A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort has won the title of the World’s Leading Luxury Island Resort at the 24th World Travel Awards. The award ceremony was held at the JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay in Vietnam. Apart from the Leading Luxury Island award, St. Regis Maldives Vommuli also won the World’s Leading Luxury […]
Travel and Tourism is a sector which had continues growth despite the political, economic and other adversities. The United States of America Supreme Court allowing President Donald Trump’s travel ban to be fully enforced on residents of several mostly Muslim countries may hinder the tourism negatively in the U.S while it will be seen as […]
British Ambassador James Dauris pictured riding a motorbike with some local councillors during his visit to GDh Thinadhoo. PHOTO/JAMES DAURIS TWITTER The Local Government Authority (LGA)’s decision to ban local councils from meeting with foreign diplomats and organisations without special permission from the government has sparked concerns. The parent body of councils had issued the […]
Morning assembly at Ghiyasuddin International School with the low turnout of students amidst the current swine flu epidemic in the Maldives. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA The Audit Report for 2015 uncovered that the Ministry of Education had spent more than MVR 800,000 unlawfully. According to the Audit Report for 2015 signed by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath, the schools and […]
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) headquarters in the capital Male. PHOTO / MIHAARU The state collected MVR 910 million from the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) in November, statistics publicised by the Institute on Monday revealed. While the state’s tax regulatory body acquired a total of MVR 910 million in November, it had collected USD […]
Republic Square in the capital Male during Maldives’ 50th Independence Day celebrations — The state had illegally spent over MVR 66 million for Maldives’ 50th Independence Day celebrations, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ audit report for 2015 has revealed. According to the report that was published by Auditor General Hassan Ziyath on Sunday, the normal […]
Laniakea Tech has partnered with Axisrooms, which is India’s largest technology provider for travel related services. AxisRooms offers breakthrough technology solutions in the arena of hotel business management and online booking. It provides platform for accommodation ranging from hotels to homestays to resorts and others. It is India’s first GDS ( Global Distribution System) technology provider for […]
Students of Arabiyya School pictured with their final report cards. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The education ministry in conjunction with the World Bank are to launch a major project of USD 10 million (MVR 154 million) to improve the quality of higher education and human resources in the Maldives. According to education state minister Dr Abdulla […]
President Abdulla Yameen (R-3) pictured at the 18th SAARC Summit 2014 held in Nepal. President Abdulla Yameen has called on South Asia to remain united and not let differences in belief and outlook obstruct regional efforts to accomplish common goals. In a message to mark the 33rd SAARC Charter Day, Yameen noted that the region of […]