JEDDAH: Saudi mobile users have been urged to ignore SMS messages claiming to be from a local bank or offering prizes.
The Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) warned mobile users about fraudulent messages and asked them to report spam via text to a specially assigned number, 330330.
The CITC works with service providers, investors, and individual and corporate users to advance the communications and information technology sector and implement government strategies.
The communications sector was the first to be privatized in the Kingdom. The privatization program seeks to increase the effectiveness and competitiveness of the national economy through liberalization of the services market and opening sectors to fair competition. The commission aims to regulate communications and information technology in the Kingdom.
Number is up for spam texts, announces Saudi Telecom
Number is up for spam texts, announces Saudi Telecom
- The commission aims to regulate communications and information technology in the Kingdom
Winners of orphans’ Olympiad announced in Al-Qunfudhah
- Honors for physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology
- Event includes training for primary, secondary pupils
RIYADH: The winners of the first Scientific Excellence Olympiad for orphans’ associations were announced in Al-Qunfudhah governorate on Monday.
The event was organized by the Orphans’ Association in Wadi Hali, in partnership with the Council for Orphans’ Associations, under the patronage of Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal.
Al-Qunfudhah Gov. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Qubba’ handed out the awards.
Thirty-eight associations from the Kingdom participated in the event representing 86 percent of all beneficiaries, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The Abuwah Orphans Care Association in Unaizah won first place in the associations category, followed by the Kafel Orphans Care Association in Makkah, and the Binaa Orphans Care Association in the Eastern Province.
In the academic category, the Kafel Orphans Care Association won first place in mathematics, chemistry, and biology.
The Abuwah Orphans Care Association won first place in physics, second place in mathematics and biology, and third in chemistry.
The Binaa Orphans Care Association took home second in chemistry and physics, and third in mathematics.
The Insan Orphans Care Association in Riyadh came third in physics, while the Abnaouna Orphans Care Association in Khulais came third in biology.
Also, the Atf Orphans Care Association in Al-Aridah received the Media Excellence Banner Award for its efforts in tandem with the Olympiad’s activities.
The Olympiad’s training activities included problem-solving, decision-making, self-confidence, communication, and examination preparedness.
Indicators are used to measure the impact and sustainability of these programs for those at primary and secondary school levels.
