Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health Affairs has issued on its Twitter account a number of instructions to its followers on what to do when confronted with emergency situations where they have to deal with an unconscious person.
It has defined this individual as one who does not resp
Health Ministry tweets help deal with emergency cases
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Man held after footballer’s house burgled
Abdulrahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Police arrested a man who allegedly entered the apartment of an Ittihad player and stole SR100,000 and a T-shirt.
Three weeks after the burglary at Modeste M’bami’s home, police were able to make the arrest after matching fingerprints lifted from the scene
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Kids in mixed marriages granted greater rights
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Directorate of Passports has begun the process of improving the status of children of Saudi women married to non-Saudis, a local newspaper reported.
The process has already begun in Riyadh, Jeddah and Madinah with Makkah to follow suit.
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Saudi executed after 32 years on death row
Ahmad Abdullah Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The oldest prisoner in the Kingdom was executed on Tuesday. Abdullah Fandi Al-Shammary, a Saudi, killed another citizen 32 years ago by repeatedly hitting him on the head with a big stick after a brawl broke out among a group of young men living in his neighborhood. While
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Physicians to pay for certificate verification
Majed Al-Seqairi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH — The Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS) has said medical practitioners will have to pay a one-time additional fee of between SR380 and SR430 for registering with the commission.
Such fees will be used to cover the cost of verifying and authenticating th
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Indonesian President in Madinah
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono greets the Prophet (peace be upon him) after praying at his mosque in Madinah on Tuesday. — SPA
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Universities told to focus on optometry to aid Saudization
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Investors in the optical sector have called on the Ministry of Higher Education and Saudi universities to establish specialist departments and start producing Saudi graduates who can work in optical shops that need to meet Saudization quotas set by the Ministry of Labor.
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Drug addicts without ‘Hope’
Khaled Al-Sulaiman
Okaz newspaper
The Ministry of Health has spent billions of riyals over the past few years to build new hospitals and health centers. These projects, however, do not include any expansion of Al-Amal (Hope) Drug Rehabilitation and Psychiatric Hospitals located throughout the Kingdom. I think this is a serious shortcoming which la
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Save their eyesight before it is too late
Abdullah Abu Al-Samh
Okaz newspaper
It is a great shame that our rich society, which donates tens of millions of riyals as diyyah (blood money) to rescue a murderer from the sword, refuses to extend nominal financial assistance to save people from total blindness.
Our society is not willing to pay the cost of an ophthalmologic opera
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Center demands couple’s arrest over child abuse
Adnan Al-Shabrawi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The director of the Jeddah Social Protection Committee (JSPC) has called on the authorities to arrest a couple who allegedly burned their nine-year-old son.
The boy was admitted to King Fahd General Hospital in Jeddah to receive treatment for burns.
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Motorist threatened with knife, car burned
QATIF — Two men threatened a car driver with a knife and set his car on fire in Qatif.
The man’s brother said that there were no clear reasons why the victim was targeted.
A spokesman for Eastern Province police said the Saudi stopped at a petrol station, and was threatened with a knife. The offenders asked him to exit
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Man hangs himself in Sabya
JAZAN — A Saudi in his 30s committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope from a ceiling fan in his house in Sabya governorate. Spokesman for Jazan police Col. Awadh Al-Qahtani said the victim was mentally ill. Fingerprints were lifted from the scene and the body was transported to the local mortuary.
A retired citizen also tried
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Seven of a family killed in accident
AL-JOUF — Seven members of the same family died when their car collided head-on with a truck on Khawa road, east of Sakaka. Another occupant in the car was seriously injured.
Spokesman for Al-Jouf police Lt. Col. Nahar Al-Deghaifiq said the truck swerved into oncoming traffic and collided with the car. The bodies and the injured were transp
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Student suspected in Najran murder
NAJRAN — A student at King Khaled University in Najran shot and killed a fellow student on Tuesday. He allegedly dumped his body behind a petrol station on Al-Jamiah Road. Police were told by the suspect’s father that his son had committed murder. Officers found the body with a gunshot wound in the neck.
The body was transport
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Fleeing murder suspect caught near border
NAJRAN — A Border Guard patrol team arrested a man who was wanted in a murder case while attempting to flee the country. Border Guard spokesman Brig. Gen. Muhammad Al-Ghamdi said a patrol team in Saqam sector in Najran noticed the man trying to cross the border Tuesday evening. Investigations revealed that he was trying to flee the country after police la
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50 hospitalized with food poisoning
SAMTAH — Fifty people suffered from food poisoning after eating at a restaurant in Samtah. Samtah General Hospital treated 26 cases, while the other cases were taken to different hospitals in the area.
Governor of Samtah Dr. Khalid Al-Jeraiwi said an African national is suspected of distributing contaminated wheat to restaurants. He
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AlKhobar restaurants adopt ‘no kids allowed’ policy
Shahd Alhamdam
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH – A large number of families in AlKhobar, Dammam, have expressed disappointment over a new policy, adopted by restaurant owners and not imposed by the government, that prohibits children under the age of seven to enter some restaurants.
Accordi
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Cooperative society embarks on ambitious projects
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Several ventures initiated by a cooperative society, established by expatriates and the Gulf returnees, gained steam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. The Sahya Tourism & Pravasi Cooperative Society, based in Wandoor in Malappuram district, has initiate
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Spring to Style with the Splash SS’13 Collection
JEDDAH – While globalization has made it such that fashion transcends climatic seasons, each season still brings with it some overarching trends which encompass the catwalks. As Spring Summer’13 sets in high street maven, Splash interprets the hottest trends, inspired by the sweltering summer. All about contrasts the
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Expatriates say children lack adequate access to educational opportunities
Mariam Nihal
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Expatriate families living in Makkah and Madinah have long complained that they face significant problems accessing quality educational opportunities for their children.
With most international schools and private colleges located in the Kingdo
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