2010-03-18 – Cyprus Mail

Getting to know a man called Dave!

2010-03-18

A couple of years ago The Sun newspaper revealed, in true Sun style, that British women have pre-conceptions about men called Dave. Apparently 1,000 women were surveyed and most of them seemed to think that men called Dave were the best endowed in the trouser department! This made me smile when I heard that Samantha Cameron had been talking for the first time about her man, Dave. That is Dave, the leader of the Tory party and potentially the next prime minister of Britain. I was so intrigued I had to watch the whole Trevor McDonald meets David Cameron (and wife) interview on the iplayer.

Semi-detached house in Nicosia

2010-03-18

Semi-detached house behind Makarios Stadium on a hill, no houses in front, upstairs 3 big bedrooms 2 big bathrooms TV room downstairs big lounge and dinning room t.v.room fire place c/h solar a/c fitted kitchen 280 sq.m. plus a 40sq.m store room e400.000 please call 99496541

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

2010-03-18

Friends for Life Limassol Hospice Care Appeal Charity Shop Leontiou Street (near St Barnabas Church and Main Police Station). Open 9.30 to 12.30 Monday to Saturday. Always needs the following Good Condition items to sell. Bric’a’ Brac – Small Furniture- Clothing –Shoes- Books. If you feel you could spare some time as a Volunteer in our Charity Shop your help would be most appreciated.

Please call Anne Parker on 25632446/99269016

ENGLISH BULLDOGS FOR SALE

2010-03-18

English bulldogs for sale at $500.akc reg, they are raised in a beautiful environment, they have full bloodline, they are current on their shots and vaccinations and their health condition is perfect. email me [email protected] interested

Helios crash witness saw cockpit ‘shoot off like a meteorite’

2010-03-18

RELATIVES of the Helios victims wept in court yesterday as the Greek fighter pilot who witnessed the 2005 crash told how he saw the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shooting off “like a meteorite” when the plane hit the ground on its belly.

In a harrowing and vivid account of the doomed airliner’s last moments, Panayiotis Athanasopoulos, the pilot of one of two Greek F-16 fighter jets sent to intercept the Helios flight, transfixed the courtroom with a description of how air steward Andreas Prodromou had stared hopelessly at him through the cockpit window just before his last-ditch attempt to pull the Boeing up minutes before it crashed into a hillside at Grammatiko, outside Athens.

Our View: Increasing the number of deputies is not the answer

2010-03-18

POLITICAL PARTIES, according to some press reports, have been engaged in secret discussions about increasing the number of seats in the House of Representatives, from 56 to 70, before next year’s parliamentary elections. It appears that the move is geared towards satisfying the needs of the bigger parties, which have too many people waiting in the wings for parliamentary seats, than the needs of our society.

Search continues for missing Russian woman

2010-03-18

SEARCH AND rescue teams yesterday continued looking for a Russian woman who went missing off the Paphos coast in the early morning hours of Tuesday after the boat on which she, her husband and two children were sailing capsized in rough waters.

A Cypriot marine police officer Andreas Georgiou, was drowned during the rescue attempt.

Rescue teams yesterday scoured an area stretching from Faro to Paphos and the ocean area of Avdimou, said Paphos assistant police director Nicos Sophocleous. Paphos police, marine police and fire brigade members, as well as Civil Defence and the National Guard are participating in the searches, which are taking place by land, sea and air.

British bases laying off 166 staff

2010-03-18

BRITISH base authorities are planning to axe 166 civilian and military jobs in what will be first major lay-off by the Ministry of Defence in Cyprus.

The announcement puts an end to months of speculation about plans to streamline bases operations, which costs the UK government over £300 million a year to maintain.

The MOD said that most jobs will likely go by the end of this year, adding that it proposes to consult with staff and trade unions about the cuts within weeks.

The move is not connected to British government attempts to dig deeper for a fresh round of savings in the defence sector after a budget overspill of £6 billion.

Christofias: we need a better public service

2010-03-18

The structural problems of the economy and the excessive spending of an oversized state mechanism needs to be seriously tackled, President Demetris Christofias told public servants yesterday.

Speaking at the 47th conference of public servants union PASYDY, Christofias said mobilisation of all forces, all people, was necessary to be able to cope, at a time of economic crisis, and advance towards a new era of progress and development.

To achieve this, there was a need, and an opportunity, “to courageously tackle the structural problems of our economy, the excessive spending of an oversized state mechanism.”

Deputies’ proposals would ‘open trapping floodgates’

2010-03-18

CONSERVATIONISTS yesterday slammed the proposal by seven opposition MPs from different parties who are gunning for two amendments to the anti-poaching law, which will be discussed at the House today.

The first proposal is to reduce the maximum punishment for lime-sticking from €17,000 and/or three years in prison, to just €1 per stick, effectively making it a minor offence.

The second allows game wardens to issue on the spot €100 fines for possession of a tape recorder, which are used to lure in game birds.

The amendments coincide with reports that up to 1.4 million birds have been killed for ambelopoulia – a restaurant delicacy in Cyprus – since Autumn 2009.