RIYADH — The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has increased the passenger fee at its ports by five times to SR50 from SR10 for each passenger arriving at or departing from Saudi ports.
Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi, the vice president of Mawani for policies (...)
عبر عدد من ذوات الإعاقة عن سعادتهن بالذكرى ال 90 لليوم الوطني، وقلن إن أبسط ما نستطيع فعله أن نعبر عن فرحة قلوبنا كل عام لهذا الوطن، ونرفع أيدينا شكراً كل يوم على هذه النعم، ولهذا كان اليوم الوطني حقاً للوطن علينا بأن نقف ونتأمل ونجدد هذا الشعور (...)
رفع شيخ قبيلة المحاميد بالعلاونة بمركز حلي بمحافظة القنفذة الشيخ صالح شكيلي العلوي، التهنئة لخادم الحرمين الشريفين الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز، وولي عهده الأمين الأمير محمد بن سلمان بمناسبة اليوم الوطني ال90 للمملكة.
وأكد العلوي أن ذكرى اليوم الوطني 90 (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has set six requirements as the criteria for the merger of Umrah service providing companies and establishments. This follows the ministry's recent initiative to mitigate the economic and financial impacts of (...)
JEDDAH — The amended rules and regulations for the work bylaws of the supervisory committees for the sectors targeted for privatization have revealed that 38 government authorities will be prepared within two years (24 months) for their (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development is exploring the prospect of granting some establishments the powers to mediate in hiring and supporting Saudi jobseekers, by giving priority to major recruitment companies to provide (...)
طالب أمير منطقة القصيم الأمير الدكتور فيصل بن مشعل بن سعود بن عبدالعزيز، بتطوير برامج تأهيل النزلاء، ليكونوا أعضاء فاعلين في المجتمع، مثمناً جهود المديرية العامة للسجون بمنطقة القصيم، وما بذلته من أعمال وقائية واحترازية في جميع إصلاحيات المنطقة (...)
وصف أمير المنطقة الشرقية الأمير سعود بن نايف بن عبدالعزيز، معهد الإدارة العامة ببيت خبرة يقدم الرأي والمشورة لمختلف القطاعات بما يملكه من طاقات أكاديمية وبحثية في مجال التنمية الإدارية، والتحول إلى دار خبرة لتقديم الاستشارات بما يعزز مسيرة التطوير (...)
JEDDAH — The resumption of Umrah service will begin in the near future with only a limited number of domestic pilgrims being allowed to perform the ritual in the initial phase, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from informed sources.
The Ministry of (...)
SAKAKA — Awatif Al-Sahav has become the first Saudi woman to run for the presidency of a sports club in Saudi Arabia. She filed her candidature for the post of the chairperson of the Citadel Club in the northern Al-Jouf region. If elected, she will (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has allowed small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to deposit salaries of their workers in e-wallets instead of bank accounts.
Speaking to Okaz/Saudi Gazette, well informed sources at the (...)
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Criminal Court awarded six-year jail term to a diplomat-turned-corn artist who embezzled SR70 million from two businessmen. With this, the court drew the curtains on the public right aspect of the case while the court procedures (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has disclosed that it granted last month 71 new licenses to firms having a combined total of SR1.6 billion capital and employing 2,991 regular workers.
In its monthly announcement on (...)
أطلق أمير منطقة الباحة الأمير الدكتور حسام بن سعود بن عبدالعزيز، مبادرة «بيدينا» التي تنفذها جمعية البر الخيرية ببلجرشي ضمن فعاليات ملتقى (تمكين)، وذلك خلال استقباله بالإمارة أمس، محافظ بلجرشي غلاب بن غالب أبو خشيم، يرافقه نائب رئيس جمعية البر (...)
MAKKAH — The Makkah Region Development Authority (MRDA) is vigorously going ahead with implementing the first phase of the ambitious public transport project.
This is in line with the directives of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah, advisor to (...)
RIYADH — The intervention of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) enabled a Saudi woman to see her 13-year-old daughter after her ex-husband prevented her from visiting the daughter, falsely claiming the child's unwillingness to communicate with the (...)
JEDDAH — On announcing the appointment of Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel as the president of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, by acclamation, businessmen welcomed the decision to appoint him as the Chamber's third (...)
RIYADH — Muhammad Hamad Dagreeri, a Saudi teacher at Jabal Maadi Elementary School in Jazan region, will be honored for his commendable job in training his students in the better use of mobile applications to pursue ongoing online studies.
Minister (...)
JEDDAH — There are 26 companies, listed on the stock market, whose share values have increased by over 100 percent during their last 52 weeks (a full year), until the end of their trading last Thursday, according to information accessed by (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Foreign Business Councils Bylaw, recently approved by the Minister of Commerce Dr. Majid Al-Qasabi, has allowed the setting up of joint regional Saudi business councils that will contribute to the growth and development of (...)
RIYADH — In a decision issued recently, whose contents Okaz Arabic daily has gone through, the competent authorities have allowed the Civil Defense or the related authorities to seek the assistance of the personnel of other government agencies, (...)
JEDDAH — The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) has elected Sheikh Abdullah Saleh Kamel, the representative of Al Baraka Banking Group, as its new chairman for the current term ending June 2022.
Sheikh Abdullah (...)
JEDDAH — In a bid to Saudize 75 percent of top managerial positions in the private sector companies, the Shoura Council is seeking to amend a clause of an article of the labor law pertaining to the localization of jobs, Okaz reported on Friday.
The (...)
MADINAH — Muhammad Al-Otaibi, a Saudi nurse, has become the third healthcare hero to have died of coronavirus after two female nurses — Nujood Al-Khaibari and the Filipino Merline Sabdani — succumbed to the virus earlier.
All three of them (...)
أغلقت بلدية العزيزية التابعة لأمانة العاصمة المقدسة، 5 منشآت تجارية مخالفة وأوقفت 3 عمال عن العمل كونهم لا يحملون شهادات صحية. وأوضح رئيس البلدية المهندس عمر المالكي، أنه تم إغلاق المنشآت التجارية وعدد من مركبات «فود ترك» لعدم تجديد الرخصة، وضبط 3 (...)
