Salem Sahab
Al-Madinah
A YEAR has passed and the problem of Jeddah’s Kilo 14 neighborhood drowning in sewage is not yet solved and probably will never be.
Last year, the Jeddah Municipality effectively passed the buck to the National Water Company. Since then and as of now nothing was done and peo
The tragedy of Kilo 14 neighborhood
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Prison is better than the illusion of jihad
Saeed Al-Suraihi
Okaz
NONE of our children would have thrown themselves into destruction if it was not for these organized campaigns by preachers who have deviated from the right path and in the process brainwashed our youth to fight.
Our young children left for these troubled areas thinking that they w
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Reserving space in Grand Mosque becoming a booming business
Sabah Mubarak Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Many women are profiting from reserving places in the Grand Mosque for other worshippers. These women use their handbags, personal belongings, or chairs to reserve places for worshippers who pay for the service because they come late for pr
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Researcher plans to market locally banned beauty products abroad
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A faculty member at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) said her banned beauty products will be marketed abroad, Al-Hayat daily reported. Dr. Faten Khourshid said she has obtained four licenses from the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for her skin beauty
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Scholars, officials applaud King’s directive
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Scholars, officials and citizens have applauded the directive of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah that will make it illegal for any Saudi to fight abroad.
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Alsheikh and the Board of Senior Ulema
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Foul play suspected in school fire
QATIF — The Civil Defense in Qatif has dealt with the third school fire within a week. This time the blaze started in a school at the town of Umm Al-Sahek. The latest fire destroyed everything in the principal’s office, where it broke out. Firefighters rushed to the scene and contained the blaze before spreading to other parts of the s
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Posing as cops, expats steal SR500,000
JEDDAH — Two Yemenis and an Egyptian have been arrested by police for allegedly posing as security officers, said Jeddah Police spokesman First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. The three-member gang robbed several places and people using fake guns and handcuffs. During investigations, they confessed to raising over SR500,000 from thefts. They only raided
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Jail, lashes for abusing wife
DAMMAM — A man has been sentenced by Al-Qatif District Court to serve 30 days in prison and receive 50 lashes for beating up his wife. The woman lodged a complaint with the police after her husband assaulted her and inflicted bruises all over her body. She told officers that she and her husband had an argument. The husband tried to deny it w
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90,000 nursing jobs available for Saudis
JEDDAH — There are 120,000 nurses working in the Kingdom, of whom 90,000 are expatriates who can be replaced by citizens, said Dr. Taqwa Umar, dean of the Nursing School, King Saud University. At a press conference held Wednesday at the school to discuss the first global conference on clinical nursing education due to be held on Feb. 11-12,
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Saudization: Foreign missions exempt
RIYADH — Foreign missions in the Kingdom are not required to employ Saudis in order to meet Saudization targets because this is against the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961, said Osama Ahmad Al-Nuqali, director of media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Imposing a Saudization policy on foreign missions in Saudi territory w
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Crown Prince Salman receives Indian Ambassador
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, receives Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Thursday. They discussed matters of mutual interest. — SPA
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Tackling calamities: Lack of awareness and limited government efforts
Saudi Arabia witnesses natural calamities, including heavy rains, flashfloods and sandstorms at regular intervals. Whenever any region of the Kingdom is hit by a natural calamity, it immediately becomes clear that many government departments are ill-prepared to handle the emergency situation, according to a report in Alsharq Arabic daily. The
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Fake Saudization is more dangerous than unemployment
Abdul Hamid Al-Amri
Al-Eqtisadiah
The Ministry of Labor has recently put the number of Saudis working in the private sector at 1.3 million up until the end of Hijri year 1434 (November 2013). The ministry said 724,000 Saudis have been employed in the private sector since the Nitaqat program was enforced in mid-20
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How can young Saudi men and women meet each other?
Maha Al-Shehri
Al-Hayat
Some young men write their Blackberry pin codes on their cars and some on the walls of girls’ schools or women’s rest rooms. Those young men want to make friends with members of the opposite sex and these are the only ideas they can think of. Occasionally, we see young men walking ar
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Where is the voice of youth in the Shoura Council?
Fahd Al-Farhan
Al-Sharq
At a time when the younger generation is being granted increased representation in consultative and decision-making bodies in most advanced countries, Saudi Arabia is charting a different course. Saudi students who are pursuing higher studies under the King Abdullah Scholarship Program abroad ar
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Old can be gold
Saudi Gazette report RETIRED employees remain a valuable treasure whose importance Saudi society is ignoring despite the experience and wisdom many retirees have after a lifetime of service. Many citizens have called on retirees to be included in the development and economic process by encouraging themn to ente
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Winter wonders
Mansour Bin Muhammad, Abdullah Al-Faqeeh and Yahya Al-Feefi Okaz/Saudi Gazette FOR a large number of villagers, especially Bedouins, winter is a season to enliven their rich traditions that they have inherited from their ancestors. They view winter as a golden opportunity to practice these traditional customs and pass
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Man threatens to set himself on fire
MAKKAH — A man in his 40s threatened to set himself on fire at the office of the notary public in Makkah when the latter refused to revoke a power of attorney his father had given to another man, according to Makkah Police acting spokesman Lt. Col. Zaki Al-Ruhaili. When the man was told that this was not possible without his father’s physical presen
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30 schools fake Saudization figures
ABHA — Over 30 private schools were found to be directly or indirectly involved in making up Saudization figures. On paper the schools employed over 2,000 Saudi teachers. The schools signed contracts with the teachers, but they were not actually working for them. The average monthly salary the schools paid to these ghost teachers was SR2,000 while they re
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Shorter work hours for intercity drivers
JEDDAH — In an attempt to bring down the number of accidents involving pilgrims, the Ministry of Haj has asked all Umrah service companies to reduce the work hours of bus drivers and give them longer rest periods. Strict action will be taken against companies that violate the instructions, the ministry warned in a circular sent to all Umrah service compan
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