SAGIA to offer set of privileges to investors
Source: Zawya Political
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 23:08:30 -0700 | political-news
Kingdom's efforts in sustaining a strong business-friendly environment while attracting investments that reflect positively on the economy, on job creation for nationals and technology transfer...The board members were briefed on the report prepared by the investment follow-up team that assessed...
Filipino death row...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 18:07:06 -0700 | political-news
Arab News Staff Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 2:31 am The 13-year ordeal of a Filipino death row prisoner is nearing its end after he received notification that the family of his victim has waived all...
Company to hire 5,000...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 18:07:04 -0700 | political-news
Arab News Staff Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 2:37 am A major industrial company in the Eastern Province plans to recruit 5,000 Indian workers affected by the Kingdom's Nitaqat program...Al-Hajri Corporation will hold a two-day recruiting...
?Nitaqat cleanup? picks up speed
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 18:06:57 -0700 | political-news
Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 3:21 am More than 326,000 foreign workers have so far taken advantage of the grace period to legalize their status, said a senior official at the Passport Department. Department spokesman Bader...
Rising rents push tenants to the wall
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 16:16:34 -0700 | political-news
Mohammed Abdul Jawad Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 12:50 am Renting an apartment is a difficult job these days...You think of meeting the landlord, but he's not easily accessible, and to make a humble plea over...
Confusion prevails even as Saudi women can now sponsor children
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 16:16:33 -0700 | political-news
Jawhar Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 12:52 am Saudi women married to non-Saudis finally got a break when they won the right to sponsor their own children, and that their children are considered Saudis by the...
Riyadh court convicts 8 for terror crimes
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 12:07:38 -0700 | political-news
Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 22 May 2013 9:34 pm A district court in Riyadh yesterday issued a preliminary verdict for eight out of 10 Saudis involved in terrorist activity. They are convicted of crimes including knowledge of a...
Using air-conditioners by women immoral: Saudi cleric
Source: Zee News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 01:25:14 -0700 | political-news
A self-proclaimed Saudi cleric said that if women turn on air-conditioners at home in their husband's absence could lead to moral depravities. The man claiming to be Salafist-Wahhibist cleric posted on Twitter that if any woman turns on the cooler...
PHL to ask Saudi to release Pinoy languishing on death row for 13 years
Source: GMA News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-22 00:35:40 -0700 | political-news
A report on Saudi-based news site Arab News on Wednesday said the Philippine embassy learned no court hearing has been scheduled for the case of Rodelio Celestino Dondon Lanuza. The embassy will send another diplomatic note to the Ministry of...
Saudi Arabia accredits 10 'mega-recruitment' agencies
Source: GMA News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-21 19:29:18 -0700 | political-news
Saudi labor laws. "The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the Ministry of Labor will normally issue to the 10 'mega' recruitment companies group working visas in bulk. Saudi Manpower Services Co. - International Recruitment Co. -...
Kingdom to host ICC, G20...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-21 19:27:27 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 22 May 2013 Last Update 22 May 2013 4:21 am The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at the Council of Saudi Chambers will host the consultation meeting for ICC's World Trade Agenda and G20's advisory group here on May...
Apartment rents skyrocket by 30% this year
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-21 18:23:17 -0700 | political-news
Wednesday 22 May 2013 Last Update 22 May 2013 4:07 am In a surprising move, rent prices for apartments and villas shot up by 30 percent, according to real estate experts. Experts say the rent hikes were due to rising...
Factory setting example...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-21 16:36:31 -0700 | political-news
Fouzia Khan Wednesday 22 May 2013 Last Update 22 May 2013 2:12 am The largest fruit and vegetable factory has opened its doors to Saudi women for the first time, hiring 100 female employees and aiming to hire 300 more...
Claim Saudi princes laundered Hezbollah money "fanciful": lawyer
Source: The Daily Star
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-21 10:52:48 -0700 | political-news
Two Saudi princes on Tuesday sought to extricate themselves from a London legal battle with a Jordanian businessman who accuses them of laundering money for Hezbollah, an allegation their lawyer called "fanciful". Prince Mishal bin Abdulaziz al Saud, a brother...
Female Saudi Everest climber happy to change views
Source: The Boston Globe
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-23 21:58:59 -0700 | political-news
Nepal (AP) The first woman from Saudi Arabia to scale Mount Everest said she doesn't intend to inspire a movement, but would be happy to change people's opinions of Saudi women and Saudi women's opinions of themselves. Raha Mobarak told...
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