MACABRE scenes unfolded yesterday at the old Nicosia hospital after it was found that two bodies were left to rot in an out-of-order mortuary.
The story came to light when an undertaker sought the body of a foreign man for burial. As instructed, the undertaker visited the new Nicosia general hospital, but the body was nowhere to be found.
AROUND 400 new conscripts are exempted from their National Guard obligations on average every year, the National Guard Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Constantinos Bisbikas, has said.
But if the number of exempted men also includes reserves, it is believed the total figure may be closer to 1,000, if not higher.
FROM Monday, complaint boxes will be positioned at all state general hospitals across the island, and hospital managers will be required to allocate two hours a week to meet the public, Health Minister Charis Charalambous said yesterday.
THE ATTORNEY-general insisted yesterday that phone and internet taps would not be allowed without the proper authorisation and supervision of the state.
On Thursday, Parliament finally gave the green light for constitutional change that would allow police to monitor telephone and internet traffic on the island.
THOUSANDS of square metres of land have already been cleared for the new Larnaca airport, Transport Minister Harris Thrassou said yesterday.
Thrassou visited the site of the new airport to check on the progress and inaugurate the new road network linking the airport to the outside world.
Work on the airport project started last June.
FINANCE Minister Michalis Sarris yesterday defended a government bill cutting tax rates on new and second-hand cares, calling it a “just and important social measure”.
Submitted earlier this week by the Cabinet, the proposed law aims to open up the market on the island and bring it into line with the rest of the EU.
CARREFOUR is officially opening its doors to the island’s consumers from Monday.
“The company prides itself on everyday low prices, vast choice, superior quality and the unbelievable special offers,” said Carrefour’s Cyprus Manager yesterday.
A NEW Citizens Service Centre opened in Limassol yesterday, which will serve as a central hub where citizens can have their questions answered about municipal and government issues and receive a range of government services such as applying for passports and identification cards.
LEAGUE leaders APOEL will host bitter rivals AEL Limassol in the big match tomorrow as Marinos Ouzounides’s side look to preserve their unbeaten run in the league.
With police security expected to be tight in light of the recent crowd trouble which has marred the encounters between two sides, all eyes will be on the game in Nicosia.
ONCE again, the issue of the missing has come to the forefront of public attention. Sadly, it is not to congratulate the quiet progress made by the Committee for Missing Persons in exhuming remains of missing persons from both communities and moving towards identification and final closure for relatives who have lived in uncertainty for decades.
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