EXPERTS have registered a "terrifying" spike in cyber bullying in Bahrain that is manifesting in schools across the country. They say 43 per cent of teenagers, aged between 14 and 18, are putting their lives at risk by going out with strangers they meet online. The shocking figures were revealed by the Telecommu-nications Regulatory Authority (TRA), which released details of its survey at a Press conference held at its headquarters in Seef yesterday. It has also launched a nationwide campaign Read more [...]

MANAMA: The National Dialogue is the best way forward for Bahrain, the Premier said yesterday. It suits Bahrain's culture of peaceful co-existence and religious tolerance, which were praised by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa at the weekly Cabinet meeting. The Premier praised Bahrain's social fabric and reconfirmed the importance of the National Dialogue to the government. He hailed the role of each party taking part in the dialogue. The Cabinet said that Read more [...]

Bahrain-based Arcapita is aiming to build a new asset management firm with a debut local deal in the logistics, education or healthcare sector as the company recovers from the first Chapter 11 bankruptcy process undertaken by a Gulf Arab entity. The Islamic investment firm emerged from Chapter 11 on September 17 after seeking court protection in March 2012 under hedge fund pressure ahead of the repayment of a $1.1 billion Islamic loan. Under the court-approved restructuring plan, Arcapita is to Read more [...]

DUBAI: A Bahraini court handed jail terms of up to 15 years on Sunday to 50 Shiites, including a prominent Iraqi cleric, convicted of forming a clandestine opposition group, a judicial source said.Sixteen defendants were handed 15-year terms, while four were jailed for 10 years and the other 30 for five, the source said.The defendants, including Iraqi cleric Hadi al-Mudaressi who was tried in absentia, were charged with forming the "February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition", which Bahraini authorities Read more [...]

Manama, Sept. 29. (BNA) – Speaker of the Representatives Council Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dhahrani has valued highly Morocco's supportive stances towards the Kingdom of Bahrain, and praised the advanced level of bilateral relations. This came as he received here the Moroccan Ambassador to Bahrain Ahmed Rachid Khattabi. He expressed Bahrain's appreciation of Morocco's supportive stances towards Read more [...]