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Crack down on drivers who violate traffic regulations
Beyond applying fines and penalties, there is a need for an integrated system that raises awareness and guarantees the smooth flow of traffic. Unfortunately, this will not be possible until all the major road projects are completed and our throughways ...
Why should we care about the reputation of those who are corrupt?
Abdullah Al-Naser, a member of the Shoura Council, has called for a new article to the draft law on protecting whistleblowers. The article includes a general amnesty for people who commit financial and administrative corruption if they turn themselves in. ...
Paperless courts deliver justice quickly
OkazI congratulate the Saudi Ministry of Justice for winning the UN-sponsored technical excellence award at the World Summit on Information Society in Geneva. The ministry won the award following a global contest on best information and communication technologies initiatives. This ...
Traffic consultative assembly
By Khalid Al-Suliman   WHY does it sometimes seem hard for traffic wardens to satisfactorily meet the requirements of wider society? Traffic wardens are perhaps the only government body people deal with on a daily basis. As a result, evaluating its performance ...
Fujimori forced into runoff in Peru election
LIMA — Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of a jailed former president, led Peru’s election on Sunday but she likely faces a tight runoff against centrist economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a vote that would protect the country’s free-market economic ...
Peru prisoners launch fashion label behind bars
LIMA — Santos Arce Ramos is doing 18 years for aggravated robbery, but today he is carefully cutting organic cotton cloth in a workshop at San Pedro, a notorious prison in Peru’s capital Lima. With the help of a French designer ...
Daughter of ex-strongman Fujimori favored in Peru presidential vote
LIMA — Peruvians are expected to favor Keiko Fujimori in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, although critical voters who have not forgiven the authoritarian rule of her father are likely to ensure a June run-off. The US-educated ...
Development banks pledge $15b in new climate funds
LIMA — Development banks including the World Bank have pledged an additional $15 billion a year by 2020 to fight climate change, taking the world closer to the clutch target of $100 billion, officials said Friday. Just two months before key ...
Lagarde eyes reform alternatives
    LIMA — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday the global lender may push ahead with interim steps to give emerging markets a bigger say, despite a stalemate in the U.S. Congress over approval of broader governance reforms. ...
World economic leaders tackle slow growth, climate change
    LIMA — Kick-starting the sluggish global economy and funding the climate-change fight top the agenda this week as finance ministers and central bank chiefs from around the world gather in Peru. Setting the stage for the annual meetings of the International ...
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