News Rewind: ‘Oman faces local, expat brain drain’ dominates headlines this week

Business Friday 12/February/2016 06:58 AM
By: Times News Service
News Rewind: ‘Oman faces local, expat brain drain’ dominates headlines this week

‘Oman is facing possibility of local, expatriate brain drain’, a column by our writer Saleh Al Shaibany continued to dominate the news agenda this week in Oman.
1) Our columnist Saleh Shaibany’s detailed analysis on global oil price crisis and its impact on Omanis and expatriates drove most traffic to our website timesofoman.com. As the global oil price crisis starts to bite deep in the economy, the Sultanate is on the verge of losing its most skilled talents as both Omanis and foreign workers are considering their options to move in other countries in the region, according to Al Shaibany.
2) Drivers found using road shoulders will be detained for 48 hours and then referred to the Public Prosecution for further legal action, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) has warned motorists in a tweet. This was the second best read story on timesofoman.com this week.
3) A plan that will allow expats holding Omani tourist visas to enter Buraimi without the need to get their visas cancelled, or having to go through other processes, while going to Buraimi from any part of Oman, is currently being evaluated. This story written by our reporter Fahad Al Ghadhani drove massive traffic to our website.
4) Omantel Hayyak customers faced a four-hour temporary on Monday, February 7, 2015 as the company updated a number of exchanges across the country. This was the fourth best read story of the week.
5) Number five spot in most read stories this week was about young Omani job seerkers who is finding close to three and a half years to find a job. Half of all young Omani job seekers needed three and a half years to find a job. While that length of time might surprise many, it reflects an improvement on the year before when the average time to land a job was four years, according to 2015 data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).