A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ugail Foundation has introduced LYNKIT, which is a free Viber base platform to help people with essential shopping during the COVID-19 crisis. LYNKIT is a Viber bot designed to assist the general public to easily place orders to individual shops. The foundation has developed a web portal called ‘MYLYNC’ which will assist the shops in […]
Several Maldivians have made donations to the International Aid Campaign (IAC)’s With Love 2020 Pandemic Relief. This campaign was first initiated in 2018. This year’s relief package is set considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hence a special hygiene package is included. IAC has planned to provide help to Uganda, Palestine, Gazza, Syria refugees living in […]
The first prototype and product in the Maldives were locally designed and developed by Print Lab Creative together with MNDF Senahiya to fit all medical requirements of the Ministry of Health and National Emergency Operations Centre. The sample kits were sponsored by Dhiraagu. A total of 15 COVID-19 Sampling Kiosks were donated to address the […]
There has been a total of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 18 recoveries and 2 fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA HPA reports 6 more cases of COVID-19, which includes 1 Bangladeshi and 5 Maldivians. A 33-year old Bangladeshi man tested positive for COVID-19 passes away on 05th April. […]
Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) has released its yearly reports, and the currency circulation of both notes and coins in the economy has seen an increase. MMA yearly reports show that last year MVR 3.5 billion notes circulated in the economy. This is an increase of 3% in the note currency circulation in the economy compared […]
Maldives Association of Human Resource Professionals (MAHRP) has announced plans to host a series of webinars and online workshops to keep the Maldivian HR community engaged during the lockdown measures against the coronavirus outbreak. The first webinar will take place on May 11 under the theme, “Should you start writing your book?”. It will feature […]
Corporate Maldives has published the second edition of the Corporate Maldives magazine. Corporate Maldives magazine covers special reports on different segments of the business community along with expert insights and opinions. This issue has a collection of stories on banking, trade, aviation, health and technology. The cover story of this edition is based on the […]
The Head of Safety, Security, and Compliance in Maldives Airport Company Ltd (MACL) has passed away on 04th April 2020. Mohamed Solih has served in Velana International Airport (VIA) since 1979. He was also the Deputy Chief Officer in MACL. He has 40 years of experience in the aviation industry. Our dear friend & colleague […]
Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation (MITDC) has announced that they will be holding the “Island Responses to COVID-19” webinar. This webinar is organized by the islands Innovations. In this webinar, the different responses used by islands worldwide to tackle the pandemic, and the leadership strategies that can help to overcome the crisis will be discussed. […]