Parents, unions slam govt over ‘premature’ reopening of schools
TEACHERS’ trade unions have warned that schools should not reopen as planned on September 14 because it would risk spreading the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the...
Month : January 2022
Trio ‘plot to kill ex-boyfriend’
A WOMAN hired two men for 2,500TL each to “warn-off” a former boyfriend who was insisting on a reconciliation – but the group decided to...
‘Impact of Covid-19 like World War 3’
A LEADING TRNC, economist has likened the global financial and social impact of Covid-19 to “World War 3”....
‘South hands out golden passport while TCs are denied’
AROUND 30,000 Turkish Cypriots are being denied the right to obtain a “Republic of Cyprus” passport, it has been claimed, while wealthy foreign investors –...
Water cuts and rationing on the cards as pipeline repair continues
WIDESPREAD water cuts could be on the cards after Prime Minister Ersin Tatar said that the flow from Turkey should resume after September 25 –...
COVID-19 ‘CHAOS’
NORTH Cyprus was in partial lockdown this week after an alarming rise in locally transmitted coronavirus cases prompted the government to reintroduce strict restrictions, including...
New quarantine rules announced
PEOPLE arriving in North Cyprus from “Category B” countries – which includes Turkey and the UK – must now go into quarantine for seven days,...
Direct flights petition aiming for 100k mark
AN ONLINE petition calling on the British government to authorise direct flights between the TRNC and the UK has received more than 10,000 signatures –...
COVID FINES ON THE WAY
PEOPLE who break Covid-19 laws could be fined up to six times the minimum monthly wage – 22,920TL based on the current gross minimum salary...
Turtle nesting site is now a ‘shanty town’
CAMPER vans at Kaplıca beach, a prime nesting site for Caretta Caretta turtles, have turned it into a rubbish-strewn shanty town, claims a leading environmental...