A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Soneva Jani’s general manager Andrew Whiffen presents donations to Noonu Atoll School, received by its principal Abdulla Eesa. Soneva Jani resort made a generous donation to Noonu Atoll School on Monday on the occasion of Children’s Day. The five-star luxury resort presented books and sports equipment to the school at a special ceremony held on […]
Lawmakers of ruling coalition at the parliamentary budget review committee meeting. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Parliament’s budget review committee on Monday passed the proposed state budget for the year 2018 with only one amendment. The proposed budget of MVR 27.9 billion was passed with the consensus of the twelve parliamentarians of the ruling coalition present at […]
Al Shaali Marine Maldives (AS Marine Maldives) and VAMCO signed an MOU to collaborate on a project. The signing took place on 20 November at the Champa Central Hotel. Operations Manager Mr Ismail Shareef signed on behalf of Al Shaali Marine Maldives and Managing Director Ahmed Zubair signed on behalf of VAMCO. According to the […]
Bib expo for Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race started on 19 November at 10 am and will go on until 10 pm on 20 November 2017. Participants are asked to bring their national ID cards or a copy of ID card for the collection of Bib. Apart from electronic Bib, the race t-shirt will also be […]
Maradhoo MP Ibrahim Shareef of MDP speaks at the parliamentary budget review committee meeting. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Opposition lawmakers boycotted the parliamentary budget review committee’s meeting on Monday after their allocated debate times were curtailed by parliamentarians of the ruling party. The agenda for Monday’s meeting of the budget review committee was to debate on […]
The vision of the Maldives Stock Exchange (MSE) and the Maldives Securities Depository (MSD) is to enable all Maldivians to participate in the buying and selling of shares and other financial securities, and so participate in the development of our country. I was recently appointed MSE and MSD’s CEO. I want to innovate and embrace […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar pictured at a meeting of the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The current government does not and will not discriminate between islands in carrying out development projects, declared finance minister Ahmed Munawar late Sunday. He made the remark on a programme on state television channel TVM, stating that unlike […]
MTCC’s dredger “Maha Jarraf” reclaims land for Kulhudhuffushi Airport. Finance minister Ahmed Munawar revealed on Saturday that the government is seeking finance for the development of five airports in addition to the four airports included in the proposed state budget for next year. The State Budget 2018 submitted to the parliament allocates MVR 246 million […]
Ruling PPM’s deputy leader and Fonadhoo MP Abdul Raheem Abdullah speaking at the ceremony held at Alimas Carnival in Male to mark the four year anniversary of a PPM government on November 18, 2017. MIHAARU PHOTO / NISHAN ALI Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s deputy leader and Fonadhoo MP Abdul Raheem Abdullah on Saturday […]