Wake-up alarm over FTA delays

Bahrain could be throwing away the huge advantages of its Free Trade Agreement with the US, as legal hitches, politics and bureaucracy delay its implementation. SARA HORTON reports THE upcoming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US has been heralded as a breakthrough for Bahrain’s economy. It will tear down the vast majority of trade …

Fortune-telling clamp sought

SORCERERS and fortune tellers in Bahrain could face a two-year jail term or BD500 fine if a new proposal is passed by Parliament. The additional article to the country’s Penal Code establishes specific punishment against people practising the “dark arts”. MP Ali Matter, who is proposing the new article, says the Penal Code does not …

Innovative solutions

Peeping Toms using high-rise blocks to spy on women in their homes have forced a change in Muharraq’s building regulations. Owners of new multi-storey buildings in residential areas of Muharraq will now have to instal one-way windows that prevent people from seeing out. Read more I don’t know if I should laugh, cry, shake my …

Peeping clamp

PEEPING Toms using high-rise blocks to spy on women in their homes have forced a change in Muharraq’s building regulations. Owners of new multi-storey buildings in residential areas of Muharraq will now have to instal one-way windows that prevent people from seeing out. It follows complaints from residents that their wives and daughters are being …