TABUK — Tabuk police recovered SR320,000 from two expatriates who stole money from a communications company. Spokesman for Tabuk police Maj. Khalid Al-Ghabban said the suspects threatened a worker from the company and stole the money. They were apprehended and the money returned.
Stolen money recovered in Tabuk
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Three killed as car collides with donkey
JAZAN — Three people were killed and another injured when their car hit a donkey on the Abu Areesh/Al-Aardah Road. The impact caused the car to swerve and collide with another vehicle, causing minor injuries to the driver.
Traffic police attended the scene to direct traffic, while the Civil Defense and Red Crescent extracted the bodies from
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1,000 fake foreign engineers caught last year, says official
Nawaf Afet
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – More than 1,000 bogus engineering certificates were seized from foreigners last year, according to an official from the Kingdom’s top body for engineers.
Dr. Ghazi Al-Abbasi, secretary general of the Saudi Engineering Council, said all
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Lawyer seeks to defend terror suspects pro bono
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — A Saudi lawyer has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Interior offering his services free to defend terror suspects.
Abdul Rahman Al-Jurais requested the ministry to give him 60 days in order to meet all suspects who wished to bene
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Marine pollution: PME to open three emergency centers
Ezzeddin Ahmed
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) will establish emergency centers in Jazan, Tabuk and Jeddah regions.
The centers aim to tackle marine pollution and minimize its economic and environmental impact, said Prince Turki Bin Nasse
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Khulwa: Young Saudi gets 20 lashes and community service
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — A judge at Makkah summary court has sentenced a young Saudi man in his 20s to lashes and community service after he was found in illegal seclusion (khulwa) with a girl.
The young man will be working at the Cooperation Office for New Muslims in Makkah’s Al-Aw
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GACA, US body sign aviation security MoU
GACA and Transportation Security Administration of the US Department of Homeland Security officials after signing a Memorandum of Understanding in aviation security in Washington, D.C. at the weekend. — Courtesy photo JEDDAH — The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) signed a Memorandum of Unde
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Kicked out from home, 2 sisters live in Grand Mosque
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — A man in Makkah kicked his two sisters out of the family home and forced them to live in the Grand Mosque for the last two and a half years.
Their father died 10 years ago and the brother was looking after them and their mother.
Three years ago he
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Sponsorship system stays, says official
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — There are no plans to abolish the sponsorship system in Saudi Arabia, a high-level official at the Ministry of Labor has said.“There is no intention of canceling the sponsorship system,” the official said denying reports in business circles that the g
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Vacant hotel rooms, furnished flats in Jeddah scarce
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — As tourists from all over the country flock to the city, getting accommodation in hotels and furnished apartments has become an uphill task. With the onset of spring, occupancy rates in Jeddah hotels and furnished apartments has almost touched the 100-percent mark, Al-Eqtisadiah
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Why are they happy?
Salem Ahmed Sahab
Al-Madinah newspaper
In the latest rating of the happiest and saddest nations in the world, conducted by Legatum Foundation, the United States went down from 10th to 12th place in the list of the 20 top happiest countries.
This is the first time America was not in the top 10 since the
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Car crashes into lamppost, 3 hurt
ABHA — Three young men sustained severe injuries after their car crashed into a lamppost in a highway near Mahayel Asir. Traffic officers said the driver was traveling at high speed before losing control and hitting the lamppost. Their car was literally split into two halves.
They were rushed to the hospital and remain in critical c
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Divorced woman locks herself up
JAZAN — A young woman locked herself and her three children in a room for four days after her 60-year-old husband divorced her.
The woman stocked up on food and water and stayed with her children inside one of her parent’s rooms at a Jazan village. She refused to respond to her family’s constant appeals to open the door.
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Three expat women commit suicide
JEDDAH — Jeddah police are investigating circumstances that made an Ethiopian housewife in her 30s hang herself from the ceiling of her kitchen. Her husband was shocked when he saw her body hanging in the air right after he got home from work.
Jeddah police spokesman said no foul play is suspected. In Makkah, an Ethiopian housemaid
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Man verbally abuses SEC manager
JEDDAH — A man has been arrested by Jeddah police after he unleashed a barrage of verbal abuse at the Saudi Electricity Company’s western region branch manager, Abdul Moin Al-Sheikh.
The man snapped and lost his temper after the manger informed him that he could not get electricity hook-up to his property unless all requiremen
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Korean medical services delegation visits Dallah Hospital
A specialized Korean medical services delegation toured the Dallah Hospital and observed the advanced medical services of the hospital. Saud Al-Raqraq, Executive Director Assistant of Administrative Affairs of the hospital said, the delegation praised the advanced level of the hospital and admired the achievements of the intensive care unit and the emergency departments. Both t
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Sign Jeddah to hold Indian principals’ meet
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – The Sign Jeddah Chapter will hold a meeting of Indian school principals today at 7:00 PM at Seasons restaurant here. Alungal Muhammad, chairman and managing director of Al Abeer Medical Group, will open the meet, which will be presided by Dr. Ismail Maritheri, pre
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A journey through memory and identity
Roberta Fedele Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Listening to Saudi artist Manal Al Dowayan and observing her artworks will remind one that art and life look more like dreams than techniques, and that ordinary concepts can connect with one’s emotions if they are made with joy. Al Dowa
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49 family abuse cases in Makkah last month
MAKKAH — The Social Protection Committee (SPC) in Makkah has received 49 cases of domestic violence last month.
SPC Chairman Mohsen Al-Qahtani said the cases included physical and verbal abuse by fathers, husbands, brothers and other male members of the family.
He said the committee resolved the majority of these cases throu
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90,000 visit Jouf olive festival in first four days
Abdulaziz Abdulwahid
Saudi Gazette
AL-JOUF – About 90,000 visitors to the Sixth Olive Festival in Al-Jouf province spent SR11 million during the first four days of the festival that started last Tuesday.
The festival at Prince Abdul Ilah Center was inaugurated by Emir of Al-Jouf
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