Maldives News
More MPs abandon Gayoom, return to Yameen’s fold
Two MPs have abandoned the Gayoom faction and returned to Yameen’s fold, just a day after condemning the president for cracking down on his opponents’ businesses.
10 Nov 2016, 09:00
Gayoom launches fresh legal bid to retake ruling party
Gayoom is petitioning the civil court asking it to invalidate Yameen’s usurpation of the authority of the party’s elected leader.
10 Nov 2016, 09:00
Supreme court lifts suspension of lawyer who represented Gayoom
Suood was suspended for and warned over flouting the apex court’s orders and challenging the judiciary’s authority in a series of tweets, the DJA said, adding that his license is to be reinstated Thursday. Suood has been advised not to repeat the offence, and told that his license would be reinstated Thursday, the DJA said.
09 Nov 2016, 09:00
Corruption alleged in the awarding of school contract
The anti-graft watchdog has launched an investigation into the education ministry’s awarding of a contract to manage a school to a company partly owned by the wives of two prominent judges
09 Nov 2016, 09:00
Third man in custody dies while awaiting trial
Hussain Zareer, 28 years, reportedly died in Malé at 4:40am on Tuesday, nearly 24 hours after he was brought to the capital city from Maafushi Jail for medical care,
08 Nov 2016, 09:00
Under pressure: Yameen accused of targeting business owned by MPs loyal to Gayoom
Yameen is being accused of cracking down on businesses owned by lawmakers loyal to his half-brother, following a renewed bid by the government to seize properties from Gasim’s Villa Group and Saleem’s Red Wave company, and the cancellation of a lucrative contract awarded to a third lawmaker.
08 Nov 2016, 09:00
New airport fees and ‘congestion tax’ among revenue-raising measures for 2017
A US$25 airport development charge, a “congestion tax” and increased import duties for tobacco and fizzy drinks are among a raft of revenue-raising measures proposed in the 2017 state budget
08 Nov 2016, 09:00
Finance minister presents MVR26.7bn budget for 2017
Along with an ambitious infrastructure scale-up, the finance minister said the budget is geared towards bringing the Maldives’ growing debt on a sustainable footing
08 Nov 2016, 09:00
Gayoom’s office raided over ‘missing’ ruling party documents
The police raided the PPM’s old office after Yameen’s faction filed a complaint alleging that hard drives from five computers, the party’s membership database, and additional documents had gone missing.
07 Nov 2016, 09:00
Ex-vice president’s lawyers withdraw from weapons trial in protest
Lawyers accused the criminal court of depriving ex-Vice President Adeeb and ex-Colonel Ahmed Fayaz ‘Papa’ of the constitutional right to have adequate time and facilities to prepare and mount a defence.
07 Nov 2016, 09:00
Prison break foiled at police custodial island
A group of detainees broke out of their cells at the police custodial facility on the island of Dhoonidhoo around 3am Monday morning but were caught before they could escape.
07 Nov 2016, 09:00
MDP elects candidates for local council elections
The MDP is the only party to have conducted primaries so far ahead of the local council elections scheduled for January 14. The elections commission today extended the deadline for accepting candidacy papers from November 15 to December 1.
06 Nov 2016, 09:00
Gayoom hits back at Yameen’s call for guidance and unity
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has hit back at an appeal by President Abdulla Yameen at a public rally, urging the former president to unite and guide the ruling party, as “an attempt at deceiving the public.”
06 Nov 2016, 09:00
Yameen faction ‘bribed and coerced’ state employees, supporters to attend rally
State employees said they were threatened with dismissal and salary reductions for failure to attend the rally, while people who travelled to Malé from the Maldives’ far-flung atolls were handed white envelopes with cash upon their arrival in the city.
05 Nov 2016, 09:00
Ex-PPM headquarters vandalised days after anti-Gayoom graffiti found on walls
Used motor oil was thrown on the gates to the PPM headquarters at Thema, days after the building was ransacked and insulting graffiti was found on its inner walls.
05 Nov 2016, 09:00
Army downgrades protection for Gayoom
The army removed an emergency response car from the former president’s motorcade, effective Thursday.
04 Nov 2016, 09:00
Elections commission to release funds owed to political parties
The commission has requested the finance ministry to distribute MVR23million (US$1.5million) among four of the six political parties
04 Nov 2016, 09:00
Rival PPM factions vie for grassroots support
Gayoom is preparing to travel across the Maldives to meet supporters whilst the Yameen faction is planning to hold a rally of the “real PPM” in Malé on Friday night.
02 Nov 2016, 09:00
No justice for Maldives journalists
As the world marks the international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists, human rights groups have condemned the gap between the Maldives’ international advocacy on press freedom and its practices at home.
02 Nov 2016, 09:00
Opposition lawmaker’s health deteriorating in jail, family says
Mahloof’s wife claim that the MP’s health is deteriorating in jail has prompted calls for his transfer to house imprisonment for medical care.
01 Nov 2016, 09:00
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