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April 21, 2019
SR800 for a medical consultation?
Al-MadinaI LOGGED into a website that contains a database of Saudi and expatriate doctors practicing in Saudi Arabia. Patients can make appointments for consultation with any of them at the hospitals they work or their private clinics.Then I noticed that the examination fees for Saudi doctors starts from SR400-SR500 and it reaches as high as SR800 per patient.(This is the fee for doctors with common specializations and the fees for ...
April 18, 2019
An infested market
OkazIN recent weeks, inspection teams from the Ministry of Commerce and Investment seized more than 7 million fake products that were not good for human use.These products were on its way to the market at a time when the consumers are preparing to welcome the holy month of Ramadan. They contained food products, cleaning products, car tires and imitation brands. They were being distributed to markets all over the Kingdom.Can ...
April 17, 2019
The right of travel
OkazI DO not blame the airline company for banning passengers with special needs from boarding aircraft, especially when there are no one traveling with them to provide necessary assistance.The regulations of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) state that the maximum number of passengers with special needs is determined according to the ratio of the number of service hosts on board an aircraft.The passenger with special needs should explain his ...
April 16, 2019
Dear handicapped, you are not allowed on board!
Al-JazirahI FELT shame when I watched the video clip published by Dr. Wajdi Wazzan, undersecretary for the affairs of students with special needs and a member of the faculty of engineering at King Abdulaziz University, in which he apologized for not being able to participate in the higher education conference, which concluded in Riyadh on Saturday.The reason he stated for his absence was that he was not allowed to board ...
April 15, 2019
A verdict without precedents
Al-YaumTHE Criminal Court in Jeddah recently issued an unprecedented ruling that will be recorded in the history of the Saudi judicial system.This court ruling acquitted a Saudi citizen of the charges framed by the prosecution for publishing a video clip that negatively targeted Saudi society. He was also acquitted of defaming a number of officials, including the head of a university.The judgment pointed out that the man had directed his ...
April 14, 2019
Emotional blackmail
OkazThis man believes that society owes him because he is poor and he decides to solve his problem through an illegal act. This is emotional blackmail, which is totally unacceptable.SOME people resort to emotional blackmail citing their difficult living conditions. They believe that such suffering is a free card for them to break the law and subject society to their whims and wishes.For example, I will tell you of an ...
April 11, 2019
How do we create jobs?
OkazONE of the main challenges facing governments across the world is creating job opportunities for citizens. It is a key and sensitive point between economic policies of the governments and the citizens.The World Bank has stated that countries in our region will face great challenges in job creation. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa need to create more than 50 million jobs with an annual growth rate of ...
April 10, 2019
Seven divorces every hour!
Al-MadinaACCORDING to figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) recently, there were 58,000 divorces in the Kingdom last year representing about 24 percent of the total number of the marriage contracts, which was put at 158,000 during the year.The Justice Ministry, on the other hand, said courts issued 4,688 divorce deeds all over the Kingdom this February alone, which is a rise of about 14 percent over the ...
April 9, 2019
Reward for whistle-blowers
Al-MadinaWITHOUT doubt, fake products exist in our market. They include clothes, perfumes, watches, bags, shoes and electrical equipment and products.Some products are not only imitations, but they also do not conform to the approved standard specifications and some of them are not good for any use.Because of the fact that the capacity of manpower at the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, which is monitoring the markets regularly, is very limited, ...
April 8, 2019
Fugitives from our homes
OkazI FIND myself forced to write about the issue of Saudi girls fleeing the country. This is a topic that has been discussed many times.Outside forces are trying to instigate Saudi girls to escape from their home country taking advantage of their situation and emotional outbursts. At the same time, there are many voices that call against such attempts and criticize those who instigate our girls to escape abroad.In spite ...
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