Singapore


Gasim’s family asks for medical leave extension
Gasim’s son Ibrahim Siyad Gasim wrote to the Maldives Correctional Service saying doctors had advised him to stay in Singapore until October 28 for tests.
09 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Prisons authority asks for police help to bring back Gasim
The Maldives prisons authority has formally sought police assistance to bring back Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, whose medical leave in Singapore expired Monday night.
04 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Gasim can be declared fugitive says prison authority
03 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM


Yameen hits back at Gayoom’s criticism of development vision
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the Maldives should become another Singapore.”
17 May 2016, 9:00 AM


Yameen’s (?) Maldives
Although Maldives adopted a Constitution based on democratic values and principles, it is Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yew’s authoritarian capitalism that President Abdulla Yameen wants to practice in the Maldives. How likely is it that he will succeed? asks Azra Naseem
12 May 2016, 9:00 AM


Ex-defence minister, ex-MP ordered to return to Maldives in 48 hours
If the retired colonel fails to return in the next two days, the Maldives Correctional Services will “begin work to bring him back,” Superintendent of Prisons Ibrahim Mohamed Didi informed Nazim’s wife today. The prisons authority has also ordered former MP Ahmed Nazim to cut short his medical leave in Singapore and return to prison within 498 hours.
18 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Ex-MP flees Singapore after order to return to prison
Ahmed Nazim, a former MP with the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives who was allowed to travel to Singapore on medical-leave from prison, has left the country and traveled to the United Kingdom, The Maldives Independent understands.
07 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


Government orders ex-defence minister to cut short Singapore medical trip
The home ministry has ordered former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim to cut short a medical trip to Singapore and return to the Maldives to serve the remainder of his 11-year jail sentence.
02 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM


First couple departs to Singapore on unofficial trip
President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim departed for Singapore on an unofficial visit last night in the first couple’s first overseas trip since the September 28 blast on the presidential speedboat.
22 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM


Drawing the wrong lessons from Singapore
President Yameen and his cabinet tout Singapore as a development model for the Maldives. They admire its combination of prosperity and one-party rule. But if they conclude authoritarianism is behind Singapore’s success, they are drawing the wrong lesson, writes Hawwa Kareem
16 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Details of President’s trips to Singapore a public right, says Nasheed
12 Jan 2015, 7:41 PM
President Yameen takes another trip to Singapore
08 Jan 2015, 12:29 PM
Changi signs consultancy deal as MACL aims for 9.6 million passengers
01 Dec 2014, 2:46 PM
Singapore Islamic authority approve Maldives halal certificates
27 Jul 2014, 10:44 AM
Settling disputes – The Weekly Review
21 Jun 2014, 4:34 PM
President predicts US$300 million compensation for GMR
27 Apr 2014, 4:34 PM
Oil exploration attracts investors at Singapore investment forum
26 Apr 2014, 8:10 PM
GMR holds to US$1.4 billion compensation figure
26 Apr 2014, 7:50 PM
“Yonder lies the greener pastures”: President Yameen inaugurates investor forum in Singapore
25 Apr 2014, 4:31 PM
Yameen concedes that GMR is owed some compensation
24 Apr 2014, 6:20 PM