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wo attackers scaled the wall of a Basij Tparamilitary base A threat to region and opened fire, killing one member of Iran’s Revolu- tionary Guard and wound- Iran unveils long-range cruise missile on anniversary of 1979 Islamic revolution ing five others on a base in the southeastern town of Nik Shahr, Iranian me- that it said would violate a UN dia reported yesterday, as Hatami said the Security Council resolution be- the country holds official • cause they use ballistic missile celebrations on the 40th surface-to-surface technology. anniversary of its Islamic missile, named A UN Security Council reso- revolution. Hoveizeh, was from 1,300 lution, which enshrined Iran’s “A (paramilitary) Basij the Soumar family of km is the reported 2015 nuclear deal with major base in Nik Shahr came range of the new cruise powers, “called upon” Tehran under ... fire this morning cruise missiles, which missile tested by Iran. to refrain for up to eight years and several from the Revo- were unveiled in 2015. from work on ballistic missiles lutionary Guards communi- designed to deliver nuclear cations personnel who were Western experts say weapons. wiring the base were hit,” Iran• often exaggerates Iran says its missile tests are Mohammad Hadi Marashi, space division, said at the event not in violation of the resolution provincial deputy governor its weapons capabilities, A Hoveizeh cruise missile on display at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran. Iran had overcome initial prob- and denies its missiles are capa- for security affairs, told the although there are lems in producing jet engines for ble of carrying nuclear warheads. state news agency IRNA. concerns about its long- versary of the 1979 Islamic Rev- was from the Soumar family of cruise missiles and could now It says its missiles are defen- range ballistic missiles. olution, state television reported. cruise missiles, which were un- manufacture a full range of the sive and used for deterrence and “This cruise missile needs a veiled in 2015. weapons. has rejected talks over its missile very short time for its prepared- Western experts say Iran of- Iran said in January its bid to programme. Dubai ness and can fly at a low altitude,” ten exaggerates its weapons launch a satellite failed after Teh- US President Donald Trump Defence Minister Amir Hatami capabilities, although there are ran ignored US warnings to avoid quit the deal last year and re- ran unveiled a new cruise mis- said during the unveiling cere- concerns about its long-range such activity. imposed sanctions on Iran that DON’T MISS IT sile with a range of 1,300 km mony. ballistic missiles. Washington warned Tehran had been lifted under the pact I(800 miles) yesterday during Hatami said the surface-to-sur- Amirali Hajjizadeh, head of last month against undertaking in return for Tehran curbing its celebrations marking the anni- face missile, named Hoveizeh, the Revolutionary Guards’ aero- three planned rocket launches nuclear programme. BAC inks deal 02 with FedEx WAIT ENDS Express Health Ministry Shaikh Mohammed welcomes Pope Francis’ visit refutes rumours Dubai 03 over power outage at SMC is Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin cardiac ward Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President Hand Prime Minister of the UAE and Appeals court Ruler of Dubai, has welcomed the visit to the United Arab Emirates by Pope Francis, Head of upholds credit the Catholic Church, beginning today. 04 card fraudster’s “We welcome the visit of Pope Francis, Head jail sentence of the Catholic Church, to the UAE. We, as UAE leadership and people, are looking forward to this historic visit that will contribute to un - derpinning the values of tolerance, peaceful Shaikh Mohammed Pope Francis co-existence, encounter, and cultural exchange,” said Shaikh Mohammed in a statement marking the UAE has been promoting the values of love, the occasion. security, acceptance, freedom of religion and “Over five decades since its establishment, respect of others,” he added.

SALE 30% to75 City Centre Bahrain Tel: +973 17556002 | Bahrain Mall Tel: +973 17556001 | www.homesrusgroup.com | | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 02 BAC inks deal with FedEx Express Transportation Ministry and the US company sign Letter of Intent for New Air Cargo Area at Bahrain International Airport TDT | Manama and we remain committed to serving our customers across he Minister of Transpor- Bahrain, and connecting them tation and Telecommu- The new Air Cargo Area with people and possibilities Tnications and Bahrain that BAC is constructing around the world.” Airport Company (BAC) Chair- north of the runway is Mr Al Rumaihi said: “This man Kamal Ahmed, BAC Chief Letter of Intent further high- Executive Officer Mohamed an important part of the lights the strength of Bahrain’s Yousif Al Binfalah, and President overall growth strategy transport and logistics sector of the FedEx Express Middle adopted by the ministry. and supports our strategic focus East, Indian Subcontinent and MR AHMED on e-commerce and regional Africa (MEISA) region James R distribution. There are a num- Muhs, signed a Letter of Intent ber of opportunities for compa- concerning warehouse space at ernment-led initiatives aimed at nies like FedEx Express in the Bahrain International Airport’s expanding the Kingdom’s logis- GCC’s $1.5 trillion market, and (BIA) new Cargo Area on the tics sector, which began in 2015 Bahrain is an ideal location from northern runway. via the Bahrain Logistics Board which to access those markets The expansion of BIA’s cargo chaired by His Royal Highness due to our fast and direct trans- facilities is in line with the objec- the Crown Prince, Deputy Su- port links, some of the regions tives of the Higher Coordinating preme Commander, and First lowest operating costs, and a Committee, chaired by His Roy- Deputy Prime Minister, Prince highly skilled, bilingual work- al Highness the Crown Prince, Mr Ahmed, Mr Al Binfalah and Mr Muhs sign the agreement. Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.” force.” Deputy Supreme Commander The minister also noted that BAC signed an agreement in and First Deputy Prime Minister Managing Director for Middle further demonstrates the King- Modernisation Program (AMP), the continuous co-operation November with French engi- Prince Salman bin Hamad Al East Operations, Saleh Mansour. dom’s strong reputation as a re- which is due to be completed and co-ordination between the neering firm, Egis for design and Khalifa, to further develop the The minister said: “BAC has a gional hub for logistical services by Q3 2019. BAC, the Customs, and the EDB supervision for the new 25,000 Kingdom’s logistics field. comprehensive plan to attract in the GCC and wider Middle “It also reflects the impor- played a major role in the frui- square meter Cargo Area, which The signing ceremony was at- prominent cargo companies East.” tant steps that the company is tion of this agreement. comprises warehouses, aircraft tended by a number of other sen- to the Kingdom, which will He added: “The new Air Car- taking to enhance the airport’s Mr Muhs said: “The GCC is parking, and associated infra- ior officials from Customs from strengthen Bahrain’s strategic go Area that BAC is construct- infrastructure and increase its an important region for Fe - structure aimed at handling air the Ministry of Interior, BAC, position as a leading provider of ing north of the runway is an ability to accommodate rising dEx Express, where enhanced cargo traffic and e-commerce. EDB and FedEx Express. Also in efficient logistics services in the important part of the overall local and regional demand. The collaboration between public The Cargo Area is also equipped attendance were FedEx Express region. We are currently negoti- growth strategy adopted by new Cargo Area will create more and private sectors is fuelling with the latest technologies, Vice President of Middle East ating with two other companies the Ministry of Transportation job opportunities and enable growth across industries. The making it one of the most at - and Northern Africa Ground wishing to operate warehouses and Telecommunications, and the airport to handle larger vol- logistics market forms a funda- tractive locations for investment Operations, Taarek Hinedi, and at the new Cargo Area, which a key component in the Airport umes. This is in line with gov- mental part of the GCC economy, in the Middle East.

“Panache” was the theme for the fourth Annual Day Celebrations at Bahrain Indian School (BHAVANS) which was held at BKS Hall, Segaya. The evening saw a mesmerising blend of cultural programmes that were impeccably orchestrated to portray the unmatched calibre of the students of BIS. Renu Yadav, Second Secretary, Embassy of India, was the Chief Guest and Reem Al Dhaen, Education Specialist, Private Education Directorate, Ministry of Education, was the Guest of Honour. The guests were welcomed at BIS by Principal Saji Jacob and Directors Himanshu Verma and Ritu Verma.

As part of efforts to rebuild the Indian state of Kerala, which was adversely affected by floods last year, VKL Group CORAL TRAINING CENTER is constructing houses in Language Skills, Commercial & Administrative flood-affected areas of Training Center Cheranellur in Ernakulam district. The beginning of VAT TRAINING / SALES AND MARKETING / ACCOUNTING & the construction work was MANAGEMENT/LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT/ inaugurated by Chairman RETAIL MANAGEMENT & MERCHANDISING/OFFICE of VKL Holdings and Al MANAGEMENT & SECRETARIAL PRACTICE/IELTS/OET Namal Group Dr Varghese Kurian in the presence of Kerala Legislature member Hibi Eden. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 03 Health Ministry refutes rumours over power outage at SMC cardiac ward Individuals urged to refrain from spreading fake news that can intimidate patients and their families

The ministry further affirmed• its concern for The doctors in the health and safety of charge were aware all patients, adding that about this exercise it provides maximum before it was care to them with implemented. best health services. HEALTH MINISTRY The ministry all hospitals in the world.” urged• people to rely “As for the patient’s heart monitor, it does not stop work- on correct sources of ing when switching the device information to avoid from the main source of elec- spreading of rumours. tricity to the source of alterna- tive electricity current source, TDT | Manama which means that the services provided in the cardiology unit Harpreet Kaur is not affected at all,” the min- istry said. The ministry further affirmed he Health Ministry yes- its concern for the health and terday refuted rumours safety of all patients, adding that Tthat were spreading on- it provides maximum care to line across social media net - them with best health services. works, claiming that the Cardi- The ministry urged individ- ology Unit in Salmaniya Medi- uals to not spread rumours and cal Complex (SMC) witnessed a fake news and instead be accu- power-cut for a couple of hours, rate and not spread incorrect exposing the patients to lethal information that would lead to The ministry affirmed that SMC has best facilities in place to ensure consistent power supply. danger, Tribune has learnt. the intimidation of patients and The video showed the Car- their families. diology Unit at SMC without aware about this exercise before of Health would like to clarify “Moreover, all concerned au- “The ministry also confirms that This statement came as a reac- power. In a statement issued, it was implemented,” the minis- that the partial stoppage was thorities at the cardiology unit there are alternate sources of tion to the nationwide criticism the ministry clarified that only try pointed out. pre-planned in advance by the such as doctors and nurses were electricity in each room for the of the ministry that followed the “tests to check the power flow “In response to what was pub- management of SMC, in order aware of the experiment,” the patients in the cardiology unit, video going viral, blaming the in different departments were lished in a social media network to test the current supply and ministry confirmed in its state- which will work automatically ministry for neglecting its duties carried out”. on partial power cuts in the car- generators to be prepared in cir- ment. in times of a major power outage. to provide care for patients in “The doctors in charge were diology unit at SMC, the Ministry cumstances of emergency. The statement highlighted: It is a normal system followed at public health institutions.

iGA implementing projects as part of Vision 2030 ty Prime Minister – as well as and data, said Mr AlQaed. tronic services and applications Additionally, iGA support of Lieutenant-Gener- The National Health Survey in the future. • al Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla project was conducted during Today, most identity card ser- was able to migrate AlKhalifa – Minister of Inte - 2018, which meets massive de- vices are provided electronically 47 government rior – in raising the efficiency The authority’s mand on the Kingdom’s Vision via the national portal Bahrain. systems to the national of public services, delivering role included 2030 in enhancing the health bh and last year, more than Cloud, and more than them with the highest quality identifying information system and deter- 110,000 identity card transac- standards, speed and accuracy entities of direct mining Kingdom’s health pri- tions were completed online, Mr 1,500 operational – meeting needs of individuals orities by providing comprehen- AlQaed added. infrastructures including relevance to the and entities as well as raising the 17 Sustainable sive information of population’s In light of implementing the processing, storage level of customer satisfaction on health status as well as utilising Cloud First Policy and migration Development Goals, spaces and database delivered services. such data to prepare suitable of processes as well as systems Mr AlQaed highlighted that and collecting strategic plans. of public entities and infra - in the public sector. the Authority was able to im- necessary related With the aim of assisting structure to the smart device plement a series of initiatives information and decision and policy makers in platform; 90pc of the national TDT | Manama and projects – throughout 2018 data. the Kingdom, the Labor Force portal (Bahrain.bh) infrastruc- – that contributed in reducing Survey 2018 was implemented ture components were migrated MR ALQAED he Information and general expenditures without to determine the priorities of to the Amazon Web Services’ eGovernment Authori- effecting efficiency of service the upcoming strategic plans in Cloud. Tty (iGA) Chief Executive provided or customer satisfac- to the current development of The Information and eGov- all economic sectors. Results of This supported the Authority Mohamed Ali AlQaed has an- tion levels. the infrastructure, provision ernment Authority also assisted both surveys will be announced to develop a set of advanced sys- nounced a series of key projects Such initiatives were a result of more than 370 government in drafting the Voluntary Na- during this year. It is also worth tems that serve important sec- achieved in the past year (2018), of efforts exerted by the IT Cost eServices that meet citizens’ tional Review Report on SDGs noting that during 2018, the tors such as Education, Health, which had mainly and effective- Reduction Team working on needs, as well as enhance their with the National Information Authority published periodic Finance and others while uti- ly contributed in implementing various sectors in eTransforma- trust and user-experience. In Committee chaired by the Min- reports in important fields in- lising highly efficient sources the Fiscal Balance Programme tion, re-engineering procedures addition to initiatives of change ister of Cabinet Affairs Moham- cluding the Tourism, Foreign – resulting in the reduction of amongst government’s action and change management of gov- management and procedures med bin Ibrahim Al Mutawa. Investment, Consumer Price using foreign expertise. plans. ernment services. In addition to re-engineering supervised by The authority’s role included Index, National Accounts, For- Additionally, iGA was able to Mr AlQaed stressed that the making data accessible through the Government Executive identifying entities of direct rel- eign Trade along with others in migrate 47 government systems Authority pays great attention several specialized surveys; sup- Committee. evance to the 17 Sustainable De- collaboration with concerned to the national Cloud, and more to implement government di- port of IT infrastructure and More than 40 eServices were velopment Goals, and collecting entities. than 1,500 operational infra- rectives under the supervision cyber-security, management of developed, along with new mo- necessary related information The year 2018 also witnessed structures including processing, and leadership of Government census as well as provision of bile apps, which also witnessed the issuance of the entirely new, storage spaces and database in Executive Committee chaired more identity card features. a growth in utilisation by 22pc revamped identity card in terms the public sector. As a result of by His Royal Highness Prince Some of the main success - in 2018. Some of the key new of technical and design to keep applying the policy, expendi- Salman bin Hamad Al Khali - ful milestones of 2018 include services include the compre- abreast with the latest inter- tures reduced by 60pc to 90pc fa - the Crown Prince, Deputy achieving more than 1.3 mil - hensive Government Directory nationally adopted standards from 2016 to 2018. Supreme Commander and First lion government transactions app, development of the Benayat 110,000 in the field of quality, security, In 2018, the Authority was Deputy Prime Minister – along via eGovernment channels to project, Private Notary services, identity card features and delivered services. able to address and handle more transactions were with directives of the Supreme make a growth of 32 per cent in Soil Maps project, Evaluation completed online The card also encompassed than two million malicious pro- Committee for Information comparison to last year togeth- of Government Service Centers last year, according the strongest security and tech- grammes. More than 30,000 and Communication Technol- er with achieving an increase system, Integrated Management to Information and nical features making it difficult unknown viruses of traditional ogy (SCICT) - chaired by His in value of online payments by System of Elderly Care, in addi- eGovernment Authority. to tamper or damage the content protection systems were ad - Highness Shaikh Mohammed 62pc - amounting to BD120 mil- tion to developing a bundle of of the electronic chip in addition dressed, and over 62 million bin Mubarak AlKhalifa, Depu- lion. Such increase attributes other vital eServices. to the ability to add more elec- malicious emails were blocked. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 04

Asian drug peddler jailed Appeals court upholds credit TDT | Manama he High Criminal TCourt has sentenced a 29-year-old Asian man to five years behind bars and fined him BD3,000 for con- card fraudster’s jail sentence suming and selling illegal drugs. The defendant’s crime Defendant convicted of purchasing four mobile phones using a forged credit card was brought to light after a team of police received a convicted of credit card fraud and forgery. gift them to family members. I didn’t tip-off. The defendant also The defendant is said to have pur - know that I used forged cards to purchase According to prosecutors, • chased four mobile phones worth BD520 them.” an undercover agent was went on contradicting his using a forged credit card. Prosecutors encountered him with the tasked to trap him and he statements during different I wanted to gift the mobile And he landed in the police net after phones to my family members. fact that the exchange value of 65,000 In- contacted the accused, who stages of interrogation, the competent authorities were notified I didn’t know that I was using dian rupees was much lesser than BD500 offered to sell him drug- according to prosecutors. about the incident, according to prose- and hence there weren’t any problem to stuffed cigarettes for BD4 0 . cutors. forged cards to purchase exchange them and enter Bahrain. However, the Asian man told prosecu- them. The defendant also went on contra- The appeal was rejected and tors that the cards were given to him by a DEFENDANT dicting his statements during different the• defendant will be deported friend who advised him against carrying stages of interrogation, according to pros- An undercover once he completes his jail term. cash while travelling abroad. with three credit cards because Bahrain ecutors. agent was tasked “I work as a manager at a local con- doesn’t allow foreigners to carry more The High Criminal Court sentenced to trap him and struction company. Before I came to Bah- than BD him to five years behind bars, which TDT | Manama 500 when they enter the country he contacted the rain to visit some friends, I had 65,000 through the airport,” the defendant told he challenged before the High Appeals accused, who offered Indian rupees (BD333) and I tried to ex- prosecutors. Court. he High Criminal Appeals Court change them into Bahraini dinars. When asked about why he decided to The appeal was rejected and the de- to sell him drug- has upheld the five-year jail sen- “However, an exchange shop own- use the cards to purchase mobile phones, fendant will be deported once he com- stuffed cigarettes Ttence handed down to an Asian er recommended I exchange the cash the defendant revealed: “I wanted to pletes his jail term. for BD40. PROSECUTORS “The pair met in Hoora, near a coffee shop, where Oil Minister to patronise Ethylene Middle East Technology Conference they exchanged money and cigarettes.” Manama sign, operation and mainte - ylene industry due to its ability Meanwhile, an anti-drug nance. to provide raw materials and squad was watching the nder the patronage of The minister praised the or- global competition. process, and arrested the Shaikh Mohammed bin ganising committee for choos- In addition to the fact that accused as soon as he of - UKhalifa Al Khalifa, Min- The Middle East is ing the Kingdom to host this the petrochemical industry is fered drugs. ister of Oil, the Kingdom will becoming a vital conference, because of the expected to see a marked rise He was found to be in host the Ethylene Middle East centre in the ethylene Kingdom’s good reputation in investment opportunities in possession of 70 banned Technology Conference and industry due to its in hosting such international emerging markets and major drug pills. Exhibition, on February 13 and events specialised in oil and in- petrochemical projects. The accused was tried 14 at the Bahrain International ability to provide raw dustrial topics. He said that the conference before the High Criminal Exhibition Centre. materials and global He emphasised the distinc- gives a good opportunity to ex- Court, which held him The event is organised competition. tive contribution of the region change knowledge and experi- guilty of consuming and by the Middle East Energy SHAIKH MOHAMMED to the world of petrochemical ence related to this vital sector, selling drugs. Events, in co-operation and industry as the main supplier of amongst the experts at the local, The defendant will be de- co-ordination with the Na - ethylene worldwide. regional and international levels ported once he completes tional Oil and Gas Authority There will be a wide partic- and innovative ideas and strate- The minister noted that the and amongst all participants of the sentence. (NOGA) and the support of a ipation of interested research- gies to reduce costs and increase Middle East region is witness- professionals and providers of number of local, regional and ers and specialists in order to the return and create value on ing a rapid global growth, thus technical and productive ser- global companies. exchange practical experiences issues related to planning, de- being a vital centre in the eth- vices. Students abroad invited Quiz winners honoured to register for scholarships Manama

he Scholarships and At- Ttaches Directorate at the Education Ministry has called Bahrain India Educational and on Bahraini students stud- Cultural Forum in Association with ying outside the Kingdom, Veritas Public Relations and Bahrain who are expected to graduate Keraleeya Samajam, organised India from the secondary school in Quiz 2019. It was held at the Bahrain the current academic year, Keraleeya Samajam Diamond Jubilee 2018/2019 with a cumula- Hall. Eminent quiz master and Indian tive average of at least 90pc, Administrative Officer Mohammed Hanish conducted the event that and wishing to compete for attracted huge crowd. Dr Ebrahim Al the Ministry’s scholarships Dossary, Assistant Under Secretary for the next academic year, for Information and Follow up at HRH 2019/2020, to provide their the Prime Minister’s Court was the personal information to the Chief Guest. BIECF president Sovichen directorate at the Ministry’s Chennattusserry, patron Soman Baby, headquarters in Isa Town. programme convener Kamaludheen, They should report to the spoke at the event. Fourth Grade Ministry, and bring copies of student Niranjan Viswanath Iyer, their valid passports, copies who was the youngest contestant and of their ID cards, and copies member of the winning team, added of their mark sheets until special charm to the event. the end of the first semes- ter of the 2018/2019, so as to be prepared for person- al interviews and Aptitude tests. For further inquiries, Initiative to document Family Law in sign language hailed they may call +97317896959, +97317875177, +97317873228 Manama ship in the Shura Council or at the level their access to judicial services in the est in the stability of Bahraini women or +97317896890. of the Arab Parliament. country, expressing the SCW’s support through the completion of the relevant This is apart from the ecretary-General of the Supreme She lauded Al Zayed’s voluntary ini- for such a qualitative initiative. legislative system and ensuring its good Crown Prince’s Internation- Council for Women (SCW), Hala Al tiative to document the Family Law in The Shura Council member extended application. al Scholarship Programme, SAnsari, yesterday received Shura the sign language and audio-record it thanks and appreciation to Her Royal She asserted that her voluntary initi- which provides Bahrain’s Council member, Dalal Jassim Al Zayed. so as to be used by the deaf, mute and Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim ative will cover other laws in order to most gifted and talented Ms Al Ansari lauded the efforts of Al blind people to raise their awareness Al Khalifa, Wife of HM the King and SCW serve an important segment of the Bah- youth the opportunity to Zayed in supporting legislation related to and enhance the legal education for the President, for her constant support for raini society and ensure that they enjoy learn at the finest internation- women and family through her member- special needs category so as to facilitate the Bahraini women, and great inter- their constitutional rights to the fullest. al educational institutions. 05 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 world

Indonesia Crab fishing boat recaptures French seized by Russia: drug suspect after Wife says El Chapo is Japan official jailbreak Tokyo, Japan Japanese crab fishing Aboat with 10 people on ‘excellent’ husband board has been seized by Russian authorities, a Japa- New York, United States nese official said yesterday. The number 68 Nish - ccused Mexi - ino-maru was taken to Acan drug king - Russia’s eastern port of pin Joaquin “El Nakhodka, where the crew Chapo” Guzman members are expected to is an “excellent be questioned, said an offi- father, friend, cial of Shimane prefecture, brother, son and western Japan. partner,” his young Frenchman Felix Dorfin (C) is wife said as his land- under escort after escaping from mark trial in New York wound jail in Mataram up. Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (file) French priest jailed Mataram, Indonesia “Everything that has been said in court about charged with any crime and for sexual abuse Joaquin, the good and showed up almost every day in Colmar, France French drug suspect the bad, has done noth- court to be with her husband. Aon the run since es- ing to change how I think A former right-hand man of French priest caping from an Indo - about him after years of the drugs lord said that when Awas Friday sentenced nesian jail nearly two knowing him,” Emma Cor- KNOW WHAT Guzman was jailed between to five years, two with - weeks ago has been onel, 29, said in a message on 2014 and 2015, he used Coro- out parole, for sexually recaptured, police said her Instagram account late nel’s prison visits to pass mes- assaulting four young fe- yesterday. Thursday. In his almost three- sages to accomplices planning male parishioners, one of Felix Dorfin -- who In his almost three- month-long trial, Guz- his escape via a mile (1.5 kilom- whom was just nine when faces the death penalty if month-long trial, Guzman, man, the 69-year-old eter) long tunnel from the show- the offences started, and convicted -- was found hid- the 69-year-old former head former head of the Sin- er stall of his cell. embezzling 100,000 euros ing in a forest in North Lom- of the Sinaloa drugs cartel aloa drugs cartel known During the trial the prose - ($115,000) to pay one of his bok on Friday night, police known widely as El Chapo, or cution played a recording of a victims. said, and was returned to Shorty, was accused of smug- widely as El Chapo, or phone call between Coronel and The trial was held be - jail in Mataram, capital of gling hundreds of tons of drugs Shorty, was accused of Guzman, in which she passed hind closed doors at Col- the island. into the United States over the smuggling hundreds of the telephone to her father. mar Criminal Court, in Wearing dishevelled past quarter-century. tons of drugs into the Guzman then informed his fa- northeast France, which black clothes and looking On Monday, the jury starts United States over the ther-in-law about an illicit drugs publicly announced the tired, Dorfin initially tried deliberating on its verdict. If past quarter-century. shipment into the US. sentence. to bribe officers to let him convicted, Guzman is likely to “My name was often men - The 60-year-old cleric, go. spend the rest of his life in a tioned and called into question,” who will have to spend at “He didn’t resist arrest, US jail, having twice escaped underlings suspected of being admitted Coronel, a tall Mexi- least two years behind bars but wanted to bribe our of- from Mexican prisons before snitches and police officers who can-American woman with long and be under restrictions ficers,” North Lombok po- Emma Coronel being extradited to the Unit- refused to take his bribes. dark hair, with whom Guzman for the rest of his term, lice chief Herman Suriyono Aispuro, wife ed States two years ago. Part of the evidence presented has two daughters. could have faced up to 10 of Joaquin “El said Saturday, adding he During the trial, which by US prosecutors indicates that “I can only say that I have years in prison. Chapo” Guzman, was found following a tip- closed Thursday, Guzman’s Coronel was at the very least an done nothing to be ashamed of. The priest will also have off from locals in the area. former henchmen and col- accomplice in Guzman’s escape I am not perfect, but I consid- to undergo psychological After being checked by leagues said he had from Mexico’s Altiplano prison er myself a good human being treatment, which he has al- medical teams he was re- ordered the deaths in 2015. who never intentionally hurt ready started, according to turned to jail. of dozens of rivals, She has not however been anyone,” she said. his lawyers.

Pakistan’s imprisoned Sharif taken to hospital Islamabad, Pakistan Tender Invitation

akistan’s former prime min- Initial Bond Tender Last date of accepting bids Pister Nawaz Sharif, who is Seq. Tender Title Tender No. (Refundable) Document Fee Day Date Time serving a seven-year jail term Maintenance Contract for the Outdoor over graft charges, was taken to 1 Landscape Areas at Gulf Air New Headquarter 19-01-1928-ITC BD 500 BD 15 Monday 18/02/2019 14:30 hospital on Saturday, officials said. Sharif was transferred from • Interested vendors, who are able to provide the services specified above should deposit a non-refundable Tender Document Fee to one of the Kot Lakhpat prison in the eastern following banks accounts: city of Lahore to a government Bank Name Gulf Air‘s Account Number hospital, where he was undergo- Nawaz Sharif Bank of Bahrain, Kuwait BH68 BBKU 0010 0000 012235 ing medical tests. “Nawaz Sharif has been moved Sharif has denied all the charg- • Vendors should submit the Bank Deposit slip to the Cash Office located at Gulf Air Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Wing D to hospital from jail,” a senior es against him and claims he is (Tel: 17338726) to collect their payment receipt. government official in Lahore being targeted by the country’s • A copy of the payment receipt along with the vendor’s contact details should be submitted to the Procurement and Logistics department located in said. Sharif’s daughter Maryam powerful security establishment. Gulf Air Headquarters, 2nd Floor, Wing A. (Tel: 17338545/17338790) between 08:00 and 15:00 hours . Nawaz confirmed the news on The Supreme Court disquali- • The vendor is requested to enclose with his offer the Initial Bond for the amount specified above or at the rate of 1% of the contract value whichever Twitter. fied Sharif from politics for life amount is lower, provided that no initial bonds value shall be less than BD. 100/-. The initial bond should be in the form of Cash, a Certified Cheque, Sharif has been facing multiple over the allegations last year, Bank Guarantee or Insurance Policy valid for the duration specified in the tender documents. health issues. He was transferred and directed an anti-corruption • Sealed offers should be addressed to the attention of Gulf Air Tender Office, 2nd Floor, Wing A, Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain not later than the from jail to hospital last July over body to investigate three differ- closing date mentioned above, before 14:30 hours. an irregular electrocardiogram ent charges regarding his family’s • Ensure that the provisions of the general tender regulation No. (36) for the year 2002, and its executive regulation No. (37) for the year 2002, in reading during his first prison properties and businesses. addition to any other condition specified in the tender document are completed. Incomplete submittals will be rejected. term, when a graft court sen - Sharif has been prime minis- • In addition, these conditions have to be considered: tenced him to ten years in a case ter three times but it has been a 1. Enclose a copy of the Commercial Registration Certificate valid for the current year, related to the subject tender. revolving around family proper- rough ride. He was first expelled 2. Fill the unit rate and total cost in the submission form which will be provided as part of the tender invitation. ties in London. from office in 1993 on suspicion 3. Enclose a copy of Certificate of Compliance with the Employment Percentage for Bahraini Manpower issued by the Ministry of Labour He was released in September of corruption. He won an election 4. Ensure that your company’s seal stamp is on all the original documents and copies thereof, which form part of the offer. after another court suspended in 1997, only to be ousted and ex- • This advertisement is considered to be a supplementary to the tender documents. his sentence pending an appeal iled after a military coup in 1999. Important Note: All participants are invited to attend the opening of the tender at Gulf Air Tender Office, 2nd Floor, Wing A on the next day of the hearing -- but was again sen - He returned to Pakistan in closing date. tenced to seven years in prison 2007 and took power once more for corruption in a second case. in 2013 until his ousting last year. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 06 Fake eyelashes from N.Korea cost US cosmetics firm $1m fine Los Angeles, United States two suppliers located in the materials” from North Korea, “This enforcement action People’s Republic of China that it said. highlights the risks for com - alifornia firm E.L.F. cosmet- contained materials sourced The company faced more than panies that do not conduct Cics has agreed to pay a nearly by these suppliers” from North $40 million in penalties but the full-spectrum supply chain $1 million fine for importing fake Korea, the Treasury said in a Treasury took into account mit- due diligence when sourcing eyelashes containing materials statement. igating circumstances including products from overseas, par- from UN-sanctioned North Ko- “E.L.F.’s compliance program the small amount involved and ticularly in a region in which rea, the US Treasury Department and its supplier audits failed to the fact that E.L.F. reported the (North Korea), as well as other announced. discover that approximately 80 violation of sanctions, which comprehensively sanctioned Between 2012 and 2017, the percent of the false eyelash kits were imposed on Pyongyang countries or regions, is known company imported “156 ship- supplied by two of E.L.F.’s Chi- over its nuclear and ballistic to export goods,” the Treasury ments of false eyelash kits from na-based suppliers contained missile programs. said.

Eight killed in firefight between NATO door opens Philippine troops and Islamists for Macedonia Manila, Philippines Brussels, Belgium viously been blamed for 11 dead as flats some of the Philippines’ ATO said yesterday “fierce firefight” on Satur- deadliest attacks -- and or- Nits 29 members will Aday killed five Philippine dered the military to “crush” Wednesday clear the way soldiers and three militants them. for Macedonia to become from the notorious Islamist “It was a fierce firefight”, the alliance’s 30th member group suspected of this week’s regional military spokesman collapse in Aleppo following its historic name deadly cathedral bombing in Lieutenant Colonel Gerry Be- change. the nation’s restive south, the sana told AFP, confirming the “On 6 February we will military said. death toll. “It went on for near- write history: #NATO Al- The soldiers battled the Abu ly two hours.” lies will sign the accession Sayyaf militants on the south- Philippine officials have the- protocol with the future ern island of Jolo, which is the orised in public that the cathe- Republic of North Macedo- group’s stronghold as well as dral attack was the work of at nia,” said NATO Secretary the site of dual bomb attack least one suicide bomber, but General Jens Stoltenberg. on January 27 that killed 21 have also conceded they have Macedonian Foreign people at Sunday mass. not been able to confirm their Minister Nikola Dimitrov After the cathedral bomb- suspicion. would attend the ceremo- ing, President Rodrigo Duterte The Islamic State group ny at NATO headquarters in singled out the kidnap-for-ran- claimed responsibility for the Brussels, he added. som group -- which has pre- cathedral blast.

Bosnia arrests 11 Ancient Egypt migrants after mass fight Sarajevo, Bosnia and Her- Syrian civil defence workers search the rubble of a collapsed five-storey building in the Salah al-Din district of the zegovina northern city of Aleppo

Damascus, Syria bombed before the army over- olice arrested 11 mi - ran rebel districts with Russian Pgrants after a mass fight our children were among support in late 2016. at their reception centre in at least 11 people killed What little reconstruction Bosnia that left eight people Fwhen a war-damaged there has been among the ruins seriously injured, a spokes- block of flats collapsed in Syr- has been carried out privately. man said yesterday. ia’s second city Aleppo on Sat- The state has limited public The fighting, involving urday, state media said. works to the restoration of basic several hundred migrants One child was pulled out alive infrastructure. accommodated at the centre from the rubble of the five-sto- Many of the buildings around in the northwestern town rey block after rescue teams the block that caved in still bear of Bihac, began late Friday, toiled, many of them with their the scars of the ferocious four- Fena news agency quoted bare hands, to remove the shat- year battle for the northern city, the police spokesman as Newly-discovered mummies wrapped in linen found in burial chambers tered breeze blocks that had with several on the brink of saying. dating to the Ptolemaic era (305-30 BC) at the necropolis of Tuna el-Gebel in buried him, AFP photographers collapse. After police brought the reported. Washington has estimated Syrian civil defence workers rescue situation under control and Egypt’s southern Minya province, about 340 kilometres south of the capital a child Cairo. Egypt’s Antiquities Minister said on February 2 that a joint mission He was the sole survivor of the costs of rebuilding Syria’s questioned more than 30 from the ministry and Minya University’s Archaeological Studies Research the collapse in the formerly devastated housing and infra- Bashar al-Assad was no longer migrants “eight Afghan na- Centre found upon a collection of Ptolemaic burial chambers engraved rebel-held neighbourhood of structure at between $300 bil- a goal of US policy, it would con- tionals, two Indians and one in rock and filled with a large number of mummies of different sizes and Salaheddin, the official SANA lion and $400 billion. tribute no reconstruction funds Pakistani were arrested,” genders. The minister added that the newly discovered tombs may be a news agency reported. But it warned last month that, without fundamental reform in spokesman Ale Siljdedic familial grave for a family from the elite middle class. Saleheddin was heavily while overthrowing President Damascus. added. Man smuggles month-old leopard cub on plane to India New Delhi, India sounds and appeared to be passenger who smuggled a weak,” he said. Amonth-old leopard cub in The nationality of the 45-year- hand luggage on a flight from old passenger remained unclear, Bangkok to Chennai has been and the case was handed over arrested, Indian authorities said to state’s wildlife crime bureau. KNOW WHAT yesterday. A mobile video issued by the The cub, weighing just over airport authorities shows offi- one kilogram (2.4 pounds), was cials giving the cub milk from a Leopards are an en- found in a plastic grocery basket baby’s bottle. dangered species in hidden inside a bag after the “We have taken the custody passenger arrived in India on the of the passenger and are ques- India -- with official Thai Airways flight. tioning him on the source of the estimates saying there Officials said they grew suspi- animal,” A.O. Limatoshi, head of are between 12,000 cious after hearing sounds com- Chennai wildlife crime bureau, and 140,000 in total ing from the bag, and stopped told AFP. -- and smuggling them the passenger as he tried to rush He said they are investigating in or out of the country out of the terminal in the capi- whether the man was carrying is illegal. tal city of southern Tamil Nadu the cat as part of an international state. smuggling ring. “He was evasive in his replies Leopards are found across the so his baggage was opened for Asian continent but are highly further examination,” an official vulnerable, with their popula- at the airport said. tion declining because of habitat “The animal was in a state loss and poaching for the illegal A leopard cub after it was seized from a checked baggage of a passenger travelling from Bangkok, at Chennai International of shock and was making trill trade of skins and body parts. airport. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 07

Toll in Brazil dam disaster Swine flu outbreak kills 9 hits 115 dead, 248 missing Air force General in Morocco Rabat, Morocco

n outbreak of swine defects as rallies Aflu in Morocco has left nine people dead in the past week, the kingdom’s health minister said yesterday. The spread of the H1N1 begin in Venezuela virus was “normal” for the time of the year, said Anas Doukkali, quoted by Mo- China has extended rocco’s official MAP news • agency. more than $60 billion The first death in Moroc- in credit to the South co from the influenza-type American country virus was reported by local Minas Gerais Firefighters keep on searching for victims at Corrego do Feijao media on Wednesday, since Beijing, China when anxious rumours have spread on social media. Brumadinho, Brazil past week. “Vigilant efforts continue Virtually all the dead and ens of thousands of pro- to detect possible cases in he toll from a dam col - missing were workers at the testers poured into the different hospitals across Tlapse last week at a mine iron ore mine, buried under Tstreets of Caracas Sat- the kingdom,” said govern- in southeast Brazil has risen to an avalanche of sludgy mining urday in rival displays for and ment spokesman Mustapha 115 dead and 248 missing, ac- waste when the dam collapsed against embattled Venezuelan Khalfi. cording to officials yesterday. above the facility’s cafeteria President Nicolas Maduro, as H1N1 is a respiratory dis- The emergency service for and main administrative area. an air force general became the ease contracted through the state of Minas Gerais, It was the second dam dis- highest-ranking officer to rec- contact between humans where the January 25 disaster aster in three years at a mine ognize opposition leader Juan and pigs and transmitted occurred near the town of Bru- owned by Brazilian mining Guaido as the crisis-torn coun- between people through madinho, said the search was giant Vale. try’s acting president. inhalation. ongoing for bodies. Authorities have frozen over The rival rallies, convened A major H1N1 outbreak All those listed as missing $3 billion in company assets in in different parts of the city, sparked a World Health are presumed dead, with no anticipation it will pay dam- come on the eve of a deadline Organization pandemic survivors being found over the ages, compensation and fines. set by the EU and other Euro- alert in June 2009. It killed pean powers for Maduro to call around 18,500 people in 214 “free elections” or have them countries before the alert recognize Guaido. was lifted in August 2010. Guaido has promised a huge Rescue ship committed no turnout -- the largest in the country’s history, he has said Opposition leader and self-proclaimed “acting president” Juan Guaido (L) offence: Italian prosecutor -- to reinforce his call for elec- accompained by his wife Fabiana Rosales, arrives at Venezuela’s Central More than 10pc of Niger Rome, Italy tions organized by a transitional University (UCV) in Caracas (File) population needs aid: UN government he claims to lead as Niamey, Niger igrant rescue ship Sea head of the National Assembly. he would attend. “dictatorial” authority and rec- MWatch 3 committed no Carrying Venezuelan flags If he does, it would be the ognized Guaido as the acting offences when it saved 47 mi- and blowing horns and whis- first time he has appeared in president. ust over 10 per cent of grants off the coast of Libya tles, his supporters began mass- public rally since August 4, Yanez, the strategic plan - JNiger’s population need and delivered them to Italy, ing at five locations around the when he claimed to have been ning director of the air force humanitarian aid because an Italian prosecutor said Sat- city for a march on EU head- the target of an exploding drone high command, commands no jihadist violence that forced urday. quarters in eastern Caracas. at a military parade in Caracas. troops but he was the highest people to flee their homes A joint investigation with The pro-Maduro forces were The challenge to Maduro, ranking active duty officer to has exacerbated the coun- police had not established any rallying in the western side of Chavez’s handpicked succes- defect -- “a hard blow” to the try’s food crisis, the UN said criminal responsibility in the the city to mark the 20th an- sor, is his most serious yet, with military leadership, which has yesterday. conduct of those running the niversary of the rise of power the United States, Canada and pledged absolute loyalty to Ma- “For 2019, the analysis of A migrant waves goodbye to the Sea Watch 3, said a statement of the late Hugo Chavez, the nearly a dozen Latin American duro, said Rocio San Miguel, humanitarian needs reveals ship’s crew and volunteers as he from Catania prosecutor Car- disembarks from the Dutch-flagged leftist firebrand who installed countries piling on pressure for an expert on the Venezuelan that 2.3 million people, or melo Zuccaro. Sea Watch 3 NGO rescue vessel. a socialist government. his removal from office. military. 10.4 percent of the popula- Sea Watch was detained at Hundreds of members of a “Maduro’s tyranny must end The military and security tion of Niger, need humani- the Sicilian port for breaching cluded that all their actions civilian militia, public workers and must end now,” US Vice forces have so far been Ma - tarian aid,” said a statement navigation safety and environ- had been justified. and people who have benefitted President Mike Pence told a duro’s main pillar of support, from the UN’s Niamey office. mental laws, the Italian coast- The court had nevertheless from the government’s social rally of exiled Venezuelans in despite an economic collapse Prime Minister Brigi Raf- guard reported Friday. opened an investigation into programs began to concentrate Miami on Friday. that has created dire shortag- ini launched an appeal for The prosecutor’s analysis illegal immigration which, in the downtown Avenida Bo- Underscoring the high stakes, es of food and medicine and a $383 million (334.2 million of their conduct -- from when while not naming anyone in livar in a show of support for Air Force Major General Fran- mass migration to neighboring euros) to help 1.6 million they saved the migrants on particular, was directly mainly their beleaguered leader. cisco Yanez announced in a countries. “extremely vulnerable” January 19 to their arrival at at human traffickers, as hap- Although the rally was called video posted on social media But there have been signs of people, state television re- Catania on Thursday -- con- pens with all migrant arrivals. by Maduro, it was not known if that he disavowed Maduro’s unrest in the ranks. ported.

Camel festival China opposes US withdrawal from INF Beijing, China withdrawal and urges the US and Russia to properly resolve hina yesterday said it op- differences through construc- Cposes the US decision to tive dialogue,” Chinese foreign withdraw from a landmark ministry spokesperson Geng Cold War nuclear missile trea- Shuang said in a statement. ty and urged Washington and Geng warned the US deci- Russia to hold “constructive” sion could trigger “a series of discussions. negative consequences,” ech- Moscow and Washington oing warnings by both Russia have long accused the other and Europe that the pull out of violating the key Interme- might lead to a new arms race. diate-Range Nuclear Forces Washington also has an eye agreement, which was signed on China as the INF pact re- in 1987 and resolved a crisis stricts the United States, but over Soviet missiles. not the rising Asian power. The US has said a new US officials say that some Russian medium-range mis- 95 per cent of China’s ballis- sile system breaches the INF tic and cruise missiles would Treaty and on Saturday Pres- violate the INF treaty if China ident Donald Trump said the were a party to it. country was suspending its Trump said the United obligations under the treaty -- States was suspending its ob- a move mirrored shortly after ligations as of Saturday and by Moscow. starting a process to withdraw Jockeys race during the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan camel festival, at the Shweihan racecourse in al-Ain on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi “China is opposed to the US in six months. ONLY I CAN CHANGE MY LIFE. TODAY 1953 2009 2015 2016 QUOTE DAY IN OF THE NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR ME. Frances P. Bolton and her son, The first block of the blockchain of the Boko Haram militants raze the entire Following the fallout caused by DAY CAROL BURNETT HISTORY Oliver from Ohio, become the decentralized payment systemBitcoin, called town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, first mother and son to serve the Genesis block, was established by the starting the Baga massacre and Iran ends its diplomatic relations SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. killing as many as 2,000 people. with Saudi Arabia.

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TWEETS4 housing new life, a whole country. I asked Doss what his woman stranded in Yemen because I moved here five years ago in clients, refugees who have of the travel ban to be reunited a relatively straightforward way, with her children in the United progress but one that still involved much made it through, feel about States. His wife’s brother, a graphic 01 paperwork, expense and anxiety. arriving in a country run by designer in Jordan, was denied a Amanda Gupta, who specialises people who do not seem to visitor’s visa, so he could not be MAEVE HIGGINS in visas for artists and entertain- want them here. with them on their wedding day. ers, was my lawyer. It’s because of “It’s heartbreaking,” he told me, ark Doss, a supervising her I get to live my own peculiar particularly for his new in-laws, lawyer at the Interna- American dream, which is to have but his perspective quickly broad- Mtional Refugee Assis- a comedy career and drink as much ened. “For my clients from Syria he African National tance Project, pulled an all-night- cold brew as I can before my heart or Yemen or Libya who are trying TCongress is the only CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD er on Jan 27, 2017, and his work explodes. to reunite with their loved ones in organisation that has a life has not been the same since. That first travel ban, and each the United States, they’re indef- history & the capabili- On that day two years ago, his cli- subsequent one, made my stomach initely banned.” He worries that ty of uniting the people roof over one’s head is a basic It’s like ent Hameed Darweesh, an Iraqi lurch, as I imagine not being al- these separated families have been of South Africa. We will birthright and the government who had worked primarily as an lowed back into the place I belong. forgotten about, lost in the mix of continue in our efforts of A of Bahrain does everything it can interpreter on behalf of the United And since that chaotic weekend everything else that has happened building a caring society to enable access to this right to its citi - someone States government for 10 years, two years ago, I have wondered for the rest of their lives,” she said, in the past two years. that is democratic, non- zens. The challenges that mark in this is running was the first person detained at what life has been like for immi- adding that it’s a privilege to get to The number of globally displaced racial, nonsexist & pros- endeavour are indeed difficult. Bahrain Kennedy Airport under President gration lawyers — people whose do this kind of difficult work. She people has hit a record high, and perous. #PeoplesMani- is a country with limited land resources around Donald Trump’s executive order livelihoods depend on getting oth- has sometimes had to tell 8- or last year the Trump administration festo #GrowSouthAfrica and any housing project must take into barring immigrants from seven ers through a door that was only 9-year-old clients that she honestly set the lowest cap on the number @CyrilRamaphosa account the social and cultural lifestyle sticking their predominantly Muslim countries, ever ajar and is now in danger of has no idea whether they will see of refugees who can be resettled in of the people in order to succeed. including Iraq. slamming shut. their parents again. the United States since Congress Even in a place as small as Bahrain, finger in Images of immigration lawyers As the administration hacks What, I asked, could one possi- passed the Refugee Act in 1980. I which people seem to think of as a ho - huddled together over laptops on away at immigrants’ rights and bly do to unwind after a workday asked Doss what his clients, ref- mogenous whole, people prefer the people’s eyes airport floors across the country rains down policy changes, immi- that involved those conversations? ugees who have made it through, 02 neighbourhoods that they grew up in made global news. Nineteen hours gration requests that would usually Twice a month, Blodgett goes to a feel about arriving in a country run or were married into. You will not get a and I’m an and a habeas corpus petition titled have been approved are denied, dance party that takes place from 6 by people who do not seem to want Muharraq man to relocate to Riffa, for ex- Darweesh vs Trump later, Dar- many lawyers told me. They are to 9 a.m. “We dance and then, some them here. “They are often fleeing ample or a Juffair lady to accept housing eye doctor weesh was the first detainee to be receiving requests for further evi- days, I go to straight to court,” she from governments that have per- facility in Isa Town, unless she gets mar- released. Doss was able to com- dence that are baffling, with prec- said. “I bring my suit and change in secuted them, but they have a deep ried into a Central Governorate family! fort his weeping client at baggage edents continuously blurring. “Any the bathroom.” love for the country,” he explained. Therefore, the Ministry of Housing claim. way the government can have a At the end of our conversation, “So they’re able to separate the must always ensure social housing units When you’re an immigrant to moment of ‘gotcha’ they do and I asked her whether she ever feels government from the people. Most ems need to move in different governorates in accordance the United States, you come to they will,” Gupta said. “If they can hopeless, and she looked at me Americans, when they’re face to DNortham out ASAP. with the need of that area. Sometimes rely on a selection of people you get you out of the country, they surprised, the same way I looked face, are kind and caring.” Lt. Gov is dynamic, elo- that is not always possible because hous- never expected to need as guides. will.” at her when she told me she volun- The phone line went quiet for quent African American. ing also means infrastruc- The co-worker who explains that John Khosravi, an immigration the injuries I want to treat.” a decade ago, all of his clients were For Lauren Blodgett, a staff law- place by this administration last tarily goes to early-morning raves. a second and I worried we were Every hour or day that ture development: roads, aluminium is both spelled and lawyer in Los Angeles, agrees. On his podcast “The Immigra- Iranian. Since then, he has diver- yer at Safe Passage Project, the past year. She said that even if her cli- “This work is an opportunity to disconnected, until he cleared his goes by makes the whole water and electricity supply pronounced incorrectly here, the “These past two years it’s like tion Lawyers Podcast,” he urges sified and now has clients from two years have seen her definition ents are denied a chance to stay in turn your rage and anger and dis- throat and added, “I think.” thing worse The vision of and schools and parks. The waitress who advises against or- someone is running around stick- his colleagues to have a Plan B and around the world. “Had I just been of success change. She has repre- the United States, it’s crucial to her gust into action,” she said. @JRubinBlogger His Majesty land for all these does not dering that second cold brew and, ing their finger in people’s eyes and to save their money for a rainy day. starting out when the ban came sented children seeking asylum to help them feel heard and even Doss married last year and spent (Maeve Higgins is the author of “Maeve always come together. in America: Essays by a Girl From crucially, the immigration lawyer I’m an eye doctor,” he said. “Sure, Khosravi is Iranian-American, and down, that would have been lights who were separated from a parent loved throughout the process. the days before his wedding final- Somewhere Else” and a contributing King Hamad And yet, affordable hous- who can push open the door to a business is good, but those aren’t when he started practicing nearly out, just no way,” he said. at the border, per the policy put in “They will remember their case ising a waiver application for a opinion writer. ) to deliver ing in Bahrain is being tack- 03 led with commendable plan- 40,000 homes ning and vision. The vision to Bahrainis of His Majesty King Hamad to deliver 40,000 homes to in line with the Bahrainis in line with the Vision 2030 Vision 2030 development development goals, is one of the reasons Why I see myself as a European patriot? we are seeing this progress. he Embassy of the goals, is one of Another is the dynamism TKingdom of Bahrain the reasons we instilled into housing needs to the Republic of Indo- management by the Minister to create a future vague in all re- from United Nations forces in European unity is a peace than little. nesia calls upon the Bah- are seeing this of Housing, who says that spects except its glory. Pregnant 1995. magnet. I am a European And finally as little as nothing.” raini citizens presently progress. increasing and fast-track- with violence, manipulating fear, I am a European patriot because European patriots do remem- in Southwest Sumatra ing delivery of housing units it is an exercise in mass delusion. I have lived in Germany and seen patriot for my children and ber. They are multiplying in the Islands, to take precau- to those who are waiting, is I hate it with all my being. how the idea of Europe provided grandchildren. face of danger. Writers including tion and care following the only goal of his term in As François Mitterrand, the for- salvation to postwar Germans; Milan Kundera, Elfriede Jelinek, the earthquake that oc- office. mer French president, observed because I have lived in Italy and Ian McEwan, Anne Applebaum, curred Saturday, 2 Feb- Sometimes the wait can be complicat- ROGER COHEN in 1995, prejudices must be con- seen how the European Union Salman Rushdie, Bernard-Henri ruary 2019. ed by social needs – divorced, widowed quered because the alternative is anchored the country in the West Lévy, Herta Müller, Adam Mich- @BahrainEmbIND women and abandoned wives raising hen I covered the war nationalism — and “nationalism when the communist temptation nik and Orhan Pamuk have just their family as single parents or unmar- The bond in Bosnia I got to know is war.” was strong; because I have lived published an important European ried daughters who work and support WNermin Tulic, a prom- Almost a quarter-century later, in Belgium and seen what pains- manifesto, drafted by Lévy. 04 aged parents have been given special inent Sarajevo actor. He had his nationalism advances. The Amer- taking steps NATO and the Euro- Europe, it declares, “has been consideration, for example, through the that binds legs blown off by a Serbian shell ican president declares: “You pean Union took to forge a Europe abandoned by the two great al - Masakan Housing Project which gives the West is on June 10, 1992. know what I am? I’m a nation - that is whole and free; because I lies who in the previous century them a temporary safe haven home till He raged. He begged me not to alist. OK? I’m a nationalist.” This have lived in France and seen how twice saved it from suicide; one they get their own. freedom, look at his stumps. He wondered is how dangerous words achieve Europe gave the French a new across the Channel and the other In the middle of all this praise though, how he had ever taken his wife, banality. avenue for expressing their uni- across the Atlantic. The continent let me take a moment to draw the atten- the cry of who was half-Serb, in his arms. From Hungary to France, from versal message of human dignity; I am a European patriot and an is vulnerable to the increasingly tion of the authorities to the absolutely He told me how he had wanted to Poland to Britain, nationalists because I have lived in Britain and American patriot. I am not from brazen meddling of the occupant resident Trump on lop-sided zoning and planning that is revolutions on die as he lay in the hospital and, pour scorn on the European Un- seen how Europe broadened the one place but several. The bond of the Kremlin. Europe as an idea Pdeclaring a national taking place in Juffair. There are four on the floor below, his wife gave ion and seek its unraveling. post-imperial British psyche and, that binds the West is freedom is falling apart before our eyes. … emergency: “There’s a large shopping malls lining the main both sides of birth to their second daughter. I am a European patriot be - more recently, to what impasse — the cry of revolutions on both We must now fight for the idea of good chance that we’ll street and four hypermarkets and a large Only his father’s words gave cause I read the war diary of my little-England insularity leads; be- sides of the Atlantic. There is no Europe or see it perish beneath have to do that... Listen supermarket within shouting distance of the Atlantic him the will to live: “A child needs uncle Bert Cohen of the 6th South cause I have lived in the Balkans contradiction in my patriotisms. the waves of populism.” closely to the State of the each other. It has led to massive traffic his father even if he just sits in the African Armored Division, 19th and chronicled a European war Patriotism is to nationalism as We must. European unity is a Union. I think you’ll find congestion in an already busy arterial corner.” Field Ambulance. He reached It- that took 100,000 lives; because dignity is to barbarism. As nation- peace magnet. I am a Europe - it very exciting.” road. Worse, there is one more mall com- I am a European patriot be - aly’s Monte Cassino on July 21, smashed buildings, hardly out- long ago. I would also send to holding hands at Verdun in 1984 “plain-routine, rut-living Bertie alism equals war, so contempt for an patriot for my children and @thehill ing up! Will the same authorities who cause I witnessed how nation - 1944. His diary entry: lines remaining, a silent sight of every schoolroom a photo of Willy in the place where hundreds of Cohen of Johannesburg,” as he the law brings savagery. grandchildren. It is they who will said there were too many beauty salons in alism could turn a cosmopoli - “Poor Cassino, horror, wreck ghosts and shadows. Pictures Brandt, the West German chan- thousands of their countrymen put it, came to Europe to save the Will anyone remember Europa? pay the price if the most beautiful Manama area please turn their attention tan European city into the place and desolation unbelievable, should be taken of this monument cellor, on his knees in the Warsaw died fighting in 1916; Muslim ref- continent along with the young As Polish poet Wislawa Szymbor- postwar political idea dies. Disclaimer: (Views expressed to this commercial glut also? where Tulic lost his legs. Nation- roads smashed and pitted, mines, to mankind’s worst moments and ghetto in 1970 (“I did what peo- ugees from the Bosnian town of Americans whose graves I have ska wrote of the aftermath of war: (Roger Cohen is a columnist by columnists are personal and alism, self-pitying and aggressive, booby traps and graves every - circulated through every school- ple do when words fail them”); Srebrenica, women and children, gazed at in Normandy. Not least, “Those who knew/ what was go- need not necessarily reflect our (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in- with The New York Times.) Chief of The Daily Tribune and the President of seeks to change the present in the where. Huge shell holes, cra - room.” Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, their menfolk executed by Serb I am a European patriot because ing on here/ must make way for/ editorial stances) (In collaboration with New York Times) the Arab-African Unity Organisation for Relief, name of an illusory past in order ters filled with stagnant slime, That was Europe not so very the French and German leaders, nationalists, clamouring for help I am a Jew. those who know little. And less Human Rights and Counterterrorism)

Hon. Chairman Najeb Yacob Alhamer | Editor-in-Chief Mahmood AI Mahmood | Deputy Editor-in-Chief Ahdeya Ahmed | Chairman & Managing Editor P Unnikrishnan | Advertisement: Update Media W.L.L | Tel: 38444692, Email: [email protected] | Newsroom: Tel: 38444680, Email: [email protected] Subscription & circulation: Tel: 38444698/17579877 | Email:[email protected] | Website: www.newsofbahrain.com | Printed and published by Al Ayam Publishing TODAY 1953 2009 2015 2016 DAY IN Frances P. Bolton and her son, The first block of the blockchain of the Boko Haram militants raze the entire Following the fallout caused by HISTORY Oliver from Ohio, become the decentralized payment systemBitcoin, called town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, first mother and son to serve the Genesis block, was established by the starting the Baga massacre and Iran ends its diplomatic relations simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto. killing as many as 2,000 people. with Saudi Arabia.

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TWEETS4 housing I asked Doss what his woman stranded in Yemen because clients, refugees who have of the travel ban to be reunited with her children in the United progress made it through, feel about States. His wife’s brother, a graphic 01 arriving in a country run by designer in Jordan, was denied a people who do not seem to visitor’s visa, so he could not be want them here. with them on their wedding day. “It’s heartbreaking,” he told me, particularly for his new in-laws, but his perspective quickly broad- ened. “For my clients from Syria he African National or Yemen or Libya who are trying TCongress is the only CAPT. MAHMOOD AL MAHMOOD to reunite with their loved ones in organisation that has a the United States, they’re indef- history & the capabili- initely banned.” He worries that ty of uniting the people roof over one’s head is a basic these separated families have been of South Africa. We will birthright and the government forgotten about, lost in the mix of continue in our efforts of A of Bahrain does everything it can everything else that has happened building a caring society to enable access to this right to its citi - for the rest of their lives,” she said, in the past two years. that is democratic, non- zens. The challenges that mark in this adding that it’s a privilege to get to The number of globally displaced racial, nonsexist & pros- endeavour are indeed difficult. Bahrain do this kind of difficult work. She people has hit a record high, and perous. #PeoplesMani- is a country with limited land resources has sometimes had to tell 8- or last year the Trump administration festo #GrowSouthAfrica and any housing project must take into 9-year-old clients that she honestly set the lowest cap on the number @CyrilRamaphosa account the social and cultural lifestyle has no idea whether they will see of refugees who can be resettled in of the people in order to succeed. their parents again. the United States since Congress Even in a place as small as Bahrain, What, I asked, could one possi- passed the Refugee Act in 1980. I which people seem to think of as a ho - bly do to unwind after a workday asked Doss what his clients, ref- mogenous whole, people prefer the that involved those conversations? ugees who have made it through, 02 neighbourhoods that they grew up in Twice a month, Blodgett goes to a feel about arriving in a country run or were married into. You will not get a dance party that takes place from 6 by people who do not seem to want Muharraq man to relocate to Riffa, for ex- to 9 a.m. “We dance and then, some them here. “They are often fleeing ample or a Juffair lady to accept housing days, I go to straight to court,” she from governments that have per- facility in Isa Town, unless she gets mar- said. “I bring my suit and change in secuted them, but they have a deep ried into a Central Governorate family! the bathroom.” love for the country,” he explained. Therefore, the Ministry of Housing At the end of our conversation, “So they’re able to separate the must always ensure social housing units I asked her whether she ever feels government from the people. Most ems need to move in different governorates in accordance hopeless, and she looked at me Americans, when they’re face to DNortham out ASAP. with the need of that area. Sometimes surprised, the same way I looked face, are kind and caring.” Lt. Gov is dynamic, elo- that is not always possible because hous- at her when she told me she volun- The phone line went quiet for quent African American. ing also means infrastruc- For Lauren Blodgett, a staff law- place by this administration last tarily goes to early-morning raves. a second and I worried we were Every hour or day that ture development: roads, yer at Safe Passage Project, the past year. She said that even if her cli- “This work is an opportunity to disconnected, until he cleared his goes by makes the whole water and electricity supply two years have seen her definition ents are denied a chance to stay in turn your rage and anger and dis- throat and added, “I think.” thing worse The vision of and schools and parks. The of success change. She has repre- the United States, it’s crucial to her gust into action,” she said. @JRubinBlogger His Majesty land for all these does not sented children seeking asylum to help them feel heard and even Doss married last year and spent (Maeve Higgins is the author of “Maeve always come together. in America: Essays by a Girl From who were separated from a parent loved throughout the process. the days before his wedding final- Somewhere Else” and a contributing King Hamad And yet, affordable hous- at the border, per the policy put in “They will remember their case ising a waiver application for a opinion writer. ) to deliver ing in Bahrain is being tack- 03 led with commendable plan- 40,000 homes ning and vision. The vision to Bahrainis of His Majesty King Hamad to deliver 40,000 homes to in line with the Bahrainis in line with the Vision 2030 Vision 2030 development development goals, is one of the reasons Why I see myself as a European patriot? we are seeing this progress. he Embassy of the goals, is one of Another is the dynamism TKingdom of Bahrain the reasons we instilled into housing needs to the Republic of Indo- management by the Minister from United Nations forces in European unity is a peace than little. nesia calls upon the Bah- are seeing this of Housing, who says that 1995. magnet. I am a European And finally as little as nothing.” raini citizens presently progress. increasing and fast-track- I am a European patriot because European patriots do remem- in Southwest Sumatra ing delivery of housing units I have lived in Germany and seen patriot for my children and ber. They are multiplying in the Islands, to take precau- to those who are waiting, is how the idea of Europe provided grandchildren. face of danger. Writers including tion and care following the only goal of his term in salvation to postwar Germans; Milan Kundera, Elfriede Jelinek, the earthquake that oc- office. because I have lived in Italy and Ian McEwan, Anne Applebaum, curred Saturday, 2 Feb- Sometimes the wait can be complicat- seen how the European Union Salman Rushdie, Bernard-Henri ruary 2019. ed by social needs – divorced, widowed anchored the country in the West Lévy, Herta Müller, Adam Mich- @BahrainEmbIND women and abandoned wives raising when the communist temptation nik and Orhan Pamuk have just their family as single parents or unmar- was strong; because I have lived published an important European ried daughters who work and support in Belgium and seen what pains- manifesto, drafted by Lévy. aged parents have been given special taking steps NATO and the Euro- Europe, it declares, “has been 04 consideration, for example, through the pean Union took to forge a Europe abandoned by the two great al - Masakan Housing Project which gives that is whole and free; because I lies who in the previous century them a temporary safe haven home till have lived in France and seen how twice saved it from suicide; one they get their own. Europe gave the French a new across the Channel and the other In the middle of all this praise though, avenue for expressing their uni- across the Atlantic. The continent let me take a moment to draw the atten- versal message of human dignity; I am a European patriot and an is vulnerable to the increasingly tion of the authorities to the absolutely because I have lived in Britain and American patriot. I am not from brazen meddling of the occupant resident Trump on lop-sided zoning and planning that is seen how Europe broadened the one place but several. The bond of the Kremlin. Europe as an idea Pdeclaring a national taking place in Juffair. There are four post-imperial British psyche and, that binds the West is freedom is falling apart before our eyes. … emergency: “There’s a large shopping malls lining the main more recently, to what impasse — the cry of revolutions on both We must now fight for the idea of good chance that we’ll street and four hypermarkets and a large little-England insularity leads; be- sides of the Atlantic. There is no Europe or see it perish beneath have to do that... Listen supermarket within shouting distance of cause I have lived in the Balkans contradiction in my patriotisms. the waves of populism.” closely to the State of the each other. It has led to massive traffic and chronicled a European war Patriotism is to nationalism as We must. European unity is a Union. I think you’ll find congestion in an already busy arterial that took 100,000 lives; because dignity is to barbarism. As nation- peace magnet. I am a Europe - it very exciting.” road. Worse, there is one more mall com- holding hands at Verdun in 1984 “plain-routine, rut-living Bertie alism equals war, so contempt for an patriot for my children and @thehill ing up! Will the same authorities who in the place where hundreds of Cohen of Johannesburg,” as he the law brings savagery. grandchildren. It is they who will said there were too many beauty salons in thousands of their countrymen put it, came to Europe to save the Will anyone remember Europa? pay the price if the most beautiful Manama area please turn their attention died fighting in 1916; Muslim ref- continent along with the young As Polish poet Wislawa Szymbor- postwar political idea dies. Disclaimer: (Views expressed to this commercial glut also? ugees from the Bosnian town of Americans whose graves I have ska wrote of the aftermath of war: (Roger Cohen is a columnist by columnists are personal and Srebrenica, women and children, gazed at in Normandy. Not least, “Those who knew/ what was go- need not necessarily reflect our (Captain Mahmood Al Mahmood is the Editor-in- with The New York Times.) Chief of The Daily Tribune and the President of their menfolk executed by Serb I am a European patriot because ing on here/ must make way for/ editorial stances) (In collaboration with New York Times) the Arab-African Unity Organisation for Relief, nationalists, clamouring for help I am a Jew. those who know little. And less Human Rights and Counterterrorism)

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GM to lay off about 4,000 salaried workers: source New York, United States RIP INF treaty eneral Motors is ex- MIKE ORLOV Gpected to lay off about Russia suspends nuclear missile treaty after US move 4,000 salaried workers under a reorganization an- What Do You Need For nounced late last year, a per- son familiar with the matter Your Organisation said Friday. The layoffs are part of a cost-cutting plan GM sked whether partners and consultants at Stepping- announced in November, Stone Global were classically trained coaches or more which will slash 15 percent Amanagement-consultants stimulated some reflection on of its salaried and contract what clients are actually going to need in the near future, where staff and shutter seven we face troubling social, technological, economic, ecological, plants, including five in political, legal and ethical issues affecting all our enterprises, North America. be these based in the Middle East, Europe, the southern hem- Media reports estimated isphere ….anywhere in the world. the total job cuts of sala - Owners and C-Suites are going to need consultants and ad- ried staff and union workers visors to fill-in knowledge, mentors to facilitate the transfer of at about 14,000, including wisdom and executive-coaching to help them to think deeper. about 6,000 union workers. But most importantly, clients are going to need implementers GM said the actions -- which who are prepared to role-up their sleeves and get involved. were roundly criticized by Too often, there is a tendency for consultants, mentors and US and Canadian politicians coaches to advise but avoid immersion. Clients are looking for -- would save $6 billion in a return-on-investment and it is vital they insist on deliverables costs. to maximise use of resources when recruiting ‘outsiders’. GM has not estimated how Rose Cartolari from RC Con- many workers would be in- sulting was recently quoted in voluntarily terminated as a Forbes magazine, saying: “In result of the cuts. Russian President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St Petersburg as part of business and executive-coach- commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II Nazi siege of Leningrad ing, I believe we will see more Enterprises are coaches who have strong in- meantime, the United States going to need dustry and line experience. As Moscow, Russia Goldman Sachs may “can’t be put at a disadvantage.” multi-competent leaders face increasing pres- sure to deliver results in the Disputed missile input from those yank top execs’ resident Vladimir Putin prepared to be im- short term and create exciting bonuses over 1MDB yesterday said Russia was The US in December gave plementers as well futures for the long term, all Psuspending its participa- Moscow a 60-day deadline as advisors while developing leaders, they scandal tion in a key Cold War-era mis- to dismantle missiles it said themselves will require coaches Washington, United States sile treaty in a mirror response breached the agreement. and advisers who can help them to a US move the day before. But Moscow has insisted the think deeply through this range nvestment bank Goldman Moscow and Washington disputed 9M729 missile is al- of complex issues.” ISachs said Friday it could have long accused the other lowed under the treaty. The Jim Vaselopulos from Rafti withhold multi-million-dol- of violating the Intermedi - defence ministry last month Advisors added: “Ageing de- lar bonuses for former CEO ate-Range Nuclear Forces invited journalists and foreign mographics will demand a vast Lloyd Blankfein and other agreement, which was signed military attaches to a briefing transfer of institutional, industry and professional wisdom.” executives as a result of the in 1987 and resolved a crisis on the weapon system. Youthful managers need the guidance and involvement of older 1MDB corruption scandal. over Soviet missiles. Lavrov yesterday repeated experienced hands and need a variety of approaches to get the In a statement filed Fri- President Donald Trump last Russian accusations that Wash- most out of external inputs. day with securities regula- year announced plans to with- We will wait until our ington itself has been in viola- In terms of executive-coaching, business-coaching, men- tors, the company said stock draw unless Russia fulfilled its partners have matured tion of the deal for many years. toring and consulting, there will certainly be a move towards awards for senior executives obligations. enough to conduct Putin meanwhile said Russia a blurring of lines, where consulting will become even more could be cut depending on “Our American partners have an equal, meaningful would seek to develop medi- important in augmenting gaps in knowledge, mentoring will be how pending investigations announced they are suspending dialogue with us on um-range missiles in response used much more effectively to facilitate the transfer of wisdom into 1MDB turn out. their participation in the deal, this important topic to what he said were similar and executive-coaching is a container for people looking to The case has left the sto- and we are also suspending projects in the US. extend their competencies, especially emotional intelligence. VLADIMIR PUTIN ried US banking giant with our participation,” Putin said European leaders have voiced Enterprises are going to need multi-competent input from a black eye. The Justice of the agreement, following a US RUSSIAN PRESIDENT fears over the consequences of those prepared to be implementers as well as advisors. Department in November deadline for cooperation. the treaty’s demise and called Those external-advisors who have held senior-posts in enter- charged two former Gold- Putin said during a televised siles with a range of 500 to on Russia to address concerns prises will certainly demand a premium given their involvement man bankers for their al- meeting with foreign and de- 5,500 kilometres (300 to 3,400 before the United States for- is anchored in the reality of hard-earned experience. Those leged roles in misappropri- fence ministers Sergei Lavrov miles). mally leaves in August. who can switch between consulting, mentoring or executive ating 1MDB funds, one of the and Sergei Shoigu that Russia The deal addressed Soviet NATO earlier said that US al- and business-coaching will be sought after, especially if they largest financial frauds ever. would no longer initiate talks nuclear-tipped ballistic mis- lies “fully support” its with- can also demonstrate training-skills as well as a commitment with the US on disarmament. siles targeting Western capitals, drawal and agreed that Russia’s to making things happen. “We will wait until our part- but put no restrictions on other 9M729 ground-launched cruise Undoubtedly clients will be looking for help with their func- ners have matured enough to major military actors such as missile systems, whose range is tional-capabilities in whichever industry they operate and there Nissan to cancel UK conduct an equal, meaningful China. the cause of US concerns, vio- are many specialists with competencies in different fields from dialogue with us on this impor- President Donald Trump lated the treaty. finance through marketing or sales to logistics, digital-media X-Trail plans tant topic,” the president said. said Friday that Washington Lavrov at Saturday’s meeting or the specifics of drilling for oil. But there are knowledge and Reuters | London Brokered by US president was starting a process to with- voiced concerns that Washing- skills gaps which are common across all industries which are Ronald Reagan with last Soviet draw from the agreement in six ton’s decision to withdraw from vital to improve in our tough trading-conditions; managing apanese carmaker Nis- leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the months. the INF could jeopardise the processes and leadership-behaviours. Jsan will announce on treaty ended a superpower Trump said he would extension of the New START Finding the right partners to play a part in improving a cli- Monday that it is cancelling buildup of warheads that had like to “get everybody in treaty. ent’s productivity through addressing key processes such as plans announced in 2016 to frightened Europeans. a big and beautiful room That agreement, which caps planning, organising, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting manufacture a new model It banned ground- and do a new treaty,” the number of nuclear war- and budgeting is no easy task; especially when it comes to one of its X-Trail compact SUV launched mis- but in heads held by Washington and who will aid with implementing, not just be an advisor. in Britain, broadcaster Sky the Moscow, expires in 2021. Perhaps most important, when it comes to improving over- News said yesterday. all-performance of an enterprise, is finding the right partner “Precise details of Nis- who will focus on performance and productivity through the san’s impending announce- prism of people. Often described as soft skills but often the ment were unclear this toughest to develop, leading people can be the hardest ele- weekend, but sources said it ment to learn and practice in an enterprise. Helping owners, was likely to initially involve the C-Suite and key managers develop consistent leadership abandoning the X-Trail pro- behavioural-competencies is the key to what clients are going duction plans,” Sky report- to need in the near future, through specialists delivering con- ed. sulting, mentoring, executive-coaching and business-coaching. Nissan announced in Oc- tober 2016 that it would (Mike Orlov is a Partner at Stepping Stone Global, a Bah- build its next generation rain-based boutique strategic management consultancy. He Qashqai sports utility vehi- is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Manage- cle and a new X-Trail model ment. Email: [email protected]) in Britain. Moscow has insisted the disputed 9M729 missile is allowed under the treaty SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 11 Trump hails ‘great news’ that Foxconn factory back on track Washington, United States “Great news on Foxconn in Gou at a groundbreaking cer- “This campus will serve both Wisconsin after my conversa- emony last summer wielding as an advanced manufacturing resident Donald Trump tion with Terry Gou!” Trump golden shovels. facility as well as a hub of high on Friday cheered the tweeted. The company previously said technology innovation for the P“great news” that Taiwan- The reports that plans were the changing global econom- region.” ese electronics giant Foxconn being scaled back were a blow to ic climate -- roiled by Trump’s Gou said investing in the US said it was going ahead with the administration since Trump trade war with China where “is undoubtedly a right decision plans for a major factory in Wis- had publicly claimed credit for Foxconn has most of its assem- and fits with future economic Washington, Beijing consin. the investment, which was bly lines -- prompted it to revise trends.” The company announced backed by $4 billion in contro- its original plans. Gou, who described the on- that following a conversation versial local tax breaks. But the firm now says it is going US-China trade war as a all smiles on trade but between Trump and Foxconn Foxconn, which makes devic- going ahead after “productive “major concern,” said he had chief Terry Gou it was “moving es and components for a host of discussions between the White spoken with Trump by phone doubts persist forward with our planned con- major tech firms including Ap- House and the company, and on Friday night. struction of a Gen 6 fab facility.” ple, had planned to build a fac- after a personal conversation “US President Trump... shared Washington, United States It was a reversal from news tory producing LCD flat screen between President Donald J. with me the progress on the US earlier this week that the com- televisions and create around Trump and Chairman Terry China trade negotiations and he United States and China radiated positivity after this pany was scaling back its plans 13,000 jobs. Gou,” according to the state - said it is going smoothly, and week’s trade talks but doubts persist about the chances to open a factory and create Trump bragged about the ment, which was published Fri- there will be a deal soon,” Gou Tof sealing the overarching deal Donald Trump wants. manufacturing jobs. plan and appeared alongside day in media reports. said. After two days of high-level negotiations in Washington, President Donald Trump hailed the “tremendous progress,” and the Chinese delegation said the talks had been “candid, specific and fruitful.” Ebdaa Bank-Bahrain officials during Beijing also offered to increase its imports of American agri- the 7th Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) forum in cultural, energy and manufactured goods as well as US services Geneva, themed “Achieving SDGs in as a gesture that it is willing to open its markets -- one of the Western and Central Africa through key US demands. Financial Inclusion” held under the More important still, Trump announced he and his Chinese patronage of HRH Prince Talal Bin counterpart Xi Jinping would meet “in the near future” to bury Abdul Aziz, the President of AGFUND. some of the more difficult bones of contention in person. Ebdaa Bank for Microfinance officials The prospects of a Trump-Xi meeting “substantially raise the headed by the chairman of the board odds of a deal that gives the US at least a partial victory,” said of directors Mona Almoayyed and CEO Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell and China of Ebdaa Bank Dr Khaled Al Ghazzawi, specialist. participated in the forum that was Given the tight deadline imposed by the 90-day truce -- leav- attended by African Microfinance ing them just a month to reach a deal -- analysts say it is not network, development specialists, realistic to expect more than a partial agreement with modest development partners, media, AGFUND objectives. Prize Committee, and the prize winners. But the US side has more far reaching objectives, and de- The forum hosted a symposium mands China end its unfair trade practices, including the al- followed by the annual award ceremony leged “theft” of American technological know-how, including of AGFUND’s International Prize for forced transfer of intellectual property, hacking, and massive Pioneering Human Development state intervention in markets. While Trump insisted this week he would only sign a “real deal” that addressed these grievances, Washington could bump up against the soaring ambitions Beijing laid out in its “Made in China 2025” strategic plan. Serious progress? Launched a little over three years ago, the plan aims to make the Asian giant a global leader in crucial emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and alternative-energy vehicles. For China, meeting Washington’s demands would amount to altering its economic strategy and lessening the role of the state in the economy, something Western analysts say is unthinkable. Beijing “has identified a whole range of industries that are strategically important and they want to use all the resources of the state to ensure that Chinese companies excel and become world leaders,” the American Chamber of Commerce in China said in a statement. Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) President Dr Abdulrahman Jawahery with a number of Executive Management, Deputy Labour Union Chairman Still, some Chinese experts say Trump’s demands are not and staff members who have been promoted to Supervisory positions. Dr Jawahery congratulated the employees and urged them to keep abreast with the latest totally out of the question. Compared with other possible demands, such as greater press and Internet freedoms and labor rights, “his list of structural reforms is only a minimal plan of action,” Wu Qian, a lecturer in political science at Tsinghua University, told AFP. The two countries should be able to strike a bargain, or at ASBB opens Express Banking Business Center least a preliminary agreement, he said. But for the moment, “there is little evidence of any serious progress,” said Edward Alden, a trade policy analyst at the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations. Alden said US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer faces an even trickier task as Trump has described the expected accord as “by far the largest trade deal ever made.” The American president has set “considerably” higher expec- tations for Lighthizer by calling for an historic achievement, Alden said. And by taking a central role, with a summit expected by the end of next month, Trump is likewise created a perilous situation for himself. Should the final product fall short of his express ambitions, Trump could erode support from his political base and “there will be a tremendous negative market reaction,” Alden said.

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Britain would regret UK studios count Brexit costs London, United Kingdom no-deal Brexit : Clark ould it possibly be game over for the bright minds behind “Grand Theft Auto” and other Cglobal gaming hits? UK developers have been quietly churning out May has promised video games like the urban crime smash series • for decades to great critical acclaim -- and com- another Brexit mercial gain. vote by Feb. 14. Britons created the “Lara Croft: Tomb Raid- er” sensation and are rolling out ev - Britain is due to leave er-more ambitious projects that can the• EU on March 29 be zapped to phones around the world on next-generation 5G networks. Reuters | London But veterans such as Nick Button-Brown fear that ritain would permanent- Britain’s planned March ly regret leaving the Eu- 29 split from the Eu - Bropean Union without ropean Union could a deal, and parliament needs shatter an industry to reach a decision to stop this that attracts world in the next two weeks, busi - talent and push - ness secretary Greg Clark es technological said in a newspaper interview boundaries. yesterday. “The gaming in - Clark’s comments in The Britain’s Secretary of State for Business Greg Clark leaves Downing Street in dustry is very vulner- Times come as the paper re - London able to Brexit,” But- ported government documents ton-Brown told AFP in warning Britain’s transport sys- businesses that said they would at all levels decrease or become the computer screen-filled tem could get overwhelmed af- be reluctant to ship goods to overwhelmed,” the document office of a London startup ter a no-deal Brexit, while The Japan or South Korea if it was offering guidance to officials called Payload Studios. Guardian said officials feared unclear whether they would working in a planned emergen- Brexit could see Britain pull mountains of rotting waste and face tariffs when they arrived. cy response centre said. up its drawbridges: European animal slurry. “People say ‘Things are al- The Department for Trans- workers will not find it as easy Britain is due to leave the EU ways decided at the 59th min- port did not immediately re- to move to come here and data on March 29, but members of ute of the 11th hour’. But it’s spond to a request for comment. adequacy rules that unite the parliament last month com- important to understand where Separately, the Guardian said remaining 27 bloc members in prehensively rejected the exit ‘the wire’ is. The wire is not the environment officials were a single market may no longer Payload Studios’ strategic advisor Nick Button-Brown poses photograph at deal Prime Minister Theresa 29th of March,” Clark said. worried that Britain would apply. the gaming company’s offices in north London May reached with Brussels, and Britain’s transport ministry struggle to export waste as well Little can be more disruptive to Brussels this week turned down is preparing for the knock-on as livestock, leading to growing a business built on the free flow of May’s request for renegotiation. impact of a no-deal Brexit over- mounds of rubbish and slurry. information and ideas. Without a deal Britain risked whelming the transport system, “Odours will obviously be an “I could hire the best people major disruption to trade with according to a leaked document issue as the stockpiled waste from across the EU and I could the EU, cutting British business in The Times. putrefies,” an internal email bring them over to work with my out of pan-European supply There have been widespread cited by the Guardian said. teams,” Button-Brown said. chains, Clark warned. predictions of traffic gridlock Farmers unable to export “I can’t do that anymore.” “If we make what I think on key roads in southeast Eng- sheep and cattle “may have would be a mistake that we land due to customs checks on problems with slurry storage Freedom of movement would regret for ever, it would trucks trying to cross the Eng- capacity and insufficient land Gaming is a 3-billion-pound be in the history books just like lish Channel at Dover, Europe’s spreading capability”, the email ($3.9-billion, 3.4-billion-euro) in- the achievements of the first in- busiest ferry port. also warned. An Environment dustry that employs 20,000 peo- dustrial revolution,” Clark said. The impacts “could fall across Agency spokesman said a pro- ple across the UK. Parliament needed to ap - every transport mode ... and cess was in place to ensure Data from 2017 show EU nation- prove a deal by the middle of could grow exponentially as ... waste could still be exported als accounting for 34 per cent of this month, he added, citing the capabilities of responders after a no-deal Brexit. that workforce. Around 1,350 of the 2,261 British gaming com - panies have at least one foreign employee. Vincent Scheurer is particularly US job growth surges in January worried because he runs a small An employee from the British gaming company Payload Studios’ works at firm that relies on a tight-knit their desk at the company’s north London offices Washington, United States | team of just 26. Larger companies can absorb the cost -- estimated at $10,000 or more -- of visas and the moving S job creation had anoth- expenses of top-tier workers hired from outside the EU. Uer blockbuster month in Smaller ones such as Scheurer’s rely heavily on EU talent because of the bloc’s freedom of January, blowing past the gov- movement rules. ernment shutdown, but that But London and Brussels have still not agreed the terms of Britain’s departure and time is fast disruption helped to push the running out as the March 29 deadline looms. unemployment rate higher, the The dreaded “no-deal Brexit” -- a cliff-edge scenario everyone wants to avoid -- would see Lon- Labour Department reported don slap the same tough visa rules on EU nationals as it does on those looking from Asia or Africa. Friday. “We recruit internationally. At the moment, anyone from the EU can come and work with us, Employers added 304,000 but it’s very hard for us as a small business to recruit from outside the EU,” Scheurer said. net new positions last month -- “If those rules now get extended to the EU as well, it’s going to make our job of recruiting much the highest in nearly a year and much harder.” almost double what economists had predicted -- while growth ‘Existential risk’ in worker pay held steady above Few markets are as competitive as gaming and the industry’s employees are overwhelming inflation, according to the re- young and mobile. port. Their abilities to code and know what teens want to play on their couches in India or Iran make The new numbers were wel- them hot commodities as far afield as Silicon Valley and the IT hubs of Berlin. come news for President Don- Scheurer says the possibility of the pool of labour he can choose from shrinking overnight an ald Trump, whose already-low “existential risk”. public approval rating suffered Creative Assembly studio director Tim Heaton agrees. in the wake of the longest gov- “Our industry is culturally global, with the products we create, the people behind them and the ernment shutdown in US his- players we bring together,” said Heaton. tory. A worker delivers food in Washington, DC. “A no-deal Brexit is a barrier to the UK’s role in this, and unfortunately there is no one clear “Those numbers were very action that will protect studios from its impact.” impressive,” he said at the White House. “Other countries However, the five-week gov- lower than the 312,000 posi- Dystopian future in other areas are not doing well ernment shutdown -- the re- tions initially reported. The video game market is already enormous and is set to get even bigger when 5G networks start and we are doing fantastically sult of an impasse between the While the partial shutdown bringing cinematic gaming experiences to the palm of your hand at the blink of an eye. well.” president and Congress over his of the federal government be- But a no-deal Brexit could could also see EU countries block Britons’ access to streaming and The construction, health plans for a wall on the US-Mex- tween December and January other phone services. care, hospitality and retail sec- ico border -- was at least partly idled 800,000 government Even a negotiated exit could force UK companies to comply with a whole new set of EU data tors added tens of thousands of responsible for an uptick in the workers, the Labor Department rules that carry additional costs and create bureaucratic hassle. workers, another sign that the jobless rate to 4.0 percent, the still counted furloughed em- Yet the doom and gloom is paying some dividends. robust labor market remains a highest in seven months. ployees -- who would receive Developer Tim Constant said Brexit inspired him to create a game about a dystopian future in fundamental source of strength And hiring in December was back pay -- as employed, leaving which England turns insular and disenchanted. with the US economy expected revised sharply downward to the monthly job creation num- “It’s definitely therapeutic,” said Constant. “What else could I do?” to slow in 2019. a still-strong 222,000, but far bers unaffected. 13 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019

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Movie Review Aquaman: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard save series from drowning

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Tye Sheridan, Mel Beyonce, Jay-Z offer Gibson to star in lifetime concert tickets ‘Black Files’ for fans who go vegan Los Angeles

usic superstars Beyonce and Los Angeles MJay-Z are of- fering fans a chance to ctors Mel Gibson and win free tickets for life to Tye Sheridan are in their concerts in exchange Afinal negotiations to for adopting a vegan star in Blacklist screenplay diet for a month. Jay-Z “Black Flies” by Ryan King, The “Lemonade” based on the novel by Shan- singer announced the contest to her non Burke. 123 million Instagram followers late on Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, Wednesday in support of the Green- Bradley Cooper who last helmed the criti- print Project, which encourages peo- cally acclaimed “A Prayer ple to reduce their environmental Before Dawn”, will direct it, footprint by eating plant-based to perform with reports variety.com meals. Sheridan will also be a Beyonce pledged to eat plant- producer on the film with based breakfasts and go meatless on production slated to begin Mondays, while Jay-Z is promising to Gaga at Oscars second quarter, 2019. eat two plant-based meals a day. “Black Flies” is the sto- The Los Angeles the ceremony: “Shallow”, “I’ll ry of a young paramedic, project is the fight”; “The place where lost Ollie Cross, navigating his brainchild of Be- Star Is Born” actors go” and “When a cowboy trades first year on the job. He’s yonce’s personal trainer, Marco Bradley Cooper and his spurs for wings”. partnered with Rutkovsky, Borges, who published his “The “ALady Gaga will per- Cooper made his directorial an experienced medic who Greenprint” book in December 30 form on the Oscar-nominated debut with “A Star Is Born”, thrusts Ollie into the harsh explaining his plant-based diet years will be the song “Shallow” at the 91st Acad- which is based on the epon- realities of New York’s in- and exercise plan. The singer and period in which fans emy Awards. ymous 1937 film, which was ner-city streets. can avail tickets for her spouse wrote the introduction official concert tour by The Academy of Motion Pic- directed by William Wellmam. Amidst high crime rates, to the book. Beyonce and/or Jay-Z ture Arts and Sciences tweet- The story revolves around a homelessness, and wide- A study in the journal Science ed the news on Friday, writing fading star who helps a woman spread drug use, Ollie finds last June concluded that avoiding simply: “Cooper. Gaga. ‘Shal- get ahead in her career when his perspective on life and meat and dairy products would low’. Oscars”, reports ew.com his own career is spiraling death beginning to shift. be the biggest way to reduce the environmental impact on The move was widely expect- downward. Beyonce the planet because of reduced irrigation of farmland, animal ed, and means that four of the The 91st Academy Awards emissions, food processing and transport. five nominees for Best Origi- will be held on February 24 Billie Eilish’s debut Under the contest rules, one fan will get a pair of tickets nal Song have now been con- here and will air in India on to one official concert tour by Beyonce and/or Jay-Z for firmed for performances during Star Movies. album to release on the next 30 years. March 29 Los Angeles

When inger Billie Eilish’s de- Bowie Sbut album “When We All ‘Mission: Impossible’ sequels Fall Asleep, Where Do We became Jennifer Go?” will release on March get official release dates Connelly’s real hero 29. Los Angeles Earlier this week, she had London Actor Tom Cruise will also be released a new song and back as IMF agent Ethan Hunt. video titled “Bury a friend”. he next two “Mission: Im- Jim Gianopulos, Chairman and ctress Jennifer Connelly says Talking about the album, possible” sequels will re- CEO of Paramount Pictures, said: singer David Bowie “became a Eilish said in a statement to Tlease in 2021 and 2022. “We couldn’t be more excited to Areal hero” of hers after they did IANS: “When we made ‘Bury Paramount Pictures has set late build on the massive success of “Labyrinth” together. a friend’ the whole album summer release dates for the next ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’ by During her appearance clicked in my head. I im - two instalments of the film fran- re-teaming with Chris and Tom on “The Graham Nor- mediately knew what it was chise, reports variety.com. on these next two films, ton Show”, the former going to be about, what the The studio on Friday an - following two successful child model said: “I visuals were going to be, and nounced that the seventh collaborations.” was not cool enough everything in terms of how film in the series will be re- “Mission: Impossi- to get what working I wanted it to be perceived. leased on July 23, 2021, and ble - Fallout” grossed with him really meant. “It inspired what the al- the eighth film will open on more than $790 million It was probably a good thing Bowie bum is about. ‘Bury a friend’ August 5, 2022. worldwide, the best that I wasn’t. After working is literally from the perspec- Christopher McQuar- haul in the six-film with him, he became a real hero of mine tive of the monster under rie is returning to direct franchise to date. because he was so kind to me. I was a my bed. If you put yourself both films from his 14-year-old kid and knew nothing.” in that mindset, what is this own scripts. The “Hulk” star said Bowie, who creature doing or feeling?” died in January 2016 at the age of The 17-year-old also joked 69 following a battle with cancer, saying: “I’m this monster, was “funny” and “gracious” because I’m my own worst on set and ever since they enemy. I might be the mon- Cruise worked together she ster under your bed too.” has loved his music, “When We All Fall Asleep, reports female- Where Do We Go?” was first.co.uk. written, produced and re- corded entirely by Eilish. Schwarzenegger ‘very happy’ about son’s bodybuilding ambitions Los Angeles cause I said to him, ‘It’s impor- seph to make sure he gets an tant to take care of your body, education, he is also supportive ctor Arnold Schwarzeneg- train hard, if you’re passion- of his bodybuilding ambitions, ger is “very happy” as his ate about that, but also study reports femalefirst.co.uk. A21-year-old son Joseph hard, because the key is to get He added: “Yeah, yeah, he is Baena is following in his body- your business degree at Pep- very serious about this whole building footsteps. perdine’,” Schwarzenegger told thing. He wants to compete in one “He’s very serious about it Extra. of the classic physique competi- For Reservations, Call:Umm Al Hassam 17728699 Seef District 17364999 and I’m very happy about it be- Schwarzenegger wants Jo- Arnold and Joseph tions... He’s training very hard.” SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 15

GIB partners with Saudi golf Sri Lanka chase big total tournament TDT | Manama

Dimuth Karunaratne ulf International Bank • G(GIB) is the golf part- taken to hospital ner of the inaugural Sau - after suffering nasty KNOW WHAT di International powered head blow from Pat by SBIA. The tournament Cummins’ bouncer marks the first time the Eu- ropean Tour is being held in the Kingdom, where the Kurtis Patterson Australia’s batsmen • had managed just one third leg of the prestigious notches maiden Test century in the past 12 ‘Middle East Swing’ is being century as Australia months before arriving played. drive home advantage The Saudi Internation- in Canberra, where al powered is taking place Joe Burns (180), Travis from 31st January to 3rd • Sri Lanka trail by Head (161) and Patter- February at Royal Greens 411 runs with 7 wickets son ended the drought Golf & Country Club in remaining in the innings in emphatic fashion to King Abdullah Economic stake their claims for City. The event has attract- ed some of the world’s fin- AFP | Canberra, Australia Ashes selection est golfers. This includes son was not out 114 and Paine four of the world’s top five pener Dimuth Karuna- on 45 at the declaration with golfers, eight players from ratne was rushed to hos- Vishwa Fernando the pick of the last year’s Ryder Cup and Opital after a frightening Sri Lankan bowlers with 3-126. no fewer than seven Major blow by a bouncer yesterday as After being dropped on his champions. Sri Lanka chased a massive Aus- Dimuth Karunaratne falls to the floor after being struck on the head by a Pat Cummins bouncer first ball, Patterson, who earned The Saudi International tralian first innings total built on a debut in the first Test at Bris- powered by SBIA, with its the back of three centuries. weathered the new-ball attack his bat as Australian players ran It clearly unsettled bane after hitting 157 and 102 $3.5 million purse, is one In overcast conditions, the led by under-pressure Mitchell to assist. Thirimanne who fell to spinner for a Cricket Australia XI in a of six tournaments to be home team resumed day two Starc. A doctor and physio sprint- Nathan Lyon for 41 in the next warm-up against Sri Lanka, nev- played on the Arabian Pen- of the second Test in Canberra On a flat Manuka Oval ed onto the ground and called over, caught by Usman Khawaja er looked back. insula. on 384 for four and extended track Karunaratne and Lahi- for more medics and after some at slip. The New South Welshman their lead to a massive 534 for ru Thirimanne saw off some 10 minutes, he was put on a Cummins then clean-bowled shored up his credentials ahead five when skipper Tim Paine lightning quick deliveries and a stretcher and taken off the field Kusal Mendis for six and when of an Ashes tour to England lat- declared. bouncer barrage and had built on a golf buggy. captain Dinesh Chandimal er this year by bringing up his Sports Day meeting At stumps, Sri Lanka were 123 an 82-run stand before disaster Cricket Australia said he com- gloved a Starc ball to Paine be- maiden hundred with a drive to for three in reply with struck. plained of pain in the neck and hind the stumps for 15, the tour- mid-off for three after starting set for today Kusal Perera on 11 and Playing in his 58th Test, tingling to the hands and was ists were in trouble. the day on 25. Dhananjaya de Silva Karunaratne was 46 not out ferried to hospital. “We lost a couple of wickets “It’s another nice milestone. TDT | Manama not out one. when a rising Pat Cum - Coach Chandika Hathurus- afterwards so it was definite- I’ve played that innings in my Paine’s declaration mins ball glanced off his ingha said later he was in “good ly a distraction.” admitted Ha- mind ever since I was a little he fourth meeting of looked premature giv- shoulder and onto his hel- spirits” and “in no danger”. thurusingha. boy,” said Patterson. Tthe organizing com- en the ease with which met, close to the neck area. “It hit on the back of the neck “More importantly, it just put mittee of the 2019 Bahrain Sri Lanka’s He slumped to the so he is being assessed,” he add- From drought to flood the team in a position to win Sports Day – scheduled for openers ground, dropping ed. The impressive Kurtis Patter- another Test match.” February 12 – is scheduled for today at the Regency Inter-Continental Hotel in Manama. A number of subjects on I want Bale to perform how he knows he can: Solari the meeting agenda will be discussed today, including AFP | Madrid widen further. “We have already won the the programmes and ac - Bale has just come back after Club World Cup and we come tivities to be organized by antiago So- three weeks out with a calf inju- into this period in good form, national sports federations Slari has chal- ry but his return to the starting I want him to with energy, with the whole during the event, as well lenged Gareth line-up is not guaranteed, given squad available, except (Jesus) as the plans of the North- Bale to hit top his team have won six out of perform how he Vallejo, who is about to come ern and Southern Gover- form ahead of their last seven matches. knows he can, like he back. norates, the media cover- what could prove “The spotlight is always on did in the Club World “We face this run of games age plan and any proposed a defining period in Gareth,” Solari said at a press Cup and against with absolute tranquility.” ideas from the committee Real Madrid’s sea- conference yesterday. “But I see Roma Madrid were thrashed 5-1 by members. son. him focused, connected, plugged SANTIAGO SOLARI Barcelona in their last outing With the countdown Madrid face a dou - in. at the Camp Nou in October, for the third edition of the ble-header against Bar- “I want him to perform how a match that led to Julen Lo - sports day already started, celona in the Copa del he knows he can, like he did in He insists, however, that Ma- petegui being sacked and Solari the organizing committee Rey semi-finals in the next the Club World Cup and against drid are used to big matches installed as his replacement. is putting the final touch- month, as well as two legs Roma. He is an important player coming thick and fast at this Asked how his team have es before the event takes against Ajax in the last 16 of for us and I think he is deter- stage of the season. progressed in the three months place at different parts of the Champions League. mined to do well.” “We are used to it, this team since, Solari said: “We are in a the kingdom, including the Gareth After Alaves today, they also Madrid meet Barcelona in the has experience of this at this very good moment. The players main sports village locat- Bale play city rivals Atletico Madrid first leg of the Copa del Rey on time of year,” Solari said. are training well, enthusiastic, it ed at Isa Sports City near in La Liga before a third Clasico Wednesday, three days after the “First, you have to reach this is down to them. the National Stadium in at the start of March. Madrid are game against Alaves, but Solari stage in all three competitions, “They are a family, they say it Riffa. 10 points adrift of Barca already was reluctant to divert focus to the aim is to keep all of them themselves, and I think they are and cannot afford to let the gap the contest at the Camp Nou. open. doing phenomenally well.” Sports management course concludes

Playgrounds initiative launched at Muharraq Governorate TDT | Manama

in a football game. group of sports rep - TDT | Manama Late on, Askar, along with the Aresentatives recently rest of the visiting members, completed a sports man- n initiative, aimed at pro- handed over footballs, donated agement course, organ- Amoting different sports by the Bahrain Olympic Com- ized by the Bahrain Olym- within Bahrain’s tradition- mittee, to the players, in an at- pic Committee’s ( BOC) al playgrounds, was officially tempt to encourage them to con- Bahrain Olympic Acad - launched at Muharraq Gover- tinue play their favourite sports emy at its premises in norate. during school free time. Juffair. This first-of-its-kind gesture, Al Dosari, the present coach The six-day course, titled ‘Al Firjan Playgrounds’, of the Bahrain junior team, ex- which got underway on is the brainchild of Shaikh pressed happiness to be part of January 26, saw represent- Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Al Firjan Playgrounds officials with young players this plan, an initiative which atives of national sports representative of His Majesty Attending the launching event rahman Askar. national football players Hamad reflects the dedication of Shaikh clubs and associations, the King for Charity Works and in Muharraq were Supreme He was joined by represent- Mohammed and Rashid Al Dos- Nasser and support to the Bah- youth centres and Univer- Youth Affairs, Supreme Council Council for Youth and Sports atives of BOC Mohammed Lori sary, who made a surprise visit raini youth, and it would con- sity of Bahrain’s physical for Youth and Sports Chairman, assistant secretary general and and Mohammed Al Remaili, to playgrounds in Al Hidd, Al tribute to the revival of Al Firjan education and physio - and Bahrain Olympic Commit- Bahrain Olympic Committee Bahrain Football Association’s Nuaim and Al Salata, and wit- playgrounds which almost dis- therapy department in the tee President. (BOC) secretary general Abdul- Hasan Ismail and former inter- nessed young athletes compete appeared In recent years. fray. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2019 16 Spurs climb above City English Premiere League Son Heung-min Tottenham 1 - 0 Newcastle United strikes• late against Brighton 0 - 0 Watford Newcastle to send Burnley 1 - 1 Southampton Spurs second Chelsea 5 - 0 Huddersfield Town Crystal Palace 2 - 0 Fulham Hazard and Higuain Everton 1 - 3 Wolverhampton maul• Huddersfield as Chelsea end their Italian Serie A wobble in style Empoli 2 - 2 Chievo Napoli 2 - 0 Sampdoria AFP | London German Bundesliga on Heung-min struck late 1. FC Nurnberg 1 - 1 SV Werder Bremen to fire Tottenham into sec- Sond place in the Premier Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 - 1 FC Bayern München League yesterday as Gonzalo Eintracht Frankfurt 1 - 1 Borussia Dortmund Higuain opened his account for Hertha BSC 0 - 1 VfL Wolfsburg Chelsea in a five-goal rout at Stamford Bridge. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 1 - 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf Spurs looked to be heading Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean striker Son Heung-Min (L) shoots to score the opening goal for their first league draw of the Spanish La Liga season at Wembley but Son’s Sunday. An incredible clearance off the to be in some position like today 83rd-minute goal earned Mau- Chelsea beat bottom side Hud- line from Fabian Schar denied to convince ourselves about our Levante 0 - 0 Getafe ricio Pochettino’s men a hard- dersfield 5-0 thanks to two goals what seemed a certain goal for capacity or potential. We believe Real Sociedad 2 - 1 Athletic Club fought 1-0 win over Newcastle apiece from Higuain and Eden Christian Eriksen and Fernando in ourselves.” *Scores as of closing and enabled them to leapfrog Hazard and a late header from Llorente then looped a golden And the Argentine lauded Manchester City, who play on David Luiz as they returned em- headed chance high and wide. Son’s stamina since he returned phatically to goalscoring form. But Son again stepped up to from the Asian Cup. third straight Premier League 2016/17 champions rediscover Tottenham are now just four the mark, just as he did with “Sonny is like a battery that defeat, went ahead in the 16th their sharpness in front of goal. points behind leaders Liverpool, an equaliser against Watford in you have that you work, work, minute through Higuain and Elsewhere, struggling Fulham It is a massive result who are in action at West Ham midweek, to compensate for the work, work but when the battery doubled their lead with an Haz- were unable to recapture the on Monday, but just as signifi- injured Harry Kane’s absence is gone, it’s gone,” he said. ard penalty on the stroke of half- spirit of their dramatic midweek to be in a very good cantly they consolidated their with his 14th goal of the season. time. comeback against Brighton, los- position in the table. position in the top four after The South Korean had a help- Higuain double Both players scored again ing 2-0 to Crystal Palace. We don’t need to be their 19th win in 25 matches. ing hand from Newcastle goal- Chelsea manager Maurizio midway through the second half Wolves consolidated their po- in some position like Spurs enjoyed more than 70 keeper Martin Dubravka, who Sarri admitted before the match and Luiz made it 5-0 with a late sition in seventh place by beating today to convince percent possession but faced a let Son’s powerful effort slip be- against bottom side Hudders- strike as Chelsea returned to Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park, ourselves about our dogged Newcastle, buoyed by a neath his grasp to undo all his field that he had found it hard the top four at the expense of while Southampton conceded a capacity or potential. stunning 2-1 win over Manches- side’s good work. to get any rest since Wednes- Arsenal. penalty deep into added time to ter City in midweek that carried “It is a massive result to be in a day’s humiliating 4-0 defeat at Higuain, 31, was signed on draw 1-1 at Burnley. The match We believe in ourselves the Magpies five points clear of very good position in the table,” Bournemouth. loan until the end of the sea - between Brighton and Watford MAURICIO POCHETTINO the relegation zone. said Pochettino. “We don’t need His side, seeking to avoid a son from Juventus to help the finished goalless.

Australia, Germany, Italy grab Davis Cup finals berths

AFP | Paris Germany, who won the last of three titles in 1993, eased to ormer champions Aus- a 3-0 victory over Hungary as Ftralia, Germany and Italy Jan-Lennard Struff and Tim punched tickets to the Davis Puetz strolled to a 6-2, 6-3 dou- Cup finals yesterday, while Ja- bles triumph. pan rallied from a 2-1 deficit as World number three Al - Taro Daniel won the decisive exander Zverev had crushed rubber to overcome China. Peter Nagy on Friday to put Australia romped to a 4-0 the Germans within touch- rout of Bosnia and Herze - ing distance of the finals after govina in Adelaide, as John Philipp Kohlschreiber opened HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of HM the King for Charity and Youth Affairs, President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Peers and Jordan Thompson the tie in Frankfurt by outlast- President of Bahrain Olympic Committee and Captain of Bahrain Royal Endurance Team during the International Endurance Championship which took place in Al clinched the tie with a 7-5, ing Zsombor Piros 6-7 (8/6), Ula Governorate in Saudi Arabia. HH Shaikh Nasser finished fifth in the event which featured 254 competitors from all over the world. HH Shaikh Nasser hailed the 6-1 defeat of Mirza Basic and 7-5, 6-4. performances shown by Bahrain Royal Endurance Team and underlined that the success of the event is a source of pride for all the participants Tomislav Brkic in the doubles. Andreas Seppi guided It- Teenager Alexei Popyrin, in aly into the finals of the re - his Davis Cup debut, followed vamped competition after the up with a 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) win 1976 champions dispatched over Nerman Fatic, while the India 3-1. Bayern crash at Leverkusen as Dortmund go seven-points clear fifth match was not played. Seppi brushed aside India’s number one Prajnesh Gun- AFP | Berlin neswaran 6-1, 6-4 in the first reverse singles tie on Kolkata’s efending champions Bayern grass court after India avoid- DMunich crashed to a shock ed a whitewash by taking the 3-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen doubles. on Saturday, allowing Borussia KNOW WHAT Italy, who had led 2-0, over- Dortmund to extend their lead night were forced to extend at the top of the Bundesliga ta- the encounter after Simone ble to seven points. Bayern had their Bolelli and Matteo Berrettini Superb second-half goals by seven-match winning lost to Rohan Bopanna and Di- Leverkusen’s Leon Bailey, Kevin vij Sharan 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Volland and Lucas Alario inflict- streak in the league Japan fought back after ed only a fourth league defeat ended dropping the doubles to sweep this season on second-placed the reverse singles in Guang- Bayern as Dortmund added a between two defenders to head zhou as Daniel clinched the point to their lead despite draw- home his fourth goal in three final point with a tense 6-3, 6-7 ing 1-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern Munich’s German midfielder Leon Goretzka scores games on 41 minutes for a su- (4/7), 6-3 victory over Li Zhe. Bayern had their seven-match furious penalty appeals. When Leverkusen winger Ju- perb box-to-box goal. Yoshihito Nishioka thrashed winning streak in the league Bayern’s in-form midfield- lian Brandt broke clear, it was It should have been 2-0 at Australia’s Jordan Thompson serves Wu Yibing 6-2, 6-0 to level the ended abruptly and lived dan- er Leon Goretzka showed why Goretzka who sprinted back to the break to Bayern as Robert during the Davis Cup men’s double tie after Gong Mao-Xin and gerously early on at Leverkusen, head coach Niko Kovac has to win the ball. Lewandowski put the ball in tennis match against Bosnia and Zhang Ze edged Ben McLa- whose forward Kevin Volland start him in his star-studded Bayern countered quickly Leverkusen’s net, but the video Herzegovina’s Tomislav Brkic and chlan and Yasutaka Uchiyama fired a shot off Mats Hummels line-up with a superb opening and, with Leverkusen failing assistant referee ruled the effort Mirza Basic 5-7, 7-5, 6-4. arm, but the referee waved away goal. to get back, Goretzka sprinted marginally offside.