Wednesday 24 / April / 2024
With the government announcing the Muharram holiday, it continued to dominate the news agenda in Oman this week. Here are some of the best read stories of the week.
1. On the occasion of the new Islamic New Year 1438H, it has been decided that the first day of the Islamic New Year shall be an official holiday for ministry, public authority and other government sector employees.
2. A senior official from the Ministry of Manpower has clarified that the department is not in charge of renewal of labourers’ resident cards.
3. Many expat residents have been left with blank television screens after a satellite TV service stopped taking payments.
4. Men who consort with prostitutes should ‘stay away from these women’ and ‘remember their faith’ a police spokesman said, after raids in Muscat rescued a group of Thai women from the sex trade.
5. Pimps were hunting for business on the streets of Muscat less than 24 hours after news broke of police raids to rescue 21 Thai girls from the sex trade. Click here to read the story.
