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Saudi Arabia expressed its appreciation to Spain for hosting of the 113th Executive Council meeting and commended the efforts of the UN World Tourism Organization geared towards the development and recovery of the tourism sector worldwide.
Saudi Arabia calls for international cooperation to safely restart tourism at UN meeting
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia stressed the importance for the international community to work together to ensure the full recovery of the sector especially as vaccines campaigns are accelerated globally. The Kingdom made this call this week in the meeting of the 113th Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).The meeting reviewed a number of issues related to the organization’s efforts to serve the international tourism sector in cooperation with member states. This included the efforts to help the recovery of the sector by standardizing international protocols to lift restrictions on the movement of travelers, and continued coordination to support the private sector.Saudi Arabia expressed its appreciation to Spain for hosting of the 113th Executive Council...
January 20, 2021

Saudi Arabia calls for international cooperation to safely restart tourism at UN meeting

Court terminates sponsorship transfer contract, refers case to Public Prosecution
Saudi Gazette reportJEDDAH — The General Court in Jeddah terminated the contract between a Saudi citizen, who is a restaurant owner, and a Saudi woman over the transfer of sponsorship of a foreign worker. The court also referred the case involving SR60,000 to the Public Prosecution to take appropriate measures for the violation of the provisions of the Law on Combating Trafficking in Persons.The court also ordered the woman sponsor to refund the money, amounting to SR30,000, to the citizen that she had received in advance for the transfer of sponsorship of the foreign worker. The court issued the ruling after examining the lawsuit filed by the citizen against the woman. He alleged that the woman agreed to transfer the sponsorship of the foreigner who could work in his...
January 20, 2021

Court terminates sponsorship transfer contract, refers case to Public Prosecution

Saudi Cabinet condemns continued Houthi attacks targeting civilians
Saudi Gazette reportNEOM — Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet strongly condemned the continued terrorist attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, targeting civilians in the Kingdom.The Cabinet said the attacks by the Houthis using ballistic missiles, armed drones and remote-controlled booby-trapped boats violate the Stockholm Agreement, pose a real threat to regional and international security, and undermine political efforts to secure peace in the region.At the outset of the virtual session on Tuesday chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, the Cabinet lauded the speech made by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman at the virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum in which more than 160 leading global personalities participated. The Cabinet noted that the Crown Prince highlighted...
January 20, 2021

Saudi Cabinet condemns continued Houthi attacks targeting civilians

SWCC, WTTCO ink pact to outsource services, eyeing SR60bn investment
Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — The Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and the Water Transmission and Technologies Co. (WTTCO) signed on Tuesday a cooperation agreement to outsource management services. Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdurahman Al-Fadhli, who is also chairman of the board of directors of the SWCC, and governor of the SWCC Abdullah Al-Abdulkarim attended the signing ceremony. The agreement calls for a smooth and gradual transition of the management, operation, and maintenance of water transmission systems to the WTTCO, enabling it to sign contracts with partners and work on a commercial basis, it was announced in a press statement. The agreement will boost the efficiency and organization of the water sector, as well as develop the Kingdom’s economy...
January 19, 2021

SWCC, WTTCO ink pact to outsource services, eyeing SR60bn investment

Saudi electronic university
Saudi Electronic University gets membership of world's top technical professional organization
RIYADH — The Saudi Electronic University has obtained the membership of the US Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology, as the varsity managed to inaugurate a branch for the students of the Faculty of Computing and Informatics.Commenting on the occasion, the Rector of the Saudi Electronic University Dr. Lilac bint Ahmed Al-Safadi expressed thanks to the members of the Computing and Informatics Faculty, who initiated the move through the inception of such a branch, indicating that the move is a tremendous leap toward interconnecting Saudi Arabia to the worldwide open digital knowledge community.For his part, the Dean of the faculty Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Bashir pointed out that the...
January 19, 2021

Saudi Electronic University gets membership of world's top technical professional organization

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and FII Institute Chairman, speaking at the opening of the 3rd Edition of FII on Oct. 29, 2019.
FII Institute confirms 140 plus headline speakers for conference
RIYADH — The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute will headline more than 140 prominent speakers next week at the Fourth Edition of FII, a multi-hub conference linking tech pioneers, investors and policy makers as they rethink the global economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and FII Institute chairman, participates in FII 2019 with Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance, and other speakers. The FII Institute will host the 4th edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) on Jan. 27-28 2021.Sixty prominent speakers, who will attend in-person in Riyadh, and 80 who will participate virtually during the two-day investment conference. Speakers will address the investment conference from hubs in New York, Paris,...
January 19, 2021

FII Institute confirms 140 plus headline speakers for conference

GACA to Saudize 28 air transport professions to create 10,000 jobs
Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) announced on Tuesday the launch of an initiative to Saudize jobs in the air transport sector. GACA targets creation of 10,000 jobs for Saudis with localization of 28 professions over the coming three years.The professions include pilot, flight attendant, air traffic controller, supervisor, flight yard coordinator, ground handling services, handling of cargo, luggage and passengers, flight catering and other professions related to the air transport sector.This is part of strengthening the civil aviation sector as one of the goals of achieving the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.The initiative included Saudization of 28 professions specialized in the field of air transport and approval of the distribution of targets...
January 19, 2021

GACA to Saudize 28 air transport professions to create 10,000 jobs

KSrelief distributed on Monday 2,920 school bags to special needs and most vulnerable students at several schools in Lahj Governorate, Yemen, benefiting 2,920 students.
KSrelief continues water and environmental sanitation project in Hodeidah
HODEIDAH — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has continued implementing the water and environmental sanitation project to preserve the lives of families in Hodeidah Governorate, Yemen.During December 2020, 1,443,000 liters of drinking water and 1,313,000 liters non-drinking water were pumped to the tanks. The KSrelief also transferred waste and wastewater from the camps to their disposal sites, continued maintenance of tanks and bathrooms, and implemented spray campaigns to combat disease vectors.The project comes within the framework of humanitarian and relief projects, provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by the KSrelief, for the Yemeni people to improve their living conditions during the current humanitarian crisis.KSrelief's medical...
January 19, 2021

KSrelief continues water and environmental sanitation project in Hodeidah

Saad Al-Nasr attends his class before the closure of the school following the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. — File photo
Saudi teacher dies while preparing for a remote class
Saudi Gazette reportDAMMAM — A young Saudi schoolteacher died of cardiac arrest while preparing to take a class of his students through the Madrasati platform on Sunday, the first day of the second semester of the current academic year. The death of Saad Al-Nasr, a computer teacher of Abisufyan Bin Al-Harith Secondary School in the Eastern Province, came as an utter shock to his students and colleagues. The students saw the teacher appearing in the virtual classroom in the beginning of the class but then he disappeared. When the school authorities tried to contact him over phone, he failed to respond. After sometime, his relatives informed about his death.Dhafer Al-Qahtani, director of the school, said that Saad was one of the best teachers of the school both in terms of his vast...
January 19, 2021

Saudi teacher dies while preparing for a remote class

MoH: No intermediary allowed to obtain coronavirus vaccine
Saudi Gazette reportMADINAH – Moayyad Abu Anaq, spokesman of the branch of the Ministry of Health in Madinah, said that there is no scope for intermediaries to obtain coronavirus vaccine.“It is impossible to obtain the vaccination for COVID-19 without the proper online registration through the ministry’s Sehhaty application. After registration, the aspirant needs to wait for a text message to verify his eligibility and fix the date of vaccination,” he said.Abu Anaq said that the vaccination would be provided to the targeted groups in line with the phases announced by the ministry.“The app is very accurate and there is no room for exemptions in obtaining the vaccination except through the application,” he said while calling on all citizens and expatriates to seek appointment for...
January 19, 2021

MoH: No intermediary allowed to obtain coronavirus vaccine

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