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200 FilsWednesday, November 30, 2016 Issue No. 7216

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11th Hour11 children among 12 dead in Turkey school dorm fire

UN Yemen envoy blasts Huthi rebels’ declared government

Istanbul

Twelve people, most of them children, were

killed on Tuesday when a fire broke out at a school dormitory in the southern Turkish city of Adana, local officials said.

“12 bodies were recovered, 22 wounded people were taken to hospitals,” Adana governor Mahmut Demirtas was quoted as saying by the official news agency Anadolu.

An initial investigation suggested the fire was caused by electrical fault but the flames spread rapidly because of the building’s wooden interior, officials said.

Istanbul

The UN envoy for Yemen criticised yesterday the

decision by Huthi rebels to set up a government in areas they control, calling it a threat to peace efforts in the country.

The announcement by the Iran-backed rebels on Monday “represents a new and concerning obstacle to the peace process and does not serve the interests of the people of Yemen in these difficult times,” Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in a statement.

“The Yemeni people have suffered for far too long and their leaders should commit to restore peace and security to their country without further delay,” the envoy said.

La Unión

A plane carrying a Brazilian football team

late on Monday crashed in the mountains in Colombia, killing an estimated 75 people while six survived, including several players, officials said yesterday.

The LAMIA airlines charter declared an emergency at around 10pm local time Monday (6am yesterday in Bahrain), reporting it had suffered “electrical

failures,” and crashed a short time later near the

city of Medellin, officials said.

The plane was carrying members of Chapecoense Real, a Brazilian football club that had risen from obscurity to reach the Copa Sudamericana finals, which were scheduled today against Atletico Nacional of Colombia.

In all, there were 72 passengers and nine crew on board the British Aerospace 146.

SurvivorsThe civil aviation authority said six of the 81 people on board were known to have survived the crash.

A spokesperson for the authority said goalkeeper Marcos Danilo Padilha, 31, died after being transferred to hospital from the remote site of the crash.

Another player, Helio Hermito Zampier Neto, survived, Colombia’s disaster risk management agency said.Another of the survivors was Alan Ruschel, a 27-year-old defender for the Brazilian team.

Radio Caracol said player Jakson Follmann also survived and was taken to hospitals, along with a flight attendant and a journalist. The sixth known survivor was a member of the flight crew.

‘Electrical failures’The team flew on a commercial flight to Santa Cruz in Bolivia, where they switched to a Lamia charter flight bound for Colombia.

The airport statement said the plane’s crew “declared it had electrical failures.”

It went down about 50km

from Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, in an area called Cerro Gordo.

The mountainous terrain was some 3,300m above sea level and very difficult to access. Rescuers carrying stretchers had to hike for more than half an hour to reach the site.

On its Twitter account, the airport said a plan to use an air force helicopter had to be shelved because of bad weather in the area.

South American football confederation CONMEBOL said in a statement the match was suspended until further notice. (AFP)

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Rescue teams work in the recovery of the bodies of victims of the LAMIA airlines charter that crashed in the mountains of Cerro Gordo, municipality of La Union, Colombia

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Manama

The second edition of the ‘Khalid bin Hamad

Theatre Award’ for National Clubs, Youth Centre and People with Disabilities concluded on a high note here yesterday.

Twelve shows were staged at the festival, which proved to be a feast for the fine art lovers in Bahrain, who thronged the Isa Town Cultural and Sports Club Hall creating a mood of festivity.

Now, after twelve shows, the time has come for to select the favourite. This will be announced next Saturday at a closing ceremony held under the auspices of HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, First Deputy President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Athletics Association.

The Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Theatre Award for National Clubs, Youth Centre and

People with Disabilities is organised by the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs in collaboration with the Media Office of Shaikh Khalid with the slogan #Painting_A_Smile.

The festival is sponsored by Tamkeen, Batelco, Banagas, Coca Cola, Al Hawaj, GPIC, Majestic Cars, Economic Development Board, Bapco, Palace Enterprises, Gulf University, Nissan, Yousif bin Ahmed Kanoo and Gadooa.

A performance on stage

A performance on stage

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No Gulf Union sans Oman, says MinisterDT News [email protected]

Manama

A senior Bahraini official has denied the media

reports about announcing a Gulf Union without Oman, adding that he was misquoted.

Shura Council and Representatives Council Affairs Minister Ghanim Al Buainain yesterday criticised a couple of regional newspapers for lacking accuracy in reporting his statement on the GCC union.

The Minister affirmed that he had never said the Gulf Union will be formed without Oman’s participation.

Al Buainain clarified that he just said the issue of the GCC Union will figure on the next summit’s agenda, adding that it does not mean in any way that Oman will be omitted from any potential regional union.

The Minister also commended Oman’s stances, emphasising Bahrain’s respect to it and stressing deep-rooted fraternal relations between both the countries.

He underlined Oman’s keenness on carrying out the decisions taken during the GCC summits, which reflects its interest in achieving maximum integration with the brotherly GCC countries.

The minister’s statements

came a few days after several regional dailies, including an English local newspaper, misquoted him saying that the Gulf union will progress and will be discussed in the upcoming GCC summit in Bahrain without the participation of Oman.

The reports had made an international impact as it indirectly states the exclusion of Oman from the GCC.

Manama

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior

ministers yesterday held their 35th meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Interior Minister Lt-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa led Bahrain’s delegation to the session, which was chaired by Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud.

The delegations discussed key issues which focused on strengthening collective security work, protecting stability and preserving achievements and gains.

Prince Mohammed bin Nayef stressed the importance of the Arab Gulf Security 1, which was held recently in Bahrain, describing the joint drill as symbolising deep awareness of common destiny and mounting

challenges. Shaikh Rashid outlined the

pillars of the joint security drill (Arab Gulf Security 1), which was held recently in Bahrain.

The GCC interior ministers were praised for attending the final drill, which, Shaikh Rashid said, represented a major catalyst to enhance performance. The minister hailed GCC keenness on upgrading collective work and holding more drills between different security agencies.

He then stressed the issues which featured on the agenda, focusing mainly on the need to bolster security cooperation so as to confront challenges and stave off dangers.

The Minister invited the GCC interior ministers to attend the 36th meeting, scheduled to be held in Bahrain, which will assume the rotation GCC presidency.

Minister Ghanim Al Buainain criticised some of the dailies for misquoting him

reporting his statement on the GCC union.

Child molestation case adjourned until Dec 14DT News [email protected]

Manama

The case of a child molester, who kidnapped an Asian

toddler in Hoora last August, has been adjourned until December 14.

As reported earlier and according to court files, the child kidnapper reportedly molested the girl.

The man, who is in his thirties, had abducted the child from her mother’s car near a clod-store shop in Hoora when she was left unattended for less than a minute.

The defendant was traced by police officers using public CCTV cameras, and was eventually arrested, following which the whereabouts of the child came to light.

The defendant reportedly caressed the private parts of the child as he asked her to take her clothes off under the pretext that he would massage her body. The statements of the case showed that he had asked her to sit on the front seat of

the car and inserted his hand inside her pants.

“He then took her to his apartment and told her to remove her clothes. The man told his victim that he would massage her, but he also touched her private parts and kissed her,” the prosecutors said based on the child’s narration.

Moreover, the defendant is said to have stolen two mobile phones and an amount of BD30 kept inside the car at the time of kidnapping.

The defendant’s case was heard earlier this month before the High Criminal Court, but he was not brought from his cell. Thus, the hearing was adjourned until November 28 to summon him and now to December 14.

The man has been charged with molestation, kidnapping, robbery and hijacking the vehicle. Additionally, the defendant was charged with assaulting a cop and possessing drugs with the intention to use.

Manama

The Meteorological Directorate at the Ministry

of Transportation and Telecommunications forecast a mild weather today with

scattered clouds. Variable winds will range

from 7 to 12 knots, reaching 12 to 17 knots at times.

Maximum temperature will be 25 degrees Celsius

and minimum 17 degrees Celsius.

Sea waves will rise from 1 foot to 2 feet inshore and from 2 to 4 feet offshore.

Ghanim Al Buainain

Representational image

Arab Gulf Security 1 drill commended

Fine weather in Bahrain today


Importance of Majlises stressedManama

Communication among the members of the Bahraini

society is the key to achieve national cohesion, pointed out Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, stressing the importance of Majlises.

“Meetings and Majlises provide us with an opportunity to discuss and exchange opinions on issues of top interest to our nation and people, and to identify the needs of the citizens and the country. Nothing can distract us from achieving the aspirations of the citizens,” the PM said.

Prince Khalifa was speaking while receiving a number of Royal Family members at the

Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.The national values that

unite the citizens of Bahrain have, throughout history,

benefited the nation and its people, the Prime Minister added.

The Premier also praised His

Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who, he said, is leading the national march devotedly for the sake of the citizens.

Prince Khalifa pointed out that expectations for the Kingdom’s future are high, but confidence in their

achievement is higher, thanks to the citizen’s solidarity and constant resolve to attain more gains for the nation.

Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa receives Royal Family members at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday

PM vows support for banking sector

Manama

The government will continue adopting

economic strategies that will pave the way for financial and banking firms to expand their operations in the Kingdom, said Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

The Prime Minister also underlined the government’s aim to transform the financial and banking sectors into the main engines of economic activities in the Kingdom by providing a suitable investment atmosphere.

The statements were made while Prince Khalifa was receiving Al Ahli United Bank’s board chairman Hamad Mishari Al Humaidhi and members at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.

The Premier praised the role played by the Al Ahli United Bank, being a prestigious financial institution with a good regional and global reputation, that has achieved great successes despite the prevailing economic conditions.

Al Ahli United Bank’s achievements and effective participation in the financial

activities, as well as in the training of Bahraini competencies were also highlighted.

Meanwhile, the board chairman and other members briefed the Prime Minister on the Al Ahli United Bank’s current and future plans.

Prince Khalifa hailed the bank’s plans to expand its operations in the Kingdom, which, he said, reflects its confidence in the stimulating economic and investment atmosphere the government has provided for the financial and banking

institutions operating in Bahrain.

The Al Ahli United Bank’s board chairman the government, led by HRH Prince Khalifa, for its support to the financial institutions operating in Bahrain, highlighting the facilities and stimulating environment that attract capitals.

He lauded the role played by the Prime Minister in establishing a robust financial and banking sector in the Kingdom that has a strong and distinguished position across the Gulf region.

Manama

Bahrain has topped the Arab countries in the

fourth primary science exam results.

The Kingdom has also ranked second in the Arab region in the category of 2nd Intermediate

science exam and the math exam results for 4th primary and 2nd intermediate students.

The outstanding rankings were featured in the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) released yesterday.

“The honourable results reflect Bahrain’s educational strides under the wise leadership of HM the King,” said Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi, paying tribute to the teaching staff for their strenuous efforts.

Bahrain-UK ties progressing at all levels: FMManama

The course of relations between Bahrain and the

United Kingdom is witnessing a remarkable progress in all areas of cooperation, affirmed Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

The Minister was speaking during the annual dinner hosted by the Bahrain-British Friendship Society, during his visit to the UK.

Shaikh Khalid praised the historical relations between the two nations, and the progress in various fields after more than 200 years of collaboration, which resulted in the growth of these ties on the political, economic and military fronts.

The Minister said the visit of Prince Charles to Bahrain and his exploration of the Bahraini society was an additional opportunity to expand the ancient relations between the two countries.

During his Bahrain tour, the Prince of Wales had admired the Kingdom’s plurality and coexistence, the minister said.

Regarding the upcoming visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May to Bahrain in December, Shaikh Khalid said it underlines the strategic value represented by the bilateral tie of the two countries, and reflects the common determination to promote cooperation at all levels.

The Minister praised the role of the Bahrain-British Friendship Society in strengthening the relations between the two kingdoms, wishing them continuous success in their endeavours.

The British Under Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, Tobias Ellwood, affirmed the strength and diversity of the distinct ties between Bahrain and the UK and praised the constant progress of these relations at all levels.

The Prime Minister receives Al Ahli United Bank chairman Hamad Mishari Al Humaidhi and members at the Gudaibiya Palace

Shaikh Khalid speaks at the dinnerDr. Majid Al Nuaimi

Bahrain shines in TIMSS 2015


Importance of Majlises stressedManama

Communication among the members of the Bahraini

society is the key to achieve national cohesion, pointed out Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, stressing the importance of Majlises.

“Meetings and Majlises provide us with an opportunity to discuss and exchange opinions on issues of top interest to our nation and people, and to identify the needs of the citizens and the country. Nothing can distract us from achieving the aspirations of the citizens,” the PM said.

Prince Khalifa was speaking while receiving a number of Royal Family members at the

Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.The national values that

unite the citizens of Bahrain have, throughout history,

benefited the nation and its people, the Prime Minister added.

The Premier also praised His

Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who, he said, is leading the national march devotedly for the sake of the citizens.

Prince Khalifa pointed out that expectations for the Kingdom’s future are high, but confidence in their

achievement is higher, thanks to the citizen’s solidarity and constant resolve to attain more gains for the nation.

Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa receives Royal Family members at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday

PM vows support for banking sector

Manama

The government will continue adopting

economic strategies that will pave the way for financial and banking firms to expand their operations in the Kingdom, said Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

The Prime Minister also underlined the government’s aim to transform the financial and banking sectors into the main engines of economic activities in the Kingdom by providing a suitable investment atmosphere.

The statements were made while Prince Khalifa was receiving Al Ahli United Bank’s board chairman Hamad Mishari Al Humaidhi and members at the Gudaibiya Palace yesterday.

The Premier praised the role played by the Al Ahli United Bank, being a prestigious financial institution with a good regional and global reputation, that has achieved great successes despite the prevailing economic conditions.

Al Ahli United Bank’s achievements and effective participation in the financial

activities, as well as in the training of Bahraini competencies were also highlighted.

Meanwhile, the board chairman and other members briefed the Prime Minister on the Al Ahli United Bank’s current and future plans.

Prince Khalifa hailed the bank’s plans to expand its operations in the Kingdom, which, he said, reflects its confidence in the stimulating economic and investment atmosphere the government has provided for the financial and banking

institutions operating in Bahrain.

The Al Ahli United Bank’s board chairman the government, led by HRH Prince Khalifa, for its support to the financial institutions operating in Bahrain, highlighting the facilities and stimulating environment that attract capitals.

He lauded the role played by the Prime Minister in establishing a robust financial and banking sector in the Kingdom that has a strong and distinguished position across the Gulf region.

Manama

Bahrain has topped the Arab countries in the

fourth primary science exam results.

The Kingdom has also ranked second in the Arab region in the category of 2nd Intermediate

science exam and the math exam results for 4th primary and 2nd intermediate students.

The outstanding rankings were featured in the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) released yesterday.

“The honourable results reflect Bahrain’s educational strides under the wise leadership of HM the King,” said Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi, paying tribute to the teaching staff for their strenuous efforts.

Bahrain-UK ties progressing at all levels: FMManama

The course of relations between Bahrain and the

United Kingdom is witnessing a remarkable progress in all areas of cooperation, affirmed Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

The Minister was speaking during the annual dinner hosted by the Bahrain-British Friendship Society, during his visit to the UK.

Shaikh Khalid praised the historical relations between the two nations, and the progress in various fields after more than 200 years of collaboration, which resulted in the growth of these ties on the political, economic and military fronts.

The Minister said the visit of Prince Charles to Bahrain and his exploration of the Bahraini society was an additional opportunity to expand the ancient relations between the two countries.

During his Bahrain tour, the Prince of Wales had admired the Kingdom’s plurality and coexistence, the minister said.

Regarding the upcoming visit of British Prime Minister Theresa May to Bahrain in December, Shaikh Khalid said it underlines the strategic value represented by the bilateral tie of the two countries, and reflects the common determination to promote cooperation at all levels.

The Minister praised the role of the Bahrain-British Friendship Society in strengthening the relations between the two kingdoms, wishing them continuous success in their endeavours.

The British Under Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs, Tobias Ellwood, affirmed the strength and diversity of the distinct ties between Bahrain and the UK and praised the constant progress of these relations at all levels.

The Prime Minister receives Al Ahli United Bank chairman Hamad Mishari Al Humaidhi and members at the Gudaibiya Palace

Shaikh Khalid speaks at the dinnerDr. Majid Al Nuaimi

Bahrain shines in TIMSS 2015


This is in response to DT News story, “ Dilmun decoded,” published on November 29, 2016.

It’s great news that Bahrain has succeeded in revealing some great details about its ancient history.

It is already known that the Island had trade ties with as far as the Indus Valley and other civilisations.

Now the revelation about the Kingdom’s Amorite ancestry will put it alongside the greatest civilisations in human history including the Sumerian and Assyrian

civilisations.The new development

will give history enthusiasts and travel aficionados some exciting reasons to visit the Kingdom.

This will also put the Island among top tourism spots in the Middle East and North Africa region and thereby contributing to its economy

Phylis Atkinson

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Action against Bahrainfirm hiring only expatsDT News [email protected]

Manama

The authorities have taken disciplinary measures

against a Bahrain-based company that posted a job vacancy ad “strictly for non-Bahrainis” recently.

Labour and Social Development Ministry stated on its official Instagram page that “it has been observing what has been circulating on social media networks, regarding a Bahrain-based company that is strictly seeking hiring non-Bahraini employees.”

The ministry added that the company and its details have been identified after monitoring the ad. The authorities are also undertaking necessary procedures against

the consulting agency that allowed this incorrect policy against citizens.

“This is to ensure that

citizens are given the priority in employment, according to the law, and to make sure that such violations are not

repeated,” the ministry stated.The concerned officials in

the ministry revealed that “the company is operating under the contracting system, which allows third parties to process its employment procedures according to the qualifications and conditions of the company”.

The ministry added that the outsourcing company has posted the ad in accordance with the requests and requirements of the hiring company.

The ad has created a wave of condemnation and controversy across the Kingdom, as many Bahrainis remain unemployed, while a Bahrain-based company is refusing to hire citizens, breaking the laws of the Kingdom.

Manama

Health Minister Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh yesterday

praised the efforts exerted to provide high quality healthcare services in the Kingdom meeting international standards.

Al Saleh was speaking as she opened ministry’s first “Open Meeting with the Press.” The minister said the health sector in Bahrain considers developmental programmes at the top of priorities.

She stressed the importance of regular open meetings with the media as a basic vehicle of dialogue vis-à-vis issues of concern to public opinion in the health field.

“Open meetings with the press provide the opportunity to discuss the ministry-provided services,” she added.

The event was held under the motto “What the Ministry of Health wants from the media? What the media want from the Ministry of Health?”

Manama

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority

(BTEA) yesterday announced the return of the Cruise Ship Season, which would continue until early 2017.

The initiative aims to add more value to Bahrain’s tourism offering and develop the local economy especially for artisans.

The season took off with the AZAMARA ship from the Royal Caribbean berthed at the port of Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman in Hidd area with around 700 high-income visitors on board.

The visitors enjoyed a stroll around Bahrain and learned about the culture, the most prominent sites and archaeological heritage, including the old traditional markets.

Bahrain had received a total of 30 marine ships last season.

Dr. Rajani Rajesh

PET VET

(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

Obesity in pet birdsObesity is one of the major health problems in pet animals

as well as in companion birds. What exactly is obesity? Obesity is an imbalance where the energy intake is greater than the energy expenditure. In obese birds there is an abnormal increase of fat in the body’s tissues, usually a weight of 15 percent or more over the optimum. .

Among pet birds, budgies, Galahs, macaws, Amazon parrots, and Quaker parrots are prone to obesity, and to a lesser extent, cockatiels, are also prone to obesity. High-fat diets (seeds, nuts, and many table foods), overabundance of food, and a sedentary lifestyle are all contributing factors of obesity in pet birds.

Clinical signs may not be evident but include lameness, arthritis and respiratory issues from excessive abdominal fat. Obese birds are more prone to arthritis, lipomas (non cancerous fatty tumors), liver disease in the form of fatty liver, exercise intolerance, difficulty in breathing, reproductive problems, atherosclerosis, cardiac disease and shortened life span. The extra weight puts a burden on multiple organs of the body as well as the legs and feet.

In most cases, switching from a seed-based diet to a formulated diet with vegetables will go a long way in slimming down your bird. For larger pet birds, pelleted food should be 65-80% of the diet. Vegetables should make up 15-30%, and the remainder can be seeds and fruits.

Increasing your bird’s opportunities for exercise can help. Purchase a larger cage with multiple food bowls around the cage and/or a play gym. Climbing ladders, playing with toys, and other activities can help remove the excess weight. Use foraging toys so your bird will have to work at getting his food. Consult with your veterinarian to determine if your bird is overweight, and what dietary modifications should be made.

Representational image

Cruise Ship Season Back in the Kingdom

Focus on quality public healthcare


Photography exhibition by Gaye Bentham at the Harbour Tower West lobby, Bahrain Financial Harbour

Manama

It was in 1983, that she first came to Bahrain. And after 30 years, she is still here enjoying

her growing affection for the country and its people. Born in the UK, Gaye Bentham

started travelling at an early age. In Greece, she lived for about 12 years.

And what made her move along with this journey is her passion. All these years,

she is in a constant pursuit of two passions- one for photography and another for travelling.

She had also participated in exhibitions at Anamil Gallery, Al Riwaq Art Space, and the

InTouch Art Gallery. Her works has been shortlisted three times for National Geographic online

assignments.Here in Bahrain, she is inspired first and

foremost by the cultural heritage of Bahrain, and her particular fascination with doors and windows. She has always been attracted by vibrant colours, but more recently has started experimenting with black and white photography.

“I like to create images that evoke emotion and that convey the beauty, mystery and myriad cultures of this amazing world we call home,”

said Gaye“My work continues to evolve; that is the beauty

of photography – there is always something new to learn and so many avenues to explore. For me,

photography is all about making connections – both for myself with the subject matter, and, through my

work, with my audience.”And, the ongoing photography exhibition at the

Harbour Tower West lobby within Bahrain Financial Harbour is simply proving her right. 39 pieces by

Gaye Bentham is on display at the show, inaugurated by Bahrain Financial Harbour Holding Company

CEO Angus Campbell. The expo, in the Harbour Tower West, will run until December 27, after

which it will be transferred to the Harbour Tower East for another

month. The pieces are on sale at prices between BD35 and

BD45. This exhibition is the ninth instalment

of Art at the Harbour series which started in January this year at the H a r b o u r

Towers.PIC: MUHAMED THASLEEM

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Reviewed Audited 30 September 31March 2016 2016

ASSETSBHD’000 BHD’000

CashandbalanceswithbanksandCentralBankofBahrain 18,276 16,025Duefromotherbranches 73,973 29,186Investmentinbonds 15,464 14,575Loansandadvances 66,177 72,435Interestreceivableandotherassets 565 685Furnitureandequipment 503 572TOTAL ASSETS 174,958 133,478 HEAD OFFICE FUNDS AND LIABILITIES Head Office funds HeadOfficeaccount 10,655 10,655Unremittedprofits 4,260 2,475TOTAL HEAD OFFICE FUNDS 14,915 13,130 LIABILITIES Duetootherbranches 66 154Depositsfrombanksandotherfinancialinstitutions 39 3Borrowingfromotherbranches 72,065 21,032Customerdeposits 86,918 97,807Interestpayableandotherliabilities 955 1,352TOTAL LIABILITIES 160,043 120,348TOTAL HEAD OFFICE FUNDS AND LIABILITIES 174,958 133,478 Six months ended 30 September 2016 Reviewed ReviewedSTATEMENT OF INCOME 30 September 30September 2016 2015 BHD’000 BHD’000 Interestandsimilarincome 2,740 2,510Interestandsimilarexpense (758) (874)NET INTEREST INCOME 1,982 1,636 Otheroperatingincome 425 450NET INTEREST INCOME AND OTHER INCOME 2,407 2,086 OPERATING EXPENSES Staffexpenses (333) (335)Depreciation (82) (83)Premises&Equipmentexpenses (31) (33)Otheroperatingexpenses (444) (355)TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES (890) (806) Profit before provision for impairment 1,517 1,280 Provision for impairment of loans and advances (621) (152) Net Profit for the year 896 1,128 Net Profit for the year 896 1,128 Other comprhensive IncomeItems that will or may be reclassified to profit or loss Fair value changes on available-for-sale investment 889 (615) Other comprhensive Income for the period 889 (615) Totalcomprehensiveincomefortheyear 1,785 513

Six months period ended 30 September 2016 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Reviewed Reviewed 30 September 30September 2016 2015 BHD’000 BHD’000OPERATING ACTIVITIESNetprofitandtotalincomefortheperiod 896 1,128 Adjustmentsfornoncashandnon-operatingitem: Depreciation 82 83Amortisationofinvestmentpremium 44Provisionforimpairmentofloansandadvances 621 152 1,599 1,407Increase (decrease) in operating assets MandatoryreservedepositswithCentralBankofBahrain 152 (320)Loansandadvances 5,637 (7,703)Duefromotherbranches (4,157) 662Interestreceivableandotherassets 120 (109) Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities Duetootherbranches (88) 453Depositsfrombanksandotherfinancialinstitutions 36 (2,871)Borrowingfromotherbranches 51,033 33,215Customerdeposits (10,889) 6,291Interestpayableandotherliabilities (397) 1,525 Net cash from operating activities 43,046 32,550 INVESTING ACTIVITIES Purchaseoffurnitureandequipment (13) (12)Net from investing activities (13) (12) NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 43,033 32,538 Cashandcashequivalentsatthebeginningoftheperiod 31,913 18,612 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 74,946 51,150 Cashandcashequivalentsatendofperiodcompriseof: CashandbalanceswithbanksandtheCentralBankofBahrain 14,946 7,796Less:MandatoryreservedepositwithCentralBankofBahrain 3,330 3,547CashandbalanceswithbanksandtheCBB 18,276 11,343 Less:MandatoryreservedepositwiththeCentralBankofBahrain (3,330) (3,547)Add:DuefromHeadOfficeandotherbranches withanoriginalmaturityoflessthanninetydays 60,000 43,354 74,946 51,150

Theinformationhasbeenextractedfromthefinancialstatementsforthesixmonthsended30September2016,onwhichanauditopinionwasissuedbyErnst&Young,KingdomofBahrainon28November2016

Chief Executive Officer

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 30 SEPTEMBER 2016Retail Branch, PO Box 10763, Manama, Kingdom Of Bahrain

Six months period ended 30 September 2016 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN HEAD OFFICE FUNDS Head Office Unremitted Total account profits BHD BHD BHD’000

Balanceat31stMarch2016 10,655 2,475 13,130Netprofitfortheperiod 896 896Othercomprehensiveincome 889 889 TotalComprehensiveIncome 1,785 1,785

Balance at 30 September 2016 10,655 4,260 14,915

Balanceat31March2015 10,655 6,465 17,120Netprofitfortheperiod 1,128 1,128Othercomprehensiveincome (615) (615) TotalComprehensiveIncome 513 513

Balanceat30September2015 10,655 6,978 17,633

Another passenger jet has been put at series risk after

it was targeted in a laser attack.The Emirates aircraft

could have been brought down from the sky after it was flying over Hertfordshire when the green laser was directly shone at the plane for at least a couple of seconds.

The attack happened in near The Avenue in Bushey, Watford, at 7.55pm on November 16.

This incident comes after

a British Airways flight was targeted in a laser beam attack as it prepared to land at London’s Heathrow Airport in August.

A Hertfordshire Police spokesman said the Emirates flight was not caused to change its path, but Inspector Peter Edwards, of Hertfordshire Police, added: “This is a very serious offence and could have had very grave consequences.

“We are asking those who

may have information to help us with our investigation to please come forward and speak to us, as you may have vital evidence.”

Experts have warned that lasers can dazzle pilots - and if they are distracted at a critical time, such as during take-off or landing, the result could be disastrous. In April, experts warned that 1,500 planes had been targeted by lasers over the UK in the space of 12 months. (Daily Mail)

Emirates jet targeted by laser pointer

Manama

Batelco Bahrain CEO Muna Al Hashemi has been

named Businesswoman of the Year at the Arabian Business Achievement Awards event held at the Armani Hotel, Dubai, UAE. The Arabian Business Achievements Awards is considered among the most prestigious awards events in the region with a huge number of VIP’s, Media and leading executives in attendance.

Al Hashemi was selected in recognition of her exceptional efforts over the course of the past year. The Business Woman of the Year award champions trailblazing women’s contribution to the organisations they represent and their vital role within the business community.

“I am honoured and proud to be selected for this great award,” Al Hashemi said following the award ceremony.

“Achieving such an accolade would not have been possible without the excellent teams of Batelco employees who support me on a daily basis

and work tirelessly to meet the Company’s strategy. I extend appreciation to each and every Batelco team player; this award belong to them also,” she said.

Batelco CEO named bizwoman of the year

Batelco Bahrain CEO Muna Al Hashemi receiving the Arabian Business award for Best Businesswoman of the Year

BUSINESS Wednesday, November 30, 20168

Ford Trucks held a delivery and handing over ceremony of the first five Ford Trucks in Bahrain (four to National Concrete Company and one to Almoayyed Contracting Group). The ceremony was held at Almoayyed Heavy Equipment Service Centre in the presence of Yousif Almoayyed (Director - National Concrete company), M.T. Mathews (Director and CEO – Almoayyed Contracting Group), Sandeep Mathur (General Manager – Almoayyed Motors), Ercan Emrah Duman (International Markets Director - Ford trucks), Mustafa Caner Sinanoglu (Middle East Manager - Ford Trucks Business Unit), along with the Sales and After Sales team. Above, from left, Bagavathy, Robby George, Venugopal Nair, Anil Nair, M.T. Mathews, Yousif Almoayyed, Ercan Emrah Duman, Sandeep Mathur, Mustafa Caner Sinanoglu, Toros Kardas, K. Jayadev Menon.

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The Bahrain Chapter of the Institute of Chartered

Accountants of India, the largest organised professional body of Indians in Bahrain (affiliated to Bahrain Accountants Association) is back with its thought-provoking and career-enhancing a n n u a l conference o n

December 2 and 3. In this context DT News interviewed Vivek Kapoor, the chairperson of the BCICAI, who shared the view that despite the regional challenges faced, non-oil sectors namely tourism, banking and financial services and real estate have been resilient and will continue to contribute

significantly to the overall GDP numbers. Here

are the excerpts from the interview:

What’s your outlook on B a h r a i n Economy in 2017?E c o n o m i s t s & research reports forecast that Bahrain

is expected to maintain the

growth rate s imilar

t o

that of 2016 without much swing and we are hopeful about it. Bahrain’s economy is dependent primarily on non-oil sectors namely tourism, banking & financial services and real estate. Despite the regional challenges faced, these sectors have been resilient and continue to contribute significantly to the overall GDP numbers. As per the latest Economic Development Board report the tourism sector is expected to grow at an annual 7.3% and the Government is hoping to increase overseas visitor numbers from 11.6mn last year to 18mn in 2018. The Banking & financial services industry are strong pillars for the economic development and are poised to grow with considerable number of Capital Intensive Government Infrastructure projects and Private developments lined up in the immediate future. The Real Estate sector has been witnessing significant activities in the past 12 months and several new projects have been launched in the recently concluded BIPEX property exhibition. Developers have been offering a varied range of products & payment plants to attract investors & end users and this is expected to spur up the growth. The Government is continuing with its efforts to bring new investments into Bahrain as well as provide much needed support to the local businesses. This is evident from the improvement in Bahrain’s ranking from 66th to 63rd position in the latest Doing Business 2017 report.

Regarding Value-added Tax (VAT) in GCC, what’s your comments? VAT is likely to be implemented from January 2018. The GCC Finance Ministers & officials have been meeting regularly to arrive at a uniform VAT structure for all the countries and deliberate on the implementation mechanism. Actually VAT is prevailing in some of the Middle East countries like Egypt, Lebanon etc. and it was about time that GCC countries adopted VAT. Like any developing or developed economy the Government depends on tax collections to create diversified revenue streams to support the ever increasing spending on Public services & Infrastructure. VAT will have significant impact on businesses as they will have to revamp their systems and develop a comprehensive record management process. There is still not much information as to which categories of goods & services will be subject to VAT and those which will be subject to Zero percent tax or exempt from tax. The authorities will have to establish the collection & reporting regulations and guidance for the practical implementation of VAT in the coming months so that the necessary VAT infrastructure is in place before January 2018. What is the role of Chartered Accountants in Bahrain Economy?Indian Chartered Accountants (CA’s) have been contributing to the overall development of Bahrain for more than four decades & continue to be an

integral part in its growth story. Bahrain has always provided a fertile ground for us professionals to make optimum use of our knowledge & skills in the advancement of the institutions that we are part of. Our members have been actively involved across all levels of management right from auditors to CFOs, CEOs and Board members in both public & private enterprises and work closely with various stakeholders across the board and strive to build trust & confidence in every aspect of the work. The vast curriculum, the stringent evaluation process and the requirements of practical training that we undergo prepares us to undertake the most challenging assignments and deliver quality results. As advisors to family owned business or as consultants, auditors, risk managers or as members of top management team CAs have been contributing in building a robust system of internal controls, enhanced business practices & build a strong governance culture.

Tell us about the Annual International Conference theme and its relevance in the current scenario.The theme for the 8th Annual International Conference is “Challenges Create Opportunities”. We gave considerable thought as to what could be a befitting theme under the present economic scenario prevailing in the Middle East in particular & the World economy in general. The geo-political issues which occurred in 2011 and its aftereffects have severely

impacted the MENA region. Lot of efforts to resurrect the situation was undertaken since then and as it appeared that there will be a return to normalcy we were hit once again by the huge fall in oil prices at the end of 2014 and the consequences of the same are still been felt across the Middle eastern countries & other oil dependent economies. Globally there are more grave challenges on account wars being fought, surge in anti-national activities, refugee crisis, rising unemployment, natura l d isas ters , environmental hazards and so on. As a whole there are many challenges that we are facing and we seek solutions to each of these. The Governments of all the countries are actively working towards seeking partnerships with each other and the support of its people to remedy the situation and emerge out of these challenges. As global citizens and professionals we have an important role to play and contribute in all ways possible. The conference will seek to discuss some of the challenges around leadership, the outlook of Bahrain economy for 2017, the opportunities available for entrepreneurs to launch new business and the impact of the proposed Valued Added Tax in GCC. We have lined up experts in the field of taxation, economy, banking & finance and other areas who will share their views and experiences with the delegates over the 2 day conference. Apart of the technical sessions there will be a talk on “The Dynamics of Powerful Decision Making” by Swami Sukhabodhananda.

‘Bahrain’s economy resilient’

Vivek Kapoor

Right Social Media PlatformsFacebook and Twitter aren’t the be-all, end-all of social media. In fact, the platforms used by other countries for connecting, marketing, and producing might vary widely. Accessing Western social media from China is banned, though not impossible; instead, the local market has developed its own competitors like WeChat and Sina Weibo. Find out what the most popular SM platforms are in the countries you’re targeting and get on board.

BUSINESSWednesday, November 30, 2016 9

Airbus announced yesterday it was cutting more than 1,100 jobs in Europe and closing one of its sites in the Paris region

as part of an ongoing restructuring programme. A total of 640 jobs will be lost in France, mostly affecting operations in Suresnes, near Paris, where a research facility will close. Another 429 jobs will go at German sites including in Hamburg, Bremen, Ulm and Ottobrunn, near Munich.

The complete score of Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony was sold in London for £4.5 million. The handwritten

232-page score includes the composer’s deletions, alterations and annotations, many of them done in a vivid blue crayon. The score was owned by US businessman Gilbert Kaplan who became obsessed with the work, known as the “Resurrection Symphony”, and dedicated his life to conducting it before his death earlier this year.

Richard Branson

Airbus cuts 1,100 jobs in France, Germany Mahler symphony score sells for record £4.5m

founder Virgin Group

My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had — everyday I’m learning something new”

Are you ready to take your startup worldwide? It’s easier to do than ever thanks to online Kickstarter campaigns, crowdfunding, social media platforms, and the overall move to digital over old school brick and mortar. There are 10 easy, budget-friendly ways to stay competitive even on a startup’s budget. Here’s how to go global even when your bottom line is playing boss:

Learn a New LanguageLearning a new language yourself helps you show respect for the culture you’re marketing to. Even if you make a faux pas or can’t communicate like a native speaker, making an effort is what really counts. It might be what makes an investor in Japan choose you over a bigger company that didn’t bother to learn basic greetings.

Hire Smart, Hire LocalAs a growing company, you’ll probably soon have an opportunity to bring on a new worker or contrac-tor. Hiring someone who’s from the region you’re tar-geting, or at least is highly experienced in the culture, can give you an edge. Plus, it helps diversify your start-up, which is a plus no mat-ter how you look at it.

Story in PicturesIf you can’t afford a certified translator right now, remem-ber that pictures are worth 1,000 words and need no translation. Use an infographic, image, or short (wordless video) to convey your message. It’s creative and more appealing than a dry document anyway.

Research the CultureIt’s not just about the language, but also the culture when market-ing. You can easily creative an offensive marketing campaign in another country and never know it. Know the culture and the lan-guage if you’re delving into that territory.

Don’t take Short CutsThere are no short cuts around certifiable translations. If you can’t afford to go global now in some regards, don’t. There are many other ways to reach audiences besides butchering a language. (StartupGrind)

Go Fully DigitalThere are some founders who are experienced in old school market-ing strategies and stay

in that realm because that’s where they’re

comfortable. Stop. It’s a digital world and

marketing is changing, which allows you to reach all corners of the world—plus it’s more affordable, so it’s a win-win.

Manama

Bahrain-based wholesale Islamic Investment bank,

Ibdar Bank, announced its has successful exited from landmark aviation deals through the sale of five Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft for an undisclosed amount. The aircraft were leased to Ethiopian Airlines and RwandAir.

The award-winning Ethiopian Airlines’ transaction involved 12-year Shari’ah compliant operating leases of brand new aircraft, marking the first ever Shari’ah-compliant transactions in Africa’s aviation sector. Commenting on the deal, Acting CEO of Ibdar

Bank, Ahmed Al Rayes said: “As part of Ibdar’s strategy, the bank is working on bringing to market new transactions in the sector and other private equity segments. Ibdar has gained extensive experience in the field and is uniquely situated to better serve its clients in providing them with income generating assets”.

Mohammed Kettani, Executive Director and Head of the Bank’s Private Equity division added: “The role of private equity in the aviation sector has become more prominent as a result of airlines continuing to grow passenger traffic globally

and the increased use of operating leases as a means to finance fleet acquisitions. As such the Bank has identified the opportunity gap and developed an aviation platform to maximize on these lucrative opportunities. To date, the Bank has completed USD196 million in Aviation transactions. The bank is working on launching soon new private equity transactions.”

In addition to its significant expertise in aviation investment, the bank is building an impressive track record in infrastructure, maritime, oil and gas, and real estate among others.

Ibdar exits aviation deals

Bin Faqeeh, a leading Bahrain-based privately-owned real estate investment company, has show-cased its flagship project “WATER BAY” at Jewellery Arabia, whereas a number of its residential apartments were booked. Water Bay located at the heart of Bahrain Bay, features three distinct 10-storey residences with around 600 luxury apartments. The first of the three residences has an expected date of completion end of 2018. Commenting on the occasion, Faisal Faqeeh, Chairman of Bin Faqeeh Real Estate Investment Company said, “We are pleased to announce that our efforts to promote and market “Water Bay” during the exhibition have been very fruitful.” The company has also confirmed its participation in the 2017 exhibition.

Mohammed Kettani, Executive Director Private Equity Ibdar Bank

Ahmed Al Rayes, Acting CEO Ibdar Bank

BUSINESS10 Wednesday, November 30, 2016

COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.4677 0.3720 0.3387

KUWAIT 0.2855 31.7819 0.2817 0.2565

OMAN 0.3849 0.3901 0.3798 0.3458

QATAR 3.6420 3.6908 3.5938 3.2716

UAE 3.6730 3.7222 3.6244 3.2995

SAUDI 3.7500 3.8003 3.7004 3.3687

AUSTRALIA 0.2883 0.2859BANGLADESH 0.00487 0.00479CANADA 0.2864 0.2833DENMARK 0.0568 EGYPT 0.0361 0.0434EURO 0.4063 0.4041HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00603 0.00561INDONESIA 0.00003016 0.00002850IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000294 JAPAN 0.003530 0.003460JORDAN 0.5365 0.5351KOREA 0.00037258 KUWAIT 1.2580 1.249MALAYSIA 0.086900 0.0869NEW ZEALAND 0.2719 0.2705NORWAY 0.0462 NEPAL 0.00368 0.00344OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365 0.00360PHILIPPINES 0.00777 0.00759QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10061 0.27350SINGAPORE 0.2692 0.2672SOUTH AFRICA 0.02930 0.02920SRI LANKA 0.00273 0.00255SWEDISH 0.0440SWITZERLAND 0.3789 0.3764SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017TAIWAN 0.012300 THAILAND 0.010810 0.010800TURKEY 0.1208 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4786 0.4756UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102800 0.102810UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37800 0.37805YUAN 0.058500 0.0585

Dubai

GFH Capital, a fully owned subsidiary

of Bahrain based GFH Financial Group, yesterday named Luay Ahmadi as its Senior Executive Officer to lead the Dubai based investment bank.

In his new role, Ahmadi will take charge of the Bank’s operations and will be focused on further expanding its investment reach and portfolio across

existing and new sectors and geographies.

Ahmadi joins GFH Capital from Emirates NBD, where he was most recently Managing Director and Head of the Northern Gulf based out of Dubai from December 2014 after having served as the bank’s Managing Director and Head of Private Banking in Riyadh from October 2012. Prior to that, Ahmadi was a Founding Partner and Chief Marketing Officer

at Bahrain-based Energy Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on investments in the regional and global oil and gas sector.

Commenting on the appointment, Hisham Al Rayes, Managing Director of GFH Capital, said, “With a strengthened team, we look forward to delivering even greater value and opportunity in the periods ahead for our shareholders and investors.”

GFH names Luay AhmadiSenior Executive Officer

Luay Ahmadi

Manama

More than 300 venture capitalists, angel

investors and dynamic entrepreneurs had participated in the fifth MENA Angel Investor Summit 2016 held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Highlight of the summit, however, were the 30 start-ups from the 15 different countries who pitched their business concepts as part of an exciting fast-paced agenda.

Also in attendance were world-renowned venture capitalist and global innovation advisor of 500 Start-ups from Silicon Valley, Kamran Elahian along with the most prominent regional and local angel investors.

Commenting on the Summit, Elahian said: “There were two types of e-commerce products presented, the internet-based products and technology-driven products. Most of the start-up businesses had a competitive edge, with regional and global appeal.”

Organised by Tenmou in

strategic partnership with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) this high-profile event aimed at building a strong supportive and sustainable start-up ecosystem in Bahrain and increasingly grow the angel investment community in the MENA region.

The inaugural welcome note was presented by Hasan Haider, Chief Executive Officer of Tenmou and the

keynote address was presented by Dr Simon Galpin from EDB.

Commenting on the Summit, Hasan Haider, CEO of Tenmou said: “Since the start of the MENA Angel Investors Summit in 2010, more than 1,000 regional and international investors have been able to connect with around 150 high-potential innovative entrepreneurs from the region resulting in approximately US$ 6 million

investments.” Vivian Jamal, Executive

Director of Marketing and Communications at the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) commented: “This summit provided an effective platform for Bahraini entrepreneurs to discuss their experiences, their skills and their innovative visions before investors, in turn helping them to take their plans and their ambitions to the next stage.”

Startups Have the

CompetitiveEdge: Elahian

Regional Angel Investing panel discussion in progress

Investors and entrepreneurs at the event

BUSINESS10 Wednesday, November 30, 2016

COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.4677 0.3720 0.3387

KUWAIT 0.2855 31.7819 0.2817 0.2565

OMAN 0.3849 0.3901 0.3798 0.3458

QATAR 3.6420 3.6908 3.5938 3.2716

UAE 3.6730 3.7222 3.6244 3.2995

SAUDI 3.7500 3.8003 3.7004 3.3687

AUSTRALIA 0.2883 0.2859BANGLADESH 0.00487 0.00479CANADA 0.2864 0.2833DENMARK 0.0568 EGYPT 0.0361 0.0434EURO 0.4063 0.4041HONGKONG 0.04983 0.04943INDIA 0.00603 0.00561INDONESIA 0.00003016 0.00002850IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000294 JAPAN 0.003530 0.003460JORDAN 0.5365 0.5351KOREA 0.00037258 KUWAIT 1.2580 1.249MALAYSIA 0.086900 0.0869NEW ZEALAND 0.2719 0.2705NORWAY 0.0462 NEPAL 0.00368 0.00344OMAN 0.97962 0.98262PAKISTAN 0.00365 0.00360PHILIPPINES 0.00777 0.00759QATAR 0.10381 0.10376SAUDI ARABIA 0.10061 0.27350SINGAPORE 0.2692 0.2672SOUTH AFRICA 0.02930 0.02920SRI LANKA 0.00273 0.00255SWEDISH 0.0440SWITZERLAND 0.3789 0.3764SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017TAIWAN 0.012300 THAILAND 0.010810 0.010800TURKEY 0.1208 UNITED KINGDOM 0.4786 0.4756UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102800 0.102810UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37800 0.37805YUAN 0.058500 0.0585

Dubai

GFH Capital, a fully owned subsidiary

of Bahrain based GFH Financial Group, yesterday named Luay Ahmadi as its Senior Executive Officer to lead the Dubai based investment bank.

In his new role, Ahmadi will take charge of the Bank’s operations and will be focused on further expanding its investment reach and portfolio across

existing and new sectors and geographies.

Ahmadi joins GFH Capital from Emirates NBD, where he was most recently Managing Director and Head of the Northern Gulf based out of Dubai from December 2014 after having served as the bank’s Managing Director and Head of Private Banking in Riyadh from October 2012. Prior to that, Ahmadi was a Founding Partner and Chief Marketing Officer

at Bahrain-based Energy Capital Group, a private equity firm focused on investments in the regional and global oil and gas sector.

Commenting on the appointment, Hisham Al Rayes, Managing Director of GFH Capital, said, “With a strengthened team, we look forward to delivering even greater value and opportunity in the periods ahead for our shareholders and investors.”

GFH names Luay AhmadiSenior Executive Officer

Luay Ahmadi

Manama

More than 300 venture capitalists, angel

investors and dynamic entrepreneurs had participated in the fifth MENA Angel Investor Summit 2016 held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Highlight of the summit, however, were the 30 start-ups from the 15 different countries who pitched their business concepts as part of an exciting fast-paced agenda.

Also in attendance were world-renowned venture capitalist and global innovation advisor of 500 Start-ups from Silicon Valley, Kamran Elahian along with the most prominent regional and local angel investors.

Commenting on the Summit, Elahian said: “There were two types of e-commerce products presented, the internet-based products and technology-driven products. Most of the start-up businesses had a competitive edge, with regional and global appeal.”

Organised by Tenmou in

strategic partnership with the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) this high-profile event aimed at building a strong supportive and sustainable start-up ecosystem in Bahrain and increasingly grow the angel investment community in the MENA region.

The inaugural welcome note was presented by Hasan Haider, Chief Executive Officer of Tenmou and the

keynote address was presented by Dr Simon Galpin from EDB.

Commenting on the Summit, Hasan Haider, CEO of Tenmou said: “Since the start of the MENA Angel Investors Summit in 2010, more than 1,000 regional and international investors have been able to connect with around 150 high-potential innovative entrepreneurs from the region resulting in approximately US$ 6 million

investments.” Vivian Jamal, Executive

Director of Marketing and Communications at the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) commented: “This summit provided an effective platform for Bahraini entrepreneurs to discuss their experiences, their skills and their innovative visions before investors, in turn helping them to take their plans and their ambitions to the next stage.”

Startups Have the

CompetitiveEdge: Elahian

Regional Angel Investing panel discussion in progress

Investors and entrepreneurs at the event

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Tokyo

Japan has begun slaughtering more than 330,000 farm birds

to contain its first outbreaks of a highly contagious strain of avian flu in nearly two years, the government said Tuesday. The planned cull of some 16,500 ducks at a farm in the northern prefecture of Aomori and nearly 320,000 chickens at a farm in central Niigata prefecture, began yesterday.

The World Health Organization warned that

nearly half of all people with HIV around the globe do not know they are infected, and called for broader access to at-home testing kits. The UN health agency said that 40 percent of people with the virus that causes AIDS, or more than 14 million people worldwide, are unaware of their status.

11 Japan culling 330,000 birds to fight avian flu

HIV infections undetected

Rome

Emma Morano, humanity’s last known survivor of the

19th century, turned 117 in style yesterday, dressing up for the occasion and demanding to know “does my hair look all right?” before having her photograph taken.

The oldest known person alive can hardly see, is very hard of hearing, has been largely bed-bound for the last year and has not left her small second-storey flat in Verbania on the shores of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy for over two decades.

But her doctor, Carlo Bava, said his patient remained alert and continued to have a reasonable quality of life.

Bava said she was very aware of all the fuss being made about her reaching the latest milestone in a remarkable life that began on November 29, 1899.

“She is very lucid, very present,” Bava said.

“She was very happy and honoured to get a telegram of congratulations this morning from President (Sergio) Mattarella.

“There was a television crew

there and she got flowers. She had dressed up and she was very proud. She posed for a photographer and even asked if her hair looked good.

“So I think you can say she is on good form.”

No veggies, thanksMorano has reached a ripe old age despite an extraordinarily tough life, even by the standards of many of her contemporaries, and following a diet that flouts almost every piece of established medical wisdom.

“I eat two eggs a day, and that’s it. And cookies. But I do not eat much because I have no teeth,” she said in an interview last month.

She has long eschewed vegetables and her consumption of fruit is limited to the occasional handful of grapes or snacks of apple puree.

Her prodigious egg habit started when she was diagnosed with anaemia at 20 and a doctor told her to start eating two raw and one cooked every day: a habit she maintained until her appetite began to ebb slightly around

the age of 110.When she

still had teeth, she was also fond of chomping c h i c k e n and lean raw steak.

A l o n g with her fondness for pure protein, she has always had a sweet tooth meaning visitors were usually advised to come bearing gifts of Colomba, a cake rich in egg and butter that Italians associate with Easter, or Pannetone and Pandoro, traditional Christmas treats of a similar ilk.

Very strong characterBut it wasn’t clear if she would be enjoying any of the birthday cake she received on Tuesday.

“The last time I ate a little, but then I did not feel good,” she confided last month.

Bava suspects that Morano has thrived despite her unusual diet, not because of it.

“ I t h i n k her secret is genetic. All of her family lived very a very long time,” the doctor said.

“The diet she has had would have destroyed the liver of most people. But with Emma, I think she could even eaten pebbles and she would still have lived a very long time.

“What might be more important is that she has always had a very strong strong character. It has always been her who decides what she does or doesn’t do.”

M o r a n o herself has attributed her longevity to having the courage to take the life-changing decision of leaving a violent husband in 1938, shortly after the death in infancy of their son, her only child.

It was always an unhappy marriage. Years before, her true love had gone off to fight in World War I and not come back.

Leaving a husband

was no easy thing to do in the Church-dominated Italy of the 1930s and Morano worked in a factory producing jute sacks to support herself. “Back then, the workers in those factories were constantly breathing in dust and yet her lungs are fine -- that’s genetics,” said Bava. (AFP)

Does my hair look OK? World’s oldest person turns 117 in style


Chief Executive Officer, LMRA, Ausamah Al Absi stressed the importance of partnership and coordination between the LMRA and the embassies of countries exporting workers to Bahrain regarding the Flexible Work System approved by the Cabinet in September. The LMRA plans to apply the new system in the second quarter of 2017

Michael Chen, rep-resentative of Trade Mission of Taiwan il-lustrating the touris-tic attractions of Tai-wan to travel agents and airlines manag-ers based in Bahrain. Chen encouraged tour operators to take advantage of Taiwan’s new one-month eVi-sa scheme available for Bahrain nationals

Batelco has signed a partnership agreement with Diyar Al Muharraq, one of the leading urban developments in the Kingdom. The agreement was signed by Batelco Bahrain Chief Executive Officer Muna Al Hashemi and Diyar Al Muharraq Chief Executive Officer Dr. Maher Al Shaer, at Batelco’s headquarters in Hamala on 24 November

Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammed bin Ibra-him Al Mattawa affirmed that “development and training are top priorities in the Govern-ment Action Plan (GAP2015-2018).” The min-ister stressed the significance of government performance including the priorities to boost efficiency and effectiveness of government per-formance, enhancement of the public sector’s productivity, simplification of procedures for provision of services, development of mecha-nisms, measurement and follow up of govern-ment performance, and boosting the culture of measurement via performance indices

BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received, in the presence of the BDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen. Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, the Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, and Com-mander of the US 5th Fleet, Vice Admiral Kevin M. Donegan yesterday. Issues of common interest were discussed.Director of the BDF General Command’s Court, Major-General Hassan Mohammed Saad, and Director of Military Co-operation, Rear Admiral Mohammed Abdulla Al Sada, US Ambassador William Roebuck and the US Military Attaché to Bahrain Colonel Steven Vincent were also present

Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received Shura Council Chairman Ali Saleh Al Saleh at Gudaibiya Palace yesterday and discussed with him ways to enhance cooperation between the executive and legislative branches

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received Supreme Council for Youth & Sport Chair-man, Bahrain Olympic Committee President and Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) Chairman HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday. HM King congratulated Shaikh Nasser on being conferred with the Association of National Olympic Committees (Anoc) Medal of Merit for his outstanding efforts at the administration level


The K Hotel celebrated the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at their lobby with Christmas songs and Santa Claus

Applied Science University (ASU) hosted its fifth Cultural Educational Exhibition on 27 November 2016 under the patron-age of Shaikha Hala bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, the Director of the Director-ate of Culture and Arts. The Exhibition displayed 15 of the world’s different cul-tures. The event was organised by the Deanship of Student Affairs & Evening Studies in collaboration with College of Arts and Science under the supervision of Assistant Professor, Dr Rawya Zmari

Board of Trustees Chairman of Bahrain Centre for Strategic, In-ternational and Energy Studies (DERASAT) Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Fadhala received researcher Dr. Hamad Ibrahim Abdullah who presented him a collection of his books yesterday

The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Fi-nance (BIBF) awards Top Achiever Award for Association of Chartered Certified Accountant’s (ACCA) winner, Manal Azim. The BIBF’s Director Solveig Nickolas presented Manal with trophy in ac-knowledgement

Businessman A.D Zafar arranged a reception dinner in honour of Murad Ali Wazir (H.O.C Pakistan Embassy Bahrain) at his residence in Bu-saiteen

Deputy President of the National Institution for Hu-man Rights (NIHR) Abdul-lah Al Derazi received Rule of Law and Human Rights and Justice Specialist at the United Nation’s Regional Bureau for Arab Countries Marta Vallejo Mestres yes-terday. Head of the Com-plaints, Monitoring and Follow-up Committee Ma-ria Khouri, Acting Secretary General Chancellor Yasser Shahine and Information Technology and Telecom-munications Director Fahad Al Ma’alla also attended

GPIC President Dr.Abdulrahman Jawa-hery opened the IFA’s 2016 Strategic Forum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Jawa-hery told the delegates about the IFA’s impor-tant achievements since it was first set up in 1947 until the present day

Cabinet Affairs Minister Mohammed bin Ibra-him Al Mattawa affirmed that “development and training are top priorities in the Govern-ment Action Plan (GAP2015-2018).” The min-ister stressed the significance of government performance including the priorities to boost efficiency and effectiveness of government per-formance, enhancement of the public sector’s productivity, simplification of procedures for provision of services, development of mecha-nisms, measurement and follow up of govern-ment performance, and boosting the culture of measurement via performance indices

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al Zayani headed the Bah-raini delegation participant in the International Conference to support the Economy and Investment in Tunisia. The event titled “Tunisia 2020 The Road to Inclusion, Sustainability and Efficiency” was held from November 29 to 30, 2016

BDF Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received, in the presence of the BDF Chief of Staff Lt-Gen. Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, the Commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, and Com-mander of the US 5th Fleet, Vice Admiral Kevin M. Donegan yesterday. Issues of common interest were discussed.Director of the BDF General Command’s Court, Major-General Hassan Mohammed Saad, and Director of Military Co-operation, Rear Admiral Mohammed Abdulla Al Sada, US Ambassador William Roebuck and the US Military Attaché to Bahrain Colonel Steven Vincent were also present

Leslie Grossman @MissLeslieG

No matter how bad your day at work is

remember you are not an employee at Farah Abraham’s frozen yogurt shop


Los Angeles

Actress Michelle Williams says it will “just never be right” bringing up her daughter

without late actor Heath Ledger.She has 11-year-old Matilda with the late

actor, who died of an accidental overdose eight years ago. Williams has opened up about raising

her only child by herself and how she still can’t accept that he is gone, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“In all honesty, for pretty much everything else, I feel like I’m a believer in not fighting circumstances, accepting where you are and where you’ve been,”

Williams told Porter magazine.“In pretty much all

senses but one, I would be able to go totally down that line of thinking were it not for Matilda” she added. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Actor James Marsden says he has stalked veteran actress Helen

Mirren.The 43-year-old recently confessed

to having a “massive crush” on the 71-year-old actress, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I just love her, I do. I’ve had a massive crush on her for years,” he said during an episode of “The Ellen Degeneres Show”.

“I was on a flight with her once to Rome, and when I got off the flight, I followed her... to baggage claim, and in a very creepy voyeuristic way, I took a photo of her while she was walking,” he added.

As Mirren was appearing on the show with him, Marsden said: “I was avoiding seeing her backstage because I didn’t want her to know that I was stalking her in the Rome international airport.” (IANS)

Los Angeles

Actor John Travolta was told to accept the role in “American Crime

Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” by filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks.

The 62-year-old, who played the role of O.J. Simpson’s attorney Robert Schapiro in the TV series, has admitted that he spent four months mulling whether to star in the 10-part series or not. But the advice of Hanks swayed his decision,

reports femalefirst.co.uk.“It was Steven Spielberg. It was

Oprah Winfrey. It was Rita Wilson Hanks and Tom Hanks. And it was

former Disney magnate Michael Eisner. They all thought it was completely the right move.

“Spielberg and Eisner were the most enthusiastic,” Travolta told GQ.com about the show, which follows the 1994 murder trial of the former American football player’s partner Nicole Brown Simpson.(IANS)

Los Angeles

Grammy winning singer John Mayer says he broke down to

tears while watching the pilot of the American TV series “This Is Us”, which stars singer and actress Mandy Moore.

On Friday, he tweeted that he is hooked to “This Is Us” after just

watching the first episode of the show, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“Just saw the first episode of ‘This is Us’ and I’m hooked. Crying and hooked. Not even wiping away tears for the next episodes. Just gonna let the first ones create tracks for a more even, efficient flow. I took in a ton of calories but in a short period of time, and I feel like that’s gotta be

good for something. Right?,” Mayer posted. (IANS)

Leslie Grossman @MissLeslieG

No matter how bad your day at work is

remember you are not an employee at Farah Abraham’s frozen yogurt shop


Los Angeles

Actress Michelle Williams says it will “just never be right” bringing up her daughter

without late actor Heath Ledger.She has 11-year-old Matilda with the late

actor, who died of an accidental overdose eight years ago. Williams has opened up about raising

her only child by herself and how she still can’t accept that he is gone, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“In all honesty, for pretty much everything else, I feel like I’m a believer in not fighting circumstances, accepting where you are and where you’ve been,”

Williams told Porter magazine.“In pretty much all

senses but one, I would be able to go totally down that line of thinking were it not for Matilda” she added. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Actor James Marsden says he has stalked veteran actress Helen

Mirren.The 43-year-old recently confessed

to having a “massive crush” on the 71-year-old actress, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I just love her, I do. I’ve had a massive crush on her for years,” he said during an episode of “The Ellen Degeneres Show”.

“I was on a flight with her once to Rome, and when I got off the flight, I followed her... to baggage claim, and in a very creepy voyeuristic way, I took a photo of her while she was walking,” he added.

As Mirren was appearing on the show with him, Marsden said: “I was avoiding seeing her backstage because I didn’t want her to know that I was stalking her in the Rome international airport.” (IANS)

Los Angeles

Actor John Travolta was told to accept the role in “American Crime

Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson” by filmmaker Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks.

The 62-year-old, who played the role of O.J. Simpson’s attorney Robert Schapiro in the TV series, has admitted that he spent four months mulling whether to star in the 10-part series or not. But the advice of Hanks swayed his decision,

reports femalefirst.co.uk.“It was Steven Spielberg. It was

Oprah Winfrey. It was Rita Wilson Hanks and Tom Hanks. And it was

former Disney magnate Michael Eisner. They all thought it was completely the right move.

“Spielberg and Eisner were the most enthusiastic,” Travolta told GQ.com about the show, which follows the 1994 murder trial of the former American football player’s partner Nicole Brown Simpson.(IANS)

Los Angeles

Grammy winning singer John Mayer says he broke down to

tears while watching the pilot of the American TV series “This Is Us”, which stars singer and actress Mandy Moore.

On Friday, he tweeted that he is hooked to “This Is Us” after just

watching the first episode of the show, reports dailymail.co.uk.

“Just saw the first episode of ‘This is Us’ and I’m hooked. Crying and hooked. Not even wiping away tears for the next episodes. Just gonna let the first ones create tracks for a more even, efficient flow. I took in a ton of calories but in a short period of time, and I feel like that’s gotta be

good for something. Right?,” Mayer posted. (IANS)


Los Angeles

Singer-songwriter Robbie Williams spent the summer

feeling “isolated” and struggling to connect with people because of depression.

The 42-year-old, who has children Teddy, four, and Charlton, two, with wife Ayda Field, spent months feeling “isolated” earlier this year after being gripped by depression, but is thankful that his “demons are quiet” now after doctors put him on a new medication, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

He told Radio Times magazine: “I had a really weird summer. Just couldn’t connect with anybody, apart from my wife. “I didn’t know how to talk to anybody, even people who are

with me every day. I was isolated, in my head. It was troublesome and sad. Then I tried this

anti-depressant and things have changed. The demons are quiet.”

The “Party Like a Russian” singer has previously battled addictions to drugs and alcohol. (IANS)

London

Amber Heard, who recently split from Johnny Depp, reportedly has not given

any money to charity as the divorce has not been finalized yet. The 30-year old actress’ attorney Pierce O’Donnell tells that she is unable to donate the funds at the moment

as the divorce documents have not been signed.

When the couple reached their agreement in August, Heard had

promised to donate the 7 million dollars she earns from the divorce entirely to charity. She

said she planned to split the money between the ‘American Civil Liberties Union’, with a particular

focus to stop violence against women, as well as the ‘Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles’.

“The settlement documents are being finalized and will be signed this week,” Heard’s lawyer

explained. (ANI)

London

Stressed to the max over her bitter divorce and custody fight with

BradPitt, frail Angelina Jolie has melted away to a scary 76 pounds!

“Angie’s not coping at all,” says a source. “Her arms have become so bone-thin, they look like toothpicks! Her weight is plummeting.”

New York based internist Dr. Stuart Fischer, who has not treated Jolie, warned, “She’s gone past the point of safety!” (radaronline)

xLos Angeles

Television personality Katie Price spoke of her love for her stepfather amid allegations that he raped a woman

twice following a group night out in a seaside resort.Katie described her step-father Paul Price, 53, as a “loving”

and “fun” person who despite not being her biological father she regards as “my dad”, reports mirror.co.uk.

Her feelings for her father were read in a statement to Chichester Crown Court in West Sussex, where Paul denies two counts of rape. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey, 47, said that his mother slammed him to the ground when he was in

kindergarten.McConaughey was raised along with his two brothers in

Texas by his mother Mary, a kindergarten teacher and an author, and his late father James.

“She’s 84, but she’s still spry,” McConaughey said during an interview on the radio station Nova FM.

McConaughey to this day will not answer to abbreviations of his Christian name, like ‘Matt’ or ‘Matty’, due to an incident at kindergarten when his mother, who was also his teacher, admonished him for answering to a nickname, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“I answered to Matt one time when I was in kindergarten, when my mum was my teacher. My buddy goes, ‘Hey Matt! Wanna play on the monkey bars?’ and I said, ‘Yeah,’ and ran to the monkey bars... and next thing I know I feel a hand on my shoulder pull me back and body-slam me to the ground -- and it was my mother.” (IANS)

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You are especially magnetic today. You draw both friends and colleagues to you with your irresistible charm. If you are in sales, expect the orders to come flying in. And as for your social life, it is hopping! Invitations come to you via all avenues. Your voice mail, e-mail and mailbox are filled to the brim with invitations.

It is an especially harmonious and congenial day today. Meetings and projects at work seem to go off without a hitch. And ditto in your personal life. Get-togethers with friends or loved ones come right from a painting by Norman Rockwell. Everyone feels loved and well-connected. If only every day were this way!

All your senses are aroused today. Tonight when you return home you are likely to surround yourself with warmth, scent, a fabulous meal and a beautiful bouquet of flowers. You feel content and blessed, and look at your partner with loving eyes. Why not put on some music, dress in your most opulent clothing and invite your mate to join you for a dance?With the current celestial atmosphere, you are feeling the urge to spruce up your surroundings. But there’s no need to make a major financial investment. There’s plenty you can do simply with creative arrangements of paintings, plants and flowers. Candlelight does wonders to soften a room and make everything glow.

Your creative side is eager to be set free! Perhaps it is time to get out that old set of paints, or to dust off your writing journals. Consider taking some time today to visit a museum or craft show. What you see there is likely to fire your imagination and inspiration. Don’t hold back any longer. What are you waiting for?

You have been working long and hard for some time now. And it looks as though you are about to be rewarded for your efforts. If you do not receive a promotion or raise today, expect one in the near future. If one is not immediately forthcoming, go ahead and ask for it. You have earned it, and have the proof to back up your request.

Your creativity and inspiration are firing on all cylinders today. Why not give them free reign? If you pull out the paints and paper you may be surprised at just how talented you really are. There is a warm, passionate feeling in the air. Why not paint an erotic picture for your partner, or even better have him or her pose for one!

Your extrasensory abilities are heightened today, giving you insight into yourself and those around you. It is almost a scary experience, as you may feel that you are privy to private information. Take note of what you pick up on today. You have unique insight into human relationships. Perhaps you could write an article or illustrate in some way the complexities of social interactions.

Some quiet time alone will do you a world of good today. There is a lot going on in your life right now. If you stop the world and get off, just for a few hours, you are likely to reenter the fray refreshed. Your love life may be heating up. Don’t hesitate to put the brakes on if things are moving too quickly. Rather than listening to what your partner says, watch what he or she does.

Don’t let your voice mail pick up your phone today. You are likely to get a call from a long-lost friend. What a boost this will bring to your day! Hope that the call comes late in the day, because once it occurs you will not be able to get any more work done. You are likely to receive good news, which will have you flying high. Enjoy this great day!

All your efforts both on the job and in your personal relationships pay off in a big way today. At work, you are likely to receive a bonus or some other satisfying recognition of a job well done. At home, friends and family express their gratitude for all you’ve done for them. You bask in the warm glow of a life lived openly and with integrity. You deserve all the rewards that are coming your way.You are likely to turn heads today as you walk down the street. Your mind and your body are in peak form today. Though it’s not likely your mind that is drawing all those admiring glances. Your partner is likely to be jealous, but don’t let that stop you from strutting-just a bit. Have fun, flirt, but don’t let it get out of hand.

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A JOURNEY FROM EAST TO WEST

Date: December 1 Venue: St Christopher’s Cathedral

Jason Carter will be in concert at St Christopher’s Cathedral on Thursday

1st December at 6.00pm on his harp guitar taking as a theme A Journey from East to West.

Jason Carter’s musical depth and extraordinary style have left an indelible impact around the globe. Touring with his inimitable fusion of world music and classical styles, he has performed in almost 100 countries and travelled over a million miles – making music in such diverse locations as Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, North Korea, Pakistan, and the Gulf States. Garnering a reputation as an ambassador for peace and intercultural dialogue by using music to open doors for communication, Jason has received honors and awards for these efforts and also support from UNESCO, The United Nations, and the British Government.

Jason is a guitarist/composer of the highest caliber and originality. Prolific and exceptionally creative, he continually produces captivating and alluring music that showcases not only his classical abilities but also his obvious love for world music. Played with humility, passion and exquisite flair, his music offers audiences a profound and intimate experience, regardless of the size of the venue.

Though working primarily as a solo musician, Jason regularly collaborates with other musicians and orchestras. He has played with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Novosibirsk Orchestra, the Nanjing Chinese Orchestra, New Irish Orchestra, and countless other musicians from around the world.

Tickets are BD5 (accompanied children free) and may be booked in advance from the Cathedral Office Tel: 17253866

RULES NIGHTDate : 1 Dec 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmVenue : Royal Golf Club Riffa

Michael Wood, the current Tournament Director for the Ladies European Tour, will be visiting Bahrain for a one-off Rules of Golf Seminar at the Royal Golf Club.

Michael has over 10 years of experience as a Rules Referee and has officiated prestigious tournaments such as the recent Solheim Cup in 2015. The seminar is designed to educate golfers on how to locate the desired ruling, make the correct decision when presented with difficult scenarios and provide further all round knowledge on the rules of golf.

Entry costs just BD 5 per person and places must be reserved in advance. To book your seat, please call our Central

Reservations Department.

FRADEANI IN BAHRAIN: THE ESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATIONDate : 1 Dec 8 am - 2 Dec 11 amVenue : Amwaj Island, Bahrain- Manama

The Program about Esthetic Rehabilitation is at the Seef Medical Training Center, Bahrain, Bldg 103, First floor, Road 59, 257 Amwaj Islands, next to Choueifat school.

The aim of this course is to outline a systematic approach to prosthetic rehabilitation and help the clinician to confidently address comprehensive treatment involving bridges, crowns, veneers and onlays on natural dentition, from single restoration to full-mouth rehabilitation.

BUY 1 GET 1 BBQ BY THE POOLDate : 1 Dec 7:30 pm – 10 :30 pmVenue : Sheraton Bahrain Hotel

Join us every Thursday from 7:30Pm to 12 midnight by the pool for a weekend BBQ. Enjoy selection of flame grilled marinated meats & seafood, delicious sauces & condiments, a fresh salad bar and tasty main dishes, followed by tempting desserts.

TALK WITH ADVENTURER MARYAM ABDULLA Date: Thursday, December 1st, 7pmVenue: Words Bookstore Café

Join Kuwaiti adventurer Maryam Abdullah as she talks about her travel adventures all over the world. Listen as she divulges what she’s learnt and experienced over the last 10 years about different people and cultures, from North Korea to Namibia as well as her latest adventure, bungee jumping into an active volcano in Chile. To Maryam, the world is a large museum, the countries are the rooms to visit. All are welcome.

SHAPE METAL WIRES WORKSHOPDate: 2 December 2016, 10:00am - 12:00pm & 3:00pm - 5:00pmVenue: Al Jasra Training Center

In cooperation with Al Jasra Training Center, Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities is organizing a Shape Metal Wires workshop. Minimum age 16 years and above. Learn creating different shapes by winding wires made of metal. For any inquires please contact [email protected]

FURNITURE RECYCLING WORKSHOPSDate: 2 December 2016 , 10:00am -

12:00pm & 3:00pm-5:00pmVenue: Al Jasra Training Center

In cooperation with Al Jasra Training Center, Bahrain Authority for Culture & Antiquities is organizing a Furniture Recycling Workshops. Learn making home accessories from unused hangers that is available in the house. For any inquires please contact : [email protected]. Minimum age 16 years and above.

EFFECTIVE PARENTING FOR ADO-LESCENTS Date: 2nd and 3rd DecemberVenue: Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam

Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam (BKS) Ladies wing is organizing a mind training and counseling program on ‘effective parenting for adolescents’ especially for the children above 11 years on 2nd and 3rd December 2016. The classes will be conducted by the renowned expert Dr.Krishna Sivasubramoney, Associate Professor (Department of Psychiatry ) & MO in Charge (Holistic and Stress Research Clinic), Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.

The program includes effective interaction with parents and children in separate sessions on how to support your children, empowering the teens for a healthy youth and healthy future and individual counseling. The opening ceremony will be held at 10:30am followed by an interactive session for parents and mind empowering games for children. There will also be an interaction with children in the afternoon. The families who attend the Friday session can have a personal talk with the doctor upon special appointment on Saturday.

For more information and registration please contact Mohini Thomas -39804013 and Biji Siva-36608902.


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ready reckoner for the events taking place on the

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HIGHLIGHTCHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING Date: December 8th 2016 at 5.30pmVenue: Downtown Rotana

With the much-anticipated festive season soon approaching, Downtown Rotana, the stylish luxury hotel located in the heart of Bahrain’s capital, is gearing up to host its first Christmas Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 8th 2016, and has put together an exciting agenda that promises an unforgettable evening for guests and visitors of all ages.

The biggest attraction will be an enormous gingerbread house that will stand tall at the main hotel lobby. Expected to reach 4 metres in height and 6 metres in width, created using over 380kg of gingerbread dough, the hotel aims to take the lead for building one of the largest gingerbread houses in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The evening will also include an appearance by Santa where children will get the opportunity to meet him and receive token gifts, and will conclude with the customary

lighting of the Christmas Tree which traditionally marks the official start of the festive season. A key highlight of the evening will be the choir which will consist of people of different ages, as well as Downtown Rotana’s choir which will consist of 19 of staff members.

Speaking on the event, Mr. Patrice Cornee, General Manager of Downtown Rotana said: “This year we will be celebrating Downtown Rotana’s first festive season and inaugural Christmas Tree Lighting; we want it to be memorable. We have put together an exciting program for the evening and we hope our guests are mesmerized. The festive season is a very important time for the hotel, we are anticipating many guests coming into town and we want them to feel like they are at home away from home.”

Downtown Rotana’s Christmas Tree Lighting will take place at the hotel lobby on December 8th 2016 at 5.30pm; festive canapés and beverages being served throughout.

THE DELONGHI BAHRAINI CHEF COMPETITIONDate: December 13&14.Venue: The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain.

Ready, Steady, Go! It’s time to Cook! The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain has the pleasure to announce the launch of The DeLonghi Bahraini Chef Competition, a dedicated two day cooking competition for Bahraini nationals, to take place on December 13th and 14that The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain.

As part of The Ritz-Carlton’s Community Footprints program, the ‘DeLonghi Bahraini Chef Competition’ will take place during the celebrations of the Kingdom’s national day with the aim to empower the aspiring Chefs of Bahrain and invest in nationals possessing outstanding culinary talent, allowing them to develop further in their field of choice.

C a n d i d a t e s who wish to apply are required to be a minimum of 18 years old and are to post a video of themselves making a dish of their choice on Instagram tagging @Bahrainichefcompetition and using the hashtag #Bahrainichefcompetition. A panel of judges composed of 5 renowned chefs and food connoisseurs will review the videos and create a shortlist of candidates. The final line-up of 16 participants will battle it out over a two-day competition event, to be held at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain on December 13th and 14th, 2016. At the event, participants will perform a 2-hour cooking contest, with the judges selecting the final winner.

With its focus on developing local talent, The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain and DeLonghi will award the winner an exclusive culinary experience and exposure with a Michelin star chef at one of The Ritz-Carlton properties in Europe. The winning dish will also be featured at one of the Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain’s restaurants.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Christian Zandonella, General Manager of The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain said: “We are thrilled to celebrate the Bahrain National Day with the creation of this event. We look forward to witnessing exceptional individual performances at The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain during the event.”

PIANO CONCERTO BY PAOLO RESTANIDate : 1 Dec 8 pm – 10 pmVenue : The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain

In cooperation with the Italian Embassy, The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain is delighted to announce the upcoming Piano Concerto by Paolo Restani. A first visit by this exceptionally skilled and talented pianist to our island will offer the unique opportunity to experience first-hand Restani’s prodigious talent.

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Islamic State ‘soldier’ behind Ohio attack

Thai cabinet paves way for prince’s endorsement

Trump declared winner of presidential vote in Michigan

Women enter Indian shrine after legal battle

The Somali student who wounded 11 people in a car-ramming and knife attack on an Ohio univer-sity campus was a “soldier” of the Islamic State group.

Thailand’s cabinet submit-ted the name of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn to the nation’s parliament, paving the way for his endorsement as king.

Michigan on Monday declared President-elect Donald Trump the winner over Hillary Clinton in its razor-thin contest.

Dozens of women entered the inner sanctum of a his-toric mosque in India after winning a bitter legal battle for a ban on female wor-shippers to be lifted.

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Rabat

A public television station in Morocco apologised

again on Monday after uproar on social media followed its broadcast of an item on makeup to hide the bruises of battered women.

The sequence -- marking last week’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women -- was transmitted by 2M on the morning magazine programme “Sabahiyate” to “show the type of makeup to use when a woman has been hit”.

It depicted a woman with a swollen face, with the presenter telling viewers that she was not really injured, but that these were just “cinematic effects”.

“Green is applied with a brush to camouflage the

reddish part”, followed by “an orange corrector then yellow, then a foundation”, she said.

She added that the aim was to “provide solutions to women who need such advice so they can continue with their daily

lives and go to work”.Last Wednesday’s broadcast

initially passed unnoticed, but after it was posted on the channel’s website, by Friday it had provoked a storm of reaction on social media and

was then removed.“So 2M has decided to

celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with anti-bruise makeup!” was one comment.

Another social media user noted: “Ladies, 2M has the solution if you get punched in the face by your husband, father or brother.”

“Black eye? Bruising? No problem! 2M’s makeup artist has a miracle product!” wrote yet another.

The channel’s management issued a statement on Friday calling the broadcast sequence “completely inappropriate”, and offered its “most sincere apologies for this error, given the sensitivity and seriousness of the subject”.

On Monday, in a video posted on Facebook, 2M again said it was sorry.

“We have always put women at the centre of our debates and have taken the defence of their rights to heart,” it said.

“We apologise for broadcasting the makeup segment, the result of an error of judgment on our part, and beg your indulgence and understanding.”

Also Monday, in a commentary on worldwide efforts during 2016 to stem violence against women, Human Rights Watch acting women’s rights division director Janet Walsh wrote that Morocco was “still discussing a draft domestic violence law”. (AFP)

Morocco TV ‘sorry’ over battered women makeup

The show depicted a woman with a swollen face

Havana

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans swarmed

Havana’s Revolution Square for a tearful tribute to Fidel Castro on Monday while his brother, Raul, led a private ceremony in front of the late communist icon’s ashes.

A weeklong farewell to Castro began with long lines of mourners streaming past a black-and-white picture of “El Comandante” as a young, black-bearded revolutionary carrying a rifle.

The crowd walked by silently, some took pictures with their phones and others sobbed uncontrollably as they looked up at the portrait flanked by white roses inside the monument to independence hero Jose Marti.

Many were dressed in state uniforms -- school children, soldiers, veterans, doctors and customs officers -- and the line continued as night fell.

TearfulCubans pay tribute to Castro

Srinagar

Seven Indian soldiers were killed after militants

disguised as policemen stormed a major army base near the frontier with Pakistan Tuesday, as tensions between the two neighbours ran high after weeks of cross-border firing.

Four suspected militants were also killed in the stand-off with security forces inside the command centre in northern Jammu and Kashmir state that lasted most of the day.

It was the most audacious attack on an Indian military base since September, when 19 soldiers were killed in an assault that India blamed on

Pakistan-based militants.The army in a statement

said four of its soldiers were killed in the initial assault after heavily armed militants wearing police uniforms stormed the base early Tuesday firing small arms and hurling grenades.

Three army men were killed in a rescue operation after the militants took 16 people hostage inside two buildings used by the families of the army officers. Two women and children were among the hostages, the army said.

“In this rescue attempt one more officer and two jawans sacrificed their lives,” it added

Three bodies of the attackers have been recovered

and operation to sanitise the complex continues, the statement said.

One of the dead soldier was a major while the rank of another officer remained unclear.

Earlier a senior local police officer said all four militants were killed in the counter-attack by security forces.

The base is one of four command centres in the restive region and home to over 1,000 officers.

The attack came as Pakistan’s hugely popular military chief General Raheel Sharif handed over to his successor on Tuesday with a warning to India not to mistake his country’s

“restraint” for weakness.It also comes days before

a scheduled visit to India by Pakistan’s foreign affairs advisor Sartaj Aziz for a weekend conference on Afghanistan.

“It clearly suggests there is an attempt by certain groups to sabotage the apparent peace outreach by Pakistan’s government,” said Mohan Guruswamy, head of the Centre for Policy Alternatives think-tank in New Delhi.

Separately, Indian authorities said three militants were killed in a shoot-out with security forces after crossing into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan. (AFP)

Seven Indian

soldiers killed in

attack on army base

DT News NetworkManama

The Bahrain Royal Endurance Team, led by

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee and Captain of the Team, has added a new glory to their fairy-tale journey after winning the Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Sport Creativity Award as the Best Arab Team.

Receiving such a prestigious honour follows the team’s victory in the World Youth Endurance Championships, held in Chile in the year 2015.

Shaikh Nasser affirmed that

receiving this very high-status honour for the team wouldn’t have been possible without the support extended to the sporting movement in the Kingdom by the leadership, as well as backing Bahraini jockeys during their participation in all competitions in order to lift their spirit and motivate them.

“I am very much honoured and proud to receive such a highly esteemed award which holds the name of a person very close to everyone’s heart in the capacity of HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai who has been always keen to recognise creativity, innovation and excellence across all sectors, especially in the area of sports,” said Shaikh Nasser.

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Wales, Wagstaff win Monday Madness GolfManamaDavid Wales and Stephen Wagstaff (23 points on count back) narrowly won the fourth competition of the Coca-Cola Monday Madness Night Golf Series at the Royal Golf Club after a four way tie on points was settled using the count back system. Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed and Khalifa Al Merisi clinchedsecond place, Anil Nair and Ravi Krishnan came third.

ManamaHazal Al CF defeated FC Zinj 4-0 in Group A of the Under-15 category of the Indian Club Indian Expats Five-a- Side Football Competition 2016 at its premises in Gudaibiya. In another Group A match, Hidd United were 4-1 winners over Al Ras Al Romany, while in Group C, Dare Devils FC beat Al Zad FC 3-0.

Monza secures new three-year F1 deal

Hazaz Al CF crush FC Zinj

RomeThe Italian Grand Prix will remain at the Monza circuit for at least another three years after a new deal was signed to retain the historic race in the Formula One cal-endar, the Automobile Club of Italy (ACI) said yesterday.Organisers had been confi-dent of sealing the contract worth 68 million euros after successful negotiations with Formula One’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone in September.

Endurance team added new glory

Shaikh Nasser with the team

Supporting events for IronmanDT News NetworkManama

The Ironkids event is taking place as part of

the supporting events for the up-coming Ironman 70.3 Middle East Championship under the patronage of Shaikh Hamad and Shaikh Mohammed, Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s sons.

Shaikha Sheema bint Nasser Al Khalifa is patronising the IronGirl which is organised in support of the championship. Featuring a 5km-race, the IronGirl contest, commencing on December 9, will see two times World Champion Daniele Ryf cheering the participants from the stands.

Meanwhile, the Ironkids will have various distances, and is open for children who fall in

the age group of 4 to 14 years.HH Shaikh Nasser

bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of HM the King for Charity Works and

Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee, confirmed that

having the events sponsored comes in support of children and women participating which aims to nurture an athletic generation and adopt a healthy lifestyle.

President of the Championship, Ahmed Al Hajj announced that more than 1100 athletes living in Bahrain and outside from both genders have registered so far to take part in the Ironman Championship.

He revealed that preparations to hold the event are almost complete and will be a huge success.

Several senior officials from Bahrain T.V Channels and the technical services department at the Ministry of State for Information Affairs are set to tour the championship course to undertake the necessary procedures to air the event.

Shaikh Nasser with his kids

Alpha Safety beat StrikersDT News NetworkManama

Alpha Safety defeated Strikers by seven

wickets in the latest round of matches in the Sprite sponsored BCL sponsored BCL Premier Division T20 at the Busaiteen Grounds in Muharraq.

Batting first, Strikers managed 142 for six in 20 overs with Satya (46) and Deepak (43) top scoring and Arfan (three for 29) being the best of the bowlers.

In reply, Alpha Safety reached the target scoring 144 for three in 18.1 overs with Rizwan (59) and Fiaz (50) being the main scorers thanks to an 111-run partnership with Shikdar (two for 12) the pick of the bowlers.

Brave 2 approaching final stageDT News NetworkManama

The road to Brave 2: Dynasty is approaching the final stage and

kicks off the fight weekend with an Open Workout time this evening at 6pm at Orange Suites in Juffair.

All 10 fighters competing in Friday’s main card will be there to showcase some of their tricks and the results of a long, hard fight camp.

Taking part are event headliners Gadzhimusa Gaziev from Dagestan, Russia and Carl Booth from Nottingham, England.

Others involved are undefeated juggernaut Ottman Azaitar, whose right hand has already sealed the fate of many of his victims. Ottman’s opponent, Argentinian Kevin Koldobsky, the man nicknamed “El General” will no doubt show some of

the flamboyant striking skills he has acquired by training at the infamous SBG Ireland Gym.

Other participants are : Bahraini Hamza Kooheji, Filipino Jeremy Pacatiw, Swedish Erik Carlsson, Jordanian Jarrah Alselawi, American Walel Watson and Algerian Elias Boudegzdame. Due to popular demand from the Indian MMA scene in Bahrain, Indian star Gurdarshan Mangat will also showcase his skills and some of the techniques he learned in one of the world’s most famous training centres, Tristar Gym.

The Open Workouts today will be the first opportunity for fans to get close to the global superstars.

Schedule (Friday): Preliminaries (6pm): (66kg): Daniel Swain (16-7, US) vs Alex Da Silva (17-0, Brazil). (61kg): Gurdarshan “St. Lion” Mangat

(8-1, India) vs Troy “the Hunter” Bantaig (5-4, Philippines). (94kg): Ben “The Spider Monkey” Forsyth (2-0, Ireland) vs Tyree Fortune (1-0, US). (61kg): Ahmed “Prince” Faress (13-1, Egypt) vs Cristian “El Taylon” Quiñones (6-1, Mexico). (52kg): Haidar Farman (Pakistan, 3-1) vs Jomar Paac (2-0, Philippines).

Main Card (8pm): Main Event (77kg): Gadzhimusa Gaziev (7-1, Russia) vs Carl “the Bomber” Booth (6-1, England).Co-Main (77kg): Jarrah “Ziad” Selawe (6-2, Jordan) vs Erik Carlsson (5-1, Sweden). (77kg): Kevin “El General” Koldobsky (6-3 Argentina) vs Ottman Azaitar (6-0, Germany). (61kg): Hamza Kooheji (4-1, Bahrain) vs Jeremy Pacatiw (5-0, Philippines). (66kg): Walel “The Gazelle” Watson (13-8, US) vs Elias Boudegzdame (12-4, France).

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“This is a very, very sad day for football. At this difficult time our thoughts are with the vic-tims, their families and friends. FIFA would like to extend its most heartfelt condolences to the fans of Chapecoense, the football community and media organisations con-cerned in Brazil”

“My deepest condolences to all the families, friends and fans of #Chapecoense”

“My prayers and my soli-darity for the s u r v i v o r s , families and friends of Chapecoense in this sad time”

“We are deeply shaken by the acci-dent concerning the club of our old play-er Cleber Santana. Our condolences to the families. Rest in Peace”

“FC Porto is with Chapecoense and their families at this difficult moment”

- FIFA President Gianni Infantino- Argentina and Barcelona

striker Lionel Messi- Colombian striker

Radamel Falcao

- Atletico Madrid, whose former player Cleber Santana was club captain at

Chapecoense - FC Porto

Images show two footballers, Defender Alan Ruschel (right in the two pictures) and goalkeeper Danilo Padilha (next to Ruschel), posing for selfies during the jour-ney from Brazil with Ruschel, 27, telling fans: ‘We’re coming Colombia’. Both Ruschel and Danilo were pulled alive from the wreckage but Danilo later died in hospital

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Traveling on the doomed airliner that crashed

in Colombia overnight were the players and staff of a Brazilian football club about to complete a fairytale journey from unknowns to would-be South American champions.

The LAMIA charter plane went down near Medellin late Monday with 81 people aboard and so far only six are reported to have survived. At least two were said by officials to be football players.

For the Chapecoense Real team the disaster means the cruel end of a story that had been meant to climax with an unexpected chance for glory on Wednesday against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final.

“The pain is terrible. Just as we had made it, I will not say to the top, but to have national prominence, a tragedy like this happens. It is very difficult, a very great tragedy,” club vice-president Ivan Tozzo told SporTV.

Only a few years ago Chapecoense was just

another a gritty outfit in the Brazilian lower leagues, where players, unable to afford cars, took the bus to training. The stadium in Chapeco, a city of 200,000 people in the southern Santa Catarina state, didn’t have a gym.

The steep climb from minnow to contender started in 2009 when Chapecoense entered the fourth division. Back then, the team’s top goalscorer Bruno Rangel told Brazilian newspaper Lance, even the club’s bus was “was very old.”

“But a lot has changed in the club since I arrived,” he said. “There are still prejudices against the club but more because we’re from the (country’s) interior. That’s diminishing, it’s true. Every day we’re more respected.”

By 2014 the club had fought its way into the lower half of the elite table, but the side wanted more. Even at this point Chapecoense was almost ignored by its own public, with only about 7,000 people turning up to home games, according to Globoesporte website. (AFP)

The Brazilian football team posing together for the last time in front of their charter plane which crashed in Colombia overnight (pic:independent)

The chartered plane, flying from Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense football team

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Chapecoense entered the running for the

Copa Sudamericana for the first time in 2015 and didn’t disappoint.

In the club’s first ever international tournament, the one-time unknowns didn’t go all the way, but they performed bravely, even defeating Argentina’s famed River Plate club.

This year, things seemed to be going wrong. The coach credited with Chapecoense’s miraculous rise, Guto

Ferreira, walked out and his replacement Caio Junior lost his first game against the lowly Cuiaba.

But the little team that could roared back, taking down Argentina’s Independiente and Junior de Barranquilla. They were going to the final to meet the reigning Copa Libertadores champions Atletico Nacional and no one would write them off anymore.

On the way to Colombia, the team stopped off in Sao

Paulo to play the penultimate game of Brazil’s domestic league. Here they lost against Palmeiras, the team which ended the season as Brazilian champion. But there was a sense that the players had their minds on the bigger challenge awaiting them against Atletico.

“I see this is a group of winners. It’s as if God has put us precisely here today to taste this and to appreciate even more the challenge on Wednesday,” the coach said

after the Sao Paulo game. Now their dreams have

met a devastating end and on Wednesday at what would have been an intriguing first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final there’ll be only silence.

Back in Chapeco, the stadium was opened up to greet grieving families and fans. “We’re all here at the stadium to help the people connected,” said Tozzo.

“It hasn’t really sunk in yet. We have to trust in God. Out team must carry on,” he said.

Chapecoense shot for stardom

#ForcaChapecoense - The thoughts of eve-ryone at Manchester United are with @ChapecoenseReal and all those affect-ed by the tragedy in Colombia”

-Manchester United, who lost eight players in February 1958 as their plane

crashed on take off from Munich airport - Real Madrid- Sergio Ramos, Real

Madrid captain

“Real Madrid C.F. expresses its sorrow at the tragic air crash involving the Brazilian club Chapecoense and extends its condolences to relatives and friends of the victims. At the same time, wishing an early recovery for the survivors”

“Our thoughts are with Chapecoense and everyone effected by this tragedy and their fam-ilies. We are speechless”

otherdisasters5

Italy’s Torino Grande: 1949

US figure skating team: 1961

Uruguayan rugby team: 1972

Russian ice hockey team: 2011

Manchester United’s Busby Babes: 1958

A plane carrying famed Italian football club ‘Torino Grande’ crashed on its way back from Portugal on May 4, 1949, killing all 31 pas-sengers and crew

Eight of the ‘Busby Babes’ -- named after manager Matt Busby -- died, including star Duncan Edwards, along with three members of the staff. A total of 23 people perished. Busby himself received the last rites twice but remarkably recovered and 10 years later led a new squad of ‘Babes’ to European Cup glory.

The entire 1 8 - m e m b e r team died when their plane crashed in Belgium on February 15, 1961, on their way to compete at the World Championships in the former Czechoslovakia.

The Andes plane crash became an extraordinary story of survival. Forty members of Uruguay’s Old Christians rugby club were flying with relatives to Chile when their plane went down in the remote mountains on October 13, 1972. Eighteen people died immediately and another 11 succumbed later -- many due to an avalanche that swept over the wreckage. Two survi-vors made a 10-day trek to a Chilean village to sum-mon help and 16 were rescued more than two months after the disaster. They had resorted to cannibalism to stay alive.

The first-division Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl were wiped out -- including Swedish star Stefan Liv -- after their plane crashed just after taking off for a match in Minsk on September 7, 2011. Forty-four people died in all. One player survived the crash but died several days later, and only the flight engi-neer survived. An investigation found that one pilot had hit the brakes by accident, while the other had taken banned medication.

Brazilian footballer Danilo, who was pulled from the wreckage of the Colombian air disaster, made a heart-breaking last call to his wife before dying moments later in hospital, it has emerged Rescuers carry one of the survivors

People cry during a tribute to the players

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P23 Cruel ending to a dream journey

Chernova loses2011 world title

Lausanne

Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova was banned by the

Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday for doping and stripped of her 2011 world title, effectively handing the crown to Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Chernova’s gold medal from the world championships in Daegu, South Korea is now set to be awarded to the Briton Ennis-Hill, the 2012 London Olympic champion and silver medallist at this year’s Rio Games.

CAS banned Chernova, 28, for three years and eight months, with all her results over a two-year period from the world championships in

2011 now void. Ennis-Hill, who won world gold in her own right in 2009 and 2015, has long called for the 2011 title to go to her after Chernova had a sample from the 2009 world championships retested later to reveal an anabolic steroid.

Chernova, just the latest Russian athlete punished for doping, would not have been eligible to compete in South Korea if her positive test had been discovered at the time.

Soon after the CAS statement came out, Ennis-Hill posted a message on Instagram alongside a picture of her and a celebrating Chernova in Daegu. “This image was forever imprinted in my mind! However much it drove me on for

what I was about to achieve at my first Olympics in London, in my heart I just knew it was wrong,” Ennis-Hill wrote. “So happy to finally be receiving my gold medal. Triple World Champion WOW.”

Ennis-Hill, the 2012 Olympic champion, won her other heptathlon world golds at Berlin in 2009 and Beijing last year.

As well as losing her 2011 world title Chernova has also been deprived of her 2012 Olympic bronze, with Lithuania’s Austra Skujyte set to inherit third.

CAS issued bans for Russian middle distance runners Ekaterina Sharmina (three years) and Kristina Ugarova (two years). (AFP)

Tatyana Chernova, beat Jessica Ennis-Hill to gold at Daegu in 2011