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Articles of the author Saeed Al Bahiss Okaz
Private schools banned from accepting foreign donations
Foreign schools can no longer accept donations from abroad, according to directives issued by Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior. The directives also ban activities other than those approved and warn against (...)

10 - 06 - 2012
Naif urges Emirs to meet needs of citizens
Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, has issued directives to Emirs to meet the needs of citizens, answer their queries and complaints and give convincing justifications for shortcomings in some services. The (...)

09 - 06 - 2012
50 workers face probe over nude photos of Taif rehab inmates
Officials and 50 workers of the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center in Taif are likely to be investigated after nude photos of some inmates were posted on several websites, according to sources. The photos show special care workers removing the (...)

04 - 05 - 2012
Haifa Wehbi most popular on Twitter
Diva Haifa Wehbi is the most popular Lebanese national on Twitter. A survey, which was conducted by “ HYPERLINK “http://famous.tv/” \t “_blank” famous.tv”, showed that Haifa got more votes than well-known political leaders and actors in Lebanon. (...)

15 - 04 - 2012
All health facilities must have CBAHI certificates
The Ministry of Health has made it mandatory for all health facilities to get accreditation from the Central Board of Accreditation for Healthcare Institutions (CBAHI) to operate in the Kingdom, said Dr. Muhammad Hamza Khushaim, Deputy Minister of (...)

28 - 03 - 2012
NACC to check bank balances of govt purchase managers
Government project directors are to have their bank balances monitored under new anti-corruption legislation. The National Anti-Corruption Commission is also adding the heads of purchasing departments to its watch list. The officials will be forced (...)

27 - 01 - 2012
GAB to monitor govt agencies' expenditure
The General Auditing Bureau (GAB) is to monitor government agencies' bank transactions to ensure they comply with legal regulations. It will check account balances and ensure they were opened and used by government agencies. The move will ensure (...)

23 - 01 - 2012
Kidnapped Saudi diplomat freed in Yemen
Malki, the Saudi diplomat kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen 11 days ago, was released unconditionally Tuesday after a tribal cordon around the area where he was being held left his abductors with few options but to free him peacefully. Ali Al-Hamdan, (...)

04 - 05 - 2011
Clampdown on police smoking
Qahtani views an anti-smoking display in Riyadh, Saturday. (Okaz photo) RIYADH: Saeed Al-Qahtani, the head of General Security, has said that a ban on police and other officers smoking in official vehicles is set to come into effect (...)

21 - 02 - 2011
3 pvt sector hospitals for treating drug addiction
Sariha, head of Studies and Information at the secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Drugs, has said that there are three private sector projects for hospitals to treat drug addiction. Two of the facilities will be in Riyadh and the (...)

19 - 02 - 2011
3 pvt sector hospitals for treating drug addiction
Sariha, head of Studies and Information at the secretariat of the National Committee for Combating Drugs, has said that there are three private sector projects for hospitals to treat drug addiction. Two of the facilities will be in Riyadh and the (...)

18 - 02 - 2011
Winning works for King's translation awards selected
JEDDAH: The Board of Trustees of King Abdullah International Prize for Translation met Tuesday at King Fahd Public Library in Riyadh to select the winning works, in preparation to announce them at an upcoming function. Members reviewed reports (...)

09 - 02 - 2011
Car rental firms lose SR100m
Bassami, Vice Chairman of the General Transport Committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has said that car rental firms have lost approximately SR100 million due to the recent floods in the city. Al-Bassami said that around 9,000 (...)

02 - 02 - 2011
Al-Shehri planned to assassinate top figures in Kingdom
Shehri, Al-Qaeda's “second man” in the Arabian Peninsula, was mainly instrumental in recruiting women into his deviant organization and to use them in operations against the Kingdom using Yemen as the launching pad. According to sources, Saeed (...)

05 - 06 - 2010
Saher system to be modified
Bassami, vice chairman of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Public Transport Committee, has said that the Saher road safety system in operation in Riyadh will not be introduced to other regions until it has undergone (...)

04 - 06 - 2010
Takfeer ‘a sin'
Shehri's father, Ali Bin Jaber Al-Shehri, told Okaz in September that his son had accused him of being an “infidel” before he left for Yemen, a position described by Saleh Bin Muhammad Al-Wunayyan, Professor of Sunnah at Al-Qassim University, as a (...)

28 - 10 - 2009
Absence of Iranians not to affect Umrah business
Qurashi of the National Committee for Haj and Umrah has said that the banning of Iranian pilgrims from Umrah in Ramadan due to swine flu threats will not affect business as Iranians “have not been performing the pilgrimage during the holy month for (...)

08 - 08 - 2009
THE DIRT ON CLEAN
Sayegh, a resident of the up-scale Rawdah District in Jeddah, points at the messy inside wall of a mosque that has been closed down for some time for maintenance and renovation work. But the work has never been done. Al-Sayegh said the neglected (...)

06 - 05 - 2009
Al-Jabri honors Australian Minister
Jabri, Chairman of Al-Jabri Group, has honored the Australian Minister of Agriculture and Forests, Tony Redman, during a visit to his animal husbandry and fattening project at Al-Shemyasi. The Australian minister recognized the importance of the (...)

28 - 02 - 2009
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