Unseen and unnecessary hazards: Overloaded trucks

September 12, 2014, 2:00 pm

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Saudi Gazette report Anyone who has driven on a Saudi highway has encountered large trucks carrying anything from poultry to petrol. These trucks transport goods all over the Kingdom and to neighboring Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The Kingdom’s highways are also known for the high number of accidents that occur on these roads, many

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Family security: A concept that requires a national strategy

September 12, 2014, 2:00 pm

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Saudi Gazette report Concepts like intellectual security, national security and public security are being repeated a lot through articles by the elite in the media, but a similar concept might be more important. Family security should be given more attention because the family is the nucleus and a small unit for building societies. Also, its sec

2 dead, 5 injured in Ahsa accident

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   HOFOUF, Ahsa — Two young women, aged 18 and 20, were killed and five others injured when two cars collided head-on near the King Abdullah City for Dates in Al-Ahsa on Friday.  Four Red Crescent teams rushed to the scene of the accident and transported the injured to Al-Jafr General Hospital. One o

5 teens arrested for series of car thefts

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JUBAIL — The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Jubail Police arrested five teenagers for a series of car thefts in the governorate, said the acting spokesman for Eastern Province Police, Capt. Abdulaziz Jaza Al-Harbi. Acting on a tip-off about one of the teenagers who was responsible for steal

Man in accident had mental health issues

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JAZAN — The Anti-Drugs Department in the Jazan region suspected a man who was driving in the opposite direction of having drugs in his car. The man, who was trying to avoid arrest, was driving a 2008 Toyota Hilux pick-up in Al-Darb governorate.  As officers gave chase, he crashed the vehicle in Al

Joy rider in Jazan causes power outage

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JAZAN — A young man who was joyriding in Al-Burood district of Beesh, Jazan, on Friday crashed into an electricity post and then escaped on foot from the scene.  Eyewitnesses said the young man was driving recklessly when his car swerved to one side of the road and knocked down the electricity pos

Three executed for murder, drug trafficking

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   RIYADH — Two people convicted of murder and a Saudi convicted of drugs trafficking were executed in Riyadh on Friday, the Interior Ministry announced. Fahd Al-Said, a Saudi, and Iraqi national Abderrahman Al-Muaissab were found guilty of causing the death of Hossa Bin Abid by breaking into her home, at

Water truck barges into girls' school

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   MAKKAH — A water truck crashed into a girls’ school here Friday after the driver lost control, said Makkah Traffic Department spokesman Capt. Ali Muhammad Al-Zahrani. No one was in the school at the time of the accident but the school was damaged extensively with one of the class rooms completely

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Youth warned against visiting lewd websites

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Abdullah Al-Asheikh has urged the Kingdom’s youth not to visit websites that feature lewd content because such sites encourage illicit relationships. In his Friday sermon at Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh, he warned the country’s youth

New coronavirus cases discovered

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   ABHA – The Ministry of Health announced Friday that it had registered two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infected patients to 729 since August 2012. The first case was discovered in Taif. The patient, a 43-year-old male, is still in the intensive care unit. The second patien

Filipino expats mark national language month

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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  Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — The Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah, along with different Filipino community organizations, recently marked the national language month (Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa), which is an annual celebration of the F

Youths promote pomegranates

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   BAHA — A number of young men here have launched a website to market pomegranates online and allow anyone in the Kingdom to order the fruit and have it delivered to their home. The website, www.romanbedah.com, also focuses on markets in neighboring countries. It has so far received hundreds of or

Astronomer expects torrential rains

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   HAIL — An astronomer here said this year the Kingdom, Iraq and Iran will see torrential rains that have not been seen in over 40 years. Abdulaziz Al-Shammary, member of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS), expects valleys in the country to be affected with many facing floodin

2,356 registered Saudi civil engineers

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Engineers’ recent report showed that the number of Saudi civil engineers registered with the council stands at 2,356 while the number of expatriate engineers is 43,325. The number of expatriate architects and mechanical, electrical and chemical engineers excee

18 years on, Saudi woman discovers she married ‘wrong guy’

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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    Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — Many years ago, the young Saudi woman was standing in front of the General Court in Riyadh waiting for a cab to take her and her mother back home. She had little idea the

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Applicants lament difficult conditions for house grants

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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      Saudi Gazette report  JEDDAH — Housing is a basic need of life and it has been enshrined as a right of an individual in almost all the constitutions of the world. 

400 residency violators arrested in Riyadh raid

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   RIYADH — A surprise security sweep carried out by Riyadh Police on Wednesday morning in line with the directives of Emir of Riyadh Prince Turki Bin Abdullah led to the arrests of at least 400 violators of the Kingdom’s residency and labor laws. The 400 violators were of various nationalities and

Father arrested for scalding son’s scalp

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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     Saudi Gazette report  JAZAN — An abusive father has been arrested by police here after he poured liquid bleach on his 8-year-old son’s scalp, scalding it, the online newspaper Sabq.org reported.  Ali, 8, lives wi

Individual mistakes

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   Qaisar Hamid Metawea Al-Madinah  The recent attack against a British expatriate and his Saudi wife by four members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) was the focus of social discussions. It also occupied large spaces in the print and electronic media in ad

Be polite to public, police officers told

September 13, 2014, 2:00 pm

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   Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH — The Kingdom's top public security official has asked his men to be more polite and friendly when dealing with members of the public. “Police officers should admit that they do not treat c