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Happy Days for Govt Staff 200fils www .dt.bh Tuesda y, September 15, 2015 Issue No. 677 4 An apple contains about 17% of your daily needs for vitamin C, an antioxidant that can help prevent skin cancer. Money Transfers SEE P A Major Nudge to Bahrain’s Movie Industry Page 12 AGES 11-13 11 Tuesday, September 15, 2015 App of the week VIVA extends Batelco Offers Industrial International Credit Transfer for Postpaid Training for Students customers Manama Manama BEATS THE GOOD WAY atelco, Bahrain’s leading IVA Bahrain has now extended communications its popular International Credit Who doesn’t soBlutions provider, annually TraVnsfer service for its postpaid love having a offers the opportunity to a customers allowing them the opportunity few beats on large number of students to to transfer up to BD 5 worth of credit the go? But in avail of ‘on the job training’ every month today’s time, with within various departments to their family hundreds of new apps storming in of the company. With and friends everyday, how can a person define this initiative, Batelco back home. and differentiate a quality service plays a crucial role in The from something that will just hang the development of the International and your phone and invite it to be invaded Kingdom’s leaders of Credit Transfer by viruses and bugs. For one thing, tomorrow. service allows Android users can move onto the Batelco’s Industrial VIVA prepaid ‘Music Paradise’. You can download Training programme, which and postpaid free music right onto your Android is part of the company’s A group of students who participated in Batelco’s industrial training programme customers to device. All you have to do is Search social obligation to the transfer credit for the Music or Album terms, then community, provides students with include 20 from the University and thus support the educational to friends and family in the following download the desired music. It also has work experience opportunities to of Bahrain, 12 from other local goals of the Kingdom,” said Batelco countries; India, Philippines, Pakistan, an built-in music player which lets you help them enter the work market universities and 2 from overseas Bahrain General Manager Human Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Currency listen to downloaded music right from with confidence. Students, who are universities, as well as 36 students Resources & Corporate Services Thailand, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Save marine life the same Interface. You can listen to annually selected in collaboration selected from the Ministry of Suhaila Alnowakhda. Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Malaysia, Tunisia, music while downloading other music with some of the Kingdom’s Education. This programme offers “We strongly believe in Turkey, USA, China, Russia, Palestine, on the same Interface. universities and institutes, gain students the opportunity to work as developing local talent and our Afghanistan, Ghana, Nigeria, Iraq, valuable experience at Batelco industrial trainees while fulfilling Industrial Training programme Somalia, and KSA. through participation in a variety academic requirements towards aims to prepare students for their Now, VIVA customers who wish to Gizmo of the week of tasks assigned to them based on their graduation. professional careers by providing transfer credit overseas can benefit from their level of qualification and area “Being a responsible corporate practical training in a real-life the service by sending a free SMS to 109, of study. citizen, we are committed to environment to enhance their with the mobile number of the person The students who have been providing training opportunities for educational achievements,” she that will be credited the transfer or by trained within Batelco this year Bahrain’s future leadership talent added. dialing *109# and follow the instructions. 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It can hold up to 8GB of Galaxy Note Postpaid customers phones with styluses and famously said: “Who wants a stylus? You memory but is also available in both 5,VIVA is can also get their hands on have to get ‘em, put ‘em away, you lose ‘em. Yuck! Nobody wants a 4GB and 16GB versions too. Now offering Samsung’s premium devices stylus. So let’s not use a that’s what we call a USB coming with customers with the device add-on, either on stylus.” to extract marine sand a character! Samsung’s a 12-month or 18-month contract Yet, eight years latest 4G LTE- with BD 10 installments. later- his company enabled devices with The big yet slimmer Samsung Galaxy has introduced one, the Unlimited Smart 20 Note 5 has a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED because you know and 25 plans, on 12 or 18-months display. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ what- people do want it contracts, including free LTE access for has a 5.7-inch curved Super AMOLED and they’ve improved two months. With the Unlimited Smart display with a brilliant screen that brings substantially alongside 25 plan on the 18-months contract, life to everything displayed. Both devices the devices with which customers can enjoy the Samsung Note 5, have a rear-facing camera of 16-megapixel they’re used. 32 GB for BD 29, the Samsung S6 Edge+ shooter with LED flash, optical image The Apple pencil 32 GB for BD 59 and the 64 GB for BD 89. stabilization, ISO and auto focus alongside comes with a built-in lightning plug that is revealed by removing determined The Unlimited Smart 30 plan includes a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. the Pencil’s cap. This allows you to plug your Pencil directly free LTE access for the duration of into your iPad to charge. However, adding a lighting plug to the the contract and offers customers the Pencil also means that the pencil is huge (almost as long as the Samsung Note 5 32 GB for free, the iPad Pro is wide). How the people take and embrace it, only time Scan the code to see a video Samsung Edge+ 64 GB for BD 59 and will tell, but one thing stands certain. When it comes to technology of the new Apple TV. BD 29 for the 32GB capacity. The and the human developing taste and needs, a company is better off Platinum plan allows customers to enjoy if it doesn’t pass of big judgmental statements that may come back at great to bite them as internet memes. Move to prevent rates exploitation of natural Happy Law on Protecting Society from Terrorist Acts gets resources It’s in accordance with days for Clause Three of Article One of Law 37/2014 on the extraction and sale govt staff JO1433_BFC_Generic_Display_8cmX4cm.indd 1 of marine sand DT News Network Manama Taylor Swift not Tough on terror rime Minister making cameo PPrince Khalifa bin MORE TEETHFive-year jail for those Salman Al Khalifa has in ‘X-Men: who glorify terror acts directed the advance payment 5/11/15 2:29 PM DT News Network of September salaries to Manama HRH Apocalypse’ Amendment of law was government employees and approved by cabinet retirees before the beginning 8 HRH Premierjail of Eid Al Adha recess. P15 toA theyears guilty, termwill who ofbe is up awardedfound to five Prince Khalifa yesterday in possession or acquisition tasked the relevant of any written or printed departments to take necessary the amendment, penalties documents that promote, terrorist acts. Under action for payment of salaries glorify, justify or encourage will be toughened on on September 21 to enable terrorist acts. all forms of exaltation, government employees and glorification, justification The cabinet approved pensioners to meet their a draft law in this regard or encouragement of needs on the occasion of Eid yesterday. It was proposed terrorist acts. The bill was Al Adha. by the Shura Council on referred to the Council of sand, in line with its keenness In compliance with amending the Law on Representatives, alongside a to prevent the exploitation of the directive of HRH the Protecting Society from memorandum including the the Kingdom’s main natural Premier, the Ministry of marine government’s opinion. resources and in accordance Finance (MOF), the Civil with Clause Three of Article The cabinet session, chaired Service Bureau (CSB) and by Prime Minister HRH One of Law 37/2014 on the General Organisation Affairs and Rationalising Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al the extraction and sale of for Social Insurance (GOSI) Expenditure Shaikh Khalid Khalifa at Gudaibiya Palace, marine sand. The Minister will take necessary action to bin Abdulla Al Khalifa. also determined the fees for of Works, Municipalities transfer employees’ salaries issuing licences to extract Affairs and Urban Planning The session also discussed and pensioners’ dues to be four proposals submitted by Essam Khalaf was requested paid on the aforesaid date.
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