Two houses in Addu had their roofs blown off when the wind picked up last night.
The incident occured at around 5.15am. The two houses were from Seenu Maradhoo and Seenu Meedhoo.
According to TVM no one was injured in the incident.
Police and MNDF are working together to repair the damage. The island councilers said they are trying to get funds to help repair the damaged houses.
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(0)VB Sports continued strengthening its squad for next season by acquiring Victory captain Mohamed Umair.
Umair, who plays in defence has been playing his trade at Victory for the last four years.
According to Haveru, Umair said “You might think this change is because of a salary issue, but it is not. If that was the case I would not have been with the club (Victory) this year. I just felt like a change”
The new contract with VB is for one year.
Umair has been the third player to leave Victory recently for VB, the other two being goalkeeper Imran Mohamed and striker Assad Ali.
(0)Dislikes(0)President Mohamed Nasheed met with with the Chinese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hu Zhengyue yesterday afternoon.
The president’s office reported that both parties discussed climate change the strengthening of ties between the two countries.
Mr Zhengyue, who is part of the of a special envoy from the Chinese government, said that he understood the concerns of small island nations about climate change. He also said the Chinese government would continue to offer assistance to the Maldives.
(0)Dislikes(0)Driving licenses are to only be issued after a probationary period when new regulation comes into effect in January.
Under the new Land and Transport Act, people applying for a license will at first receive a temporary license. A full license would only be awarded after a probation period.
Mahdhi Imad, chairman of the transports authority said that the new regulation will give a Maldives a similar system to other countries.
(0)Dislikes(0)Tourists have begun cutting their holidays short because of the current bad weather in many of the atolls, Miadhu reports.
This sort of weather is uncommon during the December-January period when tourism usually peaks.
The Maldives Meteorological Service reported that the weather was being created by a low pressure trough above the country.
Europe and the Americas are experiencing severe bad weather and the hampering of transport systems could be having an effect on tourist arrivals to the Maldives, Miadhu suggested.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Family and Children service in Baa Atoll has reported that the number of cases submitted this year has more than doubled.
According to TVM, the centre reported it had received 46 cases this year compared with 21 cases last year, 42 of which were related to the abuse of children.
The centre claimed the increase was due to the effectiveness of their awareness campaigns.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) has announced that the Maldives will have an aqua culture project underway by Fishermen’s Day 2010.
Research conducted by MIFCO revealed that Haa Alif Baarah was a very suitable island for such a project.
MIFCO representatives claimed the Maldives needs to expand from just relaying on fishing alone. They also said aquaculture projects would create many new jobs for local people, and added that feasibility tests had shown that such projects would be profitable.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives will claim 140,000 square kilometers in territory according to Ahmed Shaheed, the minister of foreign affairs.
According to Miadhu, the foreign ministry has been conducting research on how much territory to claim, using funds provided by the Commonwealth.
Shaheed also said that the deadline for the submission was September 2010, so the process needed to be sped up and full cooperation from the different government agencies was required.
Shaheed said that the submission being proposed overlaps the submission currently being made by Sri Lanka.
(0)Dislikes(0)Giyaasudhin school is set to become an international school from 2010, under the government’s privatisation scheme.
Giyaasudhin school will by run Indian company Shri Educare under a 15 year contract.
According to TVM, new students will have to pay an entrance fee of US$150. For the next academic year, the new school will have an intake of 90 students in grade one.
Students who are already enrolled in the school will have their fees paid by the government until they finish grade seven at Giyaasudhin school.
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