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Thursday, March 30, 2017 3 Public outcry against ‘rising’ traffic fines Muhannad Mansour/DTNN within 30pc then the fine is and benefit from all traffic General Directorate of Traffic [email protected] BD50 and if it is paid within e-services. and then log in the e-key or a week, the amount is reduced To activate the contact register for a new account. Manama to BD25. If the speed limit is number, log into the portal After that update the contact m Ahmed, a Bahraini crossed by more than 30pc, http://www.bahrain.bh and number and email address to woman, got a shock of the fine increases to BD100 select the services of the start receiving the service. herU life when she was asked and could be slashed to BD50 to pay an accumulated traffic if it is paid within a week,” Traffic policemen in disguise fine of BD2000 recently. Um Captain Bugais clarified in a picture that was Ahmed is not alone. Several statement issued yesterday. A widely shared online, people in the Kingdom are He added that the speed apparently showing traffic receiving hefty bills to pay Col Shaikh Abdulrahman Capt. Bugais limits have been determined police personnel in a traffic fines, raising a public by the Works, Municipalities civilian vehicle. outcry against the ever- in fines that accumulated in doesn’t discriminate between Affairs and Urban Planning Gaining more than increasing traffic penalty. a year. citizens and foreigners and Ministry for the safety of road 250 retweets on Twitter, The matter was intensively She said that the fines were isn’t targeting anyone. users, in accordance to the the picture was shared by discussed during the past two for crossing the speed limit nature of the roads. Bahraini netizens, social weeks in different local media and that she wasn’t informed Speed limits Colonel Shaikh workers, columnists and platforms, including the about them in advance. The In response to the resentment Abdulrahman bin former parliamentarians, official radio channel. woman also claimed that she about traffic fines, Legal Abdulwahab Al Khalifa who alleged that traffic Local columnists and may have crossed the speed Affairs Acting Head at has called upon drivers to policemen are hiding to bloggers expressed their limit by one Km per hour, the General Directorate of register online for the SMS detect the traffic violations resentment about the new describing fining her for it as Traffic Captain Khalid Bugais notifications system to be instead of raising awareness traffic points system which “injustice”. asserted that drivers should updated about their offences among drivers. came into effect in February General Director of Traffic stick to the speed limit signs 2016, and fines violating Colonel Shaikh Abdulrahman on roads to avoid violating drivers in accordance with the bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa the rules. repetition of driving offences. had clarified in a statement “Crossing the speed limits In a call to Bahrain Radio, earlier that crossing the in accordance with article 50 Bahraini Um Ahmed told that speed limit by one per cent of the traffic law is divided she was shocked to discover is considered an offence. He to two categories. In case that she had to pay BD2000 asserted that the directorate of exceeding the speed limit Art expo to promote peace DT News Network April 2 at IPI, MENA Office, Ebrahim Bussad. Manama 51-52 Harbour House (5th The ‘Art for Peace’ he International Peace floor), Bahrain Financial exhibition is aimed at Institute for the Middle East Harbour.The exhibition fostering the culture of andT North Africa (IPI, MENA) will showcase art works by peace through inspiration and will host an exhibition of ‘Art prominent painters, inspired creativity. All artworks will for Peace’ in collaboration with by the pressing need to remain under the custody of Wedad Al Bakr, a prominent promote the culture of peace. the IPI MENA as tokens of the Saudi Artist and peace activist. Prominent artists whose works artists’ attachment to peace in Several other artists from the will be showcased include the region and beyond. region will also participate in Mayasa Al Sowaidi, Zakeya The event will be the expo. Zada, Dawiya Ebrahim, Thajba attended by senior officials, Held as part of the Culture Najeeb, Wedad Al Bakr, Ali diplomats, artists, civil society of Peace Project, the exhibition Almahmeed, Abbas Almosawi, representatives and media will take place at 11:00 am on Abderrazak Hamouda and professionals. Bahrain attends nuke safety meet DT News Network Dr. Jassim Al Mehza and Kingdom’s authorities to Manama Ahmed Hussein attended implement the provisions of ahrain participated in the the meeting, representing the agreement. 7th review meeting of Health and Interior ministries, The report also includes the Bthe contracting parties to the respectively. The meeting was laws and resolutions issued in Convention on Nuclear Safety, chaired by Mina Golshan of the the field of radiation protection, whose activities kicked off in United Kingdom, Kawandi of in addition to the development Vienna on March 27 and are India as Vice-Chairmen, Tressa of the Integrated National expected to run until April 7. of the United States of America Security Support Plan and Joint Foreign Ministry as coordinator and John of GCC Cooperation and the part Undersecretary Abdullah Canada as Rapporteur of the of the National Committee on Abdullatif Abdullah, also Group. The undersecretary the Prohibition of Weapons of Chairman of the National reviewed Bahrain’s report, Mass Destruction in this field, Committee on the Prohibition of which includes the procedures pointing out that Bahrain does Weapons of Mass Destruction, and measures taken by the not have any nuclear facilities. .

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