Saudi Arabia’s Misk Academy Vfair helps alumni find jobs

Misk academy seeks through this virtual platform to give its alumni the opportunity to communicate online with employers across the Kingdom. (SPA)
Updated 10 October 2019
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Saudi Arabia’s Misk Academy Vfair helps alumni find jobs

  • Misk Academy focuses on training young men and women with high knowledge and skills to be able to make a valuable contribution to their organizations

RIYADH: The Misk Academy has invited 3,500 young men and women alumni to visit its second Misk Academy Vfair, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday.

The Vfair, held on Oct. 9 and 10, at https://miskacademy.vfairs.com/en, brings together job seekers and more than 50 participating companies offering 400 jobs.

The academy seeks through this virtual platform to give its alumni the opportunity to communicate online with employers from across the Kingdom.

Employers at the Vfair are able to meet and interview Misk’s alumni, while the alumni have the chance to visit the companies’ virtual pavilions and apply for jobs.

The Vfair also provides online communication tools such as text, voice and video chat between alumni and employers.

Misk Academy, part of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Foundation (Misk), launched the Vfair to connect its alumni to the right companies and most suitable jobs.

The first Misk Academy Vfair attracted 40 companies, offering more than 250 job opportunities, and more than 1,700 applicants.

The virtual platform reflects Misk Academy’s keenness to develop its relationships with its partners in a way that positively deploys young energies and potential, in addition to providing an integrated educational work, starting with training and ending with enabling alumni to be successful in the job market and compete with their peers at an international level.

Misk Academy engages its trainees in intensive technology courses to help them enter the job market. One of its main objectives is to empower Saudi youth of both genders and prepare them to accelerate their career path, in addition to providing them with job skills training.

Misk Academy has international partnerships in the technology sector. It focuses on training young men and women with high knowledge and skills to be able to make a valuable contribution to their organizations, which in turn contributes to the development of leadership models in the Kingdom.


Saudi Border Guard arrest 4 attempting to smuggle qat

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Saudi Border Guard arrest 4 attempting to smuggle qat

JAZAN: The Kingdom’s Border Guard in Al-Ardah, Jazan, recently arrested four Yemeni nationals attempting to smuggle 80 kg of qat into the country, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday.

Mostly chewed by users, Qat is a mild stimulant and illegal across most of the Arab world.

The government has urged citizens and residents to report any information they have regarding drug smuggling or sales to the General Directorate of Narcotics Control. Reports can be made by calling 911 for Makkah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province, and 999 for other regions. Alternatively, information can be emailed to [email protected]. All reports are treated confidentially.


KSrelief distributes food in Pakistan, drills solar-powered wells in Nigeria

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KSrelief distributes food in Pakistan, drills solar-powered wells in Nigeria

DUBAI: KSrelief, Saudi Arabia’s aid agency, recently distributed 370 food baskets in the flood-hit Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, benefiting 2,590 individuals.

The aid was a part of the fourth phase of the Kingdom’s Food Security Support Project in Pakistan 2024.

Last week, KSrelief, in collaboration with a civil society organization, initiated a project to drill six solar-powered medium-depth water wells in Kwara State, Nigeria. The wells, each at a depth of about 80 meters and equipped with tanks holding 5,000 liters, are for the benefit of 30,000 individuals.

The beneficiaries lauded Saudi Arabia for addressing their vital water needs.


Saudi anti-corruption authority reveals details of recent cases

Updated 06 May 2024
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Saudi anti-corruption authority reveals details of recent cases

  • Spokesman said legal procedures had been initiated against all perpetrators

RIYADH: A spokesman for Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority, also known as Nazaha, revealed on Sunday details of a number of criminal cases it recently investigated and prosecuted.

Outlining 20 of the most prominent corruption cases, he said legal procedures had been initiated against all perpetrators.

In one case, two Central Bank employees were arrested for receiving sums of money from a resident, who was also arrested, in exchange for depositing more than SR7.3 million ($1.95 million), without verifying the source, into bank accounts belonging to commercial entities over a two-year period.

In another case, a security officer working at the General Department of Traffic was arrested for receiving SR387,000 from the owner of a public services office, who was also arrested, in exchange for illegally amending the essential data of a group of vehicles.

One of the cases also highlighted involved an employee working at a university hospital who was arrested for receiving SR100,000 from citizens in exchange for a promise to employ them at the university.

Nazaha said it continues to work to identify and prosecute anyone in the Kingdom involved in the embezzlement of public funds, guilty of abuse of power and position for personal gain, or otherwise harming the public interest.

It stressed that guilty parties will be pursued and held accountable, and that there is no statute of limitations on such crimes.


Saudi, Bahraini public prosecutor meet in Manama

Updated 05 May 2024
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Saudi, Bahraini public prosecutor meet in Manama

  • Al-Mujeb highlighted the unwavering support the Kingdom's public prosecution receives from its leadership

RIYADH: Saudi Public Prosecutor Sheikh Saud bin Abdullah Al-Mujeb met with his Bahraini counterpart Ali bin Fadl Al Buainain in Manama, Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.
Al-Buainain welcomed Al-Mujeb and his accompanying delegation and expressed his delight at the visit, which he said signified the ongoing exchange of visits between the judicial bodies of the two nations and the sustained collaboration in combating transnational crime.
During the meeting, Al-Mujeb emphasized the deep-rooted historical ties between the Bahrain and the Kingdom and their continued advancement across various sectors, particularly in parliamentary cooperation and the exchange of information to ensure regional security.
He highlighted the unwavering support the Kingdom's public prosecution receives from its leadership, which he said enhanced the efficiency of its judicial processes.


Conjoined Filipino twins arrive in Riyadh for surgery

Updated 05 May 2024
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Conjoined Filipino twins arrive in Riyadh for surgery

  • Parents convey appreciation to King Salman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

RIYADH: Conjoined Filipino twins arrived in Riyadh from Manila on Sunday following a Saudi evacuation plan coordinated by the Ministry of Health, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Akhizah and Ayeesha Yusoph were born in Panabo City in the Davao del Norte province on the southern island of Mindanao in December 2022. Their bodies share one liver.

The two 16-month-old girls arrived at King Khalid International Airport and traveled to the King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital to be assessed to determine the feasibility of separation surgery.

Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, supervisor general of the Saudi aid agency KSrelief, thanked the Kingdom’s leadership for their support of the flagship Saudi Conjoined Twins Program.

The program, which is spearheaded by Al-Rabeeah, has operated on more than 130 children from 25 countries since 1990. The children were born sharing internal organs with their twin.

Al-Rabeeah spoke of the program’s global significance which marks a milestone in the field of medicine, while aligning with the ambitious goals of Saudi Vision 2030 to elevate the Kingdom’s healthcare services.

The parents of Akhizah and Ayeesha conveyed their heartfelt appreciation to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the warm welcome and generous hospitality extended to them following their arrival in the Kingdom.