A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the first amendment to the Elections Commission Act (Act no.: 08/2008). The amendment was passed by Parliament at the 33rd sitting of its second session, held 6 September 2020. The amended Act reconstitutes the duties and responsibilities of the Commission’s President and Members while vesting the institution with more […]
The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has met in-person and virtually for its 112th session, which was the first major in-person event involving tourism and the United Nations held since the COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. The Executive Council was able to gather 170 delegates from 24 countries, who all agreed to support […]
The Maldives has declared that a principal cannot stay in one school for more than 8 consecutive years. This condition by the Civil Service Commission has been published to the official website of the Ministry of Education. The purpose of this decision is to ensure that the schools have a qualified and effective principal and […]
The governments of Maldives and India signed the MoU to establish ferry and cargo services by the sea on 8th June 2019, during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Maldives. According to the latest updates by the Ministry of Transport, final preparations are ongoing to start Cochin-Kulhudhuhfushi-Male’ ferry services by the end of […]
Auditor General Hassan Ziyath appoints the council members for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives. The council was appointed at the special ceremony held at Auditor General’s Office. With the Auditor General being the President of the council, under Article 37, (A5) of Maldives Chartered Accountants Act, the following members among the auditing […]
On 14th September, Minister of Tourism Abdullah Mausoom met with Ambassador of China to the Maldives, H.E. Mr Zhang Lizhong to discuss ways to increase tourist arrivals from China. During the meeting held at the Ministry of Tourism, discussions were focused on further enhancing the cooperation in travel and tourism between Maldives and China. China […]
Universal Peace Federation (UPF) International Leadership Conference is a global peace conference where a panel of distinguished specialists from as many as 120 nations share their invaluable expertise and experience on every topic imaginable. 23 participants from the Maldives took part in the conference. This includes former Minister Dr Amal Ali, Ibrahim Shaheed Zaki, Elections […]
According to the Ministry of Transport, final preparations are ongoing to start Cochin-Kulhudhuhfushi-Male’ ferry services by the end of September. The initiation of ferry services between India and Maldives was discussed during the visit of the Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Narendra Modi in July 2019 where the MOU was signed to start cargo […]
Tourism Minister, Dr.Abdulla Mausoom meets with the High Commissioner of India to Maldives, H.E. Sunjay Sudhir to discuss the ways to increase Indian tourist arrival to the Maldives. During the meeting held at the Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Minister and High commissioner discussed the importance of Indian tourist market to the Maldives and ways to increase […]