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M7 Minivan Promo 2020! Enjoy Special Prices on Printing

M7 Minivan Promo 2020! Enjoy Special Prices on Printing

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M7 Print Minivan Promotion is back for 2020. The local business offering products with the latest printing technology has kicked off their annual Minivan Promo in celebration of Maldives Independence Day. The promotion is largely targeted to corporates, offering exclusive rates on canvas & stickers, business cards and fabric printing. Under the promo, customers are […]

President Solih Congratulates Sri Lankan President After SLPP Victory in Parliamentary Elections

President Solih Congratulates Sri Lankan President After SLPP Victory in Parliamentary Elections

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H.E President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has sent a message of congratulations to the President of Sri Lanka, H.E Gotabaya Rajapaksa, following the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP’s) decisive victory in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections this year. President Solih’s message reads as follows: “It gives me great pleasure to extend warm greetings and sincere good wishes […]

New Guidelines to be Made for Expatriates Running Businesses in Maldives

New Guidelines to be Made for Expatriates Running Businesses in Maldives

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Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail states that the ministry will gazette a new guideline for expatriates running businesses in the country, next week. According to the minister, with this guideline, most of the issues posed by the expatriates working in the Maldives shall be subjected to solutions. He also highlighted the problems and complains by the […]

For Reliable, High-Quality Fuel Supply: The Hawks Private Limited

For Reliable, High-Quality Fuel Supply: The Hawks Private Limited

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A recipient of several awards in fuel supplying, Hawks directly imports and distributes petrol and diesel to any location in the Maldives. The company’s strong fleet featuring the latest safety equipment and segregated tanks include 12 delivery barges from 15 to 300cbm and 6 tankers with a capacity from 1000cbm to 10,500cbm. A total of […]

Maldives to Recover from COVID in 2022 – Minister Fayyaz

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Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail stated that the Maldives will take approximately 2 years, to recover from the downfalls faced by the country and to return to the normal economic trends reflected in 2019. Minister highlights that the upcoming 6 to 8 months will be of extreme struggles as the economy of the country has come […]

MTCC Achieves Quality Management Certificate of ISO

MTCC Achieves Quality Management Certificate of ISO

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Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has achieved the quality management system, 9001:2015 certificate issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). 9001:2015 standard of ISO is the most renowned quality management system, worldwide. MTCC is among the few Maldivian companies that have achieved the quality management certificate in the country, thus certifying all its […]

Ooredoo Maldives’ e-Commerce Platform Moolee Celebrates 1 Year

Ooredoo Maldives’ e-Commerce Platform Moolee Celebrates 1 Year

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Today, the e-commerce platform Moolee celebrates its successful one year of providing its customers nationwide online shopping experience. Commenced in August 2009, Moolee has belted 10000+ deliveries across the Maldives offering a vast variety of quality products with over 14 categories including Consumer Electronics, Gaming products, Books & Stationaries, Home & Kitchen and Lifestyle products […]

Was Maldives Ready to Welcome Back Tourists?

Was Maldives Ready to Welcome Back Tourists?

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The Maldives has restarted tourism and reopened borders for visitors from all nationalities from 15th July 2020. To contain the spread of the COVID-19, countries are enforcing mandatory negative COVID-19 PCR test results when travellers return to their countries. This raises the question: Can Maldives address this requirement? Do we have enough testing facilities in […]

President Appoints Dr.Abdulla Mausoom as Tourism Minister

President Appoints Dr.Abdulla Mausoom as Tourism Minister

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The Maldives has welcomed Dr Abdulla Mausoom as the new Minister of Tourism. President’s Office Spokesperson Ibrahim Hood announced the appointment today (6th August). Dr Mausoom was serving as the Maldivian Ambassador to Singapore before being taking over the new role as the Minister of Tourism. He is also a former Parliamentarian and represented the […]