More expats than Omanis hired last year: Central Bank of Oman

Dear {NAME}, Please find your daily news. [Times of Oman]( Morning Edition [Advertise]( | [Times of Oman Home]( | [Epaper]( | [Contact Us]( [Oman]( [While expat hiring grew by 9.3% in 2016, there was only a 6.4% rise in jobs for Omanis in the private sector]( July 17, 2017, 9:09 PM [More expats than Omanis hired last year:]( [More expats were hired in the private sector than Omanis last year, according to the Central Bank of Oman(CBO).]( [While the ROP has declared fixed online visa fees, local travel agencies are hiking up the prices.]( July 17, 2017, 8:45 PM [Get visas online to avoid extra charges:]( [Visitors to Oman should get their visas online to avoid extra charges, according to a source from the]( [Image used for representational purpose.]( July 17, 2017, 3:12 PM [More than 500 labour law violators found in]( [North Al Batinah Governorate recorded the highest number of violations during the 7th to the 15th of July followed by Muscat...]( [Times TV]( [According to the CBO, more expats were hired in the private sector than Omanis last year ]( July 17, 2017, 8:15 PM [More expats hired]( [According to the CBO, more expats were hired in the private sector than Omanis last year]( [Businesses in the GCC have said they will be ready for the implementation of VAT by January]( July 17, 2017, 8:18 PM [Are we VAT-ready?]( [Businesses in the GCC have said they will be ready for the implementation of VAT by January]( [Typhoon Talas hit the country’s northern coast, destroying close to 500 houses]( July 17, 2017, 6:55 PM [14 killed in Vietnam floods]( [Typhoon Talas hit the country’s northern coast, destroying close to 500 houses]( [Business]( [The CBO report also said that the Sultanate’s crude oil production increased by 2.6 per cent in 2016 over the previous year, with a daily average production of 1,004,300 barrels from 242 oilfields across Oman against 908,900 barrels per day in the previous year. - Times file picture]( July 17, 2017, 11:33 AM [PDO achieves significant progress in]( [National oil company Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has made significant progress in developing Bahja-Rima cluster field.]( [The 2017 budget is targeting an accelerated pace of reforms, which, inter alia, include privatisation of government entities, increase in corporate income tax. - Times file picture]( July 17, 2017, 5:52 PM [Total budget expenditure down by 5.8 per cent]( [Oman’s total budget expenditure fell by 5.8 per cent to OMR12,908.2 million in 2016, according to the CBO’s annual report.]( [Brent crude, the global benchmark, was up 19 cents at $49.10 a barrel by 0844GMT. US crude traded at $46.71, up 17 cents. - Reuters file picture]( July 17, 2017, 4:40 PM [Oil edges above $49 on US drilling slowdown]( [Oil prices rose above $49 a barrel on Monday as a slowdown in the growth of rigs drilling in the United States eased concern that...]( [World]( [A top Kurdish counter-terrorism official Lahur Talabany speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sulaimania, Iraq July 17, 2017. Reuters]( July 17, 2017, 8:04 PM ['IS leader Baghdadi almost certainly]( [Baghdadi is alive and skilled at hiding while Saddam allies in line for leadership positions]( [Jordan's King Abdullah, second right, visits a man in hospital who was wounded in a shooting at a U.S.-funded police training facility, in Amman, in this November 9, 2015 handout picture. Photo - Jordan's Royal Palace/Handout via Reuters]( July 17, 2017, 6:07 PM [Jordan imprisons soldier who killed US]( [Jordan hosts several hundred U.S. contractors in a military cooperation programme which includes the stationing of U.S. F-16 fighter...]( [Lawyers shout ]( July 17, 2017, 5:09 PM [Sharif's legal team rejects Panamagate]( [Khawja Harris on behalf of Sharif filed a response to the JIT report, rejecting its findings and accusing it of bias and violation of...]( [Sports]( [A jubilant South Africa captain Faf du Plessis leads his teammate off the field after their victory over England in the second Test match in Nottingham on Monday. Photo - Reuters]( July 17, 2017, 7:22 PM [Cricket: South Africa crush England to level]( [Defeat was Joe Root's first as captain in his second game in charge. But it was the manner of their capitulation inside 45 overs...]( [Garbine Muguruza: 'Digesting success is difficult']( July 17, 2017, 4:47 PM [Tennis: Garbine Muguruza hopes to learn from]( [After defeating Venus Williams at the All England Club on Saturday to break a run of disappointing tournaments, the 23-year-old...]( [A file photo of Frankie Fredericks ]( July 17, 2017, 2:50 PM [Athletics: IAAF member Frankie Fredericks]( [Fredericks is being investigated by the Athletics Integrity Unit over payments he received from Papa Massata Diack, the son of former...]( [One-click Unsubscribe](