Ronaldo Z. Concha
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Jeddah announced that Secretary of the Philippines Department of Labor and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz will visit Saudi Arabia this month.
Overseas Worker Welfare Administration (OWWA)
Philippine labor chief sets KSA visit to seal recruitment deal
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When a leader falls ...
Saman Ali
Saudi Gazette
DAMMAM — Every Pakistani residing in and out of Pakistan was stunned as the images of a debonair Imran Khan falling down from a makeshift podium and injuring himself flashed across every news channel around the world Tuesday evening.
Clad in a blue shalwar kameez with a g
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The Saudi tourist and his cash
Turki Al-Dakheel
Al-Riyadh
SINDBAD is an imaginary character from the Arabian Nights. He was a sailor from Basra in Iraq who lived during the Abbasid era. He traveled by sea to a number of magical places. He made seven voyages during which he faced a number of horrors and difficulties that he was able to overcome.
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A thief trying thieves
Khaled Al-Sulaiman
Okaz
WE should not be surprised by the ongoing trial of an allegedly corrupt judge. Corrupt judges are not a new phenomenon. They have always been there in all nations and during all periods of time. They are human beings, not angels.
There are exceptions in every field, but to find a Shariah court
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Probe: Coronavirus spread from tainted dialysis machine
Saudi Gazette report
HOFUF — The primary cause for the corona virus that spread in a private hospital in this Eastern Province city killing seven people and infecting six others in the past two weeks was a contaminated dialysis equipment, the local media reported on Wednesday.
Quoting inf
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Emir orders time frame to complete road works
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has ordered a time frame to be fixed for the implementation of road works and streamlining of traffic movement at sites of major development projects in Jeddah. Addressing a meeting of
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Dealers must provide product maintenance
RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has reiterated that it is mandatory on agents, distributors and importers of cars and other machinery and equipment to make available necessary maintenance for their products. The ministry said any condition that violates its regulations governing commercial agencies and its executive bylaws is
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Roof collapse at Makkah hospital
MAKKAH — The ceiling of Hera Hospital’s donation room fell down Wednesday afternoon, but no one was injured. The visitors waiting outside panicked while hospital workers removed the debris. The administration did not say why and how the accident occurred. A number of patients called upon the authorities to open an investigation into th
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Photographer saves accident-hit family
TAIF — A photo journalist rescued a family after their car overturned at a bridge. Awad Al-Malki, a photographer with Okaz/Saudi Gazette, was close to the bridge when the accident happened. He removed the family members from inside the car and provided first aid to a woman who sustained severe cuts in her right hand. The driver lost control
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Police looking for ATM thief
TABUK — Police are searching for a man who crashed into an ATM in south Tabuk in an attempt to steal money from the machine. A passerby saw a man hitting the ATM with his car and he reported him to the police. The man ran away but the reporter jotted down the license plate number and the description of the car.
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Heroin smuggler executed in Riyadh
RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior beheaded on Wednesday a Pakistani man who tried to smuggle heroin into the Kingdom by hiding it in his abdomen. Muhammad Zarin Gul was arrested by customs officials and he confessed to the crime. His case was referred to Riyadh General Court where he was handed the death sentence. The sentence was approved b
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SAPTCO employee accused in rape case
YANBU — Police are investigating a complaint filed by the Philippine Consulate’s representative in Yanbu in which he allegedly accused a Saudi Public Transport Company’s employee of sexually assaulting a Filipino housemaid. The maid, who was working temporarily in Yanbu, did not like the job and decided to return to Jeddah. She w
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President of Indian Cultural Society sheds light on NRI problems
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — President of Indian Cultural Society & Bazm-E-Osmania Jeddah Arif Quraishi presented a letter to Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, highlighting the problems currently faced by Indians living in the Kingdom, such as “Huroob (runaway)” and “Nitaqat (Saudiz
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Aalami Urdu Markaz felicitates American, Pakistani Urdu poets
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Aalami Urdu Markaz, Jeddah recently felicitated guest poets — Indian-American poet Noor Amrohvi, Pakistani poet Saeed Agha, and Pakistani poet Muhammad Kamal Azhar from Kuwait — at a grand reception. Syed Tahsimul Haq, Pakistani Welfare Consu
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Xpressmoney, AVT Khyber TV enhance awareness on legal remittance channels
Pakistan Ambassador Mohammed Naeem Khan distributed certificates of Xpressmoney to those community leaders and members who have played a key role in promoting the message of sending money to Pakistan through the legal channels. — Courtesy photo RIYADH — Xpressmoney, the global money transfer company, in association with AVT
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Hyderabad Association conducts ‘Parental Management Training’
DAMMAM — As part of community services in education, Hyderabad Association, Dammam has organized a workshop on “Parental Management Training (PMT)” for parents of eastern province of Saudi Arabia in Al Khobar. PMT is a program that trains parents to manage their children’s behavioral problems at home and at sc
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UBM innovates to lead way in Saudization
RIYADH — An established company and a leader in building material industry in the Kingdom, Universal Building Material Merchants Co. Ltd (UBM) has been one of the pioneers in Saudization even before the Nitaqat program was introduced.
Having realized the need to secure the long-term sustainability of a people’s business, UBM’s m
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5,000 participate in Al-Nahdi’s drive to help kids with cancer
RIYADH — Leading Saudi healthcare provider Al-Nahdi Medical Company, which runs the largest chain of pharmacies in the Middle East and North Africa region, has announced a SR250,000 donation to support Sanad Children’s Cancer Support Association. The donation came as part of a successful campaign launched by the company under the them
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Yellow light means slow down, not speed up
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Universally, yellow traffic light means slow down, but most Jeddah drivers mistake it for a sign to go faster and speed up their cars at yellow lights to escape traffic signals. What they fail to understand is that this is an extremely dangerous practice that causes disastrous road accidents a
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Relief work continues in flood-hit villages
Nadia Al-Fawaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Relief operations continue in villages that have been badly hit by rains and floods in and around Tihama Al-Qahtan in Sarat Obeidah governorate. The villages include Wadi Sarayan, Al-Mitaih, Al-Atf and Sarayan, said Asir Civil
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