Crowne Plaza Bahrain, a leading hotel on the island, has appointed Said El Farsi as its new director of sales. A Moroccan national, Said has over 10 years’ experience in the hospitality sector, having previously worked with international brands in Saudi Arabia. El Farsi started his career with Nayyara Conference, Banqueting Exhibition Center, Riyadh in 2005. He Later moved to the Al Hokair Group of Hotels in 2010, where he working in the Holiday Inn Riyadh Alqasr, Suite Novotel, Read more [...]

Alambadu Balakrishnan, 54 years old, has not been home to India from Bahrain for 38 years. He made his first trip last week.   The Indian expatriate who spent 38 years in Bahrain as an undocumented migrant worker returned home last Saturday under a six-month public amnesty for undocumented workers in Bahrain that ended on December 31, 2015.   Balakrishnan, who has been doing mundane jobs, did not go home even once as he was stuck without a passport and suffered from depression following Read more [...]

Bahrain: Health services in Bahrain are set to receive a boost with a pharmaceutical factory already being given the green light to start operations and requests for three more plants under evaluation, it has been revealed. The drugs manufacturing company, Bahrain Pharma, is in its phase of production while investors from the GCC, India and Kazakhstan are behind the three new joint ventures with Bahraini investors, National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) chief executive Dr Read more [...]

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I am deeply saddened by the news of Sheikh Nimr's execution in Saudi Arabia. Nimr was loved and supported by everyone around the world. I send my condolences to the family of Sheikh Nimr and pray for the safety of his family. Executing the Shia leader just because the government did not like what he has said is not acceptable for Shia Muslims. The execution of Sheikh Nimr is a dreadful event for the Muslim community. I am 14 years old and look at the news, and I am saddened Read more [...]

Cairo, Jan.9 (BNA) An Egyptian political movement voiced support to Bahrain in confronting attempts to subvert its security and stability. "The terrorist plots backed by Tehran and "Hezbollah" in Bahrain prove that Iran is adamant on fomenting terrorist acts in the GCC countries", said the Egyptian Independence Movement. In an urgent meeting held yesterday, it warned Iran against any attempt to subvert Read more [...]

Manama, Jan.9 (BNA) The competitions of the first week of the five-week long Bahrain Tournament for Falcon and Hunting was concluded on Saturday at Al Sabkha area near Bahrain International Endurance Village, in the presence of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and President of Bahrain Athletic Federation, who awarded the winners of the Read more [...]

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has warned about the fallout of taxes on remittances and other 'foreign transactions', said a report. Such a move will damage national economy and may have serious implications for Bahrain’s hard-won image as a prized regional financial centre and an offshore banking hub, reported The Gulf Daily News, our sister publication, citing the regulatory authority. Parliament’s financial and economic affairs committee has endorsed a proposal by five MPs Read more [...]

Source: Press TV Iran said on Saturday that Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has announced that it will no longer make flights to Iran as of 14 January 2016. Mohammad Khodakarami, the deputy for aviation and international affairs of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO), has been quoted by the media as saying that Gulf Air made the announcement through a letter to CAO. Khodakarami said that the airline's flights will remain suspended until a further notice. Gulf Air's move follows an earlier Read more [...]

India's home-grown Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) might never fire a shot in anger at its Pakistani counterpart, the JF-17 Thunder. Yet, the Tejas is already squaring off against the JF-17. When the Indian fighter performs aerobatics at the forthcoming Bahrain International Air Show international aviation experts will directly compare it with the JF-17, which flew at the Paris Air Show in July. The Tejas team is geared up to impress the experts in its international Read more [...]