Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, a cousin and long-time ally of President Bashar al-Assad, appealed on Tuesday to his relative to stop what he described as security forces dismantling charities that …
Sri Lanka hits back at Moody’s rating downgrade
The Ministry of Finance, in response to Moody’s Investors Service downgrading Sri Lanka’s Sovereign rating on Monday (28), has stressed that the rating action is unwarranted …
Rebranded telecom co. TravelWifi expands into Indonesia with acquisition of Wifi Republic
Fi hotspots and other network connectivity offerings has rebranded and expanded its reach in Asia through an acquisition.
‘The Biggest Fraud Operation in The Middle East is Taking Place’ in Syria Says Assad’s Billionaire Cousin
Rami Makhlouf, a Syrian business tycoon and billionaire cousin of the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar al-Assad, announced Tuesday that he has taken hi …
Buklod: Time to act and avoid the errors of martial law
September 21, was the anniversary of Martial Law, proclaimed by the late president Ferdinand Marcos 49 years ago and which reigned for a long 16 years. While martial law was declared ostensibly to …
Business must keep pushing for freedom in Hong Kong
It has imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong that covers expats and foreign companies as well as residents. The 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is being erased from textbooks, as the …
UK’s Fasset gets Bahrain nod to test blockchain platform
UK-headquartered Fasset, a provider of blockchain-powered platforms for the financing of sustainable infrastructure, has received authorisation to test its solutions for the tokenisation of hard …
Qatar Aviation Services handles 225,000 plus flights, 37mn passengers last year
Qatar Airways subsidiary, QAS served more than 37mn passengers and handled more than 225,000 flights in 2019-20, delivering an on-time performance rate of above 99.2% …
Over 2000 fixed numbers ported between telecom service providers in Qatar since launch of FNP in March: CRA
The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) revealed that, since the launch of the Fixed Number Portability (FNP) service in March 2020, the telecom service providers Ooredoo Qatar and Vodafone …
Qatar Petroleum’s Mesaieed refinery begins ULSD production
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has completed a project enabling production of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its 137,000-b/d refinery in Mesaieed Industrial City (MIC), about 40 km south of Doha, Qatar.