A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon arrives at Male from Maafushi Prison to attend a court hearing. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The lawyers of Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon have decided to file a case against his current incarceration at the United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The son of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Faris was arrested […]
The police headquarters, Shaheedh Hussain Adam Building in the capital Male. PHOTO / MIHAARU There were fewer crimes reported in 2017 compared to the statistics of 2016, Maldives Police Service revealed on Tuesday. According to statistics published by the police, there were 13,580 cases filed at the police in 2016. However, in 2017, the amount […]
PPM parliamentary group leader Ahmed Nihan Hussain Manik gestures during a parliamentary committee meeting. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO/NISHAN ALI Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s parliamentary group leader and Villimale MP Ahmed Nihan claimed on Tuesday that Jumhoory Party (JP)’s leader Qasim Ibrahim would be a “better fit” than former President Mohamed Nasheed as the president […]
Councillors of B. Fehendhoo pictured collecting household waste from around the island. PHOTO/EYDHAFUSHI TIMES The councillors of Baa atoll Fehendhoo island have personally set out to collect household waste from around the island, after receiving no response to the council’s notice seeking a team to operate the waste collection programme. Fehendhoo Council’s president Moosa Naseem […]
Justice Building in the capital Male, which houses the Civil Court. MIHAARU FILE PHOTO The Civil Court has revealed that more than half of the cases it revealed in 2017 were closed at its Dispute Resolution Division without proceeding to trials. According to the statistics for the previous year, the Dispute Resolution Division closed 1,277 […]
Lawmaker of North Henveiru Constituency Abdulla Shahid The former parliament speaker and current Henveiru North MP Abdullah Shahid declared on Tuesday that he would not compete in any party primaries against former President Mohamed Nasheed. Since Nasheed’s 13-year terrorism sentence which disqualified him as a presidential candidate, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has […]
With the celebratory well wishes of a New Year, Maldives warmly welcomes the first visitor of 2018. At a media event held at Velana International Airport this morning, the first visitor Ms. Georgina Holbrook, British nationality who arrived with her family on FlyDubai flight number FZ559 was welcomed by the officials of Maldives Marketing and […]
Laniakea Tech has partnered with Axisrooms to provide Channel Manager software free of charge to all tourism service providers in the Maldives. Resorts, guesthouses and other similar service providers can enjoy benefits of the software until the end of 2018. Channel Manager provides users with one Platform to manage inventory and pricing of online travel agents […]
Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim speaks at opposition coalition rally. Jumhoory Party’s leader Qasim Ibrahim slammed the government’s foreign policy late Tuesday, warning that the Maldives would not receive any aid or assistance in crucial moments should its policy conform only to the interests of a few nations. Qasim, who is currently in Germany for […]