Youths leave jobs to start own businesses

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  Saudi Gazette report  MADINAH – Saudi youths always appear distinctive and show their talent when they are given the chance along with strong support. They prove themselves by shouldering the responsibility and proving to be successful. The accusations of being negative, dependent

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Female employees request transfer to locations near their families

January 16, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   DAMMAM/AL-AHSA – A number of female employees in the Ministry of Social Affairs in different parts of the Kingdom, stressed that they are suffering due to critical daily circumstances as their work place is far away from their families. They sometimes s

Why public rehabilitation services for the disabled are a nightmare for families

January 16, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   HAIL – There are 38 comprehensive rehabilitation centers in the Kingdom. Each center is capable of taking around 100-1,000 disabled individuals for treatment. In comparison, there are around 1.5 million disabled individuals in the country whose families continue

Saudi doc wins global accolades

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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ABHA — A Saudi female doctor and lecturer at King Saud University’s School of Medicine has been selected by Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization, for her extraordinary services in the healthcare sector. Dr. Noora Al-Amr said she is extremely happy to win this award because “it adds a lot to the list

200,000 fake Zamzam bottles seized

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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MAKKAH —Ten people, including a Saudi, have been arrested for distributing and selling drinking water claiming it was Zamzam. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s inspectors raided a house in Makkah’s Al-Rusaifah neighborhood, which was used for filling Zamzam bottles with normal drinking water. Authorities later learned that the ga

Saudi doc wins global accolades

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ABHA — A Saudi female doctor and lecturer at King Saud University’s School of Medicine has been selected by Save the Children, an international non-governmental organization, for her extraordinary services in the healthcare sector. Dr. Noora Al-Amr said she is extremely happy to win this award because “it adds a lot to the list of Saud

600 iqama violators rounded up in raid

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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RIYADH — Police apprehended 600 expatriates, mainly Yemenis, Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Sudanese and Indians, for violating the Kingdom’s residency regulations during a swoop on the Al-Wazarat neighborhood of Riyadh on Thursday. Some of the workers possessed fake residency permits while others had run away from their sponsors. The offi

Marrying foreign women: A trend?

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Saudi Gazette  Report HAIL – Some families do not allow or encourage their sons to marry foreigners, whatever their nationality. But majority of families have seen for decades, youth breaking social restrictions, barriers, customs and traditions. Such that marriage to foreign women has become an adventur

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Key role of female counselors

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH – Many have been asking about the role school female counselors can play in spotting abuse and domestic violence cases among students. The public still recollects the story of little Lama who died last year as a result of abuse at the hands of none other than her father and stepmother.

We must teach our children to respect street cleaners

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Dr. Othman Salih Al-Amer Last week, a group launched an online campaign highlighting the poor working conditions of street cleaners. Their campaign was launched under the motto “Street cleaners and cold weather” and they asked the following questions: “Has our concern about keeping our streets clean caused us to

We need stringent laws to stop sexual harassment

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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Turki Al-Dakheel There are two major hurdles facing women in the workplace: The absence of a law that criminalizes harassment and a lack of suitable transportation facilities. The latter forces a large number of female teachers to commute hundreds of kilometers every day with an unrelated male driver in order to re

Let’s hire more Asian domestic workers and less Africans

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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Abdullah Abu Al-Samh We often hear of agreements signed by the Minister of Labor and a number of countries to bring domestic workers to the Kingdom. Local media has reported on the marathon efforts that have been made to negotiate these agreements and the minister’s trips to the respective countries to sign the agreements in

Water security in the Kingdom… a far-fetched dream?

January 17, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – Environmental and water experts have warned that water security might be a far-reaching dream for the Kingdom. Limited water resources such as groundwater are being depleted by greedy farmers who care about nothing but profits, they said.

Carbon monoxide poisoning kills two

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   DAMMAM — Two Saudi died from inhaling carbon monoxide at their work place. Eastern Province Police spokesman Col. Ziyad Al-Reqaiti said the pair worked for the military. The men were inside a car, whose engine was running, in an closed area when the accident took place. He said investigations are under way. 

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Sheep trapped in mountain rescued

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   TAIMA — Civil Defense rescue workers rescued five sheep that were trapped on a mountain top, south of the Taima governorate. The owner of the sheep said they had wandered off to the mountain top and could not come down. He notified the Civil Defense and emergency teams were successful in rescuing the sheep unharmed.

600,000 Umrah visitors to Madinah

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   MADINAH – 600,00 Umrah performers have visited Madinah since the beginning of Umrah season this year, said a report issued by the Ministry of Haj. 26,000 of them landed by airplane while the remaining arrived by land. Pakistanis Umrah performers accounted for largest percentage of visitors at 243,000, followed by Indonesian ones at 157,000,

Religious lessons for women at Haram

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   MAKKAH — The Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has begun offering religion lessons for women inside the Grand Mosque, according to Adel Al-Hamdan who is in charge of everything related to the lessons. Female visitors will have a chance to attend these lessons three times a day on Fridays, Saturdays, and Mondays of each week.

Fake degrees: SCE mulls action against Saudis

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH – The Saudi Council of Engineers  (SCE) does not have any procedures in place to deal with Saudi engineers who have fake degrees, according to Hamad Al-Shaqawi, SCE chairman of the board of directors. He noted that for expatriate engineers the situation is different. If a non-Saudi engineer uses fake degrees or certificates, he/s

Glass pieces removed from child's eye

January 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   JEDDAH – A four-year-old child who was playing with a glass bottle when it broke and launched glass fragments into his eyes, successfully had the fragments removed by consultant ophthalmologist Dr. Yaser Al-Mazroei. The child’s parents rushed him to the hospital when his became red and he complained of pain. Al-Mazroei said he examined