Category: Health

Amman, Minister of Youth Muhammad Nabulsi and UNICEF Representative to Jordan Philippe Duhamel Monday held talks in Amman on strengthening cooperation in youth areas.

Nabulsi said the Ministry’s partnership with UNICEF is “strategic,” adding that the partnership’s programmes and projects developed youth skills, enhanced their capabilities and provided incubators for youth creativity and innovation across Jordan.

In turn, Duhamel praised the Jordanian youth experience and the Ministry’s role in empowering youth, enhancing their participation in public life and involving them in the decision-making process, especially its efforts to promote the role of youth in climate action.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Memphis, The Memphis Grizzlies are making lengthy winning streaks an annual occurrence.

Ja Morant scored 29 points, Desmond Bane added 28 and the Grizzlies extended their season-high winning streak to 10 games with a 136-106 win over the injury-depleted Phoenix Suns on Monday night.

Memphis set a franchise record last season by winning 11 in a row, AP reports.

Despite another double-digit win streak, Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins sees room for improvement.

“There’s no finished product whatsoever, we’re just trying to find different ways to win ball games, especially at this juncture of the season,” Jenkins said.

The Suns played without starters Chris Paul and Devin Booker. Paul missed his fifth straight game with a right hip injury. Booker has not played since Christmas Day because of a groin injury.

Mikal Bridges scored 21 points and Deandre Ayton added 18 for the Suns. Phoenix (21-24) lost for the ninth time in 10 games.

Jaren Jackson Jr. contributed 18 points and six blocks for the Grizzlies (30-13), who did not play starters Morant or Dillon Brooks in the fourth quarter when Memphis stretched its lead to as many as 36 points.

Memphis also scored 130 or more points for the third straight game, matching the franchise-record run of last February.

Bane said the win streak has been aided, in large part, by the team’s defense. The Grizzlies had eight steals and six blocks against the Suns.

The win streak followed a stretch in which the Grizzles lost four of five. The last loss was to Phoenix on Dec. 27 in Memphis.

“Every team is going to have ups and downs,” Bane said. “They either make you stronger or you give in to them.”

The Grizzlies started slow, trailing by as many as 11 in the opening quarter before using a dominating third quarter to pull away. Memphis outscored the Suns 39-23 in the third quarter and built a 22-point advantage (103-81) following a three-point play by Morant.

The Suns started strong, hitting 11 of their first 15 shots, including their first six, to lead by as many as 11 in the opening quarter.

The Grizzlies regained the lead late in the second quarter after Morant drained three consecutive 3-pointers for a 60-58 Memphis lead and never trailed again.

Memphis outscored the Suns 68-41 in the second half.

“We’ve just got to regroup and go back home,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “This has been a tough, tough stretch for us on a number of fronts. The wins and losses. The injuries. And we lose (Josh Okogie) tonight and he was playing his tail off. So you just pack it up, go home and get ready for the next one.”

TIP-INS

Suns: Landry Shamet returned and scored nine points after missing the last three games with a hip injury. … Josh Okogie left the game with 4:03 to go in the second quarter after being fouled by Steven Adams and suffering a nose injury. Okogie walked to the locker room under his own power, but did not return.

Grizzlies: The Grizzlies honored NBA greats Gary Payton and Luol Deng, women’s basketball pioneer Nancy Lieberman and former NFL running back Eddie George before the game with the 18th Annual National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award. … Memphis improved its home record to 19-3 at FedExForum, an .863 home winning percentage that leads the NBA. … Morant is averaging 29 points during the team’s 10-game win streak.

A SPECIAL OCCASION

Phoenix coach Monty Williams said it was an honor to be selected to play on Martin Luther King Day. And although he wasn’t able to make it to the National Civil Rights Museum in downtown Memphis on this trip, he said visiting the museum is educational and emotional.

“I think it’s really cool for us and I hope it’s cool for the younger plays who may have only heard about Dr. King or read something about him in school,” Williams said.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

They underlined the importance of supporting employment programs by focusing on implementing productive projects that provide job opportunities, especially for women and housewives, and facilitating their licensing by the the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority’s (ASEZA), in addition to establishing a permanent exhibition for industries and handicrafts.

They also stressed the importance of improving educational services, especially vocational and technical education, through the establishment of an industrial school, in addition to health services through the provision and creation of medical specializations in cooperation between the public and private sectors and the Royal Medical Services, lauding the royal directive to establish a club for the deaf.

They called for developing legislation regulating the ASEZA’s work, devising a strategic plan to develop the region within a timetable and specific criteria, eliminating bureaucracy, and adopting a single window to ease the burden on investors, facilitate procedures and attract tourists.

They also called for establishing a branch of the Royal Hashemite Court’s Public Services Office in Aqaba, as well as establishing a club for military retirees.

They called for establishing a comprehensive medical complex, in addition to improving the infrastructure and the culture landscape, establishing a palace of culture to support and develop the cultural movement in the city.

At the end of the meeting, Issawi said that all demands and needs that were addressed will be submitted to the King, and will be coordinated with competent authorities to be examined and followed-up according to priorities and capabilities and in line with the government’s plans and programs and with follow-up from the Royal Hashemite Court.

For his part, ASEZA Chief Commissioner, Nayef Al Fayez, the development that the city is witnessing is under the follow-up and directives of His Majesty King Abdullah and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II.

“Aqaba has seen qualitative shift and great achievements over the past years that we seek to improve and achieve more,” Al Fayez added.

He stressed that demands raised during this meeting, will be the focus of attention and review to achieve the required justice and development.

Adviser to His Majesty for Tribal Affairs Atef Hajaya, ASEZA Chief Commissioner Nayef Al Fayez, and Aqaba Governor Khaled Hajjaj attended the meeting.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Doha, The French national team defeated its Polish counterpart 3-1 in the match that brought the two together this evening at Al Thumama Stadium.

France qualified for the quarter-finals to compete with Argentina and the Netherlands.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Doha, The Moroccan national football team Thursday beat its Canadian counterpart and managed to qualify for the World Cup Round of 16, making it the only Arab team to qualify for the Round of 16.

The Moroccan national team played against its Canadian counterpart at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha as part of the third and decisive round competitions for Group Six of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Austrian Ambassador to Jordan, Oskar Wustinger, on Monday honored the Jordanian organization “Puppets World” for winning the Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA) in the category Technology.

A statement by the Embassy on Tuesday said that the IAA is a key project of the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs. It honors successful and innovative civil society projects in the field of intercultural and interreligious dialogue, both in Austria and on a global scale.

“The seven winning projects in 2022 were selected from more than 180 submissions worldwide and came from France, India, Jordan, Morocco, Austria and South Africa,” it added, noting that the award-winning Jordanian mobile puppet theater aims to raise children’s awareness of social, behavioral, emotional and cultural issues regardless of their social background or geographical origin.

Puppets World focuses on integration and teaching values such as tolerance and compassion in a playful and entertaining way.

Co-founder Rami Bader – together with one of his puppets – received the award at the ceremony in Vienna on Tuesday, October 18th, on behalf of the Puppets World team. In his speech, he emphasized the important values the organization’s work conveys to children: “This puppet has been my tool to teach children about coexistence and accepting differences, regardless of their gender, social class, color, religion and culture. The IAA award will help us continue our work with passion and love.”

At the reception in Amman, which was attended by Minister of Education Azmi Mahafzah, the Austrian Ambassador congratulated the team and appreciated their work: “Your admirable work and innovative approach is putting smiles on children’s faces.”

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan Exporters Association (JEA), with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Business Growth Activity, is organizing participation of 18 local industrial companies from several industrial sectors in the Gulf Industrial Fair (GIF), which is scheduled to open in Dubai next Tuesday.

The participating Jordanian companies work in the fields of Arabian desserts, dates, chocolate, chips, nuts, Dead Sea products, and raw materials used in manufacturing chocolate, paper, plastic and industrial machinery. The three-day event includes other exhibitions of private brands, foodstuffs and manufacturing raw substances.

In a statement Saturday, JEA head, Ahmed Khudari, said GIF constitutes a “strong” opportunity for Jordanian industrial companies to promote their products and strike commercial partnerships.

The event also helps learn about the expertise of industrially advanced countries, especially in the food industries sector, which has become the focus of global attention, he pointed out.

JEA, he noted, seeks to enable Jordanian companies to learn about the latest manufacturing technologies by organizing Jordan’s participation in the fair, in addition to introducing the participants to the development and the high quality of national products.

He also pointed to the importance of expanding programs to support participation in foreign exhibitions, which are viewed as global trade platforms and the “most effective” way to promote Jordanian industry and its entry into new markets, and maintain the momentum gained by local companies in export markets during the past years.

Stimulating Jordanian industrial exports is a “key enabling” factor for achieving Jordan’s economic growth by increasing production and investment in the industrial sector, which contributes to providing more job opportunities and enhancing the Kingdom’s foreign currency reserves, he noted.

Meanwhile, JEA Director General, Halim Abu Rahma, said area of the Jordanian pavilion in the fair stands at 526 square meters, while the USAID Business Growth Activity provided support to some start-ups, small and medium-sized companies that meet the conditions to obtain its assistance.

JEA, within its objectives, will continue to provide services to exporters from various industrial sectors to find new markets for their products by taking part in specialized international exhibitions, Abu Rahma noted.

SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said that Qatar decided to provide compensations to military retirees who had joined for a short period to work in the field of providing security and protection services related to the arrangements for the FIFA World Cup, according to individual agreements with a private company, and their return to the Kingdom.

The ministry spokesperson Sinan Al Majali said that the decision was reached by a number of retirees who attended a meeting in the embassy building on behalf of the retirees with Jordanian Ambassador Zaid Mufleh Al-Lawzi that lasted for hours, and a number of the Jordanian community in Qatar attended part of it.

The Qatari government decided to pay $1,500 to the retirees and book tickets to them; in addition to the amount they received from the private company according to their contract with it, as a contribution from the Qatari government to solve the issue.

About 6000 Jordanian retirees had individually contracted with a private company to work for a limited period in the field of providing security and protection, ending after the conclusion of the World Cup period.

Al Majali said that the ministry, through the Jordanian Embassy in Qatar, has been coordinating with the relevant authorities to investigate whether contractual obligations were violated by the private security company, to ensure that the appropriate measures are taken in accordance with the law.

“Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup 2022 is an achievement for all Arabs,” the spokesperson said, expressing the Kingdom’s keenness to make the tournament successful.

Voicing pride in the military retirees, Al Majali expressed confidence in the Jordanians’ ability to address the issue in accordance and respectful of Qatari law.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Jordan Golf Federation and Ayla Oasis Development Company have completed all preparations for the 31st edition of the 2022 Jordan Open Golf Championship, which will take place from October 20th to the 22nd at Ayla golf club.

The championship will bring together players from 14 countries: Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Lebanon, Sudan, Morocco, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Tunisia, Bahrain, Slovenia, and Jordan.

This competition is part of the annual calendar of events implemented by the Ayla Oasis Development Company in cooperation with the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority.

Ayla’s Managing Director Sahl Dudin said “organizing such an event with high-level global presence and attention proves that we have overcome COVID-19 repercussions and moved to bigger horizons of tourism and sports, which helps Jordanian athletes, as Ayla continues to support the national sport of golf.”

Dudin saw the tournament’s organization as a global testament to Ayla’s tireless efforts in adopting the best international standards, professionalism, and excellent performance that characterize its work, all of which contribute to promoting tourism and sports development of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, which in turn, benefits this Jordanian sport.

President of the Golf Federation Nidal Al Majali, said “the Jordan Open Golf Championship, in its 31st edition, is the result of joint efforts and cooperation between the Jordan Golf Federation and Ayla Oasis Development Company, and several other cooperations including the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, the Aqaba Development Cooperation and the Jordan Tourism Board, which aims to enhance the diversity of sports participation and provide an opportunity for sports enthusiasts to follow different tournaments, especially in the vibrant Ayla project. This consolidates Aqaba’s position as a global tourist sports destination with the presence of the Ayla golf course, which is considered one of the best internationally and is distinguished by its observance of environmental controls in an open atmosphere.”

Throughout the tournament, the participants will participate in the “Caddies Program” developed by Ayla for the local community as part of its social responsibility strategy, providing the various facilities and services players need during the competition.

Jordan Golf Open Championship 2022 brings together dozens of media professionals in this sport to broadcast the tournament’s competition for three days, strengthening Ayla’s position as one of the world’s most diverse urban communities and promoting the Aqaba region as a unique tourist destination and its ability to host major events.

Jordan will be represented in the event by ten players from the youth and junior categories, as fierce competition is expected due to the presence of international players, which will benefit all participants, especially the Jordanian team.

Ayla offers an integrated system of world-class golf facilities, including an 18-hole (par 72) championship course designed by the renowned international designer Greg Norman, which blends in with the natural terrain of the Aqaba coast and the landscapes formed by the combination of sand and water.

In addition to the golf course, Ayla also provides access to a specialized golf club, which includes a golf academy, providing training and education supplies for this sport with a 9-hole course.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan offered condolences to Nigeria on Monday over dozens of deaths after a boat sank southeast of the country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates issued a statement stressing Jordan’s solidarity with Nigeria, offering consolation to the victims’ families and wishing the injured a speedy recovery.

Source: Jordan News Agency