Tag Archives: government

Libel case going ahead

Unfortunately the mediation between the minister of municipalities and agriculture and myself to resolve the dispute and perceived libel has not been successful. I have demonstrated my good will over the last few days by amending the original article, but that it seems is not enough for the right honourable gentleman. The minister wants to …

Subsidies Subsidies

I’m still a bit confused from reading various reports yesterday of the government subsidising basic necessities to the tune of BD500 million (US$1.326 billion) a year. Of that staggering figure, we know that BD12 million are spent on subsidising meat, poultry and flour. Okay, that is good in that it keeps prices of necessities low, …

Skewed Tenders

Tell me something, if you had a project worth over BD250,000 that you are bidding for, would you advertise it only 2 weeks before the closing date? Would the lead person for that project refuse to meet potential suppliers for more than 5 minutes? Would the organisation refuse to let potential suppliers at least have …