The court of Quebec ordered on Wednesday 31st of May, the former member of the National Assembly of Quebec to pay $ 24 000 to Paul Leduc the mayor of Brossard, a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, La Presse Comedienne reports. Most precisely, Judge Chantale Sirois pronounced his ruling, indicating that Fatima Houda-Pepin is guilty that she should pay a fine of $20 000 in moral damages and $4 000 in punitive damages.«Attacking honesty is the most
Morocco was elected this morning to the vice-presidency of the 4th UN Committee on Special Political and Decolonization, MAP announces. A victory for Moroccan diplomacy, especially since Algeria was looking forward to gain the same status. Neighboring country presented its candidate, added the same source. Following the operation of the members of the UN General Assembly, the Moroccan diplomat Yasser El Halfaoui won 88 votes against only 58 for the Algerian counterpart. Morocco thus occupies
La sélection marocaine de football s'est inclinée (1-2), face aux Pays-Bas, en match de préparation pour les Coupes du monde 2018 en Russie et d'Afrique 2019 au Cameroun, disputé mercredi au Grand Stade d'Agadir. Quincy Promes a ouvert la marque pour les Hollandais à la 22è minute de jeu en concluant une belle action individuelle de Memphis Depay sur le flanc gauche, avant que Vincent Janssen (68è) ne double la mise. D'un joli coup-franc, Mbark
The Turkish-Swiss parents who refused to allow their daughters to take mixed swimming classes have lost their lawsuit in Strasbourg court, says La Tribune de Geneve. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is not going to re-examine the ruling it delivered on the 10th of January which indicates that Muslim girls in Switzerland are not to be exempt from mixed swimming lessons. The court threw an appeal that was brought by the Muslim parents on the 30th of May. They requested that their case
Le mouvement Matkich Bladi, né suite aux attentats terroristes du 16 mai 2003 à Casablanca, s’invite dans le bras de fer qui s’est engagé entre les autorités et une partie de la population d’Al Hoceima et la région, suite au décès de Mohcine Fikri, marchand de poisson mort broyé dans la benne d’un camion de ramassage d’ordures. Matkich Bladi (Touche pas à mon pays), qui s’apprête dans
Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) a annoncé le début effectif de son partenariat au Maroc, avec l’ouverture d’Umnia Bank, fruit d’un partenariat avec CIH Bank et la Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (CDG). Les activités de la banque Umnia sont opérationnelles à travers ses succursales à Casablanca et Rabat, annonce la QIIB dans un communiqué rendu public mardi par l’agence qatarie de presse (QNA), faisant
The Moroccan Association for Human Rights in Rabat (AMDH-Rabat) reported on Tuesday 30th of May that the mass hunger staged by 22 trainee teachers was suspended. «Due to the serious health conditions of trainee teachers who went on a hunger strike, the recklessness of the Ministry of Education [and] the pressure exerted by the teachers' support (including the AMDH), they agreed to suspend The hunger strike», tweeted AMDH Rabat. aux pressions exercées par les soutiens des
In a sit-in held yesterday in Sidi Abid neighborhood in Al Hoceima, the father of Nasser zefzafi seized the moment to speak to the protesters. «I would like to say that this is our fate. I thank all of you for being here tonight and I thank other citizens who did the same in other Moroccan cities», he said. He then apologized, saying that he did not prepare a speech. The father of Nasser Zefzafi said afterwards that people should carry on «to ensure the continuity of the
The Spanish and Portuguese rescue services have managed to save the life of 34 migrants who fled their inflatable boat that «caught fire» when sailing from Morocco to Europe on Sunday 28th of May, Abc news reports. According to the same source, a video shot by the Portuguese Air Force plane shows that migrants were jumping off the inflamed dinghy.«The fire quickly spread and left burning debris on the water. Some migrants clung to what was left of the rubber craft», the
The sit-in scheduled to be held in front of the Police headquarters building in Casablanca tonight to support the manifestations that have been lately shaking the Rif region has been dispersed by the local authorities. Around 10 pm, the building was surrounded by police officers who were not wearing their uniforms, preventing people from gathering in front of the Casablanca police headquarters. Journalists, photographers and citizens were called to leave the area. The ones who refused to go