Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 9 November, 2016 6:37 am

Saudi media visits largest aircraft museum

The Saudi Arabian Airlines organized a trip to Seattle’s Museum of Flight, the largest educational museum on flight and aviation in the world, for media personnel.   “The museum showcases all kinds of aircrafts and their development throughout history. There are sailplanes,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 9 November, 2016 4:51 am

New website to check on courts work

The Minister of Justice has launched a forensic indicators website that includes data and statistics to reflect the reality of work in the courts to provide electronic follow-up for clear assessment of performance. Minister Walid Bin Mohammed Al-Samaani said the portal expands on available...

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Government | Wednesday 9 November, 2016 3:49 am

Shoura calls for a hold on new water bills

The Shoura Council on Tuesday called on the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture to carry out a field study to get the exact picture about the real consumption of water by the citizens and make changes in the consumption slabs in accordance with the study. It also urged the ministry to ...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 1:56 pm

TVTC and Huawei collaborate to enrich Kingdom’s Labor Market

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has presented 10 Saudi Technical and Vocation Training Corporation (TVTC) instructors with certification for advanced mobile maintenance training following an intensive skills development program....

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Business & Money | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 5:06 am

Shoura team visits Malta to strengthen relations

A Shoura Council delegation, headed by Speaker Abdullah Al-Asheikh, held talks with his Maltese counterpart Anglu Farrugia in Malta on Monday.  Malta’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Martin Valentino told Arab News that the Shoura delegation's visit to Malta is expected to strengthen...

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Government | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 4:39 am

Rain-seeking prayer Thursday

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has called for the performance of Istisqa (rain-seeking) prayer all over the Kingdom on Thursday, the Royal Court said in statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday. The King urged all the people to supplicate to Allah Almighty for...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 2:15 am

Saudi govt to settle dues with private sector companies before year-end

A package to clear all the government dues owed to private sector firms before the end of 2016 has been announced.  This is part of a raft of measures and procedures approved during a meeting of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA), chaired by Deputy Crown Prince ...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:51 pm

Dr. Rashid Bin Ahmed Bin Fahad Opens Gulfood Manufacturing 2016

The 2016 editions of Gulfood Manufacturing, the Speciality Food Festival, SEAFEX and the newly-named Yummex Middle East – running at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) until Wednesday 9 November - were inaugurated today by His Excellency Dr. Rashid Bin Ahmed Bin Fahad, UAE Minister of State,...

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Culture & Education | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:42 am

KACST predicts a sharp rise in Saudi Arabia’s ICT spending

The volume of Kingdom’s spending on information and communications technology (ICT) remains the highest in the Gulf region. Anas Al-Faris, program director at the Joint Centers of Excellence, said here Sunday that Saudi Arabia has spent SR111.98 billion in 2014, up over the previous...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:09 am

Sloanes KSA Showcases Award-Winning Bayat Plaza at Cityscape Jeddah

Sloanes Real Estate Brokers, a subsidiary of the SABBAN Group of Companies, today unveiled the latest construction updates of Bayat Plaza at Cityscape Jeddah.   After announcing the project in last year’s edition of the conference, Sloanes welcomed the exhibition visitors to...

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