A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Raajje TV journalists hold a peaceful protest against Broadcasting Commission at the Maldives Journalism Awards 2016 held in October 2017. PHOTO/MIHAARU The government on Sunday submitted a bill to the parliament, seeking to appoint a single body to regulate all media outlets in the country. The new bill calls for considerable changes to be brought […]
Journalists pictured in front of Maldives Media Council (MMC). PHOTO/MIHAARU The government submitted a bill to parliament on Sunday, seeking to appoint a single body to regulate all media outlets of the nation. The first hearing of the Maldives Media Commission bill, which was lobbied by member of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and […]
Raajje TV journalists hold peaceful protest against Broadcasting Commission at the Maldives Journalism Awards 2016 held in October 2017. PHOTO/MIHAARU Opposition aligned television channel Raajje TV has filed at the Civil Court, seeking to delay the deadline of the station’s latest fine for defaming the president. Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) had fined Raajje TV by […]
Raajje TV has plans to appeal the Maldives Broadcasting Commission decision to fine the station, also saying Monday it is suing the police for negligence over a 2013 arson attack that destroyed its studio. The opposition-aligned station was fined MVR 500,000 ($32,467) for airing comments the broadcasting regulator claimed posed a threat to national security […]
Staff of Raajje TV pose with a check of over MVR 5 million raised by the station to relieve the plight of the Rohingya. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) has again fined local television channel Raajje TV, this time by MVR 500,000, for broadcasting content that defamed President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. This […]
Opposition lawmakers pictured en route to the parliament. PHOTO/MIHAARU Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday slated Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) after its warning to broadcasters over airing live feeds of parliament sittings uploaded by MPs to social media. MBC on Monday had stated that content from MPs’ social media live feeds of parliament sessions often feature vulgar […]
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 […]
Public Service Media (PSM)’s main building in capital Male. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU State media Public Service Media (PSM) has settled its fine of MVR 200,000 at Maldives Broadcasting Commission over airing defamatory content against the former Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer. Umar Naseer had filed the case at the Broadcasting Commission, claiming that Inguraidhoo […]