Daily Monitor
Tuesday March 02 2021
People wait at the Uganda Railways Corporation headquarters in Kampala during the launch of the new company that will print the new driving permits on March 1, 2021. PHOTO | RACHEL MABALA
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All drivers with penalties on the existing computerised driver’s licences will have them transferred to the new permits under the Uganda Driver Licensing System (UDLS), government has announced.
Speaking at the launch of UDLS, which will print the new driving permits at Uganda Railways Corporation headquarters in Kampala yesterday, the commissioner for Transport and Road Safety at the Ministry of Works, Mr Winstone Katushabe, reasoned that the move is purposed to instil strong discipline among motorists.
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BACOLOD. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia. (File photo)
+ March 02, 2021 BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia has ordered the Permits and Licensing Division to thoroughly check the pawnshops and lending institutions in Bacolod that failed to secure closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras.
Leonardia said Tuesday, March 2, that the Permits and Licensing Division should check these business establishments and determine their violations.
Police Colonel Manuel Placido, director of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), earlier sent a letter to Permits and Licensing Division head Stella Rose Rayos, informing her that around 13 pawnshops and lending institutions violated City Ordinance (CO) 600 Series 2002 of Bacolod City based on their security survey conducted in various areas of Bacolod.
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CAVU Mining Corp. Initiates Geophysical Processing and Permitting
Vancouver, British Columbia (Newsfile Corp. - March 2, 2021) - CAVU Mining Corp. (CSE: CAVU) ( CAVU or the Company ) is pleased to announce it has initiated data processing and permitting on the Kitimat Copper-Gold Project ( Kitimat Project ). The Kitimat Project is located in the traditional territory of the Haisla First Nation.
Highlights:
Permitting for geophysical work and drilling in progress
CAVU s CEO, Dr. Jaap Verbaas, stated, The Kitimat targets have never been explored using novel geophysical techniques. Additionally, legacy data has never been reprocessed to characterize the geophysical signature of the known mineralized showings. This is a great opportunity for CAVU as it will allow us to use legacy data to design geophysical surveys specific to the Kitimat targets.
Court permits PTI s Saifullah Abro to partake in Senate election
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PTI leader Saifullah Abro. File photo
KARACHI: PTI leader Saifullah Abro can now contest in the Senate elections on March 3 after the Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled in his favour against the Election Tribunal’s decision,
Geo News reported Thursday.
During the hearing, Abro’s lawyer Makhdoom Ali Khan told the court that his client fulfils all the educational requirements that are needed for a person to contest the technocrat seat in the Senate polls. He also added that his client has rendered his services for Pakistan.
After hearing the arguments, the court overturned the Election Tribunal’s decision declaring Abro s ineligibility to contest the Senate elections and allowed him to vie for the seat.