FAST, SAFE AND SECURE ONLINE MONEY TRANSFER NOW AVAILABLE ON THE BFC APP Tuesday, February 20 , 2018 Issue No. 7663 200 Fils Tel: 1722 8888 www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh www.bfc.com.bh JO3639_Smart_Money_App_Launch_DT_Hamper_6.7cmX8.5cm.inddWage 1 9/26/17 3:39 PM protection system Kingdom’s privacy law gets more teeth 8P 02 x Finish development projects on time: PM 8P 02 Shaikh Nasser patronises on way RCO annual ceremony Manama he Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) For private sector employees yesterdayT held its annual ceremony to celebrate a DT News Network and First Deputy Prime Minister, at the year of dedicated efforts and Manama Gudaibiya Palace. landmark achievements. he Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister The system was introduced in line HM King’s NAC speech call HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman with the recommendations made by the AlT Khalifa, yesterday initiated a step to Executive Committee, led by His Royal for cementing unity, says PM implement a system that seeks to ensure Highness Crown Prince and First Deputy wage protection and end exploitation of staff Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad is Royal Highness Prime His Highness Shaikh Salman in the private sector. Al Khalifa, to monitor salary payments and Minister Prince Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Under the proposed system, payment of protect the interests of employees in the binH Salman Al Khalifa lauded former ruler of Bahrain, salary to employees in the private sector will private sector. His Majesty King Hamad bin hailing his outstanding role in “Let us have faith that right be allowed only through their bank accounts. Due to be launched in May 2018, and Isa Al Khalifa’s keynote speech modern Bahrain’s progress, as makes might, and in that The scheme will “avoid potential completed in May 2019, the system will marking the 17th Anniversary well as his contributions to faith, let us, to the end, dare problems, as employers in the private sector be applied gradually according to the size of the National Action Charter serving Bahrain and its people to do our duty as we under- will be obliged to credit the salaries of their of the establishment and in consultation (NAC). in various fields. stand it.” -Abraham Lincoln workers to bank accounts, instead of paying with Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and HRH Premier praised the The session commended the #PresidentsDay2018 them in cash”. Industry, as clarified in the memorandum patriotic values and sound opening of the “Shaikh Salman HRH the Premier told the Cabinet that the presented by the Labour and Social directives embedded in HM bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s move would ensure that the private sector Development Minister. the King’s speech, as well as the Mosque”, a milestone named @tim_cook employees are paid “according to schedule.” The session tasked the Labour and noble royal call for cementing after the later ruler of Bahrain HRH the Premier was speaking while Social Development Minister to issue national unity and rejecting as per the directives from HM Today’s Weather chairing the regular weekly Cabinet session, required edicts, and the Central Bank of division. the King, a statement by the attended by His Royal Highness Prince Bahrain (CBB) to increase the number of The Cabinet recalled with Cabinet Secretary-General, Max Min Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown licensed service providers and ATMs in the appreciation and praised the Dr Yasser bin Isa Al Nasser, 23°C 14°C Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander Kingdom. (See page 2) virtues and legacy of the late said. P 03 P 04Capital P 24 Missing 5-year- Governorate, UN old found agencies launch Real safe after hour- ‘Volunteering Madrid long search Passport’ fightback 2 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Privacy law gets more teeth Finish projects on time ackling developmental issues, the Premier urgedT authorities to expedite the implementation of the service and development projects to ensure they are completed on schedule. The Premier was reviewing the progress of the new HRH the Prime Minsiter and HRH the Crown Prince during the Cabinet meeting held yesterday at Gudaibiya Palace health centre in Budaiya, DT News Network to offend them,” the Cabinet the Sa’ada (happiness) Manama statement said. Project in Muharraq and ight to privacy just got The session endorsed a draft the Muharraq Suq Revamp stronger in the Kingdom law stipulating “a jail term of Other major decisions project. withR the Cabinet, chaired not less than three months he session reviewed and other ministries. The Cabinet approved HRH the Prime Minister by Prime Minister HRH and not exceeding one year, progress made The session approved a a proposal to put in place also gave directives to Prince Khalifa bin Salman and a fine between BD100 and byT Kingdom in the draft-law on ratifying the guiding signs for differently enhance the aesthetic Al Khalifa, yesterday issuing BD 500” for posting private implementation of amended and supplementary abled people and requested standards of public streets new directives to give the law news, comments or images to conventions, agreements and protocol to the Air Services the Ministry of Labour in the Kingdom to reflect enforcement authorities more abuse others. memoranda of cooperation Agreement signed between and Social Development to the urban boom. The powers. The Cabinet referred to the it had signed with brotherly Bahrain and the Philippines follow up on the matter. remarks were made while Severe penalty will be Council of Representatives and friendly countries. on April 13, 2017, and The session approved the discussing the development inflicted on anyone “who a bill, prepared in light of a Foreign Affairs Minister ordered to take all the government’s replies to of bus waiting facilities publicly posts news, pictures proposal submitted by the updated the Cabinet about necessary constitutional and proposals on building a with modern designs or comments related to the Shura Council, on amending the progress achieved, as legal procedures in order new school in Hunainiya in line with a proposal private or family lives of some provisions of the Penal well as about the electronic to refer it to the Legislative and the post of assistant made by the Council of individuals, even if they are Code promulgated by Decree- system linking the ministry Branch. teacher. Representatives. true, whenever the purpose is Law 15/1976. Tuesday, February 20, 2018 3 Missing boy, 5-yr-old, found safe after hour-long search DT News Network police station to report the incident. [email protected] Family members told the officers frantic search for a missing that the boy sneaked out of their 5-year-old boy ended apartment on the second floor of the successfullyA yesterday when he was building and they failed to notice. found safely on a street near to the After interrogation, the kid was family’s residence in Hidd. united with his parents at the police About an hour after the search station. started, a resident in the locality An eyewitness told DT News, spotted the little boy roaming the “The father, the child’s siblings and crowded street and took him to a neighbours went out looking for nearby police station. him. They were all in intense panic However, not knowing about the worrying about the child’s safety. developments, the family members When the father finally visited the of the boy frantically searched the police station he found him there locality before visiting the Hidd and took him back home.” Representative picture Spying for Qatar: Court adjourns case to March 1 Manama he High Criminal Court yesterday adjourned the hearingT of a Qatar spying case against Ali Salman Ali Ahmed, Hassan Ali Jumaa Sultan and Ali Mehdi Ali Al Aswad to March 1. The Court decided to adjourn the case to present the recorded telephone conversation in which the suspect was a party, and implement the Court’s decision of assigning a member of the Court to hear the statement of a witness who is under protective measures. The Court, Advocate General Osama Al Oufi said, heard the case in an open session according to the law. The first suspect attended the trial accompanied by his lawyers. The Public Prosecution referred them to the Court on charges of exchanging intelligence information with Qatar to carry out hostile acts against Bahrain, undermine its political and economic status as well as its national interest to overthrow the political system. The defendants were also charged with divulging of defence secrets to a foreign country, accepting money from a foreign country for providing it with military secrets and information PLATINUM VALID 06/19 4403 1234THRU 5678 9000 about the internal situation 4869 of the country, spreading MOHAMMED AHMED tendentious rumours and fallacies abroad to weaken the financial confidence in the Kingdom. 0002-CrediMax-RS-2018-DT-200mmHx217mmW(5clmn)-V1-FInal.indd 1 1/3/18 3:58 PM 4 Tuesday, February 20, 2018 Become a Volunteer Capital Governorate, UN agencies launch ‘Volunteering Passport’ The launch event DT News Network [email protected] Manama he Capital Governorate announced the launch of The programme will recognise theT first edition of the “Capital Governorate Volunteering 18 outstanding volunteers: Passport” in association • Volunteering Pioneer Award for a volun- with the United Nations teer with the most volunteering hours and Bahrain, and six UN agencies, aged more than 29 years. yesterday. The project aims to • Youth Volunteering Award for volunteers empower the community who are aged between 15 to 29 years. to improve their own and others’ lives by volunteering • Education Volunteering Award for all in different events and schools and universities. encourages youth to achieve the 17 Sustainable • NGO Volunteering Award to recognize the Development Goals agreed support from a community partner.