A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Lesser Noddy, a protected bird species in the Maldives. PHOTO/MALDIVES BIODIVERSITY The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday warned action against individuals who catch the migratory birds that travel through the Maldives. Many migrant bird species travel from the northern hemisphere during autumn to their winter destinations. As such, birds that are not normally seen […]
Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim. PHOTO/MIHAARU Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) refused to renew opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim’s travel document, his lawyer Hisaan Hussain revealed on Monday. According to Hisaan, Qasim’s legal team had appealed to renew his travel document in November as it was close to expiring. However, on November 30, MCS […]
Stacks of the new Ran Dhiha Faheh currency notes pictured at a MMA counter. MIHAARU PHOTO/MOHAMED SHARUHAAN The High Court upheld a verdict ordering two Maldivians to pay back EUR 26,000 they received from a German citizen, as they failed to establish that the money received was presented as a gift. Mario Arendt, a German […]
Aerial view of Sheraton Maldives Full Moon resort. The High Court on Sunday overturned the Employment Tribunal’s order to re-employ three staff who were dismissed from Sheraton Maldives Full Moon resort for participating in illegal protests. The protests were held in April and May 2014, over alleged discrimination by the management between local and expatriate […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on the vfp.mv website on 17th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: President Abdulla Yameen’s tenure began on 17th November 2013, and it is four years to this date. In President Yameen’s tenure, he has undertaken many developmental projects, however, many corruption allegations were also directed at […]
Six ministries have been sent right to information requests after refusing to hand over data to the Maldives Independent, which wanted to fact-check claims made by President Abdulla Yameen. Yameen rattled off figures and challenged “political leaders who say they do not see development” at the November 17 rally marking the four-year anniversary of his […]
The two convicted of murdering Hassan Abu Bakur. PHOTO/POLICE The High Court on Monday upheld the life sentence given to the two people convicted of the murder of Hassan Abu Bakur from the island of Maafaru in Noonu Atoll. In an attempt to commit robbery, Mohamed Faisal and Ahmed Naushad had bound, gagged and held […]
Hussein Waheed: the Juvenile Court has put two people on the death row for murdering Hussein Waheed. PHOTO/POLICE The High court on Wednesday upheld the Juvenile Court’s death penalty sentence on one of the killers convicted for murdering Hussain Waheed with a sharp weapon in the capital Male. The perpetrator was a minor when the […]
The four Sri Lankan vessels that were spotted off G.Dh. Kolamaafushi on November 18, 2017. The fisheries ministry declared on Tuesday that the Sri Lankan vessels that were spotted in Maldivian territory last Saturday had entered the country illegally. The fisheries ministry’s director Adam Ziyad claimed that it had not given approval to the Sri Lankan […]