A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 6th September 2018 The following is a loose translation: Have Maldivians become merciless and uncompassionate beings? These are questions people are asking at such a time due to incidences where people had been attacked in the public but no one had come to their aid. […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 25th April 2018 The following is a loose translation: Are we happy with the measures taken to discipline the students in the Maldives schools? Are there work done through the system to reform them? Is the environment safe for teachers? Do the parents who spend […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 19th April 2018 The following is a loose translation: How do those taking up a government post and acquire wealth overnight, can so easily avoid the criticisms? How do they justify buying expensive items such as cars, apartments even land and get away so easily […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 4th March 2017. The following is a loose translation: It was at end of last year that the government decided to close down Maldives Road Development Corporation (MRDC), which carried out several billion Rufiyaa projects in Malé and in other parts of the Maldives. Government […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 8th April 2018. The following is a loose translation: During the most exciting times of presidential elections in 2013, PPM’s candidate Abdulla Yameen’s campaign office was established at Nasandhura Palace Hotel, in a vacated room. And for the activities of campaign coordinators and volunteers, a […]
At midnight on February 24, 2018, a P-3C aircraft of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Fleet Air Wing 1 P-3C : Kanoya) found that Chon Ma San, North Korean-flagged tanker, was lying alongside Xin Yuan 18, Maldivian-flagged tanker, on the high sea (around 250 km eastern offshore of Shanghai ) in the East China Sea. Judging […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 4th February 2018. The following is a loose translation: It has been more than 48 hours since the supreme court issued a court order. However, the state hasn’t implemented the order to release 9 political leaders who are in detainment. Every authority also ends their […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 30th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: Increasing number of domestic violence and child abuse cases in the Maldives is a cause for great concern for everyone. Whenever gender ministry publishes statistics, talks on the subject are especially more. Maldives has experienced a […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vfp.mv website on 18th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: The National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) was established in 2016 by President Abdulla Yameen to prevent extremist ideology. The centre’s main objective is to counter terrorism and violent extremism in the Maldives and in the international […]