Maids rush to rectify...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-16 03:09:11 -0700 | political-news
Thursday 16 May 2013 Last Update 16 May 2013 1:32 am Hundreds of Filipino domestic workers are flocking to their consulate here to rectify their status. They are not part of the group of 2,000 Filipinos camped outside the consulate...
Saudi virtue police condemn Twitter
Source: BBC
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-15 13:33:10 -0700 | political-news
Saudi religious police boss condemns Twitter users Saudi Arabia has the highest take-up of Twitter in the world The head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has warned citizens against using Twitter, which is rising in popularity among Saudis...Twitter was the...
Fees waived for Indians seeking to leave Saudi Arabia
Source: NewKerala
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:15:45 -0700 | political-news
However, the waiver is applicable only for those EC applications made during the grace period announced by the Saudi government, which is currently under way and will end July 3. Indian workers are thronging the embassy in Riyadh and the...
Canada's national lab has new sample of coronavirus, planning studies
Source: Leader Post Online
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:17:13 -0700 | health-news
Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg has a sample of the new coronavirus that is causing infections in a number of countries, most notably Saudi Arabia. Scientific director Dr. Frank Plummer says the lab obtained the virus from the Erasmus...
Overseas Filipino remittances reach $5.1 billion in Q1 — Bangko Sentral
Source: GMA News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:28:43 -0700 | business-news
Overseas Filipino remittances reach $5.1 billion in Q1 Bangko Sentral May 15, 2013 3:38pm Bank remittances by overseas Filipinos totaled $5.1 billion in the first quarter of the year, up 5.6 percent year-on-year and in line with sustained demand for ...
Saudi Arabia's economy robust, says NCB Capital
Source: Zawya Political
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-15 00:12:05 -0700 | business-news
It also details each of the 15 sectors comprising the sector indices in the market. Commenting on the background to this year's Factbook, Farouk Miah, Head of Equity Research at NCB Capital , said, "The economy of Saudi Arabia remains...
Saudi real estate market attractive
Source: Zawya Regional
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 22:38:05 -0700 | business-news
The recent passage of the Real Estate Finance Law by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency seeks to ease the demand in the residential sector in the Kingdom. Supported by a favorable first-time home buyer demographic the residential finance sector is...
Men sentenced to prison and lashes for proselytizing in Saudi Arabia
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:35:56 -0700 | spirituality-religion-news
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two men accused of helping a young woman flee Saudi Arabia after her conversion to Christianity were sentenced to prison terms and lashes with a whip by a Saudi court on Sunday. The...
Lawyer: Man's pressure cooker for food, not bombs
Source: The Jakarta Post
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:36:54 -0700 | political-news
Hussain Al Khawahir brought the pressure cooker at the request of his nephew, a college student in Ohio he planned to visit, defense lawyer James Howarth said. He said the device was to be used for cooking, not bomb-making. Two...
Baha heritage festival...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 16:28:36 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 12:55 am A variety of women's events and activities will be held this Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the headquarters of Baha Technical Training Council, on the sidelines...
Kingdom keen on fully...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 16:28:17 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 1:24 am Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah yesterday stressed the Kingdom's keenness to take full advantage of regional and international agreements under the framework of the World Trade Organization...
Real GDP to grow by 4.4...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 16:28:15 -0700 | business-news
Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 1:18 am Saudi Arabia's real GDP is estimated to have expanded 6.8 percent in 2012, according to Global Investment House's review of the Saudi economy. Following the record oil production seen...
Health minister opens 937 toll free call centers
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 16:28:09 -0700 | health-news
MD Rasooldeen Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 2:08 am Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah inaugurated the first phase of the health call centers in Riyadh yesterday. The call center is a 24-hour phone-in service through a...
Speeding drivers blamed...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-14 16:28:09 -0700 | travel-news
Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 2:03 am The Jeddah traffic authority here says reckless motorists driving at high speeds are still causing a number of fatalities on the country's roads. In the past month, there have...
Insurance stocks in KSA plunge 6.65%
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 23:37:05 -0700 | business-news
Wednesday 15 May 2013 Last Update 15 May 2013 2:09 am Insurance stocks at Tadawul continued to plunge for the second day yesterday since the Capital Market Authority (CMA) announced plans to cut down on speculative trading through tighter rules....
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