RIYADH: A 16-year-old Pakistani girl collapsed inside the premises of a school here on Friday evening and died on the way to a nearby hospital. Meanwhile, officials of the Pakistan International School, Riyadh are pushing back on allegations that they decided not to announce the death until after an awards banquet. Atiya Hoshyar, a 10th grade student, collapsed in the Girls Section of the Pakistan International School, Riyadh (PISR) on Friday evening. She had come to receive an award on behalf of her elder sister.
RIYADH: Arab News, a major publication of Saudi Research & Publishing Company (SRPC), will be the title sponsor for an ‘Inter-School Cricket Tournament 2009’, scheduled to be organized during this season in Riyadh. Khaled Almaeena, Arab News Editor-in-chief, who met with the senior RCA office bearers in his office and signed a sponsorship agreement here yesterday, announced this
RIYADH: Vocational training in the Kingdom is poised to take off in a big way, especially for girls who will now have access to specialized training in different vocations. The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) has launched an ambitious project to set up 39 training institutes exclusively for girls by 2014. The new institutes will have a cumulative enrollment of some 120,000 students on different technical and vocational courses at any given time
RIYADH: The Kingdom will host an emergency meeting of Arab health ministers here on Tuesday to discuss how to send urgent medical assistance to thousands of Palestinians who have been wounded and rendered homeless in the continuing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. The ministers will also address the health crisis, especially among women and children who are dying in the poorly equipped and understaffed hospitals of the war-torn region.
RIYADH: On the orders of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia is sending several planeloads of relief supplies to Palestinians. “At least six planeloads of relief materials will be sent for the injured Palestinian patients within a week from now,” Khaled Al-Mirghalani, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health, said yesterday.