US blacklists Hamas commander T

x

www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh

200 FilsFriday, April 7, 2017 Issue No. 7344

As the brutality

continues

P P07P 05 24Bahrain’s trade with India rose 31 per cent in

2016: Al Moyyad

BIC to host Formula 1 in-season

testing

Today’s WeatherMax Min

31°C 22°C

@realDonaldTrump

I am deeply commit-ted to preserving our strong relationship & to strengthening America’s long-standing sup-port for Jordan. @KingAbdullahII.

‘Bahrain for All’ festival kicks off today

8P 02

US mulls action against Assad

Protest against ‘dictatorship’

Palm Beach

US President Donald Trump yesterday

denounced Bashar al-Assad as responsible for an “egregious” crime, suggesting the United States could be poised to take action against the Syrian leader over this week’s apparent chemical attack.

Caracas

Violence erupted for a third straight day at

protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, escalating tension over moves to keep the leftist leader in power.

March was warmer-than-usual

Mohammed Zafran/[email protected]

Manama

Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) has

launched a new service called the National Private Cloud (NPC) which is expected to reduce the costs of IT operations of government entities by at least 30 per cent.

NPC migrates government emails to the ‘national cloud’,

which is a cloud service that encompasses every government entity under a unified umbrella and infrastructure.The project was implemented in partnership with Microsoft Bahrain.

Cloud services have been gaining popularity around the world as it reduces costs and promotes efficiency by making on-premises redundant with the implementation of servers that can be set up online.

This was announced during a press conference at Mövenpick Hotel yesterday.

iGA Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al Qaed explained that this project is considered as one of iGA’s most prominent national projects which have been developed in response to the directives of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman

of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology.

He said that the project will serve all government and semi-government entities and that it will increase the mailbox capacity of government users by at least 20 times.

Responding to a query from DT News, Al Qaed said that improving efficiency would be one of the top priorities of iGA during this year.

“We consider promoting efficiency as a top priority. We have made a lot of progress with cutting costs.There were many initiatives launched since last year for this purpose. However, we will also continue looking at reducing the costs and we may still have room for improvement when it comes to promoting efficiency and so we will continue our efforts,” Al Qaed said.

iGA project to cut Govt IT costs by 30 per cent

DT News NetworkManama

The month of March this year was slightly warmer

than normal with temperature remaining above average, according to the monthly weather summary issued by the Meteorological Directorate.

The mean temperature for the month was 21.3 degrees Celsius which is 0.3 degree Celsius above the long-term normal for March which is 21.0 degrees Celsius. The mean maximum temperature of the month was 24.6 degrees Celsius. The highest recorded

temperature was 32.2 degrees Celsius recorded on March 13 at Bahrain International Airport. The mean minimum temperature of the month was 18.4 degrees Celsius with the lowest recorded temperature of 14.1 degrees Celsius which was on March 1 at Bahrain

International Airport and 11.7 degrees Celsius on the same night in Durrat Al-Bahrain.The month was wet with 11 rainy days which accumulated 40.5 mm of precipitation at Bahrain International Airport. This goes on record as the tenth highest monthly total

rainfall for the month of March at Bahrain International Airport since 1902 and three times more than the long-term normal for March which is 14.0 mm. The highest monthly total rainfall recorded in March was 139.2 mm which occurred on March 1995.

Mohammed Ali Al Qaed

US blacklistsHamas commanderWashington

The US State Department yesterday declared a senior

commander of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Abu Anas al-Ghandour, a “specially designated global terrorist,” adding his name to its economic sanctions blacklist.The State Department said Ghandour is a former Hamas Shura council and political bureau member who now leads a Hamas brigade in Gaza.Ghandour “has been involved in many terrorist operations,” it said, including a 2006 attack on an Israeli military outpost at the Kerem Shalom border crossing which left two Israeli soldiers dead and four wounded. That attack had resulted in the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier. -AFP


Forty expatriate communities will take

part in ‘Bahrain for All’ festival, which begins today at Prince Khalifa Park in Hidd. Embassies,

clubs, societies, and organisations taking part

in the annual festival will represent the Bangladeshi, Filipino, Sri Lankan, Sudanese,

Kenyan, Thai, Nepalese, Jordanian, Egyptian, Pakistani,

Palestinian and Baluchi communities, among others. The shows will start at 4pm and go on until 10pm.

“We have a full schedule of programmes which includes music and dance, comedy, theatre, children’s activities and lots more,” commented organiser Nivedita Dhadphale.

“The embassies, clubs and societies have made a massive effort this year, some building their own stands to showcase their countries and cultures.”

“Our participants are undertaking final rehearsals. There will be a special opening ceremony at 3.30pm conducted by children from each organisation, in a parade with the Ministry of Interior protocol horses and the Public S e c u r i t y Band. Our success i s

dependent on the different communities coming together in a concerted effort to showcase their countries and highlight Bahrain’s diversity.”

There will be performances by Hamad ‘Mystro’ Al Fardan and DJ Westlife, all emceed by local comedian Ali ‘Fingerz’ Al Esbai. There will also be over 250 market stalls for visitors to enjoy, as well as raffle draws with prizes offered by Sadad payment gateway.

Many of the communities have participated in this festival since 2013. This year will include an area dedicated to the Hidd Rehabilitation Centre, Think Pink, WWIC, Bahrain Association for Parents and Friends of the Disabled, Saudi Bahraini Institute of the Blind, Bahraini Association for Downs Syndrome and others community organisations which will sell handmade items.

One of the other highlights will be live painting wherein artists from the various communities will paint sections of a sketch drawn by Bahrain-based Indian artist V R Sathyadev that tells a story about Bahrain.

A n artist from each community will paint a section on a

canvas during the day and the pieces will

be put together to reveal

the final w o r k o n s t a g e

later in the day.The festival will have its

own kids’ area emceed by local personality Mai Al Khatib. Children will be treated to a visit by Bahrain’s beloved TV presenter Baba Yaseen and popular patriotic figure, Um Hassan. The kids’ area will also have an all-day raffle where the youngsters will receive toys and gifts donated by SADAD, Dragon City, and MSK Racing Team.

The Ministry of Interior will be promoting several of its directorates’ activities in relation to family and community protection. These include the roles of the Drug Control Directorate, the General Directorate of Traffic, the General Directorate of Civil Defence, Juvenile Rehabilitation, the Health and Social Affairs Directorate and the “Together” Programme.

Entertainment will be provided by the Public Security Band, police horse riders, the Police Media and Public Relation Directorates, and the Coast Guard.

Friday, April 7, 20172

The embas-sies, clubs

and societies have made a massive

effort, some building their own stands, to showcase

their countries and cultures at this year’s

Bahrain for All Festival

festival kicks off

today

Scenes from events held last year


Forty expatriate communities will take

part in ‘Bahrain for All’ festival, which begins today at Prince Khalifa Park in Hidd. Embassies,

clubs, societies, and organisations taking part

in the annual festival will represent the Bangladeshi, Filipino, Sri Lankan, Sudanese,

Kenyan, Thai, Nepalese, Jordanian, Egyptian, Pakistani,

Palestinian and Baluchi communities, among others. The shows will start at 4pm and go on until 10pm.

“We have a full schedule of programmes which includes music and dance, comedy, theatre, children’s activities and lots more,” commented organiser Nivedita Dhadphale.

“The embassies, clubs and societies have made a massive effort this year, some building their own stands to showcase their countries and cultures.”

“Our participants are undertaking final rehearsals. There will be a special opening ceremony at 3.30pm conducted by children from each organisation, in a parade with the Ministry of Interior protocol horses and the Public S e c u r i t y Band. Our success i s

dependent on the different communities coming together in a concerted effort to showcase their countries and highlight Bahrain’s diversity.”

There will be performances by Hamad ‘Mystro’ Al Fardan and DJ Westlife, all emceed by local comedian Ali ‘Fingerz’ Al Esbai. There will also be over 250 market stalls for visitors to enjoy, as well as raffle draws with prizes offered by Sadad payment gateway.

Many of the communities have participated in this festival since 2013. This year will include an area dedicated to the Hidd Rehabilitation Centre, Think Pink, WWIC, Bahrain Association for Parents and Friends of the Disabled, Saudi Bahraini Institute of the Blind, Bahraini Association for Downs Syndrome and others community organisations which will sell handmade items.

One of the other highlights will be live painting wherein artists from the various communities will paint sections of a sketch drawn by Bahrain-based Indian artist V R Sathyadev that tells a story about Bahrain.

A n artist from each community will paint a section on a

canvas during the day and the pieces will

be put together to reveal

the final w o r k o n s t a g e

later in the day.The festival will have its

own kids’ area emceed by local personality Mai Al Khatib. Children will be treated to a visit by Bahrain’s beloved TV presenter Baba Yaseen and popular patriotic figure, Um Hassan. The kids’ area will also have an all-day raffle where the youngsters will receive toys and gifts donated by SADAD, Dragon City, and MSK Racing Team.

The Ministry of Interior will be promoting several of its directorates’ activities in relation to family and community protection. These include the roles of the Drug Control Directorate, the General Directorate of Traffic, the General Directorate of Civil Defence, Juvenile Rehabilitation, the Health and Social Affairs Directorate and the “Together” Programme.

Entertainment will be provided by the Public Security Band, police horse riders, the Police Media and Public Relation Directorates, and the Coast Guard.


The embas-sies, clubs

and societies have made a massive

effort, some building their own stands, to showcase

their countries and cultures at this year’s

Bahrain for All Festival

festival kicks off

today

Scenes from events held last year

3Friday, April 7, 2017

Kingdom to host first big, fat Indian ‘Island wedding’

We offer our customers the quickest, safest and most convenient ways to send money all over the world. Through our partnership with Moneygram and EzRemit you can send money to over 200 countries with BFC! For more information contact us on 1722 8888 or visit www.bfc.com.bh

SEND MONEY TO OVER 200 COUNTRIES WITH BFC, GUARANTEED!

/BFCBahrain/BFCBahrain

Tel: 1722 8888 www.bfc.com.bh

JO3082_BFC_DT_Ads_18cmX26cm_Remit_Generic.indd 1 2/1/17 3:00 PM

Harpreet Kaur/[email protected]

Manama

Bahrain is all set to host its first Indian

wedding as part of a move to position the Kingdom as a ‘Prime wedding destination.’ This was disclosed by Sheikh Khalid bin Humood Al Khalifa, CEO of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA), while addressing the Bahrain-Indian Business Forum yesterday.

Revealing further, he said that almost 1000 people are expected to arrive for the event, which will highlight Bahrain’s new identity ‘Island wedding’.

“With our new project

‘Island Wedding’, we are focusing on two countries - India and Saudi Arabia,” Dr Ali Hassan Follad, Advisor, BTEA told DT News.

Meanwhile, sources close to DT News revealed that Four Seasons Hotel in Bahrain Bay will host the wedding that will happen in April, last week.

The sources also confirmed that the wedding will be of Diya Mehta, daughter of a business tycoon Russell Mehta, the CEO of Rosy Blue and Ayush Jatia, son of another business tycoon Amit Jatia, MD of Hardcastle Restaurants (McDonald’s India Franchise).

The couples got engaged in a low-key affair on December 19 last year. The wedding,

however, is expected to be a big affair. The three-day extravaganza held from 26 to 28 of the April will have over 800 guests from India, Belgium, UK, USA and several other countries.

“The family has booked the entire hotel from 24th to 29th of April, with chefs and musicians to be flown from India,” another source at the Four Season Hotel told DT News.

Our source also confirmed that most of the wedding activities will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel and the majority of the guests will be put up there.

“But we were also told that half of the Ritz Carlton Hotel is booked too, to accommodate the rest of their guests,” the source said. Meanwhile, one of our sources at Ritz Carlton Bahrain confirmed that the family has booked 70 per cent of the Hotel and the first

function of the wedding is to happen at the Ritz Carlton.

The project, according to Dr Ali Hassan Follad, Advisor, BTEA, was launched exactly one year ago.

He also claimed that the

project is a huge success considering the speed with which Bahrain was able to host one of the biggest Indian weddings in the history of the Kingdom.

In this regard, he also pointed out that the wedding industry is of utmost importance to the Kingdom’s economy as it combines a slew of other sectors including gold and jewellery, hospitality, rent-a-cars, aviation, and clothing.

“What is so special about this wedding is that it is no more a client and a customer relationship, rather it is more about building relations and it’s about friendship and loyalty,” he added.

“With our new project ‘Island Wedding’, we

are focusing on two countries - India and Saudi Arabia,” Dr Ali Hassan Follad

Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa



Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Isa

bin Salman Al Khalifa, son of HH the Crown Prince and Chairman of the Isa bin Salman Educational and Charity Fund Board of Trustees, the Kingdom of Bahrain will host the District 20 Toastmasters Annual Conference (DTAC 2017).

The conference will be held under the theme ‘Towards Excellence’, from May 18-20, at the Gulf Convention Centre of the Gulf Hotel.

The Chairman of the conference, Toastmaster Ali Alraies, expressed his thanks to HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, on behalf of all the members of District 20, stating that His Highness’ involvement will add another dimension and no doubt contribute in the enrichment and success of the conference, which is expected to see the participation of more than 800 delegates.

District 20 Director Ali Shahbaz Ali expressed the District’s appreciation for His Highness’ continued patronage, which will undoubtedly add an extra level of competition between contestants. Ali Shahbaz Ali added that the first-place winner will be selected to compete at the Public Speaking World Championship, which is due to take place later this year in Canada.

Toastmasters International is a global leader in the fields of

public speaking and leadership. Its mission is “to empower individuals to become effective communicators and leaders”. Its programmes serve all sections of society, including youngsters, to develop communication and leadership skills.

District 20 of Toastmasters International has around 19,000 active members from 375 clubs, in seven countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Lebanon and Jordan.

The District 20 Toastmasters

Annual Conference “DTAC 2017” is a 3-day annual event organised by each member state on rotation.

This year, the Kingdom of Bahrain has opted to hold this

important event. During the event, several champions from each country display their talents in public speaking and compete in four contests both in Arabic and English across

four categories. The event also includes

several workshops conducted by internationally renowned speakers, a keynote speech and a Gala dinner.

Bahrain to host‘DTAC 2017’


Manama

The General Directorate o f Cr imina l

Investigation and Forensic Science has arrested four Asians who allegedly assaulted Rajnikanth Fichadia, 59, owner of the World Jewellers, and robbed gold ornaments worth BD13,000.

The case is referred to the public prosecutor for further action.

The incident happened on March 28 when Fichadia was waiting at the door of his jewellery opposite Jawad House when the gang-of-four attacked him and snatched the gold.

“I would like to thank Ministry of Interior for working really hard on the case. I did get a call from the officials saying that an arrest have been made but they haven’t found the gold yet,” said Fichadia.

Four menheld for robbery

Arunita Praharaj/DTNNManama

In a bid to promote Taiwanese agricultural

products, an exhibition of fruits, vegetables and flowers of that country were held at Al Jazira Supermarket in Zinj yesterday.

The fruits and greens arrived from Taiwan’s Pingtung County which is the production base for farming, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry in Taiwan.

The event was aimed at promoting the county’s top quality agricultural products and open up a broader export channel to establish the possibility of long-term cooperation between the Taiwanese and Middle Eastern food markets.

“Taiwan’s world-class greens have been exhibited in Bahrain for the past five years in this esteemed supermarket. This year, we have Taiwan’s Pingtung County’s produces for the exhibition as it has often led to inquiries within the Middle East,” said Michael T. Chen, Representative of the Trade Mission of Taiwan in Bahrain.

“The Middle East highly appreciates Pingtung fruits and flowers. In 2016, Pingtung County’s pineapples, guavas, lemons, organic roses and bergamot juice were brought to the GCC and right after the promotional event, some Dubai-based traders travelled

all the way to Pingtung to place purchase orders in bulk,” he added, emphasising on Pingtung’s soil’s great potential.

Bahrain’s 2017 exhibition, which was also attended by Abdulhussain Khalil Dawani, Chairman of Al Jazira Group

and Pan Men-an, Pingtung’s Magistrate, included a tasting session of the county’s fresh guavas, dragon fruits, lemons, golden diamond pineapples and two types of high quality orchids – Oncidium or ‘Dancing Lady Orchids’ and Vanda.

Experts at the event also spoke about the uniqueness and nutritional values of Taiwanese fruits and flowers.

“While most of these fruits are found in different Asian regions, the ones from Taiwan are sweeter, rich in nutrients and health-benefits. As opposed to being white, the pinkish- red dragon fruits from Taiwan are filled with iron and fibres, making them extremely beneficial for anaemic and cholesterol-prone individuals,” said an expert.

Taiwan is home to a multi-billion-dollar fruit and vegetable industry with immense technological prowess in seeding, cultivation and ripening and has held multiple agricultural expos around the globe in the past year.

“Such events are a brilliant way to promote Taiwan’s large varieties of fruits and flowers while also letting the farmers understand their customers’ needs more clearly. Hopefully, soon the produce from Pingtung can be distributed to GCC’s member countries on larger scales,” said Pan Men-an, Pingtung’s Magistrate.

Taiwanese fruits and vegetables in limelight

Abdulhussain Khalil Dawani, Chairman of Al Jazira Group, Pan Men-an, Pingtung Magistrate, Under-secretary of MoHA and Michael T. Chen, Representative of the Trade Mission of Taiwan

Ali Alraies Ali Shahbaz Ali

HH Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa


Manama

Bahrain’s trade volume with India has witnessed

a huge jump recording a 31 per cent increase in volume to $990 million in 2016 as compared to the previous year period, said Undersecretary of Commerce Affairs Nader Khalil Almoayyed.

He was speaking at the Bahrain-India Business Forum organised by Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The event was held under the patronage of Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed bin Rashed Al Zayani.

“The import volume recorded during this period was around $500 million, while exports were recorded at around $487 million,” he said.

According to him, there are 3,181 companies currently registered in Bahrain with Indian partnership and 23 branches of Indian companies registered in sectors including

aviation, services management, engineering, banking and telecommunications.

“We are planning to launch with our partners, an Export Development Center (EDC), to eliminate obstacles and ease the process of setting up a business in Bahrain,” he said.

In this regard, Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Chairman Khalid Almoayed told DT News that the trade relationship between India and Bahrain is developing at a constant rate.

“We look forward to support the trade and investment ties with our Indian counterparts and also urge them to choose Bahrain as a hub and gateway to the MENA region,” he said.

Speaking about the forum,

Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha told DT News that the forum has resulted in strengthening the bilateral trade relationship between the two countries.

Citing the cumulative FDI inflows from Bahrain to India, he said, “Statistics show an increase from $3 million in 2013 to $18 million in 2016.”

The Indian Ambassador also pointed out that the bilateral trade has surpassed $1 million.

“With this forum, we are looking for collaborations between the two countries and to develop the two countries economy,” he added.

The forum also mulled ways to enhance trade ties in various other industrial sectors.


Bahrain’s trade with India rose 31 per cent in 2016: Almoayyed

Bahrain’s trade volume with India is estimated at US$990 million in 2016.

FDI inflows from Bahrain to India jumped from US$ 3 million in 2013 to

US$18 million in 2016

Sitra Causeway and Estiqlal Highway to remain closedDT News NetworkManama

The Ministry of Works, Municipality Affairs

and Urban Planning in collaboration with the General Directorate of Traffic announced yesterday that sections of Sitra Causeway and Estiqlal Highway will

remain closed for maintenance works.

Lanes one and two on Sitra Causeway was closed yesterday for south-bound traffic leading to Riffa and will be opened at 5:00 am tomorrow.

Lanes on Estiqlal Highway near Alba Roundabout will be closed on two stages for

north-bound traffic leading to Isa Town

For Stage one, lane two was closed yesterday at 11:00 pm and will be opened at 05:00 am tomorrow. For Stage two, lane one will remain closed from tomorrow 5:00 am and will be opened at 05:00 am on Sunday.

Nader Khalil Almoayyed Alok Kumar Sinha Khalid AlmoayedThe Bahrain-India Busimess forum held at Bahrain International Exhibition Centre

6 Friday, April 7, 2017

Missing Pets

WOERVOERD - Male Yorkshire Terrier, 4 yrs, neutered, micro-chipped (Dr Nonie), compound next to Saar Mall, 21/12/16, REWARD 100BD, Whatsapp 33192525 or phone 36544500 or 36433632

SILVER - Male Himalayan, 6 yrs, responds to name, brown area on mouth, not wearing collar or ID, Muharraq (Municipality Road close toMidway Supermarket), 11/3/17. 33229248

NOUS - Male Gray British Blue Shorthair, 4 yrs, lifts left leg while walking due to surgery, pink mark on right side of face, not wearing collar or ID, escaped from house, likely stolen, Hamad Town (Roundabout 17), 25/3/17. 36250888

LOUIE - Male Siamese, 5 yrs, right canine tooth slightly chipped, neutered, not wearing collar or ID, garden cat - went over the high fences, may have been STOLEN, Barbar (near Jawad Dome),BD500 REWARD, 9/2/17. 36326666

MOLLY - Female Pug, 9 weeks old, micro-chipped (registered at House Vet), no collar, gardener left gate open, Amwaj Floating City, REWARD to whobrings her back, 20/12/16. 36061046

POPPY - Female Miniature Poodle, 2 yrs, micro- chipped, wearing black collar w pink paw print ID tag, has health issue, possibly STOLEN, Budaiya (Beach Villas/by new road works/back of farmers market), 10/3/17, REWARD 200BD, 36636955 or 36366128

Turkey planning new opsin Iraq

Istanbul

Turkey is planning in the next weeks to launch

a new cross border military incursion to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said yesterday.

The report in the pro-government Yeni Safak daily was not immediately confirmed by Turkish officials but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has over the last days indicated an operation in northern Iraq could be in the offing.

Turkey last week announced

it had completed its half-year Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria against jihadists and Kurdish militia, although it is keeping a presence to maintain security in towns now under control of pro-Ankara Syrian rebels.

But Erdogan this week said Euphrates Shield was only a “first stage” and new military operations were being planned, including for Sinjar.

Yeni Safak said the new operation would begin in late April or May, after Turkey’s crucial April 16 referendum on expanding Erdogan’s powers.

It will be called Tigris Shield after the other great river in Mesopotamia, it added, and involve thousands of tanks, vehicles and artillery pieces used in the Syria operation.

Yeni Safak claimed the PKK had built up nine camps in the Sinjar region after moving in from 2014 to oust Islamic State (IS) jihadists who have massacred the area’s Yazidi residents.

It said the aim of the operation would be to cut off any contact between Sinjar and the Qandil mountain area in Iraq to the further north, where the PKK has its main

rear bases.The incursion would also

prevent cooperation between the PKK in Iraq and Kurdish militia in Syria that Ankara accuses of being the Syrian wing of the PKK.

A key base would be Bashiqa, outside the city of Mosul, where Turkey has maintained a military presence much to the annoyance of the Baghdad government.

Such an operation would risk raising tensions with Baghdad and also the United States, which has kept a wary eye on Turkey’s unilateral incursion into northern Syria. (AFP)

(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

Joel Indrupati

Wide Angle

“Is Truth Dead?”, asks the cover of TIME magazine dated 3 April 2017.

The story inside, however, does not deal with the philosophy of truth. It only calls Donald Trump a fact-challenged president who is delivering deliberate and strategic lies.

I was disappointed with the article because it was too Trump-centric and not as Truth-centric as I thought the cover promised. It seemed like a click-bait I fell for.

“Is God Dead?”, asked an earlier cover of TIME magazine dated 8 April 1966.

That was fifty one years ago. And it had then unleashed a furious debate not just in USA but across the world. The discussions were apparently more on the provocative nature of the cover, than on the issue’s investigation into the relevance of God to the secular world of swinging sixties.

In fact, a century earlier, in 1882, the publication of German philosopher Nietzsche’s work ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’, and the popularization of its key phrase “God is dead” had already brought philosophers, theologians and social commentators into a war of words on it.

Nietzsche, of course, did not say that God is really dead, but implied that God is no longer a source of meaning, or moral compass, in contemporary world.

Therein lies the connection. If Truth is defined as a much-needed moral-value, and if God is defined as a source of our moral compass, the demise of the God will, obviously, result in the demise of Truth.

The font and colour TIME used on both covers, I discovered, were the same. And, while digging around the cyber space, I also found that in 2008, the ‘Los Angeles Times’ had listed the “Is God Dead?” issue among “10 magazine covers that shook the world”.

This new issue of TIME, I know, cannot shake our world. But one thing is sure. We cannot ignore the gravity of the question it asks: Is Truth Dead?

In today’s world, where politicians call media persons liars and where media persons call politicians liars, the average man is put in a quandary. Whom should he believe?

Today’s video cams and mobile phones can capture ‘truth’, and today’s satellite television and Internet can spread the truth quickly. Why then is ‘scepticism’ rising?

Today’s Internet search engines give us access to enormous amounts of information, and Today’s knowledge-bases can help us verify many things online. Why then is ‘distrust’ rising?

Is it the photoshoping of pictures? Doctoring of tapes? Morphing of videos?

Why are falsehoods masquerading as facts? Have writers become unconscientious?

Is there no integrity in journalism, anymore? Are we not ‘seekers of truth’, anymore?

Or are we merely craving for distorted information which supports our biases and prejudices?

If we cut our eye-glasses reducing their scope, and if we tint them into shades that only comfort us, we shall only see what we wish to see. Not what is. As is. Not the “whole truth”.

When we can beckon knowledge to our computer screens, can’t we exercise the faculty of our mind, to reason and to infer? When we can seek truth, can we not give truth? The whole truth?

The writer of TIME’s article (of 3 April 2017) ends with these ominous words: “.. I tried one more time to get Trump to answer a question about the risk to his reputation caused by false and ever changing utterances. Once again, he would not accept the premise. “Hey, look,” he said. “I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m President and you’re not.”

Sometimes we do not see the logical fallacy of circular arguments. But, if we want Truth to live, we must.

Is Truth Dead? And Other Questions

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Friday, April 7, 2017 7Ankara

Turkey said yesterday the autopsies of three Syrians killed in an attack in rebel-held

northwestern Syria confirmed that chemical weapons had been used by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, state media reported.

“Autopsies were carried out on three of the bodies after they were brought from Idlib. The results of the autopsy confirms that chemical weapons were used,” Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said, quoted by state-run Anadolu news agency.

“This scientific investigation also confirms that Assad used chemical weapons,” Bozdag added, without giving further details.

Some 60 injured Syrians were brought to southern Turkey for medical treatment, Dogan news agency said on Thursday, but three of them died in hospital.

At least 86 people were killed early Tuesday in Khan Sheikhun and dozens more were being treated after they were found convulsing and foaming at the mouth.

Bozdag said autopsies were conducted with the “participation” of officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the southern province of Adana together with officials from Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

But WHO immediately countered Bozdag’s claims that it was involved in the postmortem, saying the organisation did not conduct autopsies, adding: “It is not our mandate.”

WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said in Geneva that “a WHO person was there at the time of the autopsy but had no role in the autopsy or investigation”.

He also stressed that no samples or swabs had been taken by WHO despite claims by the Adana prosecutor that “examples” had been sent to the organisation and the OPCW.

In a statement, the prosecutor, quoted by Anadolu said: “For analysis, examples were taken and sent to (medical institutions). Separately, following requests from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, examples were given (to them).”

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed “unfounded accusations” over the “incident with chemical weapons” in Syria in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Kremlin said.

“There was an exchange of opinions over the incident with chemical weapons that took place in the Syrian province of Idlib on April 4,” the Kremlin said in a statement.

“Putin in particular underlined the unacceptability of making unfounded accusations against anyone before a thorough and impartial international investigation is carried out,” it said.

“That Russia is protecting this regime is utterly wrong. No-one can support a crime against humanity. If these attacks continue, then Astana will have lost all its sense. Can you have talks when chemical weapons” are being used?

Mevlut CavusogluTurkish Foreign Minister

I stress to you once again: the Syrian army has not, did not and will not use this kind of weapons -- not just against our own people, but even against the terrorists that attack our civilians with their mortar rounds. The first air raid conducted by the Syrian army was at 11:30 am (0830 GMT) on that day (Tuesday) and it attacked an arms depot belonging to Al-Nusra Front that contained chemical weapons,”

Walid MuallemSyria’s Foreign Minister

The factsWhat happened?Air strikes hit the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun on Tuesday morning, and residents reported finding entire families “dead in their beds”.Local medics said they had treated cases of suffoca-tion, convulsions, pinpoint pupils, and rapid pulses.The World Health Organisation and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said victims showed symptoms consistent with the possible use of a nerve agent, such as sarin.

US President Donald Trump warned that the “affront to humanity” would not go unanswered, as France pressed for a UN Security Council resolution demand-ing an investigation.The draft resolution backs a probe by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and demands Syria provide infor-mation on its operations. Moscow, which has said a Syrian air strike hit a “terrorist warehouse” containing toxic materials, said that Western charges against Damascus over the “monstruous crime” were not based on “objec-tive materials or evidence”.

A Syrian child receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun

Who was behind it?Syria’s opposition and jihadists have accused the government of carrying out the strike.But Syria’s army “categori-cally” denied the claims, saying it had never used chemical weapons “any time, anywhere, and will not do so in the future”.

How has the world reacted?

Turkey confirms chemical attackIsrael says Assad ordered itPutin slams ‘unfounded accusations’

continues

BUSINESS8 Friday, April 7, 2017

What’s the secret of your success? What prompted the decision to go on your own?

I am a third generation hotelier from a family of entrepreneurs and therefore pursing a gap in the market was a natural step for me. I was keen to create a global hospitality brand with an Indian soul that resonated with the modern-day traveller. Aiana is about being authentic, intuitive and engaging, driven by an Indian service ethos. Aiana is my dream project, brought to life through my partnership with H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, who shared my passion for extending legendary Indian hospitality to the world.

How did you become fascinated by hospitality industry?

I have been blessed to have hoteliers as parents (both attended the Hotel School at Cornell University) and therefore hospitality has always been a strong feature in my life. My grandfather was the face of The Leela brand and created a niche in luxury hospitality. Being a member of the Nair family, promoters of the Leela, my legacy and heritage remain a continual source of inspiration.

What role has Captain Nair played shaping your career?

My inspiration came from my grandfather Captain Krishnan Nair, founder of India’s Leela Group of hotels. He was a true risk taker who entered into the hotel business at the age of 65 despite several challenges. He encouraged all his grandchildren, irrespective of gender to join the family business and nurtured our interest in the hospitality industry by taking us to trade shows such as ITB Berlin and WTM London from a young age. I had the fortunate opportunity to work alongside him for five years and witness his energy and passion for creation. I believe I have inherited his appetite for risk as an entrepreneur and was inspired by his vision for India.

What are your plans for Bahrain expansion?We recently participated in a roundtable

session called ‘Uncovering Bahrain’ presented by the Economic Development Board, which highlighted the Kingdom’s thriving hospitality sector, infrastructure investment programmes and its economic value proposition. With increased demand from regional and international travellers, Bahrain’s tourism market is to grow at a rate of 4.8 per cent, reaching $1 billion by 2020. Hotels and restaurants were the fastest-growing sector in the Kingdom for the past two years. Additionally, investment in supporting infrastructures such as airport expansion, ground transportation and retail gives us confidence that our goals will be met. Bahrain has always been perceived as an inclusive society with a rich trading history, creating its appeal as a tourism destination. Aiana, as an Indian-inspired hotel brand would add to the diversity of hotel offerings in Bahrain. We believe there is room for growth in the upper upscale, 4-star category for serviced apartments catering to the business traveller and resort offerings in the newly developed leisure destinations.

Entrepreneurship is about the ability to take risks. How far is this true in your own experience?

I have worked varied hospitality fields across the globe - New York, South East Asia, India and now Qatar – and starting up a company in the Middle East has been a rewarding learning experience. My greatest strength has always been to never let go of an opportunity and my success so far has been in identifying a gap in the lifestyle hotels space. By aiming for steady growth and

introducing the company incrementally we have been able to overcome the challenges of setting up a new brand. I believe that entrepreneurship is all about opportunity, timing, the ability to take risks and most importantly surrounding oneself with the right people.

How is Aiana going to stand out?‘Aiana’ means eternal blossom in Sanskrit. It

is also a place of refuge or retreat. Those two powerful images have been our inspiration and we have blended them to create a unique vision at Aiana Hotels and Resorts. Our service culture, in tune with the needs of today’s travellers, is underpinned by our intuitive and unobtrusive Indian service ethic. Aiana will cater to the upper-upscale category of hotels with fresh product designs complemented with experiential concepts. Our Indian service ethos is warm, welcoming and engaging. The USP of the Aiana brand lies in our authentic service, design, and operating philosophy which is geared to exceed the expectations of a new generation of savvy travellers and explorers.

How far have you succeeded in redefining hospitality?

Since 2015, Aiana has made great strides in building both our portfolio and our brand. We currently have eight management contracts and over 1,000 rooms under construction across the Middle East and India. Since the announcement of our flagship property, Aiana Residences and Suites in Doha, we are currently gearing up to open our very first property in Saudi Arabia – Aiana Makkah. The other major deal-signing announcements in India include a management agreement with Moonriver Resorts to operate Aiana Munnar and an agreement with Ferns Estates and Developers to manage and operate four resorts in Karnataka over the next five years. The first resort AIANA Hassan with 75 villas is currently under development on 45 acres of hilly coffee plantation land in the district of Sakleshpur. We also have an agreement to build a 150 room AIANA Agra within walking distance of the historic Taj Mahal in India.

How will you compete and get the return for your investment?

We call it ‘Hospitality 2.0’. Every aspect of the brand – from its intuitive service and locally inspired design to its engaging operating philosophy is geared to exceed expectations of today’s travellers. I was fortunate to meet a partner in H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani who supported my dreams of creating an Indian brand with a global presence. Our vision is to be a globally respected hospitality brand that embodies the best of Indian culture as a leading operator of properties in South Asia and the Middle East.

How do you exemplify women power?Developing a sense of purpose is a constructive

way in which women in leadership positions can address gender biases, seize the opportunity to enhance their careers and improve organisational performance. Being the CEO of Aiana has taught me to have self-belief, as if you are convinced, the universe will rally behind you to help you succeed.

Encouraging diversity in the workplace by inspiring women to take on leadership roles through formal development, training and mentoring programs is an important part of every CEO’s agenda, but in order to make that shift more meaningful and all-encompassing, it is the smaller, more gradual actions that truly make a difference.

Arunita Praharaj/[email protected] Amruda Nair, the Joint Managing Director and CEO of Aiana Hotels & Resorts visited Bahrain recently. Being a member of the promoters of India’s Leela Group, Amruda embraces an entrepreneurial spirit and business flair, inherited from her grandfather, the late Captain C P Krishnan Nair. Aiana is her dream project, brought to life through her partnership with H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani. During her stay in the Kingdom, DT News got a chance to catch up with her to chat about brand Aiana, her plans for Bahrain and more. Read on to find out what she had to say…

A candid discussion with Amruda Nair, Joint MD and CEO

of Aiana Hotels & Resorts

BUSINESSFriday, April 7, 2017 9

“Keizo is one of the leaders in the combined Asian food concepts in the country. It is only fitting that we honour the secrets of the art of preparing Asian cuisine by welcoming people to join us behind the scenes and master some of their favourite recipes,”

Dr. Essa Faqeeh, CEO Al Areen

Investment Company.

Manama

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced yesterday in a press statement that it experienced a temporary power outage

yesterday. The statement added that Alba has restored full power to the plant safely and normal operations have resumed. Established in 1971 as a 120,000 tonnes per annum smelter, Alba produces more than 971,000 metric tonnes per annum of the highest grade aluminium today.

Washington

New claims for jobless benefits in the United States fell precipitously at the close of March. For the week

ending April 1, new claims for unemployment insurance stood at a seasonally adjusted 234,000, down 25,000 from the prior week, the biggest weekly decline since April 2015. Analysts had been expecting a decrease of only 14,000 claims.

Finnish MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri on move to

end EU roaming charges

Alba resumes operations after power outage US jobless claims tumble at close of March Europeans will no longer be in a state of shock when they get their telephone bills”

Al Areen Palace & SpaBordering Al Areen Wildlife Sanctuary, Lost Paradise of Dilmun Water Park and the Bahrain International F1 Circuit, Al Areen Palace & Spa spans over 131,000 square meters. It features 78 luxuriously appointed villas, which include 22 two-bedroom Royal Villas, and 56 one-bedroom Desert Pool Villas.

About KeizoKeizo is renowned for its combination of dif-ferent elements of the Asian palate includ-ing the very best of Japanese, Chinese and Thai fine dining with a creative flair of rich Far-Eastern flavours. It was honoured with the World Luxury Restaurant Award 2016.

Step-by-step guid-ance

Master Chefs would guide

r e g i s t e r e d guests through a step-by-step guide through

the aromatic world of Asian

spices, fruits and vegetables whilst

sharing the secrets and art of Asian cuisine.

BD 10 per personThe classes are being offered on the 8th and 29th of April at the Keizo Restaurant located at the Al Areen Palace & Spa, for BD10 net per person per class. It includes complimen-tary drinks, cooking ingredients, recipes, and the reward of receiving a certificate.

Cooking classes

Call to bookTo reserve a spot, as there are lim-ited seats avail-

able, the hotel can be contacted on

17845000

Award winning Keizo Restaurant at Al Areen Palace & Spa offers a special hands-on introduction to the delicacies of rich and flavourful Asian food with cooking master-classes

at Keizo restaurant

Al Areen Palace &

Spa offers special

Asian cook-ing master-classes on

April 8th and 29th!

Manama

Al Salam Bank-Bahrain has announced March winners

of its “Danat Al Salam” draw with a combined prize pool of US$62,500.

Fatima Khalil Ebrahim won the first Gmash Grand prize of US$25,000. The Fusoos Grand prize of US$10,000 was won by Shaikha Lolwa Rashed Al Khalifa. Husain Mohsen Ahmed and Jameel

Moosa Shafiei were named as the winners of the Fusoos monthly cash prize of US$5,000 each. US$500 each was awarded to 35 other winners. Alaa Al Marzooq, Budaiya Branch Manager – Retail Banking department, handed over the prizes to the winners

Commenting, Mohammed Buhijji, Acting Head of Retail Banking, said: “We are looking

forward to add value to the lives of many more customers with an exciting year offering some of our valuable prizes including 3 “Al Dana Grand” Prizes – Villa in Riffa. I encourage our customers to increase their investments in Danat by 2nd May to stand a better chance to win our Gmash third grand prize worth US$35,000 which will be given away in June 2017.”

Al Salam Bank names ‘Danat AlSalam’ winners

From left, Hussain Mohsen Ahmed (Danat Al Salam winners – Fusoos prize of US$5,000), Jameel Moosa Shafiei (Danat Al Salam winners – Fusoos prize of US$5,000) and Fatima Khalil Ebrahim (Danat Al Salam winner – Gmash grand prize of US$25,000)

‘Twitter Lite’ is here!Washington

Twitter yesterday unveiled a low-data usage version of

the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive mobile networks.

The California group unveiled Twitter Lite, “making Twitter more accessible to millions of people,” said product manager Patrick Traughber.

“Twitter Lite is a great way for many people in emerging markets across Asia Pacific, Latin America and Africa to experience Twitter for the first time on their mobile devices.”

Traughber said the new mobile service can be accessed

via web browser, and offers quick loading on slower connections, while taking little space on mobile phones.

The move comes with Twitter struggling to boost user growth.

At the end of 2016, Twitter had some 319 million monthly active users, up just four percent from a year earlier.

Twitter made a push for users in India with the launch of the new service and a partnership with Vodafone at the start of the T20 cricket season.

“We are thrilled to partner with Vodafone in India to provide live cricket updates via a specially curated Twitter timeline to their smartphone

customers as the T20 cricket season kicks off,” said Twitter’s Arvinder Gujral in a blog post.

BUSINESS Friday, April 7, 201710

COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.4699 0.3732 0.3316

KUWAIT 0.2855 32.4614 0.2826 0.2511

OMAN 0.3849 0.3888 0.3810 0.3385

QATAR 3.6420 3.6791 3.6052 3.2032

UAE 3.6730 3.7105 3.6359 3.2304

SAUDI 3.7500 3.7883 3.7121 3.2982

AUSTRALIA 0.2955 0.2931BANGLADESH 0.004982 0.004733CANADA 0.2883 0.2852DENMARK 0.0579 EGYPT 0.0245 0.0215EURO 0.4132 0.4111HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00582 0.00593INDONESIA 0.00002997 0.00002900IRAN TUMAN 0.000323 IRAQI DINAR 0.000311 JAPAN 0.00355 0.00348JORDAN 0.5346 0.5351KOREA 0.00038912 KUWAIT 1.244 1.244MALAYSIA 0.0879 0.0874NEW ZEALAND 0.0269 0.3270NORWAY 0.0463 NEPAL 0.00383329 0.00363790OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365245 0.00359372PHILIPPINES 0.00776 0.00753QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10058 0.10066SINGAPORE 0.2746 0.2726SOUTH AFRICA 0.0309 0.0308SRI LANKA 0.00272632 0.00248855SWEDISH 0.0457 SWITZERLAND 0.3868 0.3843SYRIA 0.00174 0.00174TAIWAN 0.0127 THAILAND 0.01114 0.01114TURKEY 0.10934 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4769 0.4739UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.10281 0.10281UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37780 0.37800YUAN 0.0567 0.0567

Manama

Family Business Council – Gulf (FBCG), the regional

association of Family Business Network International (FBNi), announced its Annual Summit 2017 to be held under the theme ‘Secrets to Family Business Continuity: Committed to Evolve Over Generations’ on 12-13 April 2017 in Dubai.

Held for the third consecutive year, the Summit will bring together regional and international family

business leaders, experts and academicians to share family business experiences, principles, and innovative mechanisms that help family businesses evolve to achieve continuity and sustained growth.

Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, Chairman of FBCG said, “The theme this year focuses on family business evolutionary growth, the programme will inspire family businesses on ways to evolve their family

governance model and approaches to invigorate the business”

The opening gala dinner on April 12th will feature a keynote on ‘Sustainable Family Success for Tomorrow’s World’ by Dr. John Davis, Founder & Chairman, Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise.

The full day summit on the 13th April will feature several family case studies, plenary discussions, and workshops.

Family speakers at the

Summit include prominent family business members from across the GCC such as Omar Alghanim, Chief Executive Officer of Alghanim industries in Kuwait; and Hassan Jameel, Deputy President and Vice Chairman of Abdul Lateef Jameel Domestic Operations in Saudi. Other prominent international family businesses speaking include Hans Bonnier from Bonnier Family Group in Sweden and Meral Zaim Inci from the Inci family in Turkey.

FBCG announces Annual Summit

Dubai

Gulf shares were marginally lower

yesterday amid caution from investors ahead of companies reporting first quarter results.

Dubai insurance companies made strong gains by the close, lifted by investor bets on good results from the sector and market speculation on consolidation.

Dar Al Takaful Insurance jumped 14.84 per cent at the closing bell, while Dubai Islamic Insurance and Re-insurance was up 9.64pc. Islamic Arab Insurance rose 3.21pc.

“We noticed the gains are happening across most of the insurance companies, mostly in Dubai. It could be driven by better Q1 expectations of results for the sector, or because of the compulsory insurance in Dubai,” said Mohammed Ali Yasin, the chief executive officer of NBAD Securities.

“There is also some market chatter that there could be some consolidation in the

sector this year,” he said.Dubai Health Authority

announced at the end of March that 99pc of residents were now covered by its new mandatory health insurance plan.

Declines in Dubai on the wider market were led by budget carrier Air Arabia, which was down 1.79pc. Dubai Financial Market Company, the listed shares of the bourse, was down 1.55pc. At the close, the Dubai Financial Market General Index was down 0.19pc at the close.

In Abu Dhabi, the declines were led by t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , property and banks.

Etisalat, which has the highest weighting on the index, was down 0.82pc.

Aldar Properties declined 0.44pc, while RAK Properties lost 1.52pc. Abu Dhabi-listed Bank of Sharjah lost 0.72pc, while National Bank of Abu Dhabi lost 0.88pc.

Saudi Arabian stocks rose

on Thursday amid investor bets that the kingdom was making solid progress towards an inclusion into MSCI’s emerging markets index.

“This is benefiting the market as a whole in terms of sentiment,” said Marwan Shurrab, head of high net worth and retail equities brokage at AlRamz Capital.

Dar Al Arkan declined 0.8pc after it said it raised $500 million, the fourth

tranche of its international sukuk programme.

Trading was mostly focused on Saudi Basic Industries Corp , which rose 1pc, as 422.77 million riyals worth of shares changed hands.

The Saudi Tadawul All-Share Index rose 0.35pc.

Elsewhere in the region, Kuwait’s measure declined 0.42pc, while Qatar’s benchmark slipped 0.1pc. (Reuters)

Gulfstocksmixed

Closing BellSAUDI rose 0.35pc to 7,075.57 points.

DUBAI lost 0.19pc to 3,566.35 points.

ABU DHABI lost 0.55pc to 4,615.23 points.

QATAR lost 0.1pc to 10,466.99 points.

KUWAIT declined 0.42pc to 7,029.80 points.

BAHRAIN edged up 0.21pc to 1,353.36 points.

EGYPT declined 1.44pc to 13,098.54 points.

Representative picture


[email protected] of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance

–George Bernard Shaw

Manama

AlMabarrah AlKhalifia Foundation announced

that registration for its first forum held under the patronage of the Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is now open.

The forum will be held on the 22nd of April at the Gulf International Convention Centre and will discuss the impact of leadership, entrepreneurship and volunteerism in developing the next generation.

The event will bring together various stakeholders from Government and the Private Sector including the Non-Government Organisations all under one

roof with an aim of providing youth with the opportunity to be inspired and discuss the three main topics, leadership, entrepreneurship and volunteerism.

MKF Forum will host various renowned speakers, who will take the stage to discuss the three main forum pillars; Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Community Service, aimed at providing an enriching experience for the youth.

The Forum aims to build stronger bridges between the different stakeholders and the participating students in order to develop the field of education and further develop the community by creating a sense of responsibility.

‘First Youth Forum’ opens Registration AMA International

U n i v e r s i t y - B a h r a i n (AMAIUB) honoured the students who made it to the President’s and Dean’s List for the 2nd Trimester, AY 2016-2017 during the Recognition Programme on March 2.

The University also awarded tuition fee discounts to these students who showed exemplary academic performance in their respective programmes, namely: Bachelor of Science in Business Informatics (BSBI), Bachelor of Science in International Studies (BSIS), Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS), and Bachelor of Science in Mechatronics Engineering (BSME).

Students in the President’s list are: Fatima Mohamed Yousuf A. Rashed Haji Zaman

(BSBI), Mariam Khan Khan Mohamed (BSIS), Benneth Mark Bugna (BSIS), Mariam Husain Ghulam Husain Mohamed (BSBI), Husain Abdulla Ali Abdulla Alfadhel (BSIS), Ahlam Mohamed Hasan Albalooshi (BSIS), and Faizaan Mohammed Mustafa (BSME).

On the other hand, Alya Isa Rashed Salman Almahmeed (BSCS), Maha Nabeel Mohamed Muhana Almuhana (BSBI), and Fatema Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Alajlan (BSBI) made it to the Dean’s list.

With these incentives, AMAIUB hopes to motivate the students intrinsically, help them recognise and hone their own potentials while they are in the University, and inspire them to reach higher goals.

Budaiya Pre School lends a helping hand to SNEHA Bahrain

The children of the Budaiya Pre School presented a cheque for BD500.000 to SNEHA special needs centre run by the Indian Ladies Association. The money was raised through the school’s annual Family Fun day and with the support of many local businesses

The blood donation drive at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) raised 63 units for the Central Blood Bank. The event was held at the Busaiteen campus’ Ibn Al-Baitar Clinical Simulation Centre.

Friday, April 7, 201712Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa held a meeting with the Chechen Presi-dent Ramzan Kady-rov at his palace in Riffa yesterday. The meeting discussed relations between the Kingdom of Bah-rain and the Chech-en Republic, and the need to enhance bi-lateral cooperation and coordination in various fields for the common interests of the two friendly countries

The Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olympic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa met yesterday with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Supreme Council for Youth & Sport First Vice Chairman and Bahrain Royal Equestrian & Endurance Federation President HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HH Shaikh Nasser briefed about the horses participating in the endurance races, following which the Chechen President watched a training session of the Khalid bin Hamad Mixed Martial Arts Team

BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday received the US Ambassador to Bahrain William Roebuck. and praised the advanced level of cooperation in the military field. Separately, the Commander-in-Chief visited several Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) armed battalions and divisions. Shaikh Khalifa toured the units military, administrative and technical facilities, and inspected the readiness of weapons systems and equipment

Friday, April 7, 2017 13Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa re-ceived an invitation from the Arab League S e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l Ahmed Abul Gheit to at-tend the Arab League’s award ceremony on the 19th of current month. Separately, the Premier received Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa to whom he handed the Arab League Secretary-Gen-eral’s invitation for the same purpose at Riffa Palace yesterday

The Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olympic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa met yesterday with Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of Supreme Council for Youth & Sport First Vice Chairman and Bahrain Royal Equestrian & Endurance Federation President HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HH Shaikh Nasser briefed about the horses participating in the endurance races, following which the Chechen President watched a training session of the Khalid bin Hamad Mixed Martial Arts Team

BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday received the US Ambassador to Bahrain William Roebuck. and praised the advanced level of cooperation in the military field. Separately, the Commander-in-Chief visited several Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) armed battalions and divisions. Shaikh Khalifa toured the units military, administrative and technical facilities, and inspected the readiness of weapons systems and equipment

Chechen Presi-dent Ramzan Kadyrov visited yesterday Bait Al-Quran where he was welcomed by its founder Abdullatif Jas-sim Kanoo, who briefed him on its sections and content. The Chechen Presi-dent expressed happiness about visiting the Is-lamic edifice

Chechen President Ram-zan Kadyrov left Bahrain yesterday after a visit during which he held a discussion with His Maj-esty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. He was bid-den farewell by Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olym-pic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisa-tion (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Supreme Council for Youth & Sport First Vice Chairman and Bahrain Royal Equestrian & Endurance Federation President HH Shaikh Kha-lid bin Hamad Al Khalifa

Parliament Chairman Ahmed Al Mulla yesterday discussed with Sudan’s Speaker of the National As-sembly, Professor Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, ways to promote cooperation and joint interest, as well as coordinating stances in international parliamentary forums

The Bahrain India Society has donated BD1000 to the Indian Community Relief Fund in support of the Fund’s activities to alleviate the suffering of over 1000 workers who have been facing difficulties after their company stopped paying them salaries. The cheque was presented to ICRF Chairman Bhag-wan Asarpota by the BIS Vice-Chairman Raj S Damaniin in the presence of Indian Ambassador Alok Kumar Sinha and BIS board members

Electricity and Water Affairs Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received a delegation from renewable energy specialists Capital Impact Consulting and Schneider Interna-tional and reviewed their activities in using latest technologies to build smart and sus-tainable cities. The minister praised the consortium’s pioneering efforts in the field of renewable energy efficiency using all available resources to achieve the objectives of sustainable development in cooperation with Bahrain’s Sustainable Energy Unit. Sus-tainable Energy Unit Executive Director Jehan Al Murbati also attended the meeting

Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa chaired the 16th board meeting of the third session of the award at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday. The panel continued discussing the proposals and nominations for the new edition based on the remarks and opinions of the jury

Los Angeles

Ac t o r T o b e y

Maguire is stepping behind the camera for adapting Jo Nesbo’s novel “Blood on Snow” for the big screen.

The 41-year-old actor will make his directorial debut with the film, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

This development has been on hold for years after rumours that

actor Leonardo DiCaprio was interested in the adaptation of the 2013 book. However, the

project came to standstill due to differences over

schedule.M a g u i r e ’ s

p r o d u c t i o n c o m p a n y Material Pictures and Lawrence

Grey’s Grey Matter Productions

have taken up the rights.Nesbo is also penning the

screenplay for the adaptation.The plot of the book is about

Olav, a hit man who kills people for his employer who is one of Norway’s powerful crime bosses. However, when he is asked to kill his employer’s own wife, Olav’s life gets tangled when he ends up falling for her. (IANS)


Alicia Keys‏ @aliciakeys

Music is powerful! Let’s make sure Congress

doesn’t take it for granted! #SupportMusic #GRAMMYsOnTheHill

Actor, choreographer, producer, stuntman, director, martial artist, and Mandopop singer whose notable films include the Rush Hour trilogy, Enter the Dragon, Mulan, Shanghai Noon, and The Karate Kid.

April 7, 1954

Hollywood star Jessica Chastain has thanked

Tom Cruise for changing the course of her career, after he helped her to secure a role in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’.

The 40-year-old flame-haired actress has revealed she owes her role in the political action-thriller to Cruise, who used his considerable influence to help Chastain star in the hit movie

about the real-life search for Osama bin Laden, rather than his

own film ‘Oblivion’.“I got cold-called by (director)

Kathryn Bigelow. I was in Toronto, and I had heard from (producer)

Megan Ellison. We had done a film, ‘Lawless’, together,” she said.

“And she said, ‘By the way, do you know Kathryn Bigelow’s trying to get a hold of you? She wants to meet with you on something.’ And I was like, ‘What? Please give her my number.’” (TOI)

Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Amy

Adams are reportedly in talks to star in untitled Dick Cheney biopic directed by Adam McKay. Bale may play the former vice president of United States, while Adams is on board to play Lynne Cheney. Carell, meanwhile, is reportedly in talks to play former US congressman Donald Rumsfeld.

McKay will helm the movie from his own screenplay. Gary Sanchez Productions and Brad Pitt’s Plan B are set to produce. (TOI)

Los Angeles

Ac t o r T o b e y

Maguire is stepping behind the camera for adapting Jo Nesbo’s novel “Blood on Snow” for the big screen.

The 41-year-old actor will make his directorial debut with the film, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

This development has been on hold for years after rumours that

actor Leonardo DiCaprio was interested in the adaptation of the 2013 book. However, the

project came to standstill due to differences over

schedule.M a g u i r e ’ s

p r o d u c t i o n c o m p a n y Material Pictures and Lawrence

Grey’s Grey Matter Productions

have taken up the rights.Nesbo is also penning the

screenplay for the adaptation.The plot of the book is about

Olav, a hit man who kills people for his employer who is one of Norway’s powerful crime bosses. However, when he is asked to kill his employer’s own wife, Olav’s life gets tangled when he ends up falling for her. (IANS)


Alicia Keys‏ @aliciakeys

Music is powerful! Let’s make sure Congress

doesn’t take it for granted! #SupportMusic #GRAMMYsOnTheHill

Actor, choreographer, producer, stuntman, director, martial artist, and Mandopop singer whose notable films include the Rush Hour trilogy, Enter the Dragon, Mulan, Shanghai Noon, and The Karate Kid.

April 7, 1954

Hollywood star Jessica Chastain has thanked

Tom Cruise for changing the course of her career, after he helped her to secure a role in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’.

The 40-year-old flame-haired actress has revealed she owes her role in the political action-thriller to Cruise, who used his considerable influence to help Chastain star in the hit movie

about the real-life search for Osama bin Laden, rather than his

own film ‘Oblivion’.“I got cold-called by (director)

Kathryn Bigelow. I was in Toronto, and I had heard from (producer)

Megan Ellison. We had done a film, ‘Lawless’, together,” she said.

“And she said, ‘By the way, do you know Kathryn Bigelow’s trying to get a hold of you? She wants to meet with you on something.’ And I was like, ‘What? Please give her my number.’” (TOI)

Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Amy

Adams are reportedly in talks to star in untitled Dick Cheney biopic directed by Adam McKay. Bale may play the former vice president of United States, while Adams is on board to play Lynne Cheney. Carell, meanwhile, is reportedly in talks to play former US congressman Donald Rumsfeld.

McKay will helm the movie from his own screenplay. Gary Sanchez Productions and Brad Pitt’s Plan B are set to produce. (TOI)

Actress Natalie Portman has been

spotted with her newborn baby for the first time since she gave birth in February. The ‘Jackie’ actress was pictured stepping out with her baby girl, Amalia, in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz area.

In some pictures, Natalie was seen keeping her new bundle of joy close to her chest with a black material carrier as she took her to popular walker spot Griffith Park. The 35-year-old Israeli-born actress left the stroller at home and carried the baby girl in the sling due to the park’s walking trails having a steep gradient.

Natalie gave birth to Amalia on February 22, just days before the Academy Awards. (TOI)

London

One Direction star Harry Styles, who was earlier romantically linked to

celebrities like Taylor Swift, Caroline Flack and Kendall Jenner, says he

“hasn’t dated” anyone for a long time.

Styles said his hectic work schedule has kept him away from

a relationship, but added that he would be taking a whole

new approach to dating in the future, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“I haven’t dated in a long time really because I went away to do the movie then did the album, so I haven’t in a while. I have a couple of candles left still though,” Styles said on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

Talking about what it’s like finding

dates as a celebrity, Styles said: “I feel like

with all of the stuff how people date now with all

online stuff.” (IANS)


2. That’s What I LikeBruno Mars

1. Shape Of YouEd Sheeran

6. Tunnel VisionKodak Black

10. ParisThe Chainsmokers

5. I Feel It ComingThe Weeknd Featuring Daft Punk

9. PortlandDrake Featuring Quavo & Travis Scott

4. Bad And BoujeeMigos Featuring Lil Uzi Vert

8. PassionfruitDrake

3. I Don’t Wanna Live ForeverZayn / Taylor Swift

7. Something Just Like ThisThe Chainsmokers & Coldplay

15

(billboard)

TRADITIONAL FOLKLOREDate: Every Saturday (25 Feb - 29 April) Venue: Dar Al Muharraq Every Saturday evening, Dar Al-Muharraq, located near Dar Jinaa, will host live Fjiri music. Fans of Bahraini music will be treated to the different variations of this tra-ditional art such as Bahri, Hadadi, and Makhloufi. The event series sup-ports Dar AlMuharraq’s mission to enrich the non-material heritage of Muharraq, especially as it lies on the Pearling Path, an open 3 kilometer-long museum due for completion in 2018 when the city will be that year’s Capital of Islamic Culture. Free Admission.

OPEN BREAKFAST BUFFETDate: Monday 8th May 2017; 9:00 am – 12:00 pmVenue: Ramee Grand Hotel, Seef Join us for a charity open breakfast buffet organised by Aniseh Vadiee and Nancy Assi parents from Saint Christopher’s School commu-nity group. There will also be raffle, auction and exciting prizes as well. To get tickets please contact Aniseh or Nancy and tickets will be sold at the day of the event too. Aniseh 39445156Nancy 3946 1919.

ISLAMIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CONFERENCE Date : 11 - 14 April 2017Venue : Bahrain National Museum

The conference celebrates the opening of the new Al-Khamis Mosque Visitors Centre and Exhibition, as the pre-eminent Islamic archaeologi-cal site museum in the Gulf region. It also, for the first time, considers Islamic archaeology from a truly glob-al perspective, region by region. This is achieved through lectures from the world experts on their chosen regions.

CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENT

Date : Today,6pmVenue: Bahrain Society of Engineers Hall Dr. Udayalur K Kalyanaraman, a top-ranking sampradaya bhajan singer, will perform at a classical music event organised by Poorna Corp. SPC on Friday 6pm at the Bahrain Society of Engineers Hall, Juffair. Udayalur K Kalyanaraman , a disciple of Venkatrama Bhagvathar, is a contemporary stalwart in dak-

shina bhartiya bhajana sampradaya. He will be accompanied by a team of musicians including Sethalapathy Balasubramanian(Brigha Balu) for vocal support, Ramamurthy Rajasekaran (Babu) on mridangam, Venkatraman Shankarraman on har-monium and Vinod Venkateswaran on dolak. Dr Kalayanaraman would not only demonstrate his mastery and hard work, but his involvement and passion for Namasankirtanam whose contribution will be inspiring and invigorating as well. For further infor-mation, please contact 32209479 or 66331476.

IAA BAHRAIN CHAPTERDINNER Date : April 10Venue : Four Seasons HotelBahrain Bay The IAA Bahrain Chapter is holding a dinner on Monday 10 April 2017 at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay. The programme will commence with a keynote speech by Shiv Khera, international busi-ness consultant, who will talk about his book ‘You Can Win. 3.3. million copies of his book were sold in 16 languages. Mr. Khera will also present his philosophy that “Winners don’t do different things. They do things differ-ently”.Khamis Al Muqla, President, IAA Bahrain Chapter and member of IAA Worldwide welcomed this gathering on the occasion of the launch of Gulf Who’s Who Directory 2017-2018 Bahrain edition, which is published by Sunliz Publications that first published its directory in 1977.Mr. Al Muqla added that the meet-ing will also cover an update on the advertising activities in Bahrain and the region as well as presentation of certificates to IAA new members.Mr. Shiv Khera, an Indian national, is an author, educator, business con-sultant and a successful entrepreneur. He inspires and encourages individu-als to realise their true potential. He has taken his dynamic messages to many parts of the globe. His many years of research and expertise has put organisations on a path of growth and development. Shiv Khera is the author of 14 books including the inter-national bestseller ‘You Can Win”. He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows and has conducted many workshops internationally in over 20 countries.

BAHRAIN FARMERS MARKET Date : On Saturdays Venue : Budaiya Gardens

The fifth edition of the Bahrain Farmers Market is open at the Budaiya Gardens. More than 40 Bahraini farm-ers are participating to provide a vari-ety of local agricultural products. Many leading local restaurants will participate to present local food and drinks with

the aim of introducing local food to the visitors of various nationalities. Bahrain Farmers Market targets promoting Bahrain’s agricultural products and highlighting the development taking place in Bahrain’s agricultural sector. It also aims to contribute to improving the Bahraini farmers’ income through a marketing system prepared by the Agriculture and Marine Resources to assist in meeting the farmers’ aspira-tions. Bahrain Farmers Market will be open every Saturday until April 29 from 8 am to 12 noon.

PERFORMANCE BY MUSIC LEGEND TOM JONES Date : Today, 8pmVenue : Bahrain Bay Legendary performer and recording artist Sir Tom Jones is set to perform at the electrifying grand finale of this years’ Spring of Culture festival. Tom Jones has cemented his place amongst music’s icons follow-ing a critically acclaimed career that has spanned five decades and includes hits such as “It’s Not Unusual”, “Kiss”, “Deliliah”, “What’s New Pussycat”, “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again” and “If I Only Knew”. Tom Jones’ con-cert at the Spring of Culture 2017’s grand finale has been organized by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), and tickets for the per-formance can be purchased on March 25 at the Spring of Culture stand at City Centre Bahrain Entrance 4 and online atwww.springofculture.org.

KIDS TO ENJOY WORLD OF WON-DERS AT BAHRAIN GPDate : April 14 to 16Venue : BIC Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) has put together a world of wonders for children to enjoy while attending the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The kids’ activities make for one of the biggest parts of the off-track entertainment at the annual Formula 1 extravaganza, which this year is scheduled for April 14 to 16 in Sakhir. It will be the third of 20 rounds on the 2017 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. BIC has made it a point to make the Bahrain Grand Prix as accessible and enjoyable for children of all ages. Just as it is every year, toddlers aged under three years old can get into the circuit for free. Then, there is a 50% discount on tick-ets prices for youngsters aged three to 12. This year’s line-up of kids’ attractions include colourful shows, interactive workshops and a wide variety of out-door activities. The shows include an Amazing Bubble Show, a Drumming Puppet and spectacular Magic and Dance Shows. The Bubble Show fea-tures various bubble tricks of every form and size, performed by the supremely talented and bubbly Dr. Bubbles. The Drumming Puppet is a

ground-breaking entertainer who is always present at international festi-vals in Europe and the Americas. Gary James and Ricky McLeod are award-winning professional family enter-tainers who put together a fast-paced, action-packed magical show. The lov-able dance show features showcases the skills of The Dancing Grannies group. They are a comedy theatre company based in the UK who put on wacky dances involving traditional Bhangra and modern routines.

LES MILLS BODYPUMP AIM 1 BAHRAINDate: Today 8 am – 6 pmVenue: REPS Fitness Studios- Manama A one-day programme-specific workshop, delivered by Les Mills Master Trainer’s Libby Benson-Day & Anna Gibson, you will focus on advanced technique training and specific programme coaching, which will deepen your understanding of the essence of the programmes you teach – the key to becoming the best instructor you can be. During the module, you will present and receive feedback.

AIM1 is a programme specific train-ing day focusing technique and the programme essence. During the day you will:

• Improve your understanding of the essence of the specific programme • Improve your programme specific technique• Improve your coaching skills• Achieve a Touch Point• Gain REPs CPD Points

SPRING CROCHET WORKSHOP

Date: 08 Apr 10 am – 1 pm Venue: The Art House- Al Muqsha Have you ever looked at crochet products and thought, “Oh, this is so pretty; how I wish I could be able to do one”? Well, guess what ... you’ll learn with us the basis of the art of crochet .


HOW TO REACH US “Out & About’, a

ready reckoner for the events taking place on the

island, is published from Friday to Tuesday. To be included,

please use one of the following: [email protected], or

call 38444680.

FAMILY FUN CARNIVALDate : Today, 4pm onwardsVenue : Dana Mall

Would you like to meet with your favorite Cartoon Mascots? Join the Family Fun Carnival in Dana Mall. It will be a fun filled day for the family as there will be kids entertainment, fun activities, little chef competition and talent show competitions and much more with lots of valuable prizes for the winners. Join us it’s free. Activities include: Shopping Bazaar ,DJ with MC ,Clown Balloon Twister, Magic Shows, Face Painting, Henna Painting , Ceramic Painting, Arts & Craft Activity and Talent Show competitions and much more.

BAHRAIN SUMMIT FEATURING GOOGLE FOR EDUCATION

Date: Today 8 am- 08 Apr 4 pm Venue: St. Christopher’s School, Isa Town

This two-day high-intensity event focuses on deploying, integrating, and using Google Apps for Education (and other Google tools) to promote student learning in K-12 and higher education.

BTA MIXED DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENTDate: Today 9 am – 1 pmVenue: Bahrain Tennis Academy- Saar

The 7th edition of our Social Mixed Doubles Tournament will take place at the Dilmun Club, Saar. This one-morning event is a fun and social get together designed to give beginner to intermediate players a chance to enjoy some friendly match play. Teams may consist of male/female or female/female. The special (slightly slower) green-dot ball will be used to help improve tim-ing and lengthen rallies! All players are guaranteed several short matches regardless of their results.


SERVICE

Business solutions· WLL/SPC Registration· Accounting/ Auditing Services·Adding/ Removing Partner Activity· LMRA/CPR/Gossi Services· CR Additional Visa· Applications· Sponsorship with or without offices· Business sale/ purchase· 33600501, 33602501,[email protected], www.fahdan.com

ALWARDI CLEANINGCleaning contracts & General cleaning services.Sofa curtain shampooing.Curtain steam cleaning.Marble grinding and mirror polishing. Supplying cleaning staffs. Call 33717930

Groom wanted for Palakkad Nair Girl 33, ayilliam, 5’7’’, born and educated at Chennai, employed in MNC senior position presently in Malaysia. Contact with biodata, horoscope and photo : 00973 36741572

CERTIFICATE ATTESTATION & UNIVERSITY VERIFICATION from India, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, UK, USA, Australia. Contact UROGULF : 34211 944, 3733 4647, 38 271 275, urogulfbahrain@gmail. com, [email protected], www.muble.com

SITUATION VACANT

[email protected]: 17 630 301, Fax: 17 630 501

Required Female Housemaid

For working at Bahraini and Non-Bahraini family home. Work Visa Provided

Certified Female Caregivers

Preferably English / Arabic speaking Minimum experience of 3 years. Work Visa Provided

Female Nurse Aide

Certified nursing assistants should be compassionate and enjoy helping others. Work Visa Provided

Office clerksMale / Female

Preferably Fluent in English speaking and writingWork Visa Provided

Assistant Teacher

Well experienced in TutoringStay in with Home familyPreferably Fluent in EnglishSpeaking and writingWork Visa Provided

Cook

Well experienced with Arabic / Oriental and Indian Cuisine. For Staying in home Work Visa Provided

Female Stewardess

For Private Home events and parties services. Work Visa Provided

Female Cleaners

Well experienced in Housekeeping Minimum of 2 yearsWork Visa Provided

Drivers

Well experienced in DrivingShould have valid GCC licensedWork Visa Provided

Certified Babysitter/Nannies

Well experienced in taking care of babiesPreferably Fluent in EnglishWork Visa Provided

For recruitment and re-hire ofmanpower workers on short and long term contracts.

We Provide the following Household workers such as:

Licensed by (LMRA)

HOUSEMAIDSCAREGIVERSCOOKS

CLEANERSNURSE AIDEDRIVERS

BABY SITTERSSTEWARDESSWATCHMAN / SECURITY

For recruitment and re-hire ofmanpower workers on short and long term contracts.

Licensed by (LMRA)

[email protected] Tel: 301 630 17 Fax: 501 630 17

All Budget vehicles are purchased brand new & have only been owned by Budget All Budget vehicles are well maintained and have full service historyFinance available from all major banks & financial institutions.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage.

Why buy from Budget??

All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.All budget vehicles are accident free & low mileage. Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.

Finance available from all major banks & financial

Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.


Hassle free documentation at one place.Hassle free documentation at one place.


Hassle free documentation at one place.

Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial institutions.institutions.Hassle free documentation at one place.

Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial Finance available from all major banks & financial

All Budget vehicles are well maintained and have full


All Budget vehicles are well maintained and have full


only been owned by Budget All Budget vehicles are well maintained and have full only been owned by Budget All Budget vehicles are well maintained and have full

Showroom B0831, near Marmara Trading,Road 31, Sitra, Mob:39400347

Email: [email protected],Web: budgetbahrainusedcars.com

Timings: Sat —Thu (8am — 7pm), Fri (Closed)

Used Car

USED CARS

EXPERT PEST CONTROL

we use genuine products.Satisfaction

guaranteed call Joseph on

33119985 / 36200054

GROOMWANTED

MATRIMONY

18 Friday, April 7, 2017COOL ZONE

S OU UKD

CROSSWORDYESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Your star today

Across Down

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

How to play: Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

(Mar 21st - Apr 20th)

(Apr 21st - May 21st)

(May 22nd - Jun 21st)

(June 22nd - July 23rd)

(July 24th - Aug 23rd)

(Aug 24th - Sep 23rd)

(Sep 24th - Oct 23rd)

(Oct 24th - Nov 22nd)

(Nov 23rd - Dec 21st)

(Dec 22nd- Jan 20th)

(Jan 21st - Feb 19th)

(Feb 20th - Mar 20th)

You may feel a tendency to do things the same old way today simply because it’s what feels most comfortable. Even though the familiar route may be tempting now, it’s actually better if you seek a different way to go. Things may feel chaotic, especially in the morning and early afternoon. Still, don’t automatically resist things that are new and different.An extra log has been thrown on your fire today, so don’t be surprised if you burn especially hot. Use your internal furnace to make some breakthroughs and bring matters to a higher level. Turn up the intensity on certain issues that require more life. You will bring a great deal of positive energy to just about everything you touch, so use it wisely.Don’t feel like you have to rationalize everything. Accept the fact that there are some things in life that occur without a specific logical explanation. More than likely these are the most interesting events and experiences that add the most spice to your routine existence. Embrace the unknown and encourage more spontaneity and playfulness in your world.

In order to reach your destination, you may have to take an unusual route today. Zigzag your way to the finish line. Don’t automatically assume that this is a bad thing. You may find that this is the preferred path. You’re likely to experience many side adventures and make some discoveries. Try to remember how you got there so you can find these spots again.

Get out of the doldrums and enjoy life. The situation is such that if you remain stagnant for a little while, you will soon sink into a spiral of depression and downward thinking. If you stay afloat and focused on your dreams, you will remain active in your pursuit of all your life’s goals. You will have the power of the Universe behind you, supporting you all the way.

This morning is your time to shine. You should be in a good mood, with a positive outlook that helps you attack the day’s tasks with vitality. Elements of the unexpected may pop up and remind you that things don’t always go according to plan. This should be fine, however. You will find that your easygoing approach to life will come in handy when the scheduled route doesn’t work.

You may get a bit frustrated in the morning because of a lack of commitment on the part of others. You may find it hard to pin down an answer when everything seems to be up in the air. The good news is that things should run much more smoothly by this evening and well into tonight. Note a major boost in emotional self-confidence now. After dark is definitely your time to shine.

The energy you put out today will most definitely fuel the fire, so make sure you have an extinguisher within reach. There’s a spark of excitement in the air indicating that something new and different is coming around the bend. You may feel anxiety building up. Be patient and you will find that good things naturally come your way.

You might find your energy comes in strong, erratic bursts today. Don’t be surprised if you’re high as a kite one moment and down in the dumps the next. Even if you’re driving everyone crazy with your yo-yo behaviour, don’t let this stop you from keeping on in this fashion. You’re probably able to keep very good track of the dozens of things going on around you.

You may feel indecisive today, especially in the morning. Other people’s actions may confuse you. Don’t worry. Concentrate on your projects and goals. Other people can take care of themselves. Don’t feel like you need to make sure everyone is attended to before you start your day. In fact, you may be the one who needs to be cared for by others.

Emotionally, you should be feeling quite good today. This is important since you may get thrown off balance by a strange, unexpected force. The more stable you are on the inside, the less disruption this foreign energy will cause. Keep in mind that unexpected things usually happen for a reason. There might be a key opportunity waiting for you now.

Free your mind and consider alternative options. This is a time to throw away the old to make room for the new. There’s a distinct advance in original and forward thinking today. You should make it a point to go to higher levels of thought now. The more idealistic in your approach to people and situations, the better off you will be.

1- Waist band;; 5- Molten material;; 10- Village People hit;; 14- Banned orchard spray;; 15- China’s Zhou ___;; 16- Slippery swimmers;; 17- “M*A*S*H” soft drink;; 18- Let’s Make ___;; 19- Collections of anecdotes;; 20- Seize the day;; 22- Blow one’s top;; 23- Lennon’s mate;; 24- Abby’s twin;; 25- Sunset;; 29- Spirit;; 33- Compile, accumulate;; 34- Shrek, for one;; 36- Wonka’s creator;; 37- Law enforcement agency;; 38- Appliance brand;; 39- Calendar box;; 40- Author ___ Stanley Gardner;; 42- ___ of Man;; 43- Lower legs;; 45- Grating;; 47- Locate;; 49- Hosp. section;; 50- ___ Plaines, IL;; 51- Clear the boards;; 54- French composer;; 60- ___ Alto, CA;; 61- Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns;; 62- Farming prefix;; 63- Novelist Bagnold;; 64- Dense element;; 65- Half-moon tide;; 66- Kitchen addi-tion?;; 67- Dice game;; 68- Ball belles;;

1- Judge’s seat;; 2- Zeno of ___;; 3- Cowardly Lion portrayer;; 4- Camera stands;; 5- Lea;; 6- The King ___;; 7- Elation;; 8- Polite address;; 9- Have a bug;; 10- Longed for;; 11- Diner’s card;; 12- Put your hands together;; 13- Gal Fri.;; 21- Slaughter of baseball;; 22- Naval rank, briefly;; 24- Out of port;; 25- More secure;; 26- Dark area;; 27- Metal spikes;; 28- Chinese menu phrase;; 29- Sea eagles;; 30- Gymnast Comaneci;; 31- Repeat rhythmically;; 32- “Family Ties” mom;; 35- Guy’s date;; 38- Hokkaido native;; 41- Incident;; 43- Type of gun;; 44- Married man;; 46- Vanilla ___, American rap star;; 48- Standards of perfection;; 51- Fencing sword;; 52- Talk wildly;; 53- Came down to earth;; 54- River to the Baltic;; 55- Greek cheese;; 56- Envelope part;; 57- “A Death in the Family” author;; 58- Pinchy crustacean;; 59- Jumps on one leg;; 61- Onetime Jeep mfr.;;

BEETLE BAILEY R

#PollToday

Yes No Can’t Say

Is Bahrain ahead of its GCC counterparts in eServices?

Rest in sight

For more, catch us online at: www.newsofbahrain.com

/nobonline/newsofbahrain

EU parliament backs visa-free travel for Ukrainians

There were 92 children among the 301 people killed in the giant mudslide that slammed the southern Colombian town of Mocoa last week.

Russian investigators raided acquaintances of the sus-pected Saint Petersburg metro bomber, as the jittery city laid to rest the first of the 13 victims killed in the attack.

The European Parliament approved visa-free travel for Ukrainians in the EU, meaning this will likely hap-pen from June.

Friday, April 7, 2017 19

Bangkok

Thailand’s king signed a new military-backed

constitution yesterday that strengthens the army’s hand in government and puts the country on the path to polls after three years of junta rule.

The military says the charter -- Thailand’s twentieth since 1932 -- will curb unrest in the politically-split kingdom and keep out corrupt lawmakers.

But opponents say the new document means any polls, whose date keeps slipping, will only offer Thais a form of neutered democracy with a fully appointed senate and tough controls

on elected politicians. King Maha Vajiralongkorn, who ascended the throne following the October death of his revered father, signed the document in a televised ceremony in Bangkok on Thursday afternoon.

“This constitution aims to fully rid the country of corruption, abuses of power and prevent corrupt politicians from taking office,” the official read with junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha by his side.

Vajiralongkorn surprised many earlier this year by ordering rewrites to parts of the constitution that deal with his powers.

London

China’s Peking University is buying a 19th-century

manor house near Oxford in southeast England to use as a campus in a multi-million dollar deal, the estate agent handling the deal said yesterday.

Foxcombe Hall, which has a vaulted banqueting hall, Italian style gardens and a lake, is to become a branch of Peking University’s HSBC Business School.

“I can confirm we’ve exchanged contracts with completion due next month,” said Jon Silversides, partner at estate agency Carter Jonas.

The price of the transaction has not been released but the estate was reportedly originally listed for £7 million ($8.7 million, 8.1 million euros).

“I can confirm that we’re regarding around that figure,” Silversides said, adding: “Their proposal, I believe, which has also been in the press, is for a business school”.

Spread over 6.17 hectares (15.25 acres), the campus centre piece is the original house, built in the 1890s, which also includes a tower and an original carriage drive.

New Delhi

Police said yesterday they have arrested three

people for murder over the death of a Muslim man attacked while transporting cows in India, in the latest incidence of violence over the animal Hindus revere.

Pehlu Khan, a 55-year-old farmer, died in hospital on Monday after around 200 vigilantes attacked trucks carrying cattle on a highway in Alwar in the western state of Rajasthan. Cow

slaughter is illegal in many Indian states, and vigilante squads that roam highways checking livestock trucks for animals being transported across state borders have proliferated since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. Police are still trying to identify most of the 200-strong mob who attacked Khan and injured six others as they transported dozens of cows into a neighbouring state.

Thai king signs junta’snew constitution

Ukrainian citizens will be exempted from EU short-stay visa requirements, after par-liament endorsed an infor-mal deal with the Council on Thursday. The visa waiver will be another very strong mes-sage that Ukraine is a key part-ner for the European Union in the Eastern Partnership

Mariya Gabriel, Member of the European

People’s Party bloc

Russia probes metro bomber contacts

Bangladesh shuts one of world’s most polluted placesA historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut yesterday.

Chinese university buys campus space near Oxford

India police arrest 3 over cow vigilante murder

92 children among 301 killed in Colombia

Manila

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said

yesterday he has ordered troops to deploy on unoccupied South China Sea islands, boosting the military presence on remote reefs claimed by Manila in a move that could provoke rival claimants including Beijing.

“It looks like everybody is making a grab for the islands there, so we better live on those that are still vacant,” he told reporters during a televised visit to a military camp on the western island of Palawan, near the disputed Spratly group.

China asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours and has rapidly built reefs

into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes.

Duterte has previously sought to improve his nation’s relations with Beijing by adopting a non-confrontational approach over their competing claims in the strategically vital waters.

But the president appeared to alter his tone with his announcement Thursday, saying it was time to “erect structures there and raise the Philippine flag”.

“I have ordered the armed forces to occupy all,” Duterte said.

“At least, let us get what is ours now and make a strong point there that it is ours,” he said, adding Manila was claiming “nine or 10” Spratly islands, reefs and cays.

The defence department

later said that nine outcrops “are already in our possession” and occupied by marines, including Thitu island where the Philippine military maintains an airstrip.

Its statement suggested that Duterte’s plan was to beef up contingents on the reefs.

“The president wants facilities built such as barracks for the men, water (desalination) and sewage disposal systems, power generators, light houses, and shelters for fishermen,” the defence department said.

After China occupied Mischief Reef in the mid-1990s, the Philippines marooned a decrepit navy vessel atop nearby Second Thomas Shoal to assert Manila’s territorial claim and has kept the rusting boat manned ever since. (AFP)

Dax

A French bishop resigned yesterday at the behest of

the Vatican over “inappropriate behaviour” towards youths, just weeks after complaints came to the attention of his diocese.

Herve Gaschignard, 57, bishop of the southwest diocese of Dax, tendered his resignation at the suggestion of the Vatican’s envoy to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, the French Catholic Church said in a statement.

A separate statement from the Dax diocese said the resignation was over the bishop’s behaviour with young people. “For several weeks in the Dax diocese, rumours persisted

over the bishop’s inappropriate pastoral behaviour,” the church statement said, adding that that they had been brought to the attention of church authorities.

Pope Francis accepted Gaschignard’s resignation, it

added. A spokesman for the diocese, Paul Perromat, said the resignation followed “possibly inappropriate comments and behaviour” by the bishop but that “it is in no case a question of sexual aggression or acts.”

French bishop resigns over wrong ‘behaviour’

Duterte deploys

troops to S. China

Sea reefs

Herve Gaschignard

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

Thai King


Nairobi

Henry Eshiboko considers himself privileged. The

20-year-old lives with his wife and child in a single, windowless, nine square metre room.

The tin roof and walls are held firm by wooden beams so there are no leaks when it rains, there is a power socket and, a little way down the alley, a shared water tap.

“This is all thanks to football!” said the local club left winger and resident of Kibera, a huge slum in the heart of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

“With the 300 shillings ($2.9; 2.7 euros) I get for training, four times a week, I can feed my family and pay a part of the rent,” said Eshikobo.

Win bonuses are worth 10 times more. “With the match bonus, we can buy clothes, kitchen stuff and a few extra things. Right now, my wife is at the hairdresser!” he said, his face lighting up as it does whenever he speaks of football or family.

In Kibera, a labyrinth of uneven paths crisscrossed by rivers of sewage, Eshiboko’s life is akin to luxury: 80 percent of the population does not have access to electricity,

and many survive on less than a dollar a day.

Three back-to-back low league titles made the Black Stars -- Eshiboko’s team, not the Ghanaian national side of the same name -- into ghetto superstars and this year they play in Kenya’s national second division for the first time.

“Some of our matches are even on television,” said Eshiboko.

Winning games, winning supportBefore their rapid rise the team languished in lower divisions for years, but the club restructured and began to pay bonuses, said coach Godfrey Otieno, a former professional player who opted to remain in his native Kibera “to be able to give back to young people”.

“Before, it was common to have only six or seven players for training,” the 42-year-old said, pointing out that asking for four mornings a week as well as weekends without financial compensation “was difficult”.

“Now, everyone is here, and on time,” Otieno said.

For the players, football is a way to defy destiny.

“It’s not because we come

from Kibera that we can’t do anything, or that we cannot have ambitions,” said Eshiboko.

“When people talk about Kibera, they generally talk about crime, drugs, poverty. We have our issues, we’re not denying this, but with football, we prove that Kibera is more than that.”

For its fans, the team is a source of pride.

“We love the spirit of this team, it is people who come from Kibera who play and represent us,” said Bildad Ilondounga, an ardent Black Stars supporter.

“When we look at the field, we see our neighbours playing, and when the players look at the edge of the field, they see their neighbours.”

Adding to the club’s local popularity is the players’ willingness to donate food and clothes to families in need when they are able, while part of the Black Stars’ meagre budget goes to fund a slum kids’ team and buy them an after-training meal.

There are occasional perks for the players too.

“There are times when I take the bus, I don’t have to pay the fare because people say, ‘He is a Black Star!’,” laughed Eddy Odhiambo, a

21-year-old striker.

Smalltime, big dreamsBut success brings its own challenges.

Operating in the national second division the club now has to pay for long cross-country trips to away matches as well as renting a decent quality home pitch.

For years the club has been almost exclusively financed by a French teacher living in Nairobi who helped develop the Black Stars, but even with new sponsors there is not enough to cover this season’s budget, estimated at $70,000 (66,000 euros).

“The level is going up, and we would like to give contracts to players, like other National Super League teams do, but it’s not possible,” said Otieno, adding that the Black Stars was up against teams with far bigger budgets this year.

Under these difficult conditions adapting to the second division has been tough and despite their improvements the Black Stars have lost four of five matches so far this season.

“That means less money, it is hard,” said Eshiboko.

They are also struggling without their hardcore group

of about 4,000 fans who would gather when they played in the heart of Kibera in the past. The new, better quality pitch is a 1.80 euro bus ride away -- out of reach for most of Kibera’s football-loving residents.

Like smalltime players everywhere the teammates dream of the European leagues.

Eshiboko is learning French through a partnership with Nairobi’s branch of the Alliance Francaise, a French language and cultural institute, and has his eye on Ligue 1 team M o n a c o , w h i l e O d h i a m b o is less picky: he’d settle for “any club, in F r a n c e or in England”.

T h e i r coach shares this seemingly impossible dream. “If one or two players in the team can go to Europe to play football, we have achieved our goal,” said Otieno. (AFP)

Henry Eshiboko (C) attending a training session

Kibera Black Stars football players during a training session, in Nairobi


Nairobi

Henry Eshiboko considers himself privileged. The

20-year-old lives with his wife and child in a single, windowless, nine square metre room.

The tin roof and walls are held firm by wooden beams so there are no leaks when it rains, there is a power socket and, a little way down the alley, a shared water tap.

“This is all thanks to football!” said the local club left winger and resident of Kibera, a huge slum in the heart of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

“With the 300 shillings ($2.9; 2.7 euros) I get for training, four times a week, I can feed my family and pay a part of the rent,” said Eshikobo.

Win bonuses are worth 10 times more. “With the match bonus, we can buy clothes, kitchen stuff and a few extra things. Right now, my wife is at the hairdresser!” he said, his face lighting up as it does whenever he speaks of football or family.

In Kibera, a labyrinth of uneven paths crisscrossed by rivers of sewage, Eshiboko’s life is akin to luxury: 80 percent of the population does not have access to electricity,

and many survive on less than a dollar a day.

Three back-to-back low league titles made the Black Stars -- Eshiboko’s team, not the Ghanaian national side of the same name -- into ghetto superstars and this year they play in Kenya’s national second division for the first time.

“Some of our matches are even on television,” said Eshiboko.

Winning games, winning supportBefore their rapid rise the team languished in lower divisions for years, but the club restructured and began to pay bonuses, said coach Godfrey Otieno, a former professional player who opted to remain in his native Kibera “to be able to give back to young people”.

“Before, it was common to have only six or seven players for training,” the 42-year-old said, pointing out that asking for four mornings a week as well as weekends without financial compensation “was difficult”.

“Now, everyone is here, and on time,” Otieno said.

For the players, football is a way to defy destiny.

“It’s not because we come

from Kibera that we can’t do anything, or that we cannot have ambitions,” said Eshiboko.

“When people talk about Kibera, they generally talk about crime, drugs, poverty. We have our issues, we’re not denying this, but with football, we prove that Kibera is more than that.”

For its fans, the team is a source of pride.

“We love the spirit of this team, it is people who come from Kibera who play and represent us,” said Bildad Ilondounga, an ardent Black Stars supporter.

“When we look at the field, we see our neighbours playing, and when the players look at the edge of the field, they see their neighbours.”

Adding to the club’s local popularity is the players’ willingness to donate food and clothes to families in need when they are able, while part of the Black Stars’ meagre budget goes to fund a slum kids’ team and buy them an after-training meal.

There are occasional perks for the players too.

“There are times when I take the bus, I don’t have to pay the fare because people say, ‘He is a Black Star!’,” laughed Eddy Odhiambo, a

21-year-old striker.

Smalltime, big dreamsBut success brings its own challenges.

Operating in the national second division the club now has to pay for long cross-country trips to away matches as well as renting a decent quality home pitch.

For years the club has been almost exclusively financed by a French teacher living in Nairobi who helped develop the Black Stars, but even with new sponsors there is not enough to cover this season’s budget, estimated at $70,000 (66,000 euros).

“The level is going up, and we would like to give contracts to players, like other National Super League teams do, but it’s not possible,” said Otieno, adding that the Black Stars was up against teams with far bigger budgets this year.

Under these difficult conditions adapting to the second division has been tough and despite their improvements the Black Stars have lost four of five matches so far this season.

“That means less money, it is hard,” said Eshiboko.

They are also struggling without their hardcore group

of about 4,000 fans who would gather when they played in the heart of Kibera in the past. The new, better quality pitch is a 1.80 euro bus ride away -- out of reach for most of Kibera’s football-loving residents.

Like smalltime players everywhere the teammates dream of the European leagues.

Eshiboko is learning French through a partnership with Nairobi’s branch of the Alliance Francaise, a French language and cultural institute, and has his eye on Ligue 1 team M o n a c o , w h i l e O d h i a m b o is less picky: he’d settle for “any club, in F r a n c e or in England”.

T h e i r coach shares this seemingly impossible dream. “If one or two players in the team can go to Europe to play football, we have achieved our goal,” said Otieno. (AFP)

Henry Eshiboko (C) attending a training session

Kibera Black Stars football players during a training session, in Nairobi

In the spiritof the game Chechen President visits KHK MMA training camp

Friday, April 7, 2017 21SPORTS

BCL Premier league:Alpha Fire beat Zafar

A reception was held at the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) headquarters in Seef for Bahrain’s National Mixed Marital Arts (MMA) and the disabled cycling teamCycling team athletes who made a big impact in their respective competitions. Ruba Al Omari won a gold medal and Amal Al Fardan a silver in the handbike race for athletes with disabilities at the Asian Cycling Championship in Bahrain last February, while Hussain Ayyad took the under-56kg bronze medal at the European Open Amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria which concluded at the weekend. The ath-letes were commended for the results by Supreme Council for Youth and Sports deputy general secre-tary and Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) general secretary Abdulrahman Askar. Also in attendance were Bahrain Cycling Association president Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Bahrain Mixed Martial Federation president Khalid Al Khayyat along with athletes and representatives of both federations.

Manama

Alpha Fire defeated Shahzad Zafar by 42 runs in the latest round of matches

in the BCL 25 Over Premier League at the Busaiteen Grounds in Muharraq.

Batting first, Alpha Fire managed 190 for six in 25 overs with the main scorers being Fiaz (54), Prashanth (36) and Thilina (35) with Waqas (three for 32) the best of the bowlers.

In reply, Shahzad Zafar were dismissed for 148 with Waqas (37) the main scorer and Irfan (four for 33) and Thilina (two for 17) the pick of the bowlers.

In another match, Fire Care Tornado scored a massive 237 for six in 25 overs

thanks to a great knock by opener Ranjith (110 off 66, 12x4, 6x6) with support from Sohail (34), while Naveed (three for 40) was the best of the bowlers. BDS Bassali made a brave effort to reach the target but fell short in scoring 197 for nine with Adeel (32) and Zaman (29) the main scorers and Imran (two for 47) the best of the bowlers.

Other results: Indian Rising Star 250/5 in 25 (Ameer 90, Karthik 69, Joby 39, Mursheed 2/32) bt Lanterns 91/10 (Ajay 28, Shamzeer 2/17, Shyam 2/21) by 159 runs. Awan CC 126/3 in 16 (Zeeshan 59, F. Nasir 37, Sundar 2/15) bt Strikers 125/10 (Nitya 37, Yassir 5/19, Zeeshan 3/18) by 7 wickets.

Fiaz - Alpha Fire SafetyKarthick -

Indian Rising Star Ranjith - Tornado Ameer - BI

Manama

His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa,

Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports, President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, met with the President of the Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the occasion of his visit to the country, in the presence of His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport, the President of Bahrain Athletics Association.

His Highness welcomed the Chechen President and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, he emphasised Bahrain’s keenness to promote and develop constructive cooperation with the Chechen Republic in various fields.

The leaders discussed means of supporting and developing relations between the two friendly countries, increasing opportunities for cooperation in all fields. The meeting also dealt with several topics of

mutual interest. Moreover, Shaikh Nasser presented to the Chechen President the horses participating in endurance races, and the strategy that the Kingdom follows to preserve them.

The President also witnessed part of the training of the Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Mixed Martial Arts Team (KHK MMA), where HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa presented a demonstration on the team and its international participations and achievements. The President also met with some members of the Team of Chechen nationality.

For his part, the President of the Republic of Chechnya stressed his country’s keenness to strengthen the bonds of cooperation with the Kingdom of Bahrain in various fields, reflecting positively on the mutual interests of the two peoples, praising the comprehensive development witnessed by the Kingdom in various fields. Shaikh Nasser held a dinner banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Chechnya and his accompanying delegation.In pictures, HH Shaikh Nasser and HH Shaikh Khalid with Ramzan Kadyrov during the visits

SPORTSFriday, April 7, 201722

New Delhi

Legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is

making his name on a pitch of a different kind -- hitting all the right notes in his singing debut.

The cricketing icon has released his first single “Cricket Wali Beat” (The Cricket Beat), with fans celebrating the musical breakthrough from “the voice of God”.

The music video, which premiered on the finale of India’s version of “American Idol”, shows the 43-year-old

cricket superstar singing the upbeat Hindi number in a recording studio.

The track was recorded with Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, who praised Tendulkar for his singing prowess.

“He is a very good singer. We did not use a pitch corrector on his voice, as he was singing in the right tone,” Nigam was quoted as saying in local media reports.

His gushing fans agreed, sending the tune viral with more than two million views on

his official YouTube channel.“It’s been a pleasure to

have a song in god’s own voice #cricketwalibeat,” wrote Twitter user Jitendra Sen.

Tendulkar thanked his supporters for backing the song, in which he reels off his favourite shots over footage of him smashing runs for India.

“Thanks for all the love guys! #CricketWaliBeat got 1 Million views in less than 24 hrs. Keep it coming,” he posted on Twitter.

He follows a long line of

retired cricketers trying their hand at music.

West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo timed the release of his hit single “Champion” with the 2016 World Twenty20 tournament, which exploded up the charts when the Caribbean side went on to win the trophy.

Australian speed bowler Brett Lee also made huge waves in India with his duet alongside Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle called “You’re the One For Me”. (AFP)

Tendulkar changes pitch in new musical innings

Aidan Payne/[email protected]

Manama

Bahrain ranked 107 in the world defeated Kyrgyzstan

ranked 124th 3-0 yesterday on the fourth day of the action in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Davis Cup matches in Pool A of the Asia/Oceania Group IV on the hard courts of the Bahrain Tennis Federation Courts at the Bahrain Polytechnic in Isa Town.

In the opening rubber, Hassan Abdulnabi defeated Farhad Urumbaev 6-2, 6-0 in 44 minutes to give the Kingdom the lead.

The next rubber lasted a shade over two hours as Yousif Qaed battled to victory in three sets 7-6(6), 6-7(5),

6-4 to secure Bahrain’s maiden victory

at this season’s

championship.With victory secured, Abdulkarim

Abdulnabi and Elyas Abdulnabi made it a clean sweep with a 6-2, 7-5 win in the doubles after 70 minutes of play.

The first set was comfortably won, but at one stage Bahrain was trailing 1-4 but came back strongly to level at 4-4 and then clinched the second set with a break in the 11th game for a 6-5 lead and served out the match.

Hassan Abdulnabi said, “The team have played well despite the defeats as the first three days were tough, I played two singles matches against Saudi Arabia and Cambodia which went to three sets and a doubles against Myanmar in strong winds on the first three days. I was glad we won the two singles matches so I could take a break from the doubles and looking forward to our rest day today before the classification match on Saturday.”

Saudi Arabia ranked 111 are tied with Cambodia (101) with three wins from three after a 3-0 win over Myanmar (120).

In Pool B action, Oman (122) made it four wins from four after a 3-0 win over Tajikistan, while Singapore (107) are second following a 3-0 win over third placed Mongolia (126), Bangladesh (112) completed the day’s programme with a 2-1 win over Irag (106).

11 teams are playing round-robin which concludes today in their respective groups, with the promotion places decided by the winners of a play-off match between the Pool A winners and Pool B runners-up and the Pool B winners against Pool A runners-up to Group III for the 2018 edition of the Davis Cup tomorrow, along with three classification matches.

Bahrain’s team are coached by its non-playing captain and 64-match Davis Cup veteran Essam Abdul A’al and comprises Yousif Qaed, Hassan Abdulnabi, Abdulkarim Abdulnabi and Elyas Abdulnabi.

Bahrain first entered the Davis Cup in 1989 and have four times been in Group II of the regional zones.

Standings (win-loss): Pool A:

1) Saudi Arabia (3-0),

2) Saudi Arabia (3-0),

3) Myanmar (1-2),

4) Bahrain (1-3),

5) Kyrgyzstan (0-3).

Pool B:

1) Oman (4-0),

2) Singapore (3-1),

3) Mongolia (3-1),

4) Bangladesh (1-3),

5) Iraq (1-3),

6) Tajikistan (0-4).

Today schedule (10am):

Pool A:

1) Cambodia vs Saudi Arabia,

2) Myanmar vs Kyrgyzstan.

Pool B:

1) Iraq vs Singapore,

2) Bangladesh vs Tajikistan,

3) Oman vs Mongolia.

Bahrainreturn towinning ways

Yousif Qaed

Former Indian crick-eter Sachin Tendulkar speaks during a pro-motional event in Mumbai

Friday, April 7, 2017 23SPORTS

Shanghai

Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton said yesterday

he relished the prospect of going “wheel-to-wheel” with his Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel, who has seized the early lead in the Formula One drivers’ standings.

Vettel’s convincing win in the season’s first race in

Australia has set the stage for a duel this year of two drivers with seven world titles between them, and which had Hamilton recalling his go-cart racing days.

The three-time champion Briton called go-carts “the best form of racing because it’s wheel-to-wheel all the way form start to finish”.

“I yearn for those kinds of battles. I’m dying for that day to come again and I hope that happens with me and Sebastian,” he said in Shanghai ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.

Ferrari’s win in Melbourne has thrown down the gauntlet for defending champions Mercedes, prompting

speculation that its string of three straight constructors’ titles could end this year.

“It fuels the fire even more,” Hamilton said of the Australian loss.

“We want to be the ones at the front and we’ve got a real fight on our hands. It makes you want to focus on all the weak spots more.” (AFP)

Hamilton eyes ‘wheel-to-wheel’ fight with Vettel

Bilbao

Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic made a solo break and clung

on for a nail-biting win on stage four of the Tour of the Basque Country yesterday.

Late in the 174km run from San Sebastien to Bilbao Roglic made a series of bids on a hilly section to shake off his rivals and clinch victory by just a two-second margin.

Australia’s Michael Matthews was second on the day heading up the chasing pack, while Spain’s David de la Cruz held the overall leader’s yellow jersey by a single second on Roglic.

Defending champion Alberto Contador both fell and suffered a puncture before fighting back into the field on a teammates’ bike.

“It’s going to be a tough night but at least we’re still in the race,” Contador said coming in at 1min 28sec but benefiting from the final kilometre fall amnesty.

The Spaniard sits just three seconds off the lead in 31st place with two stages remaining that can turn the Tour on its head.

On Friday, the 139.8km run from Bilbao to Eibar has six category climbs culminating in a summit finish, before Saturday’s deciding time-trial.

Solo win for Roglic, De la Cruz in yellow

Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic

SPORTS

Hon.Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Responsible Editor Mahmood AI Mahmood | Managing Editor Soman Baby | Managing Director P. Unnikrishnan | Adviser Med JonesAdvt : Strategic Publicity & Advertising Co.W.L.L | Tel: 17270710, Fax17256470, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 17579911, Fax17250150, Email: [email protected]

Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing | Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877/Fax17250150, Email:[email protected] | Website: www.dt.bh


P23Hamilton eyes ‘wheel-to-wheel’ fight with Vettel

to host Formula 1 in-season testing BIC


Formula 1 action at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC)

this year will not end when the chequered flag comes down on the 2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix as the circuit in Sakhir has been awarded the privilege of hosting the first of two in-season tests this Formula 1 season.

Testing will take place on April 18 and 19 at BIC, right after holding the Bahrain Grand Prix spectacle from April 14 to 16. There is another in-season test this year, scheduled for August 1 and 2.

According to FIA regulations, from 10 days before the start of the season to the end of the calendar year, the teams are permitted to take

part in two team tests of no more than two consecutive days at circuits where an event has just taken place. These tests must commence no less than 36 hours after the end of said event.

Silverstone was initially lined up to host the second in-season group test, as in 2016, but this has now been switched to the Hungaroring, on August 1 and 2, the final action before the sport’s summer break.

All 10 teams are expected to be at the tests at BIC, but it is still unknown who will be behind the wheel for each on both days.

Formula 1 teams are permitted to run one car during in-season running, while two of the four days must be allocated to drivers who have started fewer than

two Grands Prix.This is also according to

FIA rules, which state that two days of each in-season test must be allocated to young driver training. A young driver is classified as someone who has competed two or fewer Grands Prix.

The in-season test in Bahrain will also help assist Formula 1 tyre suppliers Pirelli with warm weather tyre development.

Tickets to this year’s Grand Prix spectacle continue to be available ranging BD150 to BD60 for the five grandstands and are valid for all three days of the race weekend.

They can be purchased at the BIC stands in Bahrain City Centre and Seef Mall, online at www.bahraingp.com or by calling the BIC Hotline on +973-17-450000.

Date post:	12-Apr-2022
Category:	Documents
Upload:	others
View:	7 times
Download:	0 times

US blacklists Hamas commander T

Documents