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Gulf Daily News
Thursday, 26th March 2015
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n New appointments
HIS Majesty King Hamad yesterday issued a
Royal order appointing members of the Council
of Commissioners of the National Institution for
Human Rights.
Panel members include Dr Abdulaziz Hassan Ali
Abul, Dr Badr Mohammed Adel Mohammed,
Jamila Ali Salman Ahmed Nassif, Dr Jamila
Mansoor Al Sammak, Dr Hameed Ahmed Hussain
and Khalid Abdulaziz Al Shaer. Abdulrahman
Abdul Hussain Mirza Jawahery, Abdulla Ahmed
Isa Al Derazi, Fareed Ghazi Jassim Rafea, Maria
Antoine Khoury and Dr Muna Mohammed Hejres
were also appointed members of the council for a
renewable four-year term.
n Congratulated
HIS Majesty King Hamad yesterday sent a cable
of congratulations to Greek President Prokopis
Pavlopoulos on his country’s National Day.
n Condolences sent
n His Majesty King Hamad visited His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa at his palace in Riffa and congratulated
him on successful medical check-ups.
HIS Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad
Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme
Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister,
sent cables of condolences to King Felipe of Spain,
French President Francois Hollande and German
President Joachim Gauck for the victims of the
Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps.
He expressed heartfelt sympathies to the leaders
and people of Spain, France and Germany and to
families of the victims.
n Book presented
BDF Commander in Chief Marshal Shaikh
Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa yesterday
received UAE Strategic Research Studies Centre
director-general Dr Jamal Al Suwaidi who
presented his book Mirage, launched at the Isa
Cultural Centre.
n Causeway plan
INTERIOR Minister Lt-Gen Shaikh Rashid bin
Abdulla Al Khalifa yesterday received King Fahad
Causeway General Authority acting director-general
Abdulrahman bin Saad Al Yahya and discussed
plans to set up a “services island” to ensure the
smooth flow of traffic. Customs Affairs President
Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa attended.
n Farewell party hosted
FOREIGN Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed
Al Khalifa yesterday hosted a farewell party in
honour of outgoing Chinese Ambassador Li Chen
and presented him with a commemorative gift.
n Envoys received
HEALTH Minister Sadiq Al Shehabi yesterday
received separately Omani and Tunisian
Ambassadors Abdulla bin Rashid Al Medelwi and
Mohammed bin Yusif respectively and discussed
co-operation.
n Projects reviewed
EDUCATION Minister Dr Majid Al Nuaimi
yesterday received MP Majid Al Majid and
discussed projects and services in Damestan in
the Northern Governorate.
n Princess Sabeeka with winners of the award
Arab Productive families honoured
HER Royal Highness Princess
Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa,
Wife of His Majesty King Hamad
and Supreme Council for Women
President, yesterday called for concerted efforts to support productive
families to launch small and medium-sized enterprises.
She was speaking at a ceremony
to give away the HRH Princess Sabeeka Award for Arab Productive
Families, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention
Centre yesterday.
She hailed productive families in
Bahrain and abroad for their keenness to keep abreast of the latest
technological developments to enter local markets and compete with
foreign products.
Princess Sabeeka lauded the re-
markable increase in the number of
participants for the award.
She hailed efforts to promote her
award at the GCC and Arab arenas,
and highlighted the importance of
exchanging expertise among productive families to enable them to
market their products outside the
domestic market.
She lauded efforts exerted by
the Social Development Ministry
in supporting the families through
various programmes.
Exhibition
Princess Sabeeka honoured winners of the award.
The Best Productive Family
Award at the local level was granted to the family of Abdul Hussain
Al Mahoos while the family of
LABOUR Minister Jameel Humaidan met
International Labour Organisation director-general
Guy Ryder and briefed him on the government’s
efforts to protect workers and employers, and adhere
to international standards.
n Agreement signed
n Mayo Clinic Reviews begin
THE Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Reviews got
underway yesterday under the patronage of Supreme
Council for Health president and High Medical
Committee chairman Lt-Gen Shaikh Mohammed
bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. The event, which will
continue until March 28, is being organised by
Mohammed bin Khalifa Cardiac centre in cooperation with the US-based Mayo Clinic. More
than 350 specialists and participants from Mayo
Clinic-Bahrain, the GCC countries and all over
the world are taking part in the event which will
shed light on all aspects of cardiovascular medicine
including coronary artery disease, heart failure,
valvular and congenital heart diseases, electrical
abnormalities, as well as the latest surgical and
interventional procedures related to the heart.
Fifteeen Bahraini families,
alongside exhibitors from other
Arab countries, will showcase a
wide range of products.
Social Development Minister
Faeqa Al Saleh thanked Princess
Sabeeka for her constant keenness
to patronise the event.
She said the award and the exhibition aim to encourage low income families to launch small ventures, promote talents, boost skills
and enable families to diversify
their income sources.
Participants in the award included 128 families from Bahrain and
15 from GCC and Arab countries,
including Jordan, the UAE, Tunisia,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Oman,
Palestine, Kuwait, Qatar, Lebanon,
Egypt, Yemen and Morocco.
Nuclear medicine centre at KHUH
n Rights strides highlighted
PARLIAMENT yesterday signed a co-operation
agreement with Bahrain Institute for Political
Development (BIPD). Under the deal, the think
tank will conduct a training programme to
hone the skills of MPs and promote their legal
and political culture. Chairman Ahmed Al
Mulla signed the agreement with BIPD Board
of Trustees’ chairman Nabeel Al Hamer. The
signing ceremony was attended by BIPD board
of trustees’ vice-chairman Prof Fuad Shehab,
member Dr Ibrahim Al-Hashemi and executive
director Dr Yasser Al-Alawi. The programme will
feature 10 workshops and eight booklets focusing
on constitutional, legal and political issues.
Amina Aysh Abu Arrar from Palestine won it at the Arab level.
The Best Product Award was
granted to Mooza Mubarak Al
Dossary from Bahrain and Al
Hashmi Al Khlifi from Tunisia.
The Best Sponsor of Productive
Families Award was clinched by
Tamkeen from Bahrain, Princess
Seeta bint Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia, and Yasser Sharaf ElDine, UAE.
Tamkeen has worked closely
with the Social Development Ministry to support around 2,300 productive families and microenterprises through 10 different projects
valued at BD1.4 million.
Princess Sabeeka inaugurated the
Productive Families’ Expo held on
the sidelines of the ceremony.
n Marshal Shaikh Khalifa with officials at the event
BDF Commander-in-Chief Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al
Khalifa yesterday inaugurated the
Centre of Nuclear Medicine and
Radioisotopes, the Mobile Blood
Unit and the Nursing School at
King Hamad University Hospital
(KHUH).
He was welcomed on arrival
by Supreme Council for Health
president Lt-Gen Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa,
Defence Affairs Minister Maj-Gen
Yusuf Al Jalahma, BDF Chief of
Staff Lt-Gen Dhiab bin Saqr Al
Nuaimi and KHUH Commander
Major General Dr Shaikh Salman
Late airline passengers cause chaos
TWO late airline passengers insisted on opening the door of a
Gulf Air flight as it was preparing
to take off.
Bahrain’s Embassy in Iran
said two Gulf Air passengers
at Mashhad airport insisted on
opening the door of a Gulf Air
plane after arriving late to the
airport and missing the boarding
time last Sunday.
The embassy issued a response
to what has been circulated in so-
cial media about the incident. It
said five passengers – three Bahrainis and two GCC nationals –
arrived after the announcement
was made for closing the airplane
door.
However, the GCC nationals
protested to Gulf Air officials and
airport authorities, insisting on
opening the plane door in violation of procedures despite being
alerted on security proceedings.
The embassy added that the
passengers caused confusion at
the airport while one of them
filmed the arguments.
Bahrain’s Embassy in Tehran
sought clarification from Gulf
Air director at Mashhad Airport
Jassim Gharib who said that the
Bahraini citizens apologised and
left the next day to Bahrain.
Gulf Air also facilitated the
traveling arrangements of the
other GCC nationals on another
Gulf Air flight the same day.
bin Atiyatallah Al Khalifa.
The BDF Commander-in-Chief
stressed keenness to optimise
medical services, pointing out the
advanced systems at BDF military
hospitals and its perpetual development, thanks to the farsighted
vision of His Majesty.
The BD4,700,000 project consists of a two-storey building: the
ground floor to produce cyclotrons
and the first floor to conduct diagnosis for patients.
Health Minister Sadiq Al Shehabi, Muharraq Governor Salman
bin Hindi and other senior officials
attended.
Poet honoured
A POETRY gathering was held in honour
of Persian mathematician, astronomer,
philosopher and poet, Omar Khayyam at
Abdulrahman Kanoo Cultural Centre.
Writers and authors organised the
cultural event to mark the World Poetry
Day, which is celebrated on March 21 every year.
Akhbar Al Khaleej Editor-in-Chief Anwar Abdulrahman delivered a lecture
on the writer’s education and the various translations of his famous quatrains
(Rubaiyat) as well as secrets of Persian civilisation and language. A large audience
from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia attended.