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Dr. Muhammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL) receives honorary doctorate in Moscow. — SPA

July 23, 2019

Honorary doctorate for MWL secretary general

MOSCOW — The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences has awarded an honorary doctorate on Dr. Muhammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), for his efforts in promoting relations between the Muslim World and Russia.The secretary general expressed his pride on being awarded the honorary doctorate by one of the most prestigious academic institutions of the world. The over 200 year-old ...

July 23, 2019

Over 10,000 commercial rulings on MoJ portal

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH – Over 10,000 final commercial rulings have been published on the Saudi Ministry of Justice online portal in order to help businesses and investors access thm. The rulings can be viewed under the “research center” link on MoJ website.It is notable that commercial courts in the Kingdom handle all disputes that occur between merchants or that are filed against a merchant because of his/her business, in addition ...

Makkah was first with 3,319 marriage contracts followed by Riyadh which had 2,592 and the Eastern Province 1,656. — Courtesy photos

July 23, 2019

14,000 marriage, 4,500 divorce contracts conducted in a month

Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — A total of 14,018 marriage contracts were finalized last month against 4,513 divorce cases with a ratio of 3:1, local daily Al-Watan reported onTuesday quoting a report released by the Justice Ministry.The report said Makkah was first with 3,319 marriage contracts followed by Riyadh which had 2,592 and the Eastern Province 1,656.It said there were 1,511marriage contracts in Asir, 1,190 in Jazan, 1,021 in Madinah, 719 ...

Yahya Atif

July 23, 2019

Tourism graduates unable to find jobs in public sector

By Khidir Al-KhairanOkaz/Saudi GazetteJAZAN — Several tourism and archeology graduates have complained that no ministry or any other government department would accept their certificates to give them jobs and said they have not been employed for more than six years since graduating from various universities.Some of them said they opted to join private companies with their secondary school certificates while others said they lost all hope in their bachelor degrees ...

Women employees of the Jawazat will be rigorously trained on document scrutiny, uncovering forgery, the military and security cultural system, the passport procedures and skills of dealing with the public. — Courtesy photo

July 23, 2019

760 Saudi women being trained on passport work

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — A total of 760 newly recruited Saudi women passport officials are being trained to perform various tasks so as to serve the visitors and pilgrims arriving in the Kingdom through its air, land and sea inlets.The women on Monday began the second institutional training course at the training center of the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah and the Eastern Province, Makkah newspaper ...

Drawing upon over 75 years of pilot training expertise, OxfordSaudia's training programs provide focused ab initio training to aspiring pilots across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. — SPA

July 23, 2019

First OxfordSaudia planes arrive at Dammam airport

Saudi Gazette reportDAMMAM – The first batch of OxfordSaudia planes arrived here recently. This is part of the 60 Diamond aircraft requisitioned to train aviation techniques to young Saudi men and women.The planes were received by CEO of Oxford Aviation Academy Captain Lawrence Wed, academy trainees and officials of King Fahd International Airport.“Receiving this batch of aircraft is part of the schedule for handing over and checking the planes, under ...

The number of the private drivers in the Kingdom has reached 1.3 million representing 53 percent of the 2.4 million house helps. — Courtesy photo

July 23, 2019

181 women drivers hired from abroad in a year

Saudi Gazette reportTAIF — The Saudi families have recruited as many as 181 foreign private women drivers since the Saudi women were allowed to get behind the wheels and drive from June 24, 2018, local daily Al-Madina reported on Tuesday quoting figures released by the General Authority for Statistics (GaStat).The number of the private drivers in the Kingdom has reached 1.3 million representing 53 percent of the 2.4 million house ...

Saudi female engineers getting hands-on field training. — Okaz photo

July 23, 2019

120 Saudi female engineers in Taif jobless for over five years

By Abdul Karim Al-DhiyabiOkaz/Saudi GazetteTAIF — About 120 Saudi female engineers in Taif have not been gainfully employed since they graduated from the university more than five years ago, according to a data released by the Committee of Engineers in this summer resort city.The women engineers were specialized in architecture, civil engineering, internal design, decor and other specialties.These women engineers are requesting authorities to enable them to replace expatriate engineers ...

Saudi Minister of Finance, Mohammed Al-Jadaan.

July 22, 2019

Finance Ministry welcomes IMF Board’s statement

RIYADH —The Ministry of Finance welcomed the International Monetary Fund's Executive Board’s statement on the 2019 Article IV consultation with Saudi Arabia.The Board commended the Kingdom's progress made in implementing its agenda on fiscal, economic and social reforms. The statement reported that the reforms have begun to yield fruitful results and the prospects for the economy are positive.The IMF expects that real non-oil growth will rise to 2.9% in 2019 ...

July 22, 2019

Saudi reforms start to yield results, outlook positive: IMF

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia’s reforms have started to yield results and the outlook for the economy is positive, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board said.The board also commended the authorities for the progress in implementing their economic and social reform agenda.The continued commitment to macroeconomic policies and appropriate prioritization of reforms will be key to promoting non-oil growth, creating jobs for nationals, and achieving the objectives of the Saudi ...

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