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  • MP to file five interpellations

    Date: 2015-11-11 09:40:44 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:24 - ID:3708141

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Qena MP Mohamed Askar said he will file interpellations against the ministers of housing, health, interior affairs, transport and electricity over deteriorating services in Upper Egypt. In statements to reporters on ....

  • Agriculture minister says crops, lands harmed by floods to be sorted, handled

    Date: 2015-11-11 09:31:25 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:23 - ID:3708137

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Crops and lands harmed by floods and heavy rain are being sorted and handled by the Agriculture Ministry. Essam Fayed, the Agriculture Minister, said Wednesday that convoys grouping experts from the agricultural guidance and ....

  • Egypt starts receiving private sector's wheat requests

    Date: 2015-11-11 09:17:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:21 - ID:3707941

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) – The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has started receiving requests from the private sector's mills and factories for imported wheat, Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy said Wednesday. It is the first time the ....

  • Supermarkets' chains to reduce prices of strategic foodstuffs

    Date: 2015-11-11 07:59:21 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:12 - ID:3707537

    CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafy said an agreement was reached with owners of mega supermarkets' chains to offer a discount on a large number of strategic foodstuffs. He said the amount of the discount and the commodities ....

  • 750 wheel chairs to help elderly, handicapped voters in Gharbiya parl't vote

    Date: 2015-11-10 22:27:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:131 - ID:3706653

    TANTA, Nov 10 (MENA) – As many as 750 wheel chairs will be available for disabled and elderly voters to help them casting their ballot in parliamentary elections in Gharbiya, the governorate's security chief Nabil Abdel Fattah said Tuesday. Abdel ....

  • Local officials sacked, referred to investigation in Sharqia

    Date: 2015-11-10 14:53:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:80 - ID:3703973

    ZAGAZIG, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) - Sharqia Governor Reda Abdel Salam on Tuesday sacked five local officials in Abu Kabir and Kafr Saqr districts and referred them to investigation. Three officials were sacked over neglect of duty to protect ....

  • Luxor governor discusses plan to check on bridges in areas subject to torrential rains

    Date: 2015-11-10 11:44:53 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:44 - ID:3701613

    LUXOR, Nov 10 (MENA) - Luxor Governor Mohammad Badr on Tuesday met with Deputy Chairman of the Construction and Housing Authority in Upper Egypt Hani Tayei and discussed means of implementing a plan to check on bridges and crossings subject to ....

  • Giza building on state-owned land demolished

    Date: 2015-11-10 10:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:34 - ID:3701589

    GIZA, Egypt, Nov 10 (MENA) – A building illegally set up on a state-owned land near the ring road was demolished. The owner of the five-story building has attempted to cheat policemen by alleging that some apartments were rented. The house ....

  • Suez governor follows up Egypt-Iran road upgrade

    Date: 2015-11-09 19:05:39 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:97 - ID:3698317

    SUEZ, Nov 9 (MENA) - Suez Governor El Araby El Seroy toured Monday the upgrade works of Egypt-Iran road linking between two roads Adabiya-Sokhna and Cairo-Suez. The total length of the new road is 7.2 Kms. The governor directed to end the ....

  • Integrating persons with disabilities in labor market conference kicks off in Alexandria

    Date: 2015-11-09 18:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Local - SN:96 - ID:3698829

    ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Nov 9 (MENA) – The Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT) headquarters here of Monday witnessed the activities of International Conference for Sustainable Ways on Integration of Persons with Disabilities ....

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