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KSA to stop wheat production by 2016
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH —  The newly appointed Minister of Agriculture Waleed Al-Kuraiji said Tuesday that the Kingdom will rely completely on imported wheat starting from 2016. He added that the Kingdom’s wheat import has increased from 300,000 in 2008 to ...
707 firms penalized for violating wage rules
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The Ministry of Labor has taken penal action against as many as 707 companies and establishments, which failed to implement a mandatory Wage Protection Program. Abdullah Abu Thunain, deputy minister for inspection and work environment development, ...
Expats won’t be allowed to provide freelance consultancy
  FATIMA MUHAMMAD SAUDI GAZETTE   JEDDAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has presented to the Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry a proposal to organize the freelance consultancy market in the Kingdom. The final proposal will be submitted to the Shoura Council ...
Pharmacist, unpaid for 14 months, survives on charity
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH —  A pharmacist is surviving on charity in Makkah as his sponsor has stopped paying him his salary since 14 months. “I came here to help my family. But I am being treated like an animal,” said ...
AIDS Day reminds about Jazan patients
  FATIMA MUHAMMAD Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH — The World AIDS Day brings back the memories of three female kidney patients who got infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes the disease while receiving treatment at a dialysis center in Jazan due ...
‘Women don’t need guardian permission for live-saving ops’
  FATIMA MUHAMMAD Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH — Sources at the Ministry of Health and private hospitals told Saudi Gazette that women can undergo operations without the permission of their male guardians if their lives are at risk. However, if the operations are not urgent ...
Hamsa Illustrating GCC Identity in Fashion and Home Collections
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette     A newly launched Saudi fashion brand has created a unique identity merging the tradition of different regions of the GCC and with a modern twist.  The founder of the new fashion brand, Manal Al-Habboubi, is an interior architect ...
Need for legislation to organize broadcasting in Arab region underlined
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — The absence of a body to issue licenses and monitor broadcasting content has resulted in the launch of hundreds of channels in the Arab region that lack credibility and accuracy and therefore posed a threat to ...
Dengue fever fears follow weekend Jeddah floods
  FATIMA MUHAMMAD SAUDI GAZETTE     JEDDAH — Parks and different places in the city where water still remains following heavy rain over the weekend are creating a health concern, especially over dengue fever, said local authorities. Mohammad Al-Bugami, spokesman for Jeddah Municipality, told Saudi ...
Majority of 269,000 contracting firms have only 9 or less Saudis
  Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette     JEDDAH —  The Kingdom has over 269,000 contracting companies, a majority of which have only nine or less Saudi employees, officials attending the Human Resources Forum said here on Sunday. The sector has long struggled with the new Ministry ...
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