RIYADH — Thermal insulation will be introduced as a compulsory measure on all buildings in 23 major cities.
This should be similar to the government facilities in the Kingdom's major cities.
According to a circular issue
Thermal insulation in 23 Saudi cities
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Between Beijing and Brussels
Ruaa Sabri
Okaz
Last week, we witnessed two important events on protecting the consumer from commercial fraud and preventing the hazards of this economic menace that has reached alarming proportions locally and globally. The first event is local and the second concerns the European Union countries and its
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Border Guards launch female maritime safety body in Jeddah
Faisal Majrashi and Muna Al-Shareef Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Border Guards in Makkah region launched a female maritime safety committee on Friday in the presence of a number of
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Alternative therapies for drugs await religious nod
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Alternative therapies like methadone, which can reduce heroin withdrawal symptoms, are still waiting for a religious decree to sanction their use in the Kingdom to
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3 die in a head-on collision between two cars
Three people were killed and three injured in a head-on collision between two cars on Al-Ula Road at Shajwa village, north of Madinah. Madinah Red Crescent spokesman, Mahmoud Khayyat, said paramedics rushed to the site and provided necessary first aid to the injured. He added that traffic police were also on site to direct traffic and inv
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Guard stabbed in botched robbery
MADINAH — A security guard at King Fahd Hospital was seriously injured when robbers attempting to enter the hospital stabbed him multiple times. The acting head of the hospital, Badr Al-Etaibi, said the culprits were trying to enter the hospital through its basement entrance and the security guard asked them to stop. T
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Food poisoning at protection home
QURAYYAT, Al-Jouf — Eleven juveniles suffered from food poisoning after having dinner at the social protection home they were being housed at. The head of Qurayyat Health Affairs, Ahmad Al-Ali, said that Qurayyat General Hospital was put on full alert to deal with the cases which ranged between mild and medium. Police
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Five injured in market scuffle
JAZAN — Five people were injured, two of them seriously, when an argument turned in a scuffle at the local livestock market. According to bystanders, the five men began arguing over sheep and attacked each other with knives. Jazan Red Crescent spokesman, Yaser Al-Nami, said that paramedics attended the site, provided f
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Expatriate rescued from drowning
DAMMAM — Search and rescue teams from the Border Guards rescued a Yemeni national from drowning. The Eastern Province Border Guards spokesman, Commander Khalid Al-Arqoubi, said the man was trying to swim near the shore of Ras Al-Khathaq village. “He apparently did not know how to swim and almost drowned as a resu
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Expatriates control 86.63% of private sector jobs
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Families dismayed as juveniles are lodged with prison inmates
Adnan Al-Shabrawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A state of confusion and anxiety prevails among families of teenagers involved in traffic offenses when the juvenile correction facility they were being kept at transfers them to a local jail wher
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Fake degrees: 36 Saudi engineers under scrutiny
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — Thirty-six Saudi engineers have been referred to the Ministry of Interior for investigation due to suspicion that they are holding fake engineering degrees.
Ghazi Al-Abbasi, secretary General of
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Filipino dies while talking to wife on telephone
Ronaldo Z. Concha
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — A Filipino worker in Jeddah collapsed and breathed his last while talking to his wife on the phone inside a convenient store early this month.
The OFW
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Elevator accidents on the rise in Makkah
MAKKAH — Accidents on elevators in Makkah have steadily been rising in Makkah, a senior official has said.
Col. Sami Al-Jad’ani, Makkah Civil Defense spokesman, linked the increase in these accidents to the use of elevators from unlicensed companies and establishments,
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Traffic awareness drive utilizes short video clips
Volunteers are cooperating with the traffic police by distributing leaflets at traffic lights, and issuing blank tickets to erring motorists. — Okaz photo Adel Ba Bkair Okaz/Saudi Gazette
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Women designers to set up plant to make clothes
Wael Al-Khalid Okaz/Saudi Gazette TABUK — Several female Saudi fashion designers are planning to launch a design academy and set up a plant to manufacture clothes. The head of the project, Umaimah
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Amendments to health insurance system OK’d
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance (CCHI) has approved a number of amendments to health insurance system that go into effect by the end of next month. Some of the major changes include a maximum ceiling of SR500,000 for a health policy coverage,
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Infant baby girl found dead near a mosque
DHAHRAN — The Dhahran Police found the body of a newborn baby girl near a mosque, spokesman of the Eastern Province Police Col. Zuyad Al-Riqaiti said here on Saturday. He said the body has been sent to the morgue and the police are continuing investigations.
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Filipino arrested for killing a Briton
RIYADH — The police arrested a Filipino waiter for allegedly murdering a British male nurse of Filipino origin. The police said the suspect stabbed the 53-year-old victim in the neck and stole his personal computer. The police said it received information that a British male nurse was absent from work in a government hospital and on opening his apartment
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Gang of seven thieves busted
RIYADH — Riyadh Police on Saturday busted a seven-member gang of thieves for allegedly stealing more than SR3 million. The police said five gang members removed two automatic teller machines (ATMs) from their locations and stole their contents while two others broke into a jewelry and a gold shop and fled with goods worth about SR2 million.
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