A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis. Stock markets are crashing, businesses have run out of work leading to bankruptcy and layoffs. To stir the problems, even more, everyone is advised and in some regions ordered to stay at home. With uncertainty in this situation getting better any time soon and struggling each day meet […]
The Maldives appears to have dodged a bullet. With just 19 cases of the novel coronavirus at the time of writing (with 13 people having already made a full recovery), the country is in an enviable position. As the United States and Europe groan under the strain of major outbreaks, with tens of thousands of […]
Last Friday, the government has sent two Italian tourists in quarantine facilities back to their country in a Russian airline before their results got back. While they were on the flight, the government declared the results as positive which caused the flight to be quarantined in a Russian airport. According to the Standard Operation Procedure […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced a temporary suspension of on arrival visa for tourists. With this decision, the tourism industry has come to a halt. This halt could be the right time for us to rejuvenate our environment. On a daily basis, our coral reefs are exposed to sunscreens and many other chemicals and […]
Lockdown is an emergency measure or condition in which people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area or building during a threat of danger. Many countries in the world are going for lockdown as a precautionary measure to curb the spreading of COVID-19 outbreak. Our neighbours, India and Srilanka under a lockdown. […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 29th April 2018 The following is a loose translation: Along with the recent efforts to bring order to the streets of Malé, the vision the ministers expressed is that the government will develop Malé city to the same level as other advanced cities in the […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 26th April 2018 The following is a loose translation: When the current Constitution was adopted, what stood between the 2008 election and former President Mohamed Nasheed was Article 109’s Section Kaafu of the Constitution. The clause which details about the prerequisites of the president, if […]
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 […]