The Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) on Saturday welcomed a Central Bank of Jordan’s (CBJ) move to increase the cap of a credit program earmarked to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to withstand the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Day: March 13, 2021
PM orders urgent investigation into Salt Hospital oxygen outage
Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh on Saturday ordered an urgent investigation into an oxygen supply disruption at the Salt Public Hospital, which left an unidentified number of patients dead.
The prime minister pledged that the probe will be clear, transparent …
Jordan condoles Egypt over factory fire victims
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Saturday extended Jordan’s heartfelt condolences to the Egyptian government and people over the victims who were killed in a deadly textile factory fire.
The incident in Al-Obour City in Qalyubia Governorate …
Public transport operators may receive fee relief after seating reduction
The Ministry of Transport is mulling plans to extend fee reliefs to public transport operators after they were ordered to slash seating by 50 percent as part of measures taken by the government to contain the spread of the …
Six patients dead after hospital oxygen outage, minister resigns
Six patients died Saturday due to an hour-long interruption of oxygen supply to the intensive care ward in the Salt Public Hospital, Minister of Health Natheir Obeidat told reporters at the hospital, where he also announced his resignation and said …
Orange Jordan, Intaj map Jordanian startups
Orange Jordan and the Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (Int@j) on Saturday published the findings of a study mapping Jordanian startups.
During the three-month study, 275 startups were classified into 21 major sectors, including as e-commerce, financial …
House to discuss Slat hospital oxygen outage incident tomorrow
Lower House Speaker, Abdel Moneim Awdat, decided to invite the lawmakers to an emergency session Sunday morning, to discuss the causes and repercussions of the oxygen outage incident in the new Salt government hospital west of the capital Amman.
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