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Al-Shareef says new regulations would stamp out misuse of funds
corruption regulations are coming into effect which will stamp out misuse of funds in all government departments. The regulations will force government and ministerial officials dealing with financial affairs to present documents proving they (...)

29 - 12 - 2011
4 anti-dengue program staff charged with embezzlement
dengue fever program face charges of embezzling around SR5 million from the money allocated to fight the outbreak of the mosquito borne tropical disease after the 2009 Jeddah floods. The Jeddah Administrative Court received the file against the men (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
‘Toys encourage children to smoke'
smoking activists are warning parents that some toys on the market resemble cigarettes and are encouraging young people to smoke. Muhammad Al-Attas, Executive Director of the anti-smoking Kafa society, said his society's teams have found toys that (...)

20 - 06 - 2011
Captagon factory destroyed in Eastern Province
Narcotics Administration in the Kingdom has helped to destroy a Turkish factory which produced 200 million Captagon pills annually, said Brig. Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Jameel, Director of the Anti-Narcotics Department in the Eastern (...)

06 - 05 - 2011
Anti-graft board empowered to study corruption findings
Graft Board, established recently under a Royal Decree, will be an executive body empowered to study the findings of the investigations of the Control and Investigation Board (CIB) and the General Auditing Bureau (GAB) into the embezzlement of (...)

20 - 03 - 2011
6,000 give up smoking in EP
smoking society “Kafa” has said that its program has helped 6,000 smokers in the Eastern Province to give up the habit recently, but noted that budget constraints could force it to increase its charges. Saleh Al-Abad, the Eastern Province head of (...)

17 - 12 - 2010
Vital Saudi intelligence reaffirms need for international center
terrorism experts have said that US praise for the Kingdom's role in uncovering the suspicious packages found in flights from Yemen to the United States strongly reflects the country's openness to working with other nations in the fight against (...)

31 - 10 - 2010
4,000 Special Forces officers to ensure Haj security
Terrorism Special Security Forces will have a presence of some 4,000 officers and 385 military vehicles to ensure security in Makkah and Madina during this year's Haj pilgrimage. Special Security Forces chief Muhammad Al-Omani said the (...)

30 - 10 - 2010
Kafa mobile clinic helping thousands kick smoking habit
smoking society “Kafa” has said that its “Ramadan is My Chance” campaign led to 1,500 smokers giving up the habit. Kafa chief executive Abdullah Sarouji said that the Ramadan awareness campaign, conducted in the vicinity of the Great Mosque in (...)

28 - 09 - 2010
70 sacked teachers move NSHR
illiteracy-program contractual teachers who were sacked by the Ministry of Education recently have lodged a complaint with the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR). Dr. Ahmad Al-Bahkali, the NSHR branch's director here, said the society's legal (...)

02 - 08 - 2010
Kafa summer program helps 1,300 give up smoking habit
smoking and drugs society “Kafa” has said that its summer campaign has led to 1,300 people “completely giving up smoking”. Kafa chief executive Abdullah Sarouji said that the figure was achieved through the society's permanent and mobile clinics (...)

22 - 07 - 2010
Anti-terrorism center correcting misconceptions, says Al-Aiban
terrorism center in the capital is correcting misconceptions of those who fell into the traps set up by the people advocating deviant thought, Bandar Al-Aiban, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), said here Friday. Al-Aiban was speaking (...)

17 - 07 - 2010
Ministry targets drugs in Jeddah's impoverished districts
Narcotics Department has begun addressing drug abuse in Jeddah's less well-off districts with a series of awareness campaigns involving conferences, lectures and information leaflets, as well as a female team to tackle drug use by young (...)

14 - 07 - 2010
Interns highlight smoking dangers
smoking campaign organized by student interns from the Faculty of Dentistry at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, has highlighted the hazards of smoking, particularly the dangers of Shisha, also known as Hubble Bubble. The team based its warning (...)

22 - 06 - 2010
Dengue down on previous weeks
Dengue Fever Program at the Mayor's Office in Jeddah have said that the number of cases has fallen by 10 percent. According to the sources, 126 confirmed cases were detected last week in south and east districts of Jeddah after the two previous (...)

21 - 06 - 2010
Kafa warns of cigarette campaigns targeting children
Smoking Awareness Society (Kafa) has issued a warning against “organized campaigns by tobacco companies targeting children and young people through small cigarette packets designed to make smoking attractive”. Abdullah Sarouji, the executive head (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
Kafa renews call for cancer images
Smoking Awareness Society (Kafa) has appealed to the Ministry of Trade to force tobacco producers to put images of persons suffering from cancer and other tobacco-related illnesses on their cigarette packaging in the Kingdom. According to Abdullah (...)

01 - 06 - 2010
ANTI-SMOKING DRIVE
smoking society hands out leaflets at a shop in Jeddah. A recent Kafa gathering saw a large number of males and females volunteer their services for the society's fifth annual and nationwide awareness campaign, due to start next month. “They've set (...)

18 - 05 - 2010
Anti-terrorism advisory programs tour identified areas
terrorism advisory “Munasaha” program have conducted a two-week course at numerous centers in Al-Khorma, east of Taif, to address “deviant thought”. Coordinator for the Munasaha Committee and Executive President of the Enlightenment Program Saeed (...)

29 - 10 - 2009
SR200 smoking fine mooted
smoking laws are set to include fines of SR200 for smoking in public places, the head of the Ministry of Health Anti-Smoking Program has revealed. Majed Al-Muneef said this week that the new laws, which are currently being looked at by the Council (...)

22 - 10 - 2009
100,000 students return to elementary schools today , Anti-swine flu measures in place
swine flu measures are in place as more than 100,000 students start their elementary schools Saturday. Secondary and high schools reopened last Saturday after an extended holiday break. The preventive program follows an eight-point plan based on (...)

17 - 10 - 2009
High tobacco tariffs sought
smoking campaigners have urged Saudi authorities to enforce World Health Organization (WHO) measures to combat the use of tobacco and called for import taxes to be increased. A gathering held in Riyadh Sunday by the Anti-Smoking Center in Al-Aflaj (...)

15 - 09 - 2009
Expired imported sweets seized
Fraud Department at the Jeddah Mayoralty seized a big stock of 1,072 boxes of expired sweets with over 19,000 chocolate pieces in a south Jeddah warehouse late Wednesday. The goodies were meant to be sold during Eid. At the site, 12 Asian (...)

13 - 09 - 2009
Kafa demands graphic images on cigarette packs
Smoking Awareness Society (Kafa), a non-profit group which helps smokers kick the habit and spreads awareness of the dangers of tobacco, has said that the Kingdom needs to follow the rest of the world and print warning images on cigarette packets if (...)

08 - 09 - 2009
Yemeni arrested for illegal money transfers
fraud authorities arrested Monday a Yemeni male wanted for using illegal methods to transfer abroad money for persons in violation of residency laws. Police received information on the individual following investigations into the activities of a (...)

05 - 08 - 2009
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