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Column: by Saif Fathih
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Essay
The bag levy could have been a waste revolution. Instead it's just a tax
Pay-as-you-throw charges households for what they actually throw away.
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Ninety-three MPs, MVR92 million a year and shrinking scrutiny.
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The last of Malé's old market
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As El Niño builds, Maldivian reefs are running out of time to recover
A global report cites their recovery but bleaching events are now coming faster.
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The World Bank said this would not work.
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