Job visa fees for expat workers in Oman will be increased by 50 per cent, according to the announcement made by the Ministry of Manpower. This has continued to dominate the news agenda this week in Oman. Here are some of the best read stories of the week.
1. Job visa fees for expatriate workers will be increased by 50 per cent, the Ministry of Manpower has announced.
2. Hundreds of workers at a company who downed tools on Sunday will be back to work on Monday as a settlement talks were held between company representatives, Ministry of Manpower officials and trade unionists.
3. A disturbing image purporting to show the dead body of a murdered Filipina waitress has been circulated online, prompting a warning from police.
4. Six people were injured on Thursday morning in an accident that involved three vehicles in Muscat, the Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulance (PACDA) reported.
5. An Indian truck driver has died after cargo off-loaded by a crane fell on his truck in Ghala, a company official said.