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What We Don’t Know about Hamad Town School: This is What Official Report Warned of 2 Years Ago
2019-03-28
An official report issued two years ago on the behavioral problems of students at Hamad Town Intermediate Girls School confirms that the Ministry of Education has not made the necessary efforts to combat the students’ unacceptable behavior.
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Amid False Promises, Disregard for Unemployed Crisis, Tamkeen Employment Support Program Suspended Indefinitely
2019-03-27
While the Bahraini government continues to disregard and underestimate the growing unemployment crisis of Bahrainis, the scene became even worse when they suspended the support program offered by Tamkeen Fund aimed at the employment of Bahrainis through direct support of their wages, which was already put on hold for review and amendment prior to the eruption of the crisis (since January 15, 2019).
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Impossible Mission: German Company Seeking Solution for Voluntary Retirees in Education Ministry
2019-03-26
German Roland Berger company has begun its work on the restructuring of the Ministry of Education, while specialists are questioning the company's ability to restructure the ministry and cover thousands of voluntary retired teachers and specialists.
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New Information: Al Khalifa Family Shaikh and Officer Involved in Hamad Town School Case
2019-03-26
Sharifa Siwar, holds a PhD in Psychotherapy, disclosed a critical case when she spoke of a network that promotes narcotic pills in Hamad Town Intermediate Girls School.
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Bahrain Gov’t Plans on Collecting 1 Billion and 100 Million in Taxes and Duties
2019-03-22
“Once you pop, you can’t stop”: This Pringles advertised slogan applies to what the Bahraini government is doing to its citizens. The pockets of Bahrainis have been popped and devoured in the name of taxes and duties and the authorities don’t seem willing to stop anytime soon, as the government plans on collecting one billion and 100 million in two years.
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Former MP Ibrahim BouSandal: Gov’t Sweeping Dirt under the Rug
2019-03-21
A wave of popular discontent among Bahraini citizens struck after the House of Representatives passed a legal amendment allowing the government to put its hand on the Unemployment Insurance Fund to finance the voluntary retirement program.
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Are Bahraini Officials Poking Fun at Bahrainis?
2019-03-20
A new sample of official government statements and media reports directed at the Bahraini citizen has emerged. The situation is demeaning to Bahrainis to say the least. Here comes another government action insulting the intelligence of citizens and not giving them any consideration.
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Bahrain Officials Express Anger over Australia Granting Nationality to Hakeem Al-Araibi
2019-03-19
On February 11, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa met with the Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Ridwaan Jadwat, who resides in the Saudi capital Riyadh, hours after Hakeem Al-Araibi was released in Thailand and headed for Australia.
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"Inadequate” Education in One-Third of Bahrain's Schools: Government Body
2019-03-19
A report issued by the Education and Training Quality Authority revealed that 32% of Bahrain’s public schools, out of 188 public schools. Based on the reviews of their quality of performance in the third review cycle (2014-2018) conducted by the Authority, these schools received an “inadequate” rating.
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Read US State Department’s 2018 Report on Human Rights in Bahrain
2019-03-19
The 2018 US State Department report highlighted the human rights violations witnessed in Bahrain, relying on what was included in reports of Bahraini human rights organizations.
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Bahraini Parliamentary Investigative Committee Disbanded, Saudi Ambassador Says Ready to Fulfill Bahraini Education Sector Needs
2019-03-19
The first investigative committee formed by the House of Representatives, which was elected in November 2018, was disbanded on Monday (March 11, 2019), causing one of the first disappointments regarding such a committee, which was made up of 12 MPs to investigate the Bahrainization of jobs as well as the issue of marginalization of Bahrainis to which they are subjected in both the public and private sectors.
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Fakhriya and Zakiya: Different Stories, Same Suffering
2019-03-16
In the mid-1990s, a young woman named Dhawiya Al-Sayed Alawi from Bilad Al-Qadim passed away, leaving behind twins, Hassan and Hussein, who were only one year old at the time.
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Gov’t to Raise Unemployment Benefits by Taking Surplus of Unemployment Fund
2019-03-15
There is no legal term that can describe the government's expeditious referral of a bill allowing the government to benefit from the surplus of the Unemployment Insurance Fund to finance the voluntary retirement program.
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Who Dares to Raise Questions in Bahrain on Gov’t Electricity and Petroleum Arrears?
2019-03-14
Contradictory news is being released by the Ministry of Electricity in Bahrain, which cuts off electricity in poverty-stricken areas, depriving those citizens, who cannot provide their basic needs, of electricity while turning a blind eye to the collection of arrears of hotels, ministries and wealthy members of the ruling family.
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Al-Manai Expresses Concern over “Al-Maamir Residents’ Crawl towards his Factory” during Shura Session
2019-03-08
Local newspapers and environmental organizations have documented the ongoing disastrous situation that the people of Al-Maamir are living in, but Al-Manai perhaps hopes to receive an apology letter from the residents for living next to his factory
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It’s Very Difficult for Bahrainis to Hear such Words
2019-03-08
t is very difficult for Bahrainis, who are marginalized in their own country, to hear their PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa say that the government “doesn’t accept those competing with Bahrainis over their livelihoods”
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Manama Insults Dutch Diplomacy, Story of Refugee Ali Al-Shuwaikh
2019-03-04
On October 20, 2018, a plane coming from the Netherlands landed in Bahrain. Dutch security men handed a Bahraini man named Ali Al-Shuwaikh on to the Bahrain state security apparatus, who were eagerly waiting for him.
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British Political Resident's Speech in 1923 Tells Al Khalifa ‘Those who Don’t Work Don’t Eat’
2019-03-01
In 1923, the British ended the cruel rule of Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, deposed by a historic speech, after he had sat on the throne for 54 years, during which he and his ruling family wreaked corruption and oppression on the people and the country.
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To the New Unemployed in Bahrain, This is the Story of National Employment Projects over the Past 18 Years
2019-03-01
So, this is what resulted from the meetings of the heads of government Khalifa bin Salman and his brother’s grandson Salman bin Hamad. After weeks of announced public discontent due to government and private sector policies marginalizing Bahrainis and favoring foreigners in employment, the government announced cold and redundant steps to confront this discontent
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Yousef Mashal Not Only One who Despises Bahrainis, Many Naturalized Citizens Do So
2019-03-01
If the words of businessman Yousef Mashal were painful to hear, then the injustice of your own countrymen would even feel more painful.