Maldives National Defence Force’s (MNDF) Coast Guard has marked their 34 anniversary today with a flag hoisting ceremony. The Coast Guard officers were present, for the first time, in their newly introduced full white uniform. To mark the occasion, the MNDF also organized a football match between two Coast Guard teams to be held today … Continue reading Coast Guard marks thirty fourth anniversary
Out of the 72 MPs present, 55 voted for the budget, two voted against and 11 abstained.
The country’s banking regulator has published its professional opinion on 2014 Budget, proposing urgent and substantial measures to prevent the economy from plunging further into debt – in particular the MMA urged the government to reduce recurrent expenditure by nearly MVR2billion.
The Elections Commission, in its ‘Final Report on Electoral Constituencies of 2014 Parliamentary Elections’, has formally announced the creation of eight new parliamentary constituencies for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
“State expenditure on the Waste Management Corporation Ltd did not bring any benefit and was completely wasteful,” the Auditor General has said, arguing that the organisation had done nothing to achieve its aims since its inception.
The last seven days saw the introduction of a record budget quickly followed by a damning World Bank assessment of the Maldivian economy. Meanwhile, the government continued to release details of plans for its first 100 days whilst the issue of corruption was again highlighted as an area requiring significant attention.
Gayoom’s comments come as Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim met with Indian counterparts to discuss enhanced military cooperation. President Yameen will visit India on his first official state visit later this month.
As one month of the Yameen administration approaches, state institutions continue to produce plans for the first one hundred days. A number of ‘roadmaps’ have emerged in the areas of transport, health, and immigration, and in the customs department, the police, and the military.
The NGO’s Global Corruption Barometer survey revealed that eight in ten of those surveyed felt the issue of corruption had not decreased in the past two years. The Majlis was labelled as most corrupt organisation, with religious groups being described as the least corrupt.