Government | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:36 am

110 public hospitals to treat insurance patients

The Health Ministry has authorized 110 of 270 its hospitals to provide health insurance services to Saudis as well as expatriates. Saudi men, their wives and children need not bear any portion of the treatment cost known as deductibles that they pay at private hospitals. Under the new system, ...

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Government | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:32 am

Makkah emir opens Jeddah Agricultural Forum

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, opens Jeddah Agricultural Forum at Hilton Hotel on Wednesday. Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdurahman Al-Fadli and several senior officials attended the opening ceremony of the first edition...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:31 am

Empower pays tribute to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day

To celebrate womanhood and to recognise the power of the femininity, HE Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (EMPOWER), asserted the importance of femininity - the powerful, compassionate and resilient drivers of change in the society. At Empower, women have...

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Government | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:29 am

Crown Prince visits Prophet’s Mosque

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, visits the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah on Wednesday. Accompanied by Prince Faisal Bin Salman, emir of Madinah, the Crown Prince was received at the mosque by Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the...

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Technology & IT | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:00 am

MEEZA signs second phase contract with Msheireb Properties establishing Msheireb Downtown Doha, the most pioneering smart city in the world

MEEZA, Qatar’s prominent end-to-end Managed IT Services & Solutions Provider, has signed an operational contract with Msheireb Properties for the Smart City ICT package at Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD), the most pioneering smart city in the world. The signing ceremony, which took place on...

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Government | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:00 am

Alstom delivers on time the first metro trainset to Riyadh

Alstom, as a part of FAST consortium, hands over to Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) the first of the 69 metro trainsets for Riyadh that will circulate on the lines 4, 5 and 6. The production of the metro trainsets is well on track and Alstom has set to meet its deadline and deliver all the...

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Technology & IT | Friday 10 March, 2017 8:00 am

Zain Kuwait enters three-year application development and modernization contract with Ericsson

During the 2017 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zain Kuwait and Ericsson have entered a three-year agreement for application development and modernization of the operator’s customer relationship management and enterprise service bus solutions. Under this agreement, Ericsson will provide...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 7:58 am

Doha Bank Announces the Launch of the New ‘Doha Bank My Book Qatar’ Co-branded Mobile App Amazing Buy 1 Get 1 Free Offers Savings Up to QAR 250000

Doha Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in the State of Qatar, has unveiled a new co-branded mobile application ‘Doha Bank My Book Qatar’ on Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The first-of-its-kind app in the country ‘My Book’ is an ever-growing source of deals...

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Business & Money | Friday 10 March, 2017 6:59 am

Hilton Surpasses 100,000 Open Hotel Rooms in EMEA

Ahead of this year’s International Hotel Investment Forum in Berlin, Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has announced that it has passed the milestone of 100,000 rooms trading across its Europe, Middle East & Africa portfolio. The news comes in a period of unprecedented global...

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Culture & Education | Friday 10 March, 2017 6:00 am

ISACA Survey Identifies Five Biggest Barriers Faced by Women in Tech

Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women working in the technology field, according to a new survey by global technology association ISACA. Detailed in today’s release of “The...

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