MAKKAH — A 14-year-old expatriate teenager from Afghanistan committed suicide inside the bathroom of a mosque here, according to Lt. Col. Zaki Al-Ruhaili, acting spokesman for Makkah police. Officers found his body hanging inside the bathroom. Fingerprints were taken from the scene while the teen’s body was taken to King Faisal Hospital for a post-m
Teenager takes own life at mosque
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Tainted cement destroyed, two plants shut down
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – Municipal inspectors destroyed about five tons of tainted cement and a large quantity of cement blocks and bricks ready for sale during a raid on two sites in Al-Hamdaniyah district in the eastern part of the Jeddah governorate.
The plants responsible for the adulterated cement
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Expats dupe businesses posing as govt officials
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – Dozens of expatriates have been arrested in Jeddah after they extorted money from businesses posing as officials from Jeddah Municipality and the National Water Company (NWC), press reports said on Friday.
The expatriates forged ID cards to trick several business owners into bel
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Darbawiyah: Young Saudis develop a fad dangerous downright
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — Young Saudis are coming up with new fads and absorb them into their way of living possibly in violation of social and ethical values. During the last few years, a number of youngsters have come up with new ways to satisfy their cultural ideals and aspirations, usually by gathering
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Saudi women married to foreigners call for welfare organization
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — A number of Saudi women married to foreign men have called for a welfare society under the government's sponsorship to look after them and their families.
Talking to Al-Watan newspaper, they said they wanted a society similar to the Charitable Society for the Care of Saudi Famil
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Young man dies after truck, car collide on Afif-Qassim Highway
A truck carrying camels collided head-on with a car on Afif-Qassim Highway, killing the young car driver on the spot and slightly injuring the truck driver. The accident occurred when the truck driver tried to overtake another vehicle without noticing the car coming from the opposite direction. The picture shows camels offloaded from the truck. — Okaz photo
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New project seeks to end food wastage at feasts
Ibrahim Khudair Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — A new project seeking to prevent food wastage at weddings and social events has been created and implemented by a group of men from Makkah. The supervisors of the project, called "Prevent Food Wastage," have started educating the general public ab
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Worker rights top complaints to HRC
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has said the majority of complaints it receives relate to employment and worker rights.
Citing examples of some important cases it received, the HRC said many teachers complained about the cessation of their travel allowances despite the fact th
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Justice Ministry takes steps to stop forgery of documents
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – The Ministry of Justice has detected several cases of forged powers of attorney by notaries public.
These included cases uncovered in Jeddah in the backdrop of the 2009 Jeddah floods investigations.
An informed judicial source at the Ministry of Justice said it ha
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Is the Ministry of Education ready for new school year?
Abdul Mohsen Hilal
Okaz
Our new academic year will start next week. Are the Ministry of Education, its departments and its schools ready for this?
I read up on news from the ministry to see how ready it is for the new academic year but did not find much. Among the few things I found was that the ministry recommended that th
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300 hashtags targeted KSA in one month, says official
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH – Over 300 Twitter hashtags targeting the Kingdom and its people have been registered in just one month by the Sakina program combating extremist and terrorist ideology, which is run by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, according to the program’s director.
Speaking to Al-Wata
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Riyadh Police break up fight at a court
RIYADH — Riyadh Police officers stationed at Riyadh Court had to shoot in the air to disperse a group of people who got in a brawl after leaving the court. Eyewitnesses said two of the people, who were inside the court, started an argument as they stepped out that quickly developed into a fistfight. Friends from both sides intervened and things could have
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SR560m for a new hospital in Makkah
MAKKAH — The Ministry of Health has allocated SR560 million to build a 300-bed public hospital in Makkah’s Sharayeh neighborhood. An area of 250,000 sq. meters has been allocated for the hospital, which will be named Al-Sharayeh General Hospital. A ministry source said an additional area has been set for future projects.
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Nurse with bogus diploma dismissed
BURAIDAH —The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties has terminated the employment of a Filipina nurse who worked for Buraidah Maternity and Children’s Hospital for more than seven years with fake diplomas, said Al-Qassim Health Affairs Directorate spokesman Muhamamd Al-Dabasi. The commission became suspicious recently about her qualifications and
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Eastern Province witnesses 35% increase in sale of sunglasss
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Optical shops in the Eastern Province are currently witnessing brisk sales of branded sunglasses due to soaring temperatures. Most of the optical shop keepers said that from the month of July onwards the sale of sunglasses have increased by 35 pe
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Pakistani community calls for Ambassador Khan's extension
Babar Ali and Faisal Alvi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Pak Professional Forum and Jamiatul Ahle Hadees jointly hosted an Eid Milan Party here Friday. About 800 members of the Pakistani community, including men, women and children and representatives of various leading cultural, socio-political and religio
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Indian consular team visiting Najran and Jazan on Aug. 31
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Indian consular teams will visit Najran and Jazan on Aug. 31 (Saturday) to provide consular services (limited to attestation and passport services not being provided by the outsourced agencies) to Indian nationals.
In Najran, the consular team will establish its office at
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Bilateral issues figure in Prince Saud’s meeting with Pakistan’s ambassador
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Several bilateral issues came up for discussion during Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal’s meeting here on Monday with Muhammad Naeem Khan, ambassador of Pakistan. Both the dignitaries emphasized special relations enjoyed by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. These relations,
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Decomposed corpse of old man discovered at funeral home
Abdullah Al-Thibyani
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH – Workers in charge of washing bodies before they are buried were surprised when they noticed signs of decomposition on the corpse of a 60-year-old man while it was inside a Makkah public hospital’s morgue.
They had to stop washing the body as a res
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Fire breaks out at Jabal Omar project
A fire broke out Monday at a construction site inside the area of the Jabal Omar project near the Grand Mosque, according to Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Tarrad Al-Otaibi. Five firefighting teams from Makkah Civil Defense contained the blaze in a short time. No one was injured and there was no serious damage. An investigation has been launched to find out how the fi
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