In brief [Archives:2007/1075/Local News]
MAHWAIT
– Course on epidemic control and fighting diseases
Aug 7 ) The General Authority for Epidemic Control and fighting Diseases has, yesterday, completed a training course on epidemic monitoring and disease control. The course comes as a part of a program funded by a World Bank loan and included 38 health workers in the both Mahwait and Raiyma governorates. Specialists from the WHO conducted the training which also focused on the national guide for controlling epidemic diseases, reporting mechanisms, and how to contain infected areas.
SANA'A
– Yemeni works in 31 government jobs in the same time
Aug 8 ) It was not until the finger print system was used in monitoring and controlling government jobs that a Yemeni citizen's scam was discovered. Yemeni authorities reported that a Yemeni citizen (without disclosing the name) has been working for many years in 31 different government jobs in the same time. He had been successful in getting the jobs through crooked means and breaking through the fragile monitoring system that was used in the government until recently.
– Yemen 20-20 Cricket Trophy 2007
Aug 7 ) Every Friday at the Al Wahda Football Ground at Hadda Madina Sakinia there will be a cricket match competing for the Yemen 20-20 cricket trophy 2007.
Four teams are participating in this year's tournament including players of British, Indian, Pakistan, Srilanka, and Bangladesh nationalities and few players from Yemen as well. Matches will be played in league formant and will be of 20 over's each side. Teams participating are Arabian Cricket Club (ACC), Dove Cricket Club (DCC), Friends Cricket Club (FCC), and Taj Sheba Cricket Club (TCC).
HADRAMOUT
– Al-Ahqaf scriptures library restored
Aug 7 ) Costing around 27 thousand US dollars the project to restore the scriptures and documents preservations sections at Al-Ahqaf Library has been completed. The library is one of the most famous and rich libraries in the region containing historical texts and now there is a good chance the texts will be preserved for many generations to come. The building is now equipped with a sensitive fire detection system, along with efficient circulating system and airtight chambers for storing the old documents. The library is also equipped with a computerised system to index the documents and a photocopy machine.
HUDAIEDAH
– Children and media training for journalists
Aug 8 ) In cooperation with UNICEF, the media office in Hudeidah will conclude, today, a three-day workshop for journalists on children and media. The workshop aims at educating journalists on the international convention of child rights and how to report children's issues effectively in the media. Forty journalists participated in the workshop in which practical sessions were carried out to train journalists.
LAHJ
– Citizens protest hospital negligence
Aug 7 ) Several families from Al-Hawta in Lahj governorate seized the opportunity of the Minister of Health's visit to Ibn Khaldoon hospital to protest against the terrible conditions and treatment the hospital practices. Apparently, four of the families' relatives had died because of negligence and lack of basic medical equipments such as oxygen masks and defibrillators.
– Association for unemployed youth
Aug 8 ) A number of unemployed youth in Lahj decided to create an association to reflect their needs and issues and convey their concerns to media. The youth started the first preparations for the association and created the main committee of seven unemployed youth. The committee will follow on the creation and invite youth from other governorates to join.
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