The program will “promote an open, democratic election by increasing civic participation… promote the integrity of the electoral process in the Maldives in advance of the September 2013 elections, and the subsequent local council and parliamentary elections.”
The project aims to address climate change impacts by mitigating flooding and erosion due to storm surge, enhance fresh water security, as well as create economic benefits from these sustainable conservation initiatives.
The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has pressed charges against seven people in a case involving MVR 18 million (US$1.2 million) that went missing from the State Bank of India (SBI) account of the owners of local motorcycle retailer Sheesha.
“The higher secondary education net enrollment rate is a mere 19 percent, with boys’ net enrollment at 20 percent and girls’ net enrollment at 19 percent,” the World Bank stated.
“This is not a healthy level. The existing amount is equivalent to that needed for imports of the next two months,” said Governor of the Maldives Monetary Authority, Fazeel Najeeb.
Police are investigating a MVR49.9 (US$3.2 million) fraud case involving money transfer organisation ‘Moneygram’.
Deputy Tourism Minister Mohamed Maleeh Jamaal has meanwhile been reported in local media as saying that the Avaaz campaign was an attempt by the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party and “media groups” to destroy tourism in the Maldives and wreak havoc on the economy.
Over MVR 2 milllion (US$128,700) worth of damage has been predicted by the owners of ‘Parkway 3’ shop, after a fire damaged the building on Saturday (March 9).
Speaking to Minivan News on Thursday, former Adhaalath Party chief Sheikh Hussain Rasheed confirmed he was summoned to the commission, stating that he had “given all the details and names of the people involved in the deal”.