A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Here are the latest news updates of 28th May Male’ City Council Issues Business Permits As the government eases lockdown measure, businesses will need to apply permits to continue their operations, and permits will be issued via a virtual platform handled by Male’ City Council, stated Assistant Commissioner of Police Ismail Naveen. He added that […]
After two weeks of lockdown in the Greater Male’ Area and several cautious precautions in several islands, the Maldivian economy is ready to relaunch again as President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announces eases in COVID-19 restrictions. Addressing to the nation, the president of Maldives had announced that after the expiration of lockdown, COVID-19 restrictions will be […]
Maldives Tourism Minister, Ali Waheed has urged commonwealth countries to re-open their borders for safe international travel. During the virtual seminar with senior officials from Commonwealth countries on “COVID-19’s Impact on Tourism, Debt, and Disaster Risk Management”, Minister Ali Waheed said that the Maldives has experienced the worst economic downfall in recent history. The country […]
The Maldives will be easing lockdown in greater Male’ area with phase 1 where people will be allowed to go out for more hours and general businesses will be permitted to open from 28th May. The first phase is to last for two weeks according to Health Minister Abdulla Ameen. Schools, government offices, cafes, and […]
Amidst COVID-19 outbreak in Maldives, government has declared lockdown and strict precautionary measures. During this period, several online grocery stores have emerged and are establishing a competitive online industry. Here Corporate Maldives has compiled a list of new online grocery start-ups in Maldives. 1. GoPrime GoPrime is built on the backbone of EwityPos, import products […]
Here are the latest news updates for 27th May MIRA Predicts Tax Revenues to Fall by 48% 48% of fall in tax revenues is predicted for the year due to the on-going COVID-19 outbreak in the country, stated Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA). Commissioner General of Taxation Fathuhulla Jameel said that MIRA projected annual tax […]
Ooredoo Maldives has donated 50 Intubation Boxes to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Maldives to help protect healthcare workers during this COVID 19 global pandemic. Intubation boxes are a recently innovated transparent polycarbonate box that was designed in Taiwan to separate the nurses and physicians from the patient to reduce the risk of contracting […]
Cancer Society of Maldives (CSM) plans to host Facebook Livestream session on prostate cancer. Speakers for the information session are Dr Abdulla Adsar, Consultant Urologist, IGMH, and Dr Mohamed Shifan, Consultant Surgical Oncologist / Head of Oncology, IGMH. Dr Mariyam Raya will be serving as the moderator for the session. Facebook Livestream will be held […]
In the first quarter, over 161000 items were ordered on eSTOre, according to 1st quarterly reports of State Trading Organization (STO). STO 1st quarterly reports 2020 also show that 344,9444 parboiled rice bags, 207,400 wheat flour bags, and 117,580 crystal white sugar bags were imported. In the perishable item section, 27,982 onion bags, 6,110 potato […]