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SR140 million for six new projects in Makkah

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  Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — The Makkah Municipality has signed six new contracts with several specialized companies for rain and floodwater drainage projects in various parts of the city. The contracts are worth SR140 million. The projects will be implemented complyin

Launch of medical projects in Al-Jouf lauded

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  Saudi Gazette report  SKAKA — Senior officials, media personnel and intellectuals have commended the medical projects initiated in Al-Jouf region including King Abdulaziz Specialist Medical Hospital, Prince Miteb Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, specialized medical centers, and Prince Muhammad

Nazaha wants fine, prison for uncooperative senior officials

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  Abdullah Al-Qahtani Okaz/Saudi Gazette   ABHA — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) wants government officials who refuse to respond to its queries to be fined and imprisoned. In a study forwarded to the higher authorities, the commission proposed the directors and senio

Religious men in Riyadh Book Fair

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  Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz   WHEN voluntary religious men (muhtasibeen) try to sabotage any activity that has been approved by the government, this can only be described as a flagrant aggression against the state and society. I thought that the work of the muhtasibeen would be stopped but, judging by what recently happened in

Kidnapping the society

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  Abdo Khaal Okaz   THE head of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh has come under fire by the commission’s old guard. The veterans are in fact members of the Muslim Brotherhood who held the reins of the Haia many years ago. Through their ag

Prince Khaled presents Creativity awards

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  Education Minister Prince Khaled Al-Faisal presents awards to winners of the National Olympics for Science Creativity (Creativity 2014) during a special function at King Fahd Cultural Center in Riyadh on Tuesday evening. The prince commended the work of the students and recited a poem on the occasion. A total of 72 young men and women won awards. Special awards were also

Public transport system required for city’s future needs: Jeddawis

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  Ibrahim Shehab Okaz/Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Several residents have called for a public transport system to meet the future needs of the city, an end to traffic congestion and a reduction in commuting times. The current public transport system is very limited in scope and the cit

Tobacco-free Taif gets wide support

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  Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette  RIYADH — Over 15 billion cigarettes are puffed away every year in the Kingdom, making Saudi Arabia the fourth largest importer of manufactured tobacco in the world. The shocking figure comes from a peer-reviewed article in the Sau

Emir of Makkah receives Iraqi ambassador

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   Emir of Makkah Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah receiving Ghanim Alwan Al-Jumaily, Iraqi ambassador to the Kingdom, at his office in Jeddah on Wednesday. The emir also met with Kim Jin-soo, ambassador of South Korea. — SPA

Medical garbage surrounds Riyadh’s Prince Salman Hospital

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — Medical waste has been haphazardly dumped at a small garden on a valley near Prince Salman Hospital in Al-Eraija district, west of Riyadh, Makkah daily reported Tuesday. It said the waste also included prescriptions and official hospital papers. The waste, ap

Authorities inspect food outlets, punish violators

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — During a two-day intensive campaign, the Makkah Municipality found 82 eateries not adhering to the required health regulations. Mohammad Al-Futawi, director of the environment and health section at the municipality, said 10 equipped and trained municipality t

Pakistan National Day functions

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   JEDDAH — Pakistani nationals in the Kingdom will celebrate their country’s National Day on Sunday, March 23. To mark the occasion, flag hoisting ceremonies will be held in Pakistani missions in Riyadh and Jeddah. Muhammad Naeem Khan, ambassador of Pakistan, will hoist the flag in the embassy premises at 8.30 a.m. In Jeddah, the ceremon

IMF: Expats in most private sector jobs

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   RIYADH — Most job opportunities that have been created by the rapid growth of the Kingdom’s economy have been taken by expatriates rather than Saudis, according to Tim Callen, International Monetary Fund’s mission chief in the Kingdom. Callen, who attended the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency’s program on international fund an

Worker dies after having energy drink

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   MADINAH — A Bangladeshi worker in his 50s died after consuming an energy drink, according to Madinah Police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Ghanam. The worker was rushed to the hospital after his condition got critical. Doctors noticed that his heart rate was fast and he was suffering from a shortness of breath. When they asked what he had, he said h

New app to remember Tawaf rounds

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   MAKKAH — Umm Al-Qura University’s Center of Technical Invention and Geographic Information Systems center has launched a new Android application that helps in counting the number of Tawaf rounds, said Dr. Saleh Basalamah, deputy director of the center. The application will also alert users when they complete the seven rounds. It uses g

Saudi student invents medical watch

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   ABHA — A young Saudi woman from King Khalid University has invented a medical watch that can measure the sugar rate, blood pressure, heart rate and body temperature of its holders. Ghada Al-Qahtani, 18, said she came up with the idea as she was taking care of her grandmother, a diabetic with high blood pressure and heart diseases. Her grandm

15 jailed for terror activities

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   RIYADH — A court on Thursday sentenced 15 people – 14 Saudis and a Jordanian – to up to 16 years in jail for participating in terror activities. The 15 are from a group of 30 charged with adopting Takfiri ideology, forbidding enrollment in government schools, possessing files containing documents and pictures on ways to make weap

Friday sermon in French, Malawi

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   MAKKAH — French and Malawi speakers will be able to listen to the Friday sermon’s translation in their languages, said Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, chief of the Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques. The English and Urdu translation services for the sermon were launched few weeks ago. The presidency said it works hard to serv

Why don’t Saudi billionaires help the poor?

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  Abdurahman Al-Shalash Al-Jazeera   Seven Saudi businessmen were recently listed among the world’s 1,000 billionaires by Forbes magazine.  Their total wealth was estimated at about SR187.5 billion. Many wealthy Saudis are engaged in benevolent and charitable activities. This shows the strength of our economy an

Don’t discourage young Saudi entrepreneurs

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  Najah Al-Dhahar Al-Madinah   We regularly hear and read about the initiatives of ministries to encourage Saudi youths to make investments in the commercial sector. There are several programs that are aimed at supporting small- and medium-sized projects which create jobs for Saudis and help contain the outflow of Saudi ca
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