A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands supports the local community by donating books to Dhonbandarain pre-school of Huraa, a neighboring local island in commemoration of the International Volunteer Day 2020 for Social and Economic Development, an international observance mandated by the United Nations since 1985. Valuing this year’s theme ‘Together We Can Through Volunteering’, the Ladies […]
Emirates has announced that it has increased passenger services to the Maldives with four daily flights until 31 January 2021. The added flight will offer customers greater connectivity during the holiday season, and also re-affirms the airline’s commitment to supporting the island nation’s tourism industry. The fourth daily flight will operate as Emirates flight EK […]
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has established a set of guidelines on action to be taken against those who violate the Director-General of Public Health’s orders during the ongoing public health emergency. Under the new guidelines publicized on Monday, first-time offenders among the public will face an MVR 1000 fine while MVR 3500 fine will […]
Vice President Faisal Naseem held discussions with stakeholders from both the health and education sectors regarding ways of strengthening the nursing profession in the Maldives, this morning at the President’s Office. Discussions centered on overcoming hindrances to training nurses, enhancing Government support to the profession, and addressing the discrepancy between the ratio of individuals who […]
Attaining success is not simply a matter of luck. It’s a matter of taking the time to learn a trade, applying your knowledge and sticking with it — even in the face of adversity and potential failure along the way. While successful people work in many different fields, they tend to share key character traits which help […]
BML Islamic has today announced positive changes to its Lifestyle Financing for personal customers receiving rental income from a property. The facility is a Shari’ah compliant financing solution based on the concepts of Murabahah, Diminishing Musharakah, Wakalah and Ijarah. For the unsecured BML Islamic Lifestyle Financing, customers can finance from MVR 25,000 up to MVR […]
Orca Media Group has opened nominations for the fifth edition of “Corporate Maldives Gold 100” which will be held in March 2021. “GOLD 100” is a list of leading 100 business entities in the Maldives, published by Corporate Maldives at the end of every year. The selection criterion ensures that the selection process is transparent […]
Spokesperson of Health Emergency Operations Centre (HOEC), Dr Nazla Rafeeq has revealed that arrangement for vaccine storage will be made in Male’ and in Atolls. The vaccine for COVID-19 has to be stored in specialized freezers. In order to meet the capacity for vaccination, storage facilities will be established in both Male’ and Atolls, according […]
Velana International Airport has welcomed 244 jets in November 2020, resulting in a 142% increase in jet landings in comparison to the same period last year. As per Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL), Velana International Airport witnessed 101 jet movements in November 2019 while this year, the airport has handled 244 jet movements, resulting in […]