DAMMAM — The head of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon) has said the 3rd industrial city is ready to receive 100 factories, Al-Eqtisadiah daily reported.
Saleh Al-Rasheed said the city covers a 12 million square-meter area and will receive factories from the fir
Dammam’s 3rd industrial city ready
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Summer course for students
JEDDAH — An Indian community group here has announced the launch of Darul Ilm, a short-term religious course for students from Saturday, Aug. 2. The alumni of Jamia Nizamia have been organizing this program every summer since 1997.
Scholars from
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Saudi students abroad: Eid tasteless away from families
Muhammad Al-Farshouti and Ali Budair
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
TABUK – A number of male and female Saudi students abroad said Eid overseas without the family and relatives is tasteless. They said they are compelled to spend the Eid feast away fro
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iThra Knowledge to produce a new generation of innovators: Turki
Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Combining knowledge, science and culture in an educating and entertaining exhibition, Saudi Aramco’s iThra Knowledge Program opened on Tuesday at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Ri
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Domestic worker kills child, injures another
JEDDAH — A domestic worker allegedly stabbed and killed a 6-year-old girl and injured her 7-year-old sister and then stabbed herself in an attempt to commit suicide. Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ati Al-Qurashi said the Sharafiyah police station received a notification saying two Arab children were stabbed in a household. He added that se
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Two women, child ran over
DAMMAM — Two women and a child were killed when they were crossing Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Road in Dammam. Witnesses said the victims were crossing the road to a shopping mall on the other side, when a speeding car ran them over. All three died on the spot. Eastern Province Red Crescent spokesman Fahd Al-Ghamdi said a citizen notified the R
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Family rescued from burning house
MAKKAH — Civil Defense firefighters rescued a disabled man and four of his family members from a fire that broke out in their house in the Um Al-Jood neighborhood of Makkah. Makkah Civil Defense spokesman Col. Saeed Sarhan said the fire was started at the basement of house. It engulfed air conditioning units, furniture and other contents. He
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Black magic signs found in sheep head
RIYADH — Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) have found signs of black magic concealed in a sheep head left in the backyard of a family’s house in Riyadh. Sources said the family has long been complaining of health and psychological problems. After finding the sheep’s head in their
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655 illegals detained in Qassim crackdown
BURAIDAH — Security bodies here have conducted an inspection campaign last week to track illegal residents, which has resulted in the detention of 655 people of various nationalities. Qassim Police spokesman Capt. Badr Al-Sehaibani said the detainees were referred to concerned bodies. He said police conducted the inspection campaign in coope
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3 European pilgrims killed, six hurt in highway accident
MADINAH — Three Europeans were killed and six others injured in a horrific accident on their way from Madinah to Makkah to perform Umrah. Madinah Red Crescent spokesman Nayef Al-Ahmadi said two rapid intervention units and five ambulances rushed to the site on Al-Hijrah Road. He said paramedics found three pilgrims were already dead. Five pi
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SFDA cautions against using liquid pumps
MAKKAH — The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has cautioned against the use of liquid pumps in ambulances due a defect that could release liquids at a higher dose. SFDA said these pumps are manufactured by Baxter Healthcare and are mostly used in ambulances to pump necessary liquids into human bodies. "Higher doses may poison patien
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Saudia blamed for wastewater lake
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabian Airlines has been blamed for a wastewater lake that has formed near its compound in the Al-Khaldiyah neighborhood of Jeddah. Residents of the neighborhood have filed many complaints with the city council, saying the lake represented a serious health hazard as it has become a source of foul odor and a breeding ground fo
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Ebola may disrupt pilgrimage plans
MAKKAH —The head of the coordination committee of mutawifs, Abdulwahid Saifuddin, said the spread of Ebola virus might prevent pilgrims from affected countries from performing Haj this year. He noted that no instructions have so far been issued in this regard but concerned bodies may decide on this soon. He explained that this would not be t
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71% certified firms ‘violate standards’
RIYADH — The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) said 71 percent of companies who were issued a quality standards mark are found to be in violation of those standards. SASO has issued its quality standard mark to 21 companies during 2013-2014, and the inspection rounds conducted by SASO have shown that 15 of these comp
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Gyrocopter crash leaves two dead
JEDDAH — Two people aboard a gyrocopter were killed Sunday when the light aircraft crashed here, aviation authorities said.
The “gyrocopter crashed and caught fire near the runway at Sama aviation club in Jeddah... killing two people on board,” the authorities said in a statement carried by the official SPA news ag
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Income gap between Saudis, Gulf citizens widens
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The jump in oil prices since 2011 has resulted in a proportionate increase in per capita income in oil-exporting countries, but the gap between the incomes of Saudis and citizens of neighboring Gulf states has increased tremendously.
Accord
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54 million bags of flour sold in a year
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — The Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organization last year sold more than 54.7 million bags of flour, weighing about 2.5 million tons, the organization announced.
According to a report published Sunday by Makkah Daily, the organization expected a 2 percent rise i
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Cricket in car park
Pakistani expatriates play cricket in a car park on Taif Road in Al-Abidiyah district of Makkah. The otherwise busy parking lot has become empty after most pilgrims and visitors left the holy city following the Eid Al-Fitr holidays. — Courtesy Makkah Daily
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Saudis spend over SR2b on weddings annually
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — Several economists have estimated the cost of Saudi marriages at over SR2 billion annually.
Though the figure is huge, the estimates covered direct expenses incurred by the families of the bride and groom.
"If we view
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To the justice minister
Mishal Al-Sudairy
Okaz
ALLOW me to enter today into the hornets’ nest. What prompted me to do this, putting my personal safety at risk, are the recent statistics I have read about the number of judges in our country.
According to the statistics, the ratio of judges at the Justice Ministry, the Boar
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