The US government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Maldives government to provide a border system after several years of uncertainty and legal wrangling over the future of the country’s immigration controls.
The announcement follows a succession of international campaigns that threaten to damage the reputation of the Maldives’ tourism industry, both in China and traditional European markets.
Maldivian civil society is holding Earth Hour events today (March 23) to highlight the urgent need to take action against climate change and care for the environment, while the Ministry of Environment and Energy “facilitates”.
Council heads and senior civil society figures have slammed the judiciary, state authorities and welfare groups over their systemic failure to protect a 15 year-old girl convicted of fornication and sentenced to flogging, despite her history of alleged sexual abuse dating back to 2009.
There are only about 50 people who directly profit from Maldivian resorts. If our lifestyles and traditions can only be vivified by keeping the country in a century-old mold, the development that we yearn for would be impossible, writes former President Mohamed Nasheed.
“Let’s put an end to this lunacy by hitting the government where it hurts: their tourism industry,” declared Avaaz, a petition and activism site with a community of over 20 million members in 194 countries.
The state has pressed charges against a minor arrested in connection with the murder of Dr Afrasheem Ali, who was murdered in October last year.
The ministry will dissolve approximately 1300 of 1843 nationally registered NGOs because they failed to submit annual reports or elect executive committees.
Students prevented teachers from entering Rathafandhoo Island School in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, shutting down the school for the day in protest over a three month teacher shortage.