A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The National airline, Maldivian has been handed the responsibility to ferry tourists to the developing integrated tourist city, Laamu Baresdhoo. Baresdhoo is an integrated resort project being developed by the Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation Ltd (MITDC). An agreement has been made between MITDC and Island Aviation Services (AIS) who operates the national airline Maldivian. […]
Product tanker GURAAB, IMO 8221961, dwt 1907, built 1983, flag Maldives, owner State Trading Organization (STO).The STO’s oil tanker named “Guraab” that was run aground a reef in Lhaviyani atoll on October 16, 2017. PHOTO / MNDF An oil tanker of State Trading Organisation (STO) early on Monday morning ran aground a reef near the […]
Ex-VP Ahmed Adheeb escorted back to Dhoonidhoo detention centre after his preliminary hearing at the Criminal Court. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Correctional Service (MCS) has discontinued all medical services to the now jailed former Vice President Ahmed Adheeb, his family claimed on Sunday. In a statement that was published by Adheeb’s family, they claimed that […]
CEO of Maldives Stock Exchange Mr Mohamed Aushan Latheef In 1980, MTCC became the first company to issue public shares in Maldives and in 1984 they issued additional shares. In October 2017, the company is set to issue rights to shareholders for the first time in Maldives yet again. Commenting on the role of MTCC, […]
Hotel Jen welcomed a group of hospitality and tourism students from Imadhuddin School for a private tour of the hotel, both front and back of the house, in conjunction with World Tourism Day on 24th September 2017. The students had a valuable interaction session with the hotel’s senior management staff. Selvarathinam Thangavel, Hotel Jen’s training […]
Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) last Thursday, disclosing that the mismanaged company had amassed a staggering MVR300 million debt. The High Court has ordered a private firm to pay MVR 1.1 million to Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) over failing to reimburse some assets issued by the latter. The state fisheries company had released goods […]
High Court of Maldives PHOTO:Nishan Ali/Mihaaru The High Court on Thursday annulled the case of an individual who was found guilty of dealing drugs and sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment, upon the request of the Prosecutor General (PG)’s Office. The Criminal Court had found Abdul Fa’thaah from the island of Rasmaadhoo in Raa Atoll guilty of […]
Raajje TV journalists hold peaceful protest against Broadcasting Commission at the Maldives Journalism Awards 2016 held in October 2017. PHOTO/MIHAARU Opposition aligned television channel Raajje TV has filed at the Civil Court, seeking to delay the deadline of the station’s latest fine for defaming the president. Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) had fined Raajje TV by […]
A road in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Two Maldivian minors, who were arrested along with two Sri Lankan students after a gang fight in a school last Thursday, have been summoned to court. Sri Lankan police had arrested the four minors after a heated brawl with a rivalling group at the famous Daybridge International School had […]