Summary of Moroccan Newspaper Articles

Al Masae:

  • Sentencing in beauty salon case:
    • The defendant “A. S.” was acquitted of the charge of possessing goods not subject to duties and taxes upon import without justification, but was sentenced to two months in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams for the remaining charges.
    • The defendant “O. A.” was sentenced to two months in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams.
    • The defendant “Y. Y.” was sentenced to two months in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams.
    • The defendant “A. A.” was fined 7,000 dirhams.
  • Woman arrested for drug possession and trafficking: A 50-year-old woman was arrested in the city of Ait Melloul on suspicion of involvement in a case of possession and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances.
  • Weak marketing of the Souss Massa Industrial Acceleration Zone reaches Parliament: MP Naima El Fathaoui expressed her concern about the weak marketing of the Souss Massa Industrial Acceleration Zone.

Al Alam:

  • Moroccans in Italy express anger at their deportation: A number of Moroccans residing in Italy expressed their anger on social media at the Italian government’s شروع في ترحيل المهاجرين غير النظاميين, based on the activation of an agreement to deport undocumented migrants, including Moroccans and others from African countries. The agreement provides for the establishment of two centers to receive thousands of undocumented migrants arriving in Italy on Albanian and Hungarian soil to manage irregular migration flows, the newspaper added.
  • Casablanca prepares for an active and clean summer season: The Casablanca commune has announced an action plan to ensure an active and clean summer season. Starting from July 1st and throughout the summer vacation period, the beaches of Laâlam Maryam and Ain Diab will be equipped with various recreational and sports facilities, bearing a unified visual identity that reflects the city’s tourist attractions and rivals world cities, and includes spaces for beach sports, platforms for free evenings, areas for open competitions, and spaces for children.
  • Selling insurance products online is a lever for sustainable growth: Younes Lammat, Director of Policyholder Protection at the Insurance and Social Security Supervisory Authority, stressed that selling insurance products online is a lever for sustainable growth in the sector.
    • Lammat explained, in a speech at the Africa Digital Bank Insurance Forum, that the framework for selling insurance online at the national level aims to put the Moroccan insurance sector on a path of sustainable growth, by making full use of the opportunities offered by emerging digital technologies.

Bayan Al Yaoum:

  • Letter to the Governor of Berkane Province on conflict of interest: Mohammed Bidri, the local secretary of the Socialist Union Progress Party branch in Saidia, sent a letter to the Governor of Berkane Province on the subject of a conflict of interest between the Saidia commune and the first deputy president of the council.
    • Bidri called for the activation of the dismissal procedure against elected officials who have interests with the communes they represent before their election and continue to have these interests during their current term.
    • The letter added that the first deputy president of the Saidia commune is using a house belonging to the commune’s property on Mohammed V Street, under a lease contract for the said house, for an amount set at 200 dirhams per month, knowing that this house is located on a street adjacent to Saidia beach.
  • “The Barber” trial for murder and concealment of a corpse: The Criminal Appeals Chamber at the Casablanca Court of Appeal will examine on June 24th the case of رضا أبا كريم, a Moroccan citizen with French nationality and nicknamed “The Barber”, accused of committing two crimes, the last of which is the crime of killing and concealing the body of the husband of the singer Rim Fekri.

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