News and stories from the Maldives
Education will be our highest priority says Sawad On Tuesday night, a Jumhooree Party delegation led by Ahmed Ali Sawad, the running-mate of the presidential candidate Mr. Qasim Ibrahim, met with members of the Teachers…
Owen Arthur to lead Commonwealth Team to Observe Maldives Presidential Election... Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur will lead a Commonwealth Observer Group to the Maldives Presidential Election scheduled for 8…
The religious conservative Adhaalath Party has lodged a case at the Supreme Court against the re-election bid of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on the basis he is not a Sunni Muslim, a prerequisite for the presidency.
The Elections Commission has now extended the deadline for registration of those voting outside their home islands to the end of Saturday 27 September. Forms will be accepted from 10:00 to 4:00 and 9:00 pm to 11:30 pm…
In the amended constitution the salaries and allowances of the ministers have not been decided upon and this matter is now in high court, one more thing the people of this small nation are worried about. The biggest of…