The General Directorate of Education in Jeddah, announced Tuesday the suspension of examinations on Wednesday at all schools in Jeddah, Rabigh and Khulais.Spokesman of the General Directorate of Education in Jeddah Abdul Majid Al-Ghamdi, said that th...
RIYADH: People with limited incomes will not have to pay extra charges for water and electricity as they have not been included in the new amendments in this regard, Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah Al-Hussayen has clarified.“The new tariffs a...
RIYADH: As many as 50,000 workers, including 300 Saudis, have sustained work-related injuries in the past nine months this year, a recent report issued by the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) has stated.The report said non-Saudis repr...
BURAIDAH: Four people were killed and six injured, three of them seriously, when a building under construction inside a factory collapsed in eastern Buraidah, Qassim, on Monday. The building was being constructed without permission.Qassim Gov. Prince...
RIYADH: Social Affairs Minister Majed Al-Qassabi has briefed the Shoura Council members on his ministry’s plans and programs aimed to boost services provided to different categories in the community.Addressing the 6th session of the Shoura Council he...
RIYADH: An official document has revealed that mentally-ill patients in Saudi Arabia enjoy the freedom of religion besides acknowledgement and recognition as legal people before the law, with the rights to visitations, communication and privacy.The d...
JEDDAH: The parents of the five infants who died during one night this month in the pediatric intensive care unit at King Fahd Hospital in Baha has demanded that the Ministry of Health complete a probe into the incident.This comes as a medical report...
MAKKAH: The Makkah security patrol apprehended a man in his 20s who posed as a police officer and stole around SR9,000 from a shop in the Abu Moragh neighborhood in Noaryia, Makkah.Police were alerted by the shop owner about the man driving a Chinese...
DAMMAM: Several artists here have called on the Ministry of Culture and Information and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) to set up museums that collect and protect artwork, including films and sculptures produced in this...
JEDDAH: Director of Jeddah Traffic Brigadier Wasallah Al-Harbi said whoever is caught practicing car drifting will be punished by law and he will need to take a driving test after he promises not to drift again.This also means that if an offender is...
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabian Airlines never offered jobs to Saudi women as flight attendants on its aircraft, said assistant general manager for public relations and official spokesman Abdulrahman Al-Fahad, without disclosing the reasons behind the decision...
AL-AHSA: Robberies are serious crimes that often attract public attention, but in some cases, the actions of ill-prepared thieves make for entertaining and comical stories.A robbery in Saihat for example, involved a woman who found a thief in her bed...
RIYADH: The King Salman Center for Humanitarian Works (KSCHW) has sent seven trucks to deliver 230 tons of aid as part of a program to help citizens of Tajikistan return to normal life.The aid delivery was made after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques...
RIYADH: A female expatriate was arrested for running an interior design firm in violation of the Kingdom’s Anti-Commercial Concealment Law.An official from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) said the arrest was made on a complaint that an ex...
RIYADH: Bangladesh Ambassador Golam Moshi said on Tuesday that 36,000 maids are ready in Dhaka to be sent to the Kingdom for various Saudi homes for work.“We send around 4,000 maids a month to the Kingdom,” he said, pointing out that the total number...
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