Okaz/Saudi Gazette
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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, (...)
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 (...)
King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, will inaugurate on Saturday the first Makkah Al-Mukarramah Leading Development Projects Exhibition.
To be held in north Cornice on a 115,000-square-meter area, the exhibition aims to (...)
Due to alarming reports of an increase in AIDS cases in the city, Jeddah Health Affairs has decided to take advantage of the expected heavy public gathering during the Eid festival to launch an AIDS awareness campaign.
A report by the Ministry of (...)
Security authorities have arrested three Saudis and two expatriates for spreading false propaganda through the Internet, the Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday.
The five were misleading young people, manipulating their religious sentiments (...)
Six hundred Boy Scouts are distributing 1,500 Iftar meals daily around the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah.
“They go around the districts in search of people to offer something to break their fast with,” said Ibrahim Najjar, head of the Boy (...)
The first charitable photography exhibition was inaugurated here on Wednesday. The 4-day exhibition is being held under the auspices of the Saudi Cancer Society (SCS). All the proceeds from the exhibition will be utilized for the welfare of cancer (...)
The city's primary health care centers will soon be classified into three categories according to quality of services offered.
A committee headed by the Director General of Health Affairs in Jeddah has recommended such classification as part of (...)
A new diabetes center will open within four months in south Jeddah, according to senior health officials who warned that incidence of the disease in the Saudi population has increased from 25 percent to 28.
The SR5.5 million center will have (...)
An agreement has been reached to create what has been described as three new “visionary initiatives” which are focused on driving market specific innovation across the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia (MENASA) region and beyond.
Gulf Finance (...)
An exclusive women's festival in which young Saudi girls presented their creative work recently concluded here.
The Saudi Female (Saudiyah) Festival with the theme “Where Creations Meet,” was inaugurated by Princess Hissah Al-Sha'lan and was (...)
Nasr of Saudi Arabia qualified to the semifinals of the 24th GCC Club Soccer Championship after winning over Group A host Al-Khor of Qatar 3-1 in Doha on Tuesday.
With this win Al-Nasr joined Group B winner Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia (7 points), Group (...)
month diploma at the Vocational Industrial Institutes at the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) Jeddah were ranked as the fifth grade by the Ministry of Civil Service here Saturday.
Dr. Rashid Bin Mohammed Al-Zahrani, head of TVTC (...)
A state of anger dominated Saudis over the poor results of their representatives in Beijing Games.
Some claim that officials of the five federations should give reasons for the poor show of their representatives, especially with the financial (...)
Nasr of Saudi Arabia kept its hopes alive for qualifying into the next round of the 24th GCC Soccer Championship after winning over Al-Nahdhah of Oman 2-1 in Doha Saturday.
Mohammed Al-Shahrani put the Saudi team ahead in the 12th minute and Rayyan (...)