Housing shortage is a key issue for October elections and there are only two bidders for the pilot scheme Bahrain’s plan to address its housing shortage using the private sector offers a neat solution to two of the country’s most pressing issues: the potential of civil unrest from the majority Shia population and a constrained [...]
Bahrain will extinguish the fire of terrorism from its soil, Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa pledged last night. He said acts of sabotage and arson by lawbreakers in various parts of the country will be stamped out. The tough clamp was pledged as the minister visited the General Directorate of Civil Defence, [...]
His Majesty King Hamad last night issued a decree amending law 5 for 1983. Under the amended legislation, a Supreme Council for Youth and Sport will be established and affiliated to the Cabinet. The General Organisation for Youth and Sport (Goys) will be under the authority of the Supreme Council and will be in charge [...]
AN MP yesterday blamed Health Minister Dr Faisal Al Hamer for the growing death rate of premature newborn babies due to bad planning. Sayed Jameel Khadim said that current specialised ICU facilities at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) were below international standards, where there were shortages of beds as well as insufficient numbers of nurses [...]
Bahrain announced a plan to establish an authority to combat corruption cases in the public and private sectors. The Minister of Interior, Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said in a speech on Tuesday to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day that the authority will be under the supervision of the Criminal Investigation Department and [...]
Judges and public prosecutors are to be given pay rises to make them bribe-proof, Justice and Islamic Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa said yesterday. The announcement came as he revealed disciplinary action had been taken against several officials since new rules aimed at reforming Bahrain’s judiciary were introduced in 2007. However, no [...]
Every construction project in Bahrain will have to conform to a new set of guidelines from today. They were launched yesterday by the Works Ministry, which plans to supervise projects undertaken by ministry-assigned contractors to ensure that they abide by the new requirements. A 21-chapter booklet stating the new technical requirements has been distributed to [...]
Precise Biometrics has received an additional order for hardware worth USD 268,000 in a Match-on-Card project for government employees. The order is a new follow-up order from an existing customer in the Middle East and comprises both hardware and Precise Match-on-Card(TM) licenses. The delivery consists of Precise 200 MC readers, combined fingerprint and smart card [...]
Bahrain’s $14 billion sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat said on Tuesday it posted a net profit of 245.8 million dinars ($652 million) in its first 18 months of operation and was planning to expand internationally.
Bahrain is working to provide housing for its citizens, and is looking at a number of proposals to shorten the long waiting lists for those seeking state assistance in obtaining a home. In its submission to the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in April this year, the Bahrain Centre for [...]
