RAFHA — A 10-year-old child was accidentally shot in the face by her 13-year-old brother in Rafha in northern Saudi Arabia. Police were alerted when they were contacted about the injured victim. The victim was treated and underwent surgery and later admitted to the ICU. Police went to the house and confiscated the weapon. Police indicated th
10-year-old child shot by brother
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Bootleggers arrested in Hafr Al-Batin
HAFR AL-BATIN — Police arrested three Asian expatriates in connection with manufacturing and distributing liquor in Hafr Al-Batin. Police received information that workers were selling liquor from a building for employees. Police moved into the location and arrested the three suspects. Two of them were allegedly intoxicated at the time of ar
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KFMC wins global excellence award
RIYADH — King Fahd Medical City (KFMC) in Riyadh has won the World Golden Award for Excellence in Quality and Performance for its distinguished performance in all procedures and the application of international standards for its services. The city’s executive director Dr. Mahmoud Abdul Jabbar Al-Yamani received the award during a cerem
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Pay and fill, gas station workers tell motorists
Saudi Gazette report
AL-AHSA — A number of gas stations in Al-Ahsa have informed motorists that they would have to pay in advance before filling their vehicles with petrol.
Drivers visiting stations from 12 a.m. until 7 a.m. will be forced to pay before filling their tanks, local media reported
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Indian talks about poetry, expatriates
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — “My education started late, because in our family in those times we were not allowed to go to school rather teachers used to come home and teach us. “But I had the chance to go to school and for higher education to Aligarh
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Most employers complying with midday work ban
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The director of the Ministry of Labor’s inspectors said the ratio of companies and establishments that have adhered to a decision banning work in open areas under the hot sun is high compared to those who flouted the ban.
This is according to the report
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SABIC hosts Eid event for care home residents
RIYADH — The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), in collaboration with the management of the Elderly Care Center in Riyadh, hosted on Monday a function on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr for the residents and employees of the center. The event came as part of SABIC’s ongoing efforts to serve the local communities th
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Martial Artist Bodla breaks two world records at Fitness First gym
Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Tae Kwan Do black belt Ahmad Amin Bodla, 21, broke two Guinness World Records on Wednesday at the Fitness First gym on Olya road. The first record was for number of kicks in three minutes, breaking Indian master Sidhu Kshetri’s world
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Divorcee accuses NSHR of ignoring paternity dispute
Saudi Gazette report
YANBU — A Saudi divorcee from Yanbu who is involved in a bitter dispute with her ex-husband over the paternity of her son on Thursday refuted claims by the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) that it was giving her support.
The society’s office in Madinah s
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Women occupants kicked out of charity building
Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — A number of needy women who lived in a charity home in Makkah have been evicted by the building’s owner.
The evictees lived in the same compound of the Al-Wafa Social Protection Home where other similarly poor women were staying.
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Swamps in south Jeddah a dengue fever threat: Residents
Hussein Hazzazi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Swampy areas in south Jeddah could cause many people to contract dengue fever, residents said during an Okaz/Saudi Gazette tour of the affected areas. The residents attributed these swamps to sanitary drainage projects,
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Family in Madinah park rehoused
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Social Affairs Department in Madinah has finally ended the plight of a Saudi family forced to live in a park in the holy city after they were kicked out from their rented house a week ago. Omar Yousef, a father of seven, took his family to li
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Recruitment and flying statements
Mohammed Al-Faidi
Okaz
THE issue of lifting the ban on the recruitment of housemaids from southeast Asian countries, especially Indonesia, will remain a thorn in our sides as long as it remains unsolved.
There are conflicting statements on the issue. One day we read a statement that the issue has been fi
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I wish my Indonesian maid returned
Khaled Al-Firayan
Al-Riyadh “I WISH my Indonesian maid returned one day.” I found this remark on Twitter as part of a sarcastic poem that spoke about the sufferings of the Saudi families resulting from the ban on the recruitment of housemaids from Indonesia. I borrowed the phrase, with thanks, from the poet
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Health Affairs dismisses pharmacist’s allegations
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — The Department of Health Affairs in Madinah has denied claims by an Arab pharmacist that 223 patients died over two years because of medical mistakes at a private hospital in the holy city."The pharmacist was being vindictive because
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Police searching for hospital shooters
NAJRAN — Police in Najran are searching for several men who opened fire inside Yadmah General Hospital two weeks ago and fled the scene. The men had an argument with some of the hospital's staff during which they pulled out their guns and shot several rounds in the air before running away. Police are still investigating the circumstances of the incident.
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SEC car stolen at gunpoint
AL-DAYER — A Saudi Electricity Company's car was stolen Thursday at gunpoint after a group of men chased the SEC employees in the car and asked them to pull over. All employees were assaulted by the attackers while others were shot at. The attackers took the car and fled the scene. Al-Dayer Governor Muhammad Al-Shamrani called on police to intensify their
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Drug haul at Halat Ammar
RIYADH — Customs officers at Halat Ammar Border seized 1.4 million narcotic pills stashed inside hollow steel clamps, said Ammar Al-Harby, the customs director at the border. The smuggler attached the clamps to the tires of the truck he was driving. Officers found that all 18 tires of the truck had clamps attached to them and large quantities of pills sta
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Man attempting to smuggle qat arrested
JAZAN — A man disguised in women's clothing was arrested for attempting to smuggle qat, a leafy narcotic, according to Jazan police acting spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdul Rahman Al-Zahrani. Officers at a checkpoint became suspicious of the occupants of a sedan and asked the car’s Saudi driver to pull over. The man disguised in women’s clothing was r
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Syrian executed for drug smuggling
TABUK — A Syrian national convicted of smuggling drugs into the Kingdom was executed in the northwestern city of Tabuk on Friday, the Interior Ministry said. Ahmed Al-Onayzi was found guilty of trafficking "a large amount of banned capsules," the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.
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