Tuesday, 21 May 2013 - 11 Rajab 1434 H
Kingdom
The decreasing number of housemaids in the Kingdom because of the moratorium on recruitment from Indonesia and Philippines has made the issue of runaway maids a major cause of concern for citizens. The problem is exacerbated because it takes so much longer to find a replacement.
A number of Chinese contracting companies have pulled out of the Saudi construction market and quit government and private construction projects they had taken up due to high local specifications and standards, a local daily reported Thursday.
Despite the remarkable development in the means of fibre optics and high speed networks, some government agencies are still well behind the curve in terms of integrating these technologies into their ecosystem.
On the heels of the recent ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18, government agencies are set to further tighten the noose on tobacco sellers with a string of fresh restrictions.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
Most parents agree that living in Saudi Arabia has several advantages when it comes to raising kids, however, with everything good comes a little bad.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
Therapists in the Kingdom are shedding some light on the emotional and mental state of prisoners waiting for their sentence to be carried out. Grave feelings of guilt, depression, nightmares, and flashbacks normally haunt the prisoner who has been sentenced to either life imprisonment or death.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
The Dammam-based English Language Institute (ELI) run by Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) recently initiated summer English courses exclusively for kids.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah, Minister of Health, has approved measures taken by the Health Affairs Directorate in the Eastern Province against a private hospital in Al-Khafji town near the Kuwaiti border. The hospital was ordered shut by the directorate for violating various regulations.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
IN the few past years most of the ministries have made tangible progress in the quality of the services they render to the public by the introduction of e-government. The system was designed to move away from a heavily paper-based system to an electronic one to facilitate better communications between the government, businesses and individuals.
Friday, 22 - June 2012
Municipalities throughout Al-Qassim region sent teams of inspectors to malls this week to ensure that all women’s shops are operating in accordance with province laws and regulations that prohibit foreign men under the age of 40 from working there, Al-Watan daily reported.
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Riyadh
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