President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has sent a message of sympathy to the President of Mexico, His Excellency Enrique Peña Nieto, following the earthquake that hit Mexico. The President’s message reads as follows: “I was deeply grieved to learn about the powerful earthquake that hit Mexico causing the loss of dozens of lives and injury […]
The US is concerned over the status of rule of law and democracy in Maldives, saying lack of higher educational opportunities and weak institutions contribute to the growth of Islamist extremism in the strategically situated country in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives has been hit by political unrest since Mohamed Nasheed, the country’s first democratically […]
Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim (C) receives WHO’s award to the Maldives for the successful eradication of measles from the country. PHOTO/HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday presented the Maldives an award for successfully eliminating measles from the country. The Maldives received the award at WHO’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for […]
The 70th Regional Committee Session of World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region and the annual governing body meeting of WHO in the region has commenced yesterday in Maldives. This 5-day session is being held at Paradise Island Resort. Officials from Maldives that took part in this meeting include the Minister of Health, Abdulla Nazim […]
Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan addresses an event in Mumbai on May 12, 2017, held to announce him as World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia. PHOTO/AFP Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was to take part in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s seventieth session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia […]
A file photo shows former foreign minister Dhunya Maumoon at a press conference. MIHAARU PHOTO Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dunya Maumoon on Wednesday called on the government to be extra vigilant in their fight against terrorism. The message came after reports of two Maldivians being apprehended in a major anti-terrorism operation that took place […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has appointed His Excellency Mohamed Hussain Shareef as Ambassador of the Maldives to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. President Yameen presented the letter of appointment to the new Ambassador, at a ceremony held at the President’s Office this morning. Full details are available from the link below:
The delegates taking part in the Seventieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, 2017. PHOTO / HEALTH MINISTRY World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Seventieth Session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia commenced in Paradise Island Resort on Wednesday. Top health-officials from 11 countries in the South-East Asian region, along with officials from WHO, […]
