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Theft.” Typically bad reporting! @realDonaldTrump Friday, April 6, 2018 Issue No. 7708 Today’s Weather 200 Fils Max Min www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh 31°C 22°C JO3639_Smart_Money_App_Launch_DT_Hamper_6.7cmX4cm.indd9/26/17 3:39 PM 1 HRH Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Prince Andrew, the Duke of York at the opening ceremony Bahrain Crown committed Prince, to boost Duke logistics of York British naval sector: CP attend P 05 opening ceremony base opened Manama Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Asia to Europe. essential component of Bahrain’s ritain opened its first Naval Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander-in- The new British hub will help the development programme led by HM Support Facility (NSF) at the Chief of the BDF, Lieutenant General Royal Navy to conduct longer-term King Hamad. BahrainB Defence Force (BDF)’s Mina Dhiyab Bin Saqr Al Noaimi, the BDF deployments in the Gulf and will offer The opening of the NSF represents Salman base yesterday. Chief of Staff, senior BDF officers engineering and logistical support for an important milestone in Bahrain The official opening ceremony attended the ceremony. ships. and the United Kingdom’s joint was attended by His Royal Highness The HMS Juffair naval facility The facility includes sleeping efforts to support regional security Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, can house up to around 500 Royal accommodations, sports facilities and and stability, and a clear indication the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Navy personnel, including sailors, recreational areas for troops. of the strength of relations between Commander and First Deputy Prime soldiers and airmen, in a region HRH Crown Prince said that the two countries, HRH the Crown Minister and Prince Andrew, the where maritime security ensures oil close cooperation with international Prince said. Duke of York. shipments and goods make it from partners and allies remains an (Continued on Page 3) P 23 Bahrain Handicrafts Hamilton GP set for festival keeping spectacular ‘Hurafuna’ close eye on start begins F1’s meeting P 24 P 07 2 Friday, April 6, 2018 “Conference to promote Bahrain role Bahrain all set for to achieve sustainable development goals,” sports conference says Shaikh Nasser Manama hosting the conference ahrain is all set to reflects the country’s belief host the First Arab in achieving the goals of BConference on Sports next development by helping week. people all around the world The move, according to achieve development and to HH Shaikh Nasser bin sustainable change. Hamad Al Khalifa, will In another statement, help raise awareness on Minister of Youth and the effective role of sports Sports Affairs Hisham bin in supporting the United Mohammed Al Jowder Nations goals to achieve affirmed that Bahrain development in various hosting the Conference fields. is a great opportunity to The first-of-its-kind two- explore the best ways to day gathering, due to take integrate various sustainable place on April 10 and 11, will development goals into the focus on the theme ‘The Role world of sport. of Sport in Achieving the He pointed out that the Sustainable Development sustainable development Goals’. goals, set by the United The event is organised by Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa Hisham bin Mohammed Al Jowder Nations, require the youth the Ministry of Youth and and sports to play a key role Sports Affairs in cooperation International Council for (ICHPER.SD). Majesty the King for Charity and Sports Chairman, to provide creative ideas to with the United Nations Health, Physical Education, Shaikh Nasser, the Works and Youth Affairs, and Bahrain Olympic ensure the implementation Office in Bahrain and the Sports and Recreation representative of His Supreme Council for Youth Committee President, said of those goals successfully. For the first time ever, animal advocates will come together on one stage to bring the plight of stray dogs to the island. It’s time to get something done! Join for this captivating talk in the first edition of Bahrain Pet Expo 2018. ALSO ENJOY A PLETHORA OF ACTIVITIES: GAMES AND PRIZES COMPLIMENTARY GROOMING & HEALTH CHECK-UPS FOR PETS SHOPPING BAZAAR FOOD CORNER KIDS ENTERTAINMENT AREA A PETTING ZOO CATS/DOGS ADOPTION CORNER PONY RIDES & MORE !!! Friday, April 6, 2018 3 Blockchain technology can transform healthcare: Expert Fawaz Shakrallah Mohammed Zafran/DTNN many ways, helping both the we can definitely implement the data,” he added. blockchain will also eliminate entities and banks and the [email protected] healthcare institutions and the some cases here in Bahrain He said that the use of the costs of intermediaries. nations payment gateway patients, Blockchain expert and benefit the citizens and blockchain in healthcare A 2017 study IBM found takes several weeks but a Manama Fawaz Shakrallah told DT residents, “ he said. will add more security and that 16 per cent of surveyed blockchain solution could ealthcare is one of the News. “We can target the financial interoperability of health healthcare executives intended make reconciliation much sectors that could “It is very impressive what sector, even for existing data. One of the uses of the to use blockchain in 2017 and faster, he said. “Typically any immenselyH benefit from the Gulf region, especially the banks and existing financial technology in the industry 56pc expected to by 2020 transactions you do online, implementing block-chain UAE, is doing to implement institutions,” he said, adding would be that it would allow He said that Bahrain can there is a settlement back in technology, an expert said. blockchain within the “We can implement it in a patients’ entire history of also implement a blockchain operation that has to confirm Bahrain’s healthcare sector government. Bahrain is still the healthcare sector with medical records from various based payments platform to the numbers tally up with should look toward blockchain in the early stages when it the Ministry of Health to medical providers to be stored provide the government with the various different entities. as a source of improvement comes to learning from the consolidate and store patient’s in a common location. The quicker reconciliation and So this takes a lot of back- in how it stores and manages technology and how it can be record on the blockchain. This patient can then easily grant settlement. Currently, the end work. In the world of the patients data. The technology implemented. We can look would make it more accurate access to their entire medical reconciliation of transactions blockchain, the settlement part could improve the sectors in at what Dubai is doing and and more effective in storing history to a new doctor. The between various government can clear much faster,” he said. NSF will serve common interests: Duke of York Cars damaged From page 3 speech in which he highlighted Khalifa, Minister of Foreign unveiled a plaque to mark oting that the defence the role of HM the King and Affairs, noted that the launch of the occasion. cooperation between the HM Queen Elizabeth II in the NSF marks a new chapter in The new British hub makes in roof collapse twoN countries has played a pivotal strengthening bilateral relations, a defence relationship that has it easier for the Royal Navy role in ensuring stability and and noted that the NSF will serve cemented ties between the two to conduct longer-term peace in the Gulf region for over the common interests of both Kingdoms. deployments in the Gulf and 90 years, HRH Crown Prince countries. The Duke emphasised He affirmed that the strong will offer engineering and praised HM King Hamad’s both countries’ eagerness to partnership between the logistical support for ships. continued support towards the further develop the horizons Royal Navy and the Royal The facility includes sleeping bilateral relationship, which has of cooperation, and expressed Bahrain Naval Force forms accommodations, sport deepened the friendship and confidence in the growing an important component facilities and recreational areas cooperation across a range of partnership between Bahrain and of bilateral ties between the for troops. areas. the United Kingdom, wishing two nations. In this regard, The port would also be The ceremony began with the every success to the maritime he praised the Royal Navy’s able to service mine sweepers playing of the national anthems arms in both the Kingdoms. support to Bahrain and its allies and aircraft carriers, though One of the damaged cars under the of both countries, followed by both within the Gulf region carriers like the HMS Queen debris an inspection of the guard of New chapter in defence and beyond. Elizabeth will not be able to honour. Speaking at the ceremony, The Duke of York toured dock there because the water is DT News Network school, which was getting The Duke of York delivered a Shaikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al the NSF facilities and too shallow. [email protected] demolished, wasn’t completely demolished at the construction Manama site. The roof fell into the metal DT News Network which a security man and a the control of both cells. A t least four cars were installation and onto the main Manama woman who was passing by group of suspects were Adamaged after the roof of road damaging the cars,” said Court uspects in a bomb explosion the blast site were injured. recruited and sent to receive a partly demolished building a resident.