ACA

Cricket Australia ready for arbitration

Melbourne - Muslimchronicle

Cricket Australia said Thursday it will take its bitter pay dispute with players to independent arbitration if agreement cannot be reached by early next week, with a tour to Bangladesh looming. Chief executive James Sutherland said unless intensive negotiations over the next few days produce a compromise, his organisation will seek the intervention of an industrial umpire -- likely toRead more

Australia cricket captain Smith says

Sydney - Muslimchronicle

Australian captain Steve Smith said Sunday players would not back down in their bitter pay dispute with Cricket Australia. Days after the players boycotted an Australia A tour to South Africa, Smith said the nation's cricketers were resolute in wanting to keep the longstanding revenue-sharing pay deal, linked to the game's overall financial fortunes. "I'll say what we as playersRead more

Australia A train despite tour boycott threat

Brisbane - Muslimchronicle

Players turned up for training Tuesday ahead of the Australia A tour of South Africa, despite the threat to boycott the trip because of a bitter pay dispute. After months of negotiations the players and Cricket Australia (CA) have failed to reach agreement on a new pay deal, leaving 230 players unemployed since the end of June when their contractsRead more

ACA arrests Awqaf official on bribery charges

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has arrested an official at the legal department of the Awqaf office in Beni Mazar district of Minya on bribery charges. The official had demanded and received four million pounds from a citizen to allow him to seize 258 feddans worth about 130 million pounds. Source: MENARead more

ACA foils attempt by murder defendant to forge hospital check-in papers

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) foiled on Thursday an attempt by a murder defendant to escape charges by forging hospital check-in papers. The defendant was trying to forge official papers to prove that he was at Al Gomhuria Public Hospital in Alexandria at the moment the murder was taking place. His partners in the forgery crime were arrested. The prosecutionRead more

ACA: Pharmacist arrested in Ismailia for embezzling drugs worth EGP2.7m

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) said a female pharmacist was arrested on Wednesday in Ismailia for embezzling drugs worth 2.7 million pounds. In a statement, the authority said the pharmacist was referred to the Public Prosecution that remanded her in custody for 15 days pending investigation. Source: MENARead more

ACA arrests 3 nurses for stealing cancer drugs

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) arrested three nurses for seizing EGP 500,000-worth tranquilizers used in the treatment of cancer and selling them. The three nurses are working in a cancer treatment center affiliated with Menoufia University. One of them forged official documents saying that her husband is a cancer patient and that he is being treated at the center toRead more

ACA arrests former Helwan governor over bribery changes

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority arrested the former Helwan governor over bribe-taking charges. The ex-governor is accused of taking a Mercedes-Benz E350 car, worth one million pounds, in return for allocating an 800-square-meter land on Street 9 in Maadi district to an auto company instead of putting it out to tender. The Higher Public Funds Prosecution decided to set him freeRead more

ACA: Housing society consultant arrested over bribery charges

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) arrested a housing society consultant over receiving EGP 1.5 million bribe in return for approving the implementation of a housing project for the air navigation and tourism workers in Hurghada. A statement released Wednesday by ACA said the consultant received EGP 1.5 million as an initial payment for a bribery estimated at EGP 35 millionRead more

ACA arrests veterinary medicine undersecretary over bribery charges

Cairo - Arab Today

The Administrative Control Authority (ACA) has arrested the veterinary medicine directorate undersecretary over receiving bribes worth EGP 200,000. The undersecretary is facing charges of receiving bribes to allow infected livestock into the veterinary medicine directorate of Matrouh, according to the statement of the ACA. Source: MENARead more