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Meetings are being held to discuss the latest developments related to the Marina West project. They will take place today at 5pm in the Awal 2 Room of the Gulf Hotel and on Saturday also at 5pm in the same venue.

The agenda for each meeting will cover the following subjects and discussions in brief:
– The campaign of articles in the Bahraini and Saudi media and further actions and repercussions;
– The filing of 15 court suits in Bahrain and their aftermath;
– The visits to Bahrain Government and public officials on June 23 (Parliament chairman), July 7 (Public Prosecutor and chairman of the Chamber of Commerce), September 13 (senior official) and follow-up actions;
– Approaches to friendly embassies and the Investment Protection Treaties (Saudi Arabia , UK, US, others);
– The physical condition of the Marina West cement construction buildings;
– Legal issues related to inheritances and bank loans;
– The fire at the Marina West marketing office in Budayia on July 17;
– The organisation of the Marina West Home Owners Committee.

Hassan Al Husseini, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia,

On behalf of the Marina West Home Owners Committee.

The British School of Bahrain is taking part in The Box Appeal campaign 2013 which runs until October 21. It is a charity initiative run by the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel in Bahrain, originally created in 2008 as part of its Responsible Business Action Month.

We aim to make this appeal even more successful; we want it to be bigger and better than ever before. BSB senior students are encouraged to collect a box from the Year 12/13 Charity Committee, headed by May Husain, and fill it with essential items such as T-shirts, caps, razors, deodorants, toothbrushes and toothpaste. 

These boxes will then be distributed to those most in need across Bahrain including families, children and poor expatriate labourers.

The initiative is also part of the British School of Bahrain’s responsible citizenship education policy, and it is about enabling young people to take responsibility for their own lives and their communities.

We want the BSB to not simply teach citizenship but to give opportunities for our students to demonstrate it through a way in which they can interact in our local community.

Khalil Ahmed, BSB Business Studies teacher.