RIYADH – The Ministry of Interior has called on all expatriates violating residency and work regulations to take advantage of the three-month deadline which was granted to them by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to correct their status. After the expiry of this deadline, violators will face penalties, the ministry said in a statement. Meanwhile, Saudi Ambassador to the Philippines Abdullah Al-Hassan was quoted as saying by Business Mirror on Monday that the final text of the proposed bilateral labor agreement with the Philippines is expected to be signed during the visit to Riyadh of Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on May 18-19. “I'm proud to say that this is the first (labor) agreement to be signed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a sending country of foreign workers. It covers broad provisions that will regulate the process of sending workers to Saudi,” Al-Hassan was quoted as saying.
