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A nationwide campaign to prevent employers from confiscating passports of migrant workers and help labourers with suicidal tendencies will be launched soon in Bahrain, said a top official.

AN action plan is being drawn up in a bid to stop the rising tide of suicides in Bahrain. The project includes making more mental health services available, suicide intervention training for volunteers and a detail

A ban on Filipino tourists visiting Bahrain has led to a dramatic reduction in the number of people flouting local visa laws, said a Philippines Embassy official.

A NEW push to increase protection of domestic workers has been rolled out by labour chiefs from Bahrain and across the region during a major forum in Manila, the Philippines.

Labour chiefs from Bahrain and across the region have agreed to fast-track repatriation of migrant workers, particularly women, at times of security crisis at a major forum in Manila, the Philippines.

Manama: Bahraini lawmakers are pushing for reciprocal treatment on the issuance of visas.

Manama, April 18 (BNA) – CEO of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Osama bin Abdullah Al-Absi, met today with the chairperson of the Migrant Workers' Protection Society (MWPS), Marietta Diaz, and the society’s General Secretary, Beverley Hamadah.

BAHRAIN's real estate market is showing signs of recovery, thanks to new expats moving here in the past few months, an international firm said yesterday. Cluttons reported an upturn in the number of foreign workers arriving in Bahrain since January, especially in the oil and gas industry