Muscat: As per the royal directives of His Majesty the Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, the Ministry of Interior has decided to postpone the elections of the Municipal Councils for the third term, scheduled for later this year. Members...

Spurred by a wave of innovation sweeping across the Sultanate in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Suhar based Omani engineering firm has come up with a home-grown version of a ‘Sterilisation Kiosk’ designed for the external disinfection of...

The number of cases in Buraimi governorate has gone up because the local population has been not strictly following preventive procedures and instructions issued by the competent authorities, said a top official of Buraimi Hospital. It may be recalled Buraimi...

All shop and popular markets will remain closed in the South al Batinah governorate until further notice. The Directorate General of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources in the South al Batinah Governorate said as per the decisions of the Supreme...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the Sultanate’s leading oil and gas producer, has vowed to stay the course in the pursuit of its ambitious renewable energy objectives, notwithstanding the announcement by key technology partner GlassPoint Solar to go into liquidation –...

The Directorate-General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health and the directorates of disease prevention and control in the governorates held a virtual meeting on Saturday in the presence of Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saeedi, Minister...

Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed al Saidi, Minister of Health, reaffirmed that the Supreme Committee tasked with tackling developments resulting from coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is fully aware of the economic, health and social impacts of the disease.         Acting...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Oman announced 322 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the total to 4,341,  including 17 deaths and 1,303 recoveries. Today’s figures include 80 Omanis and 242 expatriates, apart from 14 new recoveries. Earlier...

    Muscat: Darwish bin Ismail al Balushi, Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs said that the global economy is currently witnessing an unprecedented financial and economic crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharp fall in international oil prices which...

    Muscat: The Ministry of Manpower, represented by the Higher College of Technology (HCT), has made more than 6,500 disposable medical face shields to be used by frontline health workers treating COVID-19 patients. Salwa bint Sultan al Habsiyah, head of...

The Ministry of Finance has issued a Financial Circular No. 16/2020 which relates to the reduction of budgets of ministries and government units.         A statement issued by the Ministry explained that the circular comes in implementation...

The General Federation of Oman Trade Unions (GFOTU) participated in a video conferencing  Arab Trade Unions Seminar.   The seminar was organized by the International Labor Organization, represented by Bureau for Workers' Activities, with the participation of a number of Arab trade union...