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Articles of the author Muhammad Al Ghamdi
Undocumented workers are a threat to society
IT is sad that a large number of expatriate workers in our country are here illegally. Many of them have crossed our borders without documents, overstayed their Haj or Umrah visas or were born here to illegal workers. They do not hesitate to violate (...)

07 - 04 - 2017
The total depletion of groundwater is just a matter of time
IS it necessary to stop growing fodder, wheat and barley? We are in desperate need of designing an agricultural policy that strikes a balance between water needs and the increase in agricultural activities. Water and food security should be a (...)

12 - 02 - 2016
Ministry supports creation of new body for land disputes
The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has voiced its support for a proposal to set up a separate commission to end disputes with the ministries of Finance and Agriculture over encroachment of government-owned land. In a statement, the (...)

11 - 06 - 2012
All Saudi women mustget ID cards within 7 yrs
National identity cards must be provided to all Saudi women within seven years, a ministerial committee has recommended. National identity cards will be the only identity documents to be accepted in cases of accidents, at road checkpoints and in (...)

08 - 06 - 2012
Civil Defense: 50% of flood claimants compensated
Ghamdi, head of the Civil Defense in Bahra, has said that 50 percent of all registered claimants to compensation for damage suffered during last November's floods in Jeddah have been paid in full. According to Al-Ghamdi, 19,450 applications for (...)

16 - 06 - 2010
Resignation over gender segregation withdrawn
Municipal Council member Abdullah Al-Suwailim decided to withdraw his resignation from the council after a meeting he held with Prince Mansour Bin Mit'eb Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Minister of Municipality and Rural Affairs. The meeting was attended by (...)

12 - 11 - 2008
Member skips 74% of Shoura Council sessions
A report distributed to members of the Shoura Council on Monday revealed high rates of absence, with one member skipping 31 sessions out of a possible 42, an absence rate of 74 percent for the three-month period of the report. Three members were (...)

29 - 10 - 2008
Salman orders probe into Shoura member death on street
Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Emir of Riyadh, has ordered the formation of a committee to investigate the reasons why Shoura Council member Mansour Abdulghaffar was left lying dead on a street for three hours last Sunday night. Police and (...)

23 - 10 - 2008
‘No delay in dealing with death of Shoura member'
The following is the official sequence of events immediately after Shoura Council member Mansour Abdulghaffar collapsed after a heart attack while out for exercise Sunday night. Abdulghaffar was left lying dead on a street for three hours and the (...)

23 - 10 - 2008
Shoura member left lying dead on street for 3 hours
The Shoura Council on Monday called for a full investigation into why one of its members was left lying dead on the street in the Saudi capital for three hours Sunday night before a forensic team arrived to examine the body. Shoura Council member (...)

21 - 10 - 2008
Shoura requests access to prisons
The Shoura Council in its Monday session has asked the authorities to give the General Investigation and Prosecution Authority (GIPA) access to the Kingdom's prisons with no exception to look into the procedures of prisoners who have served their (...)

14 - 10 - 2008
Mega power project in the works, says minister
Amid a global financial crisis triggering recession worldwide, King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, continues his never-ending development policies begun with his accession to the throne in August 2005 with a world-scale power project (...)

13 - 10 - 2008
Municipal elections may be postponed
Municipal elections are likely to be put off for at least two years, informed sources have revealed. A study is being conducted for the purpose, sources said. The objective behind the move is to weigh the pros and cons of the exercise launched in (...)

12 - 10 - 2008
Riyadh mayor seeks to expand Eid festivities
Prince Muhammad Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Ayyaf, Mayor of Riyadh, has expressed his pleasure at the way this year's Eid celebrations have proceeded and shown his desire to expand events in the future. All but two of the 200 events held this year in the (...)

09 - 10 - 2008
Shoura summons minister as water woes continue
The Shoura Council Sunday summoned Minister of Water and Electricity Eng. Abdullah Al-Hosain to explain the water shortage across the Kingdom. The minister promised to resolve the crisis at a Shoura session three months ago, but nothing tangible (...)

16 - 06 - 2008
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