A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
IGMH staff pictured at the new cardiac centre at the state-run hospital. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI The Ministry of Health has said that it made the mass job vacancy announcement last week in an attempt to increase employment opportunities for Maldivian citizens. The health ministry announced on Thursday that it would be recruiting 160 specialist […]
Transparency Maldives is gravely concerned by the implications of the Media Commission Bill submitted to the Parliament on 22 October 2017, on the already dwindling freedoms of media and expression in the Maldives despite the Constitutional provisions guaranteeing these very rights. At a time when specific broadcast media are being disproportionately intimidated using the Anti […]
Late last month a European Union delegation visited Maldives and held separate meetings with government leaders and representatives of the opposition coalition, who are engaged in intense political infighting ahead of next year’s presidential election. The trip followed a European Parliament (EP) resolution on October 5 calling on its member states to impose sanctions on […]
Journalist Hawwa Rasheed* was in a near-deserted newsroom compiling headlines for an upcoming bulletin when two rough hands grappled her from behind and grabbed at her breasts. “I was completely numb. Those few minutes felt like years,” Hawwa said while fiddling with her headscarf, trying to cover her chest. She slapped away the invasive hands […]
The new Ambassador of Nepal to the Maldives, His Excellency Professor Bishwambher Pyakuryal presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, this morning, at the President’s Office. At the ceremony, President Yameen conveyed greetings and good wishes to the President, Her Excellency Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister, His Excellency Sher Bahadur Deuba of […]
The new Ambassador of Romania to the Maldives, His Excellency Mr. Radu Octavian Dobre has presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, this morning, at the President’s Office. At the ceremony, the President conveyed greetings and good wishes to the President, His Excellency Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister, His Excellency Mihai Tudose of […]
Raajje TV has paid off an MVR500,000 ($32,467) fine imposed by the broadcasting regulator for airing comments deemed a threat to national security, as a preliminary hearing to appeal an earlier fine began Sunday. The opposition-aligned station was last month penalised for broadcasting remarks from opposition MP Mohamed Musthafa. It was the third fine slapped […]
Members of Parliament during a sitting. PHOTO/MAJLIS The government has submitted its proposed state budget for next year to the parliament. Mihaaru understands that the finance ministry submitted the state budget last week. However, the government has not disclosed any details on the proposed amount. The parliament had approved a state budget of MVR 26.8 […]
