A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has met with the Council Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of the Maldives, yesterday at the President’ Office. The meeting was attended by Council President Mr Hassan Ziyath, Vice-President of the Council – Mr Hassan Mohamed and Members – Ms Fareeha Shareef, Mr Hussain Niyazy, Mr Malik Mohamed, […]
A recent bill submitted on behalf of the government to the Parliament underlines a number of drastic changes to tourism land rent laws. Instead of taking one single rent rate across the Maldives, rent taken from various atolls will differ – the further away from Male’ it is, the lower the rental rate will be. […]
Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture has extended the bid deadline for the six islands to be leased for agricultural purposes. Previously, the deadline for bid submission was 20th December 2020, 1300HRS. However, the Ministry has extended the deadline to 27th December 2020, 1300HRS. According to the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced his decision to display the domestic violence prevention program ‘Geveshi Gulhun’ logo and theme in all official government correspondence. The decision was announced by the President’s Office on Sunday. The announcement stated that, hereafter, all government correspondence, including letters and notes, must bear the logo and theme adopted from ‘Geveshi Gulhun’, […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, on Thursday, visited Felivaru Island in Lhaviyani Atoll and toured the island. President Solih visited the Fishermen’s Marina Hall and observed the layout and drawings for the proposed 4000 MT cold storage facility. He toured the Felivaru fish canning factory, the existing cold storage facility at the Felivaru Fisheries Complex and […]
The Maldives has participated in the 7th Greening the Islands E-Convention (International Conference and Exhibition 2020) which commenced on 24th November. Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation (MITDC) represented Maldives at the conference organized by Italy’s “Greening the Islands” (GTI) association. The 3-day conference held virtually for the first time will discuss different segments including waste […]
The contract for setting up a ‘Drug detoxification Centre’ in Hulhudhoo, Addu City, was awarded today in a ceremony held at the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The project is funded through an MVR 8 million grant assistance from India and will be steered and executed by the Ministry of National Planning, Housing […]
The 2021 State Budget proposed by the Ministry of Finance has now been passed by the Parliament’s Budget Committee, with the addition of MVR 134 million. The budget, which was initially set by the Finance Ministry at MVR 34.78 billion, was passed by the Committee at a figure of MVR 34.9 billion. The Budget Committee […]
Vice President Faisal Naseem has yesterday held discussions with relevant authorities regarding the “Youth Skill Development Centre“ project. At the meeting held at President’s Office, the Vice President reiterated the importance of building, strengthening and empowering the youth population to create a healthier and more productive workforce for the country. Speaking in this regard, he […]