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Oman Journalism Week addresses key challenges
By Hasan Kamoonpuri — MUSCAT — Media plays an important role in development, peace-building and in expanding opportunities to all. This is the essence of Oman Journalism Week (May 19-21), which got under way here yesterday under the auspices of…
RO 385m Mirbat plant opens
By Kaushalendra Singh — SALALAH — Oman and Singapore entered into a new era of bilateral trade with the official opening of RO 385 million Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant (IWVVP) in Mirbat yesterday. A joint venture between Sembcorp…
Master plan for tourism port
MUSCAT — In implementation of the directives of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos to convert Port Sultan Qaboos as a tourism port, approval for the master plan to develop the port as a tourism hub was announced here yesterday by Transport…
Ethical behaviour crucial for success
By Kabeer Yousuf — MUSCAT — In the race to reach the front and in the face of fierce competition, most of the corporate honchos often tend to forget the crucial aspect of the ethical side of the employees. The…
Sohar Refinery shutdown was for maintenance: Orpic chief
By Bader al Kiyumi — SOHAR — Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) Chief Executive Officer has denied that Sohar Refinery had experienced problems during it’s shutdown in February. He has confirmed that the shutdown was due...…
Emphasis on reading as a source of learning
MUSCAT — Dr Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education, yesterday visited schools in niyabat al Jabal al Akhdar, Wilayat of Nizwa. The visit covered al Ghaleel Basic Education School and Abu Zaid al Riyami Basic Education School. During...…
For a better performance
IN a lively discussion experts who are addressing the conference organised by the Oman Establishment for Press, Publication and Advertising (OEPPA) highlight the need for work ethics to be revitalised. In the past, work ethics was essential and in toda...…
ITCs augur well for investors
By Samuel Kutty — The rise in the importance of Oman as a centre for business and tourism has led to the increased development of both commercial and residential properties. Also investors from abroad are looking for opportunities across a…
‘Russia sends Syria advanced anti-ship missiles’
WASHINGTON — Russia has sent Syria advanced anti-ship missiles, US officials said yesterday, bolstering Syrian defences despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President Bashar al Assad's forces. One of the officials, who spoke ...…
Rehabilitating areas by affected desertification
By Ahamd al Shebli — According to the 1994 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and UN's conference on Environment and Development in 1992, desertification was defined as a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry lan...…
Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world’s ATMs
VASLUI, Romania — Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself. Boanta, 33, is six months into a five-year…
Tourism campaign to promote Duqm
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — The Ministry of Tourism represented by the tourism department in Al Wusta and Al Dakhiliyah governorates yesterday launched a tourism campaign in the Wilayat of Al Duqm under the title ‘Discover the Beauty.’…
New MoDPF building opens, to offer quality services
MUSCAT — The Ministry of Defence's Pension Fund Building was opened yesterday under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs and Chairman of the Board of the Ministry of Defence Pension Fund…
Bid to enhance parliamentary, cultural relations with Poland
WARSAW — Dr Yahya bin Mahfoudh al Mantheri, Chairman of the State Council, and his counterpart Bogdan Borusewicz, President of the Polish Senate, held an official talks session at the Polish Senate headquarters in the Polish capital, Warsaw. The talk...…
Shura experience shared
MUSCAT — Khalid bin Hilal al-Maawali, Chairman of Majlis Ash'shura, yesterday received at the Majlis headquarters, the delegation of the Royal College of Defence Studies in the United Kingdom. The delegation was briefed on the history of Shura proces...…
Push for Afghan ties
MUSCAT — His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers, received in his office here yesterday Dr Zalmai Rassoul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, who conveyed greetings and best wishes of…
Solar energy highly cost-effective
By Hasan Kamoonpuri — MUSCAT — Three years of successful real time continuous technical monitoring of the 6 MW/year concentrator photo voltaic (CPV) demonstrator at Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) has given positive results such as cost-effective, hig...…
GDF Suez CEO visits Barka 3 power project
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — As the first Gulf country to privatise its electricity production, Oman has played a defining role in the success of GDF Suez in the GCC. In tribute to the start of commercial production…
Fire at workers’ accommodation
MUSCAT — Fire broke out in portacabins of workers at one of the companies operating in the Airport Security housing in Al Athaibah, Wilayat of Bausher, yesterday. Firefighters doused the fire before it spread out to adjoining accommodations. The blaz...…
No threat from Mahasen
By Kabeer Yousuf — MUSCAT — Oman is far off from the path of tropical Cyclone Mahasen and the rumours currently making rounds are baseless, according to the Directorate-General of Meteorology and Air Navigation (DGMAN) office. “The Sultanate of O...…
Nimr plant aims to treat 150,000 m3 water per day
By Kabeer Yousuf — MUSCAT — The Nimr Water Treatment Plant (NWTP), the only and the largest industrially constructed wetland system in the world at the PDO’s Marmul site is planning to process an additional of 150,000 cubic metres produced…
No impact on Sultanate from quake
By Kabeer Yousuf — MUSCAT — The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU)’s seismic centre said in a statement here yesterday that the earthquake that hit Iran yesterday had no serious impact on Oman. The epicentre of the earthquake, which measured 6…
RO 32m for Rustaq road
By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — Work began on the construction of the 23.4-km Wadi al Sahtan road which cuts through the mountains of Al Rustaq. The project is being implemented in response to the orders of His Majesty…
Energy policy review to look at fuel diversity, subsidies
By Conrad Prabhu — MUSCAT — A major review of Oman’s energy policy launched by the government is expected to address a number of far-reaching concerns, notably the current overdependence on domestic gas for electricity generation, lack of fuel di...…
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