A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has awarded a special scholarship to 7 students who completed their A ‘level Education last year. This award has been achieved by 5 students of Centre for Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) and 2 students of Al’Madhrasathul Arabiyyathul Islamiyya. They were awarded by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Speaking at the awards ceremony, […]
The Civil Court has decreed Allied Insurance to pay USD 22.78 million (MVR 351 million) to Yacht Tours on Sunday (19th July 2020). Yacht Tours filed the lawsuit over a lack of compensation for extensive damages to water villas in H. A. Alidhoo. It is a resort that has been leased to Yacht Tours for […]
Eva and I first visited the Maldives in the 1980s. We fell in love with the country, holidayed here many times and, in the early 1990s, started to invest. Initially it was in Humming Bird helicopters, the country’s first domestic air transportation company, which eventually morphed into TMA. Then we moved into hotels, starting with Soneva […]
National Federation of Maldivian Employers (NFME) is hosting its 9th webinar session under tailoring a new reality on the topic, “The Maldives Insurance Industry and Innovative Insurance Products for the New Business Environment” The webinar will take place on the 22nd of July 2020 at 16:30hrs local time. This episode can be watched live on […]
Controversies have arisen after the President of People’s Majlis, Mohamed Nasheed, proposed the provision of resident visa for foreigners who live in a rented house in the Maldives for 10 years. A residence visa is a document or a card required in some regions, allowing a foreign national to reside in a country for a […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made an appeal to the nation’s young, to make full use of the opportunities available to them. He expressed these sentiments while delivering remarks at a ceremony held at the President’s Office to award ‘the President’s Scholarships’ to students that were ‘Top Achievers’ in last year’s academic examinations. President Solih presented […]
STELCO Head Office in Male’ State Electric Company Limited (STELCO) has stated that the electricity distribution network upgrades in K. Gaafaru will be completed by the coming week. STELCO outlined that the upgrades are aimed to solve voltage drops in Gaafaru distribution network and that it will provide more convenience for the residents of the […]
People’s Majlis had shown signs of its members, wanting to dismantle the Anti Corruptions Commission regarding a small investigation of Former President Mohamed Nasheed. Eradicating corruption is among the most important of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s presidential oaths. Henceforth, the campaign “zero tolerance to corruption” was commenced by the government. This campaign initiated the people […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has published statistics that reveal, more than 26 per cent of women working in the private sector had lost their jobs and methods of earning due to the pandemic. A study that has been conducted by NBC in collaboration with United Nations Women reveals that numerous women who lost […]