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After a long procrastination, Abduljabar al-kharasani, a judge used to work in Taiz Eastern Court, has bowed to orders of the Justice Minister and handed 856 files of cases used to be kept at his home. His Majesty court chairman, Yahya al-Eryani appointed Judge Amin Abdulhaq, a well-reputed judge, to settle all these cases. Judge Amin told YT “I first received about 856 cases and now there are more 900 cases. That is a heavy and tiring job that needs time. We are doing our best to settle these cases and we have released some of the prisoners. Some cases are not decided yet though they have been brought before court since 1997 and they do not need more than two weeks to decide them. However, no verdict was passed. Some people still come to court asking about their cases which means that there are still some cases in possession of judge Abduljabar al-Kharasani. On my part, I’ll do my best to serve justice to the people despite the difficulties I face.” Regarding the case of Aziz al-Jabali, who a month ago sent a memo to Human rights organizations, YT and many other Newspapers protesting the violations of the previous “judge” and his detaining for more than two years without proceeding any session on his trial and disclosing the wrong deeds of “judge” Abduljabar al-kharasani, Judge Amin said that he was looking into the case and it would be ended soon. He also said that the prosecution was ordered to bring by force another party involved in the case for he refused to appear before court. Two persons were killed and 5 injured, one of whom seriously injured, in a grenade explosion Thursday afternoon in Sanaa downtown . Eye-witnesses said the incident took place in al-Melh Market, most famous old market in Old Sana’a was during a dispute between an employee and his employer over wages. The employee hurled the grenade at his employer who managed to escape. The employee tried to catch it again. However, it went off on him and on another person working in the municipality killing them at once. Five persons were also injured in the explosion. A similar incident took place in August last year resulting in 5 deaths and injuring other ten. Security said at the time that it was the result of a dispute between some people. However, the perpetrator is still in prison and no verdict has been passed on him yet. SANAA_ Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahaf left here on Saturday for Cairo after a two-day visit. During his stay, the Iraqi minister met with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and delivered a message to him from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on bilateral relations and Arab and international issues of mutual concern, the official Yemen News Agency said. The message came in the framework of consultations and exchange of views between Yemen and Iraq regarding the upcoming summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Doha, Qatar, Sahaf told reporters before departure. He said the message was aimed at rallying support from Yemen for Iraq’s appeal that the OIC summit slated for November 12-14 should be devoted to the Palestinian cause and extending support for the Palestinians. Iraq said last month that it would try to persuade the OIC members to devote the coming Islamic summit to the Palestinian cause only. Sahaf arrived in the Yemeni capital Friday evening on a multi-leg Arab tour, which started from Jordan on Tuesday. He is also expected to visit Libya and Qatar. (Xinhua) PGC won elections of the third general conference of the Syndicate Administration Authority at Sana’a University with five seats, Islah got three and al-Ba’ath “opposition” one. Strong competition between the PGC and Islah was witnessed in these elections, specially when the former coordinated with the opposition parties while Islah stayed alone. In these elections, 19 candidates belonging to different political movements competed for nine seats. Islah party refused to coordinate with the PGC as some disapproved names were suggested in the list of the PGC, according to a source in Islah. Dr. Khalid Tumaim, Abdulrahman Ghailan “PGC” and Abdulghani Kassem “Islah” were the first three winners as each one got 97 votes out of 197. The administrative authority held its first meeting last Tuesday to choose chairman to the syndicate who turned out to be Dr. Khalid Tumaim. Health Minister announced Tuesday that 109 people were reported to have died of the Rift Valley Fever. He said that the epidemic was subsiding in Wadi Moor and Al-Zahra - Hodiedah and in Aslam Al-Malaheedh in Sa’da and Al-Mahweet. The YT source said that 2742 animals died because of the epidemic and miscarriage cases among animals were 11,000. On Wednesday, The Joint Operation Room for fighting the Rift Valley Fever virus started carrying out two field surveys in Tehama, Mareb and Taiz to estimate the spread range of the disease. An informed source at the Ministry of Agriculture said that a team of veterinarians had started moving to Wadi Moor in Tehama to assess outcomes that resulted from both ministries’ efforts in fighting the epidemic. The source has said that information indicates that the disease is diminishing noticeably in the valley. The source has also mentioned that the second field survey regarding the animal sector would include areas in Tehama, Taiz and Ibb as a preventive measure as there is no infected case reported until now. The Yemeni government called for the necessity for coordination and cooperation between both Ministries of Health and Agriculture in Yemen and Saudi Arabia to fight the epidemic, Malaria and other diseases that spread largely during this year in areas nearby Yemeni-Saudi borders. Government of the Netherlands has granted $100 million for supporting Water and Environment Center in Sana’a University and to qualify the national cadre. The objective is to raise and develop an active mechanism to organize making use of water resources and to face water pollution in water basins in different parts of Yemen. This comes after a workshop on water and environment was held Saturday in Sana’a University in cooperation with the International Water Center in Holland and supported by the Embassy of Netherlands in Yemen. Planning and Developing Minister Sufan, indicated the dangers posed to coming generations due to the severe shortage in water in Yemen. He pointed out that the individual’s share of water does not exceed 80m3 against 7000m3 the individual’s share in other countries. Japan is another donor country supporting water. Cooperation started in 1977 in terms of providing Yemen with easy loans mounting to ¥ 3,800 million to carry out some big water projects. Since 1981, Japan has started providing Yemen with grants reaching to 12 and costing ¥ 6,489 million to implement different water projects on 69 sites in Sana’a, Mareb, Hodeidah, Dhamar, Ibb, Taiz, Hajah, Mahweet, Abyan and Hadramout. The last two projects in al-Sadarah and Northern al-Raydah in Hadramout are expected to be opened this year costing approximately ¥1 billion for the benefit of 35,000 citizens residing in 31 villages. Interior Minister Mohammed Hussain Arab Thursday told 26 September newspaper, mouthpiece of Yemeni Defence Ministry that borders technical committee on carrying out Jeddah border treaty would this month meet representatives from the German Lufthansa company which would carry out fixing border marks between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. He declared that the agreement of the project will be signed in a meeting to be held in the mid of next January, indicating that the implementation would take 3 to 4 years time. He said that the committee in charge of defining border crossings would be headed by the two countries’ deputy Interior Ministers on 10 November. It would also pay a visit to the four official crossings so as to fix the sites where the public institutions were to be built, he said. Sheraton hotel in Sana’a gave a lunch party to celebrate the elapse of 20 years since it started working in Yemen and signing a new contract for another 20 years. The hotel is distinguished for its valuable services. The hotel brand essence is “Who’s Taking Care of You”. The party was attended by ambassadors, businessmen and some social dignitaries and media people. The party was inaugurated by some snapshots of Sheraton group of hotels in all over the world. After that a speech was delivered by the GM of the hotel stressing the commitment of the hotel to provide the best services to its valuable guests. Then, the attendants were asked to have lunch. Local economic sources estimated the Parliament budget for 2001 at YR 1,525 million. The financial committee in the parliament prepared a report of an increase by YR 119,050 thousand than 2000. That is by 9% increase including salaries, MPs’ bonuses, attending international and regional conferences, fuel and treatment expenses, etc. The budget draft prepared by the financial committee Monday allocated YR 200 million to prepare designs for the new parliament building project. Fuel expenses are defined at YR 231 thousand on a daily basis. That is, YR 84,300,000 with YR 7,220,000 increase than year 2000. Every MP is granted $4000 for treatment. Sums allocated to attend international and regional conferences have also been doubled from YR 60 million in year 2000 to YR 120 million in year 2001. Increase in salaries and fares is estimated at 14% mounting to YR 586,800,000 of which YR 54,980,000 is the primary salaries with 25% increase, “10,898,000”, than year 2000. YR 50,070,000 is defined as bonuses. However, there has not been any increase in MPs bodyguards’ allowances. Their salaries remained as they were in 2000, YR 70,800,000. Travel allowances have been increased from YR 75,280,000 to YR 93,340,000 and residence allowances from YR 73,280,000 to YR 109,400,000. Despite the government announced attitude to cut spending and apply the comprehensive economic reforms policy, these enormous increases saw light. About 25 thousands tourists available now in Djibouti will arrive in Aden by the new year to spend Christmas, said Mr. Abdulrahman Mahyoub, chairman of the General Authority of Tourism. Discounting any consequences on tourists’ flow to Yemen following the explosion of USS Cole, Mr. Abdulrahman told the Yemen Times that about 100 thousand tourists would arrive in Yemen by the turn of 2000 adding that the number of American tourists will reach 7 thousand at the same time. Reliable sources told YT that the Dutch Embassy in Sana’a had informed Sana’a University that it was no longer supporting Women Studies Center. The center has already faced problems as it aroused the issue of gender in an international conference that it organized. The center used to be called “The Empirical Research and Women Studies” was closed and a new center with a new name was opened. Now lots of question marks are arisen about the fate of students studying in the center. 105 students are preparing for their master’s degree, other 5 for Ph.D, let alone diploma students who have not get authorized certificates yet. Hoffmann La-Roche held a ceremony that was attended by a number of Yemeni and Foreign doctors working in the health sector in the capital Sana’a. This ceremony was to celebrate the launch of its new drug used in obesity Management “Xenical”. A lecture by Prof. Dr. Abdulla Gunaid pointed to obesity and its associated health risk factors. Dr. Haythem Hadeib, the country supervisor briefed the audience on the new drug “Xenical” and its efficacy in reducing weight and prevention of weight regain. The second round of the 5th Campaign for Eradication Polio was inaugurated on 5\11\2000. The campaign targeted vaccination of 4,281,711 children and giving them Vitamin ‘A’ that strengthens immunity. The campaign had been inaugurated last month and targeted 4,625 children. |
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