male. PHOTO / MIHAARU The state collected MVR 910 million from the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) in November, statistics publicised by the Institute on Monday revealed. While the state’s tax regulatory body acquired a total of MVR 910 million in November, it had collected USD […]