Maldives

The Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company Limited has decided to limit the purchase to 5 tonnes of fish in its southern centres due to freezing capacity issues

Registration closed last night for the eleventh season of Ooredoo Masrace by Ooredoo Maldives, a fishing tournament held every year during Ramadan and an integral part of Ramadan in the Maldives

The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company has opened the opportunity for women to train as bus drivers under the "Hunavaru Program"

Environment Minister Shauna said that at the end of President Solih's administrative term, 26% of the electricity supplied will be powered by solar energy; he pointed out that spending on fuel amounts to about 10% of Maldivian GDP

56 civil servants have prepared to leave for India for a capacity building programme organised under the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Civil Service Commission and the National Centre for Good Governance of India in 2019

The country recorded a 44% increase in exports in January 2022, compared to the same period last year, according to the Maldives Customs Service; main import partner was Thailand with 54%, followed by UK, Mauritius, Germany and India

The State Trading Organization donated paint to the Sh. Komandoo Health Center while the Fenaka Corporation donated four AC systems and a television set last week

The Health Protection Agency has announced that a new sample collection centre has been opened near the Sinamale' Bridge car park; the sample positivity rate in the capital, which stood at 3% at the end of last year, has now risen to 36%

The Ministry of Education is partnering with the UK's Guide Education to launch a training programme for the professional development of teachers and headteachers, where 500 professionals will be trained in the first round

HSBC Maldives announced their decision to grant Maldives Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) MVR 154 million (USD 10 million) to fund developmental projects in 20 islands

Local fishermen have joined in a protest on the island of Kooddoo over concerns about delays in weighing fish and the scarcity of ice on the island

Vaadhoo Council and M20 Hospitality Ventures have signed an agreement for a resort development project in R. Vaadhoo; an agreement had already been signed with another company in 2016, which was later lost due to the pandemic

Maldives Transport and Contracting Company will make its public bus transport services in the atolls free for three categories of commuters: school students, people above the age of 65 years, and people with disabilities