Jordan News UpdatesA 5.2-magnitude earthquake early Sunday struck the county of Akqi in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The center said the epicenter was monitored at 40.88 degrees north latitude and 78.14 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km.
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The value of certificates of origin issued by the Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) to export goods in the first half of 2022 reached JD424 million compared with JD310 million in the same period of 2021, according to a statement by the ACC on Sunday.
The ACC issued 28,999 certificates of origin in the first nine months of 2021, a 15.8-percent increase from 25,036 certificates issued in the corresponding period of 2020.
The ACC issued 14,908 certificates of origin in the January-June period of 2022 compared with 15,632 in the first six months of the last year, the chamber’s figures showed.
The ACC noted that a total of 3,419 certificates were issued for shipments exported to Saudi Arabia, followed by the United Arab Emirates (1,971), Iraq (659), Egypt (454), and India (85).
The majority of exports in the January-June period of this year went to Iraq, which accounted for JD97 million, followed by Egypt (JD62), Saudi Arabia (JD43 million), the UAE (JD41 million), and India (JD27 million).
Furthermore, the value of re-exports (exports of foreign products) stood at JD191 million in the first six months of the current year, while the value of industrial exports amounted to JD119 million, JD65 million for agricultural exports, and JD29 million for Arab products.
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Canadian ambassador Donica Pottie has attended the last day of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) established by the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) in partnership with the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC).
During her participation in the event on Saturday, the envoy met JOC’s Secretary-General Nasser Majali, where she was briefed on the NCCP, and JOC’s goals that it seeks through these courses.
The two-week program brought together 30 coaches from sports unions, several JOC employees, and a number of lecturers from Jordanian universities.
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China’s software and information technology service sector sustained stable growth in the first five months of this year, with revenue from software-related businesses up 10.6 percent year on year, data from the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed Sunday.
The sector’s revenue amounted to 3.62 trillion yuan (about $541.4 billion) during the five-month period, according to data.
Companies in the sector raked in 374.7 billion yuan in combined profits in the period, up 1.9 percent year on year, reversing a 1.4-percent decline registered in the first four months.
During the January-May period, China’s software exports amounted to $20.4 billion, up 2.7 percent year on year, data showed.
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Jordan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant market prices grew by 2.5 percent in quarter one of 2022, compared to the figure reported in the same period of 2021.
In a quarterly statistical report released Sunday, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said preliminary estimates showed that economic sectors rose in quarter one of the current year, compared to the same period of last year.
The hotels and restaurants sector came first with 6.8 percent, followed by the construction sector with 5.3 percent, the extractive industries sector with 5.1 percent, and the finance, insurance, and business services sector with 4.3 percent, according to figures.
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Around 7,045 electric vehicles (EVs) were bought from the free zone in Zarqa during the first half of 2022, up from 2,285 during the same period in 2021, according to recent statistics.
This threefold increase in EV purchases is indicative of a growing public preference for electric vehicles in light of the unprecedented rise in conventional fuel prices locally.
Muhammad Bustanji, president of the Jordanian Free Zones Investors Association, has revealed that the Zarqa Free Zone supplied approximately 24,000 vehicles to the local market during the first half of this year, a figure comparable to that of the same period in 2021.
During the reporting period, the local market received 7,628 gasoline-powered vehicles and 4,780 diesel-powered vehicles, compared to 8,846 and 5,198, respectively, during the same period in 2021.
Hybrid vehicles (powered by an internal combustion engine and one or more electric motors) imported into the local market plummeted from 7,933 in the same period in 2021 to 4,457 in 2022.
In contrast to 22,928 vehicles in the first half of 2021, Bustanji noted that 19,158 vehicles were re-exported from the Zarqa Free Zone to other countries in the first six months of 2022.
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A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Commission (IACC) and Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (SST) to determine cooperation and coordination areas under the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
According to an IACC statement released Sunday, the deal was inked at the SST headquarters by its Director Zydrunas Bartkus and the IACC Chairman Muhannad Hijazi.
The agreement stipulates exchanging information and training on corruption crimes and means of preventing them, implementing protective measures, raising awareness, and organizing visits, programs, and conferences.
The deal was signed on the sidelines of an IACC delegation’s visit to Lithuania and Austria to boost cooperation in anti-corruption fields within the European Union’s Twinning projects.
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Exports by the Irbid Chamber of Industry (ICI) amounted to USD140 million last June against USD116 million in the same month of 2021, signaling an increase of 20 percent.
Al Hassan Industrial Estate exported USD131 million, followed by Cyber City with USD6.7 million, while the remaining exports came from other industrial zones in the northern governorate, according to an ICI statement released Sunday.
The textile and leather sector maintained a leading position in the sector-based exports, with USD130 million, followed by the foodstuffs products by USD2.9 million, the medical industries sector with USD2.7 million, the statement added.
The United States imported the biggest share of Irbid’s exports with 73 percent of total exports, followed by the European Union countries and Arab countries, while the remaining exports were distributed to Canada, southeast Asia, and a number of other countries.
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The Jordanian Nursing Council (JNC) obtained international certification from the American Heart Association (AHA), after meeting its standards in Life Support programs.
In a press statement on Sunday, JNC’s Secretary-General, Dr. Hani Nawafleh, said the council’s achievement to obtain AHA’s certification in the field of life support courses will make an “important, qualitative” leap in the level of continuous professional development for all health practitioners.
Training health workers in these programs would raise the number of patient survival cases, who are exposed to sudden cardiac arrest, he noted.
On future plans, all staff will be trained on the most modern equipment in the areas of life support training and trainees will receive an AHA-approved international certificate in this field, he pointed out.
To date, the council has trained internationally accredited trainers, he noted, indicating that it has made a priority within the framework of its plan to advance level of health workers’ credentials.
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The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) is scheduled to launch activities of Madaba, the Arab Tourism Capital for 2022, next Tuesday.
According to a joint statement released Sunday, a ceremony will be held to kick off the year-long activities, which feature festivals, art exhibitions, forums, competitions and handicrafts, as well as musical and theatrical performances.
The events, which will be held at Madaba Visitors Center, will feature a musical performance by Jordan Armed Forces (JAF), a book fair, launch of “Art in Service of Tourism” initiative and a handicraft exhibition, the ministry said.
To better seize the opportunity to highlight Madaba’s history, activities will also be held at Madaba Institute for Mosaic Art and Restoration (MIMAR), which feature an exhibition on production of mosaic panels for archaeological sites, the statement pointed out.
The MIMAR-hosted events will also include a photo exhibition on Hashemite history, folkloric show from local Theban’s town, as well as highlighting a documentary book on Madaba’s mosaic attractions.
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