Two seriously injured in Addu City Link Road accident
The police and an ambulance at the scene of the accident that occurred on Addy City’s link road on December 26, 2017. PHOTO / SOCIAL MEDIA Two men have been seriously injured in another accident that occurred on southernmost Addu City’s Link Road. A motorbike had collided with a pick-up truck, leaving the two people […]
Crown & Champa Resorts Signs as a Premium Exhibitor for TTM 2018
Crown & Champa Resorts has signed as a Premium Exhibitor for the 2nd edition of International Travel Trade Show of Maldives (TTM). Established in 2000, Crown & Champa Resorts “CCR” is a trade name for a group of resort hotels in the Republic of the Maldives, owned and operated by various Maldivian and foreign partners. […]
Pres recalls Maldivians’ spirit, solidarity in 2004 tsunami aftermath
Overhead view of the Tsunami Monument in capital Male: it was built in memorial of the lives lost during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. PHOTO/HOUSING MINISTRY President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday urged the nation to recall the unity and solidarity shown by the people of the Maldives in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean […]
Police arrest expats over illegal alcohol possession on safari
Some of the beer cases that the police apprehended from the safari cruiser docked in Hulhumale. PHOTO / MALDIVES POLICE SERVICE Maldives Police Service has arrested three expats who were illegally keeping alcohol on a safari cruise docked in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. According to the police, 87 cases of liquor, 47 cases of beer, and […]
Maldives Pres. shoots down possibility of talks, says they are a waste of time
President Abdullah Yameen has stated that discussions on issues pertinent to citizens, was a waste of time and that he would not do that. Speaking from Eydhafushi island Baa atoll, President Yameen said the opposition had always accused him of heavy-handedness in his way of conducting affairs of the state. However, he said that he […]
Why the Maldives matters to India: 5 reasons
1) Location, location location. The Maldives’s location on the Indian Ocean makes it a nation of concern to India especially as regional rival China is trying to expand its sphere of influence in the area. The Maldives is located near important sea routes in the Indian Ocean and close to the Gulf of Aden and […]
Maldives Pres. uses Unity Day address to advise the people to ‘recognize and accept’ his administration work
President Abdulla Yameen has advised the people ‘to recognize and accept the work being carried out for the progress and development of the nation’. He made the remarks in his address to mark Unity Day, the official day declared in remembrance of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated the whole region. In his address, […]
Maldives, India to hold sit-down to soothe tensions
President Abdulla Yameen (L) meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an official visit to India. PHOTO/MIHAARU The Maldives is discussing a high-level bilateral visit from India to overcome the strained relations between the two nations, Indian media has revealed. According to The Times of India, a top delegation from India is expected to arrive […]