26_September [Archives:2008/1140/Press Review]
Thursday, March 20
Top Stories
– President Saleh launches two new satellite channels, declares March 19th 'Day of Yemen Media'
– Parliament and Shoura Council members condemn terrorist attack on 7 July Girls' School
– Shabwa tribal leaders warn Al-Nuba and BaAum of entering their province as their activities harm unity
– Ninth Conference of Yemen trade unions concluded
– Yemen sends relief aides aboard two planes to affected citizens in Chad and Sudan
– Norwegian trade union leader praises Yemen's democracy and public freedoms
– Cabinet approves YR 3,000 bonus for public sector employees
The Cabinet approved on Tuesday to grant all state employees of both higher and lower levels a bonus of 3000 riyals per month to their salaries while pensioners will get 50 percent of the approved bonus, the army's organ reported in its front page, adding that the Cabinet decided during its Tuesday's meeting to raise subsidies for the social security welfare to 100 percent.
With regard to President Saleh's directives concerning the considerable impacts of rising prices of basic foodstuffs, the Cabinet stressed the necessity of controlling prices and taking strict legal measures against violators, monopolists and tradesmen who play with prices. It also emphasized the necessity of promoting Yemeni Economic Institution to focus its business on the area of wheat, flour, rice and other basic foodstuffs, charged Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, who is also Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi with keeping contact with donors to provide soft loans for the institution in order to foster its wheat and flour-related activities through establishing grain silos.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade to activate its role in controlling and affixing foodstuff prices in all Yemeni governorates and refer violators to the relevant judicial authorities.
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