Day: November 18, 2021

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PM receives RHDC report on Jordan’s public institutions archives

Prime Minister, Dr. Bisher Khasawneh, on Thursday, received a report prepared by the Royal Hashemite Documentation Centre (RHDC) on the archiving state in Jordan’s various ministries and institutions.

The premier stressed the importance of the RHDC’s effort in preserving state documents that constitute a “national memory related to Jordan’s history, present and future.”

RHDC’s Director General, Muhannad Mubaideen, who delivered the report, said it represents the “first of its kind” project on the archiving state in Jordan’s ministries and institutions, which coincides with the Jordanian state’s centennial.

Mubaideen said the RHDC, based on its “procedural” role in preserving the national memory by restoring, processing, photographing and preserving documents and manuscripts of all kinds, has launched a “comprehensive” documentation project for historical state documents since its establishment.

Mubaideen also lauded the “high” cooperation and response from the government and the institutions included in the RHDC’s archiving survey.

The project covered about 90 public institutions and a set of reports will be issued later, he pointed out.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Large fire breaks out at western borders, no injuries – CDD

The Civil Defense Department (CDD) cadres on Thursday put out a grass fire that covered about 40 donums at the borders west of the Kingdom.

The CDD said in a press statement that no one was injured.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Jordan makes big leap on int’l security index

Jordan made a big leap on the Gallup Law and Order Index, going from the 34th to 16th place globally and from the 5th to 2nd place, beating out Sweden, Germany and the United States.

According to the Gallup International Association (GIA), the Law and Order 2021 report, which included 115 countries, relied in its scientific research on a number of sub-indicators, top of which are gauging people’s sense of personal security and their personal experiences with crime and law enforcement.

Norway topped the list on the index, scoring 94 points out of 100, followed by the United Arab Emirates, which came in first regionally, at 93 points, and China. Jordan scored 89 points, while Venezuela was at the bottom of the list at 53 points.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Takaful 3 to conclude in December

The cash assistance program “Takaful 3”, designated for families whose incomes have been affected by the COVID-19, will be concluded by the end of this year, according to Acting Director General of the National Aid Fund (NAF) Barq Dmour.

Speaking to Petra on Thursday, Dmour indicated that the total cost of the program, which is part of the national social protection strategy, amounted to JD150 million.

He said that Takaful 3 was launched at the beginning of 2021, and will be concluded as planned by the end of December.

“About 100,000 households received cash assistance for one year in the program’s first phase, while the second phase included 160,000 households with a 9-month cash assistance,” he added.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Prince of Wales concludes state visit

Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, concluded a three-day state visit to the Kingdom on Thursday.

The Prince and the Duchess were seen off at the Queen Alia International Airport by HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, Chief Advisor to King Abdullah II for Religious and Cultural Affairs and Personal Envoy.

Amman Mayor, Jordan’s Ambassador to the UK, UK’s Ambassador to Jordan and other senior officials and diplomats were also present at the airport.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Petra’s Treasury lights up in green on Cervical Cancer Elimination Day

Petra’s ancient Treasury on Wednesday was lit up in green to mark the first anniversary of Cervical Cancer Elimination Day.

On 17th November 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched its global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer as a public health problem, targeting the period 2020-2030.

The lighting of the archeological site of Petra comes as part of Jordan’s interest in spreading awareness and combatting cancer, in addition to scaling up the role of local community in supporting cancer patients.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Spotty showers forecast over weekend

Temperatures on Thursday are expected to hover around annual average, so pleasant autumn weather will prevail in most parts of the Kingdom, except in the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Aqaba where it will be moderate, the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said in its daily brief.

Clouds at various altitudes are also forecast to appear, making a chance for light showers of rain in the northern and central highlands, while winds will be northwesterly moderate to brisk, the JMD added.

Toward Friday, the Kingdom will be affected by unstable weather conditions, pushing mercury levels down and bringing cloudy skies with intermittent rain in the northern, central and southern regions, accompanied by thunder at times, the forecasters predicted.

As we head into Saturday, temperatures will continue to dip. Therefore, it will be relatively cold and partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers over the northern and central areas, that may turn heavy with thunder and hail at times.

Rainfall will extend later to cover limited parts of the southern and eastern cities, the JMD noted.

The highs in Amman and other highlands across the Kingdom today will range between 21 and 18 degrees Celsius, dropping at night to 11C or even 9C in the southern highlands. In the Gulf city of Aqaba, it will be warmer with mercury reaching a high of 29C and a low of 18C.

Source: Jordan News Agency