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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is helping Shangri-La Asia Limited finance the construction of a 142 room resort hotel in the southern Maldives that will help create jobs, strengthen tax revenues and attract tourists and investors to an underdeveloped region of the country. IFC will provide USD 50 million in long-term financing to help the company complete construction of the high end hotel on Villingili Island in the Addu Atoll, about 400 km from the capital city of Male. The investment will strengthen the local economy by directly creating more than 300 jobs and indirectly facilitating the creation of 2000 jobs, while the resort is being constructed. more....

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Work is underway to establish an international school in Addu atoll, Education Minister Mustafa Luthfy has said.

He made the statement to Miadhu Daily when asked about government plans to strengthen devlop primary and secondary education in Addu atoll.

Mustafa Luthy said the government’s plan is to provide adequate and quality education to all parts of the country and that to this end efforts are underway to set up an international school in Addu atoll so that students of the atoll and the region can access quality education at home.more....

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The luxury hotel being developed in Villingili of Addu atoll is expected to open in April next year, according to Jens Moesker General Manager of Shangri-La Villingili Resort and Spa.

After showing the on going development efforts to media, General Manager of Shangril La Villingili Resort and Spa informed that the resort will commence operations in April next year . Jens Moesker said most of the major work is now complete and that work is progressing on schedule. He further said a second certificate will be held in January. more....

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A young man from Seenu atoll Feydhoo suffered injuries to his ear during a fight with an expatriate worker in the island.

The incident occurred around 6:15am on Sunday near the Feydhoo Metal Works garage. A fight broke out among some of the local kids and the expatriate worker there. The boys had apparently gone into the garage to fix their bicycle and had set off the expatriate worker when they had hit him with their bike.

“They had ridden into the garage on the bike but due to brake failure were unable to stop and crashed the bike into the expatriate worker,” one of the eyewitnesses said under condition of anonymity. “The man got angry and punched the boy across the ear, wounding him. When the other boys got angry and confronted him he ran into the house of his employer. The kids then threw rocks and sand onto the roof.” more....

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Dr. Hassan Saeed has submitted 50 signatures to make a political party in the name of Maldives National party.

According to former Presidential Candidate Dr. Hassan’s running mate Dr. Shaheed, the decision to make a party was made due to the request of many people.

Dr. Shaheed said that they didn’t want to make a party for the Presidential elections as it might divide the other parties.

“Now all are united. We are all saying the same thing and have decided to work towards ending the current regime. I think this would be the perfect time for such a thing” Dr. Shaheed said.

He said that work to make the party would be accelerated once they are given the permission from the authorities and they would even work for the next general elections.

“A party’s importance is greater when it come to the election of the People’s Majlis” Dr. Shaheed said.more....

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On a sandy road in Addu atoll Feydhoo, a woman hangs up her washing outside her family’s traditional house. Marking the low wall of her home, black-lettered graffiti reads: “We want democracy.”

Along the coastal road connecting the islands, huge banners flap in the wind against a backdrop of stretching palm trees and white beaches. Music blares out of party campaign offices as people gather to greet and cheer candidates arriving in seaplanes.

These are just some of the signs of change in the southernmost Addu atoll. A far cry from past years, locals are now able to talk openly about politics and to campaign – and, most importantly, free to make a genuine choice at the polls for the first time.more....

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The Maldives Police Service has recovered a large percent of the alcohol bottles that were stolen from the Handhufushi Resort and Spa managed by Yacht Tours and returned it to the resort.

According to officials from the Addu Police Station, 26 of the 44 alcohol bottles that were stolen from the resort bar last Sunday had been found inside a sack hidden in the woods of the Maafishi region of Hulhudhoo. Hulhudhoo is located on the same island on which the Handhufushi resort is. Police officials said that the recovered bottles had been handed over to the resort on Monday night.more....

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