• Canada Malta

    Updated: PN MEPs say Alfred Sant voted against Joseph Muscat’s wishes; Sant explains vote

    The MEPs representing the Nationalist Party said today that their Labour counterpart Alfred Sant voted against the wishes of the Prime Minister.In a statement, MEPs David Casa, Roberta Metsola and Therese Comodini Cachia welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament with an overwhelming majority of the Trade Agreement with Canada."This ...

  • Panama

    Court denies Keith Schembri request on Panama scandal – PN

    A court of law this morning denied a request made by OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri for Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil to defend himself in a libel case, without knowing what he was accused of, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.Soon after he had been caught having secretly ...

  • Brasile

    Greve: Polícia Civil do RJ pode deslocar agentes de outras cidades

    A Polícia Civil do Rio de Janeiro poderá deslocar policiais de outras cidades para a capital do estado caso a greve dos agentes continue até o carnaval, disse nesta quinta-feira (16/2) o assessor da subchefia de operações da corporação, Marcus Maia. Os policiais civis estão em greve desde o mês ...

  • Brasile

    Doria manda servidor trocar frota alugada por app de transporte

    A gestão João Doria (PSDB) publicou nesta quinta-feira (16/2), decreto determinando que os serviços de transporte de pessoal na Prefeitura sejam feitos por aplicativos, sejam carros tipo Uber ou Cabify, sejam táxis chamados pelos apps.O texto diz que, no lugar das frotas alugadas, o transporte deve ser feito por "empresa ...

  • Brasile

    Horário de verão reduz em 0,5% consumo em MG, revela Cemig

    O horário de verão resultou na redução no consumo de energia de 0,5% em Minas Gerais, o que significa um volume correspondente a 108 mil megawatts-hora (MWh) de economia, informou a Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Cemig). Ainda conforme a estatal, durante a vigência da medida, a companhia registrou uma ...

  • Brasile

    Brazil Hopes FGTS Fund Will Inject R$30 Billion into Economy

    By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A recent measure adopted by the Brazilian government to allow nearly 30.2 million workers to withdraw the amounts deposited in inactive workers’ fund (FGTS) is expected to inject R$30 billion into the Brazilian economy by the second semester of 2017. ...

  • Belgio

    Affaire Publipart : Le cartel sp.a/Groen tient bon à Gand

    Les plus de 140 membres de la section gantoise de Groen rassemblés mercredi soir ont conclu, presque à l'unanimité, que le cartel local avec le sp.a devait être poursuivi malgré les secousses liées à Publipart.

  • USA Kenya Yemen

    Interview: Raila warns of protests if elections "rigged"

    ODM leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday mass protests were possible if August elections were rigged, comments likely to scare Kenyans fearful of a repeat of the widespread violence that erupted after a disputed poll in 2007. Then, more than 1,200 people were killed in weeks of fighting after political ...

  • Kenya

    Jubilee Sh2.6 trillion budget tabled in Parliament

    Education, health, energy, security and infrastructure remain the priorities for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration in its last budget before the August 8 election. The Sh2.6 trillion budget will raid taxpayers pockets to a tune of Sh188 billion more in taxes to fund the ambitious election budget. According to the 2017-18 ...

  • USA Kenya

    Joho heads to US for violent extremism meeting, dispels drug trafficking claims

    Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho left the country on Tuesday for a week-long tour of duty in the United States.Joho is expected to land in Washington DC on Wednesday night for a series of meetings of the Strong Cities Network.He was accompanied by Education CEC Lewa Tendai Mtana and three other ...