RIYADH — The Civil Defense Directorate has produced a number of TV programs to raise awareness of foreign housemaids who work in the Kingdom about potential risks inside homes. The programs were made in English, Hindi, Malaysian, Indonesian, Urdu and Bengali. Some of the episodes were also interpreted into sign language. “The directorate seeks to enhance a culture of safety among all sections
TV programs to educate housemaids
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Parents warned about unlicensed schools
JEDDAH — The Education Department has cautioned parents about unlicensed private Saudi and foreign schools. It asked parents to verify whether the private school they intend to enroll their child in has obtained the official license from the department. Enrolling students in unlicensed private schools will have negative impact on the student’s academic progress. Many unlicensed schools h
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18 lingerie shops closed down
RIYADH — Eighteen lingerie shops have been shut down at different malls in Riyadh for failing to hire Saudi women in accordance with Ministry of Labor directives. The ministry stressed that it will not hesitate to deal with any establishment in this regard and will continue to conduct unannounced inspection visits to malls to enforce the decision. The ministry is planning to appoint female in
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‘Saudi Confessions’ on Twitter cause quite a stir
Haifa Al-ZahraniSaudi GazetteJEDDAH — The "Saudi Confessions" account on the social networking website Twitter has become very popular within days of its establishment.The number of followers has risen to more than 61,000 at the time of writing. The idea behind the account is to register the personal confession of tweeters through entering the link, which the account owner
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Consulate to notify Pakistanis of passport delivery by SMS
JEDDAH — In view of the delay in receiving machine-readable passports from Islamabad, the Consulate General of Pakistan has set up an information desk to streamline passport delivery. All members of the community who have applied for machine-readable passports, both emergency and ordinary, will be informed through SMS to collect their passports as soon as they arrive from Pakistan, ac
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Saudi women throng EP job fair
Saudi Gazette reportAL-KHOBAR — More than 7,000 job-seeking Saudi women crowded the Tawteen Eastern Fair (Saudization of jobs exhibition) in Al-Khobar.The third day of the exhibition, which concluded on Monday, was solely dedicated for women.According to a report published by Al-Hayat newspaper on Wednesday, the organizing company did not specify the number of jobs ava
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Kattan: Advertising market in the Kingdom growing
Waleed J. KattanAli Al-Amri and Maher Al-Ma’youfOkaz/Saudi GazetteDUBAI — The director general of Okaz Organization for Press and Publication Waleed Jameel Kattan said the Saudi market is witnessing an increase in the sales of smart devices, indicating that online media is getting more popular than conventional media.Addressing the WAN-IFRA 7th Middle East Conference i
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Female Shoura Council members need patience, says Princess Hessa
Maryam Al-SughayyarSaudi GazetteRIYADH — The wife of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah called on female members of the Shoura Council to be patient regarding the responsibilities they have been assigned.During a ceremony at Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University to honor female members of the Shoura Council on Tuesday night, Princess Hessa Al-Shaalan said:
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Prince Khalid Bin Bandar visits hospitalized children
Prince Khalid Bin Bandar, Emir of Riyadh, and his deputy Prince Turki Bin Abdullah visit children who were hospitalized after they fell from a ride inside the amusement area of a shopping mall in the capital on Wednesday. They wished the children speedy recovery and met with their parents. Twelve children sustained fractures in their backs and thighs as well as bruises and contusions in the accid
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Red Crescent chief: Field is open for women
Seven Saudi females to work with international relief teamPrince Faisal Bin AbdullahSaudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Chairman of the Saudi Red Crescent Authority Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah said the Red Crescent is aiming to send seven Saudi women to work for an international specialist team for emergency, disasters and relief.The team’s task will focus on health and the en
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Philippine Embassy to hold EoW in Al Khobar
RIYADH – The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh will conduct mobile consular outreach services or Embassy on Wheels (EoW) on March 7 to 8 at Al Jazeera International School (formerly PSD) in Rakah District, Al Khobar.The following services will be provided: renewal of passports’ authentication notarial of documents, NBI fingerprinting, issuance of letters of endorsement for Saudi police cl
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Ambassador of Japan announces opening of Japan Cultural Month
RIYADH – Jiro Kodera, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced the opening of the Japan Cultural Month. The Embassy of Japan will be launching a series of cultural events in Saudi Arabia this month here. A Creative Japan Fashion Fair has been organized from Feb.25 to March 11 at Harvey Nichols shop in Faisariyah Mall in Riyadh. Latest Japanese products, cosmetics,
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Tashkeil brings Kuwait’s ‘Experiment 1’ to Jeddah
Mariam NihalSaudi GazetteJEDDAH – Tashkeil marked the soft opening of “Experiment 1” here on Monday. Yolanda Perez at Tashkeil told Saudi Gazette: “Two of the three designers, Khawla Al-Hussaini and Dalal Al-Hashash, were present at the event which was attended by eighty people. We had Lomar’s head designer, Christophe Beaufays and Mohammed Al-Tayyeb, from Fab Lab in
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DAH design symposium ‘Identity’ encourages students to be creative
Cornelius Claudio Kreusch, left, and Johannes Tonio Kreusch perform on stage.Sana Abdul SalamSaudi GazetteJEDDAH — The Dar Al Hekma School of Design opened the design symposium titled “Identity” on Monday. Suhair Al-Qurashi, president of Dar Al-Hekma, inaugurated the symposium with a welcome address.Keynote speaker Lisa DeLong, owner of DeLong Designs in t
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Healing by Design at IMC
CEO of IMC Dr. Walid Fitaihi,right, presents a crystal model of the hospital to Dr. Sami Angawi as a gift and token of appreciation. Amal Al-SibaiSaudi Gazette JEDDAH – What started out as an idea, a dream of a visionary, and an incessant obsession and passion now stands erect in the heart of Jeddah, gleaming in white stone, boasting of genius architectural design and prem
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‘Do more to spread Sir Syed’s message’
AMU Alumni Jeddah Committee members with Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi, Professor Mukkaram Ali Khan and Habib Anwar Zubairi during Sir Syed Day celebrations in Jeddah. — SG photos S. Athar H. Rizvi Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Rich tributes were paid to the
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Aramco generates 500,000 jobs for Saudis
HAIL — Saudi Aramco created around 500,000 job opportunities in the oil, gas, and industry sectors for Saudis, according to the company.
While presenting a paper at the Hail Investment Forum 2013, company spokesman Khalid Al-Shammary spoke about the feasibility of investments with Aramco.
He said the culture of free business and indu
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Violating women’s dignity is not new
Mohammed Al-Ossaimi
Al-Yaum
ACCORDING to a research study conducted by Latifa Al-Abdullatif, assistant professor of sociology at King Saud University in Riyadh, half of Saudi women on social security and a third of female university students were subjected to physical abuse by their husbands at least once.
Husbands accounted for th
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Safety and security expo set to open in Dammam
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The 3rd Saudi Safety and Security Exhibition (SSS) will open in Dammam on Sunday under the sponsorship of Eastern Province Emir Prince Saud Bin Naif.
More than 85 private and government exhibitors from Saudi Arabia and abroad will participate in the three-day event to be
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ATM robber gets 5 yrs in jail, 400 lashes
RIYADH — The General Court in Riyadh sentenced an ATM robber to five years in prison and 400 lashes after finding him guilty of attempting to steal money from five ATMs by breaking into them using various tools. The robber, who hails from an Arab country, was arrested while he was trying to break open an ATM. Officers spotted him inside the ATM carrying a small w
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