A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
National flagship carrier, Maldivian Aero’s Managing Director, Mohamed Rizvi has been appointed as the Managing Director of Regional Airports Company. Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB) has stated that Mohamed Rizvi was nominated for the post by the President’s Office. Regional Airports Company was established to manage and operate all the regional airports within the atolls. […]
Soneva Jani, the iconic luxury resort located in the Maldives’ Noonu Atoll, announces 85 new job positions, to be filled over the next few months as part of its Chapter Two expansion. The positions include eighteen positions in Housekeeping, sixteen openings for butler roles, two in the water sports department, two boat crew, six in […]
When looking at the tourism industry of the Maldives, one must grasp the exclusiveness of the brand it displays to the outside world. It takes a lot of hard work, cost and reliable consistency to keep up with the upmarket luxury brands. Customer prospects when visiting Maldives remains enormously high given the nature of the […]
Maldives State Shipping (MSS) is looking for a successful candidate to fill the position of Accountant in the company. Maldives State Shipping (MSS) is a new shipping and logistics company launched in 2020 offering an extensive international liner shipping service. MSS was born to overcome the difficulties Maldivian traders and other businesses faced in the […]
Jobsicle launches “MY Entry To HOSPITALITY”, free online hospitality courses for the Maldivians. Jobsicle is an online startup initiated in 2016. Within weeks of the initial launch, Jobsicle gained tremendous support and popularity among hundreds of companies and institutions in the Maldives. Meanwhile, thousands of job-seekers from across the country started using the website daily. […]
Nearly a quarter of Maldivian youth are not employed or engaged in education or training, according to the World Bank’s new South Asia Economic Focus report. The employment share of Maldivians in the booming tourism and construction industries – the main drivers of economic growth – is relatively low as both sectors attract many migrant […]
The Department of Judicial Administration has suspended 54 lawyers who tried to submit a petition outlining serious concerns with the judiciary to the Supreme Court, barring them from appearing in any court in the Maldives. In an announcement late Sunday night, the DJA, which functions under the direct supervision of the Supreme Court, contended that the […]