“There have been no developments to suggest that the situation may have improved this year even if Maldives were to appear in the index,” said Transparency Maldives Advocacy and Communications Manager Aiman Rasheed.
The agreement was signed by Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizz and Yung Wan Xion, principal of the Chinese Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs.
Parliament passed amendments to the Public Finance Act today reversing changes brought to the law in 2010 to require parliamentary approval for obtaining loans, providing sovereign guarantees, and leasing or selling state assets.
Police searched and confiscated the council’s office last night after a obtaining a search warrant regarding a corruption case against council staff members.
Former Auditor General (AG) Niyaz Ibrahim has requested the High Court to declare the People’s Majlis’ decision to reappoint a new AG as unconstitutional.
The prosecutor general has withdrawn two charges of failure to provide urine against former Maldivian Democratic Party MP Hamid Abdul Ghafoor.
Within an hour of winning unanimous cross-party support in the Majlis, Ziyath was handed the letter of appointment by President Yameen at a function held at the President’s Office.
After being touted as an economist with a plan and the expertise to rescue the Maldives from its “deep economic pit”, how did President Yameen’s economic plans turn out during his first year in office?
“Western governments and international institutions not only keep on issuing public statements and reports on the Maldives, they would go whatever length it takes to portray the Maldives as not-so-sunny side of life to the potential investors,” Adam claimed in a speech delivered at the Berlin Economic Forum on November 9.