A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
With the Maldives reopening its borders, Manta Air completed it’s first post lockdown tourist flights today (15th July 2020). “We are excited to be restarting tourist flights once again and flying our passengers to their tropical destinations. Our promise to everyone is that we will keep on providing the same high level of service expected […]
Marriott group’s Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa has been crowned the Regal winner of ‘World Class Family Resort’ and “World Class Island Resort” as well as the Royal winner of “World Class Private Island Resort” by 2020 MUSE Hotel Awards. Fending off stiff competition from across the globe, Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, accompanied by relevant cabinet ministers and institutional representatives, visited Velana International Airport this evening to check ongoing preparations to safely reopen the Maldives’ borders tomorrow, July 15th. After consulting with his cabinet, health authorities, and tourism stakeholders, July 15th was deemed an appropriate date to allow tourists back into the country […]
Data Portal has revealed the statistical details of digital users in the Maldives, under a report named #Digital2020. This report discloses the data of internet and social media users, along with the data of mobile connections in the Maldives. According to Data Portal, there are approximately 380.0 thousand internet users in the Maldives during January […]
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has decided to conduct research to determine the situation of the housing market in the Maldives, in order to provide shelter to its people. According to HDC, an MOU has been signed with the Maldives National University (MNU) to conduct research on the current housing market of the country. HDC also […]
A group of expatriate workers confronted police officers with violence and damaged police property when the police attended to a protest in Hulhumale’ on 13th July 2020. The protesters threw bricks towards the police officers who attended the scene and injured several police officers. When the Maldives Police Service received information of this, a team […]
In a pilot initiative aiming to adopt and support a more agile digital culture, Ooredoo Group has extended its Work-From-Home procedures, allowing employees whose work doesn’t require being physically in the office to continue working remotely until the end of 2020. The company is one of the first in the region to make such a […]
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 […]
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) has revealed a record of 83% decrease in the revenue which has been collected last June in comparison to June of last year, 2019. Statistics published by MIRA has revealed the authority recorded an income of USD 17.9 million as revenue in June 2020. The tax administrating body of MIRA […]