200fils www .dt.bh Tuesda y, August 25, 2015 Issue No. 675 3 Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient leaves hospital Sierra Leone’s last known Ebola patient was released from hospital Monday, rais www.dt.bh ing hopes the west African nation may finally have beaten the devastating epi- demic Twitter : - Will reaching#PollToday on an agreement Leek is a rich source of vitamins be the first step to solve the C and A which are important for Joint panel seeks govt@DTribune nod to postpone redirecting subsidy maintaining healthy skin. ongoing tensions between North and South Korea? SEE P A Hub to Everything Page 12 AGES 11-13 11 Tuesday, August 25, 2015 App of the week SAMSUNG UNVEILS the Phenomenal duo BRING YOUR PICS TO LIFE! This was bound to happen yet having to experience an app that has We got rid of some developed a portfolio of advanced computer vision technologies is still hard-worn crutches of a mind-blowing experience. 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Samsung is also enabling without even unlocking INSTANT GRIP & STORE Galaxy Note four years ago, we consumers to share the moments of l Users can even annotate on PDF files and capture lengthy web articles/ gave portability and productivity their lives through photos and video long images at once via ‘Scroll capture One of the biggest crises facing to the consumer, and redefined with improved video capabilities. l Increased 4GB RAM, us today when settling into our the mobile industry in the process. The Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 automobiles is where to set our most By making the display larger and edge+ will be available at all major Galaxy S6 edge+ l More elegant, understated, and finely crafted important device when driving – as the redesigning the stylus, we got rid retailers in Bahrain from August 28, l Features the new ‘Apps edge’ for easy access to favorite apps need to glimpse at it in between, isn’t of some hard-worn crutches of the 2015. 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Transfers Currencyand Exchange Joint government parliament committee in a meeting at great government to study the issue rates further. The decision to buy more time by the committee was confirmed by MP Shaikh Majid Al Majid who chaired the crucial meeting. Al Majid stressed, the members of the committee were working JO1433_BFC_Generic_Display_8cmX4cm.indd 1 very hard and were keen to come out with a consensus along with Taylor Swift the government. The move, Al Majid said, was breaks aimed at protecting the citizens against any negative outcome Staples as meat subsidy is all set to be 5/11/15 2:29 PM Centre SUP phased out. DT News Network Information Affairs Minister record [email protected] Isa bin Abdulrahman Al Manama Hammadi, however, maintained that cabinet in its session did not he suspense on the issue of discuss the subsidy issue. meatT redirectingsubsidy continues the benefits to linger of The Minister further with no clear decision yet. reiterated that the government would inform the public about PRIME This became evident when 8 the joint government parliament the details as and when a final P15 committee yesterday sought decision is taken. government approval to postpone He also went on to add that the decision. the joint committee with the legislative branch had previously The committee, which met yesterday, sought two held several meetings on the more months’ time from the issue. But no decision was submitted to the cabinet today, he CRISIS confirmed. Does it mean that the previous decision to axe subsidy from September 1 would also get postponed? As it stands now, there is no clarity. Joint parlia- What’s ment com- mittee Chairman said the panel in its on meeting yesterday Plate? sought two more months’ time from Information the government Affairs Minister Isa bin Abdulrahman Al to study the Hammadi informed issue further that cabinet did not discuss the subsidy issue in its session yes terday - 2 Tuesday, August 25, 2015 CABINET SESSION Korean tensions ease Seoul South Korea has agreed to halt its border propa- REVIEWS PROJECTS ganda broadcasts at noon on Wednesday after North Directives issued to complete projects as per deadline Korea expressed regret over a recent landmine DT News Network detonation that left two Manama South Korean soldiers rime Minister HRH Prince maimed. Khalifa bin Salman Al In a joint statement, issued PKhalifa has issued directives after marathon talks to Ministries and state between the rival states departments to implement held in the border village the development and service of Panmunjom, the two projects included in the nations said they would Government Action Plan hold follow-up talks in (GAP) according to the pre-set Seoul or Pyongyang to time frame. Reviewing the currently discuss a range of issues. implemented mega However, the South’s development projects, envoy Kim Kwan-jin, the HRH Premier commended chief presidential national the efforts exerted by the security adviser, told a Executive Committee, chaired news conference after- by HRH Prince Salman bin wards that it was not the Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Cabinet meeting in progress time to discuss holding a Prince, Deputy Supreme Roaming charges to come summit meeting between Commander and First Deputy the relevant Ministries and by Prince Salman, HRH down the two Koreas’ leaders. Prime Minister, to follow- parties. the Premier reviewed the Guards of up on the implementation Chairing the cabinet weekly preparations for the Haj season The cabinet endorsed a progress of those projects with session yesterday, attended and the facilities provided for plan to reduce international installations Bahraini pilgrims. roaming rates between owned by the kingdom and the Gulf public legal Cooperation Council (GCC) Premier countries.