Politics
Third meeting of talks cancelled
The government has cancelled a third meeting in ongoing talks with the MDP as some ministers are out of the country, the president’s office has said.
08 Jul 2015, 8:52 PM
Corruption alleged in use of MVR150m budget for independence day
The ACC is investigating corruption in the home ministry’s use of an MVR150million budget allotted for independence day activities. The ministry is accused of awarding lucrative projects to private companies without a bidding process.
08 Jul 2015, 5:26 PM
Defence minister summoned over Chinese submarine ‘incursion into Maldivian waters’
Defence minister Moosa Ali Jaleel has been summoned to parliament to answer whether a Chinese Yuan class 335 submarine entered Maldivian territorial waters between March 31 and May 22. MDP MP Eva Abdulla submitted the question to parliament yesterday to summon the retired major general for minister’s question time.
08 Jul 2015, 3:56 PM
Jailed ex MP admitted at hospital for tests
Imprisoned former ruling party MP Ahmed Nazim has been admitted at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) to conduct tests.
08 Jul 2015, 2:50 PM
New bill sets jail term up to 20 years for ‘Jihad’
The new draft, submitted to the People’s Majlis on Monday, metes out a jail term of 17-20 years for departing the country to join a foreign war. Any individual caught attempting to leave the country with the same intent could be jailed for 10-15 years.
07 Jul 2015, 10:00 PM
MDP required to re-register half of its members
The Elections Commission (EC) has asked the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) to resubmit forms for some 23,058 members registered without fingerprints. The figure amounts to nearly half of the MDP’s 46,608 registered members.
07 Jul 2015, 7:45 PM
Family requests Nazim’s transfer from jail to house arrest
The family of former defense minister Mohamed Nazim has requested his transfer from prison to house arrest with an appeal filed over the 11-year-jail term on weapons smuggling charges stalled indefinitely at the High Court.
07 Jul 2015, 7:16 PM
PPM seeks to limit elected councils to populous islands
PPM MP Abdulla Khaleel has also proposed extensive changes to the composition of local councils. Apart from the president and vice president of island, atoll, and city councils, the ruling party lawmaker proposed making other councillors part-time members who would not be involved in day-to-day activities.
07 Jul 2015, 5:00 PM
MDP warns against politicisation of national university
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has warned that changes proposed to the national university law for the president to appoint nine members to its council will compromise the university’s independence and politicise the institution.
06 Jul 2015, 7:34 PM
Efforts to put Maldives on CMAG agenda unsuccessful, says foreign ministry
The Maldives is not on the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) despite “efforts made by some of the most powerful countries in the Commonwealth to place the Maldives on the group’s agenda and harm the nation,” the foreign ministry has said.
06 Jul 2015, 4:56 PM
Progress in talks raises hope of end to crisis
Representatives of the government and the opposition expressed tonight optimism of a resolution to a six-month long political crisis with home minister stating the government is open to exploring avenues to release jailed politicians and withdraw charges against opposition supporters.
06 Jul 2015, 3:48 AM
Drastic changes planned for new penal code
The Supreme Court is planning to submit extensive changes to the new penal code due to come into force on July 16. A reliable source has told Minivan News that the changes are modelled on South Sudan’s penal code and will undo a decade’s work of modernising the criminal justice system.
05 Jul 2015, 9:10 PM
MDP calls for investigation into alleged unexplained wealth of PPM MP
Progressive Party of Maldives MP Abdul Latheef Mohamed has has spent between MVR3 million and MVR5 million in the Dhidhoo constituency during the past year, the MDP said, but he does not have business interests or “any other legitimate [sources of] income” apart from parliament.
05 Jul 2015, 8:13 PM
Comment: Mosque, story of my country
The sermons coming out of the Mosque almost always address matters relating to creed, never relating them to issues that are more directly connected to socio-economic problems, writes Aisha Hussein Rasheed.
05 Jul 2015, 10:00 AM
All parties, except PPM, required to re-register members
The Elections Commission has ordered all political parties, except the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives, to re-register members who had previously submitted membership forms without fingerprints.
04 Jul 2015, 11:05 PM
MDP and Sangu TV in row over live broadcast of rallies
MP Ahmed Mahloof said an opposition supporter had removed Sangu TV’s microphone from the podium at the opposition’s campaign office or Haruge, resulting in a confrontation between “gangsters” who supported the TV channel and opposition supporters. Sangu TV however said the group were its staff.
04 Jul 2015, 5:35 PM
Hundreds mobilized in campaign against dengue
Hundreds of staff at state owned companies, government offices, and volunteers started walking door-to-door in the capital Malé this morning with a checklist of activities to eliminate mosquito-breeding sites. At least four people have died from mosquito-borne dengue fever this year.
04 Jul 2015, 2:03 PM
Sea plane with tourists crash-lands, all passengers safe
A Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane carrying 11 tourists crashed landed in the water near Kuredhu Island Resort in north central Maldives at 5:30pm today. The passengers and three members of crew are safe.
02 Jul 2015, 11:17 PM
Maldives threatens to leave the Commonwealth, again
The Maldives “will seriously consider its membership at the Commonwealth” if it is placed on the agenda of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) for a second time in four years, foreign minister Dunya Maumoon has said.
02 Jul 2015, 8:24 PM
Transparency Maldives call for criminalisation of Illicit enrichment
The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) – which the Maldives acceded to in 2007 – defines illicit enrichment as a “significant increase in the assets of a public official that he or she cannot reasonably explain in relation to his or lawful income.”
02 Jul 2015, 8:00 PM
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