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Tourist entitlement: Maldives is not your content set
From whale sharks to public beaches, visitors push boundaries.
3 hours ago
The Maldives didn't "decide" to fish sustainably. It always has.
A day aboard a fishing boat from bait to sale.
23 Dec 2025, 17:34
Not just flowers and photo-ops: what Malé needs from its mayor
Mayor Adam Azim is campaigning for a second term, but what does it take to lead the country’s capital?
02 Dec 2025, 16:51
"The crime we cheered for": young artists map the true cost of reclamation
Twelve artists document what gets buried by dredging.
15 Nov 2025, 16:51
More than a line on an ID card: the permanent address dilemma
Solving one injustice could create another.
06 Nov 2025, 17:15
When is democracy undemocratic? Addu's referendum and the autonomy dilemma
Does local autonomy trump collective will?
22 Oct 2025, 17:29
Beyond rhetoric: four reforms that would genuinely strengthen local governance
City councillors earn MVR 35,000 with no defined duties.
15 Oct 2025, 16:05
Isolate and manipulate: abolishing atoll councils fragments collective power
One island rewarded, another punished for dissent.
08 Oct 2025, 15:20
The opposition that can't oppose: MDP burdened by its own elite
Silence on the Adeeb Files speaks volumes.
30 Sep 2025, 17:29
The fall of Mayor Azim’s bid committee
Why would the mayor form a legally dubious evaluation committee dominated by his political rivals?
24 Sep 2025, 15:54
The woman turning shark teeth into art – and saving a dying tradition
Fuvahmulah's only female silversmith overcame her fear of fire.
13 Sep 2025, 14:00
"We fall down, but we get back up": Maldivian girls rewrite surfing's gender rules
Where women couldn't compete until 2021, girls now soar.
08 Sep 2025, 14:03
Adduans still measure development against abandoned British base
"Nothing pledged has panned out for us."
01 Sep 2025, 16:31
Beyond the 1,000 Rufiyaa note: the fight to protect Maldives' whale sharks
Celebrating the gentle giants on International Whale Shark Day.
30 Aug 2025, 16:32
Government locks down local council powers in final year before 2026 elections
Island councils have blasted the government’s hypocritical undermining of their powers, as a bid for control during election years.
17 Aug 2025, 15:29
Captured by a spreadsheet: how one man controls Maldives' anti-corruption system
The watchdog shields the powerful and denies justice through digital gatekeeping.
10 Aug 2025, 12:11
Nobody knows who owns Malé's land – and that's not an accident
Public land, private deals, zero transparency.
03 Aug 2025, 15:56
Stop the bulldozers: the fight to save Malé's last graveyards
A fatwa came too late for the Maafannu cemetery.
28 Jul 2025, 12:36
"The worst-run football association in the world"
FIFA was forced to intervene last year.
20 Jul 2025, 15:35
100,000 citizens, zero democracy: HDC's corporate stranglehold on Hulhumalé
A presidential pledge to hand over control remains unfulfilled.
14 Jul 2025, 14:13
