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Messico Spagna Malta
‘Two-fingered salute’ as €69,500 collected for Caruana Galizia libel fund
A crowd-funding website, as well as donations made in person, has managed to generate €69,500 for journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after a warrant of seizure for maximum libel damages in Economy Minister Cardona libel cases was accepted by the courts.Mrs Caruana Galizia alleged that while Dr Chris Cardona was on ...
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Malta
Obesity bill passed unanimously over a year ago but still to become law
Minister Chris Fearne has failed to implement legislation aimed at combating obesity which was unanimously approved by Parliament over a year ago in spite of the estimate that obesity costs Malta €45-€50 million per year, Opposition MP Robert Cutajar told The Malta Independent. Tackling obesity is supposed to be one ...
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Etiopia Malta
Successful conclusion to the Joint Valletta Action Plan: Senior Officials’ Meeting held in Malta
In its capacity as host to the Valletta Summit on Migration, and in its role at the helm of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Malta is proud to announce a successful conclusion to the Joint Valletta Action Plan: Senior Officials’ Meeting that took place in Malta ...
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Nigeria
Buhari’s health: NBA, TUC, CAN, health workers, others seek constitutional amendment
Dayo Oketola, Friday Olokor, Success Nwogu, Ade Adesomoju, Gbenro Adeoye, Kunle Falayi, Jesusegun Alagbe and Tunde Ajaja, In light of the speculations over the extent of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill health, the Nigerian Bar Association, Christian Association of Nigeria, Trade Union Congress, socio-cultural groups, health sector unions and some prominent ...
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Nigeria
Tambuwal sacks revenue board, appoints interim committee
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has approved the dissolution of the management committee of the state’s Board of Internal Revenue. The state Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Saidu Umar, in a statement, said a nine-member interim management committee had been constituted, pending when a substantive board would be appointed. The commissioner ...
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Nigeria
Eurobond Success, Implication For Nigeria’s Economy
The over subscription of Nigeria’s $1billion Eurobond by a whopping 750 per cent confirmed the position of the federal government and its agencies like the Debt Management Office (DMO) that Nigeria’s economy is bankable and has earned the confidence of investors, local and foreign. It was, indeed, a day of ...
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Nigeria
NTDC Endorses Tourism Book For Secondary School Curriculum
As part of its efforts to ensure lasting promotion of tourism in Nigeria by instilling it into the Nigerian youths, the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has endorsed a new book, “Redefining Tourism in Nigeria: The Real Issues and Challenge, Vol. 1-3,” into the Nigerian Secondary School curriculum. Speaking in ...
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Spagna
La reforma laboral cumple cinco años con más empleo y con el mismo rechazo
Madrid, 11 feb (EFE).- La reforma laboral ha cumplido esta semana cinco años con el balance positivo de 355.100 empleados más y un millón de parados menos, pero con la denuncia de la creciente precariedad del mercado de trabajo por parte de los sindicatos y la oposición, que siguen exigiendo ...
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Thailandia
Restaurants to sell food via UberEATS
The Business Development Department is supporting about 12,000 Thai restaurateurs to sell their dishes via UberEATS, a food-delivery app.
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Thailandia
Chiang Mai to become smart city
The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa), formerly known as Sipa, is embarking on a 36.5-million-baht smart city project to develop Chiang Mai as an innovation-driven destination.