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Buhari. Photo: TWITTER/NIGERIAGOVEvidently, the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) has gained traction and unarguably is achieving the desired impact on the Nigerian economy. For the benefit of hindsight, the COVID-19 pandemic which was first reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019 triggered a strangulating global economic downturn. x In its second wave, the pandemic has continued to decimate the world’s population amidst the vaccine...

During the construction work of a regional highway in Dinajpur, local inhabitants were increasingly bothered by the dust it generated. One of them, Mosaddekul Islam, fired by his new-found knowledge of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, asked the concerned public authority what measures were taken to ensure that no harm was caused to the local population by its operation. On receipt of his RTI request, the project engineer immediately directed the construction firm to spray the affected areas ...

08 Jan 2021 / 20:32 H. PORT DICKSON: The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is allocating RM8.9 million for the maintenance and upgrading of tourism facilities in three areas in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin ( pix) said of the total, RM5 million was for Hulu Selangor, Selangor; Kota Tinggi, Johor (RM2 million) and Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan (RM1.9 million). The move was also to generate income for the respective local authorities (PBT). She s...

Hopes for continued aid for at-risk families 15:59 | 28/12/2020 The Green Climate Fund, the Vietnamese government, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are joining hands in a project to improve the resilience of coastal communities to climate change in Vietnam. Dao Xuan Lai, assistant resident representative, and team leader of Climate Change and Environment from the UNDP in Vietnam, told VIR’s Thanh Tung about the significant impacts the init...

Making good progress: Zuraida (fourth, right), Chow (centre) and other leaders visiting the site of Residensi Bukit Gelugor project. — ZAINUDIN AHAD/The Star GEORGE TOWN: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is able to meet its target of building 100,000 units of houses per year under the 1Malaysia People’s Housing Programme (PR1MA), says its minister Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said 55,000 units were built under the scheme this year, with another 150,000 units scheduled for completion nex...

Ihumātao: Labour accused of empowering radicals as Deputy PM celebrates fending off his generations Bastion Point Newshub 17/12/2020 Zane Small Ihumātao: Labour accused of empowering radicals as Deputy PM celebrates fending off his generations Bastion Point Replay Video UP NEXT Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson feared Ihumātao could become his generations Bastion Point and is now celebrating confirmation the Government will purchase the land to settle the dispute.  Bu...

Housing Minister Megan Woods said parties have committed to there being housing on the site. The land could be used to include Papakainga housing, housing for mana whenua and some public housing.  The south Auckland land is being purchased from Fletcher Building under the Land for Housing Programme, which purchases land from the private market to provide residential land supply for development. Kīngitanga will lead a process to establish a group, to be known as Rōpu Whakahaere, which w...

Related Podcast Fletcher Building says it has broken even with a deal to sell land at Ihumaatao to the Crown for $29.9 million. The company obtained Overseas Investment Office approval to buy the former farm on Oruarangi Rd for $19 million in 2014, but its plans for a 480 home development were stymied by an occupation by the Save Our Unique Landscape group. Fletcher Building chief executive Ross Taylor said negotiations and discussions with the Government, Kiingitanga, mana whenua, and Auckland...

Ihumātao: Protesters gather to mark one year since police eviction sparked protests. Ihumātao in South Auckland was confiscated by the Crown in the 1800s during the Waikato Invasion – a campaign to stamp out the Māori King movement and clear lands for European settlement. Unhappy at the plans, campaigners established a “kaitiaki village” on Ihumātao Quarry Rd and have been living there full time, claiming the land is a sacred Māori site and should be preserved for future generations...

• Source:  1 NEWS The Government will buy the land at Ihumātao from Fletcher Building, in the first step to resolving the standoff for the disputed land in South Auckland. Protestors gather at the Ihumātao site next to Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve in Māngere, Auckland. Source: 1 NEWS More than a year after the Save Our U...