In brief [Archives:2007/1053/Local News]
SANA'A
– Yemen, Italy discuss mutual cooperation
May 22 ) Yemeni Interior Minister Gen. Rashad Al-Alimi along with the Ambassador of Italy to Yemen Mario Boffo discussed on Monday aspects of cooperation in security areas, as well as the means of enhancing and developing mutual cooperation between both Yemen and Italy, Yemen News Agency, Saba, said. During the meeting, the two officials highlighted the mechanisms of activating security accords between the two friendly countries, and the arrangements for a visit of the Italian Defense Minister and Chief of Coast Guards and Ports to Yemen this June.
– Saleh orders government to monitor prices
May 22 ) President Ali Abdullah Saleh directed the concerned governmental bodies to establish effective mechanisms for monitoring prices and fighting monopoly in order to secure citizens' living stability, Almotamar.net reported on Monday. In a statement addressed to the Yemeni people, Saleh insisted on the government to create investment-attracting environment and activate measures via the single window system in the General investment Authority (GIA). He strongly recommended that the authority makes use of the outcomes reached by the Investment Opportunity Exploration Conference, which took place in Sana'a last April.
TAIZ
– Strategic planning capabilities discussed
May 22 ) Taiz Governor Ahmad Al-Hajri along with UNDP Decentralization and Local Development Support Program's mission, headed by Ala Addin Ashwa, discussed on Monday the means of promoting and building local capabilities in development's strategic planning and the current preparations for the governorate's strategic plan. At the meeting, both dignitaries laid more emphasis on analysing the institutional situation and establishing a strategic planning unit in Taiz. The program operates in the government in association with the Ministry of Local Administration with the aim of promoting the local authority system.
IBB
– Bodyguards assault journalists
May 22 ) Bodyguards of the Director General of Preaching at the Ministry of Endowment and Guidance Hamoud Al-Sa'eedi, who is also an Islah Party leader, assaulted two journalists assigned to cover a training course for guides in Ibb last Saturday. Anis Mansour Hamida, correspondent of Al-Ayyam daily, is one of the two who were attacked. A statement to Almotamar.net said that he was beaten on his back and head by bodyguards and followers of Al-Sa'eedi when he took photos, hung by Islah activists on walls of the course's hall to allegedly show consequences of malnutrition in the country.
AL-DHALE'
– Syndicates denounce teachers' insults
May 22 ) The branches of Yemeni teachers and education career syndicates in Damt district, Al-Dhale' governorate, condemned the irresponsible misconducts by influential officials harming the dignity of teachers and educators in the district. The syndicates released two statements last week at an awarding ceremony organized by the district's education office in the presence of education officials and local council leaders, denouncing such malpractices and insults, which coincide with the 17th Anniversary of the National Unity.
ABYAN
– Traffic accident kills doctor, nurse
May 22 ) A doctor and a nurse died last Saturday when their car turn over in Zunjubar, Abyan. The pair was onboard an armoured vehicle driving a military medical team to the governorate to provide medical services for inhabitants in local areas, local sources told Al-Sahwa.net. The sources confirmed that Dr. Kamal, 36, and the nurse Mona Al-Madhari, 20, were killed while the vehicle driver Ahmad Jaber was injured and then transferred to Basahib Military Hospital in Aden governorate. Traffic officials attributed the accident to poor car maintenance and break-neck speed.
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