THE CITIZENS’ Movement ALERT is calling on all democratic citizens across the island to march against the “judicial whitewash of arbitrary police violence” tomorrow.

The Movement, set up following the acquittal of ten police officers regarding the beating of two students, has vowed to continue its struggle for justice for all people living in Cyprus.

BREAST cancer patients cannot have breast reconstruction because the Health Ministry has failed to order the necessary products to go ahead with the surgery.

Women waiting for permanent implants following a recent mastectomy have been told that their surgeries will have to be postponed because the ministry has failed to order more silicone implants.

FRIENDS, family, close colleagues and a host of political personalities will be celebrating the 90th birthday today of former President, Glafcos Clerides.

The US will do all it can to support a Cypriot-made solution after failing to impose one in 2004, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hinted before the US Congress on Wednesday.

A MAN from Cameroonwas arrested and remanded in custody for eight days yesterday for alleged impersonation, and for possession counterfeiting euro notes.

According to police the man, Roger Jacqkes Nonyou, 35, was arrested at around 7pm on Wednesday at Larnaca Airport in his attempt to depart from Cyprus.

A GOVERNMENT bill guaranteeing bank deposits up to €100,000 is in its final stages and should come before parliament for voting sometime over the next couple of weeks.

It has been six months since the government announced the move, after a decision by EU Finance Ministers in Luxembourg last October that up to €50,000 in bank deposits would be guaranteed for a period of one year.

AILING charter airline Eurocypria is looking to secure up to €8 million in damages because of a ban prohibiting it from flying in Turkish airspace.

Under the proposed scheme, Eurocypria would receive the cash by the government in the form of subsidies. But before doing so, the government must ask permission from the European Union, which forbids direct state aid to airlines.

THE 15-YEAR-OLD Greek Pontian boy who was reported missing by his mother on Wednesday goes AWOL at least once a month, police said yesterday.

Costas Hafisides is a familiar face to Nicosia CID officers as he frequently leaves home for several days at time. The boy eventually turns up of his own volition, police said.

THE CYPRUS Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) has decided to temporarily pull the plug on a popular political show, ostensibly because of a programming reshuffle.

It’s understood the show, “To Sizitame,” which is hosted by Erini Charalambidou, has ruffled more than a few feathers within the state-run broadcaster for deviating from ‘mainstream’ views on the Cyprus problem.