As part of implementing the government's development projects, the Finance Ministry yesterday approved 16 agreements and five Change Orders worth RO61.850 million. The agreements included expansion of Al Musa'na Water Supply...
MUSCAT -- A number of projects will be opened in the coming few weeks as part of celebrations marking the 39th National Day. The projects include Al Buraimi Health Complex which will be opened on January 2, 2010 at a cost of...
MUSCAT -- Subscribers of the fixed phone service offered by OmantelOmantel in the Sultanate stood at 263,362 by the end of September 2009, against 267,475 in September 2008, constituting a 1.5 per cent decline. Statistics...
The government's ambitious airport development and modernisation programme will help fuel tourist inflows as well as open up new areas of the country to tourism development, according to the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of...
Four international firms including a joint venture between India's Larsen & Toubro and Oman's Galfar Engineering have bid for the construction of a new terminal at Muscat's airport. Cypriot construction firm Joannou &...
MUSCAT -- Plans for greenfield harbours at Dibba and Lima in Musandam Governorate promise to provide new impetus to economic and tourism development in this strategically important enclave in the far north of the Sultanate. The...
Left: Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay General Manager, Rochelle Kilgariff, collecting the award for ‘World’s Leading New Resort’ Zighy Bay, Oman - Six Senses Hideaway Zighy Bay in Oman has been voted the 'World's Leading New...
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The Tender Board yesterday awarded tenders to the tune of RO97.343,518 million, during its 14th meeting of the year. The tenders issued include: Implementation of water supply network to the Niyabat Al Jabel Al Akhdhar in the...
IN a determined bid to boost tourism in line with the Ministry of Tourism's set goal of attracting 30 million visitors by the year 2020 and making tourism one of the biggest contributors to Oman's GDP within the next 11 years,...