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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Friday, August 18, 2017

To Fill the Hospitals' Shortage, IRT Offers a Free Stadium Ticket for Blood Donation: "Ittihad Riadhi of Tangier appeals to blood donors to fill the enormous deficit in the city's hospitals and launches a blood donation campaign. A free ticket to attend the 16th round match against the Sporty Union of Sidi Kacem at the Ibn Battouta Stadium in Tangier on August 22, at 9 pm."

Geneva: Morocco Highlights Its Policy for the Promotion of Conditions for People with Disabilities: "The Minister of Family, Solidarity, Equality, and Social Development, Bassima Hakkaoui, stressed, in Geneva on Wednesday afternoon, that Morocco has not ceased to express its firm will to work on promoting and preserving the rights of persons with disabilities. Ms. Hakkaoui was speaking in the framework of Morocco's first interactive dialogue with the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the implementation convention on their rights."

Read more: LE MATIN DU SAHARA


Environment: Harsh, the Law? : "In effect for just over a decade, the law on impact studies has shown its limits. Many potentially polluting investment projects escape this obligation. In many situations, these are bogus impact studies. A phenomenon amplified by the absence of sanctions in the current law."

Compensation for Loss of Employment: The Government Wants to Review the Conditions of Access: "Access to compensation for loss of employment will be simplified. The commitment is taken by the government in the scoping note of the finance bill 2018. "We will conduct an evaluation study and determine why this benefit is not very attractive. We will certainly simplify the access conditions," said to L'Economiste Mohamed Yatim, Minister of Labor and Employment Integration."

Read more: L'ECONOMISTE


PLF 2018 Expects a Growth Rate of 3.2%: ""The finance bill 2018 (PLF) expects a growth rate of 3.2% with the dynamics of the non-agricultural sectors continuing to rise by 3.6% in 2018, compared to 2.9% a year earlier," indicates the head of the government, Saad Eddine El Othmani."

Tanger Med Port: High Transit Speed and Fluidity of Passengers Flow: "As the sun sat in its median position in the sky, throwing its golden rays on the port of Tanger Med, five ships loaded with dozens of vehicles and thousands of passengers await the signal to drop the moorings to the north shore, while two others are preparing to dock smoothly."

Read more: AL BAYANE


Freedom of Worship in Morocco Is Not Always Joy: Nevertheless, the Report of the US State Department Is Not the Bible: "Arrest, detention, interrogation, pressure to renounce the faith, restriction of the distribution of non-Islamic religious materials... This seems to be the daily life of certain religious minorities in Morocco, according to the International Religious Freedom Report that the US State Department has just published."

Habib El Malki Represents His Majesty the King at the Investiture Ceremony of Paul Kagame: "The President of the House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, will visit Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, on Friday, August 18, to represent His Majesty the King Mohammed VI at the inauguration ceremony of the President Paul Kagame."

Read more: LIBERATION


A New Personal Envoy from the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara: Who Is Horst Köhler, Christopher Ross's Successor? : "The former German President Horst Köhler has just been appointed personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara. The decision comes from the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. Thus, the former German president succeeds the American Christopher Ross."

Their Traffic Increased by 11.39%: Aerial Activity: 1.96 Million Passengers at the End of July: "Aerial activity continues its performance. The indicators are always green. For the month of July, the passengers flow recorded at the level of all the airports of Morocco has increased by 11.39%. A total of 1.96 million passengers passed through the border posts in the seventh month of the year. Referring to statistics from the National Airports Office (ONDA), half of this traffic is carried out at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. International airport infrastructure accounted for 952,931 passengers, in progress of 8.66%."

Read more: AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC


Draft Law on Trade Unions: Divided Trade Unionists: "The government is very much awaited on the issue of regulation of the trade union field. This mission promises to be difficult. While some trade unionists advocated the urgent need to introduce legislation regulating trade union action, others denounced "interference" in their affairs. Financial control and the age limitation of trade union leaders are the main points of contention."

Customs: A New Digital Strategy for 2021: "No fewer than 4,000 agents will be equipped with tablets, which will considerably reduce customs clearance times. The customs administration is continuing its dematerialization work. The electronic validation of bank guarantees will be operational from next October."

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Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA