A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
From the moment you land at Kadhoo Domestic Airport, you will be greeted all around by thick lush foliage, with sudden glimpses of the ocean blues through the greenery. At this point, you could be forgiven for thinking that Laamu is just like many of the numerous inhabited islands in Maldives. It isn’t. The Roads […]
Movement restrictions to be lifted in greater Male’ area between 5:00 to 22:00 from June 15th, National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) revealed. Speaking at the press conference, Health Ministry’s Assistant Director Aiminath Shaina Abdulla said that parks and public spaces in the capital will also be opened with proper sanitization and hygiene measures from June […]
A webinar based on the results of a rapid livelihood assessment carried out to understand the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in the Maldives is being organized by the Institute of Audit and Assurance (IAA) of the Auditor General’s Office in collaboration with UNDP Maldives. “The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic continues to have deep repercussions […]
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC)’s Mahaa jarraaf, the largest dredging vessel in the Maldives, will be employing only locals, stated Managing Director of MTCC Adam Azim. Currently, Mahaa jarraaf employs 5 ex-pats and the transition to an all-local workforce will be made in 4 months. Speaking at a National Federation of Maldivian Employers (NFME) […]
Dhiraagu has successfully hosted it’s 31st Annual General Meeting (AGM) on a virtual platform using ‘Fahivote’, an online General Meeting Management System developed by Maldives Security Depository Pvt Ltd. This is also the first time a virtual AGM has been held through ‘Fahivote’. With 68 shareholders in person and by proxy registered to attend and […]
Information Commissioner’s Office will be hosting a webinar to discuss the importance of delivering accurate information related to COVID-19 and the obstacles faced in delivering them. The webinar will provide information and address the misinformation spread regarding the ongoing pandemic. The webinar will take place on 11th June at 8:30hrs, local hours. The webinar can […]
Do we need to keep focused on developing Velana International Airport as the only gate of arrival to the Maldives or are we reaching high time to consider the usage of other airports for international passenger airline arrivals? Velana International Airport is the main hub for all international passenger airlines in the Maldives. The airport […]
Every crisis has its heroes, every disaster highlights the selflessness and sacrifices people have to make to survive. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced nurses out of the comfort of their own workplace and into new locations in the pursuit of doing their job of providing and caring for patients. Some have to travel very far […]
‘Thaana Mellow’ App has been introduced by Team Thaana Mellow to help the blind and visually impaired people living in the Maldives. The app translates written Thaana to Latin, enabling phone screen readers to read it out loud, making the written Thaana information available to the blind and visually impaired community. The idea of ‘Thaana […]