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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press of 20/01/2017

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L'ECONOMISTE :


Morocco is worth 13 times its GDP! : "It took longer than expected, but the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (ESEC) and Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) have just released their final report on" The global wealth of Morocco between 1999 and 2013 ". The study requested by the King deals with intangible capital as a factor for the creation and equitable distribution of national wealth. The aim of the work is not only to shed light on the value of the intangible capital of Morocco and to use it as a basis for the development of public policies. Its findings indicate that the value of the Kingdom's overall wealth, at current prices, more than doubled between 1999-2013, rising from 5.904 billion Dirhams to 12.833 billion ... "

 

Court of Accounts: The plan Azur is dying ...: "It is the metastasis of the plan Azur. The Court of Auditors has just done an autopsy of the two versions of the seaside plan. "The record is very weak". On the target of the 128,500 beds initially planned, the cumulative capacity is of barely 7,000! Worse still, the current version of the plan achieved only 2.7% of the objectives ... "

 

Casa-Tramway: Who will supply the trains on lines 3 and 4? : "The contours of the public transport network on its own in Casablanca are becoming clearer. Following the invitation of tender for the operation of the tram lines / BHNS, Casa-Transports, the contractor, has issued another tender relating this time to the supply Rolling stock for the following lines 3 and 4 ... '

 

AL BAYANE :


The validity of the residence permit goes to three years: "New in the migration management in Morocco! After the launch of the second phase of regularization of migrants in last December, the Kingdom takes another step. Last Tuesday, at the Council of Ministers held in Marrakech, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to extend the validity of the residence cards to three years and to simplify the renewal procedures. The new measures aim at promoting the effective integration of foreigners in Morocco. Obviously, during the Council of Ministers, His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, who inquired about the conditions of the 2nd phase of regularization of foreigners, drew attention to the consequences of the limitation to one year of validity Of the residence permit. This would create several constraints which would prevent the integration of foreigners in Morocco and the improvement of their living conditions, especially the acquisition of housing, the contraction of a credit or the realization of projects ... "

 

Carbon monoxide poisoning: The Ministry of Health calls for vigilance: "Faced with the high number of deaths , recently noted, due to carbon monoxidethe Ministry of Health has called for vigilance, through taking The ministry of health, in a statement received Thursday at the MAP, warns that in case of poisoning it is necessary to aerate the place of intoxication by opening the doors and windows, stop the source of carbon monoxide, extract the victim from the place of poisoning, move away any other person and call the Anti Poison Center on the telephone number: 0801000180. The Anti Poison and Pharmaco-vigilance Center in Morocco of the Ministry of Health, "has recorded in recent weeks many cases of deaths due to carbon monoxide, despite the campaigns of awareness and prevention messages disseminated each year by the media,". The same source recalls that these incidents accidentally happen At home during the cold period recorded in Morocco, due to "heating and hot water appliances that work with butane gas and traditional heating devices using charcoal" ... "

 

Accident on the Marrakech-Agadir highway: The driver of the bus brought to the examining magistrate: "Following the last Saturday accident on the Marrakech-Agadir highway, which left 10 dead and 22 injured, the General Procurator of the Court of First Instance of Agadir referred the driver of the bus to the investigating judge at the said court. " This procedure comes under a request for an investigation for failing to take the necessary precautions while driving and for causing a road accident that caused death and injuries, "said Tuesday a statement from the prosecutor of the King at the court of first instance of Agadir. "The Prosecutor General's Office requested the driver's pre-trial detention in order to determine the actual causes of the accident, after it was found that the driver's cell phone was used 54 times during the Travel, including 14 times between midnight and 2:12 am on the night of Friday to Saturday, that is the hour of the drama, "adds the communiqué, a copy of which reached the MAP. The decision to refer the driver of the bus to the investigating judge follows a preliminary investigation into the accident between a bus  and a truck by the Royal Gendarmerie in Agadir, said the same source... "

 


L'OPINION :


The House of Representatives unanimously adopts the bill approving the constitution of the AU: 40 African countries support the accession of Morocco: "The House of Representatives adopted unanimously on Wednesday A plenary session, Bill N ° 01.17 approving the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU), signed on 11th July 2000 in Lomé (Togo), as amended by the Protocol adopted on 3rd February 2003 In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and on 11th July 2003 in Maputo, Mozambique ... "

 

Alarming revelations of the Court of Auditors on the Moroccan Society of Tourist Engineering: Dark balance of the Azur Plan with achievements "of 7.8% and 2.7% respectively for Visions 2010 and 2020:" The control by the Court of Account of the Moroccan Society of Tourist Engineering (MSTE), covering the main activities of this company, carrying out namely studies on product engineering and tourist planning, promotion of tourism investments and its contribution to the implementation Implementation of the Tourism Vision 2020 through the implementation of Regional Program Contracts (RPC) are rich in revelations that establish a gloomy balance of the living entity of the sale of its heritage instead of a production of its sterile engineering ... »

 

Experience of participatory banks: What impact on the Moroccan economy? : "With the approvals that give the green light to the launch of participatory banks, public opinion is concerned about the impact of alternative finance on the Moroccan economy and its capacity to strengthen the conventional system within the framework of a vision Integrated approach that takes into account the specificity of the sector and the challenges it faces ... "

 


LIBERATION : 

 

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts pays a posthumous tribute to Leila Alaoui: "Organized with the help of the Leila Alaoui Foundation, the exhibition" No Pasara "aims particularly to shed light on the talent and work of the photographer and a Franco-Moroccan filmmaker Leila Alaoui, who has devoted her art to the service of humanitarian causes and human rights. "No Pasara", composed of 24 photos and inspired by the Spanish antifascist slogan "They will not pass", is devoted to the dreams and aspirations of young Moroccans wishing to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe ... "

 

Morocco-Togo, the match of the ultimate chance for the national Onze: "The Moroccan Onze will play tonight from 19 o'clock at the Oyem stadium its goalless against his counterpart Togolese for the second day of the group stage (group C) of the African Cup of Nations in Gabon. After its defeat in the first round against the Congo, the national team finds itself in a very delicate situation, having only one option, the victory if it wants to revive its chances of qualification for the next turn ... »

 

The conditions in Moroccan prisons involve more than one:: When a new awareness is? : "The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (MOP) presented, at a press conference held in Rabat yesterday, its annual report 2015-2016 on the situation of penal institutions in Morocco and the rights of prisoners. "We need today a new awareness" to better the conditions of prisons and prisoners in Morocco, underlined the president of the MOP, Abderrahim El Jamai, in his speech on the occasion of this A press conference led by Nadia Benhida, member of the Observatory's Executive Board ... "

 

LE MATIN DU SAHARA :


General mobilization to combat the effects of the cold spell: On Royal High Instructions, thousands of people benefit from all forms of assistance to deal with difficult climatic conditions: "In accordance with the Royal High Instructions in order to mobilize for coping with the effects of the cold spell in parts of the Kingdom, local authorities have been coordinating with the various authorities since 22nd November a series of measures aimed at opening up regions where falls have occurred Snow and a sharp drop in temperature, and in oredr to provide all forms of support and assistance to citizens. The Ministry of the Interior said on Thursday in a statement that in parallel to the aid of the Mohammed V Foundation for solidarity ... "

 

After the vote of the House of Representatives: The House of Councilors unanimously adopts the bill approving the constitution of the AU: "The House of Councilors was to unanimously adopt last night the draft African Union (AU), signed in Lomé (Togo) on 11th July 2000, as amended by the Protocol adopted on 3 February 2003 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and on 11th July 2003 in Maputo (Mozambique). Early in the day, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Defense, Borders and Moroccan zones occupied in the House of Councilors unanimously adopted this bill. In a statement to the press on this occasion, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Salaheddine Mezouar, stressed that the validation of this text, crowning a long and fruitful debate at the level of the commission, illustrates the support of the different Components of the Chamber of Advisors on the return of Morocco within its institutional family ... "

 

80GW expected in 2025 in developing countries: The rapid rise in capacity a third Belgian school will soon appear in Rabat for the storage of renewable energies: "The development of renewable energies in the next decade will depend on the accessibility of development to storage technologies. According to a study by the World Bank, energy storage capacity will have to be multiplied by 40 in developing countries by 2025 ... "

 


AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC :


The situation would not be settled in 2017: The cement sector in the uncertainty since 2012: "With a year 2016 ultimately bleak for the consumption of cement, the industrialists close five years of uncertain evolution of their activity. Obviously, demand ended last year in disaster with a drop of nearly 12.5% ​​in December. This goes in parallel with the expectations of analysts who systematically forecast a bad market orientation in the last quarter of the year due to precipitation, although some specialists were expecting a positive effect of the 7th October, 2016 legislative elections, has not clearly taken place ... "

 

More than 6,700 acts of violence against women were reported in 2016: The FDLWR denounces the impunity for the rapists: "Bill 103-13 on the fight against violence against women is still talked about. The Federation of the Democratic League of Women's Rights (FDLWR) calls for the reform of this bill. The Commission considers that the legal text presents several "deficiencies and remains ambiguous". Starting with the definition of violence against women which is "incomplete" and "unclear" ... "

 

Orange announces its new offerings for the Moroccan market: Orange supports corporate customers in their digital transformation: " To reinforce its position with companies, Orange Maroc is committed to supporting customers in their digital transformation while ensuring an incomparable customer experience. With its new strategic positioning, Orange launches a range of simple and innovative offerings to meet the growing demand of businesses for connectivity, integrated IT solutions and services ... »

 

 

Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA