A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Eggs on the parliament floor — the last sitting of the second term of the parliament saw eggs flying over the parliamentarians heads. PHOTO / TWITTER The last sitting of this term’s parliament sitting held on Thursday took an unexpected turn, with eggs flying over the lawmakers’ heads inside the parliament chamber. According to ruling […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 20th August 2017. The following is a loose translation: As mentioned by President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, that the hero wins after the last fight scene in a Bollywood movie, are truly wise words. President Maumoon has mentioned a scene well-known to Maldivians and can relate […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 16th March 2017. The following is a loose translation: This is confirmed after finding out who Al Jazeera’s reporter Will Jordan, the maker of Stealing Paradise documentary, really is. On how information was gathered to make the documentary, and when the video’s witnesses’ real character […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 18th April 2017. By Fazeena Ahmed. The following is a loose translation: In the political sphere, all eyes are on Jumhooree Party leader and bigwig Gasim Ibrahim’s court case. Member of parliament for Maamigili constituency Gasim is suspected of bribery. He was summoned to the […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 6th April 2017 by Ahmed Abdulla Saeed. The following is a loose translation: Looking at the prevailing political situation in the Maldives and observing what is going on in the parliament, everyone believes that a lot of changes will come to the political map of […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 25th March 2017. by Musharraf Hassan The following is a loose translation: The coming few days will be politically very turbulent. On Monday People’s Majlis will decide on the motion filed for no confidence against Speaker Abdullah Maseeh Mohamed. Even though there is a clear […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on the avas.mv website on14th March 2017. by Moosa Rasheed. The following is a loose translation: To make Parliament Volatile There is no formula to winning the vote against Maseeh One reason is to make investors lose confidence Since the beginning of the first term of the Parliament this […]