JAZAN — A man in his 80s committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in a village in Samtah governorate. A neighbor said the victim did not have any children and lived with a relative for a long time. When the relative had to leave the village, the man remained alone. The neighbor said the man must have ended his life because of frustration resultin
Villager in his 80s hangs himself
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Cross-dresser caught at Prophet's Mosque
MADINAH — Security officers in Madinah detained an Arab expatriate for entering the female section in the Prophet’s Mosque. A female security personnel at the mosque became suspicious of the manner in which the suspect walked. She approached the suspect and confirmed her suspicions that it was man in woman's dress. She immediately informed the mosqu
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Embassy makes final push to get Indian illegals out
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — With the deadline for illegal foreign workers to correct their residency status or leave the country gracefully coming close, the Indian embassy has issued a final call for all its nationals who have been issued emergency travel permits to immediately approach the Saudi immigration authorities
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Police to investigate girl with burns
TURAIF — Police are investigating circumstances surrounding a child who was brought to a hospital in Turaif with burns covering most of her body. Northern Border police spokesman Brig. Bandar Al-Eida'a said the Turaif General Hospital notified the police that they had received a six-year-old girl with burns. Police questioned the child who said she was pl
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3 killed, 11 injured in road accidents
ABQAIQ — Three people were killed in a head-on collision on Al-Eqair road in Abqaiq. Police and Civil Defense teams attended to the accident, removed the bodies from the wreck and transported them to the mortuary. Meanwhile, 11 illegal residents were injured while they were being smuggled into the country. Their vehicle overturned on Ahad Al-Masarhah Road
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Drug smuggling attempts foiled
RIYADH – Border Guard patrol units foiled two major drug smuggling attempts early Friday, the Saudi Press Agency reported Saturday quoting a spokesman for the force. He said two Iraqi national were arrested at the Northern Border Province while trying to sneak into the country with 153,000 amphetamine pills in their possession. Meanwhile, a Border Guard p
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Spending three days in Madinah
Abdulazizi Al-Meairfi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Visitors flocked to Madinah following the Royal Decree that announced a three-day weekend — Thursday, Friday and Saturday — to set right new working days. Some visitors expressed their joy and visited the hol
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Harmful side effects of loud, blaring music
Dr. Walid A. Fitaihi
JEDDAH — The human body and each of its cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems have a certain resonance and they function optimally within a specific range of sounds.
The vibrations in the human body create a natural pattern of sounds that is essential to human health and balanc
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Percentage of Pakistanis traveling back home declines
Saman Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia hosts the largest Pakistani community in the world. According to a report published by the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment, a regulatory body of the Pakistan government, Saudi Arabia is still the largest job market for skilled, unskilled or
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Three months are not enough
Saleh Al-Karim
Al-Madinah
The punishments to be applied on illegal foreigners and employers harboring them after the three-month amnesty that will end on July 3 are extremely harsh. Companies and establishments may bear these punishments but they are too big for ordinary citizens.
There are a number of issues related to domestic hel
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As Ramadan closes in, cost of hiring housemaids jumps
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — With Ramadan around the corner, the unofficial fees for the sponsorship transfer of housemaids have reached astronomical figures, Al-Riyadh daily reported.
The increase of fees, which can be as high as SR22,000, can be attributed to failed negotiations between the Saudi authoriti
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Calls mount for easing of ‘mahram’ curbs
Mariam Nihal
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Many women living in the Kingdom who spoke to Saudi Gazette said they felt traveling laws should be flexible enough to take account of emergencies and cases of a male guardian’s absence.
Saudi law dictates that women cannot travel without
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Keralite community leaders brainstorm on pressing expat issues
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A seminar and panel discussion on the status of expatriate workers held at Jeddah Golden Tulip Hotel Friday evening have turned into a brainstorming session, analyzing major problems facing foreign workers in the Gulf countries. The discussio
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Work permit fee: Contractors likely to get compensation
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — A committee comprising representatives of a number of government departments is studying a mechanism for compensating government contractors for the annual SR2,400 work permit fees for their foreign workers.
The committee is expected to issue a decision shortly. The committee com
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Licensure tests for Filipino professionals in October
JEDDAH — The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in the Philippines has given the green signal to hold special licensure examinations for six professions in Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf countries this year.
The Special Professional Licensure Board Examinations (SPLBEs) will allow graduates of mechanical, electrical and civil enginee
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Foul play suspected in fuel truck fire
JEDDAH — Civil Defense officials have opened an investigation after three fuel trucks at Al-Jawharah neighborhood caught fire Saturday morning. A piece of cloth was found inside each truck. It appeared that a group of people set these pieces on fire and threw them at the trucks’ fuel tanks. Civil Defense firef
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Domestic helper sent to jail for forging ID
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — An Asian domestic helper has been sentenced by Jeddah Administrative Court to one year in prison and a fine of SR1,000 for forging her official identification documents to conceal her prior criminal record from the authorities.
Passport officers arrested
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Pakistan Job fair
More than 50 companies took part in a job fair at Pakistan International School in Aziziyah, Jeddah, on Friday. Consul General Aftab Khokher said this was the third job fair organized by his mission since the announcement of the amnesty for connecting Pakistanis wishing to correct their status with prospective employers. Over 1,000 people benefited from the second fair, he said, adding that th
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Car falls into valley
A Toyota sedan careened off Al-Soudah Road and fell into a valley after the driver lost control of the vehicle, killing one of the passengers and injuring three others, outside Abha on Saturday. Civil Defense spokesman Col. Muhammad Al-Asmi said the injured were taken to a nearby hospital. — SG photo by Nadia Al-Fawwaz
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Probe sought into Saudi who weaved kidnap story
Saudi Gazette report
ARAR — The Saudi embassy in Lebanon has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open an investigation into a Saudi citizen who had spun a kidnapping tale to get the embassy send him money, Alsharq newspaper reported on Saturday.
An embassy source said Khalid Al-Qurashi had lied to the em
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