Dammam (Also Ad Dammām) (Arabic: الدمام) is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh and Jeddah. Dammam Port is the largest on the Persian Gulf. Its port for import-export traffic is second to Jeddah's port.
Marking the first commercial A380 into the Kingdom, Emirates will serve Jeddah four times weekly with the super-jumbo from February 1st, 2010. Jeddah will be the eighth destination to be added to the growing list of gateways served by the A380 which include; Sydney, Auckland, Heathrow, Bangkok,...
Sarah Abdullah | Arab News JEDDAH: Consumers have noticed that prices in SaudiArabia have been rising since Ramadan. The reasons behind the rise in prices are, "inflation and greedy traders coupled with a lack of control by the concerned government agencies responsible for balancing the prices," Saudi Consumer Protection Association's President Mohammed Al-Hamad told Arab News recently. According to the quarterly inflation report released last month by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA),...
JEDDAH: A consular-cum-community welfare team of the Consulate General of India will visit Baha on Dec. 31 to provide consular services from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Hotel Al-Zulfan (07-7251053). "This visit is in the aftermath of outsourcing of visa/passport services and...
Siraj Wahab & Faiz Al-Mazrouei | Arab News DAMMAM: Commerce and IndustryMinister Abdullah Zainal Alireza on Monday highlighted the Kingdom's SR40 billion industrial strategy, saying it would bring about a new era in the country's industrial sector....
P.K. Abdul Ghafour | Arab News JEDDAH: A group of Indian expatriates, including academics and former leaders of the National Service Scheme (NSS), has formed an organization known as the Indian Volunteer Service Scheme (IVSS) in order to promote a culture of volunteerism among the Indian expatriate...
Arab News Khalid Alnowaiser JEDDAH: The law firm of Khalid Alnowaiser, with offices in Jeddah and Riyadh, plans to provide free legal advice to the victims of socialcrimes in conjunction with humanitarian and charitable organizations in SaudiArabia....
Compiled from agencies Jazan floods claim two lives JAZAN: Civil Defense workers recovered the bodies of two children, 14 and 9, who reportedly drowned in a large pool of standing water left behind by recent flooding in this southern Saudi city, the daily Al-Yaum reported. The 14-year-old...
Jeddah,December 26: The Foreign Ministry will issue permanent resident visas for wives and children of expatriate workers in the Kingdom, without considering their profession, Al-Yaum Arabic daily has reported. “The ministry’s office in Riyadh issued such recruitment visas for three days last week...
P.K. Abdul Ghafour | Arab News JEDDAH: The Foreign Ministry will issue permanent resident visas for wives and children of expatriate workers in the Kingdom, without considering their profession, Al-Yaum Arabic daily has reported. "The ministry's office in Riyadh issued such recruitment visas for...
Md Rasooldeen | Arab NewsRIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has commended HealthMinister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah and his medical staff at the King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam on Friday for their outstanding achievements in the field of transplants. His team had...
Siraj Wahab | Arab News DAMMAM: Elections to the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce board saw the emergence of six new faces, according to results announced on Thursday morning. None of the three women contestants could win a seat despite running a spirited campaign in the last four weeks. After a...
Arab News JEDDAH: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry plans to post prices of essential food items in various shopping centers in the Kingdom on a daily basis in an attempt to keep consumers informed of the prevailing costs for these commodities. "The new price indicator aims to make prices of...
