Day: November 9, 2021

Temperatures on Tuesday will continue to be above their annual average, bringing autumn weather conditions in most parts of the country, while it will be relatively hot in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily update.

Similar weather conditions will persist on Wednesday, with clouds at high altitudes and easterly to northwesterly moderate winds.

A slight drop in mercury levels is expected on Thursday, with cooler weather prevailing in most regions at night, the JMD added.

The highs in Amman and other highlands across the Kingdom today will range between 25 and 23 degrees Celsius, dropping at night to 13C or even 12C in the southern highlands. In the Gulf city of Aqaba, it will be hotter with mercury reaching a high of 33C and a low of 20C.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan’s pavilion at the Gulfood 2021 Exhibition, the region’s biggest food and beverage packaging industry event currently held in Dubai, witnessed a remarkable turnout, said Chairman of the Jordanian Exporters Association, Ahmed Khudari.

In a statement on Tuesday, Khudari gave a run down on the visitors’ wide interest in having a first-hand-look at the Jordanian products, noting that many local companies managed, through the exhibition, to gain access to new export markets and seal commercial partnerships with international suppliers.

“Triggered by the all-time high container shipping rates from China, the demand on Jordanian industrial products has significantly increased,” he added, pointing to the considerable developments of national products.

Jordanian companies participating in the exhibition represent sectors of packaging, machinery, raw materials, industrial additives, sweets, dates, nuts, coffee, chocolate, snacks and Dead Sea products.

The 2021 edition of the exhibition brings together 1,250 exhibitors from 55 countries to showcase the latest smart innovations in the field of food manufacturing.

Source: Jordan News Agency

As part of the ” Path to Safety” major national drill conducted by the National Center for Security and Crisis Management (NCSCM), warning sirens will sound on Tuesday in Al-Muwaqqar district in the capital, Amman, the NCSCM announced.

The 3-day exercise will simulate expected real-life scenarios in Amman and its suburbs, Irbid, Karak, Aqaba, Wadi Mujib and Petra, with the aim of evaluating the operational and safety measures prepared to deal with all forms of crises by the state’s institutions.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Maan Tourism Department carried out a number of tourism projects in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities with funding from the southern governorate’s budget, according to department director Yasin Salah.

Salah said in an interview with Petra on Tuesday that the JD300,000 Alshobak Castle road project was completed, adding that the infrastructure project will help boost tourism in the region and raise tourist numbers.

He also said work is underway on a JD30,000 electric vehicle park at the Alshobak Visitors Centre and that the facility had received six electric vehicles as part of Royal Court Initiatives to promote tourism and serve visitors to the site.

Salah pointed to another project to develop Alshobak Visitors Centre, noting that his department had put in place a tourism promotion scheme to prop up tourism in the region.

He also said that work is underway to maintain facilities at the King Abdullah II Park in Maan at a cost of JD15,000, adding that the park, which houses a museum and a handicrafts centre, is a destination for local families, tourists and students.

Source: Jordan News Agency

A physical altercation in the Balqa governorate Tuesday morning ended with a man dead and another injured, as police are on the hunt for the perpetrator.

Spokesperson of the Public Security Department said that a tip-off came in about a fight that broke out in an area west of Balqa over “previous disputes,” leading an unnamed individual to open fire against two others. The injured’s condition is of medium severity, the spokesman announced.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Maj. Gen. Yousef Hunaiti, joined by Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff Gen. Konstantinos Floros, Tuesday attended a naval defence drill carried out by the Royal Jordanian Navy and Royal Yachts Command.

The exercise is part of the Jordanian Armed Forces- Arab Army training plans with armies of Arab and friendly countries to raise the level of readiness and efficiency of the various units of the armed forces.

Hunaiti and the Greek Chief of Staff were briefed by naval force commander Col. Hisham Al-Jarrah on the progress of the operational and logistical exercise, which simulates field scenarios with the aim of training participants in similar conditions and how to plan and coordinate to achieve its objectives.

The participants carried out operations to defend territorial waters by intercepting and neutralizing speedboats, dealing with explosives and sea mines with frogmen countering an underwater attack, as well as coastal incursions by ship boarding and searching teams (VBSS) within the area of operations.

The naval personnel displayed an outstanding level of efficiency in performing their tasks.

The Naval Force Command regularly carries out such joint exercises, both internally and externally, to raise its combat readiness.

Source: Jordan News Agency

An initiative encouraging citizens to donate winter clothes to impoverished families kicked off Tuesday by the ride-hailing company Careem and al-Etihad Bank in partnership with Naua, a Crown Prince Foundation initiative to promote philanthropy.

In a press statement, Careem said that the initiative, which will go on until the middle of this month, allows citizens to donate winter clothes to impoverished families by pinpointing a pickup location and a drop-off location to have the donation dry cleaned and sterilized. The clothes then will be sent to the Promise Welfare Society, which will hand them out to the families. The company said the process is free using the promo code “CLOTHESDRIVE.”

The initiative, the company added, aims at boosting the spirit of giving among members of the local community and motivating their humanitarian sense towards others. It is also a model for effective partnerships between community based organization, as part of Careem’s commitment to making people’s lives easier through community programs and initiatives.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Head Nephrologist at the Health Ministry, Khaled Zayed, said that Nephros dialysis ultra-filters used in the ministry’s hospitals are safe.

“The Ministry formed a committee from health and control sectors to investigate causes of allergies, following complaints from some dialysis patients who visited the Zarqa Public Hospital,” Zayed said Tuesday in a statement.

Zayed added that the number of chronic renal failure patients who receive treatment in dialysis units in the ministry’s hospitals and rented units from private hospitals is nearly 2000 patients.

He pointed out that these patients receive treatment through dialysis sessions on hemodialysis devices, with 13 sessions per patient per month.

Zayed explained that in each session, a filter is used for each patient, with measurements that differ from one patient to another according to his/her health condition.

He stressed that all these filters are safe and are being purchased by the ministry according to tenders that are being offered in accordance with the provisions of the general supplies system in terms of set specifications and preferences between prices, adding that these filters have been approved by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration.

He indicated that many hospitals and medical institutions use the same types of filters that are used by the ministry’s hospitals, noting that the ministry rarely receives comments on some patients allergies to any type of filters used in the ministry’s hospitals or other hospitals.

Despite of this, he said, allergies are treated according to the case, with the possibility of replacing the filter with another type for the patient for whom the used filter caused a certain allergy, explaining that different filters were used for only two patients in Zarqa Public Hospital, and it was found that they had an allergy to the used filters.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan Tuesday opened a photo expo of religious and tourist attraction sites at the St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral to encourage Egyptians, especially Christians, to come to visit the Kingdom.

In a meeting with Bishop Daniel, Bishop of Maadi Churches, Nayef Fayez, Jordan’s tourism minister, highlighted that the expo would give an overview of the historical sites in Jordan.

“We have been accustomed to having our Egyptian brothers here in Jordan,” Fayez said.

Source: Jordan News Agency