Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:59 am

SCTA launches travel, tourism associations

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) launched three travel and tourism associations on the sidelines of its recently concluded annual staff meeting here.The associations were launched jointly by Prince Sultan bin Salman, SCTA president and Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, minister of commerce...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:56 am

Prince Khaled launches smart classes

Education Minister Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has launched a "smart class" initiative as part of wider efforts to overcome the shortage of schoolteachers in the Kingdom while improving the level of education. Tatweer Development Company, responsible for the implementation of initiative, said that it...

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Government | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:54 am

King Abdullah in stable condition

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, who is suffering from pneumonia, is in a stable condition but needs assistance to breathe with a respirator, a Royal Court statement said on Friday.The royal court said the king wanted the public to know his condition because this is in line with his ...

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Healthcare | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:51 am

Disease-fighting body decentralized

Health Minister Mohammed Alhayazie has decentralized the command and control center (CCC) to all health departments nationwide, and moved the body’s headquarters to Riyadh.The directors of the 20 departments would now report to the headquarters in the capital city. The CCC had originally been set ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 3 January, 2015 10:02 am

Govt warns against quick-money schemes

The Ministry of Interior has cautioned citizens against hoax phone calls which make fake offers promising instant monetary gains.The cautionary note came in the wake of reports by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that said that several citizens had been tricked into parting with huge sums of money...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 2:04 am

29 festivals planned across KSA

The Tourism Development Councils in partnership with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) will be organizing various programs in 29 regions across the Kingdom during the school break that starts next week.According to an SCTA official, the commission and its partners are prepared ...

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Business & Money | Friday 2 January, 2015 2:00 am

Al-Jasser: Slide in oil price could lead to review of five-year plan

Minister of Economy and Planning Mohammed Al-Jasser has said that the government will review the current five-year development plan if oil prices continue to fall affecting revenue to finance the planned projects.“We are following oil market developments. Making changes to the five-year plan is...

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Business & Money | Friday 2 January, 2015 1:59 am

New phase of Nitaqat announced

The third phase of Nitaqat Saudization program will be implemented on Rajab 1 (April 20) with advanced systems to create more jobs for citizens in the private sector, said Labor Minister Adel Fakeih on Thursday.Addressing students and staff at King Abdulaziz University, he said his ministry was...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 1:57 am

2015 packed with amazing celestial treats

Several amazing astronomical treats are likely this year, starting with a meteor shower on Saturday, an astronomer said here on Thursday.This would be followed by solar and lunar eclipses, and planets moving in unusual patterns later in the year, said Zaki Al-Mostafa, a Saudi professor at the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 2 January, 2015 12:29 am

Rixos unwraps fourth luxury hotel in Kazakhstan

Rixos Hotels has recently hosted a gala dinner in honour of celebrating the grand opening of ‘Rixos Khadisha Shymkent’ the first luxury hotel in Southern Kazakhstan, and fourth edition in the country.Mr Bugra Berberoglu CEO of Rixos Hotels said, this is “Rixos' 4th hotel in the...

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