A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
“A modern cricket stadium using the latest technology and a capacity to seat 22,000 spectators will also come up in Hulhumalé under the $800 million LoC,” states the High Commission of India in the Maldives. The stadium is described by the Cricket Control Board of Maldives (CCBM) as, ‘state-of-the-art training and international stadium in Hulhumale; […]
MTCC has commenced work on the construction of a 22-bed COVID Facility in Gdh. Thinadhoo on 25th September 2020. “Gdh. Thinadhoo COVID Facility is a special project we had taken to assist the authorities in their quest to tackle the COVID pandemic. We commenced the project on 25th Sep 2020 and we are expecting to […]
Identifying the public’s opinion regarding the government is vital. This is something that’s being done around the world and there are several modern ways to do this. Apart from votes taken before elections, having a system that always reveals the public’ opinion on the government not only helps the state and politicians to reform their […]
COVID-19 “Antigen” test kits capable of generating results of active infection within 15 minutes has been introduced by MedTech in the Maldives. MedTech stated that the test kit is produced by Abbott, a well-known manufacturer of laboratory equipment where the portable antigen test will highly facilitate in procedures of public health. This includes detecting individuals […]
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death on the planet. It has many causes: from smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity, to air pollution, and rare and neglected conditions such as Chagas Disease and cardiac amyloidosis. In the time of COVID-19, CVD patients are faced with a double-edged threat. Not only […]
The number of confirmed cases in the Maldives for the past 10 days have been below 100 and the rate of positive cases to samples taken have fallen below 5%, according to statistics by Health Protection Agency. During March, the country closed all universities, colleges and training facilities for a period of 14 days, over […]
Aasandha has launched the company’s first mobile application. The application was developed especially for Maldivians using Aasandha scheme. The application is now available on PlayStore and will soon be available on App Store as well. After downloading and registering on the app, from places providing services under the Aasandha Scheme, in those places using Aasandha’ […]
After a decade, the National Thalassemia Center in the Maldives is being renovated. While the centre is being changed after a long time of neglect, many locals are questioning the quality of service at the centre. According to the Maldives WHO Mission August report in 2014, the Republic of the Maldives has one of the […]
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has announced the Terms of Reference for their Community Urban Farming project. Earlier this month, HDC stated that preparations have begun to start the ‘Urban Farming Program’ in Hulhumale’ by next year. The program is aimed to provide the residents of Hulhumale’ with the opportunity to earn an additional income while […]