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PM issues Defence Order 29 targeting tourism sector By JT - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Bisher Al Khasawneh on Wednesday issued Defence Order No. 29 pertaining to supporting hardest hit sectors, particularly the tourism sector (File photo) AMMAN — Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Bisher Al Khasawneh on Wednesday issued Defence Order No. 29 pertaining to supporting hardest hit sectors, particularly the tourism sector. Following are exc...

April 08, 2021 When the pandemic broke out, Jordan’s government took severe steps to curtail contamination: It imposed one of the world’s strictest lockdowns, forced electronic bracelets on all travelers and closed its airport for several months. The response avoided a health disaster, but not without costs to the economy. Bankruptcies and unemployment rose. Overall, GDP contracted 3.4% in 2020. That’s slightly ahead of the -4% growth globally. Yet Jordan entered 2020 after a decade of gr...

Jordan welcomes US decision to resume financial support for UNRWA By JT - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 A view of Jerash refugee camp (Photo courtesy of UNRWA) AMMAN — Jordan on Thursday welcomed the US administration’s decision on resuming support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) that is experiencing a financial deficit. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said that the US financial support would�...

RSCN training programme on environmental, tourism laws concludes By Maria Weldali - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 Participants of the Training Instructors - Skills for the Implementation of Environmental Protection, Biodiversity and Ecotourism Laws programme pose for a group photo (Photo courtesy of the RSCN) AMMAN — The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) conducted a five-day-long training programme titled “Training Instructors - Skills for the Implementation of...

Lower House blocs reaffirm commitment to Hashemite leadership By JT - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 AMMAN — Members of the Lower House Future Bloc on Thursday voiced their keenness and commitment to the Hashemite leadership, noting that Jordan is able to overcome all domestic and external challenges. Members of the House Justice bloc also said that the Jordanian people stand behind the leadership, making a model in solidarity and national cohesion among all components of the Jorda...

In October 2020, the New York Times ran an op-ed glorifying Louis Farrakhan’s Million Man March and failing to provide... The problem, as the report found, was that the “efforts at fighting terrorism and stamping out the sources of extremism” seemed to stop once the terrorists were incarcerated. No real reason was given for that. Counter-terrorism officials and prison administrators have long known that prison walls cannot prevent a terrorist from acting or influencing others. Convicted t...

96 COVID deaths, 4775 virus cases recorded Thursday By JT - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 A total of 39,735 virus tests were conducted on Thursday, bringing the cumulative number of coronavirus tests administered since the outbreak of the pandemic to 6,258,652, according to the government (Petra file photo) AMMAN — Ninety-six COVID-19 deaths and 4,775 virus cases were recorded in the Kingdom on Thursday, increasing the caseload to 655,456, the government announced. The new fatali...

Lower House approves amendments to Fiscal Surplus Law By JT - Apr 08,2021 - Last updated at Apr 08,2021 Lawmakers are seen during a Lower House session on Wednesday (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Lower House on Wednesday approved amendments of the 2019 Fiscal Surplus Law, as referred by the Parliamentary Finance Committee, amendments of the 2020 Civil Aviation Law, amendments of 2021 Companies Law, which was returned by the Senate, as well as the 2021 amendments to the law of the fund for fallen o...

Peace, God’s mercy and blessings be upon you. I speak to you today, my family and my tribe, in whom I place my implicit trust, and from whom I draw determination, to assure you that the sedition has been nipped in the bud, and that our proud Jordan is safe and stable; and it will always remain, with God’s grace, safe and stable, fortified by the determination of Jordanians, and impenetrable with their cohesion and with the dedication of our valiant Arab Army and security agencies working ni...

U.S. prods Israel to provide more water to Jordan Antony Blinken. Photo: Alex Edelman/Pool/AFP via Getty The Biden administration has encouraged Israel to agree to a Jordanian request for additional water, Israeli officials tell me. Why it matters: Israeli-Jordanian relations have recently sunk into a new crisis after a period of slow improvement, and the water supply is another point of tension. The backstory: Israel has committed under past agreements to supply Jordan with water. Every year, ...