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Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz

After building campaign hall, 40 housing ministry staff joins PPM

After building campaign hall, 40 housing ministry staff joins PPM

By Maldives Times 3 min read

More than 40 staff at the ministry of housing and infrastructure who worked to set up a ruling party meeting hall in Malé joined the Progressive Party of Maldives at the jagaha opening ceremony Monday night. “I thank Minister [Dr Mohamed] Muiz very sincerely for making this jagaha so perfect. And Muiz’s talent is such that he […]

Housing minister defends anonymised flat winners list

Housing minister defends anonymised flat winners list

By Maldives Times 4 min read

Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz has defended an anonymised list of winners of flats in Hulhumalé, denying allegations that applicants were phoned by the first lady’s campaign office to check their political allegiance. At a testy press conference Monday morning, Muiz insisted that the 661 flat winners were chosen from more than 15,000 applicants after […]