GREAT RATES ON MONEY TRANSFER AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE GUARANTEED! Tel: 1722 8888 www.bfc.com.bh Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Issue No. 7306 200 Fils www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh Premier to visit JO3082_BFC_Flag_Globe_DT_Hamper_6.7cmX8.5cm_Flag.inddQatar soon 1 2/1/17 2:59 PM DT News Network bin Hamad Al Thani, during by the Cabinet Secretary- about the official visit of Focus on agriculture Manama his visit. Prime Minister’s Qatar General, Dr. Yasser bin Isa Al Crown Prince to Kuwait, At the meeting, the Prime is Royal Highness Prime visit comes at the invitation of Nasser, said. lauding the strong fraternal Minister highlighted the Minister Prince Khalifa Father Amir, Shaikh Hamad The Cabinet session chaired relations between the two importance of developing binH Salman Al Khalifa will visit bin Khalifa Al Thani. by HRH Prime Minister was countries. the agricultural sector and Qatar soon. This was disclosed During the visit HRH attended by HRH Prince The session also stressed the gave directives to encourage by the Prime Minister at the Premier will broaden the Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, importance of visits by leaders exhibitions to market Bahrain’s regular weekly Cabinet session Bahraini-Qatari cooperation, the Crown Prince, Deputy and senior officials of the Gulf national products and boost held at the Gudaibiya Palace exchange views on issues Supreme Commander and Cooperation Council countries investment in the sector. yesterday. of common interest and First Deputy Premier. in enhancing joint cooperation In this context, the Cabinet Prince Khalifa will meet the discuss the latest regional The Prime Minister so as to be able to face regional lauded Bahrain International Qatari Amir, Shaikh Tamim developments, said a statement also informed the Cabinet challenges. Gardens Show held recently. Nod for ‘Moonlight’ shines at Oscars Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa with Crown Prince during the Cabinet meeting held at Gudaibiya Palace yesterday DT News Network The new pipeline will have 42km is subsea and 73km on Manama a capacity of 360,000 bpd. The land, will raise the transport he weekly Cabinet meeting 115-kilometre, 24-30-inch capacity from the current Theld yesterday approved diameter pipeline, will run 230,000 barrels per day 8P 14 a request by the Ministry of from the Abqaiq processing (bpd) to 350,000 bpd, with oil Works, Municipalities Affairs facility in Saudi Arabia to the flexibility to increase to and Urban Planning to acquire Quarriyah and then offshore 400,000 bpd. The project is x land for the $350-million to Al-Jazayir beach and finally jointly managed by Bapco and pipeline AB crude oil pipeline project to Sitra in Bahrain. Nearly Aramco. Unexploded WWII bomb linking Bahrain and Saudi 60km of the pipeline will be The new pipeline is expected detonated at surf mecca Arabia. onshore, while the remaining to open in the first quarter Lisbon Land for the $350-m The new oil pipeline to be 45km will be offshore. of 2018 and dismantling the emining experts built by Saudi Aramco and The new AB pipeline will existing pipeline is expected detonated an operated by Bapco will replace replace the ageing AB-1 to begin in the second half of Dunexploded World War AB crude oil project the existing AB-1 oil pipeline, pipeline, opened in 1945, 2018, according to reports. II bomb caught in the which provides Bapco’s Sitra which runs from Saudi The Cabinet session was fishing nets of a trawler off would be acquired Refinery with feedstock crude Aramco’s Abqaiq plant to chaired by HRH Prime Portugal’s surfing mecca of oil. Bahrain currently imports Sitra Refinery in Bahrain. Minister Prince Khalifa Nazare, navy sources said about 250,000 barrels per day The new 30-inch diameter bin Salman Al Khalifa at yesterday. soon (bpd) of oil from Saudi Arabia. 115-km pipeline, of which Gudaibiya Place. (See page 2) 2 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 First amphibious fuel station to come up in Budaiya village Muhannad Mansour/DTNN the ministry’s keenness on the huge number of fishermen [email protected] fulfilling the growing demand in the area,” Al Dossary said. for fuel stations in all four “This project is the first- Manama governorates of the Kingdom. of-its-kind in the region and he first amphibious fuel Shaikh Mohammed listened would help the amateur and station in the Kingdom to MP Hamad Al Dossary professional sailors. It would willT come up at Budaiya village and Northern Area Municipal save them the hassle and near the north-western coasts Council Member Abdulla Al risk of driving to Saar, filling of the island, DT News has Dossary, who conveyed to him gas in unsafe containers and learnt. The station, which will the necessity of establishing a transporting them back to the serve automobiles and boats, service station in Budaiya area, shore in their private vehicles,” will be established in the next which only has one station he said. two years, according to sources. serving a large population. The municipal Documents of the project Speaking more about the representative added that the were presented yesterday to Oil project to DT News was MP project is a necessity to the Minister Shaikh Mohammed Hamad Al Dossary, who residents of villages on Budaiya bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. It was confirmed that “the minister and Janabiya highways, presented and discussed while welcomed the idea and that it in addition to the newly the minister received the will see the light of day within established Northern City parliamentary and municipal the next two to three years”. MP Hamad Al Dossary, Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Abdulla Al Dossary housing project, which is set representatives of the area “A second fuel station is to open soon in the area and yesterday. During the meeting, needed in the area to serve the Budaiya, Janabiya, Al Jasra and The idea of establishing an reduce pressure on the existing includes hundreds of houses the minister emphasised on villages of Diraz, Bani Jamra, other north-western villages. amphibious station comes to gas station in Saar and to serve and public establishments. Tax sops likely for GCC projects DT News Network to the Ministerial Committee Affairs, in line with the Manama for Legal Affairs. The move is memorandum presented by he Cabinet meeting held in line with the government’s the Interior Minister and the yesterday at Gudaibiya keenness to revise services’ recommendation submitted palaceT discussed a draft work procedures and by the Ministerial Committee proposal on determining the mechanisms to ensure smooth for Financial Affairs and eligibility for customs tariff flow of the implementation of Rationalising Expenditure exemption for development government-funded projects regarding it. projects prepared as per a and programmes. A draft memorandum of resolution adopted by the understanding (MoU) on GCC Financial and Economic Financial disclosure endowments, to be signed Cooperation Committee. The Cabinet meeting has between the ministries and The draft resolution was approved a memorandum departments of endowments referred to the Executive presented by the Minister of and Islamic affairs in GCC Committee, as recommended Justice, Islamic Affairs and countries, was also discussed by the Ministerial Committee Endowments on amending the during the Cabinet meeting. for Financial Affairs and executive bill of the Financial Presented by the Minister of Rationalising Expenditure, Disclosure Law. The session Justice, Islamic Affairs and and presented by the Deputy endorsed a draft decree on Endowments, the draft MoU Premier and Chairman of the amending some provisions was referred to the Ministerial Committee. of the executive bill of the Committee for Legal Affairs. The session also discussed Financial Disclosure Law The session also endorsed a recommendation by the 32/2010, issued by Decree Bahrain-Turkey MoU in Ministerial Committee 82/2012. the field of civil service, and for Urbanisation and The Cabinet also approved commissioned the Minister of Infrastructure on amending a draft edict on determining Finance to sign it on behalf of Article (20) of the Municipalities the categories of fees levied the Kingdom after study of its Law promulgated by Decree- on licenses and services legal aspects by the Ministerial Law 35/2001, and referred it delivered by the Customs Committee for Legal Affairs. his is in response to the Kingdom. the article ‘Panel okays The living expense of proposalT to slap fees on expatriates is on the rise, and expat students’, published the government had hiked on February 26, 2017. The the medical fees earlier Such authorities decision to hike the decisions will seriously affect educational fee of expatriate the expatriate community. Send your comments to students is another blow to [email protected] the expatriate community in Karan Kataria 2 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Tuesday, February 28, 2017 3 First amphibious fuel station Cop who died in to come up in Budaiya village Three men gets jail Muhannad Mansour/DTNN the ministry’s keenness on the huge number of fishermen mishapDT News Network reported. News conflictedlaid shortly before theto accident confirmedrest to DT News that [email protected] fulfilling the growing demand in the area,” Al Dossary said. [email protected] about the relation between occurred. “the accident was not related to for fuel stations in all four “This project is the first- the accident and terror attack, However, a spokesperson the attack and it only coincided for joining terror outfit Manama governorates of the Kingdom. of-its-kind in the region and Manama which targeted a police bus from Interior Ministry to occur on the same location”. DT News Network respectively, while the third he first amphibious fuel Shaikh Mohammed listened would help the amateur and he Bahraini policeman, Manama defendant was given three Tstation in the Kingdom to MP Hamad Al Dossary professional sailors.