A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
In 1998, Mifco introduced the Fasmeeru brand to provide value-added fish products to the local market. The brand has already gained wide market acceptance locally and is marketed around the concept of offering healthy nutritional products packed and processed at the best available hygiene and safety standards and offered at affordable prices. Here are the […]
Recently, the Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed proposed a bill to grant residency visas to foreigners married to Maldivian nationals and any foreigner who has invested MVR 100,000 on a business with the approval of the relevant authorities. Further, the bill states that any foreigner who has rented a property in the Maldives for over […]
Health Protection Agency (HPA) has suspended 27 businesses for violating the safety guidelines that have been established for the prevention against the global virus. This was announced by the Health Minister Abdulla Ameen on 29th July 2020. The suspension was followed by an inspection carried out by HPA to check the status of businesses such […]
Moosa Nasih, former President of the Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) has questioned the present government’s promise to develop the local island tourism in the Maldives. According to his statement, the bookings made in guesthouses for August is being cancelled and even the future bookings are being changed to other destinations. As per the Guidelines […]
Hussain Afeef has been elected the president of Maldives Association of HR Professional (MAHRP) for the second time. MAHRP hosted their Annual General Meeting on 29th July 2020, as a virtual event. This event was attended by over 70 MAHRP registered members and the took was live-streamed via MAHRP Facebook page. During this event, MAHRP […]
SriLankan Airline’s dedicated Cargo aircraft touched down at Velana International Airport Male’ for the first time since commencing operations on the 25 June 2020. Airbus A330 was reconfigured in-house by SriLankan Airlines Engineering Team could fly a total of 170 cubic meters of cargo with the enhanced 60 cubic meters of cargo on the upper […]
The Maldivian government has commenced disbursing frontline allowance. This was announced for the workers on the frontlines who have been fighting to flatten the curve of the global virus – COVID-19. Finance Ministry has made an announcement stating that frontline workers will receive the frontline allowanced allocated starting from the 29th of July 2020. Finance […]
An event named ‘Discover Huvadhu’ will be carried out by the Maldives Fisherman Association to dive in every gulf of Huvadhoo Atoll. The event, scheduled from 29th July to 3rd August, is an initiative targeted to document, discover, disseminate, and promote the unique environmental, cultural, social, and scenic beauty of Huvadhu atoll. With the help […]
Finance Ministry reveals that the dividend issued by the state-owned companies has decreased by 46%. According to a report published by the Finance Ministry, state-owned companies have issued MVR 249.7 million till the 16th of July in 2020. This amount for 2019, was at MVR 464.3 million last year. Hence, the state-owned companies record a […]