Boy injured in jetty collapse – an illegally constructed jetty at a Karsiyaka beach collapsed and seriously injured a 11-year-old boy. The article contains a series of responses from individuals saying that it wasn’t their fault, including the beach bar manager who said that he’d been defrauded by an unnamed ‘Turkish building firm’ who he’d paid 10,000TL to for the construction of the jetty. It seems the builder ‘had run off to Turkey’. Editor: if it had been a tourist the story would be spreading round the world now. Headlines would be something like ‘Illegal Construction Seriously Injures Child in Northern Cyprus.’
Investors facing £11.5m loss – Scott Kennedy of Astute Financial Investment Management, see NCFP. Scott Kennedy asserts that a deal offering 21%pa seemed perfectly normal to him and ‘there was no reason for me or anyone else to think anything would go wrong’. Editor: Apart from those on Cyprus44 , including our qualified ex-financial consultant Editor, he threatened to sue unless they stopped criticizing the scheme.
Government takes ‘expired’ bank cash’ – accounts not used for over 10 years have the money confiscated. Editor: hope none of our readers thought that leaving money in an account in north Cyprus to gain interest was a good long term investment.
Warning over ‘fakers’ – ask for official documentation before you hand over donations to charity collectors. Editor: the use of Photoshop and a laminator has helped many a fraudster to look official.
University hospital to care for tourists – sick or injured tourists will be automatically sent to the private Near East University hospital, according to a deal struck with ‘all tour operators and travel agents’. Editor: nice little earner?
Fair promises night of entertainment – the Lapta annual fair runs from 30th Aug-8th Sept 2013. There will be live entertainment and a traditional fair.
Talat: I am victim of blackmail plot – apparently former president Talat went to the police concerning a tape recording of an overheard 2009 conversation, just before the elections, and was told that no laws had been broken. The recording had been released to the news media last month. The conversation was about the poor state of TRNC because of the misuse by CTP, his party, of Turkey’s aid money. It was suggested that austerity measures would provoke a strike but that this would save money, 80mTL for a month long strike. Talat finished the conversation by saying ‘where did we go wrong?’ CTP lost the election.
MP’s ceremony hit by controversy – see NCFP article
Cabinet ‘to be formed within days’ – confusingly Sibel Siber’s interim government still remains in office, despite submitting its resignation. 15 days are left for CTP to form a government.
‘Lemar accountant arrested in Turkey’ – after walking off with 1.1m TL to ‘go partying’
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