CAC Bank issues silver, golden and platinum cards [Archives:2008/1154/Local News]
Cooperative and Agriculture Credit Bank signed an agree,emy woyj Am,ericanm Express company a membership agreement in order to issue silver, golden and plantinum credit cards.
According to the agreement signed by the Bank's director Fakher Miyad and Middle East regional representative of American Express Omar Alawi Al-Baiti, CAC Bank will be able to issue VIP credit cards for its important clients.
Walid AL-Dubai consultative to the director considered this as a step forward in the bank's development being Yemen's second bank to become a member of the American Express international group for credit cards.
A Farewell Party for the tenth batch of Amran Faculty, Department of English
The department of English, Faculty of Education and Languages (Amran University), organized on Tuesday, May 6, a farewell party for the tenth batch graduate students. Basheer Moflih a student celebrating his graduation reported that the party was largely attended and all the guests were impressed by its varieties.
The party was attended by many official men: the brigadier Yahya Ghawbar, the vice governor, Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Komeem, the vice Rector of Amran University, Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Moa'almi, the head of water section, Dr. Abdu Mosed Humran, the dean of the faculty, Dr. Ebrahim Al-Shami, the head of the department, Dr. S. K. Mukul, the head of the department of languages and other general directors.
During the party, the vice governor delivered speech in which he expressed his pleasure to attend the party of this distinguished batch and wished the graduates a bright tomorrow. The vice chancellor, on the other hand, pointed out that the university is really proud of this batch and advised the graduate students to work hard and be optimistic regarding their future. Then followed the words of the dean and the head of the department, both referred to the glory of celebrating such occasion and enjoying the time of success and parting.
The graduate students enjoyed themselves in the party with their doctors, parents, friends and left the party fully satisfied with its programs.
Industry Sees Fewer Fatalities
Regional Work Needed To Further Enhance Safety
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released its 44th annual Safety Report today. The report showed that the 2007 global accident rate of 0.75 hull-losses for every million flights by Western-built jet aircraft was slightly higher than the 0.65 rate recorded in 2006. This was largely the result of tragic accidents in Africa, Indonesia and to some extent Brazil. IATA member airlines performed better than the industry average with an accident rate of 0.68 hull-losses per million flights.
The number of global fatalities declined 19% from 855 to 692, even as passenger numbers increased by 6% to over 2.2 billion passengers in 2007. In absolute numbers, there were 100 accidents in 2007 (57 jet, 43 turboprop) compared with 77 accidents in 2006 (46 jet, 31 turboprop).
“Air travel is the safest mode of transportation. In the ten years from 1998, the accident rate was reduced by almost half)from 1.34 accidents per million flights to 0.75. And the number of fatalities dropped significantly in 2007. That's good news. But our goal is always to do better: zero fatalities and zero accidents,” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA's Director General and CEO.
The IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) is the global standard for airline safety management and a key tool in driving further improvements in global safety. All IATA carriers are required to complete audits and close all findings to join the IOSA Registry by the end of 2008. “Making IOSA a condition of IATA membership is a strong commitment by the industry to raise the bar on safety even higher. Our Partnership for Safety programmes are in place to help our members meet the standards and join the Registry. Safety is our number one priority and starting in 2008, IATA will finance the costs of the IOSA audits for its members. The results are transparent on www.iata.org/registry for all to see. And we will be tough. By the end of the year, carriers are either on the Registry, or they are out of IATA,” said Bisignani.
Regional Results: Regional accident rates varied. Russia and the CIS had zero accidents in 2007, following a disastrous year in 2006. At 0.09 and 0.29 accidents per million flights, North America and Europe had hull-loss rates significantly better than the global average. A spate of accidents in Indonesia pushed the Asia Pacific accident rate to 2.76 hull-losses per million flights. Latin American accident rate was 1.61 hull-losses per million flights. IATA is working with the Brazilian government on a comprehensive programme to improve safety)from IOSA to infrastructure improvements.
Africa had the worst record at 4.09 hull-losses per million flights. “While this is an improvement over last year, it is still six times less safe to fly in Africa than the rest of the world. IATA is working side-by-side with our African members to bring them up to IOSA standards. And we just announced a US$3.7 million programme to give up to 30 African carriers access to IATA's Flight Data Analysis service for a three-year period,” said Bisignani.
Contributing Factors: Almost half (48%) of the year's accidents took place during landing. The majority of these accidents involved a runway excursion. Many of these accidents could have been prevented by the initiation of a timely go-around. IATA, in cooperation with the Flight Safety Foundation, is developing a toolkit that will address the issues linked to runway safety enhancement, including the prevention of runway excursions.
Almost 20% of all accidents in 2007 related to ground damage. Lack of standardisation can contribute to ground handling activities that result in damage to aircraft. IATA developed the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) programme to drastically reduce aircraft damage and personal injuries in the ground environment. “Ground damage is a US$4 billion cost to the industry. The launch of the first global standards for ground safety with ISAGO will improve safety, cut costs and reduce redundant audits,” said Bisignani.
Almost half of the accidents in 2007 were linked to a technical issue; maintenance events contributed to almost 20% of all occurrences last year. IATA is revising its safety strategy to encompass maintenance activities and Safety Management System implementation for maintenance organisations.
Human rights abusers poised to take seats on UN Council
A quarter of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, according to a new report from Freedom House and UN Watch. However, at least two of the five countries in question)Gabon and Zambia)are guaranteed seats because of a lack of competition from more democratic countries.
“Democratic countries are squandering a golden opportunity to promote human rights through this important UN body
