A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Gender Ministry has announced 7 winners of this year’s Rehendhi Award. Since 2014, the Rehendhi Award has been annually bestowed by the Ministry to give recognition to women for their commendable services to national and community development. Of the recipients this year, 2 were awarded for outstanding services in the social sector, while the […]
National Boating Association of Maldives (NBAM) has introduced a mechanism that now allows PCR samples to be taken from Liveaboard guests without having to travel to Male’. The Boating Association has come to an agreement with service providers to take samples from 9 islands; K. Thulusdhoo, Himmafushi, Dhiffushi, Gulhi, Maafushi, ADh. Dhangethi, Dhigurah and Aa. […]
The world’s biggest online talent competition, Little Buddy Talentz has been inaugurated in the Maldives on Sunday. The virtual inauguration ceremony was held via Zoom on Sunday morning and was attended by chief guest Minister of Education Aishath Ali. Little Buddy Talentz is an online creative platform to give youngsters in the age group of […]
The Human Rights Commission (HRCM) has stated yesterday that the body will not have sufficient funding to perform its obligatory duties, as per the 2021 state budget. In a Budget Committee hearing which took place yesterday, HRCM Commissioner Moomina Waheed stated that while the commission asked for an MVR 30 million budget, only MVR 24 […]
Minister of Health, Ahmed Naseem (Kerafa Naseem) has announced that work is being done on procuring the COVID-19 vaccine by January 2021. Speaking during the State Budget 2021 program carried out by PSM, Naseem stated that the vaccine will hopefully arrive in the Maldives in late January or early February next year. Furthermore, he said […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has ratified the Education Act (24/2020) yesterday. The Act was passed by Parliament on Monday, 26 October 2020, at the 10th sitting of its third session this year. The Act provides a framework needed to thoroughly ensure equal rights and opportunities for children and adults to pursue education, as guaranteed by […]
Maldives has approved the Panbio COVID-19 Ag portable antigen test by Abbott that can deliver results within 15 minutes. Medtech Maldives is the agent for Abbott in the Maldives. The test has been approved by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and has also released a guideline to use it for testing. The portable test device […]
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