RIYADH – The Competition Protection Council has officially launched a new toll-free number 8004400033 to receive enquiries, complaints, observations and suggestions.
The aim is to provide a service to the business sector and society where they can voice their queries and observations, while the council answers their enquiries.
Competition Protection Council launches toll-free number
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Trash from holy sites
Garbage skips used in the holy ritual sites this Haj season are seen dumped alongside King Khalid Road in Al-Aziziyah district of Makkah. — Courtesy Makkah daily
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Saudi robotic colon surgeon out of work after 17 years of study
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — Despite the 17 years he has spent studying medicine and regardless of his rare medical specialization and Korean fellowship, a Saudi doctor is still jobless in his own country.
According to Al-Eqtisadiah business daily on Monday, about 22 hospitals in the Ki
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Jail, fines await Saudi beggars
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Ministry of Social Affairs will send Saudis caught begging more than once to the Sharia court where they could be fined, imprisoned or both, Alsharq newspaper reported on Wednesday. Director of Social Affairs in the Eastern Province Sae
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Why is GACA so angry at Jeddah airport’s low rating?
Musaad Al-Osaimi Al-Watan I DO not know why the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) is so angry that Jeddah airport was graded the world’s second worst. GACA does not need to be angry and should not complain about the low rating. All that it needs to do is read what has been written in our
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Many expats struggle under impact of unpaid wages
Renad Ghanem
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — One of the main problems facing expatriates working in the private sector in the Kingdom is receiving their monthly salary on time.
Many expatriate workers depend a lot on receiving their salaries on time to pay their monthly b
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Jeddah family court receives 15 new divorce cases each day
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — The family affairs court in Jeddah registers 15 new divorce cases every day, Makkah daily reported on Wednesday.
Court sources said the court also handles every day as many as 35 outstanding divorces that were previously tabled for official
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Ministry to be split into two
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry will be split into two autonomous ministries after being merged more than two decades ago, informed sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette. They said each ministry will be concerned with its own affairs in the fields of commerce and industry. The sources, however, did not specify when the spl
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SR100,000 compensation for work injury
RIYADH — The Ministry of Civil Service has announced that the compensation to be paid for work deaths or injuries will be SR100,000. It said the dead or injured worker would be financially compensated for his/her accumulated leave. The ministry further said any employee who is injured while going to or coming from work will be enti
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20 flyovers for pedestrians in Jeddah
JEDDAH — As many as 20 new flyovers for pedestrians will be constructed over various streets in Jeddah within the next two years, a spokesman of Jeddah Municipality has said. Mohammed Al-Baqami told Okaz/Saudi Gazette on Thursday that the flyovers will be constructed over the busiest streets in the city that often witness cases of
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34,000 divorces in the Kingdom in a year
RIYADH — There were 33,954 divorce cases in the Kingdom in 2014, the Justice Ministry announced on Thursday. The ministry, according to a local newspaper, said there were 434 khula cases (where the woman returns the dowry to the husband and relinquishes alimony rights in exchange for a divorce). According to the statistics, during
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15,000 Saudi students studying in UK
AL-KHOBAR — More than 15,000 Saudi male and female were studying in Britain last year, according to the British cultural attaché in the Kingdom. Charlie Walker, said about 10,000 students were doing their higher studies while about 5,000 were studying English language. He told a function here on Wednesday to celebrate the 25
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Do you approve of limiting expats stay in the Kingdom?
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The Kingdom has always been open to receiving citizens of Arab and Islamic countries and benefiting from their specialties and skills in different scientific sectors, on the condition that they abide by laws and regulations, Al-Riyadh daily reported.
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Average Saudi tourist spends SR43,000 on foreign holidays
Saudi Gazette report A report that compared spending habits of citizens of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries — Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar — on foreign tourism showed that Bahrainis topped the list with an average Bahraini tourist spending SR4
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Saudis prefer family tourism
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GACA denies rising cases of close calls
NAHEEL ABDULLAH SAUDI GAZETTE JEDDAH – The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has denied press reports about 20 cases of aircraft passing close by each other over the Kingdom’s airspace every year
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SFDA suspends buffalo meat import from Indian firm
RIYADH – The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has stopped the import of meat temporarily from the firm M/s. Nafees Frozen Food Exports Pvt Ltd in India.
Earlier, the firm used to export boneless buffalo meat. The suspension order was put in effect following observations against the firm rela
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Interior Ministry warns citizens to follow rules
RIYADH – The security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior has reiterated its warning to citizens o follow rules and desist from staging gatherings and processions
It said, subsequent to its announcement on Oct. 23, 2013 on what is being raised in the media and social media, including calls for
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Does Malala really deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
Ali Al-Shiraimi
A number of people have won the Nobel Peace Prize for political reasons thus reducing the value of the coveted international award. If this is not so, how could a man like former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger have won it?
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Are falling oil prices the beginning of the end of Saudi development?
Khalaf Al-Harbe
The sharp decline in oil prices over the past few months is an apparent sign of the beginning of the end of the golden age in which Gulf states have doubled their budget allocations and accumulated huge surpluses.
The
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