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North Korea missile launch condemnedDT News NetworkManama

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday

condemned the North Korean ballistic missile launches.

The ministry said that this “provocative action” constitutes a new violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council and poses a threat to the international peace and security. The Ministry reiterated the need for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) oversight on all nuclear programs and activities across the world.

Egyptians protest over bread subsidies system

Rio renames airport after women’s rights activist

@SenSanders

We cannot continue to operate under the current system which rewards the wealthiest with more wealth at the expense of everyone else.

Cairo

Dozens of Egyptians protested across the

country yesterday because they were unable to get their share of subsidised bread, police said. The protests fol-lowed a supply ministry de-cision to limit the number of subsidised loaves baker-ies can sell people who do not yet have digital cards introduced under a new dis-tribution system.

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro’s main airport said yesterday

it will mark International Women’s Day by tempo-rarily changing its name in honor of a prominent ac-tivist against domestic vio-lence, Maria da Penha.

Limit expats working in public sector: MP

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DT News NetworkManama

Bahrain’s non-oil sector witnessed a remarkable 4.7 per cent growth in the

third quarter of 2016, indicating a clear acceleration from the 3.6 per cent seen during the second quarter, according to data released by Economic Development Board (EDB).

During the first three quarters of 2016, the Bahraini economy expanded by a real growth of 3.6 per cent over the corresponding period in 2015. This compares to headline growth of 2.9 per cent during 2015 as a whole, said Bahrain Economic Quarterly, the EDB bulletin.

“The third quarter of 2016 saw Bahrain’s non-oil economy gather momentum in spite of fluctuating oil prices and international volatility that has placed downward pressure on regional and global growth,” the bulletin said, adding there was strong expansion across a range of sectors, with particularly robust performances in social and personal services, construction and financial services.

“Bahrain’s resilient performance underscores the strength of structural growth drivers in a highly diversified economy. Beyond this, a growing number of regulatory reforms introduced in Bahrain have contributed to the country’s ability to defy

regional trends and foster innovation and growth. Key steps in this regard include a range of measures to cut the time to export goods to Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway, reduced minimum capital required for start-ups, and regulatory innovation to support the creation of investment limited partnerships, protected cell companies and trusts,” said the bulletin. A key factor underpinning the momentum in the non-oil economy remains an unprecedented pipeline of large-scale infrastructure projects, the implementation of which has accelerated over the last year.

(Continued on Page 4)

EWA to introduce ‘net metering’ soonMohammed Zafran/[email protected]

Manama

In order to encourage households use renewable

energy, Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) will soon introduce ‘net metering’ to measure power consumption in the Kingdom, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs, said yesterday.

“Net metering allows the

household to send excess electricity produced by the solar panels back to the power grid and the households will be compensated by the government for the electricity sent back to the grid,” he said.

Explaining it further, the minister said, “The meter which is currently being used by EWA is ‘one way’ as it measures only how-much the households are consuming and the electricity and water authority send them invoices based on it. In future

once we finish implementing net metering, there will be more to it. When households install solar energy, not only will they not have to pay for the electricity they produced they also can ‘net it’ and charge the government for the excess electricity they have produced,” he said.

“We believe that this will encourage households to go for renewable energy. So anyone who is interested in installing this in their house will be given

all the support they need,” he said. With this technology, consumers would not have to worry about wastage of power produced by renewable energy devices. The households benefits from the electricity produced by the solar panels, which they use and also from the excess electricity they do not use. The minister said that Bahrain has taken a number of steps in implementing renewable energy.

(Continued on Page 4)Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza

Bahrain’s economy is on right track with non-oil sector growth accelerating in third quarter

w Surging aheadNon-oil growth surges to 4.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2016 as compared to 3.6 per cent in the previous quarter

During the first three quarters of 2016, the economy has expanded by a real growth of 3.6 per cent over the corresponding period in 2015.

Total $4.3 billion infrastructure projects now tendered by the GCC Development Fund

in Q3

Muhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

Limiting the number of expatriates working in the

public sector and reducing benefits provided to them is the key to solve the unemployment issues faced by the country, said MP Jalal Kadhim in the House of Representatives yesterday.

Kadhim’s statements came while replying to Shura Council and Representatives Council Affairs Minister Ghanem Al Buainain on the numbers of non-Bahrainis working in Government authorities.

Kadhim expressed his unhappiness over the long periods taken by the government to reply to several

proposals he had previously submitted to limit expatriates working in the public sector and replacing them with Bahrainis, despite the council’s approval.

“I had previously submitted proposals to terminate 50 per

cent of non-Bahrainis working in government entities once their contracts expire, non-renewal of work contracts of expats over the age of 50 and reduction of allowances granted to expats working in the public sector by 50 per cent.

These proposals serve reducing public spending and employing young cadre in the government. They were all passed by the majority of MPs and we wait for the government’s reply,” Kadhim stated.

The MP mentioned that similar proposals to that ones he submitted were implemented in neighbouring countries to employ nationals, mentioning Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE.

“We have sworn to protect citizens’ rights. I have submitted around seven urgent proposals to benefit unemployed Bahrainis and they were delayed by the government. Many nationals have left Bahrain because of

lack of opportunities and the unemployment issue. Official statistics showed that 25, 000 expats were employed in both the public and private sectors every year in the past four years, placing Bahrain as the top destination for expats.

There’re no strategies to employ Bahraini jobseekers.”

The MP said that official data showed that “the average wage of non-Bahraini employees is BD1200, while more than 45, 000 Bahrainis are paid BD300 and less.

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Limit expats working inpublic sector: MP

Jalal Khadim

Don’t waste time discussing immoral traffic, MPs urged

Muhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

Discussing immoral traffic in the parliament

is a waste of time, said MP Khalid Al Shaer during the weekly session of the House of Representatives yesterday.

Immoral traffic isn’t a phenomenon in Bahrain alone, the lawmaker said while he rejected a request submitted by a group of MPs to hold discussion on efforts taken by the authorities to combat the phenomenon of immoral activities with emphasis on prostitution.

“It’s not a phenomenon as mentioned by the presenters of the request. It’s no more than personal misbehaviours that are dealt with by the law,” Al Shaer said.

“The proposal to have the

discussion on the matter is noble, but I don’t believe that Bahrain needs us to waste four to five hours of the parliament’s time to have such a discussion. We have the National Anti-human Trafficking Committee, Interior Ministry and the National Institution for Human Rights to deal with these simple matters. There are more important issues

to citizens such as traffic congestions and rainwater flooding that require us to convene and have an open discussion about them.” Despite Al Shaer’s statements, majority of MPs agreed to hold the discussion next week.

DT News had reported earlier that a group of MPs, headed by Jamal Dawood submitted a request to hold an open discussion in the presence of government officials to stand on the official efforts to combat the phenomena. The MPs had stated that the spread of the prostitution in Bahrain is sad and there are many human trafficking rackets benefitting from flesh trade in hotels and apartments in the Capital and neighbouring areas, which is harming the reputation of the Kingdom.

Khalid Al Shaer

Official dispels rumours on ‘double’ traffic finesDT News NetworkManama

The General Director of Traffic, Colonel

Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa, has denied in a statement the social media reports that the department will double the traffic fines if the violators inquired about them through the e-government portal.

“He assured the public that they could inquire and pay their fines through the portal, while those interested of receiving SMSs on their mobile phones should register in the

e-key service in the portal and update their information,” a statement issued by the directorate read.

“The SMS service includes

informing the public on their vehicles’ registration expiration and the renewal date of driving licence.

They will also be informed about their traffic fines and offences,” the statement added.

This clarification came after reports shared on local social media networks that “the fines would double if you inquire about them online”. Traffic fines won’t double if inquired through the internet services of the General Directorate of Traffic as rumoured, a senior official confirmed yesterday.

Shaikh Abdulrahman

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for kicking studentSupervisor sacked

DT News [email protected]

Manama

The Education Ministry yesterday sacked a

supervisor in a public school for “kicking a student out of school” for not wearing ‘appropriate’ uniform.

The dismissal follows the spread of a video on local social media networks. In the video, a Bahraini mother was complaining about an Arab

teacher who “kicked out” her son from Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa Secondary Technical Boys’ School, located in the Educational Area near Isa Town.

Published last week, the mother claimed in the video that her son was asked to leave the school because he wasn’t wearing the appropriate uniform, which is a jumpsuit worn during practical classes in technical schools.

The mother pleaded to

Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi, as her son was left standing out in the rain after the teacher apparently asked him to leave the school.

In its response, Education Ministry confirmed in a press statement that the school’s administrator that “a supervisor in the school was relieved of his duties”.Public Relations and Information Directorate in the Ministry said on Monday that the decision comes after the Ministry investigated the

incident.“The Ministry took its

decision after the spread of the video on local social media. The supervisor asked the student leave his office, after he tried contacting the pupil’s parents to provide him with the uniform. The supervisor’s action was wrong and hence he was relieved of his duties by the concerned department in the Ministry,” the directorate said in its statement, without mentioning more details.

out of schoolMan gets lifer for murder of girlfriendDT News NetworkManama

The Bahraini man who murdered his girlfriend

after a dispute over drugs has been jailed for life.

The 29-year-old man called the ambulance by himself after beating the 26-year-old woman to death in his family-owned home. The duo used to consume drugs together for three years, and was sleeping together. The woman got pregnant once from him, and she disposed of the fetus, according to court files. She was jailed, but returned to him after she was released.

“On the day of her death, I asked her to bring BD2800 of shabu through one of her friends who was dealing in drugs. We went in my car to get the drugs, but her friend asked me for the money first,” the man said.

“I told her I would examine the drugs before I give her the money, but she declined my request, insisting on getting the money first,” he added. The girlfriend and the peddler fled the scene as soon as he handed the money. “I got furious, and returned home. My girlfriend then came with 1 gramme of shabu after a few hours. She was supposed to bring 30 grammes as per the agreement. I slapped her twice, and she fell, motionless,” he stated.

The defendant, however, is thought to have beaten the woman with a plank. His mother confirmed hearing screams in his room before the woman was found dead.

“I hid in my little girl’s room after I heard the screams. I was afraid he would come and attack us,” his mother told prosecutors.

Clampdown onstreet vendorsDT News [email protected]

Manama

More than 80 illegal vending points in

the Southern Governorate have been removed by the authorities.

Southern Area Municipality announced yesterday that it removed vendors from 85 areas in different parts of the governorate during the past two months.

The municipality confirmed that it had dealt in its campaign with 36 locations in Isa Town, 35 in Riffa and 14 in Hejjiyat area near Riffa.

It stressed that this phenomenon is unhealthy and harms the businesses of legal

vendors and permitted shops.The municipality that the

campaign comes within its efforts to curb illegal street vendors, especially after complaints filed against them by store owners and citizens have increased lately.

It also mentioned that it is cooperating with the health authorities to eliminate the issue, adding that street vendors store their products in unhealthy conditions.

Several illegal vendors have

been evicted from southern Area

Muncipality

Applications invited for 2018 CPISP scholarshipDT News NetworkManama

The Crown Prince’s International Scholarship

Programme (CPISP) has started accepting online applications for 2018, with the opportunity open to qualifying students who have Bahraini citizenship, are enrolled in the 11th grade or equivalent and set to graduate from secondary school in 2018, and have a Grade Point average of 97 per cent or above for Grade 10 (two semesters) and Grade 11 (first semester).

CPISP Director Dr. Cynthia Gessling said that the online application period for 2018 scholarships is now open until March 23. Applicants must fill the form available on the CPISP website www.cpisp.bh and submit it online with the following attachments: official school transcripts in English for Grade 10 and first semester of Grade 11; copies of passport and CPR/smart card; and a recent passport size picture.

After receiving the applications, the programme organisers will arrange for students who meet the relevant criteria to take a set of qualifying tests to assess their English proficiency and critical reasoning abilities. A minimum of 60 student candidates will then be selected, based on their GPAs and the results of the qualifying tests.

An illegal vendor being evicted from an area in Southern Governorate

Wednesday, March 8, 20174

(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.)

It is unthinkable not to have computers in all organizations and companies, all types of transactions and processing is being carried on computers. However,

even though the use of computers has a great potential, it also puts businesses at risk due to cybercrime and business of hacking, which created the need for security defenses.

Although earlier desktop computers existed, the computing technology came to being with the launch of the first personal computers back in 1977 which included the Commodore PET, the Apple II, and the Radio Shack TRS-80 ushering in the PC era. All of these computers were built to serve simple needs that lacked the very basic defenses against potential threats such as hacking.

While these computers were considered as standalone components, the need for communication between computers, entities, businesses and, ultimately, people began to rise as the Internet came to existence. The development of the Internet and its use as a public communications network changed the game for attackers and defenders alike. As companies began to use the Internet for wide-area connections and services like email and file transfer, and as they established websites supporting business transactions, the Internet became the battleground for the next generation of cybercrime.

As businesses and computer users connected computers in networks, cyber criminals developed computer viruses and worms that used the network to infect systems, steal data, deny service, and spread to other systems. All was way too easy with the public connection the Internet has facilitated. Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center developed the concept of the computer worm—for benign applications—in 1979. But 23-year-old Robert Morris opened the eyes of the world to the worm as a malevolent threat in 1988 when his computer worm infected 6000 of the 66,000 hosts on the Internet. He became the first person in the United States convicted of a computer crime.

Similarly, there came the need for computerized physicians who act as defenders against viruses. These physicians are referred to as anti-virus software, which scans systems to spot and isolate known viruses. Because the attack is ever changing, anti-virus products are backed up by ongoing security research to identify new attacks and automatically update the anti-virus software to recognize them. Effective anti-virus defenses keep attackers busy developing new exploits, effectively increasing their R&D investment and driving up costs in the hacking business.

Still, where these defenses held strong against potential threats against viruses and worms, communication between the internal network and the public internet was a playground for attackers. In the late 1980s, businesses and public institutions began to connect their internal networks to the new public Internet, so they needed a way to prevent outside users from accessing their private systems with common protocols like the file transfer and telnet protocols. The initial firewalls were simple packet filters that passed or blocked packets based on rules specifying which protocols and ports were allowed. Subsequent improvements extended firewall rules to encompass knowledge of users, sessions, and applications. And later, next-generation firewalls (NGFW) embedded intrusion prevention system capabilities to spot and block known attacks based on their signatures.

Firewalls have slowed attackers down and driven up their costs by making them look for unlocked doors and hiding their attacks within allowed protocols and ports. They rely on social engineering to convince users to download and run malware in allowed communications like HTTP and email.

As the business of hacking grew exponentially throughout the 1990s, IT organizations have realized that an early detection of a cyber-attack could help businesses mitigate potential damage. For that reason, IT organizations have started collecting and examining system log files—usually for the purpose of problem investigation or resource accounting. Security professionals realized that consolidating and correlating activity in diverse log files could detect suspect behavior like unauthorized or excessive login attempts, unexpected data transfers, and other indicators of attacks. Log file management systems provide a common set of tools for storing, consolidating, correlating, and searching log files. To avoid detection, attackers often attempt to cover their tracks by modifying or erasing log files. This adds complexity to their task, and it leads them to “low-and-slow” attacks that strive to avoid detection long enough to obtain significant amounts of data.

While the computing technology helps businesses serve their customers faster and better, it comes with a great cost to build strong security defenses. No sole security defense will ultimately keep your business safe. Accordingly, a diverse, ever-changing set of cyber security defenses will have to be established to manage potential threats and slow them down.

Dr. Jassim Haji

By Invitation

Battle for Safeguarding Using Technology in Businesses Headteachers

meet beginsDT News NetworkManama

The 35th British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) Annual

Headteachers Conference began here yesterday.

The conference is being held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minster.

In the presence of Her Highness Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of Injaz Bahrain and Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi, Minister of Education, the Director General of the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister, Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa delivered the key note address at the conference.

In his remarks, the Director General noted that the BSME is a shining example of British-Bahraini and British-Middle East collaboration, stressing that it contributes to driving mutually beneficial development across the region.

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa also welcomed the

high levels of British-Bahraini cooperation widely apparent in Bahrain’s education sector today, through prominent institutions such as The British School, St. Christopher’s School, and the British College of Bahrain.

The Director General emphasised that educational development is enshrined in the National Action Charter and is a core pillar of Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030, and is supported by His

Royal Highness’ commitment to increasing educational attainment across the country.

Speaking about the importance of developing education and training, he praised the efforts of the Supreme Council for Development of Education and Training presided over by His Highness Shaikh Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, the Deputy Prime Minister. HH Shaikh Mohamed underscored the important role the Supreme Council plays in developing strategies and initiatives aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s education sector in line with international best standards.

Concluding his remarks, the Director General confirmed he was looking forward to hearing the innovative and fresh approaches that BSME members are applying in their schools around the Middle East, before finally reiterating Bahrain’s delight in welcoming the BSME Annual Headteachers Conference back to the Kingdom.

The BSME is an independent organisation which brings together over 100 member schools in the Middle East that use the British Curriculum.

BSME

Economy on fast trackContinued from Page 1

Key projects include a $3.0 billion project for ALBA’s

sixth pot line, an associated $800 million power station deal, a $1.0 billion contract for the airport modernisation programme and a new $355 million Banagas gas plant.

Investment by the GCC Development Fund is an important element in this project pipeline. The total value of projects that have broken ground has more than doubled to a total of $3.1 billion since the end of 2015. During the same period, the value of tendered projects rose by 20.5 per cent to over $4.3 billion.

“Encouragingly, we continue to see strong resilience in the non-oil sector in Bahrain as the economy continues to outpace the global and regional averages.

The build-up of infrastructure projects is not only helping to stimulate short-term growth, but will also help underpin the long-term diversification and growth in productivity that we will need to support our prosperity in the future,” said

EDB Chief Economic Advisor Dr. Jarmo Kotilaine.

“However, while we know that hard infrastructure is vital, it is not enough on its own. We also need to address the soft infrastructure – the laws and regulations that are going to encourage investment, that are going to make it easier for companies to do business and make it easier to grow. We have already made considerable progress in recent months and there are a number of other reforms we expect to see in the near future,” he added.

Projects to tap solar energy

Continued from page 1

“The cost of renewable energy has come down tremendously.

Renewable energy such as solar are completely clean, it doesn’t destruct the environment. Internationally governments are trying to reduce Co2 emissions,” he said.

“Another factor is that tariff on natural gas and electricity in all the GCC countries is going up gradually which means the renewable energy can now compete with fossil fuel. Recently, the government established a centre for sustainable energy which we call the ‘sustainable energy unit’,” he said. “To achieve targets for renewable energy a number of projects have been approved by the cabinet. Additionally, a ministerial committee chaired by myself with representatives from all ministries was formed to focus on renewable energy,” he said.

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa



It is unthinkable not to have computers in all organizations and companies, all types of transactions and processing is being carried on computers. However,

even though the use of computers has a great potential, it also puts businesses at risk due to cybercrime and business of hacking, which created the need for security defenses.

Although earlier desktop computers existed, the computing technology came to being with the launch of the first personal computers back in 1977 which included the Commodore PET, the Apple II, and the Radio Shack TRS-80 ushering in the PC era. All of these computers were built to serve simple needs that lacked the very basic defenses against potential threats such as hacking.

While these computers were considered as standalone components, the need for communication between computers, entities, businesses and, ultimately, people began to rise as the Internet came to existence. The development of the Internet and its use as a public communications network changed the game for attackers and defenders alike. As companies began to use the Internet for wide-area connections and services like email and file transfer, and as they established websites supporting business transactions, the Internet became the battleground for the next generation of cybercrime.

As businesses and computer users connected computers in networks, cyber criminals developed computer viruses and worms that used the network to infect systems, steal data, deny service, and spread to other systems. All was way too easy with the public connection the Internet has facilitated. Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center developed the concept of the computer worm—for benign applications—in 1979. But 23-year-old Robert Morris opened the eyes of the world to the worm as a malevolent threat in 1988 when his computer worm infected 6000 of the 66,000 hosts on the Internet. He became the first person in the United States convicted of a computer crime.

Similarly, there came the need for computerized physicians who act as defenders against viruses. These physicians are referred to as anti-virus software, which scans systems to spot and isolate known viruses. Because the attack is ever changing, anti-virus products are backed up by ongoing security research to identify new attacks and automatically update the anti-virus software to recognize them. Effective anti-virus defenses keep attackers busy developing new exploits, effectively increasing their R&D investment and driving up costs in the hacking business.

Still, where these defenses held strong against potential threats against viruses and worms, communication between the internal network and the public internet was a playground for attackers. In the late 1980s, businesses and public institutions began to connect their internal networks to the new public Internet, so they needed a way to prevent outside users from accessing their private systems with common protocols like the file transfer and telnet protocols. The initial firewalls were simple packet filters that passed or blocked packets based on rules specifying which protocols and ports were allowed. Subsequent improvements extended firewall rules to encompass knowledge of users, sessions, and applications. And later, next-generation firewalls (NGFW) embedded intrusion prevention system capabilities to spot and block known attacks based on their signatures.

Firewalls have slowed attackers down and driven up their costs by making them look for unlocked doors and hiding their attacks within allowed protocols and ports. They rely on social engineering to convince users to download and run malware in allowed communications like HTTP and email.

As the business of hacking grew exponentially throughout the 1990s, IT organizations have realized that an early detection of a cyber-attack could help businesses mitigate potential damage. For that reason, IT organizations have started collecting and examining system log files—usually for the purpose of problem investigation or resource accounting. Security professionals realized that consolidating and correlating activity in diverse log files could detect suspect behavior like unauthorized or excessive login attempts, unexpected data transfers, and other indicators of attacks. Log file management systems provide a common set of tools for storing, consolidating, correlating, and searching log files. To avoid detection, attackers often attempt to cover their tracks by modifying or erasing log files. This adds complexity to their task, and it leads them to “low-and-slow” attacks that strive to avoid detection long enough to obtain significant amounts of data.

While the computing technology helps businesses serve their customers faster and better, it comes with a great cost to build strong security defenses. No sole security defense will ultimately keep your business safe. Accordingly, a diverse, ever-changing set of cyber security defenses will have to be established to manage potential threats and slow them down.

Dr. Jassim Haji

By Invitation

Battle for Safeguarding Using Technology in Businesses Headteachers

meet beginsDT News NetworkManama

The 35th British Schools in the Middle East (BSME) Annual

Headteachers Conference began here yesterday.

The conference is being held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minster.

In the presence of Her Highness Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of Injaz Bahrain and Dr. Majid bin Ali Al Nuaimi, Minister of Education, the Director General of the Office of the First Deputy Prime Minister, Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa delivered the key note address at the conference.

In his remarks, the Director General noted that the BSME is a shining example of British-Bahraini and British-Middle East collaboration, stressing that it contributes to driving mutually beneficial development across the region.

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa also welcomed the

high levels of British-Bahraini cooperation widely apparent in Bahrain’s education sector today, through prominent institutions such as The British School, St. Christopher’s School, and the British College of Bahrain.

The Director General emphasised that educational development is enshrined in the National Action Charter and is a core pillar of Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030, and is supported by His

Royal Highness’ commitment to increasing educational attainment across the country.

Speaking about the importance of developing education and training, he praised the efforts of the Supreme Council for Development of Education and Training presided over by His Highness Shaikh Mohamed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, the Deputy Prime Minister. HH Shaikh Mohamed underscored the important role the Supreme Council plays in developing strategies and initiatives aimed at strengthening the Kingdom’s education sector in line with international best standards.

Concluding his remarks, the Director General confirmed he was looking forward to hearing the innovative and fresh approaches that BSME members are applying in their schools around the Middle East, before finally reiterating Bahrain’s delight in welcoming the BSME Annual Headteachers Conference back to the Kingdom.

The BSME is an independent organisation which brings together over 100 member schools in the Middle East that use the British Curriculum.

BSME

Economy on fast trackContinued from Page 1

Key projects include a $3.0 billion project for ALBA’s

sixth pot line, an associated $800 million power station deal, a $1.0 billion contract for the airport modernisation programme and a new $355 million Banagas gas plant.

Investment by the GCC Development Fund is an important element in this project pipeline. The total value of projects that have broken ground has more than doubled to a total of $3.1 billion since the end of 2015. During the same period, the value of tendered projects rose by 20.5 per cent to over $4.3 billion.

“Encouragingly, we continue to see strong resilience in the non-oil sector in Bahrain as the economy continues to outpace the global and regional averages.

The build-up of infrastructure projects is not only helping to stimulate short-term growth, but will also help underpin the long-term diversification and growth in productivity that we will need to support our prosperity in the future,” said

EDB Chief Economic Advisor Dr. Jarmo Kotilaine.

“However, while we know that hard infrastructure is vital, it is not enough on its own. We also need to address the soft infrastructure – the laws and regulations that are going to encourage investment, that are going to make it easier for companies to do business and make it easier to grow. We have already made considerable progress in recent months and there are a number of other reforms we expect to see in the near future,” he added.

Projects to tap solar energy

Continued from page 1

“The cost of renewable energy has come down tremendously.

Renewable energy such as solar are completely clean, it doesn’t destruct the environment. Internationally governments are trying to reduce Co2 emissions,” he said.

“Another factor is that tariff on natural gas and electricity in all the GCC countries is going up gradually which means the renewable energy can now compete with fossil fuel. Recently, the government established a centre for sustainable energy which we call the ‘sustainable energy unit’,” he said. “To achieve targets for renewable energy a number of projects have been approved by the cabinet. Additionally, a ministerial committee chaired by myself with representatives from all ministries was formed to focus on renewable energy,” he said.

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa



Prime Minister, HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman

Al Khalifa has asserted that Bahrain is the land of creativity and intellectuals and stressed that honouring of Bahraini national work pioneers is a national duty as they have contributed to advance the nation, preserving the Kingdom’s bright history.

The Prime Minister made the comments while receiving

senior Royal Family members here yesterday and reviewed with them a number of issues related to the national history, and the role played by the forefathers in consolidating the kingdom’s status and placing it on the progress path.

The Prime Minister stressed the need to adopt creative initiatives to highlight the kingdom’s rich heritage and link it with its history so that it remains engraved in the minds of the successive generations.

While reviewing regional and global developments, the Prime Minister expressed that stepping up bilateral and collective cooperation among countries of the region is the best means to safeguard the region against the economic and security challenges.

In this regard, the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of exchanging visits among leaders of other countries to discuss ways to push cooperation forward.

‘Bahrain land of creativity’

An official inspecting the rear side of the bakery

António Guterres

By Invitation


Women’s rights are human rights Women’s rights are human rights. But

in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed.

Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realize their full potential.

Historic imbalances in power relations between men and women, exacerbated by growing inequalities within and between societies and countries, are leading to greater discrimination against women and girls. Around the world, tradition, cultural values and religion are being misused to curtail women’s rights, to entrench sexism and defend misogynistic practices.

Women’s legal rights, which have never been equal to men’s on any continent, are being eroded further. Women’s rights over their own bodies are questioned and undermined. Women are routinely targeted for intimidation and harassment in cyberspace and in real life. In the worst cases, extremists and terrorists build their ideologies around the subjugation of women and girls and single them out for sexual and gender-based violence, forced marriage and virtual enslavement.

Despite some improvements, leadership positions across the board are still held by men, and the economic gender gap is widening, thanks to outdated attitudes and entrenched male chauvinism. We must change this, by empowering women at all levels, enabling their

voices to be heard and giving them control over their own lives and over the future of our world.

Denying the rights of women and girls is not only wrong in itself; it has a serious social and economic impact that holds us all back. Gender equality has a transformative effect that is essential to fully functioning communities, societies and economies.

Women’s access to education and health services has benefits for their families and communities that extend to future generations. An extra year in school can add up to 25 per cent to a

girl’s future income. When women participate fully in the labour

force, it creates opportunities and generates growth. Closing the gender gap in employment could add $12 trillion to global GDP by 2025. Increasing the proportion of women in public institutions makes them more representative, increases innovation, improves decision-making and benefits whole societies.

Gender equality is central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the global plan agreed by leaders of all countries to meet the challenges we face. Sustainable Development Goal 5 calls specifically for gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and this is central to the achievement of all the 17 SDGs.

I am committed to increasing women’s participation in our peace and security work. Women negotiators increase the chances of sustainable peace, and women peacekeepers decrease the chances of sexual exploitation and abuse.

Within the UN, I am establishing a clear road map with benchmarks to achieve gender parity across the system, so that our Organization truly represents the people we serve. Previous targets have not been met. Now we must move from ambition to action.

On International Women’s Day, let us all pledge to do everything we can to overcome entrenched prejudice, support engagement and activism, and promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Almoayyed Commercial Services, a division of Almoayyed International Group received two key recognitions from Konica Minolta for achieving the Best Service Team Of The Year 2016 and Best OPS Solutions Award-2017 runner-up at Middle East Level. Mohan Aerath, OPS Service Manager from Konica Minolta handed over the award to Mohammed Almoayyed, Chairman of Almoayyed International Group along with Mohammed Al A’Ali, Director of AIG, Alexander Thomas, GM of Almoayyed Commercial Services, Larry Leow, Optimized Print Services Manager, Konica Minolta Business Solutions ME and other company officials at AIG head office at Sitra.

Prime Minister, HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa receiving members of Royal family

Interested Vendors with proven experience in providing the above services may contact Bapco Procurement Department at the Refinery on Telephone 17752995, 17755845, 17757054 or 17755438 or 36027245 to obtain the appropriate tender documents after depositing the non-refundable tender fees as specified above in Bapco’s bank account. Tender Documents can be collected from Porta Cabin No.118 (Procurement Department – Tendering Unit) located outside the Refinery, on the corner of the road, close to the Contractor’s Gate from Wednesday 8th March 2017 to Wednesday 22nd March, 2017 between 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm (Sunday to Wednesday only). Vendors should deposit full contact details with the Procurement Department. An Initial Bond should be enclosed for the amount specified above or 1% of the bid value, whichever is lesser, payable by a Certified Cheque, Manager cheque, letter of guarantee or insurance policy. The bond shall remain valid throughout the tender period specified in the relevant tender documents.

• Quotation should be deposited in the tender box provided at the Bapco Refinery North Gate Security Office Reception, before 03.00 pm on the tender submission date.

• This tender is subject to the provisions of Legislative Decree No.36 of 2002 with respect to Regulating Government Tenders & Purchases and the Legislative Decree No.37 of 2002 with respect to the Tender Law’s implementing regulations.

• The following conditions shall be complied with:

Kingdom of Bahrain

The Bahrain Petroleum Company BSC (Closed) hereby invites tender for the following:

1. Enclose a copy of the Commercial Registration Certificate valid for the current year, and be in conformity with the subject tender.

2. Submit quotations on Form No.Bapco 3499/2(5/99).3. Enclose a copy of Certificate of Compliance with the Employment Percentage for

Bahraini Manpower issued by the Ministry of Labour.4. Ensure to stamp with the official seal on all the original documents and copies thereof,

which form part of the offer.5. Award of Purchase Agreement to a Contractor who is not on Bapco’s Approved List of

Contractors will be subject to successful pre-qualification.

Tender Title Tender No.Initial Bond(BD)

TenderFees (BD)

Tender Submission

Day Date Time

PURCHASE OF VIDEO WALL & ACCESSORIES Q093279 (09) 500/- 15/-

26th March, 20173:00 pm

• This announcement is to be read as part of the Tender Documents.


Lords defy May on Brexit bill

London

Prime Minister Theresa May suffered her second defeat

in a week over Brexit yesterday when the House of Lords

voted to give parliament the final say on how Britain leaves the E u r o p e a n Union.Peers voted by

366 to 268 to amend the bill empowering May to trigger Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, the formal

notification of Brexit which she has promised to issue by the end of March.

She remains confident she will meet that deadline, but the defeat is a setback, as well as a taster of the trouble she could face from lawmakers as she embarks on complex EU negotiations.

The amendment would give parliament the power to

reject the final Brexit deal agreed with the EU, a move critics said was akin to a “veto” which would

damage the government’s negotiating hand.

Ministers would still be constrained by the strict Article 50 timetable, however, which means that Britain will leave the EU after two years whether it has struck a withdrawal agreement or not.

The defeat comes after peers defied the prime minister for a first time on March 1, to include in the bill guarantees for more than three million European citizens living in Britain after Brexit.

The bill will now return to the elected House of Commons for debate, likely on March 13, where May’s Conservatives have a majority and should be able to overturn both amendments.

With an eye on future parliamentary battles ahead, some senior Conservatives are urging a snap election to bolster May’s support among MPs.

“The government could face many close votes, concessions or defeats as it tries to implement Brexit,” former Tory leader William Hague wrote in the Daily Telegraph.

However, changing the law to bring the election forward from 2020 would not be easy.

May had urged the Lords not to amend the two-clause bill, saying it was designed only to implement the June referendum vote for Brexit, and offered reassurances to address peers’ concerns.

She promised to address the future of EU nationals in Britain early in the Brexit talks, and also insisted that parliament would get to vote on the final deal.

But this vote would only take place if May decides to accept the agreement on offer -- and she has warned she would rather walk away with nothing than accept a bad deal.

Opponents fear this would cause chaos, as all trade deals and contracts between Britain and its 27 former EU partners would become void overnight, and say parliament must make the final call.

Former Conservative minister Michael Heseltine backed the Labour amendment, warning of the huge uncertainty as Britain implemented the “most momentous peacetime decision of our time”.

But another Tory grandee, Nigel Lawson, said the amendment would allow parliament to “prevent Brexit by refusing to allow the UK to leave the EU without agreement”. (AFP)

WikiLeaks exposes alleged CIA hacking programmeWashington

The CIA can turn your TV into a listening device,

bypass popular encryption apps, and possibly control your car, according to a trove of documents published by WikiLeaks yesterday which it said came from the US spy agency.

WikiLeaks said the documents show that the Central Intelligence Agency is rivalling the National Security Agency, the US government’s main electronic spying body, in cyber warfare, but with less oversight.

The group posted nearly 9,000 documents it said came from the CIA, calling it the largest-ever publication of secret intelligence materials.

The CIA would neither confirm nor deny the documents were genuine, or comment on their content.

“We do not comment on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents,” said spokesman Jonathan Liu in an email.

WikiLeaks claimed that a vast trove of CIA documents representing “the majority of its hacking arsenal” had been leaked within the cyber security community -- and that it had received, and released, a part of them.

Iraqi forces retake government HQ, museum in MosulMosul

Iraqi forces said yesterday they had seized the main

government offices in Mosul and its famed museum as they made steady progress in their battle to retake the city’s west from jihadists.

The advances, which also included the recapture of three neighbourhoods, were announced on the third day of a renewed offensive against the Islamic State group in west Mosul -- the largest remaining urban stronghold in the “caliphate” IS declared in 2014.

Supported by the US-led coalition bombing IS in Iraq and Syria, Iraqi forces began their push against west Mosul on February 19. The advance slowed during several days of bad weather but was renewed on Sunday.

The latest gains have brought government forces closer to Mosul’s densely populated Old City, where hundreds of thousands of civilians are believed to still be trapped.

Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) said in a statement that federal police and the elite Rapid Response Division had been able to “liberate” the Nineveh provincial government headquarters.

They also seized control of the Al-Hurriyah bridgehead, it said, in a step towards potentially relinking west Mosul with the city’s east, which government forces seized earlier in the offensive.

All the bridges crossing the Tigris in Mosul have been damaged or destroyed, and Iraqi forces would either have to repair them or instal floating bridges to reconnect the two banks of the river dividing the city.

Trump surprises White House visitorsWashington

US President Donald Trump dropped in

unannounced on roughly 100 schoolchildren touring the White House yesterday, greeting them beneath a picture of his vanquished election rival Hillary Clinton.

As tours restarted at the White House after a brief hiatus, Trump greeted pupils at the Briarwood Christian

School in Birmingham, Alabama.

The location of his surprise greeting was the ground floor center hall beneath a portrait of Clinton -- one of a series of paintings of former first ladies.

White House tours are normally self-guided, lasting about 45 minutes. They do not normally include a meeting with the president.

US President Donald Trump points to child in the crowd as he surprises visitors during the official reopening of public tours at the White House Iraqi forces advance in Mosul

Theresa May

Geneva

Gathered on the shores of Lake Geneva

for Europe’s biggest annual car show, leading automakers expressed cautious optimism yesterday about the industry’s prospects for 2017, despite the climate of political uncertainty.

Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Swiss city as the 87th Geneva International Motorshow opened its doors to experts and the media ahead of a public opening on Thursday.

As the doors opened, the show was abuzz with talk of Peugeot-owner PSA’s acquisition of Opel, the European subsidiary of General Motors, a 1.3-billion-euro ($1.4 billion) deal that will create the continent’s second-biggest carmaker.

With European sales almost back to levels last seen in 2008,

carmakers are celebrating

the end of a crisis which saw the global financial meltdown inflict deep dents on the industry.

Despite a wave of political uncertainty and the persistent shadow of the 2015 emissions scandal, executives were largely upbeat about the prospects for the coming year.

“What we see in 2017 is a market which is more stable, with slight growth, it’s a situation which suits us just fine,” PSA chief executive Carlos Tavares told a day after signing the deal which saw the French auto giant resuming its position as Europe’s largest carmaker after Volkswagen.

Juergen Stackmann, head of VW brand sales, had a similar outlook.

“We are expecting a stable European market this year, in all likelihood with regional challenges,” he said, in a nod

toward the uncertainty over the impact of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.

In good spiritsGM’s sale of its European brands comes at a time of political upheaval following Donald Trump’s arrival in the White House, and key elections due in Germany, France and The Netherlands, with the uncertainty potentially crimping growth and consumer confidence.

But Fiat Chrysler chief Sergio Marchionne urged the industry to keep things in perspective.

“To describe the Old Continent as offering geopolitical risk to a multinational, I think we’re stretching (it) a little bit out of proportion,” he said in a veiled reference to GM’s justification for exiting Europe.

But Toyota’s European president and CEO Johan van Zyl took a more sober outlook.

“We are facing many factors of uncertainty on the European market... which are going to have a negative effect,” he predicted, with figures released by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) suggesting growth

in the sector will be almost flat this year at just one percent.

Glitz and glamourIt is a far cry from last year’s show, when the industry was under a cloud following Volkswagen’s admission it had installed software in 11 million diesel engines worldwide to circumvent emissions tests, a scandal that is set to cost it

billions in fines a n d compensation.

The scandal has focused attention on emissions and the challenges facing automakers in building cars to meet ever-tougher pollution rules.

Carmakers are now having to steer toward engines that emit no more than 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometre by 2021 to meet European requirements, compared with

130 grams in 2015.But even with the greater

emphasis on fuel economy, the Geneva show is unlikely to disappoint in terms of glitz and glamour, with Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren and Bentley all set to present new models.

Some 180 companies are present at the 10-day show, which last year attracted 687,000 visitors. (AFP)


Geneva car show hits the road

The new Ferrari 812 superfast

People stand next to the new Ferrari car during the Geneva

International Motor Show

A general view of the Geneva International Motor Show

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Arunita Praharaj /[email protected]

Manama:

Bahrain will soon be the proud hosts of

the International Plastic Surgery Conference and Exhibition called Arabia Plast International 2017.

The third Global Bahrain Conference on dermatology medicine, cosmetic surgery and burns will be held under the patronage of Lt. Gen. Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health from 9th to 12th of March at the Gulf Convention Centre, Gulf Hotel.

The event will incorporate the 13th conference of the Pan Arab Association of Plastic Surgery, 9th Conference of the GCC Association of Plastic Surgeons and the 3rd Bahrain International Conference of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery.

More than 99 experts and proficient doctors from 32 countries will be in attendance, making the

conference a comprehensive platform to showcase and discuss rapid developments and innovative specialities in the field of plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine.

“Some of the names that will enrich the conference are Dr Carlos Roxo, Dr Rieka Taghizadeh, Dr Timor Balushi and many others who have made significant contributions to the field of aesthetic surgery and medicine.

“Participants will have an opportunity to exchange experiences by seeing the most important achievements and innovations in the field of cosmetic surgery,” Dr Tariq Saeed, President of the Conference said.

In addition to the conference, the event’s medical exhibition will include 25 global companies presenting the latest cosmetic methods in the Middle East.

So far, over 350 delegates have registered for the conference which has been accredited for 28 Certified

Medical Education hours on the recommendation of the National Health Regulatory Authority, important for doctors, nurses and paramedics who wish to renew their licenses.

The event will witness global and renowned guest speakers discussing important topics related to health. Various workshops on wound healing and management, skin rejuvenation, cleft lip, palate surgery, filler and botox will also be held.

The event is being sponsored by the Ministry of Health, RCSI Bahrain, Bahrain Economic Development Board, NHRA, Khaleeji Commercial Bank, Wael Pharmacy W.L.L, Allergan, King Hamad University Hospital, ConvaTec, Imdad, Abdulla Fouad, Dr G Surgicals, Vichy Laboratories, Ours Yours Bahrain, Jett Medical, QMP, SkinCeuticals, Avene, La Roche-Posay, Green International Medical and their strategic partners Tamkeen.

host Arabia Plast 2017

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Fontana Real Estate, the developers of Fontana

Infinity, have signed up as Silver sponsors of Gulf Property Show 2017.

Gulf Property Show, the boutique showcase for the real estate and property development sectors, is held under the patronage of Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and will take place from the 25 – 27 April at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre.

“We have seized the opportunity to join Gulf Property Show 2017 as silver category sponsors. Gulf Property Show is rightly considered Bahrain’s premiere real estate event. For us at Fontana, our debut will seek

to take advantage of the quality visitor base of buyers and investors that visit the show. Visitors to the Gulf Property Show will choose Fontana Infinity as their dream investment opportunity, once they have experienced the project through the vision of our team of experts” said Eman Al Mannai, Business Development General Manager, Royal Ambassador Property Management.

Fontana Infinity is located at Saud Al Faisal Highway, Al Fateh district in Juffair. The residential development, which will be completed by May 2019, consists of 43 floors with 809 studio, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom apartments.

“Fontana Real Estate have raised the bar high for residential living in the

Kingdom. Their reputation and appeal will add to the growing number of real estate of riches on display at the Gulf Property Show,” said Jubran Abdulrahman, Managing Director of Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions.

Gulf Property Show 2017 carries with it the Strategic Sponsorship from Diyar Al Muharraq and Manara Developments. In addition, Gulf Property Show’s Gold Sponsors are Bahrain Marina Development Company and First Bahrain Real Estate; Silver Sponsors are Khaleeji Commercial Bank and Fontana Real Estate

Supporting organisations include the Kingdom’s regulatory real estate authority Survey and Land Bureau and the Bahrain Property Developer’s Association.

Fontana Real Estate is Silver sponsor for Gulf Property Show 2017


Board member of the Bahrain Chamber of

Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and Bahraini-Egyptian Joint Business Council will be holding a Bahraini-Egyptian Expo on 16-18 May 2017 in the Kingdom.

This was announced as BCCI and the head of the Bahraini side of the Bahraini-Egyptian Joint Business Council Afnan Al Zayani

recently convened a meeting with representatives from the Federation of Egyptian Industries in Cairo- Egypt.

The Expo will include exhibitors from both friendly countries, and will center on a number of sectors including the industrial, tourism, real-estate, banking, and crafts.

In this regard Al Zayani said “The event mainly aims to step-up business between Bahrain and Egypt, encourage liaise

between business owners, and highlight business opportunities”.

An art exhibition will be held and the third meeting of the Bahraini-Egyptian Joint Business Council will also be held on the sidelines of the event.

Those who wish to become an exhibitor can reserve their pavilions by contacting the Public Relations and Media Department of the chamber by e-mailing [email protected] .

Joint biz council to hold Bahraini-Egyptian Expo

Ahmed Suleiman MBE KFO, Exhibitions Director of HCE, Eman Al Mannai, Business Development and General Manager, Royal Ambassador Property Management and Jubran Abdulrahman, Managing Director of HCE

Shaikh Mohammed

Afnan Al Zayani( second from left) with other del-egates during a meeting with representatives from the Federation of Egyptian Industries in Cairo- Egypt yesterday

BUSINESSWednesday, March 8, 2017 9

Zurich

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt, producer of the Easter Gold Bunny, Tuesday reported higher profits in 2016 despite

a difficult year for the industry amid political and economic uncertainty.

Although the group, is at the top end of the market, which would give it some margin for manoeuvre on prices, the race to cut costs within the industry still took its toll.(AFP)

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil is suffering the worst recession of its history, official figures showed yesterday, but Finance Minister Henrique

Meirelles insisted that Latin America’s biggest economy will soon bounce back.

Government statistics said the economy shrank 0.9 pc in the last three months of 2016, the eighth consecutive quarterly dip.

Hanan Darwish

Top Swiss chocolate maker tastes sweet year Brazil’s recession worst in country’s history

President – Gulf Countries &

Pakistan, Schneider Electric

“In the spirit of International Women’s Day 2017, let us be thankful to the millions of women making their mark on the world, and stay mindful of the work yet to be done in creating gender parity across homes, businesses and communities.”

Keep security details to a fewDon’t over-share security details. Be conscious of who knows what and why they require that information. For exam-ple, know who has access to password information and ensure you update those details if an employee leaves.

Be clear on your security objectivesMake sure you know what you want to achieve from your security system. Do you want to monitor the flow of peo-ple to and from your site? Do you require number plate recognition? Do you need high definition to satisfactorily identify potential intruders?

Look at what CCTV footage is capturedCheck what footage your remote monitoring station receives. This could provide insight on the level of detail you could obtain on intrud-ers and throw up questions about whether your CCTV needs to be adjusted to help you achieve your security objectives.

Check for site changesThis is particularly important for larger sites. Anyone – from your facility manager to an indi-vidual employee – could make a change to your site that could pose a potential security risk. For example, people may start to park near perimeter fencing, making it easier for intruders to gain access, or new foliage may be planted near CCTV cameras.

Regularly review tech-nology in placeThis can be something your contracted security installer can help with. Technology in the security industry is always advancing and as a result there may be a new

product on the market that could enhance your security and offer further benefits.Being aware of new technology will help

you to make a deci-sion on upgrading when the time is right.

Contract an installerMany believe that having a maintenance contract in place with an installer is an unnecessary monthly expense. However, the expertise a knowledgeable installer can offer is invaluable – they will be able to make sure sys-tems are up-to-date, false alarms are quickly addressed and issues are dealt with before they compromise your site’s security.

Put a maintenance plan in placeIf you, as the customer, have a maintenance plan in place you’ll help reduce avoidable false alarms and potentially costly replace-ments of security equip-ment before their time.

Make one person responsible for overseeing securityIdentify a trustworthy, longstanding employee who you could make project manager of your site’s security. That person could be yourself, or someone who you believe has the spare capacity to oversee all matters ‘security’. This does not necessarily mean they need to be an expert in everything from access control to cybersecurity.

The type of crime a business is at risk from depends on a huge number of factors. The threat they face depends on the business’ location, size, industry, accessibility and much, much more. But there is no doubt that businesses of all sorts face security threats. The following tips are focussed on best practice security for businesses in all sectors.

TIP to develop telecom infrastructure

Barcelona

Zain Group, during last week’s Mobile World

Congress in Barcelona, announced that it has joined the Telecom Infra Project, (TIP), an initiative co-founded by Facebook, Intel, Nokia, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and others in 2016.

The primary aim of TIP is to bring mobile operators, infrastructure providers, system integrators, and other technology companies together to collaborate on the development of new technologies and reimagine traditional approaches to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure. Operators and the broader telecom industry need to collaborate, be more flexible, innovative and efficient, and TIP looks to help achieve this goal.

Zain plans to bring vast expertise and resources to the initiative as it will leverage its regional footprint and experience in network deployments across challenging territories to support TIP.

TIP is exploring new approaches and technologies across access, backhaul, and core and management areas.

Scott Gegenheimer, Zain Group CEO said, “It could be argued that scaling traditional telecom infrastructure to meet the

ever-increasing demand for broadband data is not moving as fast as it needs to ensure customers receive the mobile experience they demand and deserve. We are keen to be part of such prime opportunities wherever they may arise.”

“Zain fully appreciates the power the internet has to enhance and empower the communities it serves. There are 4 billion people in the world who still don’t have a data connection and we commend Facebook and the other founding companies for kick-starting TIP. This initiative will result in bridging the digital divide by greater inclusion, and call on for more of our regional and industry peers to join us in this initiative.”

Since the launch of TIP in February 2016, the initiative has achieved numerous milestones including the

creation of ‘TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centers’ that incubate local talent around the world and accelerate product development through support from leading global and local investors.

A ‘People and Process Project Group’ was also created in order to develop and share cultural and process transformation practices to improve operators’ key metrics. In addition, Facebook contributed Voyager, the industry’s first white-box transponder and IP/MPLS routing solution that was successfully tested.

Furthermore, Facebook’s OpenCellular designs and schematics are now fully open source within TIP to accelerate the industry’s ability to provide wireless access in remote areas of the world.

Zain joins

Scott Gegenheimer

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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 0.2971 0.2947BANGLADESH 0.00506 0.00475CANADA 0.2945 0.2914DENMARK 0.0569 EGYPT 0.0361 0.0219EURO 0.4059 0.4038HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00582 0.00577INDONESIA 0.00002997 0.00002894IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000294 JAPAN 0.003520 0.003450JORDAN 0.5346 0.5351KOREA 0.00038401 KUWAIT 1.2580 1.242MALAYSIA 0.087500 0.0873NEW ZEALAND 0.2767 0.2744NORWAY 0.0473 NEPAL 0.00387 0.00353OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365 0.00360PHILIPPINES 0.00777 0.00753QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10061 0.26810SINGAPORE 0.2730 0.2710SOUTH AFRICA 0.03120 0.03110SRI LANKA 0.00277 0.00249SWEDISH 0.0451 .SWITZERLAND 0.3826 0.3801SYRIA 0.001740 0.0123TAIWAN 0.012800 THAILAND 0.010990 0.010990TURKEY 0.1105 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4796 0.4766UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102800 0.102810UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37800 0.37805YUAN 0.058500 0.0585 DT News Network

Manama

Gulf Air, has expanded its bundle of prepaid services

to offer customers prepaid seat selection, excess baggage and lounge access. Passengers can now purchase these services in advance of their travel via any Gulf Air sales office or the airline’s 24-hour Worldwide Contact Centre on (+973) 17373737. Additionally, Gulf Air’s prepaid excess baggage rates are 20% lower than standard airport rates.

“The Gulf Air experience is evolving and we are now expanding our bundle of prepaid services – giving greater

selection and discounted rates on select services such as excess baggage to our passengers who avail of the same in advance of their check-in. Our focus is ensuring greater ease and efficiency for travellers, helping them not only move around the world easily, but also manage their travel experience simply and easily,” Yahya Ali Buali, Gulf Air Director Sales & Marketing said.

Gulf Air will be introducing this facility to pre-purchase a bundle of services on the airline’s official website, gulfair.com in addition to rolling it out to travel agencies across the airline’s network.

Gulf Air enhances prepaid services

Dubai

Most Gulf stock markets fell yesterday as blue

chip Emaar Properties pulled down Dubai and stocks going ex-dividend hit Qatar, although Saudi Arabia closed marginally higher.

Dubai’s index slipped 1.5 pc as Emaar lost 3.8 pc after it proposed a cash dividend of 15 pc for 2016, unchanged from the previous year despite a 28 pc rise in annual net profit.

Qatar’s index fell 1.9 pc to 10,417 points, falling below major technical support at around 10,500 points, where the February lows coincide with the December peaks.

Doha Bank fell by its 10 percent daily limit as it resumed trading after being suspended on Monday, and after shareholders approved a 20 pc capital increase through the issue of new shares

Saudi Arabia edged up 0.2 pc. Much activity in Riyadh focused on second or third tier stocks favoured by local retail investors, with Solidarity Takaful, an Islamic insurer, rising 6.5 pc in unusually heavy trade.

In Bahrain, Aluminium

Bahrain rose 2.6 pc after its board recommended a cash dividend of 21 fils per share for 2016; earlier this month, the board had said it decided not to distribute a dividend.

Egypt’s index rose 0.4 pc. Investment bank EFG Hermes gained 1.2 pc. (Reuters)

Gulf down, ex-dividends hurt Qatar

Closing BellSAUDI ARABIA rose 0.2 pc to 6,993 points.

DUBAI fell 1.5 pc to 3,502 points.

ABU DHABI slipped 0.3 pc to 4,592 points.

QATAR sank 1.9 pc to 10,417 points.

KUWAIT fell 1.3 pc to 6,666 points.

EGYPT rose 0.4 pc to 12,678 points.

OMAN edged down 0.1 pc to 5,796 points.

BAHRAIN dropped 0.4 pc to 1,333 points.

DT News [email protected]

Manama

CrediMax, the pioneering Credit Card Issuer and

Acquirer in the Kingdom introduced its new state of the art mobile app in line with its strategy to provide its customers utmost convenience.

CrediMax App provides a highly secure application platform with a wide range of features.

It offers extensive support for credit card transactions and offers customers real-time access to information such as full outstanding amount, available balance and real-time payments and transactions.

Customers will also be able to initiate requests such as increase credit card limits and request new or supplementary cards. They will also be able to view the latest offers and promotions from CrediMax, as well as update their personal details, make payments and stop cards.

“The launch of our new mobile app is a testament to the overall success of leading the credit card business and e-Payment in the local market and its drive to capitalise on the digital age, providing customers world-class innovations and state of the art technology,” Chief Executive of CrediMax Yousif Ali Mirza commented.

The Mobile App is available on iOS and Android as well as on CrediMax’s website. A step by step video tutorial is also available on how to download and register for the App.

Gulf Air

CrediMax launches new mobile application


Three UK-based scientists have won a prestigious prize worth

1m euros for studying the brain’s reward centre.

Their work helps understand our drive to shop, eat or even land on the moon.

Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan and Ray Dolan said winning The Brain Prize - the biggest in the field of neuroscience - was a “great honour”.(BBC)

Breast cancer patients who eat the most soy foods are

also less likely to die early, a new study finds.

Researchers found women who ate the most soy foods were 21 percent less likely to die over 9 ½ years than women who ate the least.

Soy has also been shown to lower the risk of heart disease, too, the study said.

11 UK scientists bag award for brain study

Soy may prevent breast cancer


Dr. Rajani Rajesh

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TEAR STAINS IN DOGSEpiphora is the technical word for excessive tear production.

Tear staining is usually by epiphora. The tearstains themselves are reddish-brown streaks under a dog’s eyes. In a normal dog eye, there are small holes that drain tears away from the eye and down the throat. A variety of dog eye problems can affect this drainage, causing excessively watery eyes. Excessive tearing can occur as a result of irritation to your dog’s eyes or because your dog’s tears are not draining properly. When the eyes are continually irritated, this can lead to chronic tearing that produces stains. Conditions that might irritate the eye include dog eye infections, glaucoma, and eyelash or eyelid problems. When this becomes chronic, the constant moisture around the eyes results in skin irritation and creates a fertile breeding ground for bacteria and yeast which is causing your dog rub his eyes. Over time red staining will develop around the eye that is due to accumulation of a pigment called porphyrin which is found in tears. Porphyrins are naturally occurring molecules containing iron and are mostly removed from the body in the stool. However, in dogs and cats, porphyrin can also be excreted through tears, saliva, and urine.

Some dog breeds, such as Shih-tzu, Pekingese, Maltese,cocker spaniel, poodles and pug, are prone to excessive tearing. White dogs are more likely to have visible tear staining on their faces, because the pigments in their tears can easily dye light-colored fur. Also, dogs with long hair on their faces may be more prone to excessive tearing and staining.

You can control your pet’s tear staining by gently wiping his face at least twice a day usiang a quality eye cleanser for pets, keeping his face hair trimmed, feed a high-quality, balanced diet, provide your pet with fresh, filtered drinking water etc.

Cancer patients may ease fatigue more effectively with

exercise and psychotherapy than with medication, a recent study suggests.

Researchers examined data from 113 previously published studies involving more than 11,500 cancer patients with fatigue. Patients were randomly assigned to treat their exhaustion with exercise or psychotherapy, or both, or with drugs.

Exercise and psychotherapy were associated with a 26 pc to 30 pc reduction in fatigue during and after cancer treatment, the study found. Drugs, however, were tied to only a 9 pc decline in fatigue.

“Patients need to try exercise or psychotherapy before they reach for a pharmaceutical,” said lead study author Karen Mustian of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.

Cancer-related fatigue is common and may be tied to the effects of tumours or treatments, researches note in JAMA Oncology. Unlike other types of exhaustion, just getting more sleep or giving aching muscles a break from strenuous activities can’t address fatigue associated with tumours.

Fatigue tied to cancer can persist for years and may be worsened by other c a n c e r -r e l a t e d h e a l t h

problems like depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance and pain.

It’s not clear why exercise and psychotherapy may be more effective than drugs, Mustian said.

“We do not know for sure why exercise works, but some research is beginning to suggest it is due to anti-inflammatory effects and also improvements in physical function - cardiovascular, pulmonary and muscular,” Mustian added.

“In terms of psychotherapy, the most beneficial form was group therapy that used a cognitive behavioural approach to educate patients, help them to change the way they think about fatigue and managing it, and adopting behaviours to help alleviate it.”

Most participants in the studies were female, and almost half of the studies involved women with breast cancer.

Age, gender, cancer type and forms of exercise didn’t appear to influence how effective exercise or psychotherapy was relative to medications, researchers found.

Overall, the analysis included 14 drug studies, mostly looking at stimulants or drugs designed to promote wakefulness.

Among the 69 evaluations of exercise, most looked at aerobic activity alone or in combination with other types of movement.

Of the 34 psychological interventions tested in the

studies, most involved therapies focused

on behaviour and education.

One benefit of the current study is that r e s e a r c h e r s

were able to pool the data

from several i n d i v i d u a l

r e s e a r c h e f f o r t s

that were, alone, too small to draw meaningful conclusions about the relative advantages of different treatments, the authors note.

Limitations include the varied designs in the studies, which made it difficult to assess how factors such as race, education, income or other d e m o g r a p h i c differences might have impacted the results, the r e s e a r c h e r s also point out. (Fox News)

Bottled air for sale in KuwaitDT News NetworkManama

Vitality Air, a company which bottles fresh air

from Canada has put up its products for sale in Kuwait.

The company has been compressing Alberta, Canada’s crisp, clean air into aluminium cans and shipping it across the globe since they launched in November 2014.

“Customers get breaths of fresh air, and their bodies can have a break from all of the

pollution. Our bottle comes in a 3 litre as well as an 8 litre

size, fitting in any backpack, purse, or yoga bag. They offer around 80 to 120 breaths on average. Our 8 litre version is the most popular model. We’ve designed an ingenious face mask that helps you trap in that fresh air goodness. By holding the mask to your mouth, you can breathe multiple breaths without having any Vitality Air escape,” a statement said.

Three litres of Vitality Air will cost 17.99 USD.


Fahdan Group’s car company, Fine City Cars was inaugurated at Riffa Al Hajiyat by Member of Parliament Mohammed Yousef Al Marafi

Minister of Interior, Lt General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa yesterday received the Kuwaiti Ambassador, Shaikh Azzam bin Mubarak Al Sabah and hailed the ambas-sador’s efforts to develop ties between the two brotherly countries and cooperation in all sectors. The minister also applauded the results of the official visit of Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to Kuwait last week

BDF Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received the Vice Chief of the UK Defence Staff, General Sir Gordon Messenger, who is currently on a visit to the kingdom. They reviewed the existing cooperation and friendship relations between Bahrain and the United Kingdom

Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olympic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, yester-day bid farewell to the staff of the Bahrain Defence Force’s Royal Medical Services (BDFRMS), who are working with the British ship to deliver relief aid to refugees in the European Union (EU). Shaikh Nasser wished the BDFRMS staff every success, and laud-ed the high morale of the BDF’s officers and staff

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received the credentials of five new ambassadors during a ceremony held at Al-Sakhir Palace. The new ambassadors are Carlos Rodolfo Zapata Lopez of Peru, George Janjgava of Georgia, Ko Ko Latt of Myanmar, Togolese Ouro-Sama Mohamed Sad and Guatemalan Acisclo Valadares Molina. The ambassadors conveyed greetings from their countries’ to the King

Rotary Club of Adliya dedicated the funds raised through the annual Bahrain Charity Cricket World Cup 2017 at Bahrain Rugby Club, Saar towards Road Safety Awareness Campaign. Eight Teams participated in the event which was won by A. DadaBhai team and runner ups were Saifee Stores. The Charity Cricket event was supported by leading business houses such as BMMI, Dada-bhai Travel and Intercol

Raas Oil Field Services and Supplies WLL took part in the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MEOS 2017)held in Manama. General Manger, George K Koshy with other staffs participated in the conference

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, was crowned as the champion of the National Action Charter of Bahrain Basketball Tournament after defeating Tatweer Petroleum team (88-52) in the final match held at the Alba Club. Speaking on the occasion, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray congratulated Alba’s basketball team for their excellent teamwork and dedication that has helped win the championship

On behalf of Chief of Public Security, Major-General Tariq Al Hassan, Deputy Chief of Public Security, Brigadier Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa attended the of-ficer day event organised by the Training Directorate at the Public Security Officers Club. The event was held to discuss experiences of security directorates to exchange expertise and learn about the most important cases investigated by the department

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Minister of Interior, Lt General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa yesterday received the Kuwaiti Ambassador, Shaikh Azzam bin Mubarak Al Sabah and hailed the ambas-sador’s efforts to develop ties between the two brotherly countries and cooperation in all sectors. The minister also applauded the results of the official visit of Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to Kuwait last week

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday received the credentials of five new ambassadors during a ceremony held at Al-Sakhir Palace. The new ambassadors are Carlos Rodolfo Zapata Lopez of Peru, George Janjgava of Georgia, Ko Ko Latt of Myanmar, Togolese Ouro-Sama Mohamed Sad and Guatemalan Acisclo Valadares Molina. The ambassadors conveyed greetings from their countries’ to the King

Reena Rajeev (President) and Saira Pramod (Secretary) and other members of Friends of Bahrain Ladies Wing were elected to the governing body

Rotary Club of Adliya dedicated the funds raised through the annual Bahrain Charity Cricket World Cup 2017 at Bahrain Rugby Club, Saar towards Road Safety Awareness Campaign. Eight Teams participated in the event which was won by A. DadaBhai team and runner ups were Saifee Stores. The Charity Cricket event was supported by leading business houses such as BMMI, Dada-bhai Travel and Intercol

Royal University for Women celebrated international women’s day with a full program of activities including hosting distin-guished guest speakers. The main event featured a debate between student delegation from West Virginia University, USA and Royal University for Women students on multiculturalism and assimilation in society . The West Virginia University students are visiting RUW and the Kingdom of Bahrain as part of a week long student exchange program with students from RUW having already visited Morgantown , USA earlier this academic year

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, was crowned as the champion of the National Action Charter of Bahrain Basketball Tournament after defeating Tatweer Petroleum team (88-52) in the final match held at the Alba Club. Speaking on the occasion, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray congratulated Alba’s basketball team for their excellent teamwork and dedication that has helped win the championship

Southern Governor Shaikh Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa attended a meeting staged by the Southern Toastmaster Club (STMC) in the presence of 19 members. The Governor praised sincere effort of the STMC’s officials in bringing successes in many occasions, most recently winning the first places in the District 15 contest. STMC’s President Mohammed Saleh Al-Marashda expressed gratitude for the Governorate’s support, vowing to continue toward achieving more successes

Action star Jackie Chan said opening up China’s heavily-restricted film market to more foreign

works would put positive pressure on local filmmakers, as rumours swirl Beijing will expand its quota on imported movies.

Since 2012, China has permitted 34 films to be imported from overseas each year, but

the state-run Global Times newspaper reported last month that Chinese and

US officials are renegotiating the limit.A shakeup in domestic movie

offerings would challenge Chinese filmmakers to produce better work,

Chan told reporters at a press conference during the annual

gathering of China’s political advisory committee, of which he is a member.

“Their technology is more advanced than ours, but on the other

hand, we will have more opportunities to watch their films and learn from them,”

he said.“We are concerned -- very afraid -- but

I believe that this kind of pressure is a positive thing...the more films that come

in, the more we will ourselves improve.”Hollywood films accounted for more than

half of China’s 45.3 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) in ticket sales last year. (AFP)

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are teaming up for Steven Spielberg’s

Pentagon Papers drama ‘The Post’. The film will revolve around the role of The Washington Post in publishing the infamous study about America’s accountability in the Vietnam War.

While Hanks, 60, will portray the role of Post editor Ben Bradlee, Streep, 67, will play publisher Kay Graham.

‘The Post’ marks the first collaboration between the legendary actors. Streep and Spielberg, 70, have previously worked together on ‘A I’, while Hanks and the director have collaborated on a number of projects, most recent being ‘Bridge of Spies’, among others.

The script is penned by Liz Hannah, which was initially picked up

by Amy Pascal to produce under her banner, Pascal Pictures. (TOI)

Shannen Doherty says she feels great and is happy after finishing her chemotherapy.

The 45-year-old actress walked the red carpet at the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundations’ Gratitude Gala - her first public appearance post her cancer treatment.

“I feel great. I feel great, I feel like lucky. Lucky that I’m here, lucky that I’m standing next to Marc Ching (founder of the programme), lucky that I get to be a part of this foundation, lucky that we get to be a voice tonight for the voiceless and just lucky,” Doherty said.

The ‘90210’ star was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. (TOI)

ashton kutcher‏ @aplusk

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technology but to understand the future of technology studying people.


Actor who became known for his leading roles in movies such as She’s All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Summer Catch.

March 8, 1976

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Action star Jackie Chan said opening up China’s heavily-restricted film market to more foreign

works would put positive pressure on local filmmakers, as rumours swirl Beijing will expand its quota on imported movies.

Since 2012, China has permitted 34 films to be imported from overseas each year, but

the state-run Global Times newspaper reported last month that Chinese and

US officials are renegotiating the limit.A shakeup in domestic movie

offerings would challenge Chinese filmmakers to produce better work,

Chan told reporters at a press conference during the annual

gathering of China’s political advisory committee, of which he is a member.

“Their technology is more advanced than ours, but on the other

hand, we will have more opportunities to watch their films and learn from them,”

he said.“We are concerned -- very afraid -- but

I believe that this kind of pressure is a positive thing...the more films that come

in, the more we will ourselves improve.”Hollywood films accounted for more than

half of China’s 45.3 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) in ticket sales last year. (AFP)

Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are teaming up for Steven Spielberg’s

Pentagon Papers drama ‘The Post’. The film will revolve around the role of The Washington Post in publishing the infamous study about America’s accountability in the Vietnam War.

While Hanks, 60, will portray the role of Post editor Ben Bradlee, Streep, 67, will play publisher Kay Graham.

‘The Post’ marks the first collaboration between the legendary actors. Streep and Spielberg, 70, have previously worked together on ‘A I’, while Hanks and the director have collaborated on a number of projects, most recent being ‘Bridge of Spies’, among others.

The script is penned by Liz Hannah, which was initially picked up

by Amy Pascal to produce under her banner, Pascal Pictures. (TOI)

Shannen Doherty says she feels great and is happy after finishing her chemotherapy.

The 45-year-old actress walked the red carpet at the Animal Hope and Wellness Foundations’ Gratitude Gala - her first public appearance post her cancer treatment.

“I feel great. I feel great, I feel like lucky. Lucky that I’m here, lucky that I’m standing next to Marc Ching (founder of the programme), lucky that I get to be a part of this foundation, lucky that we get to be a voice tonight for the voiceless and just lucky,” Doherty said.

The ‘90210’ star was diagnosed with cancer in 2015. (TOI)

ashton kutcher‏ @aplusk

You can understand technology by studying

technology but to understand the future of technology studying people.


Actor who became known for his leading roles in movies such as She’s All That, I Know What You Did Last Summer, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Summer Catch.

March 8, 1976

Freddie Prinze Jr.

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Emma Watson says she was scared her ‘Beauty and The Beast’ co-star

Dan Stevens would break her foot while practising for the film’s iconic waltz sequence.

The 26-year-old actress says she was ‘slightly terrified’ an accident might take place during the rehearsals of the titular song.

“Dan was essentially wearing steel-capped stilts. I was slightly terrified my foot was going to get broken or we were going to end up in a heap on the floor. So it had an extra edge to it,” says Watson.

But the actress says it was a great way to develop a good working relationship with the actor, who plays Beast in the Bill Condon movie.

“It was actually a really good pre-film bonding. We got to know each other and learned to trust each other. I would recommend all couples go and dance together, stamp on each other’s toes, be completely off-beat. It’s perfect,” says the actress. (TOI)

Hugh Jackman’s name is synonymous with The Wolverine, but the actor says

his son Oscar thinks he’s nothing like the film’s leading character.

The actor spoke about his son, 16, during an appearance on a chat show.

Recalling a past incident where a friend of his son was gushing over the 48-year-old, Jackman told the host Stephen Colbert: “Dad is nothing like Wolverine. He’s not tough, he’s not cool.”

“I remember my son having a friend come over. He was about 13 (at the time),” Jackman recalled.

He added: “The guy was peppering him with Wolverine questions and my son was like, nothing. Finally I hear this ‘Listen, dad is nothing like Wolverine. He’s not tough, he’s not cool. Don’t ask me anything about it’.” (TOI)

Margot Robbie will star as Maid Marian in a film inspired by the

Robin Hood universe .The ‘Suicide Squad’ actress will

feature in the contemporary take of the classic folk legend that focuses solely on the heroic damsel. In the new version, Robbie as Marian leads the people in war time after the love of her life, Robin Hood, dies.

The character rises to power, charges into a battle that will not only decide the kingdom’s fate, but also see Marian don the armour of the man she loved.

Robbie will also co-produce the film which has been written by Pete Barry. The actress has recently wrapped production on the Tonya

Harding biopic, ‘I, Tonya’. (TOI)

Hidden Figures $158.8M The LEGO Batman Movie $148.7M La La Land $145.7M Fifty Shades Darker $110.0M Logan $88.4M John Wick: Chapter 2 $82.9M Get Out $78.1M The Great Wall $41.4M The Shack $16.2M Before I Fall $4.7M (imdb)

WORLD EDUCATION SUMMIT 2017 Date: Today 10 am - 09 Mar 10 amVenue: Bahrain Bayan School- Isa Town

Since 2011, World Education Summit has brought together decision makers, influential experts and practitioners at an annual Summit from around the world, to explore groundbreaking innovations and take concrete steps to make significant improvements to worldwide education. The World Education Summit for Education is the premier international platform dedicated to innovation and creative action in education where top decision-makers share insights with on-the- ground practitioners and collaborate to rethink education. The strength of the World Education Summit is its broad multi-sectoral base, which gathers individuals from all fields of the public and private sectors, who together harness their expertise in order to share solutions to the challenges facing education today and tomorrow. By bringing together some of the leading thinkers in the education from around the world and further a field, World Education Summit will inspire the audience and challenge them to think differently. The World Education Summit aims to gather inspirational speakers not only from Middle East but also from around the World.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Date : Today 7 pm – 11:59 pm Venue: Upstairs Downstairs Restaurant Adliya

Coming soon will be Women’s Day, so it’s a time to make a note in advance. It’s the day of the year for celebrating women around the world, from work colleagues, friends and the family, so it’s a date not to forget, the 8th March. For those wishing to celebrate by making it a special night, we have created a menu for this special event, at just BD. 14/- ++ per person for a four course meal including a welcoming glass of bubbly. Come and celebrate Women’s Day at Up’n’Down, with live entertainment provided by our resident duo Fox & Alchemy.

BRAZILIAN BEACH CARNIVALDate: 9 Mar ch 8 pm - 10 Mar 1 pmVenue: The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain- Manama

Indulge in this Latin carnival of colour and flavour at our opening Beach Party of 2017, the perfect venue to celebrate this annual extravaganza happening in the heart of Seef District.

Our entertainers, flying in from London for this spectacular evening, are headlined by international DJ and Percussionist, Joshua Roberts, accompanied by Chris Sharp on Saxophone and Danni Veal and her team of dancers who will also provide a fire display during the evening. We will have a Brazilian themed buffet and bar, to compliment our elaborately costumed dancers.

NOCTURNE FOR PIT ORCHESTRADate: March 9Venue: Bahrain National Quarry

A sound live performance involving the laborers of the Bahrain National Quarry. A project by Ilaria Lupo in collaboration with Rabih Beaini, and the participation of Hasan Hujairi.

BAHRAIN ANNUAL FINE ARTS EXHIBITION 43Date: On-going till 17 March 2017, 8:00 am 8:00 pm

Venue: Bahrain National Theatre

The Bahrain Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, in its 43rd edition, celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of the local artists. Every year, the art community gathers to present their finest work, uninhibited by a subject or theme. The result is a colorful display of styles, techniques, through different mediums of expression.

THE SELFLESS HOLY GROUNDDate: Sunday - Thursday 19 March - 13 April , 8 am - 8:00 pmVenue: Art Centre

The exhibition features interactive installations by artist Othman Khunji created through the use and application of cutting-edge technology, including Arduino sensors/actuators, 3D printing, laser cutting, and water jet engraving. The collection explains and portrays the contrast between the traditional self-sacrificing, selfless, altruistic symbol that Mecca has always represented for Muslims, and the contemporary self-centered, selfish, egocentric aura that has become synonymous with one’s journey to our most holiest of places.

PAACT MUSICAL PROGRAMDate: April 21 Venue: Jashanmal Auditorium, Indian School, Isa Town

INTERADS in association with Palakkad Arts and Cultural Theatre (PAACT) is organizing a musical program ‘Pathinte Niravil Paact-Swaralayam’ on Friday, April 21 at Jashanmal Auditorium, Indian School, Isa Town.

The morning session, Chembai Sangeetholtsavam 2017 Season 4, from 9am to 2.00pm will be devoted to Indian classical music followed by a melodious evening event, Niloltsavam 2017 Season 4 from 5.00pm until 11pm.In case of enquiries, please contact PAACT President Jyothykumar Menon on 39851646.


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SWAYTA SHA JEWELLERY EXHIBITIONDate: Today 10 am – 6 pmVenue: Words BookstoreCafé- Jannusan

Join us for Swayta Sha’s Spring 2017 collection of vibrant semi-precious jewels and unique sparkling diamonds, named Dancing D i a m o n d s , b e a u t i f u l l y d e s i g n e d by Swayta T o o l s i d a s s . Swayta’s love of jewellery started at a young age as she watched members of her own family create fine pieces. Her great grandfather was a jeweller to the Nizam of Hyderabad in 1890 and his jewellery sold across the globe. With the pedigree of this knowledge she has launched her own brand Swayta Sha.

HOLI FESTIVAL OF COLOURS AT ROTI BOTIDate : 9 Mar ch 12 pm - 13 Mar 11 pm Venue : Al Areen Palace And Spa- Sakhir

Roti Boti invites you to the enthusiastic celebration of Holi, India’s Festival of Colours! From March 9 - 13, tranquilize your taste buds with exotic flavor and aroma of Awadhi cuisine from the city of Lucknow, one of the culinary capitals of India. Paint this day with colorful memories in majestic style with our live Indian band.

CHERRY TREE TOT RACEDate: March 11Venue: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir

The American Women’s Association (AWA) is all set to host its fun-filled Cherry Tree Tot Race to raise funds for more than 35 Bahraini charities supported by its Community Service Fund. The oldest and most high profile charity event celebrating the spirit of mentally and physically challenged participants will be held on 11th of March 2017 at the Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. Divided among three main categories namely adults (over the age of 18), Children and people in wheelchairs, the event includes a 2k race for physically and mentally challenged participants and other 2k, 3k, 5k, and 8k races for able bodied participants. Children aged between 6-12 years can join the 2k runners and those older can enter the 2k, 3k, 5k and 8k races. Those who dislike running can come along to spectate for free, indulge in the food for sale or join the 3k Walkathon. The participants with mental and physical challenges will be supported in their race by students and adult

volunteers, including many from the American Forces based in Bahrain. AWA spokeswoman Lubna Al-Alami said: The Cherry Tree Tot race is such a beautiful platform for the multicultural community in Bahrain to come together and spread the message of good health and positivity while supporting some wonderful causes. For online registration queries, please call on: +973 39132102 / +973 38385099 or email at: [email protected] / [email protected].

For general information, please visit the AWA website at www.awabahrain.org or www.adnanevents.org.

MAJID AL MUHANDIS AND WALEED AL SHAMI CONCERT Date: March 10, 8.30pm Venue: Bahrain Bay

A stellar line-up of Arab music stars will be headlining the third week of the Spring of Culture, which is running for its 12th consecutive year. Arab singers Majid Al Muhandis and Waleed Al Shami will be performing on Friday at 8.30pm in Bahrain Bay.

Among Majid Al Muhandis’ greatest hits are “Waheshni Moot” and “Ouzkourini”, as well as “Nami Ya Ayni”, which is a collaboration with fellow Iraqi and previous Spring of Culture performer Kazem Al Saher.

Born in the city of Baghdad, Iraqi composer and singer Waleed Al Shami studied at Baghdad’s Institute of Musical Studies, where he mastered playing the

Oud. Al Shami then turned his attention to singing, and was shortly signed by Rashed Al Majed’s production company “Funoon Al Jazeera”.

Majid Al Muhandis and Waleed Al Shami’s concert at the Spring of Culture 2017 has been organised by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) as part of its support to the annual festival.

Tickets for the upcoming concert will be sold at the Spring of Culture stand at City

Centre Bahrain Entrance Four and online at www.springofculture.org.

For the latest news and updates on events, follow the official Spring of Culture account @springofculture on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

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There is nothing more time consuming than last minute details . Concentrate your mental focus on an upcoming event that is important to you. Make sure you have everything in line now so that you don’t get caught dealing with that one thing that ends up putting a monkey wrench in your entire plans later on. Anticipate the problems and issues.

The intuitive side of your nature is coming into line with your rational side. Listen to your emotions. Make sure you take a sensitive approach to all the people and situations you encounter today. You might find that your head is up in the clouds. Take elements of this lofty perspective and incorporate them into your conscious mind here on Earth.

Slow down your pace today. This is more of a day to sit back and observe. Soak things in and contemplate. Your mind may be going in a hundred different directions, and you may not be sure which route to take. Try to quiet the buzzing chatter within. Be receptive to the loving and sensitive forces all around you. Your nurturing instinct is strong today. This is an excellent day to finally reveal your opinions about the situations at hand. You have probably been sitting in the background quietly observing and collecting data for quite some time. Now you are ready to come out of the shadows and let your conclusions be heard. Don’t let others push you around. Things aren’t necessarily going to go well for you today. There is the potential of conflict between you and others. Strap on your compass and you’ll be fine. Realise that you are likely to make it through this day much better if you approach every situation from the other person’s perspective. Think more of others than of yourself. Be sensitive and receptive.

Today is a day of reckoning in some ways for you. Attention to detail is important. Situations are likely to crop up in which you have analysed and considered every single detail, but you failed to notice the big picture. This is a good day to remedy those situations. Take care of anything that needs attention from a broader perspective.Be more sensitive to other people’s space. Respect their feelings and give them room to breathe. This is a great day to pursue your own creative projects. Do things involving art or music. Sing, play an instrument, or at least go to a record store and give your music collection a boost. There are opportunities open to you now that involve other people who share the same interests as you.

Think about old times and people in your past whom you have had strong connections with. Remember the good times you shared with people of common interests and similar recreational hobbies. Feel free to be sentimental and mushy. Mend bridges and bring oil to sticky issues. Be harmonious with the people and situations around you. World peace begins with you.

Today is an extremely creative day for you and you should allot the time and space to pursue an artistic goal. You are like a great sorceress who has the power to bring her fantasies to life. Spread this magic to others, and don’t doubt your incredible ability to heal. You have a strong presence that radiates brilliantly. Be charitable and generous to those you encounter today.

You may have to make some serious adjustments to your approach in order to chime in with the energy of the group. Adopt a more inward-directed attitude, and see what you can learn by tuning into the subtle messages from others. Both the masculine and feminine sides of your nature are working harmoniously, requesting a quiet night in.You should feel a renewed sense of confidence that will help anchor your emotions and give strength to your thoughts and ideas. Don’t take such a pessimistic attitude toward everything around you. Look at the good in situations instead of the bad. By maintaining a negative viewpoint, you only add more problems to the situation. You have every right to be happy.

Many people spend their whole adult lives trying to discover their true self. Social conditioning, head trips laid on us by our parents, and our general environment all play a role in the shaping of our minds. Realise that many of these influences do not necessarily ring true with your inner self. Take this day to uncover some of those early influences.

1- For men only; 5- Novelist Joyce Carol ___; 10- Floe; 14- Baylor’s city; 15- Deplete; 16- Oklahoma Indian; 17- Tsp. and tbsp.; 18- Monetary unit of Botswana; 19- Presidents’ Day event; 20- Votes for; 21- Semicircle; 23- Lance on the bench; 25- Squeeze (out); 26- Casualgarment; 31- Wise ones; 35- Attorneys’ org.; 36- Curved letters; 38- More healthy; 40- Tiny amount; 42- Some nobles; 44- Heap; 45- Caesar’s tongue; 47- In reserve; 49- ___ volente (God willing); 50- Garr and Hatcher; 52- Complacency; 54- Monetary unit of Bulgaria; 56- Bigger than med.; 57- Based on twenty; 62- Overhang; 66- Yemen’s capital; 67- Pong maker; 68- Faucet fault; 69- Single entity; 70- Danny’s daughter; 71- “Le Roi d’Ys” composer; 72- Sneaky guy?; 73- Rocker John; 74- JFK postings;

1- Swing to and fro; 2- Domesticated; 3- Proceedings; 4- Idle talk; 5- Outbuilding; 6- 1968 U.S. Open champ; 7- Abound; 8- Jazzman Blake; 9- Small spots; 10- Anjou alternative; 11- And others, briefly; 12- Part; 13- Golly!; 22- Slangy assent; 24- Half a fly; 26- Lockup; 27- German submarine; 28- Dull surface; 29- Golfer Aoki; 30- Slender gulls; 32- Breach; 33- Omit in pronunciation; 34- Tennis’s Monica; 37- Meager; 39- Classic autos; 41- Intangible mixture of gases used for breathing; 43- Kitchen servant; 46- The world’s longest river; 48- The fruit of a hen; 51- Opening word; 53- Sewing instrument; 55- Essential; 57- Windmill part; 58- Monogram ltr.; 59- Fence opening; 60- Trading center; 61- Woody’s son; 63- I smell ___!; 64- TV handyman Bob; 65- Epic narrative poem; 66- Eat dinner;

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Hungary to detain all asylum-seekers

Russia denies Kiev’s ‘terrorism’ claims

Hungary’s parliament approved yesterday the systematic detention of all asylum-seekers in contain-er camps, in a move that Prime Minister Viktor Orban said will make all of Europe safer from terror attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a rare pardon to a woman sentenced to seven years in jail for treason over a text message about move-ments of military equipment.

Russia hit back at claims it is “sponsoring terrorism” in war-torn Ukraine, dismissing Kiev’s contention that it is breaking its treaties by sup-porting pro-Moscow rebels.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 19India accused of creating “barrier” to free kids lunch

New Delhi

An Indian government initiative to tackle

malnutrition by providing millions of school children with free lunch could be jeopardised if students are forced to obtain an identity card to get their meal, activists said Tuesday.

India has been providing lunch to roughly 120 million children enrolled in government schools for nearly two decades, in what is one of the world’s largest state-run food programs.

But from June 30 students will need a biometric ID card

to receive their rice and pulses -- despite estimates that 200 million Indian children are not yet registered on the database.

The government says it wants to streamline its lunchtime delivery system but the move has puzzled those who thought the scheme was succeeding in keeping children in school and well fed.

“Instead of improving the delivery system it will actually create a barrier for children to access meals,” said Dipa Sinha, who campaigns for a food rights charity.

New York

A former Honduran drug lord currently being

held in the United States said he paid large bribes to his country’s ex-president and his son in exchange for protection from prosecution.

Devis Leonel Rivera Madariaga, a former boss of the notorious Los Cachiros cartel who has confessed to killing 78 people said he paid former president Porfirio Lobo (2010-2014) and his son Fabio hundreds of thousands of dollars.

He was speaking in testimony in a New York court in a case against Fabio Lobo, who is accused of drug trafficking to the United States.

Paris

True’s beaked whales, an elusive and little-studied

mammal, have been captured on video for the first time, researchers said yesterday, helping to flesh out a sketchy species record.

The 46 seconds of footage was obtained off Pico Island in the North Atlantic by members of an educational expedition on a field trip, they wrote in the journal PeerJ.

A trio of whales “surfaced and milled near a drifting

small inflatable boat for about 10 minutes, breathing every 9.7 seconds on average,” said the report.

“This allowed the observers to film the animals underwater, providing high-quality images for species identification.”

The team also reported on four shorter sightings by whale-watching companies in the same region, captured by stills photographers, as well as a handful of live sightings and beachings around the Canary Islands.

Honduras ex-presidentaccused of taking bribes

Rare beaked whale makes film debut

There is a chance to avoid a repetition of the tragic events of 2011 in Somalia... but we need massive support from the international community to avoid

Antonio GuterresUN Secretary General

Putin pardons woman jailed over text message

Berliners in mourning as polar bear cub Fritz dies

Berliners were distraught yes-terday as Fritz, the German capital’s four-month-old cud-dly polar bear cub, died after suffering from liver inflamma-tion.

Kuala Lumpur

North Korea and Malaysia yesterday banned each

other’s citizens from leaving their countries, with Kuala Lumpur saying its nationals were effectively being held “hostage” in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam.

The extraordinary tit-for-tat moves came as the reclusive North faced growing international condemnation for a volley of missiles it fired into the Sea of Japan, defying stringent global sanctions aimed at halting its weapons programme.

The developments marked a dramatic heightening of tensions with Malaysia three weeks after the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was murdered at Malaysia’s main airport with the banned VX nerve agent.

The North decided to “temporarily ban the exit of Malaysian citizens in the DPRK”, the official news agency KCNA said, citing the foreign ministry and using

the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

The prohibition would remain in place “until the safety of the diplomats and citizens of the DPRK in Malaysia is fully guaranteed through the fair settlement of the case that occurred in Malaysia”.

The Malaysian foreign ministry said 11 of its citizens were currently in North Korea -- three embassy staff, six family members and two who work for the UN’s World Food Programme.

The WFP said the pair, as UN staffers, “are international civil servants who do not represent any country”. It said it took the safety of its staff seriously and was closely monitoring the situation

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak condemned the ban and said he was ordering a similar ban on the movement of “all North Korean citizens in Malaysia”. Analysts said they could number around 1,000.

“This abhorrent act, effectively holding our citizens hostage, is in total disregard of all international law and diplomatic norms,” Najib said.

He later chaired an emergency national security council meeting.

“We give assurances we will do everything within our means to bring them home safely,” Najib said in a statement afterwards on the 11 Malaysians.

A top foreign ministry official met the number two at Pyongyang’s embassy yesterday, a senior government official told on condition of anonymity.

“We have to negotiate with them. We have 11 people in North Korea. The situation is tense,” he said.

Pyongyang and Kuala Lumpur had unusually strong links for years, but ties have rapidly degenerated in the weeks since two women wiped a deadly chemical on Kim Jong-Nam’s face. (AFP)

N. Korea, Malaysia issue travel bans

Bangkok

A sea turtle has had her fortunes restored after

Thai vets removed 915 coins from her stomach -- a deposit built up after years of gulping down good luck pennies tossed into its pond.

The 25-year-old turtle, called ‘Omsin’ in Thai, underwent a gruelling seven-hour surgery to remove the five kilogramme hoard of coins.

She was sent to Bangkok vets with a cracked shell and an X-ray unexpectedly revealed

the haul, which came in various currencies.

“There were 915 coins in her stomach, we removed them,” said Nantrika Chansue,

a veterinarian in charge of Chulalongkorn hospital’s aquatic research centre.

The troubled reptile lived for two decades in a small public park in Chonburi Province.

Visitors tossed coins into her pond seeking to ‘make merit’.

“A turtle can live up to 80 years and the belief is that throwing coins into the turtle pond will make the thrower live longer,” said Rungroj Thanawongnuvej, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Chulalongkorn.

Thai vets remove 915 coins from turtle

Omsin, the turtle being tend-ed to by a veterinarian

A member of the Malaysian Police keeps watch past a police line drawn across the entrance to the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur

Activists protesting against the decision to link free lunch meals for children with the national biometric cards

Porifirio Lobo


Rome

It is famed as the place where gladiators battled lions to

the amusement of the citizens of ancient Rome.

But of the six million visitors who flock to the Colosseum each year, how many know that during mediaeval times, it was also the fortress base of a powerful Roman family for over two centuries?

Or that in the 1600s, it was like a botanical garden? Its state of semi-abandon, combined with a micro-climate, enabled more than

400 species of plants to flourish inside its arched walls.

Now, thanks to some archaeological detective work based on discoveries made during a spruce-up, a new exhibition recounts some of the untold stories of one of the world’s most-visited monuments.

“The Colosseum: An icon,” which opens on a middle floor of the amphitheatre on Wednesday and runs until next January, shows

that life inside the iconic structure did not end with

the disintegration of the empire or the final show of the classical era, in 523 AD.

“What it shows is the extraordinary capacity the Colosseum has had to assume different identities over the centuries,” said Francesco Prosperetti, one of the officials in charge of the jewel in the crown of Italian tourism.

Ram’s head, carved antlers Scholars had long been

aware that the mediaeval-era Colosseum had a fortress owned by the Frangipane family.

But much of the archaeological evidence of it was lost at the time of 19th-century excavations, when masonry was removed for new buildings or restorations elsewhere in the city.

Recent restoration work on upper sections of the partially-intact structure however uncovered traces of what was a raised wooden walkway which served as a lookout for the Frangipanes’ soldiers, constantly wary of attacks by rival families.

That has enabled historical experts to put together model and pictorial representations of what the mediaeval Colosseum would have looked like, and these are among the highlights of the new exhibition.

Other archaeological finds,

including one side of a ram’s head and carved antlers, point to the mediaeval Colosseum being a hive of activity with the fortified aristocratic residence serviced by a range of businesses, market gardens and religious institutions.

The wooden fortress was partially destroyed by a 1349 earthquake but its surviving structures were later incorporated into a hospital sponsored by wealthy families whose seals have been recently found in digs on the site.

The collection also explores how the building came to be a reference point for students of architecture from far afield and, following its later fall into an elegant state of semi-abandon, how it inspired

Renaissance painters and romantic poets.

Renovation and new boss Completed in 80 AD, the

Colosseum was the biggest amphitheatre built during the Roman empire.

Standing 48.5 metres (159 feet) high, it was capable of hosting 80,000 spectators for feasts of entertainment that encapsulated the brutality, hedonism and engineering genius that were among the defining features of ancient Rome.

The first phase of a major makeover of the venue was completed in July 2016 with a number of sections structurally strengthened and most of the remaining walls water-sprayed to remove

centuries of encrusted dirt and grime.

The works were largely financed -- to a reported tune of 25 million euros ($26.5 million) -- by upmarket shoe and fashion company Tod’s.

The government has pledged to put up the cash for a second phase which will involve rebuilding the arena floor and make the venue capable of hosting concerts and other cultural events, including re-enactment of some Roman-era events.

The culture ministry has also advertised for a new supremo to oversee the Colosseum as part of a broader shake-up of the management of the country’s landmark historic and cultural attractions. -AFP

A picture shows models of the Colosseum through the ages

A worker making preparations for the inauguration of the exhibition

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 21SPORTS


Fencing team member Maram Mohammed was the Bahrain flag

barrier at the opening ceremony of the Fifth GCC Women’s Games held at the Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex yesterday.

The 11-day event brings more than 890 athletes representing Bahrain, Oman, UAE and hosts Qatar competing in 10 different sports events .

The ceremony was held under the patronage of Vice-Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, HE Shaikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani.

Bahrain is taking part in all events except for the chess and looking to complete a hat-trick having won the

2013 and 2015 Games held in Bahrain and Oman respectively.

The Bahrainis suffered a setback as they lost 25-11 to hosts and defending champions Qatar in the handball championship at Aspire Dome.

Today Bahrain play their second match against Oman, who lost their opener to the UAE 23-11 earlier. Other venues hosting the games are the Ladies Club in Aspire Zone, the Equestrian Federation, and Lusail Shooting Circuit, Qatar Sports Club, Qatar Bowling Centre and Qatar Chess Association.

The volleyball team will also face highly-favoured UAE at 4.30pm in the Aspire Zone after completing their preparations under national coach Yasine Al Meel and his assistant Younes Al Haddar.

Fencing events also start today with

the flores and epee group contests taking place at Aspire Zone from 10am onwards.

Elsewhere, the athletics and shooting teams arrived in Doha yesterday. The shooting event gets underway today while athletics competitions are set to take place tomorrow.

Bahrain’s delegation is headed by Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Deputy General Secretary and Bahrain Olympic Committee ( BOC) board member and Women’s Sport Committee chairwoman Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa.

Shaikha Hayat visited the Bahrain teams’ training to follow their preparations in an attempt to boost their confidence ahead of their respective competitions.

Kingdom aims high as GCC Women’s Games kicks off

HH Shaikh Nasser hails Bahrain Merida Cycling TeamSupreme Council for Youth

& Sport Chairman, Bahrain Olympic Committee President & Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa hailed Bahrain Merida Cycling Team’s victory on the second stage over 195km in the Paris-Nice Tour, the first of its kind feat since the team’s launch earlier this year.

Shaikh Nasser asserted that this accomplishment will boost the team’s confidence and efforts to record more successes, praising the team’s efforts.

Shaikh Nasser also lauded team’s sprinter Sonny Colbrelli who finished stage 2 in first place in four hours 20 minutes and 59 seconds.

“The team has began making its way to victories and topping podiums and this was a true start for the team. Paris-Nice Tour has been widely followed since its introduction and is considered one of the key races in the World Tour. We are jubilant to hold high the Kingdom’s flag, in such competition,” said Shaikh Nasser.

“I am very happy with this achievement after the stage that

witnessed torrential rains and high winds. The team proved its capability to overcome any challenge towards achieving great results, through which we want to promote Bahrain across famous arenas and in various fields.”

The second stage was hard and challenging event for all the riders competing against each other and the rains and winds. The temperature also dropped to 4 degrees celsius, but Colbrelli braved all difficulties to win his first World Tour stage and first European stage victory for the team.

Maram Mohammed holds the Bahrain flag as she leads the Kingdom’s parade at the opening ceremony

Bahrain shooting team

Bahrain volleyball team training in Doha

Bahrain athletics team

Sonny Colbrelli

Pablo Cuevas

Pablo Cuevas picked the most unorthodox way to win an unconventional final on Monday at the Brasil Open

in Sao Paulo. About to deliver a second serve on his fourth match point, the Uruguayan dipped down and tapped an underhand serve to Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who rushed to the service box and successfully returned the surprise tactic.

But Cuevas eventually won the point and made tournament history in Sao Paulo with his 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4 win. The 31 year old became the first player since the tournament began in 2001 to win three consecutive Brasil Open titles. Spaniard Nicolas Almagro has won the tournament three times but only two of his titles were successive.

“I was making a lot of double faults,” said Cuevas, who finished with 12 double faults. “When I prepared to hit that second serve, there was a big chance that I would hit a double fault. So I thought about the possibility of the underarm serve and that it was something I probably shouldn’t do. But I also should not do another double fault. So I just stopped thinking and I did it.”

Cuevas celebrates his sixth career ATP World Tour title with his third consecutive Sao Paulo crown. All of the right-hander’s titles have come on clay and since 2014.

London

Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will miss Monday’s

FA Cup quarter-final at Chelsea after accepting a charge of violent conduct and an immediate three-match ban, England’s Football Association said.

The 35-year-old, United’s leading scorer this season with 26 goals, will also miss the Premier League matches against Middlesbrough and West Bromwich Albion, dealing a significant blow to United’s hopes of snatching a top-four place and a Champions League spot.

However, Ibrahimovic remains available for United’s Europa League tie away to Russian side Rostov tomorrow because FA bans do not apply to European matches.

Ibrahimovic and Bournemouth defender Tyrone Mings were charged following two incidents in Saturday’s bad-tempered 1-1 league draw.

Mings appeared to deliberately stamp on Ibrahimovic’s head as he jumped

over him late in the first half at Old Trafford and the Swedish striker seemed to retaliate moments later by elbowing the defender in the head.

Both players would ordinarily have been facing three-game bans but the FA took the unusual step of saying Monday that in the case of Mings the standard punishment was “clearly insufficient”.

Bournemouth, who were reported to be considering an appeal, have until 1800 GMT Tuesday to decide whether to contest the charge against Mings.

On Saturday match referee Kevin Friend spoke to Ibrahimovic, who had already been booked, following his elbow on Mings, but neither player was cautioned.

As a result, the incident was referred to a panel of three former elite referees, who unanimously concluded that both

offences merited red cards.

Ibrahimovic, who also had a penalty saved by Bournemouth goalkeeper Artur Boruc during the match, denied elbowing Mings on purpose, saying after the game: “I jump up and jump high and he jumps into my elbow. It is not my intention to hurt someone.”(AFP)

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Ibrahimovic

for three gamesbanned London

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte joked he is struggling to find ways to improve N’Golo Kante after the France midfielder

starred in his side’s 2-1 win at West Ham United.Kante’s interception laid the foundation stone for Eden

Hazard’s 25th-minute opener at London Stadium on Monday and he harried his opponents from first minute to last.

Asked to sum up Kante’s display, Conte complained the former Leicester City midfielder had only completed

45 of the 50 passes he had attempted, only to then burst out laughing.

“I know that he made 50 passes and he made five mistakes. He has to improve on this,” said Conte, whose side re-established their 10-point lead at the top of the table.

“ I ’ m joking, yes. I have to find one situation to

tell him to improve. He’s playing very well. N’Golo is

a really good player.“He has great stamina, but

also good quality. We are working to improve the quality. I’m pleased for him,

but I think all my players played very well.”Hazard put Chelsea ahead midway

through the first half, coolly finishing off a razor-sharp break involving Pedro

that started when Mark Noble gifted the ball to Kante.

Diego Costa added a second goal early in the second half,

kneeing the ball in from close range after Cesc Fabregas’s

corner had flicked off West Ham midfielder Pedro Obiang’s head at the near post.

But Chelsea did not have things all their own way and had to weather sustained

pressure from their hosts at the start and mid-way through the second half.

“I think this period is tough because although there are only 11 games, for me

11 games are a lot,” said the Italian, a three-time Serie A champion as a manager with Juventus.

“Now in this period it’s very important to live the pressure in the right way. Above all when you play the game after you know your opponents won the day before.

‘Too late’ Asked if he had faith in his players not to

blow their lead, Conte replied: “I trust them absolutely.”

Conte’s one criticism of his side was that they had not been “more clinical”, with the visitors’ failure to take more of their chances giving West Ham hope of mounting a comeback right until the end.

The home side eventually halved the deficit in stoppage time, Manuel Lanzini arrowing a shot into the bottom-left corner following a surge to the edge of the box by substitute Andre Ayew. But West Ham manager Slaven Bilic, whose side remain in 11th place, accepted his team had been well beaten.

“We scored the goal too late,” said the Croatian.

“Statistically it looks good. The game looks even. But every attack after 2-0, they looked really dangerous. They deserved to win.(AFP)

Chelsea win leaves Conte surprised

Cuevas earns Sao Paulo Hat Trick

Pablo Cuevas

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte cel-ebrates their win over West Ham United

Chalon-sur-Saône

Ireland’s Sam Bennett stunned the top sprinters to

win the third stage of the Paris-Nice race yesterday.

The Bora rider held off N o r w a y ’ s

A l e x a n d e r

Kristoff and German pair John

Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel in the dash to the line at the end of the 190km stage from

Chablis to Chalon-sur-

Saone.France’s Arnaud Demare

came in sixth and held onto the leader’s yellow jersey.

A breakaway group comprising French pair Romain Combaud and Pierre Latour, alongside American Ben King, had come agonisingly close to battling out the victory.

But having escaped inside the first kilometre, they were caught in the very last one by a charging

peloton led by the sprinters’ teams.(AFP)Galle

Kusal Mendis made the most of a first-ball reprieve and went on to score an

unbeaten century yesterday as Sri Lanka posted a commanding 321-4 in the first Test against Bangladesh.

Mendis remained unbeaten on 166 at stumps after sharing a 196-run stand with Asela Gunaratne (85) for the fourth wicket at Galle International Stadium on the opening day of the two-Test series.

Bangladesh pace bowler Subashis Roy thought he had Mendis out for a golden duck when wicketkeeper Liton Das dived to his right to take a catch off an inside edge.

But a TV replay showed the bowler had overstepped, prompting the umpires to declare a no ball and enable the 22-year-old Mendis to go on to compile his second Test century.

“I may have played a false stroke the first ball I faced,” Mendis said.

Mendis reached three figures with a straight four off Soumya Sarkar in a 242-ball innings that has so far featured 18 fours and two sixes.

Mendis and Gunaratne’s massive partnership put the hosts firmly in control of the match by close of play after they were 92-3 at one stage.

Gunaratne, who replaced injured regular skipper Angelo Mathews in the starting lineup, hit seven fours in his

second half-century in three Tests.

The pair came together after the injury-plagued fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, playing his first Test since August 2015, removed Dinesh Chandimal.

C h a n d i m a l managed to score just five runs despite facing 54 balls before edging a catch to Mehedi Hasan at gully.

Bangladesh started the day in positive fashion after stand-in Sri Lanka skipper Rangana Herath won the toss and asked them to bowl first on a flat pitch.

The visitors struck in the sixth over when Roy beat opener Upul Tharanga with a perfect inswinger to uproot his middle stump before the no-ball denied him Mendis’s wicket off the next ball.(AFP)


ResultsResults from the 190km third stage of Paris-Nice

from Chablis to Chalon-sur-Saone yesterday:

1 Sam Bennett (IRL/Bora) 4hr 31min 14sec

2 Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) same time

3. John Degenkolb (GER/TRE) s.t.

4. Marcel Kittel (GER/QST) s.t.

5. Michael Matthews (AUS/ORI) m.t.

6. Arnaud Demare (FRA/FDJ) s.t.

7. Andre Greipel (GER/LOT) s.t.

8. Christophe Laporte (FRA/COF) s.t.

9. Kristian Sbaragli (ITA/DDT) s.t.

10. Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN/ORI) s.t.

Golden oldie Massa

fastest Barcelona

Williams ace Felipe Massa upstaged

former world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel on the first day of Formula One’s second pre-season test in Barcelona yesterday.

The Brazilian posted the second fastest lap in five days of testing so far with a time of 1min 19.726sec.

The 35-year-old Brazilian retired at the end of last season only to reverse his decision when Williams had a vacancy after Valtteri Bottas joined Mercedes.

The 2008 world championships runner up showed he is in fine shape by also completing 168 laps - the joint highest individual day’s mileage so far this season as Williams bounced back in style from

their troubles in last week’s first test.

“Very good Day for us @WiliamsRacing, 168 Laps. Not Bad for a old and ex retire Driver,” Massa posted on his official Twitter account.

Red Bull’s promise to up their speed from last week’s first test was also fulfilled as Daniel Ricciardo recorded the second fastest lap.

Ferrari’s promising pace from the first test continued as Vettel was over half a second faster than Hamilton with both on the same soft tyte compound in third fastest.

Vettel also logged a mammoth 168 laps as, unlike others, Ferrari suffered no reliability issues.

Three-time world champion Hamilton was restricted to just 49 laps as warmer temperatures caused

the normally bullet-proof Mercedes a few troubles.

“I wasn’t feeling great today, but that is just the setup and it is also quite hot today so tyres are degrading,” said the Englishman.

“I’m not massively excited at the moment just because it is the first day of testing of week two and I didn’t get a lot of running this morning, so I’m looking forward to the next couple of days.”

Valtteri Bottas managed an extra 86 laps for Mercedes in the afternoon session, but was marginally slower than Hamilton to finish fifth on the day.

At the other end of the paddock, McLaren’s troubles continued.

Belgian rookie Stoffel Vandoorne posted 80 laps in 10th fastest, but after change of the faltering Honda engine. (AFP)

Mendis lifts Sri Lanka with big ton

Bennett outmuscles sprint stars to win stage

Felipe Massa

Kusal Mendis (L) con-gratulated by Asela Gunaratne

Sam Bennett (second from left) during the race

Chalon-sur-Saône

Ireland’s Sam Bennett stunned the top sprinters to

win the third stage of the Paris-Nice race yesterday.

The Bora rider held off N o r w a y ’ s

A l e x a n d e r

Kristoff and German pair John

Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel in the dash to the line at the end of the 190km stage from

Chablis to Chalon-sur-

Saone.France’s Arnaud Demare

came in sixth and held onto the leader’s yellow jersey.

A breakaway group comprising French pair Romain Combaud and Pierre Latour, alongside American Ben King, had come agonisingly close to battling out the victory.

But having escaped inside the first kilometre, they were caught in the very last one by a charging

peloton led by the sprinters’ teams.(AFP)Galle

Kusal Mendis made the most of a first-ball reprieve and went on to score an

unbeaten century yesterday as Sri Lanka posted a commanding 321-4 in the first Test against Bangladesh.

Mendis remained unbeaten on 166 at stumps after sharing a 196-run stand with Asela Gunaratne (85) for the fourth wicket at Galle International Stadium on the opening day of the two-Test series.

Bangladesh pace bowler Subashis Roy thought he had Mendis out for a golden duck when wicketkeeper Liton Das dived to his right to take a catch off an inside edge.

But a TV replay showed the bowler had overstepped, prompting the umpires to declare a no ball and enable the 22-year-old Mendis to go on to compile his second Test century.

“I may have played a false stroke the first ball I faced,” Mendis said.

Mendis reached three figures with a straight four off Soumya Sarkar in a 242-ball innings that has so far featured 18 fours and two sixes.

Mendis and Gunaratne’s massive partnership put the hosts firmly in control of the match by close of play after they were 92-3 at one stage.

Gunaratne, who replaced injured regular skipper Angelo Mathews in the starting lineup, hit seven fours in his

second half-century in three Tests.

The pair came together after the injury-plagued fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, playing his first Test since August 2015, removed Dinesh Chandimal.

C h a n d i m a l managed to score just five runs despite facing 54 balls before edging a catch to Mehedi Hasan at gully.

Bangladesh started the day in positive fashion after stand-in Sri Lanka skipper Rangana Herath won the toss and asked them to bowl first on a flat pitch.

The visitors struck in the sixth over when Roy beat opener Upul Tharanga with a perfect inswinger to uproot his middle stump before the no-ball denied him Mendis’s wicket off the next ball.(AFP)


ResultsResults from the 190km third stage of Paris-Nice

from Chablis to Chalon-sur-Saone yesterday:

1 Sam Bennett (IRL/Bora) 4hr 31min 14sec

2 Alexander Kristoff (NOR/KAT) same time

3. John Degenkolb (GER/TRE) s.t.

4. Marcel Kittel (GER/QST) s.t.

5. Michael Matthews (AUS/ORI) m.t.

6. Arnaud Demare (FRA/FDJ) s.t.

7. Andre Greipel (GER/LOT) s.t.

8. Christophe Laporte (FRA/COF) s.t.

9. Kristian Sbaragli (ITA/DDT) s.t.

10. Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN/ORI) s.t.

Golden oldie Massa

fastest Barcelona

Williams ace Felipe Massa upstaged

former world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel on the first day of Formula One’s second pre-season test in Barcelona yesterday.

The Brazilian posted the second fastest lap in five days of testing so far with a time of 1min 19.726sec.

The 35-year-old Brazilian retired at the end of last season only to reverse his decision when Williams had a vacancy after Valtteri Bottas joined Mercedes.

The 2008 world championships runner up showed he is in fine shape by also completing 168 laps - the joint highest individual day’s mileage so far this season as Williams bounced back in style from

their troubles in last week’s first test.

“Very good Day for us @WiliamsRacing, 168 Laps. Not Bad for a old and ex retire Driver,” Massa posted on his official Twitter account.

Red Bull’s promise to up their speed from last week’s first test was also fulfilled as Daniel Ricciardo recorded the second fastest lap.

Ferrari’s promising pace from the first test continued as Vettel was over half a second faster than Hamilton with both on the same soft tyte compound in third fastest.

Vettel also logged a mammoth 168 laps as, unlike others, Ferrari suffered no reliability issues.

Three-time world champion Hamilton was restricted to just 49 laps as warmer temperatures caused

the normally bullet-proof Mercedes a few troubles.

“I wasn’t feeling great today, but that is just the setup and it is also quite hot today so tyres are degrading,” said the Englishman.

“I’m not massively excited at the moment just because it is the first day of testing of week two and I didn’t get a lot of running this morning, so I’m looking forward to the next couple of days.”

Valtteri Bottas managed an extra 86 laps for Mercedes in the afternoon session, but was marginally slower than Hamilton to finish fifth on the day.

At the other end of the paddock, McLaren’s troubles continued.

Belgian rookie Stoffel Vandoorne posted 80 laps in 10th fastest, but after change of the faltering Honda engine. (AFP)

Mendis lifts Sri Lanka with big ton

Bennett outmuscles sprint stars to win stage

Felipe Massa

Kusal Mendis (L) con-gratulated by Asela Gunaratne

Sam Bennett (second from left) during the race

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P23 Golden oldie Massa fastest

Bangalore

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed six wickets

as India stopped Australia in their tracks to win a fiery second Test and level the series 1-1 yesterday.

Australia, needing 188 for victory, were bowled out for just 112 half-an-hour into the final session on day four at Bangalore’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Ashwin (6-41), who bagged his 25th five-wicket haul took the final wicket of Nathan Lyon, caught and bowled for two, sparking celebrations among the Indian players.

“After losing the first Test the way we did, we wanted to bounce back and not show anyone but ourselves what we are made of,” said India skipper Virat Kohli.

Cheteshwar Pujara (92) and Ajinkya Rahane (52) put on a crucial 118-run partnership for India’s fifth wicket before the Australian bowlers struck back in the morning session.

But the tourists faltered in their run chase to leave the series perfectly poised heading in to the third Test in Ranchi from March 16.

“This afternoon didn’t go to plan,” said Australia captain Steve Smith.

“Ashwin did what he’s done so well over here for a long time, hit good areas and challenged batters.

“But I’m proud of the way the boys have competed over the last four days.”

Australia started their second innings briskly, scoring at over four runs an over, but were soon rattled as Ashwin got into his groove, trapping a dangerous-looking David Warner lbw for 17.

“We spoke inside the dressing room to bowl some short spells and

keep changing over. That is why we were rotating so we could attack through such short balls,” said Ashwin.

Earlier Australian pace bowler Josh H a z l e w o o d c l a i m e d

career-best figures of 6-67 to

help bowl out India for 274 before lunch. (AFP)

Virat Kohli reacts after winning the match