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Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

Gasim can be declared fugitive says prison authority

03 Oct 2017, 9:00 AM

Politics

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

Features & Comment

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Features & Comment

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

Politics

Details of President’s trips to Singapore a public right, says Nasheed

12 Jan 2015, 7:41 PM

News In Brief

President Yameen takes another trip to Singapore

08 Jan 2015, 12:29 PM

Business & Tourism

Changi signs consultancy deal as MACL aims for 9.6 million passengers

01 Dec 2014, 2:46 PM

News In Brief

Singapore Islamic authority approve Maldives halal certificates

27 Jul 2014, 10:44 AM

Features & Comment

Settling disputes – The Weekly Review

21 Jun 2014, 4:34 PM

Business & Tourism

President predicts US$300 million compensation for GMR

27 Apr 2014, 4:34 PM

Business & Tourism

Oil exploration attracts investors at Singapore investment forum

26 Apr 2014, 8:10 PM

Politics

GMR holds to US$1.4 billion compensation figure

26 Apr 2014, 7:50 PM

Politics

“Yonder lies the greener pastures”: President Yameen inaugurates investor forum in Singapore

25 Apr 2014, 4:31 PM

Business & Tourism

Yameen concedes that GMR is owed some compensation

24 Apr 2014, 6:20 PM

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