Human trafficking forum calls for updating laws to keep pace with crime rates, techniques
MUSCAT - The Government Forum to Combat Human Trafficking in the Middle East (2024), hosted by the Sultanate of Oman, came up with a number of recommendations, among them calls for updating laws to keep pace with human trafficking crimes and novel techniques that the criminals use to hide their violations.The forum, titled “Combating human trafficking through labour legislation and procedures”, was held in Muscat today. It underscored the importance of periodically reviewing the laws in...
Shura Council to discuss Draft Media Law, Information Ministry statement next week
MUSCAT - On 22 April 2024, the Shura Council will host Dr Abdullah Nasser Al Harrasi, Minister of Information, who will deliver the Information Ministry’s statement during a public session. The session is part of the 8th regular sitting of the council's first annual convening during the 10th Term (2023-2027). A day earlier, the council will hold its 7th regular session during which it will discuss the “draft media law” referred by the government. This was unveiled by Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Al...
Weather condition impacting some Omani governorates peaks tomorrow
MUSCAT - Atmospheric data analysis conducted by the National Multi-Hazards Early Warning Centre (Civil Aviation Authority) indicates that the current weather condition in the Sultanate of Oman will peak tomorrow April 16, 2024. Aisha Jumaa Al Qasmi, a meteorologist at the Civil Aviation Authority, said that the rains are likely to persist at an intense rate during the evening hours today, Monday April 15, and peak from the midnight of Tuesday April 16, until the dawn of Wednesday April 17. The...
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Yanni in Oman in aid of the visually challenged
October 26, 2011: B&W achieved a musical breakthrough by bringing in the musical wizard, Yanni to Oman and making this world-renowned composer perform at the Grand Hall of the Sultan Qaboos University, again a first. This was the...
Parampara – charity dance event with Hema Malini and team – 2010
October 21, 2010 – The same year, we also championed the breast cancer cause in Oman. We brought in the dream girl, Hema Malini and her two lovely daughters, Esha and Ahana, for a fund raiser for breast cancer (for the National...
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The adventures of Captain Juma, the sailor
The adventures of Captain Juma, the sailor Will God fulfill the prayers of old men whom time forgot? Will God heed to the desire of a proud, old Omani sailor? These queries played in our mind as we talked to a venerable old sailor, a former ship (dhow) captain, and an...
Sheikha Layla, the Camel Whisperer
We froze. A four-legged, nearly 500kgs creature, was rumbling towards us with a mighty bellow. When it came close, we involuntarily shut our eyes. Even with our closed eyes and palpitating hearts, we could still feel this scary beast’s presence. When we mustered...
The wizard of Asa
In a dark and tiny room, a nearly 50-year old man is seen seated on a floor littered with crude work tools and attempting to bend the top part of what appears to be a wooden stick. He holds the stick in a makeshift clamp and then slowly bends it to the desired shape....
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