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Saba Yemen
3 days ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Qassam Brigades Targets Israeli APC East of Khan Yunis
Gaza - Saba: The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that it had targeted an Israeli APC in the al-Fakhari area east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. In a military statement on Wednesday, the Qassam Brigades said: "Our fighters confirmed, after returning from the battle lines, that they had targeted a Zionist APC with a P-29 missile last Monday in the al-Fakhari area east of Khan Yunis." It explained that its fighters had monitored the landing of an evacuation helicopter in the al-Fakhari area. The Qassam Brigades continues to confront Israeli occupation forces and soldiers invading the Gaza Strip as part of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation and to confront the ongoing aggression that has been ongoing for more than a year and a half. Facebook Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Acadiana Planning Commission receives funding to assess and revitalize historic buildings
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — With the help of a grant, the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC) is looking forward to assess and plan revitalization for underused properties in Acadiana. With the help of the Brownfields Assessment Coalition Grant, one of the biggest properties the APC looking at is the former Abdalla's Shopping Center right here in the heart of Opelousas. Kade Jones, a representative with APC, shared his excitement about the grant and the opportunities it will give to the commission. 'We work with the city administration to identify sites that are identified as having a lot of reuse potential, and opportunity to be something great.' Jones said. The grant provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helps the planning commission assess, clean up, and safely redevelop vacant properties through a multi-phases process like Abdalla's to ensure contamination issues don't present more challenges in the future. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now 'Sort of like a visual inspection where you'll walk into a site and identify it looks like there may be some mold and mildew here, some asbestos in these tiles.' Jones said. 'Phase two, come back with actual lab gear and take soil samples. And you take samples of the paint, and you get some actual detailed data on how bad that contamination is or is not.' Once the assessment is complete, Jones said the APC will also be able to meet with city officials and residents to help plan the future of the historic buildings. 'What would they like to have developed and what would they not like?' Jones said. 'So, we're making sure to keep this an open, transparent process where we're working with the community, with the property owners and with the city to make sure, you know, things are getting planned. That is actually a community benefit that we're hearing directly from them. The assessments will not end at Abdalla's in Opelousas, as Jones mentioned, there is already plans to assess buildings in Abbeville, Eunice and Ville Platte to begin the revitalization process. The Big Mac was nearly called something entirely different Major crash in Iberia Parish blocks traffic; seek alternate routes Bear crashes through ceiling of Kentucky home: 'Almost fell on my mom' More Storms Wednesday & Thursday, Drier Going Into the Weekend… Acadiana Planning Commission receives funding to assess and revitalize historic buildings Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Commissioners discuss blighted properties
GREENSBURG – Decatur County Area Plan Director Doug Westerfeld addressed the Decatur County Board of Commissioners on Monday, informing them about the progress of the new Decatur County Comprehensive Plan. The Daily News first reported on the Decatur County Revitalization Project (Blight Project) and the new comprehensive plan in March, when Westerfeld told the Board about his selection for a steering committee for updating the plan, which was originally written in 2017. The members are Westerfeld, Commissioner Jeremy Pasel, Tim Ortman, Bryan Robbins, Rick Hoeing, Todd Mauer and Rick Nobbe, and the committee is modeling their effort on the Jennings County Blight Project, giving the Area Plan Commission empowerment to get the work done on specific blighted properties in the area. Westerfeld said the blight ordinances were not yet in place, but letters had been sent to property owners and the APC will act on the ordinances in place to, with the commissioners' help, get the necessary work done on those properties. Pasel said he knew that a few of the letters sent out were still outstanding from Westerfeld's predecessor, and asked it those owners got a second letter as a result. Westerfeld replied in the affirmative and said those owners had been given a timeframe in which to have the work complete before the commissioners are asked to intervene. 'Once we get the new ordinances in place, the power will come to the Area Planning Commission and we will make the decisions to move forward to having these properties cleaned up,' he said. Pasel asked Westerfeld if the attorney for the APC had power under the current ordinances to prosecute the civil cases. Westerfeld said that once the new ordinances were in place, the APC lawyer would have the authority to prosecute as needed. At Monday's meeting, the owners of six blighted properties were present for discussions with the Board. Appearing first was David Israel concerning property at 1183 S 845 W in Burney. In a letter from the Decatur County Area Plan Office on March 26, Israel was asked to remove the home on the site and all trash, debris and fire hazardous material on or about the premises. Israel said the home had been hit by a tornado in 2005 and he had an inspection for asbestos done. He said he'd contacted the APC office and 'had a deal worked out' but was helping a nearby farmer do his planting. He said he'd cleaned up the shop and didn't have the financial resources to complete the work. He asked the Board for four months to complete the task. Commissioner Pasel asked how many of the windows were missing, and Israel said he'd have them covered up. He said he'd purchased the house in a tax sale in 2012, and now his plans were to demolish the house and build a pole barn, for which he already had the plan. Pasel said he would be open to an extension if the windows were boarded up and the premises were cleaned up. Israel was granted a 30 day extension to complete the work and the project will be discussed at the first Commissioners meeting in June. James Alverson's property at 1113 S CR 850 W in Burney was the second site in question. Westerfeld said Alverson has been sent letters as far back as 2018 asking him to remove all litter, trash and junk as well as inoperable and unlicensed vehicles, inoperable equipment and machinery, appliances, furniture and other plastic objects. In a previous communication from 2022, Alverson said he would have a pole barn built to solve the problem. Pasel asked why it had not happened and Alverson said it was because the APC had not granted permission. When it was established the barn was to be built on two parcels, Westerfeld said the property would need to be resurveyed. Alverson's daughter asked if the vehicles could stay until the pole barn was built. Westerfeld said that was against an ordinance and those vehicles must be licensed and registered if they were to remain. Pasel advised Alverson to contact a surveyor and was granted a 30 day extension. James Moss's property in Burney was the next site in question. Westerfeld said Moss had been sent multiple letters since 2021 advising that the property is a public nuisance and that he needed to remove the litter, trash, junk and abandoned vehicles. Moss said since receiving the most recent notice, a privacy fence had been extended back to a steel building on the property. Moss also said he understood his duck pen was in a supposed right of way road extension on 130 S. Moss said the property had been passed from owner to owner several times before a friend of his bought the property, and had used the extension as a parking area. He said he acquired the property in 2016 and had gone to the county auditor to get the area 'shut off,' but learned that the Commissioners wanted the area open. He asked the area be inspected again and the Commissioners agreed to do so. Two of the properties in question were in the Lake McCoy area. The first in consideration was on S. Lake McCoy Drive and is owned by Joshua Reece. Reece had been asked to remove a dilapidated cabin. Reece volunteered that he and other property owners had done a lot of cleaning up in the area and Pasel agreed, granting a 30 day extension for the work Reece and his cohorts had started to be finished. Property at 977 S Lake McCoy Drive had been determined unsafe, and in a letter dated in March owner Gary Reece was asked to remove a house there along with all the trash and debris on or about the premises. The property sits beside the land owned by Reece. Reece said that the house there was uninsulated or wired, but was structurally sound. Unfortunately, 20 feet of it was setting on the adjoining property owned by Washington Township. Reece said he had spoken to Washington Township Trustee Bev Rivera and she'd declared the house safe, but Reece doesn't want to pay any more taxes on it or incur the expense of tearing it down. It was noted that the entire Lake McCoy area needed to be resurveyed and that several properties were facing the same or a similar problem. The Commissioners decided not to act on the property until deed issues were resolved. The final property up for consideration at 2465W CR 850 S is owned by James and Bonnie Smith of Westport. On the property are abandoned vehicles and litter, and the Smiths were first been alerted of the issues in 2020. Westerfeld said there had been complaints because some of the unlicensed vehicles in question were blocking traffic on the road next to it. Pasel said this was not the first time this property was a matter of concern and that it was one of the properties that spearheaded the County Revitalization Project. Since several letters had been sent with no results or cleanup, the Commissioners voted to move forward with the cleanup of the property in keeping with established legal procedures.
Bloomberg
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Nigeria's Ruling Party Backs Tinubu for Second Term as President
Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress party has endorsed President Bola Tinubu as its candidate for the 2027 election, after top opposition leaders agreed to unite ahead of the ballot. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party's Peter Obi and former minister Nasir El-Rufai of the Social Democratic Party agreed to join forces under the African Democratic Congress in the next election.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Nigeria's ruling party endorses President Tinubu for 2027 re-election
LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party on Thursday endorsed President Bola Tinubu to run for a second and final term at the next election, due in early 2027. Tinubu, 73, won the last presidential vote in February 2023, which his two main rivals unsuccessfully challenged in court, alleging the vote was rigged. Tinubu said he won fairly. The APC said at a summit in Abuja, the capital, that it wanted Tinubu to continue with reforms that the government says have rebooted the economy after removing a costly petrol subsidy and liberalising the exchange rate. Tinubu's reforms have won applause from credit ratings agencies, foreign investors and the International Monetary Fund. Critics say they have caused the worst cost-of-living crisis in recent memory. Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC national chairman, said, "On behalf of the National Working Committee I hereby affirm the various endorsements and declare President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as sole presidential candidate of APC." The summit coincided with the second anniversary of Tinubu's presidency, and several cabinet ministers also spoke about their achievements since taking office. Presidents in Nigeria can serve a maximum of two four-year terms. Although Tinubu faces criticism that his policies have hurt Nigerians and that he has failed to end insecurity, including a long-running Islamist insurgency and banditry, the opposition is seen as too divided and weak to mount a serious challenge. The opposition parties have also been hit by some high-profile defections to the APC. Tinubu said he expected more such defections, adding, "That is the game."
