Maldives News

MALE: Ministry of Human Resource, Youth and Sports has opened invitation to submit application for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, SAARC, youth award 2009.

MALE: Ministry of Health has yesterday confirmed that four more people have been tested positive for Influenza A in Maldives.

MALE: Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed said that there is a oeno excusea for child abuse.

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.

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 -- Shri Educare Limited , an academic entity launched by the promoters of SRF Limited, Arun Bharat Ram and family, is set to take over the management of a school in Male, Maldives for the next 15 years.

Geography Area: 298 sq. km. , over 1,100 islands; twice the size of Washington, DC.

Comment about "Maldives leader warns of Copenhagen 'suicide pact'" Phone Name Comment 0 Maldives leader warns of Copenhagen 'suicide pact' Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed's cabinet met underwater last month.

The future of the Maldives, the Indian Ocean islands facing the real prospect of disappearing into the sea, rests squarely in the hands of its younger generations.

LONDON: Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with the Maldives and all vulnerable countries.

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 11, the 315th day of 2009. There are 50 days left in the year.

In an undated file photo, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni seen speaking at a programme.

MANILA: The president of the Maldives warned yesterday that the world was set to sign a 'global suicide pact' unless it agreed a deal in Copenhagen next month to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

Staff Reporter Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed called on fellow vulnerable, developing countries to embrace a carbon neutral future, during his inaugural address to the Climate Vulnerable Forum, which is meeting in the Maldives on Monday and Tuesday.

MALE: Maldives Monetary Authority has said that they will be releasing the new Mrf 20 note on 19 of this month.

MALE: The Government of Maldives has yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GMR Infrastructure Global Limited to develop a trendsetting international airport at Hanimaadhoo in the Upper North Province.

Maldives, one of the most beautiful nations on earth, held the artistic, theatrical event of an underwater government meeting last month, to try to bring more attention to the threats of climate change.

The Cabinet of the beautiful island nation of Maldives last month set a precedent of commitment to save environment when the full cabinet convened for a underwater session to sign off a resolution to urge the global community to curb carbon emission.

MALE: Press Secretary of the Presidenta s Office Mohamed Zuhair has said that government has received information that 10 Maldivians in Pakistani jails are going to be transferred to Guantanamo Bay jail in America and that Maldives government was doing all it can to transfer them to Maldivian jails instead.

COLOMBO: After the succesful underwater cabinet meeting last month to highlight the threat to his atoll nation from rising sea waters, Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed will host a two-day summit next week focussing the danger posed by climate change to developing nations.