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Pope names new Secretary of Congregation for Causes of Saints Pope Francis appoints Bishop Fabio Fabene as the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. By Vatican News staff writer On Monday, Pope Francis named a new Secretary of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints. Bishop Fabio Fabene, the titular bishop of Montefiascone, had served since 8 February 2014 as the Under-Secretary of the Synod of Bishops. Brief biography He was born in Rome, Italy, on 12 March 1959...

UAE job agency ordered to refund Dh23,000 in fees after maids run away Photo: Alamy When efforts to settle the matter amicably failed, the employer decided to take the recruitment agency to court. The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance has ordered a recruitment agency to refund Dh23,000 in recruitment fees paid to them by a resident, after two housemaids he hired ran away from his home before their probation period had elapsed. The Arab employer had paid the money to the recruitment agency for p...

Repeat offender found to be driving in Al Ain under the influence of psychotropic substances

A flight attendant had facilitated the supply of narcotics, defendants reveal

Re David Perry QC HK Court of First Instance, 12-Jan-2021 Mr Perry is approved to visit HK and prosecute leading pan-democrats for unauthorised assembly. Trial begins 16-Feb, but all arrivals from UK are currently banned - will the Govt exempt him, or is he already here? Like HK residents stranded in the UK, he could go somewhere else for 21 days and then do 21 days quarantine in HK, but thats 42 days of taxpayers fees before he starts, not before 24-Feb.

UAE: Sisters ordered to return Dh250,000 loan taken for treatment Photo: Alamy The siblings had agreed to repay the amount at a later date. The Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance has ordered two sisters to return Dh250,000 they had borrowed from a young man for the treatment of one of them. Official court documents stated that the Arab man filed a complaint with authorities after the two women refused to return his money. He told prosecutors that one of the women came to him claiming that her si...

Sides of the wooden box containing fruit were lined with the drugs

The victim filed a complaint with the authorities.

UAE: Man told to return Dh52,000 charity he received after lying (Alamy image used for illustrative purpose) The man had claimed he had a family to look after and no source of income. A resident has been told to return the Dh51,873 financial assistance he unlawfully received from a charity organisation in the UAE. The Al Ain resident had lied that he didn’t have any source of income, a court ruled. Details released by the Abu Dhabi judicial authorities stated that the charity organisation had...

Introduction A third guidance note on the use of remote hearings for civil proceedings took effect on 2 January 2021. The guidance note (representing Phase 3) provides for wider use of videoconferencing facilities and telephone hearings with respect to all levels of civil courts in Hong Kong (including the Competition, Labour and Small Claims Tribunals). In particular, Phase 3 is more comprehensive and provides more options for connecting with the courts videoconferencing facilities – for exa...