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Vista de casas num condomínio em Talatona. Foto: César Magalhães Os preços das habitações, em Luanda, recuaram 30% em dólares nos últimos 10 anos, pressionados pela fraca procura, pela falta de financiamentos e pelas limitações financeiras por parte das famílias e das empresas, indica a consultora imobiliária Prime Yeld Angola. Em kwanzas, os preços quadruplicaram neste período. Apesar de a lei obrigar a que os preços sejam fixados em kwanzas, o certo é que o mercado continua a indexar o valor dos imóveis na moeda estrangeira. E é por isso que o estudo da Prime incide nos preços em moeda estrangeira. Só para se ter uma ideia, recorrendo a exemplos de imóveis que constam no estudo, os preços de um apartamento de três assoalhadas (T3) na grande Luanda (Ingombotas, Marginal e Cidade alta) recuaram 29,5% para 700 mil USD, uma vez que o preço por metro quadrado saiu de 5,6...

O governador provincial de Malanje, Marcos Alexandre Nhunga, que falava ontem no acto de empossamentos de administradores e directores de gabinete provinciais, apelou aos recém-nomeados a tirarem da cabeça a velha frase “chegou a minha vez” de resolver a vida com o desvio do erário, porque, segundo o governante, os escassos recursos que tem vindo a receber têm sido direccionados para a resolução dos problemas do povo malanjino. Por Berlantino Dário “Tirem da cabeça – chegou a minha vez. Sei que vão escrever muito, mas não vou me importar muito, não vou perder o foco porque vocês sabem a condição financeira do país. Os poucos recursos que temos vindo a receber é para direccioná-los para a resolução dos problemas do povo. Quem pensar que eu agora vou resolver a minha vida, só se nós não dermos conta. Mas, se dermos conta, da mesma maneira que está a tomar posse, também...

A passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into the Potomac River near Washington on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military helicopter while approaching Reagan National Airport, officials said. The plane was being operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines for its parent carrier, American Airlines, and had taken off from Wichita, Kan., with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard. At about 9 p.m., it collided with an Army helicopter carrying a crew of three. It was unclear early Thursday whether there were any survivors. Rescue teams were searching the dark, frigid water. Here is what to know about the crash. The collision caused an explosion. The collision was apparently captured in a video from a live webcam operated by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which is a few miles north of the crash site. At 8:47 p.m. on the stream, two...

– Advertisement – St. Kitts – The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis holds fast to the notion that our citizens are the bedrock of our nation. We support the right of our nationals to become global citizens and applaud their efforts to explore opportunities in other countries, both near and far. While new developments suggest that over 1.4 million nationals of various countries are expected to be repatriated to their homelands, and this includes 68 nationals of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the government is mindful that the repatriation process begins with official communication from the sending country. As such, we await such official communication. At the same time, Saint Kitts and Nevis will not turn its back on any of its nationals and will make its best effort to resettle our people in the lands of their birth. We believe that each son and daughter of our country has skills...

Jamaicans are being reminded that they need to have a provisional driver’s licence, also known as a learner’s permit, before they can apply for any other type of driver’s licence. Dontae Matthews, manager, Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), says the permit allows an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle on the public roads while under the supervision of a licensed operator. To apply for a permit, an individual must be literate, be at least 17 years old and must not have had any road traffic convictions within the last 12 months. Persons are required to pass a Road Code Test before receiving the provisional learner’s licence. Applicants may set an appointment to sit the multiple-choice test at drivers [email protected] or [email protected] or visit any of the ITA’s Service Hubs islandwide. “Now the Road Code Test attracts no cost; it’s a free test. So,...

There was a public hearing Tuesday on application for a permit for an underwater cable project from Florida to St. Croix before the CZM Committee on St. Croix. (Screenshot from Zoom meeting) The St. Croix Coastal Zone Management Committee approved permits to demolish and rebuild Gov. Juan Luis Hospital, develop a dialysis center in La Grande Princesse, and construct a communications tower on the North Shore. The board also discussed a prospective underwater communications cable from Florida to St. Croix. During the decision meeting for the hospital and dialysis center, Darryl Smalls, executive director of Facilities and Capital Development for the Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation, outlined plans to demolish and reconstruct Gov. Juan Luis Hospital on its current site. He also detailed the build out of a dialysis center at the former Nissan Automotive Center on North Shore Road. Smalls addressed questions from CZM board members, explaining that...

Lisa-Ann Hurlston-McKenzie (CNS): The balance between development and the need to protect the environment will be impossible to achieve if the proposed amendments to the National Conservation Act pass, according to a member of the National Conservation Council appointed for her scientific expertise. Lisa-Ann Hurlston-McKenzie, a sustainability and climate professional, has asked where that balance will come from if scientists are removed from the National Conservation Council. Speaking at a press briefing last week about the proposed changes, which the NCC does not support, Hurlston-McKenzie, who has a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Environment and Development from Cambridge University, asked how that balance will be achieved. Eliminating advisory boards, removing the requirement for environmental impact assessments, and removing scientists from the council or not including them in the new appeals tribunal will all create a significant problem when it comes to balancing the need to protect the environment with profit...

Le président actuel du Conseil présidentiel de transition, Leslie Voltaire, au bureau du pape François au Saint-Siège à Rome Le jeudi 23 janvier 2025, à la surprise générale, l’actuel président du Conseil présidentiel de transition, Leslie Voltaire, quittait le pays pour se rendre en Europe. Deux jours plus tard, le samedi 25 janvier, il était reçu au Vatican pour rencontrer le pape François. La rencontre entre Voltaire et le Pape n’a duré pas plus que 20 minutes. Selon une note publiée par le secrétariat de la présidence, « cette audience importante aurait pour but de renforcer les liens entre Haïti et le Saint-Siège ». Bien avant son départ, il avait plus ou moins donné les grandes lignes de sa visite au Vatican dans une interview au quotidien Le Nouvelliste, indiquant que « En Haïti comme en Amérique latine, l’Eglise catholique est très influente. Elle s’occupe d’éducation, de santé, d’aide humanitaire...