Recently added articles from Jordan Times (Amman, Jordan):
CPS dairy products boycott campaign weaker in Amman.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Hani Hazaimeh Oct. 2--AMMAN/ZARQA -- The Consumer Protection Society (CPS) on Monday intensified its dairy products boycott campaign by distributing more than 100,000 brochures to the residents of Zarqa, Madaba and Amman. Mohammad Obeidat, president of the ...
Al Zahraa Centre residents share concerns with King, Queen.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--MARJ AL HAMAM -- Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania on Monday visited residents at Al Zahraa Centre for the Elderly. During the visit, the King and the Queen talked to senior citizens at the centre and were briefed on their needs. An elderly woman, ...
'Oo3a' -- the Abu Mahjoob umbrella for parliamentary elections.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Oct. 2--AMMAN -- Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions (AMCP) have announced "Oo3a: Abu Mahjoob Observatory for Parliamentary Elections", a new programme to help with this year's get out the vote campaign. Along with the Oo3a website, the campaign intends to train journalists from ...
Jordan ranked 64 among 133 countries in the Environment Performance Index.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Hana Namrouqa Oct. 2--AMMAN -- Jordan ranked 64 among 133 countries in the Environment Performance Index, a survey ranking nations in pollution control and natural resource management. The Kingdom was given an overall score of 66 per cent in the Yale and ...
Extra levy on cigarettes expected to beef up Treasury by JD35m.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Khalid Neimat Oct. 2--AMMAN -- The higher levy on cigarettes is expected to raise JD35 million in extra revenue for the Treasury, according to an official source who declined to estimate the amount of the higher tax on alcoholic drinks. The government raised ...