Miranda’s Sunday, January 11, 2015 Issue No. 6527 cupid advice Ministry to Kerry, 8P 18-19 probe into Oman When Diraz farm Sultan in Nicole’s fire talks party 8P 6 8P 10 hissed RUSSIA SUFFERS ANOTHER BLOW 8P 11 Bahrain to take part in TPL KNOTS Paris march UNDO A BIT Shaikh Abdulla Sharapova DT News Network Paris is Majesty’s Personal wins title 8P 30 he New Year has HRepresentative HH Shaikh Tprovided a sort of relief Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa to nearly 6,000 workers in and Minister of Foreign Affairs the textile industry Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al in Bahrain, as the Khalifa will take part in the US government Anti-Terror Republican March corrected the to be held in Paris today. expiry date of the The participation of Bahrain US-Bahrain Free in the march, which follows Trade Agreement’s the call from French President Tariff Preference Level Francois Hollande, epitomises (TPL). the Kingdom’s solidary with The TPL expiry date was will provide only a slight relief manufacturers in Bahrain the leadership and people of set on December 2015 to the textile industry here as had over their competitors in France in the aftermath of the based on incorrect the correction in the date has developing countries would be recent terror attacks. presumption, extended the jobs of 6000 textile lost. It also reflects the Kingdom’s and it has workers by six more months. Production will come to a firm and unequivocal rejection now been DT News had reported in halt around six months before of violence and terrorism, in all corrected November that the industry was the expiry date, going by the its forms and manifestations, to July in the brink of extinction, for shipping time and order pipeline as well as keenness on taking 31, 2016. the ten-year TPL based FTA statistics. part in any effort aimed to But, the was coming to a close, and combat terrorism and root out new date the sole advantage the textile Read the full story on Page 3 the scourge of terror from all countries in the world. Last day * On minimum purchase of BD 10 & above 2 Sunday, January 11, 2015 Sunday, January 11, 2015 3 HEZBOLLAH CLAIMS A RELIEF OF SORTS ‘Return to core values’ Johannesburg South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma said yesterday Six months reprieve for 6,000 textile jobs the ruling African National Congress needed to get back to its core values and fight cor- TERMED A THREAT Summarising Bahrain Trade with US Why TPL is important to Bahrain ruption in its own ranks. “We are here to serve the peo- Apparel is the second largest category of Exports from Bahrain to US. Development of Spinning and Weaving requires critical mass and takes ple, the people are not here many years. If USA insists on developing textile industry immediately it to serve us,” said Zuma, who Due to Free Trade Agreement, US exports to Bahrain have will lead to closure of the Apparel Industry in Bahrain. heads the ANC as it moves into grown by 31% over 7 years but there is hardly any change in its 21st year in power. “Let us Bahrain exports to the US. re-dedicate ourselves to the COUNTRIES ESTABLISHMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF YEARS TAKEN core values of the ANC, which The Balance of Payments is in favour of US and has grown GARMENT INDUSTRY TEXTILE INDUSTRY include discipline, selflessness by 74%. and constructive criticism,” he Shaikh Rashid BANGLADESH 1975 2000 25 added during celebrations to If Apparel is allowed to be grown at present rate it can help to VIETNAM 1990 2011 21 mark the movement’s 103rd bridge the GAP in Balance of Trade thereby stabilising the birthday. Focus on own currency. CAMBODIA 1993 NOT YET STARTED 22 YEARS AND Suicide bomb kills seven issues: Minister STILL COUNTING in Tripoli Tripoli tells Nasrallah Tahir Haneef/ DTNN sole advantage the textile the principal sponsor of A suicide blast killed seven ommenting on [email protected] manufacturers in Bahrain the bill, Republican Steve Industry in Bahrain is driven by fashion. It is not possible textile people and wounded 36 oth- CHezbollah General had over their competitors Southerland, lost the polls. mill can keep changing the production facility by fashion ers in a flashpoint Alawite Secretary Hassan he Bahrain textile in developing countries “This has now forced requirement. neighbourhood of the north- Nasrallah’s statement, Tindustry heaved a sigh would be lost. the exporters to restart the ern Lebanese city of Tripoli Interior Minister Lt of relief this New Year, Production will come to entire lobbying process Water resources for dyeing and printing are limited yesterday, a Red Cross offi- General Shaikh Rashid albeit a temporary one, a halt around six months in the US, a difficult task cial and the army said. “Seven bin Abdulla Al Khalifa as the US government before this expiration date, without Government The labour which is a large input for this industry is very expensive in people were killed and 36 said, he should confine corrected the expiry date going by the shipping time support,” said Executive Bahrain. Industry will find it impossible to compete with low cost Asian others wounded in a blast Shura Council session in progress. himself to his own affairs, of the US-Bahrain Free and order pipeline statistics. Director of MRS Fashion, manufacturers if there is no TPL. that struck the Jabal Mohsen “rather than interfering in Trade Agreement’s Tariff Hence, the correction in Harinder Lamba. neighbourhood,” the Red Muhannad Mansour incitement of violence to create Bahrain’s issues. Hezbollah Preference Level (TPL). date has extended jobs of It is also pointed out that Cross official told AFP. The [email protected] a sectarian schism and sow is a terrorist organisation Earlier, the TPL expiry 6,000 textile workers only the free trade agreements army said that, “at around divide among the people of because of their practices date was set on December by six months. US has with Chile and 7:30 pm (1730 GMT), a sui- arious local and regional Bahrain.” against us and others.” 2015, and it has now been The textile industry in North American Free cide attacker struck a cafe in Vofficial bodies and “He has gone beyond On the repeated corrected to July 31, 2016. Bahrain has demanded Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Jabal Mohsen, killing and dignitaries condemned the interfering in Bahrain’s internal interference in Bahraini The earlier expiry an extension of TPL until countries grant permanent wounding several citizens.” A statements made by Hezbollah affairs and desperately tried to affairs by Iranian officials, date was set based on the 2026, for which they need TPL. security source confirmed the General Secretary Hassan shake the Kingdom’s civil peace Shaikh Rashid said, “Iran incorrect presumption that the support of the Bahrain US grants TPL to reports to AFP, adding that Nasrallah on Friday, and and threaten its security and doesn’t care more about the agreement ends with the Government. countries to develop its the bodies of two of the vic- termed it “a clear incitement of stability,” Mr. Al Zayani said. Bahrainis than His Majesty calendar year rather than the Government intervention industries so as to compete tims had been ripped apart by violence and threat to regional Commenting on Mr. King Hamad bin Isa Al stipulated ten-year period is required in this in the global market. the force of the blast. security.” Nasrallah’s mention of the Khalifa and Bahrain’s from the start of the Free matter. Such an extension But, the Bahrain Textile Trade Agreement (FTA). will be possible only if exporters are able to While addressing a public Mr. Al Zayani Mr. Al Mulla recent detention of Al Wefaq Government do. It is better Ukraine, Russia raise sermon on Friday, Mr. Islamic Society General for Iran to take care of its But, the new date will legislation is passed in the achieve only 35 percentage Nasrallah condemned Bahrain’s “hostile” statements. support to terrorists, who Secretary Ali Salman, Mr. Al citizens, as we are by grace provide only a slight relief US Congress, which requires of their allocated quota of stakes Government and hinted to The members also stressed aim at destabilising Bahrain’s Zayani stressed, “Interrogating of God, leading normal to the textile industry here. constant interaction with exports under TPL in the Kiev utilise “open options to use that “the awareness of Bahraini security,” he said. any Bahraini citizen by the lives here.” DT News had reported the United States political last nine years, hence the Ukraine fended off force in Bahrain and export people will always prevent Mr. Al Mulla said, “With Public Prosecution is a purely “Iran should respect in November that the representatives. withdrawal of US support renewed financial pressure militias to the country, in order sliding into division and the leadership of His Majesty Bahraini affair and Hassan neighbouring countries industry was in the brink The efforts of the Bahrain at this juncture will ring the from Russia yesterday by to support the Opposition.” sedition.” King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Nasrallah or anyone else, rather than interfering in of extinction, for the ten- textile exporters in this death knell of the industry, accusing Moscow of orches- Both houses of the National In a statement to the we are proud to prove to who don’t want any good our affairs. Those who are year TPL based FTA was regard had suffered a severe according to Bahrain textile trating rebel attacks that killed Assembly (Shura Council and media yesterday, the council the world, in more than one to Bahrain, has no right to more loyal to Iran should coming to a close, and the jolt in last US elections as exporters.