leomohan-2024

Marathon effort for charity By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Saturday, December 10, 2011 www.gulf-daily-news.com MORE THAN 2,000 athletes raced to raise funds for local charities yesterday during one of Bahrain's biggest annual sporting events. The Media Authority Affairs team were the overall champions yesterday in the 31st annual Bahrain Roundtable Marathon Relay. The event is expected to raise over BD15,000, organisers predicted at the end of the event. Runners started and finished the relay at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), Sakhir, in support of local charities. Bahrain Athletics Association (BAA) chairman Shaikh Talal bin Mohammed Al Khalifa ran the first leg. A total of 141 teams ran the 48km race in 16 legs of approximately 3km. Participants were divided into schools and colleges, under-18s, mixed, men and women's teams, information technology and communications, hotels and restaurants, financial institutions, sports and social clubs, airli...

From Left to right: Mr. Nabeel Almoayed, Mr. Pawan Mehta, Dr. Nawaf Almoayed and Mr. Ahmed Almoayed

Our Director Dr. Nawaf Almoayed receiving the award from the Deputy Prime Minister

Our Chairman Mr. Nabeel Almoayed receiving the award from the Deputy Prime Minister

Best ICT Solutions Provider Award Overview This award recognizes the ICT vendor that has successfully supported Bahrain government initiatives in Information Technology by providing products, solutions, and/or consultancy services. The winner must have proof of offering innovative, cost effective and enhanced solutions through implementing core ICT activities that lead towards better business practices. This award aims to achieve the following: •Motivate the ICT vendors to provide better services to the government agencies. •Create a perception among the ICT vendors about the quality level of the services or solutions expected by the government. •Create a competition among the ICT vendors to provide better services. Entry criteria •The applicant must be operating within the Kingdom of Bahrain. •The applicant must have a valid Company Registration (CR). •The applicant must be utilizing ICT technology. •The ICT solution should be operating at the time of application Eval...

http://gulfnews.com/business/your-money/cost-of-raising-a-child-in-the-uae-1.789248 Children are a joy to have but they constitute the single greatest expense for many families. In the UAE, the costs of raising two children run up to Dh60,000-Dh125,000 a year, eating away as much as 25 per cent of a couple's combined annual income. Major expenses revolve around education and amusement or leisure for children which can easily add up to Dh95,000 a year for some households. The above figures are based on interviews with different families. Separate figures released by financial adviser Candour Consultancy showed that bringing up a child to the age 18 can cost parents in Dubai a staggering Dh1.14 million. Approximately, the biggest chunk (Dh400,000) will be spent on education. An almost equally significant amount (Dh300,000) will go to childcare and babysitting, and the third biggest expense will be children's toys, hobbies and leisure (Dh150,000). The aggregate cos...

Wish you all a very happy new year - 2011