Archive for February, 2007
« Previous EntriesMaldives featured on "Travels with a Tangerine" BBC4
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007Arabic scholar and award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith’s TV series on BBC4, Travels with a Tangerine features the Maldives. The three-part TV series on BBC4 on Ibn Battutah’s travels from Morocco to China, features segment on Maldives that revisits and captivates Ibn Battutah’s account of his journey through the speck of land in the […]
38 year old man commits suicide in Hithadhoo
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Hussein Rasheed, 38 years, Ocean Maage, Hithadhoo, Seenu Atoll, hanged himself to death yesterday morning at 10 o’clock. He used a nylon rope to hang himself from a mango tree in his house compound. Residents of his home saw him hanging 19 feet above the ground. Hussein Rasheed runs his own small business. No reliable […]
Sewage system survey starts in Addu
Monday, February 26th, 2007Addu Atoll Chief Hussein Saeed has said that a survey is under way to gather information for planning sewage systems in four islands of Addu Atoll. Ministry of Energy and Water started the survey two days back, Atoll Chief said. The survey team is studying the environment, ground water lens, existing sewage disposal methods in […]
