A proposal to ease the cap on expatriate workers employed by construction companies was approved yesterday.
Under it, third category firms would be entitled to employ 20 expatriates, up from 15 at present.
We have suffered too much
By BASMA MOHAMMED
STRIKING fishermen yesterday rejected a government plea to go back to sea to put food on people’s tables.
They said they had suffered too much and it would take a personal promise by Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to solve their problems, before they would even consider going back.
Online work visa plan is big success3
MORE than 90 per cent of applications for work visas to the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) are being made online, it was revealed yesterday.
The LMRA target rate for online applications was originally set at 60pc, but the rate has been increasing steadily, said chief executive Ali Radhi.
Rethink Vision 2030 plea by fishermen
Rethink Vision 2030 plea by fishermen
By BASMA MOHAMMED
STRIKING fishermen yesterday demanded protection for what’s left of their livelihoods and a food source for the nation.They want ports and fisheries excluded from developments being mapped out under the country’s Economic Vision 2030 masterplan.
LMRA gives up issuing CPRs
IDENTITY cards will no longer be issued by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) from Wednesday.
The LMRA has processed part of the Central Population Register (CPR) services for the past three months, but is now handing responsibility for CPR cards back over to the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO).
Fishermen to go on strike today
By BEGENA P PRADEEP
ALMOST 1,700 fishermen will go ahead with a nationwide strike from today and have even offered to give up their fishing licences, campaigners said yesterday.
They hope to force the government to compensate them for losses they claim to have suffered as a direct result of land reclamation.
MPs ignoring ‘slavery’ jibe
By GEOFFREY BEW
MPs have been accused of trying to bring back slavery, after agreeing that runaway housemaids should be fined BD500 if they are caught.
They voted in favour of the proposal during parliament’s session last Tuesday, despite objections from Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi.
Man caught selling LMRA tokens for BD1
By BEGENA P PRADEEP
A BAHRAINI, caught yesterday selling appointment tokens at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) claimed he was only trying to help the expatriates.
He was caught after the LMRA was tippped off by the GDN.
Fishermen plan national strike
By MOHAMMED AL A’ALI
MANAMA
FISH could virtually disappear from Bahrain’s markets from Sunday when fishermen plan to go on an indefinite nationwide strike. It will be spearheaded by the Bahrain Fishermen Society in collaboration with the Bahraini Fishermen Trade Union and local fish importers.
Changing jobs?
One must praise LMRA for starting off with a clear intention to be transparent and progressive.
Witness the efforts they are putting in computerising and ‘cleansing’ the expat data – which itself will remove a lot of confusion about visa status associated with the earlier procedures.