Dates of the baccalaureate, precariousness of students, Louis Mapou in Paris and Nicolas Metzdorf in Ukraine: the news on the 1 of Thursday October 6, 2022
Most of the news in New Caledonia with the announcement of exam dates for high school and college students, the foundations of student life, Louis Mapou in Paris, Nicolas Metzdorf in Ukraine.
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Only a few more weeks until the big exam! On October 26, 27 and 28, the general and technological baccalaureates will begin their tests. The grand oral will take place from November 30. And like every year, the patent will close the season on December 13 and 14. About 12,500 candidates will work this end of the year on their exams. Among them, 3,800 3rd year students for the patent and 3,300 final year students for the general, technological and professional baccalaureates.
The foundations of student life open today on the Nouville campus. The precariousness among university students is more and more important, attests the team of the Student House (MDE). This meeting, which takes place over two days at the faculty, is an opportunity to draw up an inventory to trigger awareness of sometimes dramatic situations. Among the issues: housing. Only 600 apartments are offered by the university for 6000 students.
On Tuesday, Louis Mapou participated in the annual congress of the United Nations Decolonization Commission, today he is going to Paris for a series of official visits. The President of the Government of New Caledonia is to be received by Jean-François Carenco, Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, before a meeting with Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the National Assembly.
The Caledonian MP, rapporteur in charge of issues related to immigration, asylum and integration in the National Assembly, is going to kyiv this weekend. Nicolas Metzdorf is due to meet his counterparts in the Ukrainian parliament on Friday and Saturday. Objective: to deal with the question of the reception of Ukrainian refugees in France. But above all to discussstrategies and methods to be implemented in order to anticipate their return under the best conditions at the end of the conflict.”
Hughes Vhemavhe was arrested by the Nouméa municipal police while driving his vehicle on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, with a blood alcohol level above the legal threshold. He spent the night in a drunk tank. Aggravating circumstance, the president of the institution was driving by car, without a license. License already suspended for driving under the influence of an alcoholic state. Hughes Vhemavhe must be presented before an examining magistrate this Thursday morning.
The association calls on elected officials, the Overseas Issuance Institute and State services to intervene on bank protection measures. To access it, the law for the protection of purchasing power promulgated in August 2022 must be extended to Caledonia. According to the IEOM, the average chargeback fee in New Caledonia is 2,194 francs. By way of comparison, they are 823 francs in Belgium and 143 francs in Germany!
Dee Dee Bridgewater, André Manoukian, Keziah Jones… The fine names of jazz and acoustic music will be presented on December 2 and 3 at the Kâmi yo space at the Tjibaou cultural center. AC2N, The Jack Niel’s and other New Caledonian artists are also programmed on the festival and off. Ticket office on www.tickets.nc
The departure last night of the first liner in two and a half years in Noumea is felt like a breath of fresh air for tourism professionals. The government also sees it as a financial windfall. Yesterday, a draft law of the country was passed by the executive to introduce a tax “collected at each tourist stopover of any cruise ship, coming from abroad, carrying out a tourist cruise in New Caledonia.” It would be a question of collecting 1,500 francs per passenger if the boat makes only one stopover, 1,000 francs per passenger and per stopover if in addition to Nouméa, the liner passes through Lifou and/or Kunié. With this scale, the government is counting on revenues between 960 million and 1.3 billion if the maritime traffic of cruise passengers returns to normal.
Search for young Raymonde in Rivière-Salée
The police are looking for the young Raymonde Tupane in Nouméa. She has not returned to her grandmother’s home in Rivière-Salée since last Thursday. The minor was dressed in a black and white sweater, blue surfer-style cotton shorts and a pair of brown “Blaise” brand sandals. She has medium length braided hair. She measures about 1m60 and of strong build.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 24 33 00 or 17.
Australian Government Drunken Night
A former government worker in Australia, Brittany Higgins, testified yesterday to a culture of drunken parties at the heart of political life, during the trial of her ex-colleague who she accuses of rape. In this case, on the front page of the Australian media in 2021, she had reported having been raped by Bruce Lehrmann, in the office of a minister after a drunken evening, on March 23, 2019, which the accused, 27 years old.
We now know the route of the marathon of the Paris 2023 Olympic Games, the flagship event of the sporting event. It will leave from the Paris City Hall to arrive at the Esplanade des Invalides after taking a tour of Versailles. A course to link sport and French history according to the organizing committee. Not sure that the 160 runners provided have time to admire the landscape!