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The Oman government has instructed government-controlled entities to accelerate the replacement of foreign workers, in managerial positions, by qualify citizens as Gulf country press ahead with the Omanization plan to create opportunities for its citizens. The finance ministry, AFP reports, Read more
Oman’s national carrier, Oman Air, will fly out Friday citizens stranded in Tanzania because travel restriction because of the coronavirus outbreak. The foreign ministry of the sultanate will send an Oman Air flight to both Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar Read more
Oman’s Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is contemplating a cut in staff working on its oil and gas projects in response to the spread of the coronavirus, Bloomberg reports. The cut is in plan and is in discussion with contractors, PDO Read more
The world leading hospitality hotel group Accor has acquired Muscat international airport hotel and will revamp the property, Arabian Business reports. The France-based group entered into agreement with Sundus Investments, a mixed-use developer in the Middle East for the operation. Read more
Oman’s new monarch Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Thursday made changes to the national anthem which contains the name and praises of his predecessor, Sultan Qaboos who died in January. State-run news agency said the new ruler issued a decree amending Read more
Oman marked Wednesday the end of the 40-day mourning of Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour who passed away on January 10. A decree by the Royal Court imposed the mourning period during which all musical performances across the Sultanate Read more
The tourism ministry of the Sultanate of Oman has issued an order banning the holding of entertainment events in hotels cross the Gulf country during the 40-day national morning, decreed in tribute to late Qabous bin Said who passed away Read more
Sultan of Oman has flown to Belgium for medical treatment, state-run news agency has announced sparking questions about his succession. Sultan Qaboos bin Said left “for some medical checks that will take a limited period, God willing”, the Oman News Read more
DNO Oman Block 8 Limited, the subsidiary of the Norwegian firm DNO ASA has handed over its stakes in the operation and participation of Block 8 to the Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG) and state-owned Oman Read more
Oman’s ministry of transport has awarded NESPAK (National Engineering Services Pakistan), a Pakistani engineering firm a major road project design in the sultanate, Pakistani The News International reports. As per the contract, NESPAK will design the main highway connecting Thumrait Read more