DAMMAM — Sales of winter clothes and heating equipment jumped by 60 percent in the past few days when a cold wave caused a significant drop in temperatures. Shopkeepers said the amount of money people were spending on winter clothes and equipment this year has risen greatly compared to last winter. Workers in shops selling electrical goods said profits fr
Sales of winter clothes up 60 percent
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Gunshots heard near Haia office in Kharj
AL-KHARJ — A member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) was the target of an attempted assault as he was dealing with a case of illicit seclusion. Assistant spokesman for the Haia in Riyadh region Muhammad Al-Shuraimi said when Haia members in Al-Kharj were dealing with the case, one of parties involved tried to ass
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Schoolgirls present gifts to patients
BURAIDAH — A group of female students from the 63rd Primary School in Buraidah paid a visit to the city’s Maternity and Children’s Hospital. This comes within efforts being exerted by the school to activate a project, titled “There is good in us; my school is my responsibility,” which aims to boost the concept of social responsibil
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Uganda may send domestic workers
MADINAH — Ugandan Ambassador to the Kingdom Rashed Yahya has said he is scheduled to meet Minister of Labor Adel Fakieh to discuss a number of issues that will eventually open the way for the recruitment of domestic servants from his country. He said the meeting will result in a unified formula for work contracts. Yahya said the contracts will specify the
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Oh Saudi, how lucky you are!
Ahmad Hashim
Alsharq
IN Japan, around 30,000 citizens end their life each year due to debt trap and unemployment. As for some Britons, they offer their organs for sale in order to settle their financial liabilities. Similar reports also came from India where poverty forced some citizens to sell their children to escape from debt tr
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Doctors caution against energy drinks
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Doctors and pharmacists have issued a warning on the health effects of consuming stimulants and energy drinks that are readily available at pharmacies without a prescription and are widely used by young Saudis.
A number of youths said they use stimulants and energy drinks
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Driver escapes crash with minor injuries
AL-JARF — A young man sustained minor injuries when his car crashed into the back of another car in Al-Jarf in southern Saudi Arabia. A traffic police report indicated that the accident was caused by the young man who was speeding. He eventually lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn. Traffic police and Civil Defense rescue teams attended the
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Accident kills 4 Egyptian Umrah pilgrims
JEDDAH — Four Egyptian nationals were killed in a traffic accident on their way back to Dammam after performing Umrah in Makkah. A fifth Egyptian was seriously injured and admitted to the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital in Taif. The driver of the car they were traveling in lost control and causing it to turn over.
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16 injured in gas cylinder explosion
Al-KHARJ — A cooking gas cylinder explosion injured 16 people who were on a trip to Wethailan Park. Riyadh Civil Defense spokesman Capt. Mohammad Al-Hammadi said the explosion resulted in medium to serious injuries and burns to the victims, all of who were transported to various hospitals in the area. The head of King Khalid Hospital said the hospital rec
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Bangladeshi expat killed in dispute over politics
JEDDAH — A Bangladeshi national was killed by a compatriot after a heated argument about political issues back home. Jeddah police sent forensics team to the site after receiving information that a body had been found in a south Jeddah neighborhood. Police cordoned off the area to gather evidence and fingerprints and a search and investigation team began
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Six-month jail for offering bribe to cop
JEDDAH — The Administrative Court in Jeddah has sentenced an expatriate to six months in prison for offering a bribe to a security officer. When the judge asked the defendant whether he knew the money he offered to the officer was a bribe, he said no. He further said he did not know why the officer had detained him and said he paid him SR650 to avoid prob
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Room for deeper Indo-Saudi engagement in education: Rao
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Around 250 people, including Saudis representing major universities in the Kingdom, attended a higher education seminar organized by the Saudi Indian Business Network (SIBN) in Riyadh on Friday. Opening the seminar on the embassy premises, Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
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Youths mount campaign to fight smartphone addiction
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — More than 90 young Saudis in the Eastern Province launched the "Don't be a slave to your mobile phone" educational campaign, Al-Madinah newspaper reported. The campaign seeks to combat the harmful effects smartphone use has had on society such as an increase in the numb
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SMS spam angers cellphone users
Saudi Gazette report
TAIF — A large number of members of the public have expressed annoyance at the constant stream of spam text messages promoting products or services they receive, Al-Watan newspaper reported.
Um Saleh, a housewife, said she receives no less than 20 such messages a day promoting products an
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Families head to Jeddah Corniche to enjoy pleasant weather
Hundreds of families headed to Jeddah Corniche Friday to enjoy the pleasant weather, which was accompanied by intermittent drizzle. Families were seen over a wide stretch of the beach all day long. Some were barbecuing while others took to swimming in the cold waters of the Red Sea. — Courtesy Al-Madinah
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All-women eatery opens in Taif
TAIF — An all-women restaurant recently opened in Taif, making it the first eatery to be entirely run by women in the governorate, Al-Madinah daily reported on Saturday.
Majed Al-Tuwairqi said his wife Um Sattam came up with the idea of opening an all-female restaurant after years of eating tasteless food from restaurants that also lacked p
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Acquitted Saudi student plans lawsuit over US prison ordeal
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A Saudi student who spent 11 months in an American prison for a murder that he did not commit has finally been released.
Ziyad Obaid was accused of murdering an American businessman but the prosecutor could not prove the allegations and all charges were dropped. The student is no
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NSHR slams poor response to domestic violence cases
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has criticized the poor response by the Social Protection Committee to family violence cases, Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper reported on Saturday.
The committee under the Ministry of Social Affairs has dedicated the hotline number 1919 to rep
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Where camels are sold for millions
Saudi Gazette report HAFR AL-BATIN — Around this time every year, thousands of camel breeders and enthusiasts from the Kingdom and neighboring Gulf countries flock to Umm Ruqaiba Desert, located 160 kilometers south of Hafr Al-Batin, to watch rare breeds of camels compete. The winning camel r
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Four tire factories shut down in Jeddah
JEDDAH – Four tire factories have been closed down by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for violating health and safety rules during inspection visits while over 2,500 tires have been seized. All factories were found to have tires that posed a risk to drivers as well as the general public. Some were stored under direct sunlight while some did not even
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