A man has died in an accident while fishing in a boat near Dhaalu Atoll Kudahuvadhu, police report.
Police identified the man as Mohamed Hussein, 48, of Dhirimaage in Dhaalu Atoll Bandidhu.
Police reported that the incident took place at 11:20am.
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(0)The opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) has called on the Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO) to raise its purchasing price for tuna to Rf10, reports Miadhu.
Speaking at a rally in the fishing village of Gaaf Alif Villigili, DRP Vice-President Ibrahim “Mavota” Shareef said the price had been raised to Rf10 in the past and there was no reason it should stay atRf7.
Shareef claimed that the fisheries ministry was not informed before Adhil Saleem, state minister for economic development, took over management of MIFCO’s Koodoo Fisheries Complex.
The controversy over Koodoo shows the lack of coordination and organisation in the government, Shareef said.
Moreover, he said, despite Adhil Saleem’s efforts, the greivances of Koodoo staff, who had staged protests last month over reduced benefits and working hours, were still unresolved.
(0)Dislikes(0)The government has decided to lease 14 new islands for resort development to finance regional airports and housing projects.
According to the government gazette, six islands will be leased on a tender basis to develop regional airports in Dhaalu Atoll Kudahuvadhoo, Thaa Atoll Thimarafushi, Shaviyani Atoll Funadhoo, Gaaf Dhaal Maavedhhoo, Gaa Alif Atoll Raavereha and Fuvahmulah.
A further eight islands will be leased to raise funds for housing development and housing subsidies.
(0)Dislikes(0)President Mohamed Nasheed has yesterday appointed three new island councillors with local council elections due to take place later this year.
The councillors were Mohamed Azleen as the councillor of Haa Alif Vashafaru, Mohamed Sadiq as the councillor of Haa Alif Thakandhoo and Ali Rasheed as the councillor of Noonu Manadhoo.
(0)Dislikes(0)The ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) , the first political party in the Maldives, has been awarded the Norwegian conservative party’s ‘Democracy and Human Rights’ prize.
The award was accepted on behalf of MDP by Ibrahim Hussein Zaki, special envoy of the president, at a ceremony at Oslo on Saturday.
Along with Zaki, Hulhumeedhoo MP Ilyas Labeeb will address the annual convention of the Norwegian conservative party.
(0)Dislikes(0)The amount reduced from civil servants pay this year constitutes “a debt owed to civil servants by the government” which had to be paid back, Kendhoo MP Ahmed Thasmeen Ali has said.
At an opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party rally in Gaaf Alif Villigili on Friday, the party’s newly elected leader said if the government refuses, the DRP would make sure that funds were allocated in next year’s budget to pay back civil servants.
Last month, the civil court ruled that the finance ministry did not have the authority to overrule the Civil Service Commission on determining salaries and allowances of civil servants.
While the commission ordered government ministries to prepare salary sheets to give out the restored salaries from January onward, the finance ministry has insisted that the “special economic circumstances” that warranted pay cuts in October last year had not passed.
“It is a debt owed to civil servants by the Maldivian government,” said Thasmeen. “It has to be paid back sometime. This is very clear in legal terms. The legal framework of the country does not allow the government to chip away at salaries whenever they want.”
The attorney general’s office has lodged an appeal at the High Court challenging the civil court ruling. The High Court has issued a preliminary injunction ordering all parties involved to restrain from any course of action until its final deliberation.
(0)Dislikes(0)Police have arrested a boy under the age of eighteen with allegedly stolen items in Lhaviyani Atoll Naifaru.
Police reported that Rf4000, two mobile phones and two sim cards were found with the boy.
Police said they suspected the items belong to a doctor working in Naifaru Hospital.
Naifaru police station is investigating the case.
(0)Dislikes(0)Adhaalath party has officially launched their English website, at http://www.adhaalathparty.com/
The party said that the English website was intended to give information and events of the party to foreigners.
All the sections in Dhivehi website will also be in the English section of the website, the party added.
(0)Dislikes(0)Competition in the broadband market has led incumbent telecom provider Dhiraagu to today announce a 50 percent promotional price cut on broadband ADSL connections, from Rf 500 to Rf 250 or Rf 1000 to Rf 500 if a new line has to be installed.
The move comes weeks after the telco doubled its speeds and bandwidth allowances for many ADSL packages, widely considered a reaction to the annoucement by competitor Raajje Online (ROL) that it was rolling out fibre to the home (FTTH).
Dhiraagu has control of the specific ADSL market, especially the low-mid market for internet services, while ROL has traditionally catered to heavier users, delivering connections through cable TV suppliers Medianet and Bnet. Its new FTTH offering further caters to the high-end market, and is the first such service to be unrolled in South Asia.
ADSL remains tried-and-proven with little extra infrastructure required, and Dhiraagu’s two month price cut in likely an attempt to further increase its customer base it can later tempt with high speed offerings.
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