NAJRAN — The contractor of a project accidentally caused a shutdown of telecommunication services in Najran province from 11 a.m. Wednesday. Landline, mobile and Internet networks were all shut down. Director General of Information Affairs in Saudi Telecom Company (STC) Amjad Shaker said the contractor mistakenly cut off four cables during e
Contractor snaps communications
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Kingdom breaks infant mortality record
RIYADH — The rate of infant mortality in the Kingdom has dropped to eight infants for every 1,000 newborn babies during 2013 compared to 34 in 1990. The average mortality rate in Europe is 11 infants and 44 in the East Mediterranean infants for the same period.
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Gitmo detainees talk to their families
RIYADH/NAJRAN — The General Administration for the Saudi Red Crescent Authority in Riyadh region facilitated two video calls Wednesday between Saudi detainees in Guantanamo and their families in Riyadh. There will be two other calls Monday. Acting spokesman of the authority’s branch in Riyadh, Nawaf Oqab Al-Qablan, said these calls for
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Madinah citizens win revaluation
MADINAH — A number of citizens who objected to the valuations of their properties that were to make way for the Prophet’s Mosque expansion project will be able to get them reassessed after the Board of Grievances ruled in their favor. The citizens obtained a final verdict to scrap the initial estimations and reassess the properties aft
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The brutal shooting of a horse
Ali Al-Qassmi
Al-Hayat
The video of two young Saudi men shooting a horse at point-blank range, which has gone viral on social media, has made me furious. There are no words to describe the way these men killed the horse. It is beyond human imagination. I cannot get the video out of my mind. The two men should be subjec
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The difference between traffic laws in Saudi Arabia and the UAE
Mohammed Al-Biladi
Al-Madinah
It is extremely rare to see police cars roaming the streets of Dubai. However, when you need them, you will find them at your side in only a few minutes time. Everything in Dubai is run according to well-established systems and rules, and this is not adversely affected by the different cul
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Who’s behind the Saudi salary hashtag?
Abdullah Bakheet
Al-Riyadh
Every now and then, we see the salary-not-enough hashtag on Twitter. Personally speaking, I did not pay much attention to this hashtag in the beginning because I thought it was just like other hashtags with people demanding different things, some exaggerated and some reasonable.
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Network water leaks prove costly for Jeddah’s parks
Saudi Gazette report THE Jeddah municipality budgets SR200 million every year to maintain and improve the city’s parks and green areas but repeated breaks in the city’s water network means green areas are drying up as water meant for parks’ sprinkler systems is instead leaking out onto the streets, Al-Riyadh
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When family stands in the face of justice
MANY people find themselves in the predicament of being wronged by a relative and are left with no other choice to restore their rights, even after trying to settle the matter in a friendly manner, but take the matter to court. Society regards such actions against blood relatives an affront to the family. According to a commonly-held view in Saudi society, one mus
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Girls not brides: Ending child marriage
Saudi Gazette report CHILD marriage is a phenomenon that has shaken Saudi society as story after story reveals how young girls all over the Kingdom are robbed of their innocence by being forced into marriage. Yet with no clear regulations or religious rulings on the matter, many members of society have called for stricter law
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Property insurance adds new provisions
JEDDAH — The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) has said that property insurance covers the costs of alternative accommodation while repairs to the damaged property are being carried out. In a news report, SAMA said property insurance also covers any lost revenue the owner would have otherwise received from renting out the property. The report stat
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Aramco to produce low-cost gasoline
JEDDAH — Saudi Aramco is investing $30 million with Siluria Technologies, Inc. of San Francisco, to produce low-cost gasoline from natural gas. Siluria is working on converting natural gas into gasoline in a two-step process that first converts natural gas into ethylene and then into fuel like gasoline, diesel or jet fuel. The technology could contribute
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Taxi firms for unified insurance deal
MAKKAH — Investors in the transport sector are implementing a unified insurance contract to solve problems they are facing from insurance companies. The Transport Committee at Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently met to draft an insurance contract that will protect its investments, expedite compensation procedures and the repair pro
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MoL allows experts for women’s shops
DAMMAM — The deputy Minister of Labor for Special Programs, Fahad Al-Tekhaifi, has said the ministry will soon allow stores that sell women’s clothes and accessories, factories that employ women and child-care centers, to recruit experts to train Saudi women employees. He added that the decision will also allow stores to recruit female cleaners. Al-
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Families claim rights against domestics
JUBAIL — Many Saudi families have claimed they have incurred huge losses as a result of recruiting domestic workers, who remain at their sponsor’s house for only a few months before running away to illegally work for other families. When a domestic worker, such as a maid or driver runs away, families incur financial losses in the form of lost recrui
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Who goes to Paradise and who to Hell?
Dr. Haya Abdulaziz Al-Manee
Al-Riyadh
I do not have the audacity to say that one person will go to Paradise and another will go to Hell because I believe that only Allah can determine that, not His creatures. Unfortunately, some people have the audacity to say such things and sometimes we hear it from those who wash the bodies of the dece
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Saudi businessmen should endeavor to improve the Kingdom’s image abroad
Mutlaq Al-Motairi
Al-Riyadh
If a businessman throws a luxurious party spending hundreds of millions of euros for the marriage of his son or daughter in a European capital, it does not necessarily have any big news value. However, the strange thing is that the media is keen to highlight such a story if the businessman is a Saudi citizen an
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Indian Consulate Mushaira: A journey of romance, realism and faith
Saeed Haider Saudi Gazette It was a journey of romance, realism, existential dilemma and sublime faith; a journey that took the audience to their world of extreme fantasies and fancies while interpreting in their own perspective the beautiful verses of Urdu poetry rendered by poets at the annual Mushaira (poetry session) organized by the
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Why religious hypocrites are dangerous
Tarfah Abdul Rahman
Al-Yaum
I thought the phenomenon of some people pretending to be religious would not last long because it was a cheap trick that would not deceive people. However, I was wrong. The phenomenon continues to experience steady growth.
We see men with beards wearing short thobes, the long ankle-length r
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A growing realization
Adopting a child is one of the most compassionate gestures one can make. The act of taking in another person’s child to provide a better life and childhood experience is indeed commendable. A life changing experience for both parties, adopted children grow up to know their foster parents as their only parents. However, when a child learns that the parents who raised him/h
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