131 Filipino students vie for overseas scholarships

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  Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A total of 131 students from different schools in Jeddah took overseas scholarship examinations last week, said the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA spokesman Ronald Reyes said the st

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Pak Embassy hosts grand reception for Punjab governor

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  Faiz Al-Najdi  RIYADH — Pakistani Embassy's Charge d’affaires Khayyam Akbar arranged for a grand reception recently at his residence for visiting Punjab Governor Choudhry Muhammad Sarwar. Sarwar was on an unofficial visit to the Kingdom. He was accompanied with Ch

Deserving alumni to be on executive and academic council of Jamia, says VC

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — Deserving alumni of New Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia will soon be on the university's executive and academic councils, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Talat Ahmad has said. Speaking as a chief guest at the 94th Foundation Day celebration of the university held here

India’s secularism can be saved through a return to Sahib’s ideals

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  Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette    JEDDAH —  A recent symposium on the life and achievements of the legendary Indian freedom fighter and Congress party leader late Mohammad Abdulrahman Sahib was turned into a brainstorming session on how to save the secular fabric of the

Saudi-Bahrain ties ‘stronger than ever’

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  Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Relations between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are stronger than ever, according to Bahrain’s consul general. Marking the country’s 43rd National Day on Tuesday in Jeddah. Ibrahim Al-Meslmany spoke about bilateral relati

Madinah street cleaners stop work over wage delay

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  Saudi Gazette report  MADINAH — Some 2,600 street cleaners have stopped work in protest against nonpayment of wages, Al-Madinah daily reported. The workers are worried that the contracting company, which failed to pay them on time, may not pay them at all as its contract

No cemetery in Grand Mosque, officials say

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  Khaled Al-Humaidi Okaz/Saudi Gazette  MAKKAH — There is no graveyard in the Grand Mosque, according to the commander of the holy mosque’s special security forces. According to local press reports on Tuesday, construction workers found some skeletons buried i

Sailing in junkyard

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   This boat belonging to the Saudi Coast Guard was spotted in a scrapyard on Haj Street in Makkah. It is unknown how the boat ended up in a city that does not have any coastal areas. — Courtesy Makkah daily

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Diplomat: Kingdom ‘strongly committed’ to EU projects

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  Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH — Collaborations involving the European Union and Saudi Arabia will include a wide range of programs, projects and aid to Third World countries as well as joint counterterrorism efforts, said a top European diplomat. Speaking to

Private hospitals carrying out illegal gender selection

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  Saudi Gazette report  DAMMAM — Private hospitals are carrying out pre-conception gender selection operations and reporting them as IV fertilization or artificial fertilization in response to a growing number of patients’ requests, Al-Hayat daily reported. Pre-conce

Saudization is detrimental

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  Idris Al-Drees Al-Watan    WE, the Arabs, are only marginal figures or consumers among the actors that make up modern civilization. This is simply because we have not contributed anything to the creation of modern civilization. Because of our position on the sidelines, we are learning the basics from

International schools mourn victims of Peshawar massacre

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  Saeed Haider Saudi Gazette   DHAHRAN – Students and teachers of several international schools in the Kingdom on Wednesday mourned the victims of Tuesday's Peshawar carnage in which at least 148 children and staff members of an army public school were massacred by terrorists. Although

More Saudi women to land top govt jobs

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  Abdullah Al-Ghamdi Okaz/Saudi Gazette  RIYADH — The new employment strategy of the Ministry of Civil Service will ensure Saudi women with senior executive positions in government, its deputy minister has said. Saleh Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Shuhaib did not specify when

Pakistani heroin smuggler executed

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   DAMMAM — A Pakistani national was executed in the Kingdom for heroin smuggling on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. Mohammed Ghafour Hashim Khan was convicted of smuggling “a large amount” of heroin into the country, the ministry said in a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency. The sentence was carried out in the Easte

Two women arrested for embezzlement

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   MAKKAH — A 35-year-old Saudi and a 40-year-old Yemeni women were arrested for allegedly embezzling money from widows and divorcees under the pretext of helping them to buy their own private houses. According to Makkah daily on Thursday, the two women told the victims that they would provide them with accommodation from a rich man who was kno

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   RIYADH — The ministries of finance and social affairs have received instructions from higher authorities to expedite the establishment of special shelter homes for abused children, local daily Al-Watan reported on Thursday. According to the report, the Finance Ministry has been instructed to allocate enough funds for the Ministry of Social A

Emirs, ministers exempt from assessment

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   RIYADH — The director of the Public Administration Institute has said his organization’s Performance Assessment Center will not evaluate the performance of emirs of provinces or ministers. Ahmed Al-Shuaibi told a press conference in Riyadh on Wednesday: “The center will at present focus mainly on the assessment of the performance

Haia member fired after ‘dancing in car’

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   RIYADH — A senior staffer of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Riyadh was relieved from his position and demoted after he was accused of dancing while in a Haia car. The official was identified only as the head of a commission center in Riyadh. The man was also accused of receiving gifts from a mall.

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   MAKKAH — Starting mid next year, the Labor Ministry will not issue any work visas for the private sector to import foreign recruits to do certain jobs if there are Saudi applicants for these positions. The ministry will cancel the visa request and send the Saudi applicant to the company instead. The move aims to reduce imports of foreign man

Shoura urges Haia to provide more training to members

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  Saudi Gazette report  RIYADH - The Shoura Council on Tuesday told the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) to run more workshops on social etiquette and public communication for its members, Al-Hayat reported. The council’s Islamic and jud