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Work Commences on Biggest Council House Building Program in Two Decades
U.K. Housing Minister John Healey has hailed the start of the biggest council house building program in nearly two decades as work began on the first of over two thousand new homes to help tackle waiting list pressures. Mr Healey saw work get underway...
Bogus Brides & Bogus Grooms ‘honeymoon’ in Jail for Sham Marriage Offenses
Two Czech, four Nigerian and one Slovakian national, who were at the heart of an international marriage scam in West Yorkshire have received jail sentences of 13 years (two years suspended) after pleading guilty at Leeds Crown Court. Their convictions...
Slovakian Sex Trafficking Gang Jailed in Sheffield, England
An operation by the UK Border Agency and South Yorkshire police has led to a Slovakian gang who falsely imprisoned a teenage girl and forced her into a life of prostitution being jailed for a total of 50 years. The two men and one woman orchestrated the...
Ugandan President Wooing Egyptian Investors
President Yoweri Museveni has called on Egyptian businessmen to invest in gas and wind energy technologies especially in the areas around Lake Victoria and the North-eastern part of the country. President Museveni was meeting the Chief Executive Officer...
Mastermind Behind a Fake U.K. Document Scam has been Jailed for 54 Months
The mastermind behind a fake U.K. document scam which raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds from immigrants seeking to stay in the country has been jailed for four-and-half years after a trial at Southwark Crown Court, England. Xiang Li, 29, of Stratford,...
Mauritius to Set Up ‘Decent Work Country Programme’
Mauritius is setting up a “Decent Work Country Programme” which will make it an obligation for employers of the public and private sectors to offer employment security, an equitable salary and an environment that will further the well being...
Asian Development Bank Signs New Development Agreements in Pacific
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed two key development projects in the Pacific. The Bank and the Government of the Republic of Vanuatu inked a $37 million partnership in support of the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2010-2014 aimed at “…reducing...
