A boat named ‘Mango’ drifted onto a reef while it was travelling from the capital Male’ to Villingili in Gaafu Alifu Atoll.
The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) reported that rescuers attended the scene immediately.
There were seven men aboard the boat and no one was injured during the incident, the MNDF said.
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(0)The Maldives Police Service has recovered more than Rf500,000 (US$39,000) suspected stolen from Galaxy Enterprises, report police.
Police said two men were arrested with the money, believed to have been stolen from Galaxy Enterprises. Police said they discovered money, bank cheques and a destroyed safe near where the men were arrested.
The police property and commercial crime department is investigating the case.
(0)Dislikes(0)The United States is committed to continued cooperation with the Maldivian military to promote safety and security in the Indian Ocean region, stated the US Army’s Command Sergeant Major Iuniasolua Savusa addressing graduates of the Maldives’ inaugural Warrant Officer/Sergeants Major course.
The Maldivian National Defence Force (MNDF) held the graduation ceremony at the newly-constructed Non-Commissioned Officers’ Academy.
Cmd Sgt Maj Savusa is the senior enlisted soldier in the United States Pacific Command.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives’ State Minister for Islamic Affairs Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed has been placed among the top 500 most influential Muslims, but the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISC) in e Kingdom of Jordan.
The report, entitled “The 500 Most Influential Muslims – 2010”, commends Sheikh Shaheem for providing “good leadership to his ministry, especially in the drafting of regulations under the Religious Unity Act of the Maldives which, he believes, will provide a legal framework to protect Islam.”
The report also acknowledges Sheikh Shaheem’s “collaboration with the Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) to introduce a new television channel which will focus on relating Islam to the broader issues of society.”
The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre is an independent research entity affiliated with the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought is an international Islamic non-governmental, independent institute headquartered in Amman, the country’s capital.
(0)Dislikes(0)President Mohamed Nasheed has appointed three members to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the independent body charged with oversight of the judiciary.
The three new members – Supreme Court Judge Adam Mohamed Abdulla, High Court Judge Abdulla Ghanee, and Mohamed Fahmee Hassan, President of the Civil Service Commission (CSC), took their oath of membership of JSC before Supreme Court judge Abdulla Areef and were presented with letters of appointment.
President Mohamed Nasheed also appointed Mohamed Fahmee Hassan as the President and Ahmed Hassan Didi as the Vice President of the Civil Service Commission.
(0)Dislikes(0)John Keells Holdings has concluded a leasing switch of tourism properties in the Maldives, according to a report in the Sri Lankan Sunday Times.
In a statement to the Colombo Stock Exchange, the diversified group which – together with Aitken Spence – is a large Sri Lankan leisure operator in neigbouring Maldives, said that it “divested the head lease of loss-making Alidhoo Island as consideration received the head lease of Dhonveli Island for a period of 18 years.”
The group previously had a sublease of Dhonveli until 2021.
“While the transaction itself will not result in a capital gain or loss in the profit and loss statement of the group, the sale of the loss making Alidihoo Island, which is located in the Northern-most atoll in the Maldives and the acquisition of the head lease of Dhonveli Island, which is profitable and just fifteen minutes by speed boat from the capital Male, will have a positive impact on the profitability of the group going forward,” the statement said.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), established under a law enacted by parliament, has said it will take the government-created state media body Maldives National Broadcasting Corporation (MNBC) to court, in a dispute over which organisation would take control of the state media’s assets.
Daily newspaper Haveeru reported that the MBC will request in the Civil Court that the MNBC transfer all the assets, money and staff of MNBC to MBC.
Political Adviser for the President, Hassan Afeef, recently stated that the MNBC would not be dissolved even though parliament had established the MBC.
Afeef claimed that the two channels of the state media, Voice of Maldives and Television Maldives, were assets of MNBC and no asset of a company shall be transferred to another company without the consent of the owners, and that therefore the two channels could not be given to MBC.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Criminal Court has ordered 19 staff at Kurumba Resort, who were arrested on charges of vandalism and intimidation during the recent strike, not to not to leave Male’.
The resort told Minivan News that senior management were intimidated by staff during the strike, and a door in a staff room was damaged.
During the strike the resort moved guests to other islands owned by the Universal group, while others chose to leave the country.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) have ruled that the Maldives Police Services was responsible for the death of Ibrahim Afzal, who self-immolated while in custody at Gahdhoo police station in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll.
Afzal died after pouring petrol over his body and lighting it, police claimed. The PIC said there was no evidence to suggest that police tortured him or set fire to him.
However, as Afzal died while in police custody, police were responsible for him the commission said, making the case one of negligence.
The commission also noted that there was no adequate place in Gahdhoo police station for holding suspects in custody.
The PIC has now sent the case to the Prosecutor General to determine whether a criminal case should be raised against concerned persons.
Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Shiyam said that police would accept the responsibilities expected of them.
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