The highest Filipino labour market growth rate in the Gulf region is in Qatar, an official has said. “The number of Filipino workers has seen a significant growth in the past few years and their population in Qatar is estimated at 250,000, the third largest among expatriates,” Labour Attache in Qatar Arturo Sodusta said....
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A massive Sri Lankan celebration was interrupted after angry Kuwaitis claimed that the cultural gathering was breaking Islamic rules. More than 5,000 Sri Lankans, including K.S.C. Dissanayake, their ambassador to Kuwait, had to leave the Jahra stadium after Kuwaiti Islamists invaded the field and pressed organizers to suspend the celebration and threatened to escalate...
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Islamic scholar Yousuf Al Qaradawi has criticized Muslims who impose restrictions on women’s mosque attendance and called for lifting them. “I was impressed during a recent trip to South Africa with its Muslim community’s commitment to Islamic rules as well as its unity, but it was the ban on women’s entry into mosques that...
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Qatar’s mushrooming, but nameless streets, open public grounds, parks and avenues are to be given official appellations under a new scheme promoted by the Central Municipal Council (CMC). An ad-hoc panel to be formed by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning will be tasked with finding apt names for streets and public...
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Bahrain’s government has rejected seven amendments to the constitution suggested by the lower chamber of the bicameral parliament. Under the amendments, the lower chamber would have more power. The National Assembly, the combination of the lower and upper chamber, would be chaired by the Speaker of the lower chamber instead of the Chairman of...
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Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Bahrain has denied reports that his embassy had refused to assist Saudi citizens who had Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). “The reports disseminated by Internet sites about the Saudi embassy refusing to help Saudis are not true and lack credibility,” Abdul Mohsin Al Mark said. “These allegations are pure fiction. People...
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Two Qatari women entrepreneurs have been selected to attend a two-day presidential summit on entrepreneurship to be hosted by US President Barack Obama next week. The summit, titled A New Beginning: The Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, will highlight the increasing role of entrepreneurs in addressing common challenges while building partnership that can lead to...
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Palestinian Ambassador to Bahrain Ahmad Ramadhan has urged a massive participation in an investment conference in Bethlehem, saying that participants would be boosting support for the Palestinians. “The Palestine Investment Conference 2010 – Bethlehem will be held on June 2-3 at the Convention Palace in Bethlehem, Palestine,” the envoy said. “This conference will build...
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Poor education systems in the Arab world are hindering Arab students from enrolling in world-class universities, an education expert has said. “World class universities, including Harvard, are facing difficulty in getting qualified Arab students to enroll in their programmes, particularly in sciences, math and technology,” Sameh El Saharty, the president of the Harvard Arab...
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Japan’s trade deficit with Kuwait in March widened for the fifth straight as the import prices outpaced growth in its Kuwait-bound exports, official data showed on Thursday. Shipments to Kuwait from the world’s second-largest economy surged 148.8 per cent from a year earlier to JPY 1.82 billion ($ 19.6 million), while Kuwait’s exports to...
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