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Hulhumale

A road in Hulhumale. PHOTO/AMIN CONSTRUCTION

Expat found dead with head wounds in Hulhumale

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A road in Hulhumale. PHOTO/AMIN CONSTRUCTION An expatriate was found dead with severe head wounds in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale early Thursday. An official of Aasandha Company, which manages Hulhumale Hospital, stated that Police brought in the expat around 9:00 a.m. “We don’t know what happened yet,” said the official, adding that the hospital had pronounced him […]

Stabbings and murders in the Maldives

Angry gangs out to seek revenge! Are they stoppable?

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 30th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: Is Malé safe anymore? Who is there to guarantee the safe return from a visit to a corner shop without getting stabbed in the throat or chest? In the capital city Malé, which has become a […]

Haris Abdul Gafoor

Police arrest suspect over murder of youth in Hulhumale

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Haris Abdul Qafoor, 24, of Gaafu Alif atoll Dhaandhoo island: he was stabbed to death in Hulhumale on September 29, 2017. Police on Sunday arrested the first suspect over the murder of a local youth in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale late on Friday night. Haris Abdul Qafoor, 24, of Gaafu Alif atoll Dhaandhoo island, was stabbed […]

Health Minister Abdulla Nazim views the MRI machine in Tree Top Hospital, Hulhumale. PHOTO: ABDULLA JAMEEL/MIHAARU

Tree Top Hospital will provide Aasandha healthcare, assures minister

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Health Minister Abdulla Nazim views the MRI machine in Tree Top Hospital, Hulhumale. PHOTO: ABDULLA JAMEEL/MIHAARU The new tertiary hospital being developed in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale will provide the national healthcare scheme of Aasandha, proclaimed Minister of Health Nazim Abdulla. Speaking to reporters after a tour of the nearly completed Tree Top Hospital last Thursday, […]

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Police make mass arrest over gang violence

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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 […]

Four arrested with ‘party drugs’ after death of two youth

Four arrested with ‘party drugs’ after death of two youth

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Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the sudden and unexplained deaths of a 22-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman in Hulhumalé. Ahmed Haameen, from the island of Thimarafushi in Thaa atoll, and Fathmath Sama, from the capital Malé, were pronounced dead on arrival at the Hulhumalé hospital around 8:30 pm on Thursday night, […]

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Two expats injured after 12-storey fall in Hulhumale

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A flat complex developed by Amin Construction in Hulhumale. PHOTO/SAMEE Two expatriate workers have been gravely injured after falling from the twelfth storey of a building under construction in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. According to Aasandha Company, which operates Hulhumale Hospital, the incident took place Wednesday afternoon at a building being developed by Amin Construction. The […]

Fithoroanumagu - Hulhumale insufficient lighting at night

Hulhumalé city: In total darkness and in urgent need of lighting

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The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 22nd September 2017. The following is a loose translation: Although roads constructed under the first phase of Hulhumalé city development are spacious and nice, the common complaint by visitors to the island and the residents is that roads are not visible after sunset. The streetlights […]