DAMMAM — The Hafr Al-Baten Police arrested a 20-year-old housemaid from an African country for stealing gold ornaments and money from the house of her sponsor, an Arab expatriate. She allegedly escaped with the stolen ornaments and money. Spokesman for Eastern Province Police Col. Ziyad Al-Riqaiti said the police investigated the incident and collected ev
Woman arrested for stealing gold
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Drowned man’s body recovered
TABUK — A team of Border Guards in Tabuk recovered the body of a man in his 30s who drowned while diving with one of his colleagues north of Al-Sourah center in Dhiba. The Border Guards received a telephone call from a Saudi national that he had lost his colleague while they were diving. The Border Guards found the body of the man 190 meters from the shor
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600 female students, teachers evacuated due to short-circuit
Six hundred female students and teachers were evacuated from the 198th Primary School in Jeddah to a neighboring mosque following an electric short circuit in one of its classrooms Sunday. Classes were stopped as a precautionary measure. Over the past two years, the school suffered from recurring electric short circuits. Musa Al-Hakami, the parent of two students, called on aut
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Illegals netted in Makkah crackdown
Over 10,000 illegal expatriates, including beggars, street vendors and car washers, were arrested in a month as part of the crackdown launched by Makkah Police against violators of residency laws. Police spokesman Lt. Col. Atiya Al-Qurashi stressed that the crackdown will intensify further in the run-up to the Haj and immediately thereafter. He said most violators were caught i
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Registration of heritage sites
RIYADH — Prince Sultan Bin Salman, president of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) received UNESCO’s rock drawings expert Dr. Dirk Hugh at the commission’s headquarters on Sunday to register locations famous for such drawings in Jiba and Al-Shwims, Hail on the cultural organization’s World Heritage List. The me
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No contagious diseases in Madinah
MADINAH — The Health Affairs department in Madinah denied social media reports that a case of Ebola was treated in the holy city. It said the patient went to one of the health centers in the Prophet’s Mosque suffering from fever and was transferred to Uhud General Hospital for a check up. There was no suspicion he was suffering from Ebola. Reports t
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Civil Defense officials start working in Haj
MAKKAH — The Civil Defense in Makkah deployed 15,200 of its officials in the holy sites in Makkah to carry out their tasks during Haj. Director General of the Civil Defense Maj. Gen. Sulaiman Al-Amro said the officials started their work on Monday to ensure the safety of the pilgrims.
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US consul general, Haj minister meet
JEDDAH — Minister of Haj Bandar Hajjar met with new US Consul General Todd Holmstrom on Sunday to discuss arrangements for American Haj pilgrims. The consul general praised the services provided by the Saudi government for his country’s pilgrims to enable them to perform their rituals easily and comfortably.
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APOCEA to launch North Obhur coastal clean up
The organizers and management staff of the North Obhur Coastal Clean-up Project. From left: Steve Gale, PARSONS, presiding; Abdelrafi AbuShaora, PARSONS, not seen; Esmael Mike Ali,APOCEA, standing; Cesar Quilenderino, PARSONS; Tito Evangelista, PARSONS; Mario Oligo, PARSONS; Ahmed Salman, PARSONS; Muhamadali Khalid,APOCEA; Romeo Cleofe,APOCEA; Peddie Holanda, country coordinator fo
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Karnataka community celebrate Independence Day on cruise
JEDDAH — Community members from Karnataka, India here celebrated their country’s 68th Independence Day on board a cruise at North Abhur recently. Around 200 members of Karnataka NRI Forum (KNRI Forum) - Jeddah chapter, including families and children attended the event. KNRI Forum is a social organization from the
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‘Those who fight Parkinson’s with knowledge always find solutions’
Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The World Parkinson’s Program is running “Parkinson’s Education Campaign” in Saudi Arabia throughout September.
Currently, Parkinson’s disease approximately affects about 50,000 individuals in Saudi Arabia.“Pa
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13 terror suspects get jail, travel ban
RIYADH — The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced on Monday 13 terror suspects, including a Palestinian, to prison terms ranging from six months to 10 years. The court acquitted two suspects, including a Yemeni national, for want of evidence. Most of the convicts will have a travel ban and deportation of the Palestinian after serving the jail term.
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Fake Haj firms busted
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Riyadh police shut down fake and unauthorized Haj campaigns that were being run in 25 different locations in Riyadh.
Two of these campaigns were run by Saudi nationals and the rest by expatriates. Most of these locations were in neighborhoods like Al-Bat’haa, Al-Deera and
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OFW voter registration up 50 percent in 4 months
Ronaldo Z. Concha
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH – Authorities in the Philippines have called on Filipino migrant workers to participate in the ongoing overseas voter registration, with the number of those registered increasing by more than 50 percent within four months.
Civil Security and Consular Concerns Und
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Shoura wants CMA steps to prevent stock market crash
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Shoura Council has urged the Capital Market Authority (CMA) to take all effective measures to rein in the risks that may produce adverse effect on the Kingdom’s stock market, the largest bourse in the Middle East.
It also called on the authority to ensure that the mark
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Demand for organ donors on the rise
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM – There is a low rate of organ donors in the Kingdom, according to the chairman of the Organ Donation Society (Ithaar) in the Eastern Province.
During a seminar in Al-Khobar, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Turki said: “We have 15,000 people suffering from kidney failure and the number
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Fighters cannot bomb ideas
Khalaf Al-Harbe
Okaz
President of the United States Barack Obama hopes to destroy Islamic State (IS) without losing a single soldier on the ground. He plans to do this through air raids and dependence on the ground troops of his allies.
Obama cannot have what he wishes for simply the IS has no boundaries, government or head
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Boy flees to Yemen to escape brutal father
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — A 9-year-old boy has fled to Yemen to escape the physical abuse of his father after the latter poured corrosive bleach on his younger brother's scalp, local Arabic daily Al-Watan reported on Monday. Faisal, who witnessed his father's savage brutality against his younger brother A
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Million animals imported to maintain local market prices
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) is set to receive more than a million animals before the end of this month to meet the needs of the local market during the Haj season and to stabilize prices and achieve a balance between supply and demand in the market. Suleiman Al-Jab
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Sick NSHR female member caught driving to hospital
Saudi Gazette report AL-QATIF – A female member of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) was pulled over by police offers while driving to hospital, Al-Hayat daily reported. Aliyah Al-Farid, NSHR member and a businesswoman who was caught twice driving before, explained to officers that she suffered fr
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