AUTHORITIES are attempting to spread awareness of a scheme that allows expatriates who reach their pensionable age to retire in Bahrain. Under the scheme, they are granted a five-year self-sponsorship residence permit as long as they meet certain conditions. It was launched last year and is open to foreigners who have lived in Bahrain for …

Employees in companies owned by the government and those in which it is a shareholder, will soon receive a percentage of their profits. This follows directives from His Majesty King Hamad, and revealed by Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi in a speech during yesterday’s ceremony marking International Labour Day held at the Crown Plaza …

We continue the fun with this last piece of news from me before I go to bed (yes I’m old!): Bahrain’s General Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Residence is warning people who entered Bahrain on special F1 visas that it is now time to go home – or face legal action. It seems that there …

يباع Ù?ÙŠ المنامة “Ù?انيلات” كتبت عليها تعابير مسيئة للذوق العام. وقد كتب على إحداها ما معناه “أيتها الÙ?تيات السيئات، اذهبن إلى الحÙ?لات” وعلى الأخرى “إنني مثيرة جدا”ØŒ بينما كتب على الثالثة “احضني“. ولم يتسن بعد معرÙ?Ø© المصدر الذي دخلت عبره هذه “الÙ?انيلات” إلا انها تحمل اسم إحدى الشركات Ù?ÙŠ اوروبا translation Lude T-Shirts are being …

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