The Ministry of Transport will be seeking interested parties this week to provide a trial bus service in the capital to evaluate the workability of public transport for Male’, Voice of Maldives reports.
State Minister ‘Maizan’ Adam Manik said interested parties will be invited to submit bids, while the service could be continued if the preliminary project is a success.
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(0)Parliament’s national security committee has completed its inquiry into the government’s plans to resettle exonerated inmates from the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention camp, reports Voice of Maldives.
Mulaku MP Abdullah Yamin, chairman of the committee, said a report based on testimony from senior government officials as well as official documents and correspondence will be presented to the parliament floor.
Some government ministries did not fully cooperate with the committee, Yamin said, while the Foreign Ministry only provided the requested documents after the committee completed its inquiry.
(0)Dislikes(0)A ten-day seminar on counter-terrorism conducted by the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) and the US Army entitled ‘National Deliberate Action Planning Seminar on Combating Terrorism’ began at Aarah yesterday.
Over 40 representatives from five state institutions, including Maldives Police Service, Maldives Customs, Maldives Monetary Authority and the Department of Immigration, will participate in the seminar, while lectures will be given by counter-terrorism experts.
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