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Bahrain plans allowance for married womenAbout 15,000 married women working in Bahrain's government sector are set to benefit from a new social allowance as part of attempts to improve equality. The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) is in More… |
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Bahrain MPs debate special pay for childrenA proposal to pay BD30 ($80) monthly allowance for each of the first four children under the age of 18 will be discussed by parliament at Tuesday's session. Parliament's financial committee has already approved the proposal aiming to help More… |
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Bahrain pensioners get extra allowancePensioners in Bahrain started receiving restructured payouts, including the newly-introduced standard of living improvement monthly allowance of BD75 ($199). Social Insurance Organisation chief executive Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa More… |
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Bahrain’s doctors ‘may quit despite pay rise’Doctors at Bahrain’s Health Ministry, who stand to gain 70 per cent of their basic salary as an allowance, may still quit their jobs since they make three times the amount in their private practice, said officials. The news comes as only a More… |
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Bahrain raises minimum pension to $730The least pension paid to the retired from the public and private sectors in Bahrain starting August 28 will be BD275 ($730), which includes the newly launched BD75 monthly allowance, said a senior official. This would be an increase from More… |
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Lufthansa standardises baggage rulesGerman carrier Lufthansa said it has simplified its free baggage allowance policy and will adopt the 'piece concept' on all its flights starting from next month. This concept has been successfully implemented a while ago on ma More… |
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Bahrainis to get anti-inflation allowanceThe Social Development Ministry of Bahrain has launched an online portal, which will enable Bahrainis to apply for an anti-inflation allowance worth up to BD50 ($132.60) per month. Thirty-five centres will open early next month for people More… |
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Abu Dhabi ups education staff allowanceAbu Dhabi has approved a Dh6,000 ($1,634) a month increase in housing allowance to all nationals and expatriates working in the education sector in an effort to offset soaring rents. The state news agency WAM said the increase would be inc More… |
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Kuwait inflation payout to cost $3.7bnKuwait will spend over 1 billion dinars ($3.7 billion) on a cost-of-living allowance scheme for its citizens working in the public and private sectors to offset spiralling inflation, the state news agency Kuna said. Kuwait, the only Gulf A More… |
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Kuwait staff to get allowance hikeKuwait's cabinet agreed on Thursday to give public and private sector employees and pensioners an extra 120 dinars ($438.9) per month in allowance, the finance minister in a statement carried by state news agency Kuna. The allowance hike, More… |
