A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The number of homeless people in Male’, the capital city of Maldives has shot up over the last few months. In a tweet on Monday afternoon, the Gender Ministry announced that they are collaborating with relevant state institutions to provide temporary housing to the people living in the streets in Male’ City as part of […]
Mr Mohamed Mihad has been appointed as an Associate Partner of KPMG Maldives, with effect from 1st December 2020. KPMG in the Maldives, a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms announced the appointment of Mr Mohamed Mihad as an Associate Partner of the Firm. Mohamed Mihad counts over 10 years of […]
Hideaway Beach Resort & Spa has implemented a program called the Safe Hideaway Programme in step with their re-opening just a few days ago. A comprehensive action plan has been enacted which covers social distancing, health, hygiene, and enhanced sanitization across the entire guest journey. In addition to that, the resort also offers a free PCR test for 2 […]
Mohamed Zaki (Nazaki Zaki) has stepped down as the chairman of Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) following a corruption scandal within the company worth over MVR 8 million. Zaki revealed that the corruption took place in a tweet on Wednesday. He said it was in relation to transactions linked with the fuel trade, and that the company’s […]
The President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has met with the Council Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives, yesterday at the President’ Office. The meeting was attended by Council President Mr Hassan Ziyath, Vice-President of the Council – Mr Hassan Mohamed and Members – Ms Fareeha Shareef, Mr Hussain Niyazy, Mr Malik Mohamed, […]
The Asian Academy of Aeronautics (AAA) has constantly been making headlines due to alleged incompetence and negligence in the treatment of its students. In the most recent news, the flight school situated in Gan, Addu, terminated 15 students on Saturday and Sunday, many of whom did not receive any prior warning. The reasons for termination […]
The public utility company, Fenaka Corporation has announced that the company made a net profit of MVR 35 million last year, describing it as the greatest financial success in its company history. The company said that the success in turning a profit last year is believed to be the result of significant operational changes over […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has appointed five members to the Tax Appeal Tribunal. The members appointed yesterday are as follows: 1. Uz Mohamed Munavvar Ali 2. Uza Fathimath Minhath Izzath 3. Mr Hussain Zaidhan Jaleel 4. Mr Ismail Sajidh 5. Uz Ahmed Ashraf The President’s Office opened applications for membership of the Tax Appeal Tribunal […]
A recent bill submitted on behalf of the government to the Parliament underlines a number of drastic changes to tourism land rent laws. Instead of taking one single rent rate across the Maldives, rent taken from various atolls will differ – the further away from Male’ it is, the lower the rental rate will be. […]