A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Dhiraagu has partnered with the Ministry of Communication, Science, and Technology to enable FREE access to government networks through Dhiraagu Fixed Broadband for civil service employees in order to enable remote working for the month of April and May 2020. All civil service employees are working from home and attending to critical […]
Finance Minister Ibrahim Ameer has stated that last month’s overtime (OT) of civil servants will be included in the April month salary. The government offices have been temporarily shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this has caused a delay in the calculation in March months OT. As it takes more time to process […]
Furaveri Island Resort & Spa, Raa Atoll The employees of Furaveri Resort has been protesting regarding their salaries which are not paid for the past two months. Furaveri Island Resort & Spa in Raa Atoll is the only resort operated by Naid Investments in the Maldives. Some employees have stated that the January salary and […]
Spokesperson of National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC), Mohamed Mabrooq Azeez has revealed that there are 723 employment-related issues reported to the centre by 5th April. While the government is working on aiding the businesses to combat the COVID-19 impact, the Economic Ministry has previously requested to report if businesses layoff or deduct salary of employees. […]
Maldivian has released that they charge USD 300 to those who are willing to come back to the Maldives in repatriation flights Maldivian has arranged for Colombo and USD 265 to those who are coming from Kochin. Maldivian has arranged two flights to Colombo and one flight to Kochin. They will be arranging more flights […]
Planning Ministry has requested those who need to submit relevant documents to opt for its mail and e-governance. In a statement released by the ministry, they have requested to submit letters and other relevant documents via its mail secretariat@planing.gov.mv They further added those who need to submit the original hard copy of documents can put […]
The Managing Director of Maldives State Shipping (MSS), Abdulla Saeed has announced that MSS is a beacon of hope for the Maldives economy. Speaking at the ceremony held to welcome the maiden voyage of the liner services of MSS, Saeed said that the Maldives will no longer need to depend on foreign parties for import […]
Economic Ministry has announced that they will commence some of their services from 5th April despite the office closure. The Ministry will provide business registration services every day except Fridays from 9:00 to 13:00. The services include registering the business name, registering private businesses, issuing corporate profile sheet, categorizing small and medium-sized businesses, registering logo […]
Maldives State Shipping (MSS) has welcomed its very first vessel today (5th April), commencing the beginning of a new era of shipping in the Maldives. The first vessel, MV. Iberian Express was welcomed with a water salute as it docked at Male’ harbour. MSS previously stated that this vessel has the capacity to carry 700 […]