A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives leading travel trade show, TTM Maldives 2020 will now be held virtually from 25th to 26th November, Orca Media Group confirmed. Travel Trade Maldives (TTM) is the leading international travel trade fair held in the Maldives and will showcase over 150 resorts/hotels & leading 200 operators from the top 30 countries to the Maldives. […]
Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has filed a lawsuit against a shop in Male’ North Harbour for outstanding rent and fines amounting to MVR 13.2 million. The case is against ‘Shop Number 5’ which is believed to be owned by an individual named Ibrahim Naif as per the local media, Mihaaru where the rent was not […]
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) announced that Hdh. Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital Renovation project is well underway, with an overall 18% project progress. The casting of lift wall located on the first floor of the Ward Building is now complete. The project was mobilized on 17th May 2020. MTCC completed the S. Hulhudhoo Football Ground […]
Maldives Virtual Tour Expo is a virtual consumer travel fair held quarterly, reaching over 100 million travellers across the globe. While you plan to tick the Maldives off your bucket list, why not make a pre-trip to the destination and experience the paradise destination virtually? MVT Expo will give the wanderlust travellers a chance to […]
The USD limit, which used to be USD 600 per day for POS and USD 400 per day for ATM withdrawals for Visa debit cards, has been lowered by Bank of Maldives (BML) to USD 250 per month, per card for debit and credit cards for use on foreign transactions. This is a huge change […]
The parliament has enacted several changes to the Employment Act. The amendment bill passed on Sunday, 6 September 2020 was initially submitted by the government in June 2019. However, the parliament’s version is a bit different from the one submitted by the government. The parliamentary review of the bill was largely carried out by a […]
Edelweiss will be returning to the Maldivian skies directly from Zurich to Male from September 26. The Swiss leisure airline will resume its operations twice a week from Zurich directly to Male’. Patrick Heymann, Chief Commercial Officer of Edelweiss said, “Over 1,200 islands in the Indian Ocean with its crystal clear water offer divers and […]
Fenaka Corporation Limited has achieved the certification of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The company becomes the first company offering utility services that achieved this certification in the Maldives. The International Organization for Standardization is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization […]
Audit by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) revealed that the prices charged for the food and beverages to quarantine facility and those in need in Male’ City were too high compared to the controlled prices by the government. The prices of commodities were controlled by the government after the prices started to rise since April […]