A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Abdulla Yameen (C) and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim (R) inaugurate the “Hiyaa” housing project in Hulhumale Phase 2. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim on Saturday night inaugurated the government’s mega project to develop flats for 80,000 people in reclaimed suburb Hulhumale’s second phase. The government’s largest social housing […]
Maldives Association of Travel Agents and Tour Operators (MATATO) is set to host Maldives Travel Conference 2017 on the 23rd of November 2017 at Bandos Island Resort and Spa. Maldives Travel Conference 2017 is presented in partnership with the world’s largest travel website Trip Advisor. TripAdvisor will be running a knowledge series on the destination […]
TTG Incontri – Source: MMPRC Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) will be participating in 15 international fairs in 2018. This year the organisation participated in 12 fairs. While MMPRC is set to participate in 15 fairs, 5 of them will be held in January and most of the fairs will be held European […]
For the purpose of promotion of Maldives as a destination, MVR 50 million has been budgeted for 2018. In an interview given to “Avas”, Minister of Tourism Moosa Zameer said that even this year the Maldives promotion budget is MVR 50 million and that it is the government contribution towards marketing the country as a […]
Customer Experience Conference Media Signing Ceremony- Source: Mihaaru The first ever ‘Customer Service Experience Conference’ is a one-day event scheduled to take place on 4th December 2017 at Paradise Island Resort. A project of Customer Service Experience Foundation Maldives in association with Customer Service Experience Foundation UK will provide an arena of knowledge to participants. The conference […]
Save The Beach Maldives will be hosting its annual event at Villimale’ on the 18th of November 2017. This year, the event has been named ‘Moodhu Majaa’ and in addition to environment and awareness initiatives, it will also feature many educational and enjoyable activities to celebrate the occasion of the NGO’s 10th Anniversary. Moodhu Majaa […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The government has decided to slash the rates of food, staple foods, and electricity next year. According to the proposed State Budget 2018 submitted by the finance ministry to the parliament, the government is looking to allocate MVR 200 million as […]
Former vice president Mohamed Jameel speaks at a ceremony. The High Court on Thursday handed a retrial for the death threat case filed by former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel against Ahmed Rasheed from the island of Maaembudhu in Dhaalu Atoll. A court had previously acquitted Rasheed of all charges. Dr Jameel filed the case […]
MNDF soldiers pictured during a training session. PHOTO/MNDF The Maldives military is to hold special training sessions with arms in capital Male and its suburbs next week. Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) announced that the training sessions will be held in Male, Hulhumale, Villimale and Thilafushi from next Monday to Friday. MNDF soldiers will be […]