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Bahrain Naturalizes Brazilian player Tiago Augusto, Adds him to National Team to Play in Gulf Cup
2019-11-22
Dubai Sports Channel said via its website that Bahrain has naturalized Brazilian player Tiago Augusto, and will add him to its team to play in the upcoming Gulf Cup in Doha, Qatar.
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Tanatish Program: King's Wealth Increased Five Times since Assuming Power
2019-11-22
Bahraini media man Hasan Qambar wondered through his program "Tanatish" whether Bahrain will be affected by the popular movements in Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait, and said "Is Bahrain being ruled by prophets or angels? Of course no".
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Mojtaba Al-Abbar: First Political Convict to Receive Alternative Punishment
2019-11-22
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the released detainee Sayed Mojtaba Al-Abbar is the first case among political detainees to receive alternative punishment.
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Committee for Settlement of Stalled Real Estate Projects Sets Nov. 28 as Date to Distribute Money of "Amwaj Gateway" to Creditors
2019-11-22
Bahrain's Judicial Committee for the Settlement of Stalled Real Estate Projects decided to set November 28, 2019 as a date to distribute the gains of "Amwaj Gateway" projects to creditors.
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More than 500 Foreigners Working at Minister of Works with Average salary of 750BD: MP
2019-11-22
MP Ibrahim Al-Nafei said that the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Bahrainization of Jobs met Minister of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning Essam Khalaf and reviewed the statements of the staff working at the ministry.
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King Hamad Chairs Supreme Defence Council Meeting
2019-11-22
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Supreme Commander and President of the Supreme Defence Council (SDC), chaired the meeting of the SDC, which was held at the Al-Sakhir Palace yesterday (November 21, 2019).
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Court Issues 10-Year Jail Term against Defendant Accused of Assembling in Hamad Town
2019-11-22
The Fifth High Criminal Appeals Court sentenced a defendant to 10 years in jail over assembly case in Hamad Town.
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Khalifa bin Salman Leaves Country for Treatment
2019-11-22
Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa left Bahrain for treatment. Meanwhile, no official statement mentioned the country he traveled to.
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Ruling against Former MP Osama Al-Tamimi in Forgery Case to be Issued on Nov. 27
2019-11-21
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that a Bahraini court set 27/11/2019 as a date to issue its ruling in the case against former MP Osama Al-Tamimi.
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Social Media Outlets Speak of People’s Sufferings: Authorities Turn Deaf Ear to People’s Pains
2019-11-21
Social media outlets are flooded with stories about people's sufferings. Bahrainis have nothing left but to publicly speak up about their grievances and sufferings and, perhaps someone would hear them and take action to solve their livelihood crises which the authorities put them in, while drowning in corruption and tyranny.
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10-Year Jail Term Handed down to Two Defendants Accused of Joining Feb. 14 Coalition
2019-11-21
The First High Criminal Court issued 10-year jail term against two youths, fined the first defendant 100,000 BD and the second 500 BD over taking part in February 14 coalition acts and printing banners and photos for the coalition.
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Royal Decree Appointing SCW Members, One Third of them from Al Khalifa Family
2019-11-21
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 59/2019, appointing the members of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW) in its seventh session. It was remarkable that one third of the appointed were females from the ruling Al Khalifa family.
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U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Hopeful Gulf Crisis will End Soon
2019-11-21
U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein said on Saturday he was hopeful a bitter dispute between Gulf Arab states could soon end and urged them to unify military capabilities as tensions with Iran simmer.
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China-Bahrain Venture Fund Targets Middle East Tech Market
2019-11-21
China’s MSA Capital and Al Salam Bank-Bahrain SALAM.BH launched a $50 million venture capital fund on Wednesday, using Bahrain as a hub to invest in sectors such as e-commerce and financial technology in the Middle East.
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Yemen's Houthis Release Captured South Korean, Saudi Vessels
2019-11-21
Yemeni Houthi movement released three vessels and 16 people it had seized, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry and a Houthi military source in Yemen said on Wednesday.
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New Austerity Measures on Jaw Prisoners: Medication Unavailable, Prisoners Forced to Buy Medicines at Own Expenses
2019-11-19
It seems that the Jaw Prison Administration is practicing new austerity measures and is violating the prisoners’ rights and need for treatment and medicine. Prisoners reported that medicines whose prices don’t exceed 7BD will not be available at the prison’s clinic and that convicts have to buy them from outside prison at their own expense.
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Al-Aswad: Bahrainis Sufferings won’t Come to End without Transition to Genuine Constitutional Monarchy
2019-11-18
Former MP Ali Al-Aswad said that any form of future mediations in Bahrain will fail unless they tackle changing the political regime into a real constitutional monarchy.
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Gulf Citizens Want Transition into Constitutional Monarchies (Madarek for Political & Strategic Consultations)
2019-11-18
At the Gulf States and aspired future conference, the paper of the Madarek Center for Political and Strategic Consultations concluded that there is a popular gulf desire to change into constitutional monarchies like the European ones.
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Elected Governments are Future Gulf Citizens are Waiting for: Salam President during London Conference
2019-11-18
President of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights Jawad Fairooz said "security and stability in the region are not achieved through the construction of military bases, but through the stability of internal situation based on the democratic process."
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600 Unemployed Law Graduates: Parliamentary Commission
2019-11-18
Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Bahrainization of Jobs revealed that number of unemployed graduate lawyers is 600.