A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar pictured at a meeting of the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The current government does not and will not discriminate between islands in carrying out development projects, declared finance minister Ahmed Munawar late Sunday. He made the remark on a programme on state television channel TVM, stating that unlike […]
President Abdulla Yameen (C) and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim (R) inaugurate the “Hiyaa” housing project in Hulhumale Phase 2. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim on Saturday night inaugurated the government’s mega project to develop flats for 80,000 people in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale’s second phase. The government’s largest social housing […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The government has decided to slash the rates of food, staple foods, and electricity next year. According to the proposed State Budget 2018 submitted by the finance ministry to the parliament, the government is looking to allocate MVR 200 million as […]
Aerial shot of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge being developed between Male and Hulhule. PHOTO/ HOUSING MINISTER TWITTER The government has proposed to allocate over MVR 7 billion next year for the development of four airports, reclamation of 20 lagoons, and nine other mega projects. Airport development and lagoon reclamation were also included in this year’s […]
Police officers on duty: two individuals were stabbed in the capital Male on November 14, 2017. Police arrested a group of people in relation to the stabbing hours after the incident occurred. PHOTO / MIHAARU The police have taken a group of suspects into custody in relation to the stabbing incident that took place in […]
The rough regime is spending tax payer’s money on saving its face, to cover its blatant human rights abuses. President Abdulla Yameen has overseen an authoritarian reversal in the Maldives that has relations with the world, and now he needs to again cover up his tracks. A report was published in Daily Mail on 21 […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at parliament about State Budget 2017. PHOTO/MAJLIS Mihaaru has found out that the government had submitted only the total amount proposed for the State Budget 2018 to the parliament two weeks ago, without providing any details. According to Mihaaru’s sources, the finance ministry had submitted the total amount of the […]
Aerial view showing MTCC’s dredger “Maha Jarraf” off the coast of HDh. Kulhudhuffushi. President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has officially launched the land reclamation project for the development of a domestic airport in Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island. Yameen inaugurated the project at a colourful ceremony held in the island on Saturday evening. He was […]
Kulhudhuffushi is the capital of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division on Thiladhunmathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives. Kulhudhuffushi is known as the “Heart of the North”. The island is famous for its mangroves (kulhi), after which the island itself is named. It is 7th largest mangrove in the Maldives. It is home to […]