NIDO holds “I love Mama” contest

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  Munawarunnisa Nazneen Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH — A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. A mother is she who can take the place of all the others, but whose place no one else can take.“Nothing compares to a mother’s love. It’s an uncon

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Enjoyment galore at ladies fest

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  Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — After the grand success of Family Festival 1 and 2, Creative FX, formerly known as I Creative, organized an exclusive ladies event dubbed “Ladies Festival” at a local banquet hall here last month. Ladies had put up stalls of home-

PWS concludes second Childhood Disease Screening Program at PISJ

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  Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The Pakistan Welfare Society (PWS) concluded the second Childhood Disease Screening Program (CDSP) by school health services on February 13 at the auditorium of Pakistan International School, Al-Azizia. PWS is a presti

Educated people are the wealth of a nation

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  Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH — Rating the level of development of nations depends on several factors, including life expectancy, education, literacy, and average income. According to the Human Development Report by United Nations Development Program, human development i

Heaters in high demand in E. Province

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  Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette   DAMMAM — Sales of room heaters have soared in the Eastern Province since last week due to the cold weather, especially at night. Many people started to purchase heaters in order to protect themselves against the freezing temperatures.

7 Pakistani pilgrims identified

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  Saudi Gazette report  Here is the list, provided by the Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah, of Umrah pilgrims who died on Sunday in a bus accident on Makkah-Madinah Highway.  1. Sughra Bibi SQ 3094951 — Mandi Bahauddin 2. Muhammed Aslam PG 1809951 — Lahore 3. Muhamm

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — Several parents are upset with the Ministry of Education for not providing transportation to their wards to attend the Institute for Special Education for the Handicapped. They said the issue was lingering on for more than three months and official apathy has affected about

Nazaha criticism and Saudization

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  Abid Khazandar Al-Riyadh   THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has come to the conclusion that stiff resistance from the private sector foiled serious ministerial attempts to employ Saudi youths, according to a local Arabic daily report. While criticizing the Ministry of Labor for failing to contain unemploy

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  Saleh Al-Turaiqi Okaz   THERE have recently been reports that many government departments have barred a number of engineers from supervising projects. This action was taken after it was proved that the engineers failed to effectively supervise the contractors implementing the concerned government projects.

Foreign firms to vie for fuel station contracts

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — Foreign companies are competing for contracts to operate fuel stations on expressways that lead to the Two Holy Mosques, Makkah daily reported. These companies have presented their offers to the Ministry of Municipality and Rural Affairs and the Saudi Arabian

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February 18, 2014, 1:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — A number of academic women and specialists have accused scholars of undermining the role and rights of women, Al-Hayat daily reported. They claimed some scholars were misinterpreting the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and Islam in this regard. Literature

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  Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH – Around 200 young exhibiters displayed their projects at the Jeddah Center for Forums and Exhibitions during the sixth annual Jeddah Young Business Expo. Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah, emir of Makkah, inaugurated the event, which w

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   RAFHA — A special needs citizen set his car on fire in front of the Traffic Department in Rafha. Police had seized the car after his son was caught joyriding in it. Though the son was released, police did not release the car. The citizen pleaded with police to release his car and waited for three hours for a meeting with the head of police.

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   MAKKAH — Four Arab expatriates burned to death when their car collided head on with a truck near Al-Shumaisy in the Makkah province. Makkah Red Crescent spokesman Ali Al-Ghamdi said the car caught fire after the accident and Civil Defense firefighters extinguished the fire. The truck driver escaped unharmed. Red Crescent paramedics transport

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   AHAD RAFIDAH — Security police evacuated a secondary school for girls in the Ahad Rafidah governorate Tuesday morning after two unauthorized individuals were found roaming the premises. Asir Police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Shathan said police were notified of two men, believed to be Ethiopian nationals. Police arrived immediately and evac

Six pilgrims hurt in scaffolding collapse

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   MAKKAH — A 15 meter-high steel scaffolding collapsed in Ibrahim Al-Khalil Street of Makkah, damaging a car and a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims. Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Saleh Al-Elayani said rescue workers guided the pilgrims to safety. Six pilgrims, including a 5-year-old child, aboard the bus were injured and taken to King Abdulaz

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February 19, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — The Civil Defense contained a fire that erupted in a factory in the industrial city in south Jeddah. Makkah Province Civil Defense spokesman Col. Saeed Bin Sarhan said the fire engulfed a 6,000 square-meter area where blocks of foam were stored. He added 21 firefighting units were dispatched to the site. They were successful in prev

Abuse protection law in English

February 19, 2014, 1:00 pm

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   RIYADH — The abuse protection law has been translated into English and will be distributed to all concerned bodies, Al-Riyadh daily reported. The law was issued by a royal decree last year and was translated by a Council of Ministers committee. The head of the translation section, Saleh Ba Bair, said the translation section is entrusted with

Haia arrests Saudi for blackmailing woman

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   UMLAJ — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) has detained a citizen for blackmailing a woman, Al-Madinah daily reported. Haia spokesman in Tabuk Mohammad Al-Zabidi said a woman and her husband had told the Haia their neighbor has entered their house and stolen photos. He then began blackmailing the woman a