A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has won the title of the World’s Leading Luxury Island Resort at the 24th World Travel Awards. The award ceremony was held at the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay in Vietnam. Apart from the Leading Luxury Island award, St. Regis Maldives Vommuli also won the World’s Leading Luxury […]
Travel and Tourism is a sector which had continues growth despite the political, economic and other adversities. The United States of America Supreme Court allowing President Donald Trump’s travel ban to be fully enforced on residents of several mostly Muslim countries may hinder the tourism negatively in the U.S while it will be seen as […]
The Maldives has won many hearts across the globe for being the beautiful honeymoon destination, delightful retreat and heaven on earth that it is. Of late the scope of local activities has started to increase with the nation of tiny islands rising in popularity and importance as a water sports destination where people find simple […]
British Ambassador James Dauris pictured riding a motorbike with some local councillors during his visit to GDh Thinadhoo. PHOTO/JAMES DAURIS TWITTER The Local Government Authority (LGA)’s decision to ban local councils from meeting with foreign diplomats and organisations without special permission from the government has sparked concerns. The parent body of councils had issued the […]
Morning assembly at Ghiyasuddin International School with the low turnout of students amidst the current swine flu epidemic in the Maldives. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA The Audit Report for 2015 uncovered that the Ministry of Education had spent more than MVR 800,000 unlawfully. According to the Audit Report for 2015 signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, the schools and […]
Ahmed Nasheed has resigned from the post of Commissioner of Sports, on 10th December 2017.
While neighbouring Sri Lanka is struggling to attract higher numbers of tourists, the island archipelago the Maldives attracted 127,986 tourists this October, which was 8.9 percent more tourists compared to a year ago, with keen interest from Europeans. The European region sourced approximately half of the tourists to the Maldives, increasing 12 percent year-on-year (YoY). […]
As part of its defences, the Maldives has been erecting a wall around the capital of Malé to thwart a rising sea and a future tsunami. The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global […]
The Maldivian Blood Services has seized providing any treatment still in its research stages, the state-operated institution has said. The MBS, which operates the Central Blood Bank and the Thalassemia and other Haemoglobinopathies Center, said that treatments that require more clinical research or are still in their infancy will not be provided from December 10th […]