Children enjoy a fun ride at an amusement area in Jeddah. — SPA
Children enjoy a fun ride at an amusement area in Jeddah. — SPA
Children enjoy a fun ride at an amusement area in Jeddah. — SPA
Fun ride
Children enjoy a fun ride at an amusement area in Jeddah. — SPA
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50% of e-service system complete
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Passport Directorate has said that it has completed half of its e-service system that aims to allow service seekers complete their transactions online instead of having to physically visit their local Passport Department office, Al-Hayat daily reported.
The system wil
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Arbitration centers to shorten litigation
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Experts Commission, the legislative arm of the Council of Ministers and the Shoura (Consultative) Council, has completed a study to launch the first arbitration center affiliated to the Ministry of Justice.
The step is meant to reduce the burden on the Kingdom’s judic
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Working wives allowed health insurance for dependents
TAIF – The Health Insurance Council has for the first time allowed working women to apply for free health insurance for their husbands, subject to certain conditions.
It allowed married women working in the private sector to provide their husbands with health insurance coverage if they are working in a government organization that is exempt
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Replacement valves cause Jeddah gas cylinder crisis
Amr Salam Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Several gas distribution center owners in Jeddah have attributed the cause behind the gas cylinder shortage during Eid Al-Fitr Holidays to the new valve attached to the cylinders. The owners said most people prefer cylinders with the old valve and that is how the crisis started.
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Ethiopian housemaid attacked her employer after a phone call: Police
Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — A 17-year-old Ethiopian housemaid who stabbed her employer several times in Makkah called her home country just before the attack last week, a local police station told Okaz/Saudi Gazette.
The victim was stabbed in the hands, neck, chest, and shoulders bu
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Citizen’s requests to find out how wife died ‘ignored’
Saudi Gazette report
BURAIDAH — A citizen who has been waiting for Al-Qassim Health Affairs to reveal the cause of his wife’s death, told Al-Hayat that he will go to the Minister of Health if the directorate does not release the investigation’s result.
Naif Al-Harbi said he could no longer find e
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22,000 Umrah pilgrims leave the Kingdom daily
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – Around 22,000 Umrah performers have departed the Kingdom on a daily basis since the third day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, according to the director of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, an Arabic daily reported.
The same number of Umrah performers is estimated
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End-of-service award for housewives
Dr. Moneera Al-Mahasheer
Al-Youm
Saudi statistics compiled five years ago show that 73 percent of university educated women are unemployed despite their eagerness to work. This has forced them to become mere housewives. About 21 percent of these women are unwilling to or cannot work.
The topic here is not about work and un
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What is the use of a census?
Ahmad Hashem
Al-Sharq
The very purpose of a census is to collect demographic, social, economic information of a population. Its goal is to help the country become aware of people's needs and collect data for planners and researchers to assist them in creating development plans. A census also provides a large database that can be used as
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Official: Saudi women married to expats must get real estate loans
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Real estate investors are eagerly awaiting implementation of several decisions to open up investment opportunities in the Kingdom’s rapidly-growing real estate sector.
Abdullah Al-Ahmari, Chairman of the Real Estate Appraisal Committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and
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Prophet’s Mosque expansion: Most east-side buildings razed
Khaled Al-Jabri Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — The demolition of over two-thirds of buildings surrounding the Prophet's Mosque from the east have been completed for the mosque’s grand expansion ordered by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The demolition work started early July and h
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40 lashes for harassing girls
JEDDAH – Jeddah District Court sentenced a young man to 40 lashes for harassing girls at a resort in Jeddah. The girls reported the man to security guards who called the police immediately. The man admitted the charges in court.
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Housemaid found dead in Qatif home
AL-QATIF – A housemaid was found dead inside her employer’s house, according to Eastern Province Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti. The sponsor reported the incident to the police. Forensic experts did not notice any injuries to her body. A postmortem examination will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.
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Security officer shot dead by smuggler
JAZAN – A security officer was shot dead while another was injured during a shootout with gun smugglers in Beesh Governorate. The Yemeni who killed the officer was arrested while the other one was taken to the hospital after he sustained injuries. Both the Yemenis were trying to smuggle guns and were spotted by secret security officers patrolling areas ne
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Child dies after being left in car
TURAIF – A four-year-old child died of suffocation after his uncle forgot him inside a car for over 12 hours, said Northern Border spokesman Brig. Bandar Al-Ayda. There were red spots all over the boy’s body and the skin on his hands and legs was completely sun-burned. The boy’s father told police officers that no one knew that the boy w
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Border Guard seizes hashish
DAMMAM – Border Guard officers at various points of entry have succeeded in foiling attempts to smuggle 3,313 kg of hashish, 154,294 narcotic pills, 577 guns, and 42,895 bullets in Ramadan, according to Border Guard Directorate spokesman Brig. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi. More than 457 people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle guns while 17,838 have been
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Boy falls from mountain and dies
AL-BAHA – A 14-year-old boy died after he fell off and rolled down a mountain in Al-Mandaq Governorate in Al-Baha region, said Al-Baha Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Thabya. Rescuers searched for the boy’s body for over an hour.
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Six dead in road accident
ARADIYAT — Six people died and three were injured when two vehicles collided head-on at a highway. Civil Defense personnel rushed to the scene and removed bodies trapped inside one of the cars. In Rafha Governorate, a pedestrian was run over by a car while he was crossing the road. Eyewitnesses said the driver was traveling at high a speed.
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LYA LYA: Must have bags this season
Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — LYA LYA bags are a new but fast growing fashionable phenomena within the Middle East. They are created to make a statement, with strong metallic elements, striking rich colors and trademarked by ingenious designs, which are known to turn heads.
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