A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Transparency Maldives is organizing the 2nd Human Rights Conference in December 2017. Our main theme for this year will be the ‘Impact of Violent Crime on Right to Life and Dignity’. We invite human rights activists, legal professionals, state and non-state actors working within the criminal justice system, university students, lecturers, religious scholars or anyone […]
Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz departed on a five-day visit to China Wednesday night to observe the construction of steel box girder beams for the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge. Muiz told reporters at the airport that he would “watch the fabrication work at the factory, seek detailed information, meet with engineers, and see how the work […]
A file photo shows former foreign minister Dunya Maumoon at a press conference. MIHAARU PHOTO Ministry of Health’s state minister Dunya Maumoon has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s King Salman’s decree allowing women to drive. Saudi Arabia was the only country in the world that did not allow women to drive. Women who were caught driving risked […]
The housing minister on Wednesday defended a decision to publish an anonymous list of flat winners as a corruption probe continued into the social housing scheme and despite thousands of people complaining about its lack of transparency. The 661 winners of the flats built in Hulhumalé, a reclaimed island under development near Malé, are the […]
Hundreds of police and soldiers descended on the island of Villingili in Gaafu Alif atoll ahead of a visit from President Abdulla Yameen, cracking down on opposition protesters by removing banners and placards. Around 300 security officers, some armed, were sent to Villingili two days prior to Yameen’s arrival according to atoll council president Ahmed […]
A flat complex developed by Amin Construction in Hulhumale. PHOTO/SAMEE Two expatriate workers have been gravely injured after falling from the twelfth storey of a building under construction in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. According to Aasandha Company, which operates Hulhumale Hospital, the incident took place Wednesday afternoon at a building being developed by Amin Construction. The […]
Housing Minister Muizzu speaks at press conference about the government’s first social housing project. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The monthly rent of the 661 flats to be leased under the government’s first social housing project is MVR 6,000 with a down payment of MVR 25,000, announced the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizzu on […]
Maldivian-made films on mental health, gender equality and plastic pollution will debut on social media Wednesday following a joint project between a United Nations body and telecoms firm Dhiraagu. The three films, which will also have a one-off screening ahead of movies shown at Shwack Cinema, were made by participants in the United Nations Development […]
The first premier of “Film for Change” short movies program initiated by Dhiraagu and UNDP was held on the 25th of September in Schwack Cinema. Film for change is a special program aimed at the youth interested in movie making. The program aims to create interest for the creative arts industry and to make youth […]