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Articles of the author Saleh Al Zahrani Okaz
HRDF sets terms to help Saudi job seekers
The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) will only support a Saudi job seeker for a total of 24 months at two different private sector companies, the organization announced on its website recently. This is one of several conditions the HRDF has (...)

05 - 05 - 2012
Saudi student wins top energy award in UK
A Saudi PhD student has won a top award at the Imperial College in London from the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE), a leading proponent of clean energy development. Yousif Bin Muhammad Annad Al-Shimiri was awarded the (...)

07 - 04 - 2012
Plans to raise Saudization level in car rental offices
The Chairman of the Car Rental Committee in Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Sa'eed Bin Ali Al-Bassami disclosed a number of studies are underway to upgrade the tourism sector in the Kingdom. Al-Bassami said the most important among (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
‘Work permit renewal for red firms stopped'
Adel Fakieh, Minister of Labor, has said that companies falling in the Nitaqat red zone will not be able to renew the work permits for their expatriate workers unless they rectify their situation. As per the details released on the minister's (...)

23 - 03 - 2012
GOSI retirees get 15% raise
The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) will raise the cost of living allowance to 15 percent of the pension of retirees as of the 1st of Jumad Al-Awwal, 1433H (March 24, 2012). This was disclosed by Sulaiman Bin Saad Al-Humaid, (...)

21 - 03 - 2012
Chicken prices up as firms use up govt subsidy
National poultry companies have already used up the SR350 million government subsidy granted last July. Now the prices of frozen poultry have risen to SR15.25 a kilo and SR16.5 for 1.1 kilos. One kilo of national poultry now costs between (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
HRDF to subsidize Saudi women's pay
The Human Resource Fund is to subsidize Saudi lingerie saleswomen's salaries by 50% over the next three years. The fund will also pay for the women's training both by the shop owner or in authorized training centers. However, the Director of the (...)

16 - 01 - 2012
Programs for employing Saudi youth in weeks
A number of programs that guarantee participants sustainable jobs are to be launched over the next few weeks. The Hafiz Programs mechanisms are now being finalized by the Human Resource Fund to ensure they can be implemented within the next few (...)

13 - 01 - 2012
‘Single window' customs scheme launched
Khalyawi, Director General of Saudi Customs, has said that a “single window” scheme has been launched to bring representatives from government departments, private laboratories, handling firms and banks together under one roof to accelerate customs (...)

26 - 12 - 2010
Mayoralties blamed for vegetable price hike
Khaleel, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for Consumer Affairs, blamed mayoralties for the rise in vegetable prices and said his organization is working to upgrade its performance. Al-Khaleel said an international company has (...)

14 - 10 - 2010
Saudi wins award for research on environment
Shalhoub of the Environment Monitoring and Protection Authority has been awarded the Best Environmental Research into Climate Change prize by the Regional Maritime Environment Protection Organization. Al-Shalhoub received the prize at a ceremony (...)

27 - 01 - 2010
Saudi family to sue over swine flu death
Shehri, the first person in the Kingdom to die from swine flu, is to sue the private hospital to which he was admitted in Dammam for failing to correctly diagnose his illness. The Saudi family, who held Al-Shehri's funeral Tuesday in Madina, claim (...)

29 - 07 - 2009
Punish wife-beaters, says court president
Sheikh, President of the District Court in Riyadh, has said that any husband who “slaps or beats his wife severely” should be punished. Al-Sheikh, speaking on the issue following remarks by a Saudi judge earlier this month saying that wives (...)

21 - 05 - 2009
Promote optimism, Aal Al-Sheikh tells preachers
Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance, has said that preachers who give too much attention to politics and not enough to knowledge are harming themselves and those they call to Islam. Speaking at Imam Turki Bin Abdullah (...)

06 - 04 - 2009
Fingerprinting at Causeway still in the cards
Khelawi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the King Fahd Causeway and Customs Director General, has said that the enforcement of the fingerprinting system to verify vehicle ownership at the causeway is proving problematic. Al-Khelawi said the (...)

14 - 03 - 2009
Obaid next to appear before Shoura
Obaid, Minister of Education, is next in line to appear before the Shoura Council to explain the working of his ministry, Dr. Muhammed Al-Zulfa, a Shoura member said here on Monday. The minister will reply to questions from Shoura members as well (...)

23 - 12 - 2008
KSA, Qatar set to sign commercial agreements
Turki, Chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), said on Sunday the Saudi-Qatari Coordination Council is expected to sign commercial agreements aimed at raising the volume of trade between the two countries and strengthening (...)

15 - 12 - 2008
‘GCC Days' held in Madrid
Namlah, Internal Media Undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture and Information, has described the “Gulf Cooperation Council Days” event, which began on Monday in Madrid, as a step to promote understanding and interfaith dialogue as called for by (...)

14 - 10 - 2008
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