Riot police arrest protesters on Boduthakurufaanu Magu in Henveiru Male during a protest near the residence of Minister of Defence Mariya Didi. This comes after Mariya made derogatory remarks against PPM’s Hulhumale constituency president Abdul Samad who was recently deported from India. Speaking at a ceremony to formally hand over…
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A 52-year-old Polish man holidaying in the Maldives was hit by a motorised dinghy while diving. The man could not be saved. According to local media reports, the 52-year-old suffered serious injuries to his arms and torso and lost an arm. The Polish man was taken to hospital, but doctors…
Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is leading preliminary presidential primary results. Speaker Mohamed Nasheed refuses to accept defeat and is rechecking the result sheets. The ruling party of the Maldives held a primary election between the current President, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, and his former ally and the country’s first democratically…
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Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen found guilty of corruption and money laundering charges
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Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen prz_ymn was found guilty of corruption and money laundering charges stemming from kickbacks from a private company by the Maldives’ criminal court on Sunday. https://twitter.com/i/status/1606970853581029376 The PPM-PNC opposition coalition has stated that it does not accept the verdict of Criminal Court Chief Judge Ahmed Shakil against former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom. According to sources close to the former President, the current administration devised this…
The Maldives government initiated an investigation after a man allegedly linked to the nation’s former president Abdulla Yameen’s party took to Twitter and threatened to set fire to the Indian High Commission in Malé. “Abbas Adil Riza, who previously held official positions in the Maldivian government, tweeted on December 23 that the February 8, 2012, arson attack in Addu City in the island nation was ordered by India.”“I think we…
Blackhawk School District in Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern over the impacts of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment that caused the release of toxic chemicals and forced thousands to evacuate for several days. The school district is within a 15-mile radius of the derailment. The lawsuit claims that the fires and “plumes” of dangerous chemicals from the controlled release of materials contaminated the school district’s lands and buildings, exposing students and staff to risks of medical…