The police headquarters, Shaheedh Hussain Adam Building in the capital Male. PHOTO / MIHAARU There were fewer crimes reported in 2017 compared to the statistics of 2016, Maldives Police Service revealed on Tuesday. According to statistics published by the police, there were 13,580 cases filed at the police in 2016. However, in 2017, the amount […]
PPM parliamentary group leader Ahmed Nihan Hussain Manik gestures during a parliamentary committee meeting. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s parliamentary group leader and Villimale MP Ahmed Nihan claimed on Tuesday that Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim would be a “better fit” than former President Mohamed Nasheed as the president […]
Councillors of B. Fehendhoo pictured collecting household waste from around the island. PHOTO/EYDHAFUSHI TIMES The councillors of Baa atoll Fehendhoo island have personally set out to collect household waste from around the island, after receiving no response to the council’s notice seeking a team to operate the waste collection programme. Fehendhoo Council’s president Moosa Naseem […]
Justice Building in the capital Male, which houses the Civil Court. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO The Civil Court has revealed that more than half of the cases it revealed in 2017 were closed at its Dispute Resolution Division without proceeding to trials. According to the statistics for the previous year, the Dispute Resolution Division closed 1,277 […]
Lawmaker of North Henveiru Constituency Abdulla Shahid The former parliament speaker and current Henveiru North MP Abdullah Shahid declared on Tuesday that he would not compete in any party primaries against former President Mohamed Nasheed. Since Nasheed’s 13-year terrorism sentence which disqualified him as a presidential candidate, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has […]
The Maldives government is “back on the route to success, while maintaining current peace and stability”, President Abdulla Yameen said in his new year message, as former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom criticised his half-brother for the continued authoritarian rule of the current regime. Yameen said the government welcomes the new year with hopes of “achieving […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 2nd January 2018. The following is a loose translation: Economically, this year, we will be able to see a lot of projects in its final form. They include housing projects, massive tourism projects and transportation projects. It is believed, that from an economic perspective, this […]
The Islamist group Jamiyathul Salaf has expressed concern after scantily clad women were shown during the live broadcast of the New Year show organised by the government in the capital city Malé, according to Sun Online. Sheikh Hassan Moosa Fikry, the group’s vice president, said the most upsetting factor is that such shows, which display […]
Opposition social media activists are squabbling over fake votes and Twitter bots after Gasim Ibrahim beat former president Mohamed Nasheed in a RaajjeTV Twitter poll on Sunday. The poll asked voters which opposition candidate was most likely to beat President Abdulla Yameen: former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leader Nasheed, Jumhooree Party […]