A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Security officers surround Speaker Maseeh inside the parliament chambers while opposition lawmakers protest. Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has warned broadcasters to be wary in airing the live feeds recorded by lawmakers on social media platforms during parliament sittings. In a statement released Monday, the commission noted that local television channels have been broadcasting live feeds […]
STELCO building in the capital Male. MIHAARU PHOTO State Electric Company (STELCO) on Monday announced that it will not resume taking fuel surcharge fees from electricity despite State Trading Organisation (STO) hiking fuel prices. STO on Monday raised the rates of petrol and diesel by 57 laari (MVR 0.57) per litre and 53 laari (MVR […]
A customer pictured at an FSM fuel shed in Male. PHOTO/MIHAARU State Trading Organisation (STO) on Monday raised the prices of petrol and diesel by 57 laari (MVR 0.57) per litre and 53 laari (MVR 0.53) per litre respectively. The company explained that the prices were hiked according to changes in fuel rates in the […]
Former Ungoofaaru MP Dr Afrasheem Ali pictured at a parliament sitting. PHOTO/MAJLIS Five years since the brutal killing of prominent lawmaker Dr Afrasheem Ali, the identity of the perpetrators who orchestrated the murder remains unknown, and his family has declared that the investigation cannot be considered complete until the masterminds are discovered. The former lawmaker […]
Police tape is drawn at the scene of a gang violence in capital Malé. PHOTO/MIHAARU There was a mass arrest of 13 people over the stabbing of a youth near the parliament in capital Male this past weekend. The young man, whose identity is yet undisclosed, was rushed to privately run ADK Hospital after he […]
Housing Minister Muizzu speaks at press conference about the government’s first social housing project. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The monthly rent of the 661 flats to be leased under the government’s first social housing project is MVR 6,000 with a down payment of MVR 25,000, announced the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizzu on […]
President Yameen at the official opening ceremony of Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort in Gaafu Alif atoll. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom proclaimed on Wednesday that it is a great aspiration of his administration to unveil 50 tourist resorts before the end of this presidential term. In his address to mark this year’s World […]
A man files a complaint at the housing ministry regarding the distribution of flats in the government’s first social housing project. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The government late on Tuesday night released the final list of flat recipients from its first social housing project, which has been steeped in controversy. Nearly four years after 15,000 hopefuls […]
Opposition Jumhoory Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim being taken to Velana International Airport (VIA) by Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) officers. He was given permission to depart to Singapore on Wednesday evening. Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) on Monday night revealed that it will be taking action against opposition Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim for not […]