Police have arrested two individuals from the island of Hoarafushi for engaging in the widespread sale of illicit drugs.
According to the police, the two persons arrested on Wednesday night are local men both aged 19.
While the Hoarafushi Magistrate Court has extended their detention by ten days, police have stated that they are unable to provide further details as the investigation is ongoing.
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(0)The Labour Relations Authority has announced that it has discovered a number of employers who have failed to pay the Ramadan allowance in accordance with the law.
According to the authority, the matter is mostly found in companies doing construction work, hotel managers, and retail businesses.
The authority further confirmed that it is in the process of taking due action against businesses that fail to comply with the law.
According to the law, every Muslim employee must be paid one third of their salary as Ramadan allowance. If the amount is below MVR2000, employers must pay a minimum of MVR 2000. The amount cannot, however, exceed MVR10,000.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Elections Commission (EC) has announced it will be sending for prosecution the names of 76 candidates who took part in the recently concluded parliamentary elections after they failed to submit their financial statements.
The EC confirmed that the 76 candidates who are to be sent for prosecution do not include any of the newly elected parliamentarians.
According to the General Elections Act, candidates are required to submit financial records of election expenditure to the EC within 30 days of the election.
Of the 302 candidates who contested in the parliamentary elections, 226 candidates submitted the financial records to the EC as required.
(0)Dislikes(0)Parliament’s economic committee has elected Nilandhoo constituency MP Abdulla Khaleel as its chair and Meedhoo constituency MP Ahmed ‘Sun’ Siyam as its deputy chair at a committee meeting held on Wednesday (July 2).
Maamigili constituency MP – leader of Jumhooree Party – Gasim Ibrahim and Hithadhoo Uthuru constituency MP Mohamed Aslam were also nominated for the post of chair but lost by 1 vote and 3 votes, respectively.
In addition to these four members, the committee also included Galolhu Uthuru constituency MP Eva Abdulla, Thinadhoo Uthuru constituency MP Saudhulla Hilmy, Guraidhoo constituency MP Hussain Manik Dhon Manik, Central Fuvahmulah constituency MP Ali Fazaadh, Kin’bidhoo constituency MP Abdulla Riyaz, Maduhvari constituency MP Mohamed Ameeth, and Laamu Gan constituency Fayyaz Ismail.
(0)Dislikes(0)Political appointees from the defunct Transport Ministry have been moved to other departments.
Civil Service Commission Secretary General Mohamed Faizal has confirmed that none of the civil servants who worked there would lose their jobs.
“We are currently in the process of transferring them to the ministries to which the departments they served under have been delegated. They will be getting their salaries without interruption even while we are working on the transfers,” Faizal explained.
Faizal stated that the staff do not have a say regarding which ministry they are transferred to, and that the commission will instead be transferring them to whichever ministry is currently delegated with running their previous department.
According to him, no changes will be brought to their posts or salaries as a result of the change.
Former Ministers of State for Transport and Communication Abdul Latheef Mohamed and Mohamed Anees have been appointed to the same posts at the Ministry of Economic Development, the President’s Office has revealed.
Their colleague, Minister of State Mohamed Ibrahim, has also been transferred to the same post at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.
Meanwhile, the removal of Deputy Transport Minister Ikram Hassan and Executive Coordinator Mohamed Azeem have been announced today. Three other deputy ministers were also removed from their posts with the abolition of the ministry on June 19.
Work conducted at the ministry has since been delegated to other ministries and institutions.
The Regional Airports Department has been transferred to the Ministry of Tourism, while the Transport Authority has been transferred to the Ministry of Economic Development.
The Communications Authority of Maldives was transferred under the Ministry of Home Affairs, although a number of other functions formerly fulfilled by the Transport Ministry have been delegated to the Environment, Home, Economic Development and Finance ministries.
Following the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives severing its coalition agreement with the Jumhooree Party(JP) in May, President Abdulla Yameen dismissed Transport Minister Ameen Ibrahim – who was filling a JP cabinet slot – from the post.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives National University has announced that it will be providing English language classes will be held for students in preschool and primary grades.
The programme will start today (July 2) and is scheduled to end on July 24. The classes for primary grades will include writing, listening and speaking skills in the English language.
The preschool sessions are based on the UK brand ‘City and Guild Intensive English Language Programme’.
The entry fee for the programme is MRV750 per student and classes will be held for a duration of four hours every weekday.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has fined the Maldives Road Development Corporation (MRDC) by an amount of MVR739,500 for constructing roads in Addu without conducting the prerequisite Environment Impact Assessment (EIA).
The EPA said that it has ordered the MRDC to pay the fine within a period of 30 days.
(0)Dislikes(0)The Maldives Police Services have announced the promotion of five persons working in the police reserve force – or Special Constabulary – to full police officers.
Following the change, the police are seeking new recruits for the constabulary.
Police revealed that the five persons were officers from the reserve force who were working as security guards at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
(0)Dislikes(0)A man has been arrested in the early hours of Wednesday for being caught in the act of stealing bananas from a stall at the local market in capital Malé city.
Police informed media that the arrested man is a local, age 34, who has a previous record of drug abuse.
He was arrested by officers who were patrolling the streets of Malé. Police recovered a number of what are suspected to be stolen bananas from his possession.
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