Jean and Doug Chester received this week the best Christmas present they could have wished for - their son, Caleb, came home from overseas deployment in Bahrain. Caleb Chester, who is a 2011 graduate of Mohawk High School, said he left for Bahrain in December 2012. He arrived home Dec. 16. Article Photos PHOTO BY KAREN KINCaleb Chester (right) and his father, Doug, pose upon his return from Bahrain. Even before his senior year of high school, Caleb said he knew Read more [...]

Fitch ratings boost for ABC Manama, 1 hours, 0 minutes ago Bahrain-based Arab Banking Corporation's (ABC) long-term issuer default rating (LT IDR) has been upgraded from "BB+" to "BBB-" and its viability rating (VR) from "bb+" to "bbb-" by Fitch Ratings. "The upgrade of ABC's LT IDR and VR reflects the bank's improved funding profile, continued resilient operating performance, strong capitalisation and healthy asset quality," the agency said. Fitch added Read more [...]

The Malabar Hill police has booked consul-general of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Mumbai under charges of molesting and hurling abuses at a woman. The police is still in a tizzy as the accused enjoys diplomatic immunity that protects him from being arrested. The accused has been identified as Mohammed Abdul Aziz Al Khaja, who lives in the Silver Arch Cooperative Housing Society in Malabar Hill. According to the police, the complainant in the case is a 49-year-old manager of the society. In her Read more [...]

Mumbai: Amid the row over Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's arrest in the US, a Bahrainian envoy has been booked here for allegedly molesting the woman manager of his housing society but not arrested due to the diplomatic immunity he enjoys, police said on Wednesday. A case has been registered against Consul General of Bahrain, Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Khaja, for molesting and verbally abusing on December 9 the manager of the south Mumbai society, police said. In her complaint, the 49-year-old Read more [...]