Day: August 29, 2021

Israeli occupation warplanes Sunday dawn struck a number of Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

The sources said that the occupation fighter jets fired a number of missiles at the “Salah al-Din” site, south of Gaza City, and a point belonging to the Homat al-Thogour forces in addition to an agricultural land east of Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the coastal enclave, noting that no injuries were reported.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The blazing heatwave that swept most parts of the Kingdom over the last few days pushed the electric load on Saturday evening to 3,290 megawatts (MW), compared to the morning load of 3,060 MW, according to data released on Sunday by the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO).

The data showed that the maximum power load registered in 2020 was 3,630 MW, increasing by 7.4 percent compared to a high of 3,380 MW recorded in 2019.

The NEPCO also stressed that the company’s ability to meet the growth in end-use electrical consumption and to deal with any exceptional circumstances.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Senate on Sunday approved the amended Illicit Gains Law and an addendum to the 2021 State Budget Law as referred by the Lower House.

Senators also approved the lawmakers’ endorsement of the anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism Law as amended by the Senate.

Okaying today’s laws, along with the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Law and the Companies Law, bring the number of approved bills to 5 out of 11 on the Parliament’s extraordinary session agenda.

Three more bills, including the municipalities and decentralization draft Law, the development of land adjacent to the Baptism Site Law and the drugs and psychotropic substances Law, are listed on the agenda of the Lower House’s session on Monday.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Qatar’s Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed Al Hammadi, said the ministry has recently hired some 530 Jordanian teachers.

Of the new teachers hired to teach in Qatar, he said 416 were locally contracted, while 114 others were recruited in Jordan.

The minister noted the new Jordanian teachers, who were contracted in Jordan, teach many educational disciplines, especially English, maths, physics and chemistry.

In a speech he delivered on the occasion of the start of the school year in Qatar Sunday, Al Hammadi said blended education has become the “best” option to ensure continued educational process and ensure quality education while maintaining the students’ health and safety.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (INTAJ), on Sunday discussed with President of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), Deemah Alyahya, ways to develop the Kingdom’s telecom and information technology sector and the rising digitization rate in all sectors.

In a press statement, INTAJ head, Dr. Bashar Hawamdeh, highlighted the association’s role and efforts in supporting the digital future in member countries, in addition to its endeavors to empower women, youth and entrepreneurs, and develop the digital economy through innovation-based development plans.

Alyahya, for her part, praised INTAJ’s role in promoting the sector’s programs locally and abroad, lauding the private sector’s efforts to advance digital economy.

Established in November 2020, the DCO is an initiative that brings under its umbrella Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Pakistan and Nigeria and seeks to share interests and ambitions regarding the digital economy.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO), in cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), organized Sunday, a workshop on e-ecommerce integration for a group of Jordanian industrial companies.

In a press statement, JEDCO said the two-day event provides training on the e-commerce business models prevalent in global markets and each company’s requirements to start conducting business over the internet.

These e-commerce categories have “flourished” recently and were considered the “most effective” way after the Covid-19 pandemic in marketing, promotion as well as striking trade deals, said the statement.

The workshop comes within a program prepared by JEDCO to provide support to 30 Jordanian industrial and service companies, to enhance their potentials by increasing their exports through e-promotion and virtual markets, according to the statement.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Mexican Embassy in Jordan has held a webinar on business and trade opportunities between Jordan and Mexico, in coordination with the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade (COMCE) and Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC).

In a press statement on Sunday, the embassy said the event is the first after signing a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance economic cooperation at the private sector level and serve mutual interests.

Speaking during the virtual event, Chairman of the Mexican-Jordanian Business Committee, Alberto Varela Morales, expressed readiness to provide advice and support in commercial, legal and cultural fields, and facilitate contacts with potential partners.

Morales stressed the embassies’ role in strengthening Jordanian-Mexican trade and cultural relations by exchanging expertise in various fields, adding that the MoU is an “important” step to facilitate and support companies, trade exchange and joint investments.

Also speaking remotely, Mexican Ambassador to Jordan, Roberto Rodriguez, pointed to the need to enhance learning Spanish in Jordan and Arabic in Mexico, which would facilitate and increase joint trade flows.

The envoy stressed the importance of benefiting from free trade agreements (FTA) signed with the United States to stimulate trade.

To avoid competing local industries, he said negotiation on specific products, which are needed in both markets, is encouraged.

Jordan’s Ambassador to Mexico, Mohammed Al-Tal, said the two countries have “remarkable” potential to increase economic and trade exchanges, including in the agro-food, pharmaceutical and tourism sectors.

Both countries should draw up a list of products with the “highest” export potentials and organize business events to achieve these goals, Al-Tal said.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Minister of Agriculture, Khaled Hneifat, said olive crop production for the current season is expected to reach 170,000 tonnes, adding that quantities to be pressed will amount to 131, 000 tonnes.

Jordan’s olive oil production is expected to reach 21, 000 tonnes, while quantities that will be pickled will reach 39,000 tonnes, according to the minister.

Hneifat, in a press statement on Sunday, noted quantity of olive harvest 2021 has dropped due to climate factors, varying temperature levels during the blooming period, and drought in Jordan’s southern regions, adding that the production, however, remains “close” to the average.

The government, he noted, worked to allocate JD1 for he purpose of supporting exports of surplus olive oil to avoid pile-up and address marketing distortions.

Source: Jordan News Agency

His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday received Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Unity Abdulhamid Aldabaiba, at Al Husseiniya Palace.

The meeting covered means of advancing bilateral ties in various fields in service of the mutual interests of the two countries and peoples.

During the meeting, King Abdullah reaffirmed that Jordan stands with Libya and supports political efforts that safeguard its unity, security and stability, and fulfil the aspirations of its people.

Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, and Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan attended the meeting.

Source: Jordan News Agency