Maumoon Abdul Gayoom News

MALE: The Maldives slipped 15 places on the corruption perception index since last year and continues to rank below Sri Lanka and India in the region, global corruption watchdog Transparency International said in a report released this week.

Maldives faces up to extremism By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE - The Maldives, which is at the forefront of a campaign to get the international community to act on a looming global warming crisis, has a more immediate problem on hand.

MALE: Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has said he will be taking a 20 per cent cut to his monthly state allowance because of the countrya s economic difficulties.

MALE: Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed who has joined the ruling MDP after leaving his close friend Dr.

MALE: The ruling MDP which could not get a majority in the parliamentary election held in May this year will be getting 4 more MPs to their side soon.

MALE: The main opposition DRP has denied that the former Government of President Gayoom had any relations with Israel.

In six months, Doctor Owais Aziz seemed to have adapted well to life on an island; from crowded, chaotic Karachi of 20 million people to Thulhaadhoo, a 380 metre-long, 230 metre-wide-island in Maldives with, well, 2800 people on it and white, grainy sand around it.

DHAKA: Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is necessary for the survival of the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party , said his spokesperson yesterday.

MALE: President Mohamed Nasheed has said parliament failed to pass any bills in its first session because the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party was focused on approving state benefits for its leader, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

MALE: The opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party has threatened to sue an MP from the ruling party for defamatory allegations against former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

MALE: MPs of the opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party were anxious to pass the bill on protection and privileges for former presidents to ensure that ex-President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom would not contest in the next presidential election, Moosa Manik has said.

MALE: President Mohamed Nasheed has appealed to members of the Peoplea s Majlis, not to throw him in to destruction while endorsing the bill on former presidentsa security and privileges.

India will help the Republic of Maldives build a maritime surveillance system, among other defense-cooperative measures agreed to during the Aug.

India will help the Republic of Maldives build a maritime surveillance system, among other defense-cooperative measures agreed to during the Aug.

MALE: The State of Emergency declared on 13 August 2004 following the mass demonstration which made some of the strongest calls for democratic reform and resignation of President Gayoom and his Government was a clear violation of the Constitution, said Attorney General Husnu Sood.

MALE: Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has decided to take legal action against members of the Presidential Commission for defamation of his honor and character, said a news release issued by the Secretarial of the former President yesterday.

MALE: Speaker of the People's Majlis Abdullah Shahid has called upon the members of the Majlis to emulate an example to the others as they are shouldering a tremendous responsibility to transform the country under the new Constitution.

MALE: Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has decided to take legal action against members of the Presidential Commission for defamation of his honor and character, said a news release issued by the Secretarial of the former President yesterday.

MALE: A prominent economist Nafaa Naseem has warned that the incumbent government is slowly going bankrupt due to the economy being mismanaged by the government of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

MALE: The Maldives Police Services has denied the allegations, made by former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, at a DRP rally held at Artificial Beach on Tuesday night, that Police threw a tear gas canister in to his residence, M. Alivaage, while trying to clear the mob converged in front of house on Monday, to prevent him from being summoned to ...