TURAIF — A teenager narrowly escaped death after he was involved in a serious car accident. The boy was driving an SUV at a high speed and drifting before he crashed into the sidewalk. According to eyewitnesses, the teenager escaped unharmed but there was great damage done to the car.
Teen escapes death in drifting accident
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Tire blowout causes fatal accident; 5 Indians die
JEDDAH – Five Indian nationals were killed and two others injured in an accident on Taif-Riyadh Expressway early Sunday morning. The van carrying the workers overturned at Ridwan, about 150 km from Taif, following a tire burst. The fatalities were Muhammad Saleem, 32; Muhammed Nawas, 26; Noushad, 26; Thondiyil Koru Sridaran, 35; and Kottiyattil Janardhana
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Drivers killed, 9 female teachers hurt in crash
TABUK — Two people were killed and nine others injured when a pickup truck crashed into a minibus transporting female teachers. The drivers of both vehicles were killed while the female passengers of the minibus sustained injuries. Three of the injured victims were reported to be in a critical state while the others suffered minor injuries.
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Driver killed, two injured as car overturns
A driver was killed and two others seriously injured when their car overturned on Haql-Sharf Road. The Civil Defense had to work for a long time to get the body out and free the injured victims from the wreckage. — Okaz photo
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Driver arrested for blackmail
ABHA — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) arrested a driver in his 50s accused of blackmailing a Saudi female teacher. The teacher contacted the commission to complain and an investigation revealed the man had threatened other employees of the same school. When the Haia arrested the driver, they found many SMS message
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Festival visitors suffer sunstroke
FARASAN — Thirty-five visitors at the Farasan Island Hareed Festival had to be treated for sunstroke while there were reports of others getting crushed in the huge crowds. According to a spokesman of the Saudi Red Crescent in Jazan, four ambulance teams helped in assisting the injured. He said out of the 35 sunstroke victims, only three were transferred t
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Rotten food seized from supermarket
SHAROURAH — The municipality in Sharourah seized more than 1,200 boxes of food unfit for consumption. Municipality field teams were on their routine checks when they saw a truck loading boxes of food in a new supermarket that had recently opened. The officials noticed some of the goods in the boxes were rotten and there were insects inside. Fifteen people
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Two new halls on King Fahd Causeway
DAMMAM — The authority in charge of King Fahd Causeway has prepared two new halls for diplomats and VIPs to expedite their procedures. The two halls are spacious and can hold reception and farewell ceremonies. The authority also added new restrooms in the passport area and other facilities for the comfort of commuters.
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Emir to attend Imam University graduation
RIYADH — Prince Khalid Bin Bandar, emir of Riyadh, will attend Monday the 58th graduation ceremony of more than 17,000 students from Imam Muhammad Bin Saud Islamic University in the presence of Minister of Higher Education Khalid Al-Anqari. The university's Rector Dr. Suleiman Aba Al-Khail expressed his delight over the prince's attendance of the ceremony
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Prisoner assaulted after ‘savior of Islam’ claims
HAFR AL-BATIN — A 26-year-old Saudi prisoner had to be hospitalized after other inmates reportedly assaulted him for claiming he was the prophesied redeemer of Islam. The man was treated for minor injuries but returned to prison the same day.
Sources said he claimed he was the Mahdi, whose appearance is said to coincide with the second com
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3.8 million pilgrims arrive for Umrah
JEDDAH — The Haj Ministry said that there was no crowding in the Kingdom's land, sea and airports during arrival and departure in the Umrah season this year. It said more than 3,800,000 Umrah performers arrived through 16 land, sea and air since the announcement of Umrah season in Safar, 1435H, SPA said, adding 3,366,531 Umrah pilgrims had already left th
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Back from oblivion
A craftsman in Dammam puts the final touches to a wooden door that he has decorated using traditional methods. The man is attempting to revive an trade that has long gone into the oblivion. — Courtesy Makkah daily
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AlResalah Channel discusses future plans
RIYADH — The supreme advisory committee of AlResalah Channel met recently at the office of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the channel's chairman, in Riyadh recently. The committee reviewed the channel's performance and achievements and discussed strategic plans to develop existing projects, including Ramadan programs. The meeti
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Bangladeshi Ambassador visits Saudi Gazette
Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohammed Shahidul Islam holds talks with Saudi Gazette Editor-in-Chief Somayya Jabarti during a courtesy call to the newspaper’s office in Jeddah on Sunday. The talks covered regional and global issues of common interest. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig
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Shortage of public health specialists raises concern
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — Statistics show the number of public health specialists working for the Ministry of Health is 50 percent lower than those working in non-ministry hospitals, Makkah daily reported.
In its yearly book, the ministry said there are only 46 public health specialists in ministry hospi
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Haia to question ‘blasphemous’ Saudi
Saudi Gazette report
HAFR AL-BATIN — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) will question a Saudi arrested for allegedly insulting God, the Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions, Alsharq daily reported.
Haia sources said video clips uploaded to websites would be the
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School fires 6 teachers for speaking to media
Saudi Gazette report
AR’AR – The management of a private school in Arar in northern Saudi Arabia sacked six female teachers after they took their complaints against salary deductions to the media.
School officials asked the teachers why they approached the media to voice their grievances, Al-Watan dail
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Prison, heavy fines possible for sexual harassers
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The social affairs committee of the Shoura Council has finalized its draft paper for a project to fight sexual harassment and will present it to the council’s plenary session this week to decide if it is worthy of discussion or not, local daily Al-Madinah reported on Sunday.
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Poverty line and adequacy line: What is the difference?
Abdulmohsen Hilal
Okaz
A recent study that defined the line of adequacy has stirred a lot of debate in society to the point that people have almost forgotten all about the poverty line.
The study said the adequacy line is the suitable substitute for the poverty line by which poverty in Saudi society could be measured.
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Young graduates: No job security in the private sector
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — A large number of young college graduates said they prefer to be employed in the government sector as it provides them with job security, something they cannot find in the private sector.
The graduates said they cannot trust the private sector, which they claimed does not offer
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