A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
People’s Majlis had shown signs of its members, wanting to dismantle the Anti Corruptions Commission regarding a small investigation of Former President Mohamed Nasheed. Eradicating corruption is among the most important of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s presidential oaths. Henceforth, the campaign “zero tolerance to corruption” was commenced by the government. This campaign initiated the people […]
The Parliament has approved to request the government for the allocation of land to build at least 6,000 housing units in the newly reclaimed area of Gulhifalhu. From the parliament, 65 members voted in favour of the environment committee’s report, proposing to allocate land for the construction of housing units. No members reportedly voted against […]
MVR 17,000 as salary for Chairperson of MIRA’s Director Board, MVR 16,000 for Deputy chairperson and MVR 15,000 for its members, has been approved by the People’s Majlis. Peoples Majlis approved this with reference to the report which was researched and submitted to Majlis by the Public Accounts Committee, stating the changes in payments. Public […]
A report was submitted to the decentralization committee to terminate the agreement and take back islands that are not being used for agriculture. The report has been passed by the committee. The decentralization committee passed the report with 54 votes. According to the report presented by the decentralized committee, they have passed to take back […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Raajje.mv website on 12th March 2018. The following is a loose translation: Lawyers can’t dictate on how to make laws Admitted that cases of people with money are concluded in their favour Moosa: judges can earn by doing construction manual work like masonry Deputy Speaker of Maldives Parliament […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 9th October 2017. The following is a loose translation: The wall of MNDF guards used as a protective shield in the Maldives parliament, has now become a real wall. If some found it bewildering to watch the parliament session while MNDF were protecting Speaker of […]
MNDF vehicles outside of Parliament premises following the fire — Photo by: Ahmed Muhsin A fire has broken out in Parliament premises. The fire broke out at around 4 am on Sunday and was attended by Fire and Rescue team at Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) shortly afterwards. No official statement had been released about […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 17th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: Irrespective of the small size of the Maldives with inadequate resources, there are several nations who have their eyes constantly set on the Maldives. Even after counting in the Portuguese and the British, the list still […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vfp.mv website on 23rd May 2017. The following is a loose translation: Today is yet again a dark day in the Maldives’ constitutional life, said the former Chief Justice Ahmed Faiz Hussain in a Facebook post. He, however, didn’t detail on it. When Faiz has said this, the […]