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Malé, Maldives
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Nearly eight years after a falling cement bag killed eight-year-old Rawshan Jian in Malé, the appeal over damages has resumed.
The company contesting liability, W Construction, counts two ruling party MPs among its shareholders.
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Business has fallen from 71 to 49 per cent of Maldivian students since 2008. Former MNU chancellor @hsn_hameed calls the shift “too little too slow”. Educators say the stream picked in grade eight can close doors that are hard to reopen. maldivesindependent.com/soci…
“If the bait fishery goes, there will be no fishery at all.”
In a new documentary, Maldivian fishers describe bleached reefs, scarce bait and seasons that no longer arrive on time – as a legal review finds fisheries rules yet to adapt maldivesindependent.com/envi…
Guest essay: @Midhuamsaud isn’t against residency for the rich – he’s against doing it now.
Singapore and Dubai built up their own people before inviting the rich in, he writes. The Maldives is skipping steps.
Translated from Dhivehi:
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Op-ed: More than 500 hectares of Rasmalé are being committed to Eagle Hills, but the agreement is unpublished. Former MDP chairperson @faya_i, a contender for the party’s 2028 presidential ticket, argues a good deal would have nothing to hide. maldivesindependent.com/opin…
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He walks past a hungry man and can’t stop thinking about him. That evening he buys him dinner. It doesn’t help.
New fiction from Nashiu Zahir: maldivesindependent.com/fict…
This is Dhigufaru lagoon in Noonu atoll, where the Maldives’ first township for foreign buyers is taking shape on reclaimed islands, sold with the promise of residency through the Henley-designed Pearl visa.
Reported in collaboration with @OCCRP: maldivesindependent.com/poli…
No new trafficking cases. No victims identified. Three immigration officials named in a bribery verdict still in their jobs.
Yet the Maldives escapes a downgrade in the US human trafficking rankings, thanks to a written plan. maldivesindependent.com/soci…
In Noonu, a township for foreigners is rising on reclaimed islands. Few have noticed. As Rasmalé draws the outrage, Ayla and the Henley-designed Pearl Residence visa promise something new: residents, not guests.
Our feature with @OCCRP:
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The debt-distressed Maldives is poised to sell residency and luxury real estate on artificial islands, raising fears of a new offshore tax and money-laundering haven.
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In Noonu, a township for foreigners is rising on reclaimed islands. Few have noticed. As Rasmalé draws the outrage, Ayla and the Henley-designed Pearl Residence visa promise something new: residents, not guests.
Our feature with @OCCRP:
maldivesindependent.com/poli…
In 2011, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay urged the Majlis to stop flogging women and rethink who can be a citizen.
The backlash spilled onto the streets. Last week she won the Nobel Peace Prize. Fifteen years on, what became of her advice? maldivesindependent.com/poli…
