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16 per cent rise in passengers at Muscat airport, Salalah numbers rise too

Muscat - Musimchronicle

Combined passenger numbers of the Muscat International and Salalah airports are inching towards the 9 million mark, according to latest government data. The total number of passengers in Muscat International and Salalah Airports reached 8,717,854 until the end of July 2017. The total number of international flights at the two international airports reached 61,241. There was a 19 per cent increaseRead more

Rise in Omanis working in private sector

Muscat - Musimchronicle

There was a 0.6 per cent increase in the number of Omani nationals working in the private sector in May 2016, compared with figures for April, according to the latest bulletin published by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). As of May, there were 211,370 Omanis employed in the private sector, compared to 210,074 Omanis in April. Significantly,Read more

Sayyid Fahd addresses Oman's expatriate issue

Muscat - Musimchronicle

Regulating recruitment of the expat labour force is a collective social responsibility that all sectors and institutes of the state are working to achieve, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers has said. “Regulating recruitment of expat labour force and stopping its increase is a collective social responsibility that all sectors and institutes of the state are working forRead more

Ministry’s new regulations for part-time Omani job

Muscat - Timesofoman

Omanis can now take up part-time work under the Ministry of Manpower’s new regulations that specify minimum pay, working hours and other benefits such workers will be entitled to. These regulations have been activated following the suggestions put forth by the labour labs of Tanfeedh, a national initiative which is part of the 9th Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2020). According toRead more

NCSI signs MoU with Oman Global Logistics Group

Muscat - Arab today

National Centre for Statistical Information (NCSI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Oman Global Logistics Group The MoU will allow more cooperation between the two organisation to increase statistical information about logistics in Oman. This will also help general population to know about logistics finances, workforce and other relevant activities in the logistics industry. "It will help us record informationRead more

Hotels in Oman register 12.3 per cent rise in number of guests

Muscat - Arab today

Three and five star hotels in Oman recorded an increase of 12.3 per cent in the number of guests during the first two months of 2017 in comparison to the same period last year. During the period, the number of guests in such hotels reached 265,877 guests compared with 235,967 guests during the same period last year, according to theRead more

Don’t speed, Oman police will catch you

Muscat - Arab today

“Speed cameras on poles are not the only way we catch speeders.” That was the stark warning from the Royal Oman Police (ROP) to drivers in the Sultanate who think they can outsmart the law. Traffic officers in Oman are employing a range of measures to tackle speeding on roads, a senior ROP official has confirmed. The official declined toRead more

Universal home address across Oman soon

MUSCAT - Arab today

Oman will soon have a Unified Addressing System or a home address system, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The government agency has started an initiative to establish the same and coordinate with emergency services and other government departments. Address database The Unified Addressing System aims to develop an address database for all buildings, residents andRead more

Transport, housing, fuel, push Oman inflation to 2.82% in March

Muscat - Arab today

Year-on-year consumer inflation in March 2017 touched 2.82 per cent, on the back of a 10.83 per cent rise in prices of the transport set along with a 2.19 per cent price hike in the housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels set. According to the latest consumer price index report from the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI),Read more

Oman projects 3.3b riyal deficit for 2016

Muscat - Arab today

Oman has posted a deficit of 4.8 billion riyals in the first ten months of 2016, as revenues declined by 25 per cent due to the slide of the oil prices, according to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) figures. The revenues stood at 5.5 billion riyals by the end of October this year, compared to 7.4 billionRead more