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40 eateries shut down in Madinah

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  Naif Al-Ali Saudi Gazette   MADINAH — As many as 40 restaurants here have been shut down for committing various irregularities. Inspectors from the mayoralty raided more than 150 restaurants in the holy city and found that 40 of them were violating the mayoralty’s regulati

Committee to crack down on illegal buses

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  Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has approved a committee to review and correct the status of buses illegally operating in the holy city. The committee is comprised of officials from Makkah Traffic Police, Makkah Police, Makkah Municipali

1,783 Filipino pilgrims arrive

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  Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The first batch of Filipino pilgrims has arrived in the Kingdom, Philippine Consulate officials have said. Consulate’s Administrative Officer Vice Consul R.J. Sumague said the first flight carrying about 202 pilgrims

IIROSA and UN consider partnership

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  Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — The International Islamic Relief Organization- Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) and the United Nations are continuing to work toward establishing a partnership. This came during a meeting between Ehsaan Saleh Taieb, IIROSA's acting secretary general a

Principal of Radhwa wins CBSE’s ‘Mentor Award’

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  Abdul Wadood Khan, principal of Radhwa International School-Yanbu, receives “Mentor Award” from India’s Minister of Human Resources Development Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju at a ceremony held in New Delhi. — Courtesy photo   YANBU — Abdul Wadood Khan, Principal of Radhwa I

Retail shops brace for national day sales

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  Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette   DAMMAM — With only five days left before the Kingdom marks its 83rd National Day, a large number of shop owners in the Eastern Province have stocked their shops with huge supplies of green-colored t-shrits with the Saudi emblem, caps, Sa

American CG visits ACCI

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   ABHA — The US Consul General in Jeddah Anne Casper paid a visit to the Abha Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) to discuss ways American businessmen could invest in the region. She was accompanied by assistant cultural attaché in the US Consulate Ali Al-Ghadhban. They were received by ACCI Secretary G

Jeddah’s Malik Road revamp leads to hazardous situations

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  Selma Roth Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The decision to scrap traffic signals to ease congestion on Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz Road, informally known as Malik Road, has been received with mixed reactions by the city’s inhabitants. Although some people were hap

13,000 thermos for Zamzam installed

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  Abdulhadi Al-Suwayyan Okaz/Saudi Gazette  MADINAH — The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has installed 13,000 new Zamzam thermos bottles in the Prophet’s Mosque. Plastic drinking cups have also been provided with the bottles which d

NSHR criticizes short period for students to renew iqamas

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  Muhammad Hadhadh Okaz/Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH – The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said the amount of time the Jeddah Education Administration gave to some expatriate students to ensure their iqamas (residency permits) were valid was not enough and called on the authority not to deprive st

Abu Shaddadeen mountain a safe haven for illegals

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  Ibrahim Khedair Okaz/Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — Abu Shaddadeen mountain in the holy city has become a safe haven for residency violators, who are engaged in selling expired products. The mountain, close to the Grand Mosque, is mostly by illegal expatriates. It has also become a source

Saudi Arabia to enter Guinness with world’s largest handprint painting

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  Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH — In collaboration with Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JCCI), four Saudi artists will make a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records with a unique 10,000-square meter painting of a map with handprints. The painting reporte

Who’ll discipline Haia staffers?

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  Abdo Khal Okaz   JUST about a year ago, President of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) Dr. Abdullatif Aal Al-Sheikh banned the Haia staff from chasing suspects. Al-Sheikh's order was implemented for some time, but soon the Haia staffers chose to ignore it. With new re

Agony at the Jawazat

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  Dr. Qaisar Hamid Mutawie Al-Madinah   THE government has established ministries and departments to provide services to the citizens and cater to their needs and requirements. However, it is obvious that some departments do not know the meaning of "providing services to the citizen". Apparently there is no such

Passports Dept. building in Al-Kandarah in a shambles

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — Thousands of men and women visiting the Passports Department building in Al-Kandarah District have to brave scorching heat under direct sunlight. As is the scene at other Passports Department offices in the country, people begin to line up

More houses to be razed for Prophet’s Mosque expansion

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  Saudi Gazette report  MADINAH —  A special government committee will start next week recording and evaluating the real estate units in Madinah which are within the project to expand the Prophet's Mosque and develop the under-developed districts, Al-Madinah newspaper reported Tuesd

Woman attacked outside govt office

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   BURAIDAH — A Saudi woman was stabbed by a stranger in front of a government office in Buraidah. According to police, the woman did not know the man. The man was immediately arrested. The woman was rushed to hospital where she was given treatment and released. Police suspect the man was mentally ill.

Man found dead inside car

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   AFIF — Police in Afif found a 50-year-old man dead inside his car that was parked near a school. Police and a forensic team arrived at the location to examine the body and collect evidence. Early results showed that the man died of natural causes. The man was believed to have died at around noon thought the body was discovered at sunset.

Teen stabs Saudi in street attack

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   HAFR AL-BATIN — A Saudi man in his 40s was stabbed multiple times in the shoulder during a fight in Hafr Al-Batin in northeastern Saudi Arabia. The victim was rushed to King Khalid Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. Police arrested a 16-year-old boy for stabbing the man after they had a disagreement on the street. Police are stil

Two bootleggers held in Yanbu

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   YANBU — Police arrested two Asian workers who allegedly turned their residence into a liquor factory. Police received a tip-off about their suspicious behavior and after a short period of monitoring, confirmed their suspicion and moved in to make the arrest. Police said they discovered that the Asians had turned the bathroom of their residen
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