A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has made a statement revealing that the government hopes to repatriate at least 20,000 undocumented expatriate migrants in the Maldives before the end of the year, 2020. The government evaluates that more than 70,000 illegal migrant workers reside in different areas of the Maldives from which 90% of the workers are […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih met with the National Security Council (NSC) and relevant senior officials this evening, to discuss the ongoing protests by foreign workers over unpaid wages. The meeting was held at the President’s Office. Discussions pertained to the rising tensions between certain expatriates and locals, the threat this poses to public safety, and […]
State Electric Company (STELCO) has announced that it had installed a disinfection gate at its office building as a safety measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. According to STELCO, the disinfection gate had been installed in the company’s head office as a crucial measure to ensure the safety of the company’s employees and customers. Previously, STELCO […]
The Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM)’s President Aminath Eenas & Member Aishath Afreen, resigned from the rights watchdog on Sunday. Their resignations came at a time the Parliament’s Committee on Human Rights and Gender were preparing to dismiss HRCM’s members nearing the end of their five-year terms. Vice President Mohamed Zahid, and members Moosa […]
A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures. The Parliament of Maldives had recently approved to decrease the duties on tobacco items imported to two regional ports […]
The National Awards Committee has opened nominations for the National Award of Honour in an announcement published today on the Government’s gazette. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made the decision to open nominations for the awards after consulting with his cabinet last week. These and other special achievement awards are typically presented to recipients at ceremonies […]
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 […]
Ooredoo Maldives & 11 other mobile operators have extended its commitment to improving digital/ financial inclusiveness for women. Here is a list of the 12 mobile operators: Grameenphone Ltd Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd MobileMoney Limited (a subsidiary of MTN Ghana) Ooredoo Maldives Orange Finances Mobiles Sénégal (OFMS) Reliance Jio Robi Axiata Ltd Safaricom PLC Telenor Pakistan […]
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 […]