MANAMA –  Bahrain has signed six financing agreements totalling $448 million with the Saudi Development Fund to support a number of infrastructure projects as part of the GCC Development Program. These include the construction of 1,560 housing units at Al Dur, six new schools and a number of infrastructure projects, said a report in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News. The grant will be used for the Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Interchange Read more [...]

    Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), with Bahrain’s Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa in Manama on Sunday. They discussed the relocation of the Rotana Group and Alarab News Channel, which Prince Alwaleed controls, to Bahrain. — Courtesy photo Read more [...]

  Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi   ON the eve of the GCC summit in Bahrain last week, a journalist for Elaph asked me for my opinion about the challenges facing the Gulf countries.  I told him nothing was new. The same challenges we have faced for ages are recreating themselves in a similar or a different fashion. Since we keep using the same methods to deal with them, we keep getting the same results.  Let’s Read more [...]

Manama, December 31st (BNA) –Minister of Works, Engineer Essam Bin Abdullah Khalaf received at the ministry’s court, the newly appointed Egypt’s Ambassador to Bahrain, Essam Saleh Awwad. During the meeting, the minister reviewed the distinctive brotherly relations which bond together Bahrain and Egypt, highlighting the advanced level of the relations between Cairo and Manama, as well as wishing him all success in performing his Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 31 (BNA)— The Health Ministry held a festival at Amwaj Islands marking the Bahraini Women's Day, in the presence of Undersecretary Dr. Aisha Mubarak Bu Onq, officials and guests. Dr. Aisha toured the health exhibition and met doctors and nurses in charge. She underlined the significance of celebrating the Bahraini Women's Day which is, she said, an opportunity to honour the Health Ministry's female staff for their outstanding Read more [...]

Dec. 31--QTEL EXPANDS PASSPORT ROAMING SERVICE TO 35 COUNTRIES: Qtel has announced its roaming service, Qtel Passport, now connects travellers on 60 mobile networks in 35 countries, Gulf Times has reported. Qtel Passport is available to Qtel customers on mobile networks including the GCC, Middle East, Asia, Europe and the US. BAHRAIN ANNOUNCES POST 3G LICENSING TIMELINE: Bahrain's telecoms affairs ministry and the Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA) have announced the timeline for licensing Read more [...]

Bahrain has signed six financing agreements totalling $448 million with the Saudi Development Fund to support a number of infrastructure projects as part of the GCC Development Programme.These include the construction of 1,560 housing units at Al Dur, six new schools and a number of infrastructure projects, said a report in our sister publication, the Gulf Daily News.The grant will be used for the Shaikh Khalifa bin Read more [...]