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Mga OFW, gumawa ng sariling bersyon ng ‘di malilimutang Station ID ng GMA sa gitna ng disyerto ng Saudi.
Courtesy: Raymond Lopez
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Malacañang statement on the launching of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Labor Reform Initiative
Image: Malacañan Palace logo
The statement is in response to Saudi Arabia’s new labor reforms that was announced last Wednesday, November 18, 2020.
Source: @PTVph
After almost two month since it was announce, realme 7 series is now available in Saudi Arabia thru Jarir bookstore. Both the realme 7 and realme 7 Pro will be sold in the Kingdom. Realme 7 Pro will retail for SAR 1,299.00, while the Realme 7 retail for SAR 999.00.
Both the Realme 7 and Realme 7 Pro will have 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. You can checkout the full specs of Realme 7 here and the Realme 7 Pro here.
If you are on the Xbox faction, this is where you can pre-order Microsoft’s next gaming console.
- Jarir – https://www.jarir.com/sa-en/microsoft-xbox-series-x-s
- Extra – https://www.extra.com/en-sa/xbox-series-x-/c/8083
- Xcite – https://www.xcite.com.sa/gaming/consoles/xbox.html
Both the Xbox Series X and Series S are available with the following retail price;
Xbox Series X 1 TB – SAR 2,299.00
Xbox Series S 512 GB – SAR 1,349 (at Extra, it mentioned that the storage is 1 TB).
The pre-order period starts on September 22nd, 2020 until November 6th, 2020 while quantities last. Shipping for the Xbox Series X is expected to be between November 7th , 2020 and November 12th, 2020, while the shipping for the Xbox Series S will be between November 13th , 2020 and November 18th, 2020.
Three days after imposing a curfew, Saudi government announced that the curfew will now extend to 3:00 Pm in the afternoon from the previous time of 7:00 PM.
The new curfew time took effect today, March 26, 2020, as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,012. There were also reports that a curfew violators have been apprehended in the Eastern region of the country.
The new curfew time will not affect the previously reported exemption like “employees of the security, military and media sectors, and workers in the sensitive health and service sectors.”
Source: Arab News
With the recent announcement of the nation-wide curfew, the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia also released an advisory for the OFW in the country.
The advisory provided additional information on the imposed curfew and encourages OFW in the Kingdom to stay at home to prevent the further spreading of COVID-19.
The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh also deleted the advisory that they released yesterday regarding “the new rule from Saudi Government that all shops except supermarket and medical store will only be open from 6 am to 8 pm.”
Here’s their official statement;
In an effort to slowdown the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus or COVID-19, the Saudi Arabian government has mpose a kingdom-wide curfew for 21 days, which started today, Monday, March 23, 2020.
The curfew will be for the “health and safety of citizens and expatriates” within the Kingdom. Exempted from the curfew “are the employees of the security, military and media sectors, and workers in the sensitive health and service sectors.” The Saudi government released a separate announcement providing additional information on the “Curfews’ Exceptions.” you read the full text of the announcement here.
The Saudi Government is also urging everyone to stay at home during the curfew period and not to leave unless it is extremely necessary.
The curfew was impose a day after the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reported that there have been more than 500 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Philippine Embassy in Riyadh just release a statement regarding “the new rule from Saudi Government that all shops except supermarket and medical store will only be open from 6 am to 8 pm.”, which is circulating in different social media platform and being shared to OFW within the Kingdom.
Here’s their official statement;
This is fake news and if ever someone sent this to you, just inform them and stop spreading the news.
Philippine Embassy in Riyadh is temporarily suspending all their regular consular services in view of the measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID 19). Exempted from the suspension are emergencies like issuance of travel documents in case of death, medical emergencies and release of passports.
You can read the full announcement below;
If you are coming from the Philippines, you won’t be able enter Saudi Arabia, since the Kingdom just included Philippines in their travel restriction list.
You are exempted from the travel ban if you are a health workers in as long as you take the necessary precautions and cleared enter the country.
Here are the list of countries as reported by Arab News;
Region
1. Bahrain
2. Egypt
3. Iraq
4. Kuwait
5. Lebanon
6. Oman
Syria
7. Turkey
8. UAE
ASIA1. China
2. India
3. Pakistan
4. Philippines
5. South Korea
6. Sri LankaAFRICA
1. Djibouti
2. Eritrea
3. Ethiopia
4. Kenya
5. Somalia
6. South Sudan
7. SudanEUROPE
1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Bulgaria
4. Croatia
5. Cyprus
6. Czech Republic
7. Denmark
8. Estonia
9. Finland
10. France
11. Germany
12. Greece
13. Hungary
14. Ireland
15. Italy
16. Latvia
17. Lithuania
18. Luxembourg
19. Malta
20. Netherlands
21. Poland
22. Portugal
23. Romania
24. Slovakia
25. Slovenia
26. Spain
27. Sweden
28. Switzerland (non-EU member)
Philippine Embassy in Riyahd just released an advisory regarding the corona virus (COVID-19) situation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The press release summarizes the current state of (COVID-19) situation in the country and provided a number of guidelines in order to keep the Filipino community safe.
You can read the full text below;
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education suspends all classes to all levels as a preventive measures against COVID-19.
Here’s what the ministry announced from their official twitter account;
(Translated via Google Translate)
# The Ministry of Education announces the # suspension of study in all public, private, university and technical education schools and institutions in the Kingdom, from Monday 7/14/1441 AH until further notice.
#وزارة_التعليم تعلن عن #تعليق_الدراسة في جميع مدارس ومؤسسات التعليم العام والأهلي والجامعي والفني في المملكة؛ اعتباراً من يوم الاثنين ١٤/ ٧/ ١٤٤١هـ وحتى إشعار آخر. pic.twitter.com/J1PFcNU381
— وزارة التعليم – عام (@moe_gov_sa) March 8, 2020
There are now 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Kingdom, most are those who came from Iran and entered the country via the UAE.
Honor just announced that the Honor 9X Pro will be available Saudi Arabia for SAR 999.00. The company is currently accepting pre-order, where users will get freebies worth SAR 999.00.
These are the freebies;
-18K Gold Coin 2 Grams Standard.
-HONOR Sport PRO Earphones.
-6 Months Screen Warranty.
-6 Months HUAWEI Mobile Cloud 50GB Storage.
-Up to 6 Months HUAWEI Music VIP Membership.
Here are the notable features of the Honor 9X Pro;
- 6.59-inch Pop-up FullView display
- Kirin 810 chipset
- 48MP f/1.8 main + 8MP f/2.4 super wide-angle + 2MP depth-assist triple rear camera setup
- 16MP pop-up selfie camera
- 4,000mAh battery
- Liquid cooling system
- HUAWEI APPGALLERY
- 6GB RAM and 256GB storage