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Nigeria
Workers shut down Caverton Helicopters operations
Aviation trade unions on Thursday shut down the operations of Caverton Helicopters at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos over alleged sack of 150 workers. The unions – the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Union of Air Transport Employees – accused the airline ...
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Nigeria
My favourite food is garri and dry fish – Senator
Sen. Solomon Olamilekan (Lagos West Senatorial District), popularly known as Yayi, on Thursday said that having soaked “garri”’ and dry fish as a meal gave him more satisfaction than any other food. Olamilekun, a member of the Senate Committee on Finance, said in Lagos that garri and dried fish was ...
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Malta
Air Malta Chief Commercial Officer to leave after 18 months
Air Malta is seeking to appoint a new Chief Commercial Officer to continue on the path of innovative commercial developments launched by Ursula Silling, Air Malta’s Chief Commercial Officer, the airline said in a statementShe was engaged by the airline specifically to lead this transformation and through her direction, in ...
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USA Spagna Malta
Daphne Caruana Galizia claims abusive messages sent to her by JPO led her to file police report
Blogger and The Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia insisted that if executive chairman of the Malta Council of Science and Technology Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando had really wanted comments removed from an article on her blog, he would have said so in the barrage of abusive messages allegedly sent to ...
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USA Malta
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem meets PM, Finance Minister
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem today met with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Finance Minister Edward Scicluna, with the meetings focusing primarily on Malta’s upcoming presidency of the EU. Dr Muscat, who received Dijsselbloem at the Auberge de Castille, said ongoing changes in the banking sector would ...
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Turchia USA Regno Unito
Former Liverpool Gerrard retires with managerial aspirations
After an illustrious playing career full of remarkable cup comebacks alongside jarring Premier League lows, Steven Gerrard is done.The 36-year-old Gerrard, who won every major club honor with Liverpool apart from the English title, said Thursday he was retiring from soccer after an 18-year professional career."You are aware that time ...
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Malta
Johnny Depp to star in Murder on the Orient Express remake to be shot in Malta
Filming of a remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is due to start in Malta in the first quarter of next year, with Johnny Depp in the leading role, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said in parliament during question time yesterday.He said that the film will see €8 million ...
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Cina
Updated: At least 67 killed in east China scaffolding collapse
Scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China collapsed into a deadly heap on Thursday, as iron pipes, steel bars and wooden planks tumbled down and crushed nearly all 70 workers in the country's worst work-safety accident in over two years.At least 67 people were killed by the collapse of ...
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Regno Unito
Less money and a slowing economy: UK plans for Brexit years
Britain will have less money, more debt and a slower economy in coming years as it grapples with uncertainty over leaving the European Union, the Treasury chief said Wednesday in his first budget update since the 'Brexit' vote.Philip Hammond delivered the economic statement to a less-boisterous-than-usual House of Commons as ...
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USA
Parliament discusses amendment in criminal code to address miscarriage of justice
Parliament this evening is discussing the amendments in the criminal code Azzopardi which proposes the extension of the right of persons who were tried by jury to request the Court of Criminal Appeal to re-investigate the case, to those convicted by the Court of Magistrates. Dr Azzopardi said that according ...