The king of Bahrain issued royal order appointing Daij bin Salman as Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS) Vice Chairman. He also issued two decrees appointing and transferring directors at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications and Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf instructed those who concerned in the municipalities to take the necessary measures to stop collecting rents and allowance from all tenants of municipal properties for three months, starting in April.

Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Essam Khalaf explained that residential, commercial or industrial buildings would not be affected by VAT as well as the construction services were construction or planning permission services.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Ministry of Works gave car allowances to employees despite the allocation of cars to them from the ministry.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning continues to contract with companies to supply engineering and information technology personnel, in the absence of a recruitment plan.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 revealed that there is no clear plan at the ministry of works and municipalities to employ Bahrainis, indicating that there are more than 200 foreigners in the ministry.

The Council of Representatives approved the application of the provisions of the State Budget Law to municipalities through including all their revenues, from fees and funds, in the general state budget as income revenues. Therefore, all municipal revenues will be included in the public account of the state.

Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning proposed two days ago a tender to construct a new tire recycling factory as part of the state's approach to adopting environmental solutions.

A study conducted by experts for the Fisheries Management Department of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning said that local fish stocks in Bahrain have fallen sharply by about 90 percent.

Press information stated that Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa resigned from his post due to administrative disputes in the ministry.

Assistant Under-Secretary for agriculture affairs in the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Dr. Ibrahim Yusuf denied the presence of highly contagious strain of bird flu “H5N8” in Bahrain, stressing that the directorate took all precautions and measures, adding that there is a special operation room to follow up the incident.

The Bahraini Minister of Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning Eng. Essam Khalaf announced the implementation of new fees for agricultural and veterinary services.

Trainees in the Municipal Affairs, known as the “1912 list”, will know their career future after 10 days, on whether they will remain in their current jobs or their file will be referred to the department of employment in the Ministry of Labor and Social Development as unemployed

Local Bahraini newspaper al-Wasat said that some university staff members of the unemployed “list 1912” entitled “Empowerment List”, received a sudden notice from the Ministry of Labor informing them that their training period is terminated.