MAKKAH — The Ministry of Transport is currently carrying out a project for the expansion and improvement of Makkah-Jeddah Expressway by adding a fifth lane in both directions for a distance of 75 km.
This will be in one stage starting from Al-Shumaysi checkpoint to the gateway to Jeddah.
Director General of th
Jeddah Expressway to have fifth lane
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High drama at port as drug plot foiled
JEDDAH — Jeddah Islamic Port witnessed an exciting scenario while unloading a container filled with drugs that arrived from Lebanon.
The consignment of 700,000 narcotic tablets, which according to specialists is sufficient to destroy 100,000 youths, was to be dispatched to Riyadh.
Sources said the gangsters us
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Coronavirus kills 10 more in a week
RIYADH — The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has killed 10 more people in the Kingdom over the past week, pushing the death toll above 400, as health officials broaden their campaign to halt its spread.
The latest deaths occurred between Feb. 27 and March 5, adding to a surge of cases that killed 30 people
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Gulf Traffic Week starts Sunday
AL-KHOBAR — Emir of the Eastern Province Prince Saud Bin Naif will launch on Sunday the Gulf Traffic Week 31 under the motto “Your decision determines your fate”.
The traffic week is being supervised by the Eastern Province Traffic Department with the participation of 25 government and private agencies.
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Capitalizing on human skills
Saudi Gazette report ACCORDING to numerous studies, training employees can improve overall performance and productivity and improve their chances of being promoted. However, many employers in the Kingdom are unwilling to provide training to their employees due to the high costs associated with training progra
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If men knew women well
Nahid Ba’shateh
Al Jazeera
If men knew as much about themselves as women do about them, the world would be a different place.
But the problem with many men is that they think they know women well and do not need to understand how their brains work.
Men focus on the reality of women
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Why do Saudi youth carry knives?
Ahmad Al-Hilali
Makkah
Many of us still remember Muhammad Bakur Baranawee, a schoolteacher who was stabbed to death by one of his students.
We also remember the Al-Ahsa teacher who was stabbed by a parent but then miraculously survived and the principal in Asir who was also stabbed.
Th
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DOMESTIC CONCERN
Saudi Gazette report IT is an endless drama in which the main actors are expatriate drivers and maids. For some Saudi homes, it has become a never-ending nightmare: Maids run away after working for a few months, forcing families to make the difficult choice of paying recruitment fees once again and waiting for months for a ne
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Fake Saudization harms the reputation of Saudi youth
Maysoon Abu Bakur
Al Jazeera
Several companies recently began employing Saudis for the purpose of meeting Saudization requirements.
They pay the employees monthly salaries without asking them to report to work or to do anything else.
The reason for this is to ensure that the companies r
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National fund for divorcees, widows and orphans mooted
Saudi Gazette report MANY sociologists and family counselors have agreed that there is a dire need for establishing a national fund to support divorcées, widows and orphans in the country. These calls come at a time when there are no official or accurate statistics about the number of people in these thr
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359 illegals detained in Asir crackdown
ABHA — Police here arrested a total of 359 illegal expatriates during the past week. Asir Police spokesman Col. Abdullah Al-Thafran said 235 of expatriates did not have any identity documents with them. The police also arrested an illegal expatriate with a forged residency permit, another who had failed to report to work and five expatriates
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Six injured in Dheba accident
DHEBA, Tabuk – Six members of an Egyptian family were injured in a road accident here. Tabuk Red Crescent spokesman Khalid Al-Enizi said the victims were taken to Dheba Public Hospital. The father, 45, and the mother, 37, suffered severe injuries and are in critical condition while the couple’s four daughters aged 11 to 3 are in stable
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Saudi caught smuggling illegals
MAKKAH — Traffic police arrested a Saudi man for attempting to smuggle four illegal Ethiopian expatriates. Makkah Police reported the Saudi man charged SR1,000 per person to smuggle them into the province. The man had the expatriates dress in women’s clothes and also had them put on face veils to avoid detection. Police arrested all fi
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Huge liquor haul in Jazan
DHAMAD, Jazan — Police here arrested a Saudi man for attempting to smuggle 120 bottles of liquor. Jazan Police said a car heading to the south of the province was stopped for inspection. Police found the alcohol bottles in boxes in the back of the truck. They destroyed the alcohol, seized the vehicle and arrested the driver. In another opera
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Man, 95, saved from house fire
TURAIF — A 95-year-old man was saved by his sons from a fire that started in his room due to a gas leak from the heater. Northern Borders Red Crescent spokesman Musaed Al-Enizi said the nonagenarian suffered second degree burns on his hands and lower body. He was taken to Turaif General Hospital for treatment.
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4 held for possessing weapons, drugs
JAZAN - Police here arrested two Saudis and two expatriates for the possession of a large quantity of weapons and drugs. Jazan Police spokesman Khalid Bin Qaziz said police suspected the four men and tracked them down to a deserted house. Inside, they found 191 different kinds of guns, 3,283 rounds of ammunition, two hand grenades, 48 blocks of ha
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2,139 abuse cases filed in one year
Saudi Gazette Report
RIYADH — The Violence and Abuse Protection Unit at the Ministry of Health recorded 2,139 cases of violence and abuse in the past one year.
The report revealed 848 of the cases involved victims aged 30 to 60. It showed 1,246 of the cases involved abuse against spouses
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Alwaleed pays SR5m to save death row prisoner
Abdullah Al-Hikaimi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), paid SR5 million in blood money for Mohammad Al-Aqili, a Saudi convicted of murder in 2012.
Al-Aqili got into a fight with another man in January
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‘Policy of inclusion’ brings global recognition to Riyadh school
Holding the Gess Trophy are Executive Principal of Multinational School Julia Jefferson (2nd R); Claire Harris (2nd L), principal combined support services; Smita Bakshi (R), coordinator, and Dima Sahmarani (L), head of Special Needs Department. — Courtesy photo RIYADH — The Multination
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Girls schools in Hail introduce sports
Miteb Al-Awwad
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
HAIL — A number of girl schools in Hail have established special sports facilities including physical fitness clubs on their premises. The news comes less than 72 hours after Education Minister Azzam Al-Dakhil's statement that sports in girl sc
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