A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Crossroads Maldives has become the very first partner of the Maldives Border Miles, the world’s first nationwide loyalty program for tourists. Maldives Border Miles is an initiate of Maldives Immigration and developed with the Ministry of Tourism, Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) and Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL). Tourists can register to the […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has on Tuesday decided, following consultations with his Cabinet, to commission the first phase of the ‘Integrated National Public Ferry Network’ project to Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc. Ltd. (MTCC). The Cabinet reached the decision at the session held today, following deliberations on a paper submitted by the Ministry of […]
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the EU are calling on youth leaders, influencers, and creators to promote peace through digital action by joining a new regional programme in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. ‘United Creatives’ is implemented by the social change agency Love Frankie and will support youth from across the two countries […]
When COVID-19 pandemic had reached the Maldives, it is safe to say, as a collective nation, we were not adequately prepared for it. We had not accounted for enough ventilators and trained health care professionals who had experience dealing with this new virus. The novel coronavirus swept up a storm in the tiny nation when […]
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has revealed that work on the design and build of Ha. Ihavandhoo Harbour is making significant headway. According to MTCC, the overall project progress currently stands at 35 per cent. New harbour basin dredging works for the project is currently ongoing, with 59 per cent completion. The total value […]
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) has introduced its Compliance Risk Management Policy and the Compliance Improvement Plan for 2021. MIRA states that the policy was introduced to ease the tax obligations for taxpayers, promote ‘voluntary compliance’ of tax guidelines, and reduce ‘non-compliance’ to tax laws and policies. The policy outlines that in the future, MIRA […]
Medtech Maldives has celebrated its 12 year anniversary, marking a momentous milestone in its journey of bridging medical excellence to the healthcare industry. Medtech Maldives Pvt Ltd is a company specialized in the selling and distribution of medical equipment, consumables, laboratory reagents and products related to the medical field. Medtech Maldives has been serving as the leader […]
‘Girls to Code – Thinadhoo’, a Thinadhoo-based program aimed at teaching young girls how to code, has kicked off on 10th January 2021. The program is being conducted by Women in Tech and Dhiraagu and will run for two months virtually, at no cost to the participants. In the program, students will be trained on […]
The Addu flying school, also known as Asian Academy of Aeronautics (AAA), has been fined MVR 35,000 under the Maldives Civil Aviation Act, which allows for parties who defy provisions in the Act to be fined an amount lower than MVR 100,000. The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Higher Education […]