A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Restaurant Association of Maldives has been registered to raise the voices of the growing industry of restaurants, cafés, hotels and other such places throughout the Maldives. The association has opened the opportunity for the food and beverage businesses and other related businesses to become members of the association. In order to register as a member, […]
Voice of Children Maldives is excited to announce their collaboration with Zul Arif, for the first Official VOC Soundtrack. The soundtrack is titled “Free”, Songwriting, performance (Instrumentation), Composition, Production has been done by Zulf Arif. Backing vocals by Nic Rippon. Upon the release of the song, Zul said that “This song was written 5 years ago […]
Moosa Nasih, President of the Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) had resigned. Nasih had revealed that a complaint was previously lodged concerning allegations of sexual assault from a senior official at the association, on June 23. The Internal Affairs Committee of the association had initially passed to probe the case, lodged by a female employee […]
ARC has strongly condemned the circulation of a video depicting inappropriate sexual behaviour among minors on social media platforms. Propagation of inappropriate content of children is not only contradictory to the rights and dignity of the children involved but also negatively impacts the well- being of the children and their families in the long-term. As […]
Institute for Wellness Education (IWE) announces that they will be organizing a session based on “Rape: From Broken to Unbreakable to help shatter the shame, stigma, and silence surrounding sexual violence. The session will be brought to you by Ooredoo in association with MV+ (Media Partner), Eight Cubed (Design Partner), and Voice of Children (Civil […]
A mistake is an action or a decision that we come to regret. Mistakes usually cause some degree of pain, loss or struggle. We call an action a mistake when we don’t like the consequences of our choice. The irony is that these events, which we try so hard to avoid, might be precisely what […]
Maldives Association of Human Resource Professionals (MAHRP) has opened registration for the first-ever virtual learning and development conference in the Maldives. Set to take place on July 11 and 12, the virtual learning and development conference will be themed as, “Creating a Value-Driven Learning Culture”. It will feature speakers from the Maldives, India, Trinidad and […]
ARC strongly condemns the recent cases of rape of 11 and 16-year-olds, with both cases reportedly happening at guesthouses in Male’ City. ARC expresses deep concern with the lack of supervision of guesthouses registered with the Ministry of Tourism and remains deeply concerned about reports of numerous unregistered room rentals that continue to operate without […]
Colonel Rtd Mohamed Nazim has donated 6,000 PPE and Shareefa Foundation has donated 2,000 PPE to Drivers Association amid COVID-19 crisis. Colonel Rtd. Nazim said Maldivian taxi drivers work long hours and do a lot of hard work. Hence, to appreciate their work his foundation has donated 6,000 PPE to taxi drivers. He also added […]