LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
On the occasion of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: Her Royal Highness the Princess Lalla Malika presides over a reception given by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI: "H.R.H. the Princess Lalla Malika, President of the Moroccan Red Crescent, presided, at the Palais des Hôtes Royaux-Souissi in Rabat on Thursday, a reception offered by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI on the occasion of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. In honor of the guests of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, the Head of Government, Saad Eddine El Othmani, several members of the government, as well as many Moroccan and foreign personalities took part in this reception."
The growth is slowing down in the sub-Saharan Africa: No risks for the Moroccan investors: "The growth in sub-Saharan Africa has fallen to its lowest level for more than 20 years, noting the International Monetary Fund in its latest report on the region's Economic Outlook. A zone frankly invested by the Moroccan companies has found a growth relay."
Health: The nurses celebrate their international day by observing a strike: "On the occasion of the International Day of the Nurse, the public sector nurses' unions have organized a national strike since yesterday, which continues today."
AL BAYANE:
The image of Al Hoceima "on fire" is a poison: "The enemies of our country and of our territorial integrity do not give up. They persist in firing from every wood and clinging to the slightest glimmer of disorder to give Morocco the worst image of instability. The media of our eastern neighbor, after having lost their face worldwide in their campaign of free denigration against our territorial integrity, are heading north. They find no better than the movements of social protest, peaceful and episodic, which are ongoing in Al Hoceima, to give free rein to their imagination and falsify the facts and the images in order to give a dramatic dimension of an ordinary social situation organized within the framework of constitutional and legal provisions, and monitored closely by local and central authorities."
Benabdellah wants to halve the housing deficit before 2021: "The Minister of the Development of the National Territory, Urban Planning, Habitat and Politics of the City, Mohamed Nabil Benabdellah, reaffirmed the commitment of his department to significantly reduce the housing deficit by 2021. During the presentation of the Ministry's draft sector budget, the Minister PPS highlighted the strengths of his program of action which seeks, inter alia, the encouragement of social housing and the creation of 800,000 units, with the objective of reducing the housing deficit by 50% by 2021."
Mawazine 2017: The universalism in chorus: "More than two million spectators are expected in Rabat for the 16th edition of Mawazine, one of the biggest festivals in the world, which hosts from 12 to 20 May hundred of brands and singers. The opening will be ensured today by the British pop star Ellie Goulding on the "international" scene of the festival, which is placed in multiple places of the capital and the neighboring Salé city."
AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC:
Maritime transport: A new line connecting Sebta to Tetouan in the pipe: "Good news for Moroccan visitors of short or long duration in Sebta. Considered as one of the main electronic journals of the occupied presidency, the website ceutaactualidad.com has just announced the project of a sea line linking this one to Tetouan. Highly anticipated, this project is the result of a partnership mobilizing a group of Sebtaouis businessmen, the majority of whom have already proved their worth in the maritime transport sector."
Boussaid expects 10 billion DH by 2020: The jackpot for the 12 regions of the Kingdom: ""An overall budget of 10 billion Dirhams will be injected to the 12 regions of the Kingdom by 2020," said the Minister of economy and finance, Mohamed Boussaid, in Fes on Wednesday. "These budgets will have to allow giving corps and boosting public investment and local businesses," said the minister spoking during the work of the 1st Economic Forum of the region Fes-Meknes (Economic Forum)."
The 2nd edition of the ESA Symposium in Marrakech: The African engineering makes its voice heard: "In the heart of the ocher city, on Thursday, May 11, the second edition of the Symposium of Engineering for Africa (ESA) opens. The theme of the meeting is "Engineering for Prosperity in Africa" and was organized by Jacobs Engineering S.A, the provider of technical, professional, and construction services in partnership with the OCP Group. A biennial meeting is now a must for experts and professionals in the field of engineering who came from some thirty countries in Africa."
L'OPINION:
The EBRD and the World Bank estimate the growth rate this year in Morocco at 3.8%, the government expects 4.5%: Overestimation? : "The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is reducing its growth forecasts for Morocco. It predicts an economic growth rate of 3.8% in 2017, i.e. 0.6 percentage points below last November's forecast."
Nizar Baraka, the President of the EESC, on economic and social policies: The participation of socio-economic actors, a sine qua non of successful governance: ""The participation of economic players, social partners, and, more generally, civil society, in the formulation and implementation of economic, social, and environmental policies is a sine qua non of successful governance, social peace, and stability," stressed, in Rabat on Wednesday, the President of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (EESC), Mr. Nizar Baraka."
In favor of the Kingdom's 12 regions: Injection of 10 billion Dirhams by 2020: ""A global budget of 10 billion Dirhams will be injected into the 12 regions of the Kingdom by 2020," said the Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohamed Boussaid, in Fes on Wednesday."
LIBERATION:
The new impetus of migration policy: Abdelkrim Benatiq reveals the main lines of a promising strategy: "Abdelkrim Benatiq intends to give new impetus to the national strategy of immigration and asylum. How? Implementing existing measures and provisions and proposing new ones. For example, the new Minister of MRE and Migration Affairs plans to meet his colleagues of the National Education and Vocational Training and Health to discuss the operationalization of measures relating to the medical care of migrants and the question of diplomas issued by vocational training institutions as well as the lack of reference to Africa as a theme in textbooks."
Habib El Malki receives the presidents of Economic and Social Councils: "The presidents of international economic and social councils, and similar institutions stressed, in Rabat on Tuesday, the importance of the dialogue between the different social actors in the realization of social cohesion during talks with Habib El Malki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. These officials, participating in the International Seminar on Social Dialogue organized in Rabat, highlighted the importance of strengthening cooperation and sharing experiences between the various bodies, according to a statement from the House of Representatives."
Driss Lachguar speaks with a delegation from Andalusia: "The First Secretary of the USFP, Driss Lachguar, received at the headquarters of the party in Rabat yesterday, a delegation from the region of Andalusia. The said delegation was composed of Messrs José Ortiz, Mayor of the city of Torremolinos; José Bernal, Mayor of the city of Marbella; José Antonio Gomez, Mayor of the City of Ojen; Antonio Moreno, Mayor of the city of Valez - Malaga and David Obadia, in charge of tourism sector in the Costa del Sol region."
Les Inspirations Eco:
TAXATION OF THE STOCK MARKET: BOMBE dormant? : "Many investors in the stock market, specifically individuals and small carriers, have panicked on Thursday, May 11, on social networks in reaction to the proposal of the FGD party to set up a gradual IR on dividends. This possible taxation amplifies the doubts of investors around a market where the tax incentive granted to companies entering the stock market has expired for months, without any visibility on a possible renewal."
Labor unions: The Refuzniks of the UGTM do not want to let go: "Having pledged Enaam Mayara last Sunday to the head the union, all remains to play for the trio Mayara-Lebbar-Zoumi who wants to make a change against Hamid Chabat and the current General Secretary, Mohamed Kafi Cherrat. In front of the congress, Mayara claims to have collected 2/3 of the signatures of the required provincial secretaries with supporting evidence."
OCP Group: JESA opens an office in Abidjan: "After the Symphos, held in Benguerir from 8 to 10 May, the OCP group in conjunction with the second edition of the Engineering Symposium of Africa (ESA), at the initiative of Jacobs Engineering S. A (JESA), joint venture associating the phosphate group with the American company Jacobs Engineering Group. More than 300 participants took part in this event, held in Marrakech on 11 and 12 May."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
