Singin’ in the rain I’M SOAKED from head to toe: my sling backs are sodden and my hair looks like rats’ tails — wet rats’ tails, to be precise … British summer is famous for its unpredictability– or lack of existence altogether.
THE IMMIGRATION Support Action Group (ISAG) has called on the ombudswoman to investigate the police immigration unit, its president said yesterday. His comments came in the wake of allegations of the gross mistreatment of a disabled Russian woman at the hands of the police. A 63-year-old Russian woman was recently deported while trying to extend her residency permit.
POLICE yesterday were holding three Limassol men for questioning after the discovery of counterfeit money amounting to a total of $77,300 in American hundred-dollar bills. The authorities were tipped off that a 30-year-old and two 23-year-old men had picked up an unknown package under a bridge in Limassol.
A LIMASSOL night club yesterday was forced to cancel a lesbian party due to public outcry, police said. Limassol police director George Papageorgiou said the owners of the bar promised they would cancel the party after police went round asking for explanations. The police also threatened the bar owner with arrest if he went ahead with the event, billed as taking place this Tuesday night.
ON THE first day of the new police campaign against drink-driving yesterday, a Cyprus Mail vox pop found just 16 per cent of people asked were familiar with blood-alcohol limits in Cyprus. Of six men and six women stopped at random in Nicosia’s old town yesterday, just two – one male and one female – correctly identified the limit for drinking when driving.
SCORES OF Turkish Cypriots have come forward to give blood to help in the identification of remains exhumed in the government-controlled areas. ”I can confirm that Turkish Cypriots living in the occupied areas have come forward to give blood.
BUTCHERS across the island have threatened to strike on Monday if the Council of the Central Abattoir in Kofinou insists on sticking by its decision to raise the slaughter and distribution fees by 10 per cent. The Butchers’ Committee refuses to accept the increase, insisting they will not take any animals to be slaughtered as of Monday if nothing is done.
CYPRIOT banks face fines of tens of millions of pounds if they are found guilty of operating an illegal cartel. The Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) yesterday set September 5 as the date banks can submit their objections concerning the investigation into the alleged fixing of bank charges.
Safe sweat — choosing natural deodorants This is definitely the right time of year to talk about sweating¼ ALTHOUGH the link between breast cancer and anti-perspirants containing aluminium hasn’t been conclusively proved, many more of us are erring on the side of caution and buying natural deodorants instead.
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
