ECONOMIC growth in 2009 could be even less than the Central Bank’s 2.0 per cent prediction unless action is taken, opposition DISY said yesterday.
The comments by DISY’s Averoff Neophytou drew the ire of the government, which denied remaining idle in the face of the global credit crunch.
THE Nicosia Central Prisons were on red alert all yesterday evening after scores of convicts took over and barricaded an entire cell block to prevent two inmates from being sent to isolation.
In addition to the 130 wardens already on duty at the prison complex, another 220 – including some who were on leave – were ordered back to work by Justice Minister Loucas Louca .
CONVICTED double rapist and murderer Antonis Prokopiou Kitas yesterday remained tightlipped over the events of his escape and the days running up to his arrest.
The 42-year-old, who will remain in isolation for at least six days, is believed to have ripped up a lengthy statement he gave police during his five-hour interrogation on Monday afternoon.
SIX men aged between 20 and 25 have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and beating of two young Pontian boys in Paphos.
The men took the boys, aged 14 and 15, to Yeroskipou, where they held them, hitting them and demanding to know if either they or their friends had stolen one of the men’s motorbike.
OIL companies have until January 23 to respond to allegations before the Competition Committee that they have been fixing prices.
Based on the findings of an investigation by the Committee for the Protection of Competition (CPC), oil companies have been maintaining fixed pricelists – a clear violation of fair competition.
A THIRD baby died yesterday morning at Nicosia’s Makarios hospital after she was infected with Legionnaires’ disease contracted at a private hospital just before Christmas.
THE RULING communist party AKEL will vote on who will replace party leader Demetris Christofias in two weeks’ time, according to party spokesman and contender for the top spot, Andros Kyprianou yesterday.
FORMER President Glafcos Clerides’ health condition is progressing steadily, according to his personal physician Dr. Joseph Kassios
Clerides continues to be hospitalised in the Evangelistria Clinic following an operation for a fractured left hip on December 9.
A MAN from Limassol yesterday succumbed to his injuries after spending a week in critical condition following a road accident.
He is the fifth victim of the island’s roads in just the first week of the New Year.
NINE kilometres of fast lane on the Nicosia-Limassol highway near Kornos will be partially closed to traffic from today until January 21, it was announced yesterday.
The closure is to allow the laying of telecommunication cables.
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