Muscat: The Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) carried out a rescue operation for a wooden sailing ship (Boom) passing through the Arabian Sea. The ship suffered engine failure, running out of fuel and basic supplies. It was towed to...

    Muscat: His Majesty Haitham bin Tarik issued seven Royal Decrees on Tuesday. Royal Decree No 75/2020 is regarding the state’s administrative apparatus. Royal Decree 76/2020 establishes the University of Technology and Applied Sciences. Royal Decree 77/2020 adjust the...

    Muscat: Majid Al Futtaim has announced a new opening date for Mall of Oman. The mall is now scheduled to open its doors to customers in September 2021. The revised opening schedule has been put in place to...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.     MOH calls upon all to adhere to the health isolation procedures (in a room with own toilet), as the isolated...

The Public Authority for Water ‘Diam’ continues to work on installing smart water meters in the Governorate of Muscat. Until the end of July, more than 90,000 smart meters have been installed in the governorate. The Authority’s plan is to...

Walking With The Wounded (WWTW), a military charity, has announced the final six-member team participating in The Walk of Oman expedition. The team of David Adams, Ben McComb, Sean Gane, Brian O’Neill, Ashley Winter and Andrew Phillips were selected after...

Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Saidi, Minister of Health, participated in the virtual meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean region.        The meeting was moderated from the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern...

    The Public Authority of Civil Aviation (PACA) has issued a circular to all airlines operating in the Sultanate, regarding the need to protect the rights of travelers whose reservations were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Article 5...

    Shumookh Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), which is affiliated to Shumookh Investment and Services, the investment arm of the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates – Madayn, signed on Tuesday signed a cooperation programme with Sultan Qaboos University to support...

The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today the registration of new positive cases with Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Sultanate.     MOH calls upon all to adhere to the health isolation procedures (in a room with own toilet), as the isolated...

As many as 1,514 land plots and real estate properties have been transferred to Omani citizens from November 2018 to June 2020 in different governorates of the Sultanate, according to the Ministry of Housing.            ...

The Ministry of Health has announced the costs of Covid-19 tests to be conducted in private hospitals. As per the list from the ministry, the time taken to conduct the test varies between 45 and 120 minutes. The RT-PCR test...

The total number of passengers travelling through airports in the Sultanate (Muscat, Salalah, Sohar and Duqm) till the end of May 2020 reached 3.59 million passengers.         Meanwhile, the number of flights landing and departing from Muscat, Salalah and...

Local and international investors looking to set up operations at the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Duqm can now register their new businesses in under 15 minutes – as opposed to around five days until recently – under revamped and...

    Ownership of several and real estate properties owned by foreigners was transferred to citizens as per the government decision. “The ownership of land and real estate was transferred to Omani citizens from November 2018 until the end of...