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Absenteeism in government offices
OkazTHE Control and Investigations Board (CIB) has registered the absence of hundreds of government employees from their offices at the end of the official holidays.The board examines random samples from the employees when its visits the ministries or government departments during the first day of work after the holidays. Such samples will provide the decision makers with reliable statistics about the number of the employees who do not come to work at the end of the vacation period.Under the rules and regulations of the Ministry of Civil Service, a day of absence is considered equivalent to two days when it comes to deduction of salary as a punishment. This should be applied by the concerned ministries and government departments without waiting for guidance in this regard from the CIB, the...
November 01, 2017

Absenteeism in government offices

Granting citizenship to Saudi women's expatriate sons
Al-WatanGIVING Saudi nationality to sons of Saudi women married to foreigners is an old issue. It will be raised again and again until the authorities decide to end the suffering of many families in the country. I would like to point out that the article is not about the eligibility of nationality of sons with one of their parents being a non-Saudi, but the sons of Saudi mothers.We know that sons of a Saudi man married to a foreign woman are given nationality but so far no decision has been made on granting nationality to expat sons of Saudi women. As a result, many Saudi women have been standing in queue in front of Saudi embassies with the hope of getting nationality for their sons.At the same time, the sons of Saudi man, even if they have not visited the Kingdom or do not speak Arabic,...
October 31, 2017

Granting citizenship to Saudi women's expatriate sons

Gender equality still a far cry
Al-WatanSURFING on the waves in the shores of oceans is not an art that can be done by anyone, but it’s a skill and passion that requires hard work and continuous training to learn how to stand up on surfboard with balance before thinking about riding the waves. Repeated attempts will make a person a professional surfer.We know that an official would not be able to achieve his department’s objectives by just placing the vision slogan on the walls of his office. We have seen that the slogan will be something and the reality on the ground will be something else.We do not deny that in the last few years most ministries in the Kingdom have changed their policies and programs to improve their performance but some of them announced the results of those changes before achieving their goals.No...
October 30, 2017

Gender equality still a far cry

Let us differ, but politely
Al-JazirahSINCE a royal decree was issued enabling women to drive from next June, the noise has never ceased. This noise was made both by the people who supported the decision and those who opposed it.What has actually drawn my attention was the vindictiveness of the supporters of the move. The people who were exulted by the decision showed a deep desire for vengeance against those who stood against it or who have been opposing women driving from the beginning.We have every right to celebrate and rejoice over the historic decision but not with badmouthing of and sarcasm against the opponents, who will eventually realize that they were wrong.The opponents of the move will come to know that their opposition to women driving was an attitude they adopted for sometime and they would soon get...
October 29, 2017

Let us differ, but politely

Muhammad Al-Saaed
The NEOM dream
OkazTODAY Saudi Arabia offers an opportunity for the miserable East, which has been fraught with peril, destruction and civil wars caused by the advocates of terrorism, extremism and partisan politics, to escape from the land of death to the land of life.The NEOM project, launched by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, the prince of economic development, is only a carriage in the high-speed Eastern Train launched in Riyadh in 2015 to help people get out of the Arab autumn tunnel through sustainable development, production and jobs.With its modern projects, Riyadh provides the world with technology and progress instead of guns and explosives. Its projects are mostly partnerships with serious neighbors such as Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and the UAE, as well as with world economic powers like China,...
October 28, 2017

The NEOM dream

Protect the public from greedy pharmacies
Al-RiyadhIf you walk in the streets of Riyadh and other Saudis cities, you will notice a large number of pharmacies everywhere. It is as if the majority of Saudi people are in dire need of medicine. Pharmacies outnumber grocery shops.Take for example Onaizah Street in the east of Riyadh. This street is 30 meters wide and three kilometers long and has two lanes. There are over 10 pharmacies located on this street alone. In other countries, you see one pharmacy in each neighborhood.I have traveled a lot and have never seen one single street crammed with so many pharmacies the way they are in Riyadh. I cannot help but wonder why we have this huge number of pharmacies. The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) answered this question when it posted a video about differences in the price of...
October 27, 2017

Protect the public from greedy pharmacies

Drastic measures against corruption
Al-HayatSaudi police recently arrested a Saudi tycoon who had failed to pay back loans from banks and finance companies valued at SR11 billion. The arrest came after the businessman failed to appear in court several times. Police raided his mansion to arrest him.We do not often see the higher authorities in Saudi Arabia working with the police in arresting businessmen. This is quite rare in the Kingdom. Such individuals are usually blocked from accessing government services. They are also often prevented from traveling abroad.This man, however, continued to delay payment to his lenders, something that significantly impacted banks and the economy. The arrest of the man was covered both by local and foreign media, as foreign banks were also involved.The police searched the man’s mansion...
October 27, 2017

Drastic measures against corruption

We must not mix culture with religion
MakkahOnce the law allowing women to drive was passed, this issue became the main topic of discussion on social media. Putting my own opinion aside, I would like to talk about the way the majority of people in our conservative society think. Our society seems to be busy judging and analyzing people’s behavior and actions, and it seems to be one that mixes culture with religion and pays more attention to customs over sacred law. Our society is one that restricts our peaceful religion according to its own ideas and illogical laws.There are far too many people today who have struggled with the way our society mixes culture and religion. We may have heard of many wrong and irrational explanations from family, friends, media pundits and men claiming to be Islamic scholars discussing topics...
October 27, 2017

We must not mix culture with religion

Saudi women will show the world how capable they are
Al-RiyadhThey claimed that Saudi society was conservative and did not believe in women driving. We responded by saying that Saudi society, like other societies, included the good and the bad. We further responded by saying that our laws and regulations were enough to deter violators, regardless of whether they were male or female.They claimed that driving would harm a woman’s physical and mental health, and also her standing within her family. They defended their claims using unreliable sources. We answered saying that women in the rest of the world had been driving for decades and none of these claims could be substantiated. We even cited the example of Bedouin women in small Saudi villages who have been driving for decades and are in perfect health.They claimed that Saudi women did not...
October 26, 2017

Saudi women will show the world how capable they are

The shocking Uhud hospital in Madinah
Al-MadinahI address the employees who work at Uhud Hospital in Madinah. To begin with, I would just like to mention some of the hospital’s history as documented on YouTube.In July 2012 as well as in January 2015, we learned that stray cats were sharing rooms with patients at the so-called hospital. In February 2014, the hospital’s electricity supply was cut and in June 2014 many patients complained about the hospital’s negligence that caused their health to worsen.Despite all this, I told myself that these incidents might be isolated and that the hospital might have improved. I carried these optimistic feelings on my way to the hospital to visit a friend last week. It was a great opportunity for me to actually see the hospital and hear from patients. Unfortunately, many patients told...
October 26, 2017

The shocking Uhud hospital in Madinah

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