Al-Madina
THE date for opening the new state-of-the-art King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah is fast approaching and this is very good news. What we want to know now is the exact date for the happy occasion, which we have been (...)
The General Organization for Social Insurance has finally witnessed the crisis faced by Saudi employees in the private sector. Their latest report states that 48 percent of Saudi employees in the private sector get paid less than SR3,000.
It also (...)
Al-Madina
THE Haramain Railway that links the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah has become a disrupted dream. This multibillion riyal speed train project is a great news for people who dream about this state-of-the-art public transport system with (...)
Al-Madina
Recent reports indicate that the Ministry of Labor received 4,750 dispute cases involving more than 56,000 workers and settled 3,607 cases benefiting 47,000 workers with the support of labor committees in different parts of the country.
It (...)
There has been a lot of talk about the amount of revenue that will be generated by the so-called white land tax in our country. I have read many estimates and I feel they are exaggerated and not based on well-established scientific facts since, to (...)
Many citizens complain about the fraud and manipulation which most health insurance companies seem to engage in. These companies seek to protect themselves from the endless bills they receive from hospitals that charge unrealistic sums. In a recent (...)
Al-Madinah
THREE months ago, a court in the Eastern Province sentenced an employee at the Directorate of Health Affairs in Al-Ahsa to 10 years in prison and SR1 million fine. He was involved in fraud, bribery and embezzlement of public money in (...)
Madinah newspaper
AL-MADINAH newspaper carried a story recently that Anti-corruption Commission representatives conducted an inspection tour of Afeef General Hospital. They detected 25 shortcomings in the health facility.
The areas of concern (...)