A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 Mihaaru.com website on 20th March 2018. The following is a loose translation: The Supreme Court ‘startled’ the government extremely, after issuing an abrupt court order to release the politicians who are imprisoned. To escape from the ‘trick’ by the 100% trustworthy institution, the government’s only available ‘weapon’ at […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Raajje.mv website on 12th March 2018. The following is a loose translation: Lawyers can’t dictate on how to make laws Admitted that cases of people with money are concluded in their favour Moosa: judges can earn by doing construction manual work like masonry Deputy Speaker of Maldives Parliament […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 5th March 2018. The following is a loose translation: It is the same problem with every government. The injustice of the police who are being given the role of assuring protection for its citizens. The ongoing complaint is of police following orders of the respective […]
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 7th February 2018. The following is a loose translation: This was also how the Maldives was in February 2012. At that time’s political unrest, it really affected the Maldives’ economic backbone, the tourism industry. A lot of important markets were lost. 6 years later. It […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has declared State of Emergency, under Article 253 of the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives, for the next 15 days. The state of emergency was declared by a Presidential Decree (No. 2018/3) issued on 5 February 2018. As per the Presidential Decree, the state of emergency was enforced in […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Raajje.mv website on 5th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: Vice President not seen working on frontline Some parliament members also not seen Some senior officials keep resigning Following supreme court’s order, while the whole country has boiled up, ruling party lawmakers and coordinators, like a […]
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 […]