News Rewind: NOC dominates headlines this week

Energy Friday 19/August/2016 09:48 AM
By: Times News Service
News Rewind: NOC dominates headlines this week

Expat workers in Oman are being forced to give up their end of service payments in return for an NOC. This continued to dominate news agenda in Oman this week. Check out some of the best read stories of the week.
1. A disturbing new trend of expat workers being forced to give up their end of service payments in return for No-Objection Certificates(NOC) has come to light in Oman.
2. Expats are being let go by some companies on the pretext of low oil prices, said a board member of the General Federation of Oman Trade Union (GFOTU).
3. Linson Thomas, the husband of murdered Indian nurse Chikku Roberts, has been released by the Oman government, his legal advisors and company officials said.
4. Hundreds of expat government sector medical staff who have been removed from service and handed reduced gratuity payments have taken their case to the Indian embassy.
5. An expat of Asian origin was stabbed in the Muttrah Souq on Sunday.