Fokaidhoo

MP pledges to build US$5m hospital in northern island

An opposition MPhas pleged to spend US$5million on upgrading a healthpost to a hospital in the island of Fokaidhoo in northern Shaviyani Atoll.

Family of four returns after abandoning plans to travel for ‘jihad’

A family of four who reportedly left the Maldives last week to join the civil war in Syria has returned after their intentions were discovered.

Family of four leaves Maldives ‘on Jihad’

A family of four has reportedly left the Maldives to Syria last week. The husband and wife, both 28 years old, took their children, a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old, with them.

Police charge two men for homosexuality on Fokaidhoo

Fokaidhoo islanders ‘hijack’ island council office