A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
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 […]
China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) is working with Housing and Development Corporation (HDC) in the construction of labour quarters in Hulhumale’ Phase II. And China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) has provided plank materials to HDC. HDC has revealed that CSCEC is assisting in the construction of 4 prefabricated steel structures, a kitchen block, and […]
Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI) has criticized the government for lack of timely actions and job cuts in the tourism industry. MATI said that the current relief package for the industry was not formulated in consultation with them. They further added that the stakeholders of all segments of the industry, from the onset of this pandemic […]
Total positive cases in the Maldives has reached 574 with 20 recoveries and 2 fatalities. Here are the latest updates of COVID-19 Announcements by HPA Two more COVID-19 patients in the Maldives have made full recoveries. Two COVID-19 patients have been placed on ventilators after their health deteriorated. Authorities have alerted that a surge of […]
Ugail Foundation has introduced LYNKIT, which is a free Viber base platform to help people with essential shopping during the COVID-19 crisis. LYNKIT is a Viber bot designed to assist the general public to easily place orders to individual shops. The foundation has developed a web portal called ‘MYLYNC’ which will assist the shops in […]
Several Maldivians have made donations to the International Aid Campaign (IAC)’s With Love 2020 Pandemic Relief. This campaign was first initiated in 2018. This year’s relief package is set considering the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, hence a special hygiene package is included. IAC has planned to provide help to Uganda, Palestine, Gazza, Syria refugees living in […]
The first prototype and product in the Maldives were locally designed and developed by Print Lab Creative together with MNDF Senahiya to fit all medical requirements of the Ministry of Health and National Emergency Operations Centre. The sample kits were sponsored by Dhiraagu. A total of 15 COVID-19 Sampling Kiosks were donated to address the […]
There has been a total of 557 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 18 recoveries and 2 fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA HPA reports 6 more cases of COVID-19, which includes 1 Bangladeshi and 5 Maldivians. A 33-year old Bangladeshi man tested positive for COVID-19 passes away on 05th April. […]
Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) has released its yearly reports, and the currency circulation of both notes and coins in the economy has seen an increase. MMA yearly reports show that last year MVR 3.5 billion notes circulated in the economy. This is an increase of 3% in the note currency circulation in the economy compared […]