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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Wednesday, August 5, 2020

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC

Economic recovery: Financial package unveiled: 

MAD 45 billion in direct investments and MAD 75 million in the form of state-guaranteed loans. This event was also an opportunity to express itself on a new international release whose record is "ready for the fall." This exit must be carried out under good conditions to be successful. Where will the MAD 120 billion for economic recovery come from? The injection of this amount, specified by the Sovereign in his last speech to the nation on the occasion of the 21st Throne Day, has just been detailed, Tuesday in Rabat, by Mohamed Benchaâboun, Minister of Economy, Finance, and Administrative Reform during a press conference devoted to the royal orientations whose operationalization will be, as the official said, "immediate..."

Autoroutes du Maroc has just raised MAD 2.2 billion in the form of a bond issue: The operation closed with a demand of MAD 4.17 billion:
The national company of highways succeeds in its bond issue. The operation was subscribed 1.9 times and closed with a demand reaching MAD 4.17 billion. This is what the operator indicates in a recent communication. "On this occasion, Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc would like to thank all institutional investors for the interest and confidence they have shown in ADM's securities and for their unfailing support during the company's bond issues," ADM learns...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA
The government is working to operationalize the High Royal Directions contained in the 2020 Throne Speech:
Immediate steps will be taken to operationalize the High Royal Directions contained in the 2020 Speech from the Throne. This was announced Tuesday by the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Administrative Reform, Mohammed Benchaâboun. The government official, who was speaking at a press conference in Rabat, gave a detailed account of these measures as part of a comprehensive and integrated recovery plan for the national economy...

According to the United Nations, more than a billion students worldwide are affected by school closures:
More than a billion students have been affected by school closures in more than 160 countries around the world as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has "disrupted education as never before," according to the United Nations. This crisis in education must not become a "generational catastrophe," the UN said in a briefing note on Covid-19 and education, which notes that 40 million pre-school children worldwide have not been able to benefit from the first year of education, even though it was so important...


LES INSPIRATIONS ÉCO
Economic recovery. A national pact on track:
Accompanied by the Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, Noureddine Boutayeb, the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Administrative Reform, Mohamed Benchaaboun, presented to the press yesterday what the government intends to do to operationalize the royal orientations contained in the throne speech...

Franco-Moroccan couples. The distress call of the future bride and groom:
A group of future Franco-Moroccan couples has just appealed to the Moroccan authorities to be allowed to travel between Morocco and France to fulfil their wedding vows. Indeed, the latter, who were planning to get married in a just marriage, have seen their project delayed due to travel restrictions between the two countries...


LIBÉRATION
For shortened or cancelled holidays, but not that... There's a burning issue between the health minister and the sector staff:
There's a running battle between the medical staff and the Department of Health. At one point, the decision to cancel all leave for health personnel was finally acted upon by means of a letter addressed to the heads of health institutions and central directorates, in this case the directors of central and regional university hospitals, the director of the Pasteur Institute of Morocco and the director of the National Centre for Blood Transfusion and Hematology. In addition, there is the Director of the National Centre for Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance, the Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and, finally, the Secretary General and the Inspector General of the Ministry of Health...

The success rate in the baccalaureate was close to 80%. A remarkable performance given the exceptional circumstances that the Kingdom is going through, according to the Ministry:
The success rate of 79.62% in the national standardized baccalaureate examination for the school year 2019-2020 is "a remarkable performance" given the exceptional circumstances that the Kingdom is going through, said the Ministry of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research...