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Giappone
Convenience stores expand services, locations for seniors
Japan’s major convenience store chains are patronizing apartment complexes and adding nursing care services as the population grays at a faster pace. The post Convenience stores expand services, locations for seniors appeared first on The Japan Times.
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PM has massive ‘conflict of interest’, ‘lied five times in 24 hours’ – Simon Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has a massive “conflict of interest” in his capacity as Prime Minister while being under a magisterial inquiry into allegations that Egrant Inc, a company named in the Panama Papers scandal, belongs to his wife.He reiterated calls for the Prime ...
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Malta
Film Commission announces increased budget for Malta Film Fund
For the first time since its inception, the Film Fund will increase to € 300,000, a statement released today read.New and established filmmakers can apply for development support which includes a Writers' Grant and Development Grants. The Film Fund also offers help to producers through three schemes: New Talent, Short ...
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Marocco Spagna Panama Malta
‘It will come back to haunt him’ – Prime Minister says about Simon Busuttil's accusations
Allegations about the ownership of Egrant Inc, a company named in the Panama Papers, without providing concrete proof “will come back to haunt” Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said.He was addressing a press conference about the government’s success in reducing the rate of poverty by half, ...
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USA Spagna Panama Malta
Updated: Egrant inquiry - Prime Minister and his wife testify before Magistrate
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his wife Michelle, went before the Magistrate who is looking into the Egrant allegations this morning, and testified.The couple left the law courts walking hand-in-hand, and the Prime Minister said that they testified to "clear our name from the mud being slung at us." He ...
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Malta
'Type in love, type out hate', a conference against cyber-bullying and online abuse
Modern society needs effective response to, and strong protection against digital dangers, the PL has said in a statement."The internet brought new challenges and the cyberworld is presenting new types of crimes. There is a way forward to contain and tackle digital dangers and the authorities have to ensure that ...
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Panama
A PL government will remain a catalyst for change – PL Deputy Leader Louis Grech
Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech, addressing the PL AGM yesterday, said that government remains relevant and credible when it implements what it promises."We look to the future, to strengthen the fight against bureaucracy, to review the minimum wage. A PL government will remain a catalyst for change."He was addressing the ...
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USA Panama Malta
Editorial - Egrant investigation: The police commissioner must go
It has been said before that the police commissioner is either completely incompetent or that he is inextricably complicit in the government's multiple attempts at subterfuge when it comes to the scandals it has been confronted with and which, in most democracies, would result in police investigations.Either way, it has ...
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Brasile Panama
Law partners in 'Panama Papers' scandal get bail
A court in Panama on Friday ordered the release on bail of two partners at a law firm involved in last year's "Panama Papers" scandal set off by the leak of thousands of documents related to offshore accounts.Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca Mora of the Mossack-Fonseca firm were arrested in ...
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Paraguay
BCP aumenta al 4,2% previsión de crecimiento del PIB para este año
La economía paraguaya crecerá un poco más del 4% en el 2017, luego de haberse expandido un 5,5% interanual en el primer trimestre, según el presidente del Banco Central del Paraguay (BCP), Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, para quien la reciente crisis política tendrá un impacto limitado en el crecimiento, de acuerdo ...