E-payment Fraud Lands 6 In Jail In Bahrain
Six people are in the dock for carrying out fictitious payments by hacking an ePayment system to clear their dues with a government agency.
They will face trial before the High Criminal Court start...
December 27, 20210460Category: Crime News
560 Employed, 347 Trained Within National Employment
A total of 560 Bahrain job seekers holding various qualifications had been employed in 342 private companies and institutions on December 19-25, the Labor and Social Development Ministry has rev...
December 26, 20210453Category: General
Bahrain First Stage Of Expat Health Insurance Set To Launch
Bahrain is all set to boost ahead to a more advanced phase of its ambitious health care project designed to provide mandatory health insurance for expatriates in the Kingdom. The project, dubbed Manda...
December 26, 20210460Category: General
Tow Restaurants Closed For Violating COVID Health Protocols In Bahrain
Two restaurants in the Capital Governorate have been shut down on December 24 for violating the mandatory precautionary measures for combating the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) after Bahrain moved to t...
December 26, 20210467Category: Coronavirus
Ninth Bahraini Farmers’ Market Opens
The ninth edition of the Bahraini Farmers’ Market has been inaugurated, with the aim to celebrate healthy diets as a source of sustainability, hence the Market’s theme “Our Food&hell...
December 26, 20210485Category: General
Bahrain Detects 241 New COVID Cases And 46 Recoveries On December 25
Out of 18994 COVID-19 tests carried out on 25 December 2021, 241 new cases have been detected among 67 expatriate workers, 138 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 36 travel related. There were...
December 26, 20210466Category: Coronavirus
Legal Actions Taken Against Eateries Violating Rules In Bahrain
The Bahraini Industry, Commerce and Tourism Ministry has closed a restaurant for flouting the Yellow Alert Level precautionary measures.
The intensive inspection campaigns carried out yesterday at ...
December 25, 20210545Category: General
Bahrain Announces 221 New COVID-19 Cases On December 24
Out of 20680 COVID-19 tests carried out on 24 December 2021, 221 new cases have been detected among 52 expatriate workers, 134 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 35 travel related. There were...
December 25, 20210483Category: Coronavirus
596 Promoted
The first batch of promoted teachers for January includes 596 teachers, Education Ministry’s schools affairs director general and head of the steering committee in charge of developing the minis...
December 23, 20210474Category: General
Bahrainis' Loan Instalments Deferred For Six More Months
Bank loan instalments will be deferred for Bahrainis from January 2022 until June 2022, the Central Bank of Bahrain announced today. The current loan deferral option expires on December 31 .
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December 23, 20210456Category: General
Illicit Arms Shipment Seized In North Arabian Sea
SHIPS operating under the Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel with links to Iran. The Fifth Fleet...
December 23, 20210477Category: Crime News
Bahrain Announces 161 New COVID-19 Cases On December 22
Out of 19555 COVID-19 tests carried out on 22 December 2021, 161 new cases have been detected among 52 expatriate workers, 90 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 19 travel related. There were ...
December 23, 20210478Category: Coronavirus
Popular Farmers Market Returns On Saturday
Bahrain’s much-anticipated and loved Farmers' Market will now open on Saturday (Dec 25) while efforts intensify to ensure precautionary measures are implemented. The market, in its ninth edi...
December 22, 20210423Category: General
Information Minister Receives Festival Organisers
Information Minister Ali bin Mohammed Al Romaihi received in his office yesterday the organisers of the Information Ministry’s festival which was held at the Heritage Village in Ras Hayan, marki...
December 22, 20210455Category: General
BDF Praised For Role In Combating Covid
The Deputy King, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday met Bahrain Defence Force’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant-General Theyab bin Saqr Al Nuaimi, and a number of other s...
December 22, 20210478Category: General
10-year Blueprint To Revamp Bahrain’s Education Sector
THE education sector in Bahrain is set for a major facelift under a 10-year plan. This includes changes to subjects taught, new promotion criteria for teachers and 18 new schools and facilities starti...
December 22, 20210468Category: General
Bank Loan Deferral Proposal Approved
AN urgent proposal to defer all bank loan instalments until June next year for Bahrainis has been approved unanimously by MPs. The proposal by five MPs led by Bahrainisation Committee chairman Ebrahim...
December 22, 20210473Category: General
Bahrain’s Satellite Stunner
BAHRAIN launched its first-ever satellite yesterday, making history, and advancing the kingdom’s fledgling space science sector. The nanosatellite Light-1 was launched aboard the SpaceX Falcon-9...
December 22, 20210457Category: General
Bahrain Announces 114 New COVID-19 Cases On December 21
Out of 20595 COVID-19 tests carried out on 21 December 2021, 114 new cases have been detected among 38 expatriate workers, 57 new cases are contacts of active cases, and 19 travel related. There were ...
December 22, 20210433Category: Coronavirus
King Congratulates Shaikh Nasser On Bahrain-UAE Satellite Launch Success
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations and thanks to Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Royal Guard and Secretary-Genera...
December 21, 20210469Category: General
