BAHA — The Beekeepers Cooperative Association has set up an institute in Al-Baha to train future beekeepers, according to the association's executive president Ahmad Al-Ghamdi.
"The international institute is under the Technical and Vocational (...)
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JEDDAH — The Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) on Saturday started paying its employees their delayed salaries of about five months, giving them their checks along with their letters of termination.
The payments were made at the (...)
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JEDDAH — The Saudi Binladin Group started paying the delayed salaries to thousands of its employees after they were fired because of budget constraints, said company spokesman Yaseen Al-Attas.
"A royal decree was announced last (...)
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JEDDAH — The Saudi Binladin Group will pay delayed salaries to 10,000 workers by the end of this month, director of the branch of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development in Makkah Abdullah Al-Olayan has said.
He said the (...)
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JEDDAH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has blacklisted a number of airlines for violating safety regulations, said GACA spokesman Abdullah Al-Khiraif.
"Some of the airlines are on the blacklist due to the (...)
JEDDAH — Disrupted school building projects in Jeddah's Raheli district have raised parents' concerns about the future of their children's education. They said students of three schools are now accommodated in a single rented building that lacks (...)
JEDDAH — The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a stern letter cautioning airport employees to shape up or face disciplinary actions.
A source from GACA said the authority witnessed crass behavior from employees at King Abdulaziz (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi women may join hands in the fight against corruption when they will soon be employed in the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha).
"Nazaha may soon open the door for women to help it achieve its goals in consolidating the (...)
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JEDDAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will not employ Saudi women as air hostesses on its flights, spokesman of the national carrier Abdul Rahman Al-Fahd said.
He did not give reasons but said Saudi women could work in the (...)
square-meter picture of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, adorns the facade of the Makkah branch of the Ministry of Culture and Information in Jeddah to celebrate the safe return of the King after receiving medical treatment abroad. (...)
Aircraft spare parts worth millions of riyals went up in flames after a fire broke out at a government storage depot in the Al-Thurayya district of Jeddah Thursday.
The materials, which belonged to Saudi Arabian Airlines, caught ablaze at around (...)
Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Emir of Riyadh, received at his office Tuesday morning Prince Abdurrahman Bin Musa'ad, President of Al-Hilal Club, Prince Nawaf Bin Sa'ad, Deputy President of Al-Hilal and club's players. Al-Hilal was recently crowned (...)
On behalf of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, awarding a car key to a winner of one of the races of the Crown Prince's (...)
Nigerian Ambassador Abdullah Aminchi and the consul general, along with officials of the non-Arab African Country Haj Establishment, received the first batch of Nigerian pilgrims when they arrived here earlier this week.
Aminchi said that there was (...)
Efforts have been intensified to locate an Egyptian fisherman and his boat that left Al-Qunfudha last Monday.
Brig. Gen. Hussein Ahmed Al-Faqih, Commander of the Frontier Guard Sector Command in Al-Qunfudha Governorate, said the fisherman had been (...)
The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) have signed a MoU with E.A. Juffali & Brothers Company to establish a high-skill training institute in Jeddah.
The agreement was signed by Sheikh Khalid Juffali, vice president and managing (...)
A surprisingly large turnout of women marked the launch here Sunday of the Arab world's first academy for defensive driving.
Women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia but their huge participation in the launch of Safra Defensive Driving (...)
The Jeddah College of Technology (JCT) is organizing the third symposium on technical and administrative training and education from Monday.
The two-day symposium at InterContinental Hotel here, under the auspices of Prince Mish'al Bin Majed, (...)
Russia has vowed to strengthen its ties with the Muslim world and advance the cause of the interfaith-dialogue sponsored by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in a speech delivered on his behalf (...)
Luxury sports cars, some even costing SR7 million each, will be on display here at the EXCS exhibition starting Monday.
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, will inaugurate the event at the Hilton Hotel. The three-day show is expected to (...)
New rules and regulations for protection of intellectual property will be discussed at the three-day First Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum starting at the Jeddah Hilton on Sunday.
Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, Emir of Makkah Region, is to (...)
Saudi Arabian Airlines officials say the privatization process of the national carrier is going smoothly and are confident of considerable improvement in the service.
“The future outlook for Saudi Arabian Airlines is extremely promising following (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, inaugurated an exhibition highlighting the economic development projects scheduled to be launched, as well as those already undertaken during his era.
Major development projects already underway and (...)
With only 24.06 seconds behind the Italian Alex Carella, the Saudi boat racing team (SAIF) came second in the third round of the 35-lap F2000 World Cup of Powerboating here Wednesday afternoon.
Michael Nylund from Finland came third in 33:40:71 (...)
Prince Misha'l Bin Majed, Governor of Jeddah will patronize Wednesday the final stage of the third round of the Formula 2000 World Championship in Obhur.
The Saudi team ended first in a speed race of the third round of the world power boat (...)