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Commerce Ministry conducted 47,000 inspection tours during Hajj 2023
Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The monitoring teams of the Commerce Ministry have conducted 47,000 inspection tours during Hajj 2023.The tours that covered commercial establishments and sales outlets located in the holy sites, Makkah, Madinah, and the roads leading there, came in implementation of the ministry's operational plan to serve the pilgrims.The tours started at the beginning of Dhu al-Hijjah until the 13th of the month and covered all commercial establishments including open markets, food stores, stalls, gold and jewelry stores, gas stations, vehicle services centers, and others.The ministry has also checked on compliance with the Consumer Protection Regulations, in addition to monitoring validity for consumption, and the price levels. It ensured an abundant supply of...
July 05, 2023

Commerce Ministry conducted 47,000 inspection tours during Hajj 2023

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Saudi medical teams save Algerian, Pakistani pilgrims after heart attack
Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The Saudi medical teams in Makkah have saved two Hajj pilgrims from Algeria and Pakistan after they suffered from severe heart attack. The health conditions of both pilgrims are fine.The rapid response of the medical team at Ajyad Emergency Hospital near the Grand Mosque in Makkah has saved the life of an Algerian woman pilgrim, who is in her mid-seventies.The Ministry of Health stated that the Algerian pilgrim suffered an acute heart attack, and the medical team proceeded to deal with the case urgently by administering treatment and clot solvents. She was then transferred to King Abdullah Medical City for urgent cardiac catheterization.The Makkah medical team also dealt with successfully the case of a Pakistani pilgrim who suffered from chest pain. It was...
July 05, 2023

Saudi medical teams save Algerian, Pakistani pilgrims after heart attack

Saudi citizens can get issued or renewed their passports through the Absher platform, and receive it via the postal carrier delivered to their national address registered on the platform
500,000 Saudi e-passports issued or renewed in 9 months
Saudi Gazette reportMAKKAH — The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) announced that more than 500,000 electronic passports have been issued or renewed through the Absher electronic platform of the Ministry of Interior. This was during the period of last nine months, since the launch of the two online services in October 2022.Saudi citizens can get issued or renewed their passports through the Absher platform, and receive it via the postal carrier delivered to their national address registered on the platform.The minimum validity of the passport is required a period not less than three months in the event of travel to Arab countries and six months for the rest of the countries, the directorate said while noting that the family registry card is not considered as a valid travel...
July 05, 2023

500,000 Saudi e-passports issued or renewed in 9 months

Environmental monitoring plan for Hajj 2023 successful, says NCEC chief
Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — The National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC) has announced that it achieved the objectives of its intensive campaign to ensure the environmental quality of sites that pilgrims pass through during Hajj 2023.The sites also included places inhabited by pilgrims in Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites, in accordance with sustainable standards stipulated in the Environment Law and its executive regulations.NCEC's CEO Eng. Ali Al-Ghamdi has confirmed the completion of the environmental monitoring plan for Hajj this year by conducting 1,350 field tours in carefully selected sites in the geographical scope of Makkah, Madinah, the holy sites and all the roads that lead there.The results of these monitoring tours are reassuring as health indicators showed...
July 05, 2023

Environmental monitoring plan for Hajj 2023 successful, says NCEC chief

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait share the Durra offshore field in the Arabian Gulf.
Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait exclusively own Durra offshore field
RIYADH — The natural resources of the offshore divided area where Durra field lies are fully owned by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, a Saudi Foreign Ministry source affirmed on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have exclusive sovereign rights to use the resources of this area, the source told the Saudi Press Agency.The source renewed calls on the Iranian side to start negotiations with the Kingdom and Kuwait as one party over the demarcation of the eastern border of the divided offshore area according to international law. — SG
July 05, 2023

Saudi Foreign Ministry: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait exclusively own Durra offshore field

Umrah pilgrims will start arriving in the Kingdom by July 19.
Saudi Arabia begins issuing e-visas for Umrah
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has started issuing electronic visas for Umrah, as part of its efforts to enable more Muslims to come to the Kingdom to perform the Umrah pilgrimage and facilitate its procedures for them. This comes along with raising the quality of Umrah services to achieve the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.The ministry stated that people who seek electronic visas can submit applications at the Nusuk platform: https://www.nusuk.sa/ar/about, so they can start arriving in the Kingdom by July 19.The Nusuk platform facilitates the arrival procedures for Muslims worldwide to visit Makkah and Madinah, provides housing choices, residence and transportation services, in addition to easy access to a package of enrichment information and interactive maps in several...
July 05, 2023

Saudi Arabia begins issuing e-visas for Umrah

The ministry said that the launch of the ‘Priority’ card comes in line with the ministry’s drive to develop its services and benefit from the available electronic services such as the Sehhaty application.
Saudi Health Ministry launches ‘Priority' digital card for the elderly people
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has officially launched a Priority digital card for the elderly Saudi men and women aged above 60. The card was launched on a trial basis on the ministry’s Sehhaty electronic application, and there is no need to take a printout of it or apply for it.The ministry emphasized that all service providers in the Directorates of Health Affairs and the Health Clusters in the regions and governorates of the Kingdom should facilitate the procedures of beneficiaries who obtain a Priority Card through the Sehhaty application and provide services to them through priority offices at hospitals all over the Kingdom.The ministry said that the launch of the card comes in line with the ministry’s drive to develop its services and benefit from the...
July 04, 2023

Saudi Health Ministry launches ‘Priority' digital card for the elderly people

The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture urged the non-Saudi owners and herders to take advantage of the remaining period of the grace period and expedite the return of their livestock before the end of the deadline.
Grace period for return of non-Saudis’ camels to their countries to end on Aug. 31
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture said that non-Saudi owners and herders would return their live camels and livestock to their respective countries before the end of the grace period on Aug. 31. The ministry urged the owners and herders to take advantage of the remaining period of the grace period and expedite the return of their livestock before the end of the deadline. After the expiry of the deadline, the ministry will start applying the legal procedures announced against owners and herders who failed to abide by the regulations. The punitive measures include canceling all entry permits, canceling the calculation of the reproduction rate, in addition to applying the mechanism for exporting live camels and livestock.As part of the campaign...
July 04, 2023

Grace period for return of non-Saudis’ camels to their countries to end on Aug. 31

The Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA) has introduced smart devices that work automatically to diffuse fragrant aromas into the air on the sidewalks and pathways used frequently by pilgrims visiting the Prophet’s Mosque.
Smart air fresheners placed on sidewalks near Prophet’s Mosque
MADINAH — The Madinah Region Development Authority (MDA) has introduced smart devices that work automatically to diffuse fragrant aromas into the air on the sidewalks and pathways used frequently by pilgrims visiting the Prophet’s Mosque.The smart air fresheners are also placed in the seating areas near stores on the northern side leading to the mosque.The Saudi Press Agency has monitored scenes created by the Humanizing Cities initiatives and projects implemented by the authority in the service of visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque;These projects are part of the authority’s efforts to improve the urban landscape around the mosque area, and turn it into an attractive environment for pilgrims and visitors.In the implementation of the new projects at the central area, materials that...
July 04, 2023

Smart air fresheners placed on sidewalks near Prophet’s Mosque

File photo of King Salman and the US President Joseph Biden in July 2022
King, Crown Prince congratulate US president on Independence Day
JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Joseph Biden of the United States of America on his country's Independence Day.The King expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes for continued good health and happiness for the president and further progress and prosperity for the government and friendly people of the United States of America.The King praised relations between the two friendly countries and the development they are witnessing in all fields.Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman too sent a cable of congratulations to President Joseph Biden of the United States of America on his country's Independence Day.The Crown Prince expressed his best wishes of continued good health and happiness...
July 04, 2023

King, Crown Prince congratulate US president on Independence Day

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