Day: April 27, 2024

Manama, The Prime Minister’s Fellowship Program today hosted a gathering for current fellows and alumni of the Program.

The gathering was organised to highlight the importance of enhancing the programme’s outcomes, in line with the visions and aspirations of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

The gathering further highlighted the importance of continuing to enhance and empower the contributions of Bahraini professionals to the Kingdom’s comprehensive development, and serves as a testament to the commitment of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to invest in Bahraini citizens and recognise their active role in supporting the Kingdom’s advancement.

The PM Fellowship *Program* receives the direct support and follow-up of His Royal Highness at all stages. His Royal Highness recently directed the formation of a committee tasked with following up with the programme’s alumni in accordance with the programme’s goals and objectives.

The Program has su
cceeded in creating a group of national leaders who participate in the development and advancement of the Kingdom. Since its inception in 2015, the programme continues to have a notable impact on government operations, with 110 graduates, a number of which assuming executive positions within government.

The Prime Minister’s Fellowship Program attracts young Bahraini professionals working in the public sector, to enrich their experiences in a competitive, challenging, year-long training programme that upskills and re-skills young leaders through increased exposure to the Kingdom’s decision makers and the decision-making process. The Program also allows them to learn closely about the mechanism of government policy analysis and policy making.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Cairo, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi of Egypt today received Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, who is on a visit to Cairo to participate in the sixth Conference of the Arab Parliament as a guest of honour.

During the audience, held at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace, in the presence of speakers of Arab legislative councils and parliaments participating in the Arab Parliament’s Conference, the Deputy Prime Minister conveyed greetings and appreciation from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to President El Sisi, as well as their wishes for continued progress and prosperity to Egypt.

The Deputy Premier expressed his since congratulations to President El Sisi for the Egyptian people’s renewed confidence in his leadership by electing him for a new term, wishing him every success in undertaking his national responsibilities to achieve the aspirations of the Egyptian citizens for more progress and prosperity.

Shai
kh Khalid bin Abdulla praised the steady progress of the Bahraini-Egyptian relations, as reflected in the advanced level of joint action and coordination between the two countries thanks to their leaderships’ constant keenness to strengthen bilateral ties to achieve the interests of their peoples.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Manama, The speakers of Arab legislative councils and parliaments participating in the sixth Arab Parliament Conference have expressed their confidence in the ability of Arab leaders to deal with the current challenges and crises with wisdom, in a way that would contribute to strengthening Arab joint solidarity and action in all fields, maintaining Arab countries’ security and stability, protecting their sovereignty and capabilities and enhancing their comprehensive development achievements.

The stances were included in the communiqué of the sixth Conference of the Arab Parliament, read by Adel bin Abdulrahman Al Asoomi, the Arab Parliament Speaker.

The participants commended the tremendous efforts exerted by Bahrain, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and supported by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, along with the Secretariat General of the Arab League, to ensure the success of the 33rd Arab Summit, set to be hosted by the Kingdom o
f Bahrain on May 16.

They stressed the importance of stepping up Arab parliamentary cooperation and coordination, as well as harnessing all tools of parliamentary diplomacy to support the priorities and policies adopted by Arab leaders.

They affirmed their support for the outcomes of the 33rd Arab Summit, as they will strengthen Arab fraternal partnership and complementarity in reaching comprehensive and peaceful solutions to the current crises and challenges, particularly the Palestinian cause, by expressing the Arab peoples’ aspirations for unity, security, stability, peace and sustainable development.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Manama, Following the termination of the contracts of a number of Bahraini workers by a private delivery company, the Labour Ministry has affirmed that it is following closely on all matters related to the contractual relations in the private sector, and seeks to reach the appropriate solutions to protect the national workforce and provide alternative job opportunities in the case of the closure of facilities.

In its statement, the Labour Ministry refuted reports indicating that the closure of the delivery company’s branch had been caused by the end of wage subsidy provided to workers, stressing that no wage subsidy is about to end in the upcoming period.

The Labour Ministry indicated that it had summoned the employed, who affirmed that the company had decided to close its Bahrain branch, within a prior plan.

The Ministry stated that it had set up a specialised work team to follow up on the closure and its reasons.

Moreover, several meetings have been held between the representatives of the Labour Ministr
y and the company’s officials to address the reasons of the closure and provide alternatives to maintain the company’s branch in Bahrain for the sake of ensuring the stability of Bahraini workers. However, the executive management of the delivery company affirmed that the closure is final and that the company is moving to alternative labour markets within its strategic plan and operating policies.

The Labour Ministry said that the delivery company had affirmed its commitment to paying all wages and other entitlements to all laid-off workers, in accordance with the provisions of Law (36) of 2012 promulgating the Labour Law in the Private Sector, especially its Article (110) and Article (111) which stipulates that ‘If the employer terminates the indefinite labour contract for no reason or for an illegitimate reason following the expiry of three months as of the date of the start of work, they shall undertake to compensate the worker with a compensation equivalent to the wage of two working days per each month
of service, with a minimum of one month wage and a maximum of twelve months wage.’

In this regard, the Labour Ministry said that the employer had paid the dismissed workers a compensation equivalent to the wage of three working days per each month of service, instead of two days, as stipulated in the Labour Law in the Private Sector, based on the request of the laid-off workers.

The Ministry of Labour asserted that it is currently following up on all workers whose employment contracts have been terminated by the delivery company in a bid to find alternative and appropriate employment opportunities for them, noting that a number of employment interviews have already been conducted for these workers by a group of companies specialised in providing similar services, expressing hope that employment procedures for them will be completed as soon as possible.

The Labour Ministry also indicated that all workers affected by the delivery company’s branch closure will receive unemployment compensation equivalent to 6
0% of their insured wages for nine months or until their re-employment.

Source: Bahrain News Agency