East Coast Radio Newswatch
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On FM, on the station app, and on Open View Channel 606, this is East Coast Radio Newswatch. Electricity and energy minister Hossian Surama Hawpa is urging governments and businesses to pay their debts to municipalities. Pay. Government pay provincial, government national pay municipalities. You will see there is going to be significant relief. At a mere debriefing earlier, Hossian Surama Hawpa was a 78 billion round of municipalities around the country. And in return, municipalities are owed collectively about 349 billion rents by various categories of customers. So it's individual households, it's businesses, it's also government. So you can't be postponing your payments as national and provincial government, and you expect municipalities to carry you. No, it can't. So we've got an interest to protect the interest of everyone, including local governments. And then let's see the true picture of what is owed by citizens. And then let's make that intervention. Corruption accused Tomoradi Cholota has told the Brumfentain-Maddusdotz court she intends to plead not guilty to all the charges against her. Cholota, who was a smhoshuless PA when he was free state premier, made a brief appearance this morning, where her bail application was rolled over to tomorrow. She was rolled back to the country on Friday after a U.S. court approved her extradition in June. Cholota also faces fraud and money laundering charges linked to the 255 million ran free state asbestos project. There are 17 other co-accused, including her former bar, Samhoshuless, as well as controversial businessman Edwin Sordine. Her lawyer, Louisa Maccappella. I wish to state right at the outset that I am not guilty of any charges against me. I very believe that the state will not be able to present any objective facts or provide any evidence that will prove that I engaged in fraud, corruption or money laundering. And further afield, thousands of people living around Athens have fled their homes as a large wildfire front creeps closer. The public broadcaster, there's reporting that the 30 kilometer long wall of flames said to be more than 25 meters high in places is moving towards the Greek capital. This is despite what has been described as superhuman efforts to contain the blaze. Authorities have ordered at least five more communities and two hospitals to leave after eight nearby villages, including the historic town of Marathon, were told to evacuate yesterday. "Marathons may ass dare to your zirkas," says the town is facing a biblical catastrophe. The summer wildfire season in Greece this year has seen dozens of daily blazers after the Mediterranean country recorded its warmest winter and the hottest June and July since reliable data collection began in 1960. Temperatures around Athens are forecast to peak at 39 degrees Celsius today, with wind gusts of up to 50 kilometers per hour. The top story, electricity and energy minister, Jose enter amor hope by surging government departments and businesses to pay their debts to municipalities. for new Swatch Hempting on personnel.