JEDDAH: A Saudi businessman has spoken of his experience after witnessing the terrifying tsunami in Japan firsthand on March 11.
Speaker of the British House of Commons Nigel Evans receives the delegation of the Saudi-British Friendship Committee of the Shoura Council London on Wednesday. The delegation is led by Abdul Rahman Al-Yami, council member. During the reception they discussed mutual relations between the two countries and underscored the significance of strengthening cooperation between the Saudi Shoura council and the British Parliament. Evans also gave a brief description of the history of British parliament, which is one of the oldest parliaments in the world. (SPA)
RIYADH: Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, has lent his support to the Sixth Saudi Technical Conference and Exhibition (STCEX) that is to be held in Riyadh on April 24, said Saleh Al-Amr, vice governor for planning and development at the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC).
RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman has agreed to support the Saudi Travel and Tourism Investment Market (STTIM) scheduled to take place at the Riyadh International Exhibition Center on March 27-31 .
MAKKAH: The body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered by Civil Defense divers from a large lake in Bahra, about 40 kilometers north of the holy city on Thursday.
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JEDDAH: An academic at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz University (KAU) attributed the Kingdom’s political stability to the open-door policy of the rulers. “Any Saudi citizen, high or low, can meet Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah if he has a problem and get it redressed,” said Waheed Hashim, a political science professor at KAU.
RIYADH: Minister of Labor Adel Fakieh announced on Wednesday the launch of a national program for the unemployed.
JEDDAH: The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has called for efforts to bring Saudis who are in prisons abroad to complete their jail terms in the Kingdom. The society said existing agreements relating to this must be activated and new ones should be concluded with other countries.
JEDDAH: There were heavy rains in different parts of Jeddah on Wednesday evening. The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment had issued a red alert to the public about possible showers in the city from 9 to 12 p.m.
MAKKAH: A 14-year-old Saudi boy is missing following rains in Makkah on Wednesday, Lt. Col. Ali Al-Muntashri, spokesman of the Civil Defense in Makkah said. The teen is feared to have drowned as the boy's father found his clothes near a lake.
JEDDAH: An Egyptian teacher at an international school in Jeddah is being investigated by education authorities after she asked her primary school students to write an essay about the Egyptian revolution.
JEDDAH: Police in Hail said on Wednesday a 30-year-old man originally believed to have died when he fell on a knife while fooling around was actually murdered by his younger brother.
RIYADH: An Indian worker has been released by police in Durmah, a town about 60 km west of the capital, after investigators found out that he was wrongly implicated in crimes committed by an identification thief.
RIYADH: The director of the British Council's cultural and creative economy program gave a lecture on Tuesday at the National Museum in Riyadh.
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MADINAH: Issues concerning the accommodation, grouping and transport of the 180,000 pilgrims expected to come from Pakistan for Haj this year focused in a meeting Tuesday night at the Madinah Movenpick Hotel between the visiting Pakistani Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah and his accompanying delegation with the chairman of the board of directors of the private establishment for guides Youssef bin Ahmad Huwalah.
Despite global economic uncertainty, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland increased significantly over the last 12 months. Last year saw some of the world’s leading multinationals and emerging companies increase investment in Ireland with almost 11,000 jobs created.
RIYADH: An Indian father has pardoned four Indian expatriates who were found guilty of murdering his son in Riyadh in early 2008.
JEDDAH: The climbing rate of divorce in the Kingdom means increased tug of wars between couples, usually involving children. Divorces are not just a cause of distress for parents, but also for children who are a product of broken marriages.
JEDDAH: Women students at King Abdulaziz University’s Faculty of Law have urged the Ministry of Justice to allow them to gain experience in courts. The students are of the view that this would help them become acquainted with legal issues and women-related cases, a local newspaper reported.
JEDDAH: Your nationality is more important than your qualification and experience when some companies look for workers. In many companies workers of a particular nationality outnumber other nationalities in that company.
JEDDAH: Dhia Al-Othmani, associate professor at the Department of Nuclear Engineering at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, told Arab News that the department assigned a scientific team to follow up the situation in Japan and check if there would be any impact on the Kingdom.
JEDDAH: Large numbers of young customers lined up at art shops and bookstores suggest that not every assignment submitted to teachers is actually done by the students themselves.
JEDDAH: A judge in Madinah on Tuesday ordered the release on bail of the Saudi sponsor of Indonesian maid Sumiati Binti Salan Mustapa, who was allegedly tortured by the woman.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives at his office in Riyadh, Alexander Voloshin, adviser to the Russian president and the head of a taskforce working on creating an International Financial Center in Russia. (AN photo)
JEDDAH: The Kingdom’s copyright laws have been stringently put into effect following a vast increase in the number of violations, the Ministry of Culture and Information announced recently.
JEDDAH: The families of people who died in the 2009 and 2011 Jeddah floods are to file civil suits against those who are subsequently found responsible by the Kingdom’s courts.
BURAIDAH: Police in Qassim have arrested an eight-member gang of Saudis involved in a series of burglaries in the province. They broke into houses while their owners were away and took away valuables such as gold, jewelry, computers, cameras and money.
MAKKAH: The holy city of Makkah and its suburban areas received medium rains on Wednesday where the Civil Defense had taken precautionary measures to deal with any floods or accidents. The rain did not disrupt prayers at the Grand Mosque.
It takes a bit of lateral thinking to create a Saudi ambassador “for” rather than “to” Ireland. That, however, is one of the aims of Professor Ciarán Ó Catháin, director of Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT).
RIYADH: Hanadi Zakariya Hindi, the first Saudi woman pilot, will begin flying jets a few weeks from now after undergoing major surgery that led to the removal of one of her kidneys recently.
Saudi Arabia is substantially Ireland’s largest export market in the Middle East region and is growing at a rapid rate. Last year, despite the tough global trade climate, Irish companies increased their total sales in the Kingdom to over €500 million. It is not surprising therefore that the most enterprising and progressive Irish firms — both big and small — are currently taking a keen interest in strengthening and expanding their business relationships with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Riyadh Irish Society was formed in late 2006 following a conversation between Cathy Walsh, an Irish nurse who was working in the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, and Colum Hatchell, who had arrived to Riyadh in his role as Second Secretary in the Irish Embassy. They in turn spoke to other interested people, including myself. With the approval of then Ambassador Tom Russell, the Riyadh Irish Society came into being.
JEDDAH: Roads in Jeddah were crowded on Tuesday when afternoon rains that followed a visibility-reducing sandstorm sent people scurrying home. The Ministry of Education announced that Saudi schools would be closed on Wednesday. The International Indian School of Jeddah has also announced it would be closed on Wednesday. King Abdulaziz University let students out early on Tuesday and said it would be closed on Wednesday.
JEDDAH: All Saudis stranded in Sendai, the coastal city in northeast Japan devastated by last Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami, have been evacuated to safer locations within that country.
JEDDAH: Bab Rizq Jameel Egypt (BRJ Egypt), an initiative of ALJ Community Initiatives, has announced that the first batch of tuk-tuks has been delivered to beneficiaries.
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Monday highlighted the security and stability in the Kingdom and the cohesive relationship between Saudis and their leadership.
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JEDDAH: A row over nonpayment of bonus to the majority of staff saw work at the Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) offices in Riyadh disrupted for the second straight day.
RIYADH: Prince Naif, second deputy premier and minister of interior, presented awards to this year’s winners of the prestigious King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) at a high-profile ceremony on Sunday.
MAKKAH: Pakistan's Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Sunday discussed arrangements for this year's Haj with Adnan Amin Katib, chairman of the Tawafa Organization for South Asian Pilgrims, in Makkah.
