A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
It was the fifth death of a tourist this year. A Russian tourist died on Sunday during a diving trip from a safari vessel. The deceased was a 40-year-old woman, police told the media. It was unclear how she died or where the diving accident occurred. In a separate incident on Sunday, a Pakistani tourist […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 4th February 2018. The following is a loose translation: Some healthcare professionals believe that the rise of the sudden deaths are due to consuming 2 things: smoking and energy drinks. The news of a young individual from Haa Dhaalu Atoll Nolhivaranfaru island, who died suddenly […]
Adaaran Select Meedhuppau Resort. PHOTO/BOOKING.COM A tourist was found dead in Adaaran Select Meedhupparu Resort in Raa atoll on Wednesday morning. A spokesperson from Police said that the 62-year-old German man was found dead after he went snorkeling. No further details of the incident were given. With a tourist dying in a similar incident in Kuramathi […]
Photo: Sun.mv Esa Khaleel, a former councillor of Malé Atoll Kaashidhoo, was found dead Sunday in a dinghy at the island’s harbour. Ali Sultan, Kaashidhoo island council’s current president, told the Maldives Independent that youths found him lying unconscious on a dinghy at around 3pm. The dinghy was not tied to the jetty and was floating […]
Kuramathi Islandi Resort A Chinese tourist was found dead in Kuramathi Island Resort in Alif Alif atoll on Sunday evening. According to Police, they received the report at 5:15 pm that day. The 29-year-old man was found dead after he had gone for a swim. Police said that their officials are currently at the resort, […]
Kanniyakumari: About twenty-seven fishermen, who went fishing in deep sea following cyclone ‘Ockhi’ , returned safely to the district after facing various difficulties on Saturday. PTI Photo(PTI12_9_2017_000133B) | Photo Credit: PTI Having lost trust in the search operations of the State and Central governments to locate their brethren who went missing after Cyclone Ockhi, 36 […]
Negombo City Coroner Dr Siri Jayantha Wickremaratne who held the preliminary inquiry into the death of a young man who died during a trip to the Maldives ordered police to produce before him the woman who had accompanied him on the journey. He decided that the circumstance that led to the death had not been […]
A safari yacht in Hulhumale harbour. PHOTO: AHMED ABDULLA SAEED/MIHAARU A Sri Lankan tourist, on a diving excursion from a safari boat off the coast of Kaafu atoll Guraidhoo island, died Wednesday. According to Abdul Majeed, the spokesperson of Guraidhoo Health Centre, the Sri Lankan national was a 33 year old man. He was pronounced […]
The man that was rescued while drifting away near Villimale and Feydhoo Finolhu on December 16, 2017. PHOTO / POLICE An expat who had drifted away while trying to save another expat on a drifting dinghy, was rescued by the police on Saturday. According to the police, the two expats were rescued from the waters […]