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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Ahli of Saudi Arabia and Al-Salmiah of Kuwait qualified for the semifinals of the 24th GCC Club Football Championship on Friday.
Al-Ahli trounced Dhafar of Oman 4-1 while the Kuwaiti team prevailed over Al-Najmah of Bahrain 3-2 here at the Prince (...)
Raed won the International Elite Championship after beating Moroccan Forces Armée Royales (FAR) 4-2 in shootout at the Prince Sultan Stadium in Abha Wednesday.
The teams failed to score in the regulation period and extra time.
Al-Raed, which has (...)
The two Saudi teams participating in the 24th GCC Club Football Championship ended their second-round matches with goalless draws. While, Al-Ahli dropped points against Al-Najmah of Bahrain in a Group B at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium here, (...)
Prince Sultan Bin Fahd, Chairman of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) approved Monday a suggestion by Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal Bin Fahd, Vice Chairman of the GPYW and Vice President of (...)
SOME 1,700 male and female teachers and school administrators, representing 50 secondary schools Kingdom-wide ended their 15-day training course this week in preparation for launching Saudi Arabia's most important educational revamp. The training (...)
Abdullah gave Al-Ahli a 1-0 victory over Al-Salimiyah of Kuwait in the 24th GCC Club Football Championship at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium here on Saturday.
The two teams fought well and the Kuwaiti side threatened the greens' goal several (...)
The Saudi Cancer Society (SCS) announced it helped treat 3,000 cancer patients and spent SR3 million over its budget for the process.
The announcement was made in the society's bi-annual report released Saturday.
Abdullah Al-Amr, head of the (...)
Some 5,000 male and female students are expected to join the King Abdullah Scholarship program for study overseas this year.
”Most of them will do their MA and PhD studies,” said Minister of Higher Education Khaled Al-Angari in Jeddah Saturday (...)
Forbidden relationships, drug use and the difficulties in learning English were some of the themes of the movie which won awards on the last day of the Jeddah Film Festival, Friday.
The JFF is the third festival of its kind in the Kingdom and was (...)
The third annual Jeddah Film Festival (JFF) that ends Friday has already scored what's akin to a box-office hit in Hollywood or Bollywood.
From what has been screened so far in the four-day film festival that has 38 Saudi films in competition, (...)
Carrying flowers, six district mayors of Jeddah visited the in-patients department of King Fahd General Hospital (KFGH), on Monday.
They were with a group from the Jeddah Directorate of Health that was visiting as part of social outreach program in (...)
This summer men and woman will have the chance to learn new skills as part of summer festival series in 20 different cities across the Kingdom.
The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) recently announced its fourth summer festival (...)
Land prices in north Jeddah have increased dramatically as a result of the ongoing construction of King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) in Rabegh, and the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, said real estate agent (...)
In order to address the dramatic increase in the rate of divorce in Saudi Arabia, Al-Shaqa'iq Women's Society here is conducting a course to acquaint 45 young women about the rights and responsibilities of married life.
Recently married women are (...)
Competition in Saudi air industry has made local carriers switched to the recent technologies not just to further ensure safe services but also to promote professionalism in their employees.
Within its framework of machinery updating, the Saudi (...)
The Ministry of Social Affairs has recently issued executive and basic regulations respectively for planned cooperative societies and any new venture.
These socities are mainly meant to serve the community by selling goods at lower prices. They (...)
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Monday witnesses the third anniversary of his ascension to the throne.
It happened on this day 1426 H when his brother King Fahd's death placed him on the throne. For three years, the Monarch has (...)
Many international universities have posted on their websites an unprecedented study of an Egyptian scientist. Days will either prove that Dr. Rafee Kamouna is no less than Albert Einstein or just like many other scientists who failed in their (...)