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Humanitarian work awardHis Majesty the King presented with prestigious Abu Bakr Al Siddique Medal-First Class

• ARCO commends Bahrain’s dedication and noble stances on local and international arenas

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was presented with the prestigious Abu Bakr Al Sid-

dique Medal-First Class, in recognition of his efforts to support humanitarian work in the Arab and international areas.

The medal was handed to HM the King by Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO) Secretary General Dr Saleh bin Hamad Al Tuwaijri.

It is the highest ARCO decoration con-ferred on kings and heads of states in recognition of their support to the inter-national movement, Red Crescent and Red Cross.

This came as HM the King received yesterday, at Al Safriya Palace, Deputy Prime Minister, Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) Chairman, Chair of the 45th session of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

The Deputy Prime Minister was ac-companied by Dr Al Tuwaijri, Saudi Red

Crescent Authority (SXCA) President Dr Jalal Mohammed Al Owaisi, Egyp-tian Red Crescent Chief Rami Jameel Al Nadher, Iraqi Red Crescent Society Chairman Yassine Ahmed Abbas and Pal-estinian Red Crescent Society Chairman Yunis Nimr Al Khateeb.

Addressing the ceremony, Dr Al Tu-waijeri hailed HM the King’s leading role in supporting humanitarian work, commending Bahrain’s dedication and noble stances on the local and interna-tional arenas.

He said that ARCO General Assembly decided, at its 43rd session, to bestow the Abu Bakr Al Siddique Medal-First Class on HM the King in recognition of Bahrain’s support to humanitarian work.

HM the King thanked ARCO, praising its role in promoting Arab humanitarian work and supporting Arab national soci-eties in the humanitarian and relief aid fields. He commended cooperation and coordination between ARCO and BRCS in this regard.

HM the King highlighted Bahrain’s

keenness on supporting charity, human-itarian and voluntary work, taking pride in the Kingdom’s honourable standing in these fields.

He praised Bahrainis’ firm belief in the values of goodness and solidarity which stem from the teachings of Islam and authentic national values.

His Majesty valued BRCS efforts, noble mission and contributions to support humanitarian work and provide relief aid to refugees and disaster-stricken people to alleviate their suffering, in addition to fostering the culture of voluntary work which contributes to consolidating the values of solidarity, cooperation and giving in Bahraini society.

HM the King underlined Bahrain’s firm approach based on cooperation and sol-idarity with peoples, especially in times of adversity, wishing ARCO chairman and members success in their noble and humanitarian mission.

HM the King receives the award from Dr Al Tuwaijri

The Abu Bakr Al Siddique Medal–First Class is the

highest ARCO decoration con-ferred on kings and heads of states in recognition of their support to the international

movement, Red Crescent and Red Cross.

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Bahrain’s parliamentary achievements highlighted

HM King hails Inter-Parliamentary Union’s key role in global security, peace and development

TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has highlighted Bahrain’s

parliamentary strides and achievements across all fields, stressing the Kingdom’s resolve to continue the march of mod-ernisation and attain further progress and prosperity.

HM the King also hailed the culture of democracy and hu-man rights, highlighting Bah-raini women’s achievements and contributions to develop-ment and decision-making as well as political participation, chairing the Council of Rep-resentatives and holding top positions locally, regionally and internationally.

This came as His Majesty re-ceived yesterday, at Al Safri-ya Palace, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Duarte Pacheco, currently on visit to Bahrain, and hailed his efforts to develop this international insti-

tution and enhance cooperation with parliaments and national assemblies.

HM the King commended the role of IPU in serving interna-tional security and peace, and supporting causes for stability, prosperity and development.

He noted the IPU role in fos-tering the culture of human rights and coordinating stances

with parliaments worldwide, lauding fruitful cooperation be-tween the legislative branch and the union.

Pacheco expressed thanks and gratitude to HM the King for his keenness on supporting parliamentary life in Bahrain.

He hailed the Kingdom’s ef-forts to promote human rights, foster civil and political rights,

disseminate gender equality and develop restorative justice.

The IPU head praised Bah-rain’s democratic and human rights strides in light of the wide-ranging development led by HM the King to consolidate the values of peace, coexistence and tolerance and support plu-ralism and dialogue.

HM the King with Pacheco

HM King thanked by Moroccan MonarchTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamadbin Isa Al Khalifa yester-

day received a letter of thanks, appreciation and gratitude from His Majesty Mohammed VI, of Morocco.

HM King Mohammed VI expressed deepest pride in his personal relations with HM King Hamad, as well as in the solid fraternal and cor-dial bonds between the Royal Families in the two kingdoms.

HM King Mohammed VI expressed sincere thanks and

gratitude to HM King Hamad for the Kingdom of Bahrain’s support for the Moroccan identity of Western Sahara, as well as for Morocco’s territo-rial integrity during the 42nd Sumit of Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), hosted recently by Sau-di Arabia.

The Moroccan Monarch wished HM the King abundant health and long life, as well as continued success in achieving the aspirations of the Bahraini people for more progress and prosperity.

Cable of thanks from Deputy PremierTDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamadbin Isa Al Khalifa re-

ceived a cable of thanks from Deputy Prime Minister and Bahrain Red Crescent Soci-ety (BRCS) Chairman Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

The Deputy Prime Minister extended deepest thanks and gratitude to HM the King for receiving a delegation repre-senting the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organisation (ARCO).

ARCO Secretary General and members were honoured to

present HM the King with the Abu Bakr Al Siddique Medal – First Class, the highest ARCO decorations, in recognition of his efforts to support human-itarian work in the Arab and international areas, as well as Bahrain’s role and charity and relief aid contributions to pro-tect human rights and dignity.

The Deputy Prime Minister extended congratulations to HM the King on this occasion, praying to God Almighty to protect HM the King and bless his noble humanitarian and charity efforts.

HRH Prince Salman congratulates Kuwait leadersTDT | Manama

A telephone call was held yes-terday between His Royal

Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, His High-ness Shaikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, and the Prime Minister, HH Shaikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah.

HRH Prince Salman expressed his sincere congratulations on the formation of the new Ku-waiti government and wished

Kuwait further progress and prosperity.

His Royal Highness affirmed

the strong and historic bilateral ties between Bahrain and Ku-wait, and expressed the King-

dom’s commitment to further strengthen relations across var-ious sectors.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister

Kuwait Crown Prince Kuwait Prime Minister

Edict on allied health professionsTDT | Manama

His Royal Highness PrinceSalman bin Hamad Al

Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, yester-day issued Edict (69) of 2021, amending the list of allied health professions, issued by Edict (24) of 2016.Article (1):Edict (24) of 2016 shall be amended as follows:Adding a new item to para-

graph (18):- Anaesthesia technician

Adding a new paragraph, num-ber 28:28: Health Promotion:

- Health Promotion Spe-cialistArticle (2):

Those concerned, each in their own capacity, shall im-plement the provisions of this edict, which will take effect the day following its publica-tion in the Official Gazette.

Deputy Prime Minister receives ARCO delegationDeputy Prime Minister, Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) Chairman, Chair of the 45th session of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organisation (ARCO) Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, stressed Bahrain’s humanitarian work achievements which reflect the royal vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. The Deputy Prime Minister hailed the support of the Government, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. This came as he received ARCO Secretary General Dr Saleh bin Hamad Al Tuwaijri, Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) President Dr Jalal Mohammed Al Owaisi, Egyptian Red Crescent Chief Rami Jameel Al Nadher, Iraqi Red Crescent Society Chairman Yassine Ahmed Abbas and Palestinian Red Crescent Society Chairman Yunis Nimr Al Khateeb, on visit to Bahrain to present the Abu Bakr Al Siddique Medal–First Class, to HM the King in recognition of his efforts to support humanitarian work in the Arab and international areas. The meeting was also attended by BRCS Vice Chairman Ali Mohammed Murad and Acting Secretary-General Mubarak Al Hadi.

Council of Representatives Speaker Fawzia bint Abdulla Zainal yesterday held talks with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Duarte Pacheco. Talks focused on ways to enhance cooperation between Bahrain and IPU to contribute to achieving the union’s founding goals, through unifying international parliamentary efforts, and making them more effective in consolidating global peace and security, as well as reaching the development goals of all peoples and countries. She noted that the IPU head’s visit to the kingdom aims to activate parliamentary diplomacy, inter-parliamentary cooperation, in addition to exchanging expertise and knowledge.

Talks on ways to enhance Bahrain-IPU cooperation

Higher Education Council Secretary General receives BSS Chairman

Seven Asian drug trafficking suspects held

Higher Education Council Secretary General and Board of Trustees Deputy Chairperson Dr Shaikha Rana bint Isa Al Khalifa received the Baha’i Social Society (BSS) Chairman Dr Badi’ Jabri. Dr Shaikha Rana expressed her appreciation to BSS’s efforts in the Kingdom to support and promote the spirit of cooperation and intimacy between the subjects of society as a whole. Dr Jabri and the BBS members expressed their appreciation for her interest in the successes of civil society institutions at the national, regional and international levels, stressing their keenness to develop cooperation with higher education institutions to further develop the Bahraini society.

The General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science has arrested seven Asians of the age group 33 to 38 for attempting to traffic 600 grams of narcotics. An investigation into received information led to the arrest of an individual who tried to traffic capsules in his intestines through the airport. The remaining suspects were arrested inside Bahrain. Legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution.

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‘Not back to square one’Bahrain can handle challenges amid sudden spike in number of COVID-19 cases: Dr Cheriyan

• American Mission Hospital CEO says battle against pandemic remains ‘success’

• Physicians very well positioned, well-equipped to provide treatment services

• National medical taskforce plays key role in containing local effects of pandemic

• Booster shots most effective way to stop severe Omicron variant symptoms

Staff Reporter TDT/Manama

Amid increasing panic fol-lowing a rise in the num-ber of COVID-19 patients,

a renowned authority in med-icine and leading doctor in the Kingdom has dismissed fears of progress in the fight against the pandemic getting undone.

Dr George Cheriyan, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of American Mission Hospital, said the out-right battle against COVID-19 in the Kingdom remains a success although there are challenges to be addressed on a frequent basis.

Dr Cheriyan’s views attains immense significance in light of new daily cases exceeding 300. As of now, the Kingdom has a little over 2,000 active cases.

“The scientific world has made great progress in their fight against the COVID-19. The

medical community has es-tablished tracing and tracking methodologies along with treat-ment modalities, which are well in place. There is no starting again from square one.

“This time, the physicians are very well positioned to handle

the challenges. They are well-equipped to provide a range of treatment services.”

Speaking on the emergence of new variants, Dr Cheriyan said booster shots are the only remedy.

“COVID-19 booster shots have

proved to be the most effective way to stop severe Omicron var-iant symptoms in South Africa and the United Kingdom, where a maximum number of cases were reported.”

Dr Cheriyan said fully-fledged

research is ongoing to put stand-ard drug therapies in place.

“Treatment with Sotrovimab has been found to decrease the risk of disease progression for high risk patients suffering with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in-fection.”

Sotrovimab binds the spike protein in turn blocking the vi-rus from getting attached before entering human cells. The pro-cess stops the virus from repli-cating in the body.

Praising the Kingdom for achieving the booster shot mile-stone, Dr Cheriyan highlighted the role of the National Task-force for Combating COVID-19 in containing the local effects of the pandemic.

“We are having a Yellow Alert here and I urge all citizens and residents to strictly adhere to the protocols to win this battle against COVID-19.”

The Kingdom moved to Yel-low Alert Level last week as a precautionary measure against the spread of new Omicron vari-ants. The Kingdom has reported only a single case of Omicron.

According to the Ministry of Health, the Yellow Alert de-cision follows the Kingdom’s approach of prioritising public health in line with the guide-lines issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The national medical task-force has already urged individ-uals to visit health centres and receive booster jabs, and there is also no requirement to make an appointment.

Individuals who have already received their booster shots can follow the procedures of Green Alert level.

According to Health Ministry statistics, 826,455 individuals have received booster doses in the Kingdom.

“The scientific world has made

great progress in their fight against the COVID-19. The

medical community has established

tracing and tracking methodologies along

with treatment modalities, which are well in place. There is no starting again from

square one.” – DR GEORGE CHERIYAN

One of the biggest challenges today is on how to contain the spread of new Omicron variants

826,455The number of individuals who have received booster

doses in the Kingdom

Housing units distribution continuesTDT | Manama

The distribution of hous-ing units to Bahraini

beneficiaries continued yes-terday in various governo-rates around the kingdom.

The Housing Ministry received the beneficiaries within its pre-approved lists, following all the nec-essary precautionary meas-ures in the distribution pro-cess, in order to receive the allocation certificates in the cities of East Hidd and East Sitra, in addition to handing over the keys in Al Lawzi.

It was in line with of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa’s directives to pro-vide 40,000 housing units, and with the order of His Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to distribute 2,000 units to the citizens.

The ministry said that it is also part of the Kingdom’s economic recovery plan.

It noted its keenness in providing housing and de-velopmental requirements and the best services to its citizens in order to meet fu-ture visions.

Bahrain expresses sympathy with Sudan

• Gold mine collapse kills dozens of workers

TDT | Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain expressed sympathy

with the government and people of Sudan over the collapse of a gold mine in the state of Kordofan in the west of the country, killing dozens of workers.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered condolences to the families of the victims, the Sudanese government and people, praying to Allah Almighty to bless the victims with mercy and forgiveness and grant their families pa-tience and solace.

Jail terms cut in forgery and bribery caseTDT | Manama

The High Appeals Court has reduced the jail

terms issued against two men convicted of forgery and bribery on appeals.

The duo were sentenced to two years in prison each, but their jail time was cut to one year each.

According to court files, the first defendant was serving at the General Di-rectorate of Traffic and he was responsible for exam-ining cars. The second de-fendant convinced him to misuse his authority.

Bahrain committed to boosting cooperation with IPU TDT | Manama

Bahrain is keen to strength-en legislative cooperation

and partnerships with the In-ter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that support development plans and programmes.

Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh yesterday received IPU President Duarte Pacheco.

Al Saleh praised the pivotal role played by the IPU in organis-ing global parliaments meetings and stressed on the great out-comes of exchanging expertise, learning the best parliamenta-ry practices, and strengthen-ing bonds between members of

parliaments.The Shura head welcomed the

convening of the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 2023, praising the high poten-tials that Bahrain possesses for hosting and organising various international conferences.

Pacheco praised the high-lev-el development witnessed by the Kingdom that confirmed the continued progress and praised the high potential of Bahrain in hosting IPU 2023 meetings.

He expressed appreciation to the chairman for his interest in enhancing IPU’s international role.

Legislative achievementsAl Saleh expressed pride

in the Kingdom’s democratic march under the leadership of

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, which has achieved multiple and advanced legis-lative achievements regionally and internationally.

The chairman stressed that since HM the King’s reform pro-ject and the legislative branch has been keen to build parlia-mentary cooperation to consol-idate common denominators between peoples and states, and work according to the principles and values of coexistence and tolerance.

He referred to the close co-operation between the legisla-tive branch and the government headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, which contrib-uted to the national achieve-ments in the Kingdom.

Amwaj has ‘overtaken’ Manama in property transactionsStaff Reporter TDT/Manama

In a development signalling a major shift in the real estate

sector, the pre-COVID statistics released by the Survey and Land Registration Bureau shows that Amwaj has taken the lead over Manama when it comes to prop-erty transactions.

Amwaj constituted 5.39 per

cent of the total property trans-actions across the Kingdom while Manama was closely behind at 5.01 per cent. Hidd comes third at 4.96 per cent.

The share of other leading areas were Diyar Al Muharraq (3.62pc), Madinat Hamad (2.83pc), Sadad (2.31pc), Malkiya (2.20pc), Dur-rat Al Bahrain (2.20pc), Tubli (2.16pc) and Muharraq (2.14pc).

Speaking to The Daily Trib-

une, Hazeeth Hari of Mikal Real Estate said the trend could be attributed to ongoing urban de-velopment, comparatively less prices and increase in real estate investments from the part of ex-patriates in the Kingdom.

“If you see, urban develop-ment is actually happening in Amwaj and neighboring areas. Iconic projects like Marassi Al Bahrain are being implemented

in the area. Dragon City, a prime shopping destination for both expatriates and citizens, also lies in the proximity.”

Hari said the price variation was also a motivation factor be-hind the ‘Amwaj influx’.

“A two-bedroom apartment in the Manama-Juffair area would cost nearly BD60,000 while a similar property could be bought in Amwaj for BD50,000.

The price difference is definitely a major factor,” Hari said.

Increasing investments by expatriates also served as an impetus for Amwaj to take the lead over Manama.

“There is an increasing trend among the expatriates - inves-tors or potential investors to buy properties in less-crowded areas. And this is undoubtedly benefitting Amwaj,” Hari said.

Al Saleh receives Pacheco


‘ H u m a n G i v i n g ’

Stimulating labour market growthGovernment to prioritise development of plans and policies for benefit of Bahraini workers in public and private sectors

• Labour Ministry honours outstanding workers, entrepreneurs

• Creation of promising job opportunities for citizens underway

• Ambitious bid to make Bahrainis first choice in local labour market

TDT | Manama

Labour and Social Devel-opment Minister Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Hu-

maidan has highlighted the gov-ernment’s keenness to develop plans and launch policies aimed at stimulating the growth of the labour market.

This comes as the ministry yesterday held a ceremony to honour outstanding workers and entrepreneurs, in the presence of representatives of workers’ trade unions and several officials.

Humaidan cited the Cabinet’s

adoption of the Economic Re-covery Plan.

It would set the development

priorities during the coming period, the foremost of which is the creation of promising job

opportunities, make Bahrainis the first choice in the local la-bour market, create 20,000 jobs for nationals, and train 10,000 Bahrainis annually until 2024.

The minister affirmed that the ambitious blueprint had been introduced following the success of Bahrain, thanks to the efforts of its citizens, including employers, workers and many government agencies, in achiev-ing outstanding results in terms of reducing layoffs during this exceptional period, and in im-plementing the second edition of the National Employment Programme, which has been able to exceed the preset target of employing 25,000 Bahrainis in 2021 in the private sector.

“The ambitious blueprint had been introduced following the success of Bahrain, thanks to the efforts of its citizens, including

employers, workers and many government agencies, in achieving outstanding results

in terms of reducing layoffs during this exceptional period.”

– JAMEEL BIN MOHAMMED ALI HUMAIDAN, LABOUR AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER

Hopes are high for more Bahraini workers in the tourism sector in the coming years

BRCS honours Gulf Red Crescent Societies Forum participantsTDT | Manama

The Bahrain Red Crescent So-ciety (BRCS), in cooperation

with the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council, honoured the participants in the second Gulf Forum of Gulf Red Crescent Societies in Bahrain recently.

It was organised by BRCS un-der the title “Human Giving” and under the auspices of BRCS Vice President Ali bin Moham-med Murad.

BRCS Secretary General Mubarak Al Hadi handed over the honorary shields to repre-sentatives of the Gulf Red Cres-cent Societies who participated

in the forum, in the presence of Dr Abdul Rahman Al Fahdi, representative of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooper-ation Council, and members of the Board of Directors of the Society Dr Maryam Al Hajri and

Dr Kawthar Al Eid.Al Hadi stressed the impor-

tance of the discussions and working papers presented by the participants in the forum that contributed to the enrichment of the forum and the success of

its work, extending his thanks to them for their fruitful participa-tion in the forum.

He also pointed out the keen-ness of the BRCS to strengthen the links between humanitarian and relief workers at the Gulf

level, and to contribute to guid-ing the energies of Gulf youth to serve their communities, in addition to instilling a love of volunteer work.

The honorees extended thanks to the BRCS for its outstanding

organisation and generosity of hosting and stressed the impor-tance of holding more meetings, courses, and workshops aimed at giving volunteers field and administrative expertise in char-itable and organisational work.

Participants receive certificates at the conclusion of the event

Electronic driving licence and car ownership card via etraffic app set for launch

TDT | Manama

The General Directorate of Traffic will introduce

electronic driving licence and car ownership cards via the etraffic smartphone app.

Along with the service of issuing e-permit by the owner of the car to travel by another driver through the King Fahad Causeway in cooperation with the Customs Affairs

The new e-services come as part of the government efforts led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, toward digital transfor-mation.

They also meet the direc-tives of His excellency Inte-rior Minister General Shai-kh Rashid bin Ab-dullah Al Khalifa.

The Director-General of Traf-fic, Brigadier Shaikh Abdulrah-

man bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa said that the services were part of a comprehensive digital transfor-mation in cooperation with the Information and e-Government Authority. They would facilitate the processing of traffic applica-tions, he added.

The digital driving licence and car ownership card will replace the hard copy of the licence and card as they would be displayed via the app.

He revealed that in 2020, 34000 permits were issued by owners of vehicles to al-low other drivers to cross the causeway.

The previous procedure was a written permit with a copy of the ID and the ownership card of the ve-hicle. The new ser-vice allows car owners to issue or cancel the permits electron-ically. In addition, the permit could be scanned through the Barcode.

Bahrain to host MENA forum on ‘women of technology’ in January next yearTDT | Manama

The Kingdom of Bahrain will host the “Women of Tech-

nology in the Middle East and North Africa” forum on January 25 and 26, 2022.

The event is expected to at-tract more than 400 partici-pants representing 20 countries from the Arab region, while more than 25 Arab women leaders and entrepreneurs will speak.

Ahmed Attia Al Hujairi, CEO of WorkSamat, the organiser of the event, said that the forum is being held with the partici-pation of female leaders in the technology and business sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the entire Arab region.

They will discuss women’s leadership and innovations in the various business and tech-nology sectors. Participation in the forum is also open to men who support women and their

successes in various fields.Al Hujairi explained that fe-

male technology leaders from all over the Middle East and

North Africa will present var-ious dialogue sessions during the forum, including a main session, panel discussions and technical talks, in addition to a mentoring session, and an innovative session for women entrepreneurs.

The forum also includes in-teractive activities to motivate participants during these ses-sions.

It will also feature a virtu-al exhibition that will be held parallel to the virtual forum to give sponsors an opportu-nity to showcase their services through this platform.

The forum sheds light on how women are leading the labour market in the Middle East and North Africa, and takes a future look at the entrepreneurship landscape of Arab women in the region, as well as provides career guidance to build a suc-cessful career in the technology sector.

Health Capita makes debut in MalaysiaTDT | Manama

Health Capita Bahrain, a health-tech company

based in the Kingdom, has further made its mark as a game-changer by advancing digital health services in Ma-laysia.

This follows the announce-

ment of a collaboration between Wellness Zone (Malaysia) SDN BHD (Subsidiary of Wellness Zone WLL Bahrain) and MDC Asia Link Berhad to promote population health in Malaysia.

Healthcapita is creating a headway in the diverse ap-plication of digital health and well-being services with a new partnership that will produce a

seamless and sustainable digital platform for adopting healthy lifestyle.

This collaboration compris-ing MDC Asia and Wellness Zone (M) SDN BHD witnesses the integration of technology and software application for enhanced digital health and well-being services for popula-tion health management.

Dr Aslan and Dr Norsaidatul Akmar sign a memorandum of understanding

Health Capita is creat-ing a headway in the diverse application

of digital health and well-being services.

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Strong winds, scattered rainfall alert TDT/Manama

Weathermen have issued a warning to remain cau-

tious as strong winds are ex-pected to hit the country today.

There will also be scattered rainfall across the Kingdom.

The maximum expected temperature is 22 degree Celsi-us and minimum expected tem-perature is 16 degree Celsius.

Female technology leaders from all over the

Middle East and North Africa will present var-ious dialogue sessions

during the forum, includ-ing a main session, panel discussions and techni-

cal talks, in addition to a mentoring session, and

an innovative session for women entrepreneurs.

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ISB student enters India Book of Records12-year-old Anu Jekshil Selvakumar achieves honour after making craft work using waste materialsTDT | Manama

Indian School student Anu Jekshil Sel-vakumar has entered the India Book of Records for her craft work using waste

materials.She made 58 decorative items including

flower pots, flowers, and wall hangings using waste materials.

The 12-year-old Anu is a grade 8 student at the Indian School Isa Town campus.

She is the daughter of Subha Rani and Selva Kumar, who works as a supervisor in a private company in the Kingdom.

The family hails from Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

Anu joined the ISB in 2015 and has been

active in co-curricular activities.Hon. Chairman Prince S Natarajan, Hon.

Secretary Saji Antony and Principal VR Palaniswamy congratulated the student on her achievement.

Anu with her craft works and the India Book of Records appreciation certificate

UoB student wins Excellence Award in ‘Chinese Bridge’ international competition

• Siraj Hussain outperforms 70,000 competitors from around the world

TDT | Manama

A female student from the University of Bahrain won

the Excellence International Award in the 20th “Chinese Bridge” competition for Chi-nese language and culture for foreign university students.

Siraj Hussain, representing the Department of Architec-ture through the Confucius Institute at the university, out-performed about 70,000 Chi-nese language learners from around the world.

Around 125 winners from 101 countries represented their countries to compete in the final round on 22 September. The prizes for the final round were announced on 30 Octo-ber.

Siraj is the first contestant from the Kingdom of Bahrain to participate in the “Chinese Bridge” semi-finals from the Asian continent.

She completed the Chi-nese Knowledge Quiz by an-swering questions online and submitted a three-minute Chinese-language video clip, which was shown on the China Central Radio’s short video platform, and registered 8.038 million views.

Siraj thanked her teachers at the Confucius Institute for helping combine her special-isation at the university with her personal interests, and present classical or heritage architecture in Bahrain to a global audience in the Chinese language. She also discussed the characteristics of classical architecture in Bahrain and China.

The Confucius Institute

pointed out that Siraj was “a good and distinguished rep-resentative of cultural ex-change.”

The Center for Language Exchange and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education in China offered Siraj a scholar-ship to learn Chinese for one semester, and this scholarship is valid for three years.

“We expect the student to seize this precious opportunity to study the Chinese language, learn more about the concepts of architecture and architec-tural design patterns in China, and return with some of the beautiful charm of China to the Kingdom of Bahrain,” the Institute said.

The “Chinese Bridge” com-petition for Chinese language and culture is a large-scale international competition sponsored by the Cooperation Centre for the Exchange of Chinese and Foreign Languag-es of the Chinese Ministry of Education.

This year, the regional com-petitions were held during the months of June and July, and about 7,0000 university stu-dents from all over the world took part.

Siraj Hussain shines on the international stage

Istiklal Rubber Walk in Isa Town undergoes successful renovation and maintenance workTDT | Manama

The Municipality of the Southern Region, in co-

operation with the Municipal Council, has renovated the floor of the Istiklal Rubber Walkway in Isa Town in accordance with the latest international stand-ards on comfort and safety.

The renovated walkway has a length of one kilometre on an overall area of 4,300 square metres.

Some parts also underwent maintenance work.

The development work, in its final stage, includ-ed all the facilities of the walkway.

It included the intensifica-tion of green areas by planting

varities, and the provision of a number of service facilities for its visitors, such as the mainte-nance of the games area and the

installation of new games, as part of the municipality’s plan to upgrade all recreational sites in the area.

The final stage of the develop-ment work will be completed in cooperation with the Municipal Council.

The Istiklal Rubber Walkway is among the most important facilities that many people visit, especially during the evening walks and weekends.

The municipality is working according to its plan, which comes with the support and guidance of the Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning and the Undersecretary for Municipal

Affairs, to implement all stra-tegic plans aimed at improving the level of public services and utilities.

Renovation and maintenance work in progress

Bahrain condoles with Greece TDT | Manama

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His

Royal Highness Prince Sal-man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, sent cables of con-dolences to President Kateri-na Sakellaropoulou of Greece on the demise of the former Greece President Karolos Pa-poulias.

HM King Hamad and HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister praised the de-ceased’s efforts in strengthen-ing bilateral relations and serv-ing his country and people.

They wished the deceased mercy and forgiveness, and his family and Greek people patience.

His Royal Highness sent a similar cable to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

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Foreign Minister meets Philippines Foreign Undersecretary

Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, received yesterday Foreign Minister Dr Abdellatif bin Rashid Al Zayani.

Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, received yesterday member of the Representatives Council, Fatima Al Qatari, in the presence of Media and Security Culture Director General, Brigadier Mohammed bin Dainah. The Interior Minister praised the role of the Representatives Council in handling national issues, backing the security efforts and preserving national achievements. Discussions focused on ways of boosting cooperation between the Interior Ministry and the Representatives Council.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani met Philippines Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Lou Y. Arriola. Dr Al Zayani praised the friendship and cooperation between Bahrain and the Philippines in various fields. He hailed the active role played by the Filipino community in the Kingdom and their outstanding contributions in advancing the development process. Arriola expressed her satisfaction with the level of the strong bilateral relations and stressed her country’s keenness to enhance them and achieve common interests. She also appreciated the care and attention received by the Filipino community in the Kingdom, wishing Bahrain continued progress and prosperity.

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UAE 757,145 +2,234 2,160 743,340 11,645

Kuwait 415,678 2,468 411,442 1,768

Oman 305,357 +104 4,116 +2 300,355 886

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1 USA 54,148,544 842,161

2 India 34,808,886 480,592

3 Brazil 22,254,706 618,723

4 UK 12,338,676 148,021

5 Russia 10,458,271 307,022

6 Turkey 9,365,399 81,917

7 France 9,326,258 123,188

8 Germany 7,071,341 111,879

9 Iran 6,190,762 131,527

10 Spain 6,032,297 89,253

11 Italy 5,756,412 136,955

12 Argentina 5,514,207 117,085

13 Colombia 5,132,277 129,833

14 Indonesia 4,262,351 144,081

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News in brief u France is seeing a tsunami of Covid-19 infections, with 208,000 new cases recorded over the past 24 hours, a national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran told lawmakers yesterday. France has been breaking Covid-19 records repeatedly over the past few days, with Tuesday’s 180,000 cases already the highest for a country in Europe, according to data on Covidtracker. Every second, two people in France are testing positive for Covid-19, Véran said, adding that the situation in hospitals was worrying because of the Delta variant, while the Omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread.

u Indonesia yesterday said it will let dozens of Rohingya refugees come ashore after protests from locals and the international community over its plan to push them into Malaysian waters. At

least 100 mostly women and children aboard a stricken wooden vessel off Aceh province were denied refuge in

Indonesia, where authorities on Tuesday said they planned to push them into the neighbouring Southeast Asian country after fixing their boat. After a day-long meeting on Wednesday between officials in the coastal town of Bireun, Jakarta backtracked and said the refugees’ boat would be towed to shore on humanitarian grounds.

u The Philippines has lifted a four-year ban on new open-pit mines, an official said yesterday, in a bid to revitalise the country’s coronavirus-battered economy slammed by activists as “short-sighted”. The move sees the Philippine government reverse a ban imposed in 2017, when the then-environment minister blamed the sector for widespread ecological damage. Manila has since reversed course, encouraging mining investments to shore up government revenues as lockdowns and quarantine restrictions ravaged the economy.

u Indonesia will allow a boat packed with Rohingya which had become stranded off its coast to dock in the Southeast Asian country, its security ministry said yesterday, after calls from aid organisations to allow the vessel to seek refuge. Local officials in Aceh, a province on the western island of Sumatra said on Tuesday that they would provide the roughly 120 passengers on board with food, medicine and water, but would not allow them to seek refuge in Indonesia, despite international pleas to do so. The stranded boat had been at risk of sinking within days, two fishermen told Reuters on Wednesday. Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 U.N. Convention on Refugees and is predominately seen as a transit country for those seeking asylum to a third country.

Indonesia to bring stranded Rohingya refugees to shore after protests

Philippines lifts ban on new open-pit mines

Indonesia says will allow stranded Rohingya boat to seek

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France sets daily record with 208,000 new

Covid-19 cases

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to outbreaks, keeping 13 million people in the city of Xian under rigid lockdown for a seventh day as new COVID-19 infections persisted

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by vaccination and, or, prior infection.KNOW WHAT

‘Tsunami’ of COVID-19 cases around world raises testing, quarantine fears• Latest COVID-19 surge being driven by Omicron variant

• WHO chief says concerned by ‘tsunami of cases’

• France, UK, Italy, Spain all report record daily cases

• US also sees record daily average over past seven days

• Studies in South Africa, UK, Denmark suggest Omicron less severe

Reuters | Sydney/Rome

Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period,

Reuters data showed yesterday, as the new Omicron variant raced out of control, keeping workers at home and overwhelming testing centres.

Almost 900,000 cases were detected on average each day around the world between Dec. 22 and 28, with myriad countries posting new all-time highs over

the past 24 hours, including the United States, Australia and many

in Europe.Almost two years after China

first alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to a cluster of “viral pneumonia” cases of un-known origin in the central city of Wuhan, the regularly mutat-ing coronavirus is still wreaking havoc, forcing numerous govern-ments to rethink quarantine and test rules.

Although studies have suggest-ed the Omicron variant is less deadly than some of its predeces-sors, the huge numbers of people

testing positive mean that hospi-tals in some countries might soon be overwhelmed, while business-es might struggle to carry on op-erating because of workers having to quarantine.

“Delta and Omicron are now twin threats driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation and deaths,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Tedros told a news briefing on Wednesday.

“I am highly concerned that Omicron, being highly transmis-

sible and spreading at the same time as Delta, is leading to a tsu-nami of cases.”

France, Britain, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Malta all registered record num-bers of new cases on Tuesday, while the average number of dai-ly COVID-19 cases in the United States hit a record 258,312 over the past seven days, according to a Reuters tally on Wednesday. The previous peak was a figure of 250,141 registered in early Janu-ary this year.

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, in television interviews on Wednesday, said she expected many more U.S. cases ahead.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that 90% of patients ending up in intensive care had not received booster vaccines, which medics say is the best pro-tection against Omicron.

“The Omicron variant contin-ues to cause real problems, you’re seeing cases rising in hospitals, but it is obviously milder than the Delta variant,” Johnson said.

New daily infections in Aus-tralia spiked to nearly 18,300 on

Wednesday, eclipsing the pre-vious pandemic high of around 11,300 a day earlier.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country need-ed “a gear change” to manage overburdened laboratories, with long walk-in and drive-in queues reported in a number of areas.

Testing bottlenecks have also built in Europe, including Spain where demand for free COVID-19 testing kits provided by Madrid’s regional government far out-stripped supply, with long queues forming outside pharmacies.

‘I JUST WANT TO GO HOME’A number of governments were

also increasingly worried by the huge numbers of people being

forced into self-isolation because they had been in contact with a coronavirus sufferer.

“We just can’t have everybody just being taken out of circulation because they just happen to be at a particular place at a particular time,” Australia’s Morrison told reporters.

Italy was expected to re-lax some quarantine rules on Wednesday over fears the coun-try will soon grind to a halt giv-en how many people are having to self-isolate protectively, with cases doubling on Tuesday from a day earlier to 78,313.

However, China showed no let up in its policy of zero tolerance to outbreaks, keeping 13 million people in the city of Xian under rigid lockdown for a seventh day as new COVID-19 infections per-sisted, with 151 cases reported on Tuesday.

“I just want to go home,” said a 32-year-old mechanic, who was in Xian last week for a business trip when the city was effectively shut off from the outside world.

No cases of Omicron have been announced in Xian so far.

People take a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a pop-up testing site as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City

Blinken names former US official Rina Amiri as special envoy for Afghan womenReuters | Washington

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday named

former US official Rina Ami-ri as a special envoy for Af-ghan women, girls and human rights.

Amiri has spent two dec-ades advising governments, the United Nations and think tanks on issues related to Afghanistan. Under former President Barack Obama, she served a senior adviser to the US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Blinken will also name Ste-phenie Foster, a State Depart-ment veteran, as a new senior adviser for women and girls on the Afghan relocation efforts, a source said.

The appointments come more than four months af-ter the Taliban overran the country as the former West-ern-backed government col-lapsed and the last US troops withdrew after 20 years of war.

Since then, the Taliban have curbed the rights of women and girls, banning most of the former from working and most of the latter from attending schools in what US officials decry as back-tracking by the Islamist extremists from as-surances they gave to observe human rights.

The Biden administration has come under fire from women’s rights groups for failing to ensure safe passage for activists and others that had long been targeted by the Taliban.

Women inside the Biden administration traded con-

cerned emails and text mes-sages behind the scenes after the lightning fast Taliban take-over in mid-August and the subsequent chaotic U.S. exit from the country, according to multiple sources inside and outside the administration.

At the time, Amiri told Reu-ters the process of evacuating women at risk had been a dis-aster.

Biden had made clear ear-ly on in high-level policy dis-cussions that concerns about women’s rights would not sway his decision to exit Af-ghanistan, despite promising during the campaign to forge a gender-sensitive foreign pol-icy, she said.

In their latest move, the Taliban earlier this week de-creed that women traveling more than 45 miles (72 km) should be accompanied by a close male family member. The decree also banned the playing of music in vehicles.

Rina Amiri

Indian tax authorities seize $30 m in cash

Reuters | New Delhi

Indian tax officials have seized more than $30 mil-

lion in cash and gold in raids on suspected tax evaders this week including a record haul of 1.94 billion rupees ($26 mil-lion) and 23 kg of gold ahead of assembly elections in five states. “This is the biggest ever seizure of cash,” the finance

ministry said in a statement.Tax officials seized the

1.94 billion rupees and 23 kg wrapped in sacks in an under-ground storage facility on the premises of a manufacturer in the city of Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, who media has re-ported is linked to a political party.Also seized was 600 kg of precious sandalwood oil, officials said.

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Violence erupts after Palestinian president visits Israel• Israeli defence minister Gantz hosted Abbas at his home

• Israeli coalition split on issue of Palestinian statehood

• Palestinians also divided between Abbas and rival Hamas

AFP | Jerusalem

An Israeli was wounded in a shooting attack on the Gaza border on Wednes-

day, the military said, after a rare visit to Israel by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas drew condemnation from the enclave’s Hamas rulers.

The Israeli military said it re-sponded to the shooting with tank fire, targeting Hamas posts in the northern Gaza Strip. Gaza health officials said three Palestinian farmers were wounded.

Israel’s Defence Minister Ben-ny Gantz hosted Abbas in his home late on Tuesday, the West-ern-backed Palestinian leader’s first such visit to Israel in more than a decade, although it sig-nalled few prospects for any re-sumption of long-stalled peace negotiations. Following their talks, the Israeli Defence Ministry announced a series of what it de-scribed as “confidence-building measures” that would ease the entry of hundreds of Palestinian business people to Israel.

In Gaza, Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesman, said that by meeting Gantz, Abbas was “deep-ening Palestinian political divi-

sions” and encouraging accom-modation with “the occupation”, a term the Islamist militant group uses to describe Israel.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the shooting attack from Gaza, which the Is-raeli military said slightly wound-ed the civilian. The border has been largely quiet since an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza mil-itants in May.

Abbas and Gantz last met in Au-gust, in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh said that at Tuesday’s talks they discussed the “importance of creating a political horizon” for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gantz, in his summation of the meeting on Twitter, made no men-tion of a peace process, stalled since 2014 after U.S.-backed talks collapsed. Palestinians seek to

establish a state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusa-lem as its capital.

“We discussed the implemen-tation of economic and civilian measures, and emphasised the importance of deepening secu-rity coordination and prevent-ing terror and violence - for the well-being of both Israelis and Palestinians,” Gantz wrote.

Israel’s multi-party govern-ment is deeply divided over the statehood issue. Palestinian rival-ries remain strong, with Hamas, which has fought four wars with Israel, running the Gaza Strip.

In a move that could ease travel for thousands of Palestinians, the Defence Ministry said Gantz ap-proved registration as West Bank residents for some 6,000 people who had been living in the terri-tory, captured by Israel in a 1967 war, without official status.

Another 3,500 people from Gaza would also receive residen-cy documentation, the ministry said.

The meeting followed several Palestinian attacks on Israelis in recent weeks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Palestinians also complain of attacks by Israeli settlers.

Defence Minister Benny GantzMahmud Abbas

UAE daily COVID-19 cases climb above 2,000

Reuters | Dubai

Daily coronavirus infec-tions in the United Arab

Emirates, the Gulf region’s tourism and commercial hub, have risen above 2,000 for the first time since June.

Authorities yesterday re-corded 2,234 new infections in the past 24 hours, without breaking down the cases by variant.

The UAE, which is hosting the Dubai Expo 2020 world fair, announced its first known case of the coronavirus variant Omicron earlier this month.

Daily cases had fallen below 100 in October but started to climb again in December as tourists flocked to Dubai in the holiday period.

The UAE, a federation of sev-

en emirates, saw daily infec-tions hit a record near 4,000 last January amid the peak tourism season as millions of visitors travelled to Dubai to escape lockdowns at home.

Abu Dhabi this week reim-posed restrictions requiring those entering the emirate from within the UAE to show proof of vaccination and neg-ative PCR results, as of Thurs-day. It also instituted remote learning for the first two weeks of the new school term.

Dubai, which is hosting the Expo until the end of March and whose economy relies heavily on the travel indus-try, has not yet reintroduced restrictions that were largely lifted in mid-2020.

Mask-wearing in public has remained mandatory in the UAE.

A woman gets tested before receiving a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)at St. Paul’s Church in Abu Dhabi


We are proud of the tremendous efforts put forth by the Corporate and Institutional Banking department, which has played a notable role in developing the economic and social

landscape in the Kingdom, especially over the past few years. This comes as part of our ongoing commitment to playing an active role with social responsibility, enacted through initiatives designed to develop the national economy, as

well as support institutions and companies working towards the betterment of key sectors such as education, health and

housing.JAWAD HUMAIDAN

500kBenefitPay has secured over 500,000 registered users since its launch in

Bahrain

BisB contributes to the development of vital sectorsTDT | Manama

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), a leading provider of Sharia

compliant integrated financial solutions in the Kingdom of Bah-rain, is proud to have played a key role in contributing to the development of the national economy by supporting vari-ous development projects in the Kingdom, namely in housing, educational, health, telecom-munications and infrastructure related projects.

Bahrain Islamic Bank is hon-oured to be part of a consorti-um of local and international financing institutions to finance several governmental projects focused on the development of national infrastructure, with a total projects value exceeding BD1.5 billion. The Bank’s contri-bution is subsequently expected to have significant impact on the local economy and labour mar-ket conditions in the Kingdom.

Bahrain Islamic Bank has also supported the development of several healthcare and educa-tional projects, financed with total project value of more than BD15 million. In addition, the Bank’s Corporate and Institu-tional Banking department re-

mains keen on supporting social housing projects, providing fi-nancial support to projects with a total value of over BD200 mil-lion, positively impacting the pace of construction work.

The Bank has also played a sig-nificant role in the development of the information technology and telecommunications sectors through its participation in pro-jects with a total value of over BD 25 million. This is a reflection of the Bank’s mission to improve user experience, positioning the Kingdom of Bahrain as a leader in the technology and communi-cations sectors amongst devel-oped countries.

The Corporate and Insti-

tutional Banking department has additionally played a vital role in the development of the SME sector, whose revenue ac-counts for a large segment of the GDP, resulting in the increase of employment rates through the creation of jobs. The Bank was also able to increase its SME portfolio to approximately 24% of total corporate assets. With this achievement in stride, the department aims to increase the SME portfolio to 30% of to-tal corporate assets by the year 2025.

With regards to sustainability, the Bank has adopted many in-itiatives to reduce negative im-pact on the environment, most

notably to decrease paper waste and carbon emissions; largely achieved through its pioneer-ing implementation of state-of-the-art digital banking solutions including a full-fledged mobile application for corporates. The department has also focused on encouraging companies and institutions to follow suit with its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) outlook by putting into motion an initiative that incentivises corporates that do so with pref-erential profit rates.

BisB continues to enhance the banking experience for its val-ued customers by simplifying

their banking transactions, re-fining services, and introducing innovative change to the sector. This can be seen through the Bank’s commitment to digital transformation across all ser-vices. Most notably, the Bahrain Islamic Bank is the first Bank in the region to allow corporate clients to open accounts through its digital banking mobile appli-cation, subsequently improving user experience and reducing the turnaround time for opening accounts.

The bank has navigated through the pandemic stead-fastly, shifting its workforce remotely, setting a target for 70% of employees to work from home, ensuring their health and safety as well as that of their families. Additionally, under the directives of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), the Bank provid-ed customers the option to de-fer loan payments. This allowed customers the benefit of allo-cating their financial resources with added ease in the event of any hardship brought on by the spread of the pandemic. The Bank also offered all clients the option to restructure their credit facilities to cope with the uncer-

tainty that is expected after the CBB deferment directive expires in December 2021.

Commenting on the occasion, Jawad Humaidan, Acting Chief of Corporate and Institution-al Banking at BisB, expressed his pride in the department’s achievements over this period, noting, “We are proud of the tremendous efforts put forth by the Corporate and Institutional Banking department, which has played a notable role in devel-oping the economic and social landscape in the Kingdom, es-pecially over the past few years. This comes as part of our ongo-ing commitment to playing an active role with social respon-sibility, enacted through initi-atives designed to develop the national economy, as well as sup-port institutions and companies working towards the betterment of key sectors such as education, health and housing. At BisB, we place our customers, their satis-faction, and aspirations above all else, considering them our most valued asset. It is with this out-look that we continually strive to develop our services, ultimately simplifying their banking expe-rience and enriching their lives.”

AUB named best private bank in Bahrain and Kuwait 2021 TDT | Manama

In a virtual awards ceremony, financial publications Pro-

fessional Wealth Management (PWM) and The Banker jointly named Ahli United Bank (AUB) as the Best Private Bank in Bahrain and Kuwait for 2021.

The award honours the bank’s ability to reposition for the digital world while main-taining strong relationships with its customers during the challenging circumstances of COVID 19.

The announcement com-mended the bank for contin-uing to achieve remarkable growth despite the past couple of years’ market turmoil and volatility. Particularly praised was AUB’s unabated foray into the extensive digitalisation of its services, a main pillar of its larger digital transforma-tion strategy. “2021 has been a defining moment for private banks. The initial intensity and uncertainty of the global pandemic has given way to a new economic and business environment: an environment where digital excellence and first-class customer service are expected, even demanded,” said PWM/The Banker.

“We are honoured to be rec-

ognised by two of the world’s most prominent private bank-ing-focussed publications. Thanks to a devoted team, our private banking unit has been successfully navigating the COVID-19 turbulence and yielding best-in-class returns for our clientele. This resil-ience and continued growth is a product of a pre-pandemic long-term strategy designed to weather the inevitable storms that are sure to occur from time to time,” said Mark Hirst, Deputy Group CEO, Private Banking and Wealth Manage-ment at AUB.

Mark Hirst, Deputy Group CEO

BENEFITPAY awarded best digital wallet by Pan Finance Awards TDT | Manama

BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and

electronic financial transactions service, has been awarded the “Best Digital Wallet (BenefitPay App)” award for 2021 by Pan Finance Awards, a programme providing compelling content about leading companies and individuals within the realms of financial services and a true indicator of excellence.

The award recognises BEN-EFIT’s National Electronic Wallet Payment System, Ben-

efitPay’s efforts to provide an enhanced digital experience through its mobile application, which enables consumers to pay and transfer funds in Bah-

rain in a fast, secure, and con-venient manner. Furthermore, the award validates BENEFIT’s distinct presence in the King-dom as the top FinTech industry

leader. BENEFIT’s Assistant General

Manager in Marketing and In-novation, Nezar Maroof, said, “This recognition is a reflection of BENEFIT’s committed and dedicated skilled team of digital and technology specialists, as well as our ongoing efforts to digitize payment transactions and invest in technology. Dig-ital wallets are of the most in-novative solutions within the payment ecosystem, and it’s a pleasure to be able to receive such an accolade highlighting our efforts in this digital revo-lution.”

Nezar Maroof

Israel’s Oramed gets Vietnam pre-order for 10 mln COVID-19 vaccine dosesReuters | Jerusalem

Israel’s Oramed Pharma-ceuticals said yesterday its

Oravax Medical unit signed a deal with Vietnam’s Tan Thanh Holdings for the pre-order of 10 million doses of its oral COV-ID-19 vaccine that is in clinical trials. The agreement gives Tan Thanh, a drug distribu-tor, the right to sell Oravax’s oral vaccine in development throughout the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASE-AN), which includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,

Malaysia, Myanmar, the Phil-ippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, Oramed said.

“The parties have agreed to negotiate follow-on orders potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars,” it said, adding the ASEAN region has a prospective patient population of about 660 million.

Nadav Kidron, chief exec-utive of Oramed, said its oral COVID vaccine is undergoing Phase I clinical trials and re-sults should be available in early 2022.

Zain Bahrain selects Tecnotree for advanced Digital BSS capabilitiesTDT | Manama

Zain Bahrain, a telecommuni-cations industry innovator

in the Kingdom, has selected Tecnotree, a global provider of Business Support Systems (BSS) for Digital Service Providers, for the delivery of its Digital BSS transformation.

Tecnotree’s partnership with Zain is intended to strengthen the company’s focus on deliv-ering an exceptional customer experience while improving time-to-market. Through an advanced digital architecture, the project will transform Zain’s BSS infrastructure into an open ecosystem capable of support-ing Zain’s vision.

Commenting on the partner-ship, Ali Al-Yaham, Director, Technology at Zain Bahrain,

said, “Choosing Tecnotree as a strategic partner for transform-ing our legacy BSS infrastructure is a significant milestone in our vision of building a digital fu-ture. Innovation is in Zain’s DNA and combined with Tecnotree’s innovation, will form a key pillar of our digital transformation journey.”

This multi-year engagement between Zain Bahrain and Tec-

notree covers the entire journey of deployment and the man-agement of the Digital BSS 5.0 products, which includes com-missioning, integration as well as support.

Tecnotree will deploy its 5G-ready Digital BSS Suite 5 which recently earned a Plati-num Badge from TM Forum for Open API Conformance and was recognized in Gartner’s Mar-

ket-Guide for Revenue Man-agement & Monetization. With industry-recognized products from the Tecnotree stack such as Customer Lifecycle Manager, Catalog Manager, Convergent Billing System, as well as Tec-notree Surge Digital Accelerator Platform, Zain will provide its customers with a superior om-nichannel experience, enabling new business models to drive evolution into a new-age service provider.

“We are excited about our award-winning Digital BSS Suite being selected by Zain to sup-port their digital transforma-tion journey and are confident that this strategic partnership will deliver an enhanced first in market customer experience,” shares Tecnotree CEO, Padma Ravichander.

Ali Al-Yaham, Zain Bahrain Director of Technology

Padma Ravichander, CEO Tecnotree


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vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17737732 or [email protected] TRADING & CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17729935 or [email protected] 31 SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39005310 or [email protected] BAKERY has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39178917 or [email protected] & M CONTRACTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39591551 or [email protected] ABDULLA ALAReedh CO.W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 32122800 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION has a vacancy for the occupation of MASON , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17280049 or [email protected] ARTISAN PATISSERIE has a vacancy for the occupation of COOK(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17710271 or [email protected] SHERIF SEA CAFE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of BAKER(GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77144144 or [email protected] Electrical Services Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17677784 or [email protected] FALCON PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES Co. W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39405504 or [email protected] GLOBAL MEDIA & CONSULTANCY has a vacancy for the occupation of ACCOUNTANT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17251315 or [email protected] TRANSPORT has a vacancy for the occupation of HEAVY DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 77059992 or [email protected] Cleaning & Maintenance Company W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17404101 or [email protected] MAINTENANCE SERVICES W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17742961 or [email protected] MAINTENANCE SERVICES W.L.L. has a vacancy for the occupation of CLEANER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17742961 or [email protected] CONTRACTING & TRADING GROUP W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17255980 or [email protected] CONTRACTING & TRADING GROUP W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of PAINTER(CONSTRUCTION) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17255980 or [email protected] CONTRACTING & TRADING GROUP W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17255980 or [email protected]. HILTON LIMITED has a vacancy for the occupation of FITTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17730640 or [email protected] GROUP W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of CARPENTER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17722333 or [email protected] has a vacancy for the occupation of FOOD SERVICE WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17220000 or [email protected] has a vacancy for the occupation of FOOD SERVICE WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17220000 or [email protected] CORE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SECURITY GUARD , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17822228 or [email protected] SERVICES FOR SHIPING CO. - Simple Commandite has a vacancy for the occupation of SCAFFOLDER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17675456 or [email protected]

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SUPPORT ACTIVITIES COMPNY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36823440 or [email protected] PAK TRADING BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33461748 or [email protected] PAWS PETS SUPPLIES has a vacancy for the occupation of DRIVER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33829999 or [email protected] SUPPORT SERVICES COMPANY W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36253266 or [email protected] KHALIFA TOWN has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39855322 or [email protected] GARMENTS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39602040 or [email protected] CONSULTING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33004736 or [email protected] EL SEIDY MARKETING W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALES AGENT , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36213692 or [email protected] REAL ESTATE BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of LABOURER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34111135 or [email protected] BUILD MART W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17700720 or [email protected] BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33444843 or [email protected] CONSTRUCTION & DECORE W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39628691 or [email protected] ELECTRONIC REPAIR W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 33071953 or [email protected] SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36758776 or [email protected] BASHA SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 36758776 or [email protected] T S CLEANING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 17720009 or [email protected] WHEEL FOR TIRES & OIL has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER (CAR MECHANICAL WORKSHOP) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39557741 or [email protected] MOHAMED STEEL MAINTENANCE CO. - BAHRAINI PARTNERSHIP COMPANY has a vacancy for the occupation of ALUMINIUM TECHNICIAN (GENERAL) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39059029 or [email protected] SERVICES W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39005310 or [email protected] SOLUTIONS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of MANAGER (MARKETING) , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39661132 or [email protected] SOLUTIONS W.L.L has a vacancy for the occupation of SALESMAN , suitably qualified applicants can contact 39661132 or [email protected] JABIN FASHION DESIGN has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 38436202 or [email protected] SULTAN JUMAAN has a vacancy for the occupation of WORKER , suitably qualified applicants can contact 34128860 or SULTANJUMANBH@

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16.4Musk offloaded $16.4 bn

worth of shares since early November when he said he would sell

10% of his Tesla stocks if Twitter users agreed.

Most bourses fall in line with global shares• Saudi stock market was volatile yesterday

• Crude prices, a key catalyst for financial markets, edged higher

Reuters

Most stock markets in the Gulf ended lower yesterday in line with

global shares, as investors po-sitioned their portfolios for the new year and grappled with in-creasing Omicron coronavirus cases globally.

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark in-dex (.TASI) dropped more than 1%, dragged down by a 1.4% fall in Al Rajhi Bank (1120.SE) and a 1.7% decrease in Saudi Basic Industries - SABIC (2010.SE).

The Saudi stock market was volatile yesterday since investors remained uncertain as the rise in oil prices provided strong sup-port while the increasing COV-ID-19 cases raised new doubts

over the sanitary situation, said Farah Mourad, senior market

analyst of XTB MENA.Crude prices, a key catalyst

for the Gulf ’s financial mar-kets, edged higher as optimism

refused to be beaten down by concerns around the impact of Omicron on global economies.

In Dubai, the main share in-dex (.DFMGI) fell 0.8%, snap-ping four consecutive sessions of gains, weighed down by a 1.1% drop in top lender Emirates NBD Bank (ENBD.DU) and a 0.7% decline in Dubai Islamic Bank (DISB.DU).

The United Arab Emirates has approved emergency use of Sinopharm’s protein-based COVID-19 vaccine and it will be available to the public as a boost-er dose starting January 2022, the health ministry said.

The UAE, a federation of seven emirates, on Tuesday reported 1,846 new coronavirus cases, up from 68 on Dec. 2. Author-ities, which did not provide a breakdown for each emirate, said around 91% of the 10 mil-lion population had been fully vaccinated.

In Qatar, the benchmark (.QSI) closed flat, as gains in en-ergy stocks helped cap losses in banking shares with Qatar Fuel rising 1.1%, while Qatar In-ternational Islamic Bank was down 1.1%.

Abu Dhabi’s index (.ADI), however, added 0.7%, helped by a 1.6% increase in the In-ternational Holding Company after its unit Multiply Group (MULTIPLY.AD) signed a bind-ing commitment to invest 275 million dirhams ($74.88 mil-lion) in global visual content creator and marketplace Getty Images.

Multiply shares were up 1.7%.Outside the Gulf, Egypt’s blue-

chip index (.EGX30), eased 0.1%, with Egypt Kuwait Holding (EKHO.CA) losing 2.9%.

A trader walks out of Bahrain Bourse after Joe Biden won the US presidency

A woman and her baby stand in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey

Closing Bell SAUDI 1% to 11,200

ABU DHABI 0.7% to 8,451

DUBAI 0.8% to 3,174

QATAR n at 11,679

EGYPT 0.1% to 11,898

BAHRAIN 0.2% to 1,794

OMAN 0.1% to 4,136

KUWAIT n at 7,651

Turkey’s lira slides 5%; cenbank says it will monitor forex risks• Lira has weakened 14% since end of last week

• Central bank to reassess policy framework in Q1

• Inflation expected to have surged above 30% in December

Reuters | Istanbul

The Turkish lira weakened for the third consecutive

day on Wednesday, tumbling 5.6% and eating further into the huge gains made the previous week, as worries persisted over soaring inflation and unortho-dox monetary policy.

The losses gathered pace after little initial reaction to the cen-tral bank’s (CBRT) 2022 policy document, in which it said it will monitor risks related to the foreign exchange market and do

what is necessary to ensure it runs smoothly.

The lira plunged as far as 12.5 by 1253 GMT. Despite surging more than 50% last week fol-lowing state-backed market in-terventions, it has lost 40% of its value this year.

“The CBRT has no commit-ment to any exchange rate level and will not conduct FX buying or selling transactions to deter-mine the level or direction of the exchange rates,” the bank said.

It said it would monitor close-ly the impact of its policy de-cisions in the first quarter and

“the policy framework will be reassessed in order to create a foundation for sustainable price stability.”

The lira surged last week after billions of dollars worth of state-backed market interventions and a government move to cover FX losses on certain deposits, restoring the currency back to its mid-November levels.

The recovery came after Pres-ident Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an incentive for savers to con-vert forex deposits into lira, un-der which their losses incurred due to any erosion in lira value

during the deposit period would be reimbursed.

Hasnain Malik at Tellimer said this provided a free cur-rency hedge to domestic savers if the lira depreciates.

“But this also implies high-er quasi-fiscal costs should the credibility of this hedge or the currency weaken,” he said.

According to traders’ calculations, the central bank’s net forex

reserves, excluding swaps, fell some $8 billion last week, with most of the fall in the first two

days of the week. They were down $17-$18 billion as of last Friday

since the start of the month, when the bank began its direct interventions. The central bank

has cut its policy rate by 500 basis points to 14% since September.

KNOW WHAT

Musk exercises all of his stock options expiring next yearSan Francisco

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has exercised

all of his options expiring next year, signalling an end to his stock sales that trig-gered a fall in the share price of the world’s most valuable carmaker.

Musk said last week that he would reach his target of sell-ing about 10% of his stake in Tesla “when the 10b prepro-grammed sales complete,” like-ly referring to his options-re-lated stock sales.

Since early November, he has exercised options expiring next year and sold a portion of Tesla stock to pay tax under a “rule 10b5-1” trading plan set up in September.

With the option exercise on 1.6 million shares on Tuesday, he has exercised all of the op-tions on 22.8 m shares, which are due to expire in August. He also sold 934,090 shares for $1.02 billion to pay for taxes, the filings showed.

“This rule 10b5-1 trading plan was completed on De-cember 28, 2021,” Tesla said in filings on Tuesday.

Tesla shares lost about a

quarter of their value after Musk in November asked his followers on Twitter if he should sell 10% of his hold-ings. They have rebounded to $1,088.47, but are still be-low the record closing high of $1,229.91 in November.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Next James Bond: Henry Cavill on track to overtake Tom Hardy in 007 raceDaily Express | London

Fans are still upset after ex-periencing the brutal end-

ing of No Time To Die earlier this year. During the events of the movie Daniel Craig brought his journey as 007 to an emotional end, but James Bond must live on. For now, we aren’t exact-ly sure who will be taking over as the spy, but To m H a r d y has been top of the lead-erboards for months.

Leading book-m a k e r s L a d -b r o k e s h a v e given Hardy an incredible 4/1 on becoming Bond in the near future.

While he is massively popular in the Bond odds, he has confessed he will not be commenting on the casting just

yet. He said last year: “If I men-tion it, it’s gone.

“ Yo u k n o w, there’s a saying

amongst us in the fraternity of act-ing, and in the fellowship of my peer group, that if you talk about it you’re auto-matical ly out

of the race. So I can’t possibly comment on that one!”

He may not be guaranteed the

spot, however, as Superman actor Cavill has become a firm favourite in the bettings.

Cavill currently has an im-pressive 6/1 from Ladbrokes, placing him well ahead of many other Hollywood stars. And The Witcher star’s latest comments on joining the 007 franchise were actually quite surprising. When asked about joining the series Cavill said: “Time will tell. You don’t know which direction they want to

take Bond in and so I like to say that everything’s al-

ways on the table.” (Via The Sunday Times) De-spite how popular the British star is, however,

he still has to beat a number of fel-

low thespians to the punch, i n c l u d i n g o n e f r o m Bridgerton.

Regé-Jean Page is cur-rently at the top of the

odds along-s i d e H a r d y

with 4/1.

Leading bookmakers Ladbrokes have given

Hardy an incredible 4/1 on becoming Bond in the near future

KNOW WHAT


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THE KING’S MAN (15+) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) (NEW)RALPH FIENNES, GEMMA ARTERTON, RHYS IFANS

OASIS JUFFAIR (ATMOS) :12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PMOASIS JUFFAIR (VIP): 11.30 AM + 5.15 + 11.00 PMCITY CENTRE : 12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)CITY CENTRE (ATMOS) : 10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.45 + 6.30 + 9.15 + 12.00 MNCITY CENTRE (VIP I): 12.30 + 3.15 + 6.00 + 8.45 + 11.30 PMSEEF :12.45 + 3.30 + 6.15 + 9.00 + 11.45 PMSEEF (II): ( 12.30 MN THURS/FRI)WADI AL SAIL: 12.15 + 3.00 + 5.45 + 8.30 + 11.15 PM

DEMONIC (15+) (HORROR/DRAMA) (NEW)CARLY POPE, CHRIS MARTIN WILLIAMS, MICHAEL ROGERS

OASIS JUFFAIR :10.30 AM + 3.45 + 9.00 PMCITY CENTRE : 10.30 AM + 12.45 + 3.00 + 5.15 + 7.30 + 9.45 + 12.00 MNSEEF : 2.00 + 6.45 + 11.30 PMWADI AL SAIL: 2.15 + 6.45 + 8.45 + 11.15 PM

AL KAHEN (PG-13) (ARABIC/THRILLER/CRIME) (NEW)DORRA, GAMAL SOLIMAN, FATHY ABDUL WAHAB

CITY CENTRE : 12.30 + 2.45 + 5.00 + 7.15 + 9.30 + 11.45 PMSEEF: 10.45 AM + 3.15 + 8.45 PMWADI AL SAIL: 12.00 + 4.30 + 9.00 + 11.00 PM

TROLL: THE TALE OF A TAIL (PG) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) (NEW)SONJA BALL (VOICE), WYATT BOWEN (VOICE), MARK CAMACHO (VOICE)

CITY CENTRE : 11.00 AM + 1.00 + 3.00 PMSEEF (II) : (12.30 + 4.30 + 8.30 PM THURS/FRI)

JOEY & ELLA (PG-13) (ADVENTURE/FAMILY) (NEW)JENNIFER MICHELE, ASHTON LEIGH, ARI RENE

CITY CENTRE : 11.45 AM + 4.00 + 8.15 PMSEEF (II) :(10.30 AM + 2.30 + 6.30 + 10.30 PM THURS/FRI)

KUNJELDHO (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) (NEW)ASIF ALI, GOPIKA UDAYAN AND SIDDIQUE

OASIS JUFFAIR :10.30 AM + 1.00 + 3.30 + 6.00 + 8.30 + 11.00 PMSEEF (II) :(1.00 + 6.15 + 11.30 PM THURS/FRI)ON THURS.30TH

AL HAMRA: 12.00 + 6.00 + 12.00 MNFROM FRI. 31ST AL HAMRA: 3.00 + (12.00 MN THURS/FRI)

DJIBOUTI (PG-15) (MALAYALAM) (NEW)DILEESH POTHAN, ANJALI NAIR, AMITH CHAKALAKKAL

FROM THURS. 30TH AT : 9.30 PMOASIS JUFFAIR :12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PMSEEF (II) :(10.30 AM + 3.30 + 8.45 PM THURS/FRI)AL HAMRA: 12.00 + 6.00 PM

VELAN (PG-13) (TAMIL) (NEW)MUGEN RAO, MEENAKSHI GOVINDRAJAN, PRABHU

FROM FRI. 31ST OASIS JUFFAIR :2.30 + 7.45 PMSEEF (II) :(12.00 + 2.45 + 5.30 + 8.15 + 11.00 PM FRI)

SPIDER-MAN : NO WAY HOME (PG-13) (ACTION/ADVENTURE) TOM HOLLAND, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, ZENDAYA

OASIS JUFFAIR :11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PMOASIS JUFFAIR (VIP):2.15 + 8.00 PMCITY CENTRE : 11.00 AM + 12.00 + 12.30 + 1.00 + 2.00 + 3.00 + 3.30 + 4.00 + 5.00 + 6.00 + 6.30 + 7.00 + 8.00 + 9.00 + 9.30 + 10.00 + 11.00 PM + 12.00 MN + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)CITY CENTRE (3D) :10.30 AM + 1.30 + 4.30 + 7.30 + 10.30 PMCITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D): 11.30 AM + 5.30 + 11.30 PMCITY CENTRE (VIP I):11.15 AM + 2.15 + 5.15 + 8.15 + 11.15 PMSEEF :10.45 AM + 11.45 AM + 1.45 + 2.45 + 4.45 + 5.45 + 7.45 + 8.45 + 10.45 + 11.45 PMWADI AL SAIL:10.30 AM + 11.30 AM + 1.30 + 2.30 + 4.30 + 5.30 + 7.30 + 8.30 + 10.30 + 11.30 PM

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/SCI-FICTION) KEANU REEVES, CARRIE-ANNE MOSS, JADA PINKETT SMITH

OASIS JUFFAIR : 12.45 + 6.00 + 11.15 PMCITY CENTRE :11.45 AM + 2.45 + 5.45 + 8.45 + 11.45 PM + (12.30 MN THURS/FRI)CITY CENTRE (IMAX 2D):2.30 + 8.30 PMSEEF : 5.30 + 8.30 + 11.30 PMWADI AL SAIL: 11.00 AM + 2.00 + 5.00 + 8.00 + 11.00 PM

83 (PG) (HINDI/DRAMA/SPORT/BIOGRAPHY)

RANVEER SINGH, DEEPIKA PADUKONE, AMMY VIRK

OASIS JUFFAIR :1.00 + 4.15 + 7.30 + 10.45 PMCITY CENTRE : 10.30 AM + 1.30 + 4.45 + 8.00 + 11.15 PMSEEF : 5.30 + 11.00 PM

AJAGAJANTHARAM (PG-13) (MALAYALAM)ANTONY VARGHEES, ARJUN ASOKAN

OASIS JUFFAIR :12.00 + 5.15 + 10.30 PMSEEF :4.15 + 9.00 PMSEEF (II) :(12.45 + 5.30 + 10.15 PM THURS/FRI)ON THURS.30TH AL HAMRA: 3.00 + 9.00 PMFROM FRI. 31ST AL HAMRA : 9.00 PM

ENCANTO (G) (ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY) STEPHANIE BEATRIZ, MARÍA CECILIA BOTERO, JOHN LEGUIZAMO

OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA):2.00 + 6.30 + 11.00 PMCITY CENTRE: 11.00 AM + 1.15 + 3.30 + 5.45 + 8.00 + 10.15 PMSEEF :10.45 AM + 1.00 + 3.15 PMWADI AL SAIL:11.45 AM + 2.00 + 4.15 + 6.30 PM

SING 2 (PG) ((ANIMATION/ADVENTURE/COMEDY/MUSICAL)MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, REESE WITHERSPOON, SCARLETT JOHANSSON

OASIS JUFFAIR (KIDS CINEMA):11.45 AM + 4.15 + 8.45 PMCITY CENTRE:12.15 + 2.30 + 4.45 + 7.00 + 9.15 PMSEEF :11.45 AM + 1.00 PMSEEF :(II) (10.30 AM + 3.15 + 8.00 PM THURS/FRI)

HOUSE OF GUCCI (PG-15) (DRAMA/BIOGRAPHY)LADY GAGA, ADAM DRIVER, JARED LETO

CITY CENTRE :5.00 + 8.15 + 11.30 PM

SURVIVE THE GAME (PG-15) (ACTION/THRILLER)BRUCE WILLIS, CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY, SARAH ROEMER

CITY CENTRE : 1.45 + 6.00 + 10.15 PM

NO TIME TO DIE (PG-15) (ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER/CRIME)DANIEL CRAIG, RAMI MALEK, LASHANA LYNCH

CITY CENTRE :11.30 PM

Nicole Kidman: I put rocks in my own pockets when filming Virginia Woolf drowning sceneThe Telegraph | Los Angeles

Nicole Kidman won an Os-car for her portrayal of troubled writer Virginia

Woolf in The Hours - and now it has emerged that her own de-pression helped her play the part authentically.

In an interview the actress said she felt “removed, depressed, not in my own body” when filming

the 2002 drama in which she plays the feminist novelist.

She did not use a stunt dou-

ble for the scene, which depicts the writer’s deliberate death by drowning in the River Ouse in

1941.The Hours, released at Christ-

mas 2002, was directed by Brit-ish director Stephen Daldry and based on a novel by Michael Cun-ningham. Ms Kidman won an Oscar for her portrayal of Mrs Woolf.

Speaking to Jon Wilson on BBC Radio 4’s This Cultural Life, Ms Kidman said: “I don’t know if I ever thought of the danger,

I think I was so in her. I mean, I put the rocks in my pocket and walked into the river. Over and over again.

“I probably don’t con-sider danger enough. And I think I was in a place myself at that time that was removed, de-pressed, not in my own body.

I don’t know if I ever thought of the danger, I think I was so in her. I mean, I put the rocks in my pocket

and walked into the river. Over and over againNICOLE KIDMAN

Hugh Jackman tests COVID-19 positive, ‘The Music Man’ cancels performances till January 1

ANI | Washington

Ho l l y w o o d sta r Hugh

Ja c k m a n a n -n o u n c e d o n Tuesday that he has tested pos-itive for COV-ID-19.

A c c o r d i n g

to The Hollywood Reporter, ‘The Music Man’ has can-celled performances through the end of the year on Broad-way after Jackman tested positive.

The revival’s leading man took to Instagram to share the news of his breakthrough case.

“I just wanted you to hear from me that I tested positive

this morning for COVID. My symptoms are like a cold -- I have a scratchy throat and a bit of a runny nose,” the actor said in a clip.

“But I’m fine and I’m just going to do everything I can to get better ASAP and as soon as I’m cleared I’ll be back on stage heading to River City,” he added.

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Henry CavillTom Hardy

Hugh Jackman

India strike early as South Africa start big chaseIndia secure big lead on day of 18 wickets, sets South Africa 305 to win first test

• Mohammed Shami’s five-for negates India collapse to Lungi Ngidi on full day of cricket

AP | Centurion

India set South Africa a tough target of 305 to win the first test and had struck early in

its push for victory to leave the Proteas 22-1 at tea yesterday on the fourth day.

Mohammed Shami, who ran through South Africa with 5-44 in the first innings, removed Aiden Markram in the second over and India was on its way.

India, the top-ranked team in test cricket, is seeking a long-awaited first test series win in South Africa and will take a big step towards that if it can close out victory in the first match of the three-test series.

South Africa captain Dean Elgar held on to be 9 not out at the tea break alongside Keegan Petersen, who was 12 not out.

But India sensed victory and the home team faced the pros-pect of getting another 283 runs on a tricky pitch in Centurion or batting out another four ses-sions for a draw.

India forged well ahead de-spite being bowled out for 174 in its second innings earlier in the day. India had already carved out a first-innings lead of 130 af-

ter it made 327 batting first and then bowled out South Africa for 197 in its first innings.

More than anything, India’s struggles in its second innings was an indication that the Su-perSport Park surface was get-ting more and more difficult to bat on. South Africa’s batsmen faced a stiff challenge against the likes of Shami and India spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, who recovered from an ankle injury on the third day to take the new ball with Shami.

Rishabh Pant top-scored for India with 34 in its second innings, while Kagiso Rabada and test debutant Marco Jansen took four wickets each for South Africa to limit the damage and

give the home team a sliver of hope.

The entire second day of the series-opener was washed out by rain but the game has still progressed rapidly since then and India had more than enough time to force a win and take a crucial series lead.

All three tests will be played without fans because of COV-ID-19 and specifically the spread of the omicron variant in South Africa, where it was first iden-tified.

Organizers had initially planned to allow in a limited number of spectators but that was foiled by the emergence of the new variant.

Arsenal’s Arteta tests positive for Covid-19 for second time

AFP | London

Arsenal manager Mikel Ar-teta has tested positive for

Covid-19 for a second time and will miss the Premier League clash with leaders Manchester City on Saturday, the club said.

The 39-year-old Spaniard’s first positive test was in March 2020 which prompted English football to shut down as the pandemic took hold.

He is the latest Premier League manager to test posi-tive in the last few weeks fol-lowing Aston Villa’s Steven Gerrard and Patrick Vieira of Crystal Palace.

A club statement read: “Mikel Arteta will miss our match against Manchester City on New Year’s Day after testing positive for COVID-19.

“Mikel is isolating in line with Government guidelines and we wish him well.”

Arteta -- whose side have rebounded from a disappoint-ing start to rise to fourth place after winning their last five matches in all competitions -- is still expected to conduct his Thursday press conference.

“This is really disappoint-ing,” Arteta said, quoted by the BBC.

“I took the test after feel-ing poorly. I will be at work as

soon as I’m allowed.”Arsenal have closed the

club’s London Colney training ground and club staff who had recent contact with Arteta will now self isolate.

Assistants Albert Stuiven-berg and Steve Round will be in charge on match day.

The Gunners were without a number of players during their 5-0 win at Norwich on Sunday due to coronavirus, with Calum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ainsley Maitland-Niles among those infected.

Arsenal’s Premier League match against Wolves on Tues-day was postponed because their opponents had a surfeit of Covid cases.

On Tuesday England and Wales reported nearly 130,000 new coronavirus infections, a record daily tally as Omicron variant cases surge.


Mikel Arteta applauds fans along with his players prior to a match (file photo)

Liverpool need to improve before Chelsea clash, says Van DijkAFP | London

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk says he and his team-

mates need to “look in the mir-ror and improve” after the 1-0 loss to Leicester dealt a blow to their Premier League title prospects.

Van Dijk did not look for ex-cuses for the loss on Tuesday despite Leicester’s goal scored by Ademola Lookman coming from their only shot on target after Mohamed Salah missed a first-half penalty for Liverpool.

Liverpool -- who failed to score for the first time in 29 league matches -- will look to strike back in the title race at Chelsea on Sunday.

However, Van Dijk says the players need to reflect on why they under-performed against a Leicester side who were beaten 6-3 by Manchester City at the weekend.

“Everyone has to look in the mirror and improve,” the Dutch defender told Amazon Prime.

However, Van Dijk said it was no time to give up hope as other factors may still play a role in who is crowned champion.

“We’re in December. The sea-son is so, so long,” he said.

“You have seen it with Covid and injuries -- lots of things can change.

“There’s no point looking at (Manchester) City or Chelsea or the other teams around us.

We should look at our perfor-mance today and improve.”

Liverpool will also have to cope without Salah and an-other key player, Sadio Mane, for what could be as long as a month with both heading off for the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon after Sunday’s match.

Liverpool manager Jurgen

Klopp, though, is more con-cerned that his side rediscov-er their brio for the Chelsea match.

“It’s a big gap,” Klopp told the BBC. “To top that, Chelsea and us play against each other.

“It was not our plan to give City the chance to run away.

“If we play like tonight we cannot think about catching up with City.”

Klopp was bemused by the under-par performance and said finding an answer to that conundrum was his priority.

“If we play our football and we can win games, we can see how many points we can get and what that means,” the Ger-man said.

“I don’t have a proper expla-nation for tonight -- to find it is my main concern, not City.

Liverpool’s Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk (C) reacts during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Aston Villa (file photo)

There’s no point looking at (Manchester)

City or Chelsea or the other teams around us. We should look at our

performance today and improveVIRGIL VAN DIJK

This is really disappointing. I took the test after feeling

poorly. I will be at work as soon as I’m

allowedMIKEL ARTETA

Warner eyes one more crack at England in 2023AFP | Sydney

David Warner has hinted he is keen for one last Ashes

tour in 2023 to make amends for his failed campaign in Eng-land two years ago, drawing in-spiration from veteran seamer Jimmy Anderson.

The explosive Australian opener would be approaching 37 should he retain his place that long and in all likelihood would have joined the 100-Test club. He currently has 89 caps.

Winning in India is also on his bucket list before pulling up stumps on a Test career that has so far yielded 7,551 runs at 48.40.

“Winning the Ashes here was obviously a big one,” Warner said after Australia crushed England in the third Test in Melbourne to retain the Ashes.

“We still haven’t beaten India in India, that would be nice to do.

“And England away -- we had a drawn series (in 2019) but hopefully if I manage to get that opportunity, I might think about going back.”

England hasn’t been a hap-py hunting ground for Warner, who had a horror tour in 2019, when he managed just 95 runs at 9.50 from five Tests with Stu-art Broad dismissing him seven times.

“In terms of 2019 it was obvi-ously in England so he (Broad) was able to get the ball to come back into us and away from us,” said Warner, who has been a mainstay at the top of the Aus-

tralian order for a decade.“For me it was one of those

tours where I didn’t back my game plan and I went too de-fensive and I didn’t attack. That was my fault, and he bowled really well.”

Whether Warner can still be competitive into 2023 remains to be seen, although he has been written off previously and come roaring back, most recently at

the Twenty20 World Cup.He was dropped by his Indian

Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the World Cup, leading some pundits to suggest his best days were over.

But Warner responded in the only way he knows, by scoring runs, and was named player of the tournament as Australia lifted the trophy.

He pointed to England’s An-derson, still going strong at 39, as an example of cricketers per-forming at their peak well into the twilight of their careers.

“James Anderson sets the benchmark for older guys these days, we look up to him getting on in our days,” Warner said after Anderson bowled beau-tifully in the Melbourne Test.

“For me it’s just about per-forming to the best of my ability and putting runs on the board.”

David Warner of Australia sits and prepares to bat during day one of the Third Test match in the Ashes series

7,551Test runs have been

scored by David Warner in 89 matches

India, the top-ranked team in test cricket, is seeking a long-awaited

first test series win in South Africa and will take a big step

towards that if it can close out victory in

the first match of the three-test series

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India’s bowler Mohammed Shami, right, celebrates with teammates after bowling South Africa’s batsman Aiden Markram for 1 run

India’s batsman KL Rahul plays side shot

Barca trio test positive for COVID-19

Reuters | Barcelona

Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele, Samuel Um-

titi and Gavi are set to miss Sunday’s trip to Real Mal-lorca after testing positive for COVID-19, the LaLiga club said yesterday.

The Catalans have been hit by a number of cases in their squad, with Clement Lenglet, Dani Alves, Jordi Alba and Alejandro Balde also returning positive tests this week.

“Dembele, Umtiti and Gavi are positive for COV-ID-19 after PCR tests on the squad. The players are in good health and self-isolat-ing at home. The club has reported the cases to the relevant authorities,” Bar-celona said in a statement.

Last chance to grab BIC’s early bird discount for F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2022TDT | Manama

Motorsport fans have only until tomorrow to take full

advantage of Bahrain Interna-tional Circuit’s Early Bird dis-count and purchase their tickets to the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bah-rain Grand Prix 2022 with up to 20 per cent off.

The region’s biggest sporting and social event is scheduled to take place 18 to 20 March at “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East” in Sakhir, but fans have the opportuni-ty today to secure their secure their seats with special deals on all grandstands for Bahrain’s F1 race weekend.

This is a limited-time offer made possible by “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East”, and there’s no better way to gear up for the next F1 season follow-ing the epic and drama-filled 2021 campaign.

The thrills will be at a whole other level at next year’s F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, as it is not only the first race of the 2022 FIA F1 World Champion-ship, but it also ushers in F1’s new era of regulations and cars, and Bahrain’s race fans are in the enviable position of being the first in the world to experience the pinnacle of motorsport like

never before. Tickets can be purchased

for all three days of the event. Under BIC’s current Early Bird offer, there is a 20 per cent dis-count for the Main Grandstand, which overlooks the circuit’s start grid, finish line, F1 pit lane and main straight.

Tickets to all the other grand-stands are on 15 per cent off, including the Batelco Grand-stand, Turn One Grandstand and University Grandstands. There are a number of options availa-ble for the Batelco Grandstand seats. Tickets can be bought for all three days, for Friday only, or for Saturday and Sunday only.

BIC last week announced an enhanced refund policy, so customers can buy their tickets with confidence. In addition to BIC’s standard terms and con-ditions, the enhanced refund policy for F1 includes:

- If Government guidelines in the Kingdom of Bahrain prohibit any ticket holder from entry to the circuit due to COVID-19 re-strictions or individual COVID-19 status, you will be entitled to a full refund.

- For ticketholders based out-side of Bahrain, if restrictions imposed by the Government of Bahrain prohibit travel from your country of origin to Bah-

rain over the period of the race weekend, you will be entitled to a full refund.

Tickets can be purchased online at bahraingp.com or by calling the BIC Hotline on +973-17450000.

Discounts are also available

for children aged three to 12 at 50 per cent off, with reductions also available to students, those with special needs, and senior citizens.

Full prices and details are available at bahraingp.com.

The F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 will boast plenty of action on the track and loads of family entertainment off of it.

Aside from F1, racing will be held in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and FIA Formu-la 3 Championship as support events. Both F1 feeder series be holding their 2022 season-open-ers at BIC. Furthermore, the Por-sche Sprint Cup Middle East will also take place, holding the fifth and final round of its 2021/2022 campaign.

The family entertainment will include an outstanding programme of major interna-tional concerts, unique F1 fan experiences and fun rides and activities throughout the day, all race weekend long.

This and so much more await fans at the F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 at “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East”.

For more information, visit bahraingp.com, follow BIC’s so-cial media accounts or call the BIC Hotline.


Ahli take on Sitra-Bahrain Club winner in Khalifa bin Salman Cup quarters

• Draw held yesterday for single-elimination basketball competition

• Defending back-to-back cup champions Al Ahli to go for third successive tournament title

TDT | Manama

Holders Al Ahli will meet the winner of the game

between Sitra and Bahrain Club in the quarter-finals of the 2021/2022 Khalifa bin Salman Cup basketball tour-nament.

The draw for the competi-tion was held last night at the Zain Basketball Arena in Um Al Hassam.

In attendance were officials from the Bahrain Basketball Association and representa-tives from the participating clubs.

The Sitra-Bahrain Club fix-ture is one of three games in the first round of the event.

The others see Samaheej take on Al Najma and Muhar-raq face Al Ettihad.

The winners of those two games will move on to face off in the round of eight.

In their same side of the bracket, Al Hala and Mana-ma take each other on in the quarters.

On the opposite side of the bracket, Nuwaidrat and Isa Town play each other in anoth-er quarter-final game.

Ahli clinched the Khalifa bin Salman Cup the past two seasons and this time will be gunning for a “three-peat”.

They won last season’s crown after defeating Manama 96-81 in the tournament final.

With the result, Ahli secured a league-and-cup double for the second consecutive year. They had also defeated Ma-nama in last year’s league championship series, which they sealed with a two-game sweep.

Al Ahli Club team captain Mohammed Qurban with the Khalifa bin Salman Cup at yesterday’s draw ceremony

Action from a previous F1 Bahrain Grand Prix

Ousmane Dembele and Samuel Umtiti

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Aside from F1, racing will be held in the FIA Formula 2 Champion-ship and FIA Formula

3 Championship as support events. Both

F1 feeder series be holding their 2022 season-openers at

BIC. Furthermore, the Porsche Sprint Cup

Middle East will also take place, holding the

fifth and final round of its 2021/2022 cam-

paign.

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His Majesty the King’s Cup football tourna-ment is a knockout competition that is

the richest in Bahrain. The champions each

year receive $200,000 in prize money, while

the runners-up get $80,000. Riffa are the competition’s

two-time defending champions.

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Khaldiya, Najma through to King’s Cup semis

Al Khaldiya outplay Hidd 3-0 while Al Najma edge past Al Ahli 8-7 in a penalty shootout after match remained deadlocked at 1-1 after regular time

• Mohammed Hardan, Mahdi Humaidan and Ismaeel Abdullatif all on target for Khaldiya in victory against Hidd

• Najma goalkeeper Abdulla Alkaabi makes match-winning penalty and save in 22-kick shootout against Ahli

TDT | Manama

Al Khaldiya and Al Naj-ma made it through to the semi-finals of the

2021/2022 His Majesty the King’s Cup football tournament last night, following contrasting victories at the National Stadi-um in Riffa.

Khaldiya posted a resound-ing 3-0 win over Hidd in their round of eight clash, while Naj-ma edged past last season’s los-ing cup finalists Al Ahli 8-7 in a nail-biting penalty shootout after regular time finished dead-locked at 1-1.

Khaldiya and Najma now face off in one game of the final four, which has yet to be scheduled. They join cup holders Riffa and neighbours East Riffa in the semis.

Riffa and East Riffa had on Tuesday night booked their

berths in the next stage follow-ing their own wins on penalties.

In Khaldiya’s win last night, goals from Bahrain internation-als Mohammed Hardan, Mahdi Humaidan and Ismaeel Abdul-latif sent them through to the next round.

Hardan opened their account in the 32nd minute after his shot from the edge of the box was deflected into the net by Hidd’s Talal Juma Saad. Khaldiya then doubled their lead in the 57th after a brilliant one-two be-tween Humaidan and substitute Ahmed Al Qaseer. Humaidan had a one-on-one with Hidd goalkeeper Abbas Ahmed, and he did enough to send the ball into the net.

Then, in the 85th minute, Ab-dullatif applied the nail in the coffin after a brilliant through-ball from Humaidan left him with a clear path at goal, and he made no mistake in slotting the ball home. Al Qaseer had a chance to make it 4-0 in the third minute of stoppage time, but his penalty was saved by a diving Abbas.

Meanwhile, Najma and Ahli needed 22 attempts—11 apiece—in the shootout to decide the victor.

The result came down to the last two kicks, which were taken by Najma goalkeeper Abdulla Alkaabi and Ahli counterpart Abdulla Hasan Aldawadi. Alkaa-bi converted his shot, and then

saved Aldawadi’s penalty, which was poorly hit.

It was a disappointing end-ing for Aldawadi, who was able to make three saves and keep his team in the fight during the shootout.

Earlier in the contest, Najma and Ahli scored on either side of half-time.

Najma were first on the score-sheet after Salem Adel headed home off a long pass from near midfield in the 41st minute of play. That was enough to give his team the advantage heading into the break.

Action from Al Najma’s win over Al Ahli

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