A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Spread over not much more than a dozen acres of a white-sand islet within a Maldivian atoll, Milaidhoo Island Maldives is not at all a large place as resorts go. Should you seldom see any other people as you stroll the grounds, however, that’s by design. Guests who arrive by seaplane are introduced to Milaidhoo […]
Words and photos by Maldives surf guide Bob Fawcett Video of Taylor Knox and Matt Griggs’ Male trip by Paul Borrud A persistent southwesterly wind and some slow-moving storms tried to hamper the late season in the Maldives, but, with regular pulses of swell, those in the know scored big time. From south to north, […]
IMAGE: A scene from Male, the Maldivian capital. The man in the posters is Abdulla Yameen, the Maldives’ president. Photograph: Reuters This week, China and the Maldives signed a Free Trade Agreement that took India by surprise. ‘Agreements signed between the Maldives and China have seriously worried India,’ reports Aditi Phadnis. Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conveyed, in separate messages, felicitations of the 46th National Day of the United Arab Emirates to the President of the United Arab Emirates and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, His Royal Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab […]
Tropical Cyclone OCKHI-17 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the Maximum sustained wind speed and the affected population and their vulnerability. Updated: this report is based on advisory number 12: (02 Dec 2017 16:19). Tropical Cyclone Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 185 km/h) from 29 Nov 2017 18:00 UTC to […]
Chip Eng Seng Group Officials, Park Hotel Group Officials and Haris Mohamed, Acting Managing Director of Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) Singapore-based Park Hotel Group’s first property, Grand Park Kodhipparu has officially opened on the 2nd of December 2017 having held their soft opening in June 2017. The official grand opening was hosted […]
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Publication Date: December 1, 2017 Electronic Access: Free Full Text (PDF file size is 2605 KB).Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Maldives’ economic growth has been highly volatile, driven primarily by a high-end tourism industry. The economy improved marginally in 2016–17 […]
The Maldives has been downgraded to a “fragile state” by the IMF because of the tense political situation, the way business is regulated and how the country’s finances and budgets have been run in recent years. The new classification is the latest blow to the Maldivian economy from the institution, which has repeatedly spoken of […]
Dhiraagu has begun selling Apple’s latest iPhone: iPhone X at a colourful ceremony on the 1st of December 2017 at the Dhiraagu Head Office. The special ceremony also marks the launch of iPhone X in the Maldives as dictated by Apple. During the ceremony, those Dhiraagu customers who pre-ordered the phones were handed over to […]