DOCSLIB.ORG

MP Calls for Suspending Transactions for Indians

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
MP Calls for Suspending Transactions for Indians SUBSCRIPTION THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2015 SAFAR 21, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Lawmakers ‘No forgiveness’ New dad Sixers beat endorse draft as Pak hangs Zuckerberg Lakers to end for new school massacre to give away losing skid; juvenile5 law convicts7 fortune27 LeBron18 stunned MP calls for suspending Min 16º Max 29º transactions for Indians High Tide 03:38 & 18:03 Workers’ union wants to abolish kafeel system Low Tide 11:07 & 23:37 40 PAGES NO: 16716 150 FILS By B Izzak MPs: Prosecute Amir patronizes KFAS awards KUWAIT: MP Kamel Al-Awadhi yesterday called on the Interior Ministry to suspend all residency transactions 24 ex-officials for the Indian community in retaliation to the Indian Embassy’s KD 700 deposit rule for domestic helpers. over Dow deal Awadhi, who has been campaigning against the Indian embassy decision, called on the interior ministry to sus- By B Izzak pend family visits for Indians living in Kuwait, but insist- ed that he “respected Indians”. KUWAIT: The National Assembly called on the gov- The row was triggered after the Indian embassy in ernment yesterday to refer 24 former oil officials to Kuwait implemented a decision by the Indian govern- the public prosecution for legal action over the joint ment that every employer of Indian domestic helpers venture with US firm Dow Chemical which was must deposit KD 700 at the embassy to ensure regular scrapped, and as a result, Kuwait paid a $2.2 billion payment of salaries and fair treatment of the workers. penalty. A parliamentary probe report charged the Awadhi said that Kuwaiti authorities should not allow officials, including two former oil ministers and ex- the Indian embassy to act as a court and let disputes be top executives, of squandering public funds and solved by the Kuwaiti judiciary. making illegal profits. During the debate which The lawmaker, who was director of the immigration began on Tuesday, a number of MPs criticized the department, was commenting on an answer by the for- report for being one-sided and failing to include eign ministry to his question about the Indian the main officials responsible for the issue, includ- embassy’s behavior. He said the foreign ministry said ing Cabinet ministers and members of the Supreme that the question is outside its authority. Awadhi said Petroleum Council. that the embassy should take the deposit from the The $17.4-billion-dollar joint venture was signed recruitment offices and not from Kuwaitis, describing with Dow Chemical in 2008 but under political pres- the practice as a violation of Kuwait’s sovereignty. sure from the opposition, the Cabinet scrapped the In a related development, the head of the expatriate deal. The International Chamber of Commerce, act- KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (center), flanked by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh office at the Kuwait Trade Union Federation Mubarak Al- ing as an arbitrator, ordered Kuwait to pay a penalty Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, attends an award dis- Ardhi said yesterday the office will continue to defend of $2.2 billion for scrapping the deal. tribution ceremony held by the Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) for the winners the interests of foreign workers in Kuwait and will focus Continued on Page 13 of 2014 and 2015 at the Salwa Al-Sabah Hall yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 3) in the coming phase on the abolishing of the kafeel or Continued on Page 13 UK set to vote for Syria strikes Cameron urges use of ‘Daesh’ for IS LONDON: Britain’s parliament looked set benches and walkways spoke against air to vote in favor of joining air strikes on strikes while thousands of anti-war pro- News Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria yester- testers are expected to protest outside in brief day despite angry exchanges which have parliament later for the second night exposed deep divisions on military running. A new opinion poll yesterday action. Prime Minister David Cameron suggested that public support for joining Gasoline could see kicked off over 10 hours of debate by air strikes in Syria had dropped signifi- subsidy cut in 2016 urging MPs to “answer the call” from cantly in recent days. A YouGov poll in KUWAIT: Finance Ministry Undersecretary Khalifa allies like France and the US, adding that The Times newspaper found that 48 per- Hamada said that petrol would be the first item to lose bombing the “mediaeval monsters” of IS cent of Britons supported Syria strikes government subsidies before other goods gradually fol- was “the right thing to do”. “The question compared to 59 percent last week. low during 2016. Hamada explained that gasoline is this: do we work with our allies to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who prices in Kuwait were the lowest in the world and that degrade and destroy this threat... or do opposes military action, condemned relatively lifting its subsidies would contribute to saving we sit back and wait for them to attack Cameron’s “ill thought-out rush to war” DOHA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Qatari Emir Tamim considerable funds, as well as solve environmental and us?” he told the House of Commons. and said his proposals “simply do not bin Hamad Al-Thani shake hands during a ceremony yesterday. —AP traffic problems. Hamada stressed that in view of the Ministers and sources in the main stack up”. “The specter of Iraq, current budget deficit, the government’s continuation opposition Labour party believe Afghanistan and Libya looms over this of its current spending patterns would destroy the Cameron will win the vote, paving the debate,” Corbyn added, referring to Russia accuses Erdogan state’s general reserves and those of future generations, way for Britain to join air strikes on Syria unpopular British interventions in for- especially if oil prices remain low for long. “Some subsi- within days or even hours. But many of eign conflicts over the last 15 years. dies reach non-deserving consumers and pressure the the MPs crammed on to the Commons’ Continued on Page 13 of links to IS oil trade budget,” he said. Turkish leader rejects ‘slander’ MoI urges caution MOSCOW: Russia yesterday accused Ankara shot down the jet on its border over foul weather Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Syria on Nov 24, with President KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior yesterday urged and his family of involvement in illegal oil Vladimir Putin accusing Ankara of down- citizens and expatriates to be cautious over bad trading with Islamic State jihadists, ratch- ing the jet to protect oil supply lines to weather conditions. The ministry, in a press state- eting up the heat in a dispute over Turkish territory. But the defense ministry ment, asked people not to hesitate to contact it in Ankara’s downing of one of Moscow’s war- accusations against Erdogan are the first case of emergency. planes. The Turkish strongman accused implicating the Turkish strongman directly. Moscow of “slander” over claims his coun- “The main consumer of this oil stolen from try had bought oil from IS, while Russian its legitimate owners Syria and Iraq is Taleban chief ‘seriously Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to Turkey,” deputy defense minister Anatoly injured’ in internal fight meet his counterpart from Ankara for the Antonov told journalists. KABUL: Afghan Taleban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour first high-level face-to-face talks since the “According to available information, the was seriously injured in a firefight following a heated ferocious war of words erupted last week. highest level of the political leadership of argument at a gathering of militant commanders, offi- Ties between NATO member Turkey the country, President Erdogan and his cials said yesterday, exposing deepening divisions within and Russia have been strained since Continued on Page 13 the fractious militant movement. It was not immediately clear if Mansour survived the clash, which occurred just LONDON: Protesters hold placards protesting against Britain launching four months after he was appointed Taleban supremo in airstrikes against the Islamic State group inside Syria during a demonstration Multiple people killed a deeply acrimonious leadership succession. Five other outside the Houses of Parliament yesterday. — AP Taleban members were killed after a verbal duel cascad- ed out of control, triggering a gunfight at the meeting in Calif mass shooting near the Pakistani town of Quetta, said Sultan Faizi, the SAN BERNARDINO, California: Multiple department, which confirmed there were spokesman for the Afghan first vice president. There was Some Saudi women to people were shot and killed yesterday at a “multiple victims”. The city fire department conflicting information on the location of the confronta- Southern California social services center, said on Twitter that it was responding to tion, with some sources claiming that it took place near with reports of 20 victims at the center that “reports of a 20 victim shooting incident” and the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. get more legal powers provides services for the disabled. Police were was working to clear the scene. Witnesses searching for up to three gunmen, authorities quoted by local media, said the suspects RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will let divorced In a country where men hold legal pow- said. Several law enforcement agencies con- were seen leaving the scene after the shoot- Iran says IAEA nuclear women and widows manage family affairs ers over female relatives in almost all their verged on the scene in San Bernardino, and ing in a black SUV and had left a package bomb probe ‘closed’ without approval from a man or a court interactions with the state, the change will triage units were being set up in the area.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Bi-Weekly Bulletin 16-29 April 2019
    INTEGRITY IN SPORT Bi-weekly Bulletin 16-29 April 2019 Photos International Olympic Committee INTERPOL is not responsible for the content of these articles. The opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not represent the views of INTERPOL or its employees. INTERPOL Integrity in Sport Bi-Weekly Bulletin 16-29 April 2019 INVESTIGATIONS Belgium Anderlecht and Belgium FA offices raided in money-laundering probe Belgian police raided the offices of Anderlecht and the national football association on Wednesday in relation to a money laundering investigation involving agents and player transfers. An Anderlecht spokeswoman told the broadcaster VRT the club are cooperating fully, while a spokesman for the Belgian FA said police had taken away transfer documents from its headquarters. "(The raids) concern money laundering and a group of criminals, in particular questions are being asked about the transfer of one or more players," the federal prosecutor said in a statement. It said the investigation also focuses on the suspicious actions of one or more agents and concerned events prior to 2016. VRT and other local media said prosecutors were looking into transfers made before a 2017 change of ownership at Anderlecht and had also raided an agent's office in the capital. It is understood that among the transfers being investigated is the transfer of the Serbia striker Aleksandar Mitrovic to Newcastle in 2015. The club declined to comment. The prosecutor's spokesman had earlier on Wednesday said that the raids were not linked to the wide-ranging "Footballgate" probe into match-fixing and fraud which rocked the domestic league last year after the national side's third place finish at the World Cup.
    [Show full text]
  • JOC ONLINE La Ludopatia Disfressada D’Esport
    P 06-13 JOC ONLINE La ludopatia disfressada d’esport Adolescents i joves, principals víctimes de les apostes per internet JORDI OLIVÉ P 14-16 LA NOVA LEGISLATURA DAVID RAMOS / GETTY DIUMENGE 21 DE GENER DEL 2018 NÚMERO 2587 2,50 EUROS AVUI EMPORTA’T EL SUPLEMENT Diumenge 21 de gener del 2018 #193 aradiumenge EUGENI FORCANO LA HUMANITAT EN LA MIRADA El polièdric fotògraf de Canet és reivindicat en una exposició de la Fundació Vila Casas. Repassem amb ell la seva trajectòria Eugeni Forcano L’independentisme BUSCA 47 EL RUMB ANDREU MAS-COLELL OPINIONS DE: economista Germà Bel, Montserrat Guibernau, Javier Pérez Royo, Gemma Calvet, En aquesta etapa excepcional de resistència Jordi Amat, Maria Sisternas, Joaquín Urías, Guillem López Casasnovas, ens cal un Govern tècnic que no estigui presidit pels Alfredo Pastor, Isabel Vallet líders dels partits polítics 02 DIUMENGE, 21 DE GENER DEL 2018 ara les claus del dia NO US HO PERDEU! pareumàquines vistaltwitter ÀLEX GUTIÉRREZ (@ALEXGUTIERREZM) Jan Martínez Ahrens (@jmahrens) Corresponsal d’‘El País’ als Estats Units La diminuta trameta Gürtelita “Donald Trump ha patit la seva derrota més gran i humiliant en l’aniversari de la seva als grans diaris de Madrid investidura. El tancament de l’administració és el fruit amarg de la seva incapacitat és on retrona el terratrèmol de les per al diàleg, la seva obsessió amb el mur declaracions de Crespo i compa- ara diumenge i el menyspreu cap als dreamers” nyia– és una anomalia. La pregunta retòrica que cal fer és evident: si els La relació entre implicats en un cas de corrupció ha- l’arquitectura i la Màfia Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) guessin destapat l’olla i haguessin El fotògraf sicilià Pierpaolo Lo Secretària de Premsa de la Casa Blanca assenyalat un president d’una cer- Giudice ha retratat els escena- “Un any de presidència de Trump i com que ta altra comunitat autònoma..
    [Show full text]
  • Best for Kids in Kuwait City"
    "Best for Kids in Kuwait City" Created by: Cityseeker 11 Locations Bookmarked American International School Auditorium "American International School Auditorium" The American International School of Kuwait (AIS) is a privately owned, independent , participatory day school serving pupils from kindergarten and before through grade twelve. English is the main language of the teaching method but all pupils study Arabic language as well or Arabic as by cliff1066™ a second Language. It is an International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) International School that is fully accredited and verified for the IB Diploma (IBD). The school is is divided into the three departments typical of American schooling: Elementary, Middle and High School. The auditorium of the school is almost 600 meter facility where it hosts many plays, concerts ..etc in order to promote art and culture for its students and for the whole community. +965 22255155 (Venue) [email protected] Hamood Al-Naser Street, Hawali square, Samliya, Kuwait City Mirror House "Art at Home" Prepare to be dazzled by the beautiful mirror mosaics that adorn the home of artists Khalifa and Lidia al-Qattan. Over the years, Lidia has painstakingly decorated most of the interior and exterior of her home with pieces of mirrors, arranged in delicate and detailed patterns that incite wonder. While the house itself is a work of art, the Mirror House is also by Alexandre Dulaunoy home to a small formal gallery that showcases the al-Qattans' other artwork. While it may be tempting to grab your things and head over to the Mirror House right away, admission and tours are by appointment only as this is still a live-in house.
    [Show full text]
  • Product Placement
    Product placement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Marketing Key concepts Product Pricing Distribution Service Retail Brand management Account-based marketing Marketing ethics Marketing effectiveness Market research Market segmentation Marketing strategy Marketing management Market dominance Promotional content Advertising Branding Underwriting Direct marketing Personal Sales Product placement Publicity Sales promotion Sex in advertising Loyalty marketing Premiums Prizes Promotional media Printing Publication Broadcasting Out-of-home Internet marketing Point of sale Promotional merchandise Digital marketing In-game In-store demonstration Word-of-mouth marketing Brand Ambassador Drip Marketing This box: view · talk · edit Product placement, or embedded marketing,[1][2][3][4] is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the good or service is featured. Product placement became common in the 1980s. In April 2006, Broadcasting & Cable reported, "Two thirds of advertisers employ 'branded entertainment'²product placement²with the vast majority of that (80%) in commercial TV programming." The story, based on a survey by the Association of National Advertisers, said "Reasons for using in-show plugs varied from 'stronger emotional connection' to better dovetailing with relevant content, to targeting a specific
    [Show full text]
  • Making Animation Enjoyable
    Adobe Flash Platform Success Story Creative Manifesto Making animation enjoyable Established in 2005, Animasia Studio Sdn Bhd (ASSB) is building a reputation as one of South East Asia’s leading animation and multimedia companies. Today, Animasia oers clients a comprehensive range of digital content solutions, with Animasia Studio Sdn Bhd creative animation as one of their most in-demand services. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, S outheast Asia hp://www.animasia-studio.com is fast-growing company, which reports yearly group revenues of more than RM5 “It’s a highly benecial million, has earned accolades and awards in Malaysia as well as across the region. Among its best-known works are the top rated animation series “Bola Kampung” relationship. Animasia which was launched in conjunction with the World Cup in 2006 and “Supa Strikas”, estimates that today, which was aired in over 60 countries worldwide during World Cup 2010. Adobe helps the company save up to Rungs of the ladder In an industry where dierent teams of people work together on complex projects to create the 40% of its production best possible result; ease of work ow and exibility becomes a vital consideration. All 120 full costs” time Animasia sta work with Adobe’s extensive suite of products one way or another, from pre to post production. Adobe CS5.5 Design Standard, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Flash CS5.5 Raye Lee, Professional as well as Adobe Production Premium are all in use. Chief Executive Ocer (CEO) Leveraging the internationally recognised Adobe Flash platform has helped Animasia meet key of Animasia benchmarks of international standards and ensure that its programs are marketable globally.
    [Show full text]
  • Professional Wrestling, Sports Entertainment and the Liminal Experience in American Culture
    PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING, SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT AND THE LIMINAL EXPERIENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE By AARON D, FEIGENBAUM A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2000 Copyright 2000 by Aaron D. Feigenbaum ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are many people who have helped me along the way, and I would like to express my appreciation to all of them. I would like to begin by thanking the members of my committee - Dr. Heather Gibson, Dr. Amitava Kumar, Dr. Norman Market, and Dr. Anthony Oliver-Smith - for all their help. I especially would like to thank my Chair, Dr. John Moore, for encouraging me to pursue my chosen field of study, guiding me in the right direction, and providing invaluable advice and encouragement. Others at the University of Florida who helped me in a variety of ways include Heather Hall, Jocelyn Shell, Jim Kunetz, and Farshid Safi. I would also like to thank Dr. Winnie Cooke and all my friends from the Teaching Center and Athletic Association for putting up with me the past few years. From the World Wrestling Federation, I would like to thank Vince McMahon, Jr., and Jim Byrne for taking the time to answer my questions and allowing me access to the World Wrestling Federation. A very special thanks goes out to Laura Bryson who provided so much help in many ways. I would like to thank Ed Garea and Paul MacArthur for answering my questions on both the history of professional wrestling and the current sports entertainment product.
    [Show full text]
  • Mps Press Govt for Fair Bedoon Solution After ‘Suicide Attempt’ Lawmakers Demand Debate on Coronavirus Vaccination
    JAMADA ALAWWAL 14, 1442 AH TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2020 16 Pages Max 19º Min 08º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18321 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Trump will go, but trauma Ant Group told to return Anime epic ‘Demon Slayer’ Kohli and Perry named 5 of 2020 may haunt Biden 9 to online payment roots 13 Japan’s top-grossing film 14 cricketers of the decade MPs press govt for fair bedoon solution after ‘suicide attempt’ Lawmakers demand debate on coronavirus vaccination By B Izzak will grill the prime minister if the government does not cooperate on the issue. MP Saleh Al-Mutairi said a Amir receives invitation for GCC summit KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday warned they will grill young bedoon committing suicide is a crime against HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- the country, adding MPs will submit legislation to Sabah if the government does not provide a durable resolve their plight. MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari called and fair solution to the issue of thousands of stateless on the Assembly’s human rights panel to investigate people after another young bedoon tried to commit suicide cases of bedoons and review if the interior suicide by setting himself on fire. The interior ministry ministry statements on the cases were corrrect. said in a statement that it rescued a young bedoon Meanwhile, a number of MPs yesterday demanded after a fire broke out at a house in Sulaibiya, adding the a brief debate on the coronavirus vaccination during man was receiving treatment at the intensive care unit the National Assembly’s next session on Jan 5 to illus- in hospital.
    [Show full text]
  • Proptech 3.0: the Future of Real Estate
    University of Oxford Research PropTech 3.0: the future of real estate PROPTECH 3.0: THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE WWW.SBS.OXFORD.EDU PROPTECH 3.0: THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE PropTech 3.0: the future of real estate Right now, thousands of extremely clever people backed by billions of dollars of often expert investment are working very hard to change the way real estate is traded, used and operated. It would be surprising, to say the least, if this burst of activity – let’s call it PropTech 2.0 - does not lead to some significant change. No doubt many PropTech firms will fail and a lot of money will be lost, but there will be some very successful survivors who will in time have a radical impact on what has been a slow-moving, conservative industry. How, and where, will this happen? Underlying this huge capitalist and social endeavour is a clash of generations. Many of the startups are driven by, and aimed at, millennials, but they often look to babyboomers for money - and sometimes for advice. PropTech 2.0 is also engineering a much-needed boost to property market diversity. Unlike many traditional real estate businesses, PropTech is attracting a diversified pool of talent that has a strong female component, representation from different regions of the world and entrepreneurs from a highly diverse career and education background. Given the difference in background between the establishment and the drivers of the PropTech wave, it is not surprising that there is some disagreement about the level of disruption that PropTech 2.0 will create.
    [Show full text]
  • CBC IDEAS Sales Catalog (AZ Listing by Episode Title. Prices Include
    CBC IDEAS Sales Catalog (A-Z listing by episode title. Prices include taxes and shipping within Canada) Catalog is updated at the end of each month. For current month’s listings, please visit: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/schedule/ Transcript = readable, printed transcript CD = titles are available on CD, with some exceptions due to copyright = book 104 Pall Mall (2011) CD $18 foremost public intellectuals, Jean The Academic-Industrial Ever since it was founded in 1836, Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Complex London's exclusive Reform Club Spelman Rockefeller Professor of (1982) Transcript $14.00, 2 has been a place where Social and Political Ethics, Divinity hours progressive people meet to School, The University of Chicago. Industries fund academic research discuss radical politics. There's In addition to her many award- and professors develop sideline also a considerable Canadian winning books, Professor Elshtain businesses. This blurring of the connection. IDEAS host Paul writes and lectures widely on dividing line between universities Kennedy takes a guided tour. themes of democracy, ethical and the real world has important dilemmas, religion and politics and implications. Jill Eisen, producer. 1893 and the Idea of Frontier international relations. The 2013 (1993) $14.00, 2 hours Milton K. Wong Lecture is Acadian Women One hundred years ago, the presented by the Laurier (1988) Transcript $14.00, 2 historian Frederick Jackson Turner Institution, UBC Continuing hours declared that the closing of the Studies and the Iona Pacific Inter- Acadians are among the least- frontier meant the end of an era for religious Centre in partnership with known of Canadians.
    [Show full text]
  • Squad Lists with Career Totals
    HSBC WORLD RUGBY SEVENS SERIES XVIII - SINGAPORE 2016-17 SQUAD LISTS WITH CAREER TOTALS ARGENTINA Evt Points Tries Goals AUSTRALIA Evt Points Tries Goals 1 Renzo Barbier 10 35 7 0 1 Henry Hutchison 14 230 46 0 2 Lucas Belloto 5 15 3 0 2 Simon Kennewell 6 30 6 0 3 Fernando Luna 33 210 38 10 3 Nick Malouf 25 200 40 0 4 Nicolas Menendez 11 50 10 0 4 Liam McNamara 4 30 6 0 5 Jose Barros Sosa 7 15 3 0 5 James Stannard 38 953 51 349 6 Matias Osadczuk 7 130 26 0 6 John Porch 6 67 11 6 7 Lautaro Bazan Velez 5 37 7 1 7 Tim Anstee 7 40 8 0 8 Felipe del Mestre 5 10 2 0 8 Tom Kingston 11 45 9 0 9 Gaston Revol 56 665 39 233 9 Ed Jenkins 50 547 109 1 10 German Schulz 23 175 35 0 10 Tom Lucas 18 184 24 32 11 Franco Sabato 32 285 57 0 11 Charlie Taylor 5 45 9 0 12 Javier Rojas 12 263 14 96 12 Lachie Anderson 4 70 14 0 13 Santiago Alvarez 25 110 22 0 13 Dylan Pietsch 2 5 1 0 Team Total 206 1890 241 340 Team Total 188 2441 333 388 CANADA Evt Points Tries Goals ENGLAND Evt Points Tries Goals 1 Matt Mullins 13 20 4 0 1 Richard de Carpentier 24 135 27 0 2 Jared Douglas 1 0 0 0 2 Charlie Hayter 20 127 25 1 3 Mike Fuailefau 32 165 31 5 3 Phil Burgess 29 247 49 1 4 John Moonlight 55 485 97 0 4 Dan Norton 64 1244 246 7 5 Luke McCloskey 11 20 4 0 5 James Rodwell 76 460 92 0 6 Isaac Kaay 5 20 4 0 6 Will Edwards 1 7 1 1 7 Lucas Hammond 31 100 20 0 7 Dan Bibby 32 401 45 88 8 Justin Douglas 32 345 69 0 8 Tom Bowen 26 205 41 0 9 Nathan Hirayama 50 1006 83 295 9 Oliver Lindsay-Hague 21 165 33 0 10 Pat Kay 26 132 18 21 10 Ruaridh McConnochie 16 85 17 0 11 Harry Jones
    [Show full text]
  • What Happened at the 2015 Synod? Part H
    WHAT HAPPENED AT THE 2015 SYNOD? PART H An Urgent and Disturbing Aside (Continued) We continue with the topic of the increasing opposition to our Holy Father and the rough year the Pope had in 2015 with things happening that could be used against him, his papacy, and his reform of the Church. If we read the preceding material in these reflections/comments carefully, we will be aware that Francis from time to time references “scandals,” e.g., in the last edition of these materials (PART G), I highlighted the word “scandals” three times in Francis’ discourse to the Curia near Christmas time. Francis does not specify what these scandals are and there were more than a few! One of the scandals Francis probably had in mind was the case of Jozef Wesolowski, the Archbishop who served in the Dominican Republic as part of the Vatican’s diplomatic corps. “This [Francis] is the first pope in modern times who is prepared to jail high-ranking prelates [like this Archbishop] who was laicised and about to go on trial for child abuse when he died in August [2015]” (Marco Politi, veteran Vatican observer and author of Pope Francis Among the Wolves: The inside story of a revolution, “Features: Vatileaks scandals – Sex enters the mix as corruption saga rumbles on”, The Tablet, December 5, 2015). Here Francis saw “his own press office forced to release details of the autopsy of this papal diplomat accused of sexual abuse, who died in August, because of persistent rumours he may have been killed to avoid the embarrassment of a trial” (“Analysis: Despite a rough year, Pope Francis vows it’s full steam ahead”).
    [Show full text]
  • Game, Set and Matched
    Other books by the same author On Tilt Game, Set and Matched Iain Fletcher High Stakes First published in 2004 by High Stakes 21 Gt Ormond St, London WC1N 3JB www.highstakespublishing.com © Iain Fletcher 2004 The right of Iain Fletcher to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of the publishers. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 84344 018 0 24681097531 Typeset by Avocet,Typeset, Chilton,Aylesbury, Bucks. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman, Reading. Dedication Without wishing to be morbid, I would like to dedicate this book to a friend who died in 1996. I met Christian Berglund in my first week at Loughborough University in 1990. Our shared interests, cricket, golf and ale mostly, made friendship easy as did his ability to make me laugh. Usually intentional, occas- ionally not, he was one of the funniest men I’ve ever met. He must have been because to this day I still think of him and chuckle. Of those still polluting the earth I must make special mention of one, a chap universally known as Spiller.
    [Show full text]