A 38 year-old man is being treated at Hithadhoo regional hospital after his row boat capsized and he swallowed a lot of seawater.
The incident occurred at the entrance to the Hithadhoo harbour at around 5.15 pm.
Police report that two men were on board the 15 foot boat when a large wave caused the boat to capsize.
Both men were rescued by a passing dhoni. Police report that man’s condition is now stable.
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(0)Police have arrested a pair of men in possession of two packets of suspected narcotics.
Police received reports that people were transporting drugs on a boat travelling from Male’ to islands in Huvadhoo Atoll.
Police from Gaaf Alifu Vilingili conducted an operation and found the drugs while the vessel was moored in the Gaafu Alifu Nilhandhoo harbor.
Police found the drugs hidden in the shock absorbers of a motorbike on the boat.
The two men arrested are Ziraaru Saeed, 26, Gaafu Alifu Dhandhoo, Hefinaaz and Shamoodh Adam, 26, of Unimaage of the same island.
The drug enforcement department and Vilingili police are investigating the case
(0)Dislikes(0)MDP has opened a new office on the island of Thoddu in North Ari Atoll, reports Manadhoolive.
Manadhoolive reported that the new office was opened by the president’s special envoy Ibrahim Hussein Zaki.
Many MDP MPs and government ministers attended this ceremony, the first time such an event has been held by MDP on Thoddu.
(0)Dislikes(0)Ministry of Islamic Affairs Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Baari has restated that the ministry will never support the provision of liquor licenses on inhabited islands.
Baari’s comment comes as Miadhu reports that senior officials at Holiday Inn are expecting a license to be approved “next month”.
Miadhu claimed several NGOs against the ban were preparing for public demonstrations if the license was granted.
(0)Dislikes(0)Horror movie ‘Jinni’, a local Dhivehi film showing at Olympus Cinema, has sold out five shows with tickets for a further five on sale.
The movie premiered on Wednesday to many positive reviews.
The movie is based on a true story and a novel by Binmaa Ibrahim Waheed, and was shot in Baa Kamadhoo featuring Ali Seezan, Mariyam Afeefa and Amira Ismail.
(0)Dislikes(0)Ali Fulhu Thuttu Foundation has announced scholarship offers in 2010 for students who have completed IGCSE, GCSE and SSC exams in 2009.
Applications are open to those who have Maldivian citizenship and were born between 1991 and 1993. Applications must have completed GCSE, IGCSE and SSC and passed at least seven subjects.
Those selected will have the opportunity to represent the Maldives at colleges in India, Norway, Italy, Canada or the USA. The deadline for application is 15 February 2010 at 2:30 pm.
Since 2000, twenty-six Maldivians had completed the international baccalaureate diploma through the Ali Fulhu Thuthu Foundation’s United World College Scholarship Program.
(0)Dislikes(0)Six men have been injured in a fight between two groups in Gnaviyanni Faumulaku.
According to police, at around 9.30pm last night, six men standing by a house in the Dhoondigam ward were attacked by another group.
The six men were attacked with sharp objects, and after the altercation the group fled the scene.
The six are being treated at Faumulaku Atoll Hospital, and two have been transfered to the intensive care unit.
Haveeru has since reported that one of the injured men died while receiving treatment.
The Faumulaku police are now investigating the case to arrest posible suspects.
(0)Dislikes(0)Former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has today left for New Dheli, India on an ‘official trip’, according to a press release from the former president’s office.
Dhivehi Rayithunge Party (DRP) vice president Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, who has put himself forward as a candidate for the DRP leadership after Gayoom’s departure, is accompanying.
During this trip Maumoon will meet Indian Prime Minister Dr Mammauhan Singh and other senior government officials.
Thasmeen also announced the DRP would be offering Maumoon an honorary position at the party’s national congress in February.
(0)Dislikes(0)The SAFF games, which start on Friday in Bangladesh, may not be broadcasted in the Maldives.
According to Haveeru, a TVM official claimed the station was trying to broadcast the games, but were having communication difficulties with their Bangladeshi counterparts.
TVM broadcast the recent SAFF championhip because a company named Singapore World Sports Group had the license to broadcast the event, and had an agreement with TVM.
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