A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the first amendment to the Local Council Elections Special Provision Act 2020 (Act no.: 03/2020). Parliament passed the bill at its third extraordinary sitting held on January 19, 2021. The Local Council Elections Special Provision Act—passed on May 10, 2020—led to the postponement of Local Council and Women’s Development […]
The Elections Commission (EC) has revealed that its budget is insufficient to hold the local council elections according to the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA) guidelines, stating that an additional MVR 51 million is necessary to do so. EC member Ismail Habeeb made this remark in the National Advisory Committee, in which relevant authorities discussed the […]
After nine long months of interruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all the schools in Male’ have resumed studies under the special protocol rolled out by the Ministry of Education. Under this special protocol, sessions are conducted on a hybrid model where each session is limited to a maximum of 5 teaching hours, and the […]
The state has confirmed the appointment of Uza. Aminath Abdulla Zuhair as the Employment Tribunal’s new President on Wednesday. She was formerly serving as the tribunal’s Vice President, since initially being appointed to the position in 2019. Aminath, who holds a Masters of Law from the England University, also previously worked as a legal consultant […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has on Wednesday constituted the Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital Governing Board and appointed six members. The composition of the board is as follows: Aminath Gasim Dr Aminath Nazeer Moomina Abdulla Hassan Shujau Abdul Latheef Hassan Ahmed Dawood President Solih appointed Aminath Gasim as the chairperson of the board. Full details are available […]
A consignment of Oxford-AstraZeneca ‘Covishield’ vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute in India has been airfreighted to the Maldives under a special grant program between the two countries. The Air India flight carrying the 100,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine landed at Velana International Airport at around 2:42 pm on Wednesday. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih addressed […]
The government of Japan has provided the Maldives with medical equipment worth USD 5.6 million. During the ceremony held at the Health Emergency Operation Center (HEOC) stationed at Dharubaaruge on Tuesday, Ambassador of Japan to the Maldives, Keiko Yanai handed the consignment over to the Maldives Minister of Health, Ahmed Naseem. The donation comes under […]
The Ministry of Finance has revealed that MVR 242.3 million has been spent as income support allowance to individuals whose jobs have been affected by the prevalent COVID-19 pandemic. According to the statistics revealed by the Ministry, 17,410 citizens have received income support allowance provided by the government. Income support is given at the rate […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid has yesterday met with the Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives Zhang Lizhong, exchanging views on a wide range of issues of mutual interest to both parties. Ambassador Zhang tweeted that it was a pleasure to meet FM Shahid, stating that he is looking forward to enhanced and closer cooperation […]