Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH, MADINAH, JAZAN, BISHA — Three young men drowned in a valley in Bisha governorate in Asir Province and an 18-month-old infant girl died on Al-Sail Road between Taif and Makkah as heavy rains and floods lashed various parts of the King
4 dead, 47 rescued as rains lash several areas
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Rotten meat fed to patients; cook held
Fatima Al-Amri
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH — Police here arrested a cook working at Wadi Al-Far’ Hospital for incorrectly storing meat in his friend’s refrigerator until the meat went rotten and then cooking it and serving it to patients at the hospital.
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Levels Rise
Najran Valley Dam, whose water levels rose to 10 million cubic meters during the past 48 hours, the levels soaring due to incessant rains. — SPA
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Military might
Emir of Asir Prince Faisal Bin Khaled presided over the graduation ceremony of the 59th batch of the special emergency forces in Abha on Wednesday. The event also featured a military exercise of the forces positioned in remote areas in the province. — SPA
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Families refusing to accept women released from prison
Zain Anbar
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Several families in Jeddah are reluctant to take back daughters who have been released from prison after serving sentences for various crimes.“About 30 percent of families have totally refused to take back women who h
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The beautiful beggar
Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz A BEAUTIFUL woman stopped me at the entrance of a pharmacy in a health center that is usually crowded. She was speaking in a flirtatious voice and since she was good-looking and well-dressed, I thought she was going to ask me for information about something. It never came to my mind that this w
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Job fairs open up employment market for Saudis
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has launched an initiative to help Saudis get jobs in the private sector.
The initiative — in cooperation with the Human Resources Development Fund, King Abdulaziz University and various
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25 Saudi women employed at Riyadh’s Al-Hair prison ‘hotel’
Mansour Al-Shihri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Twenty-five Saudi women are providing services to residents of the Family Home in Al-Hair prison in Riyadh where prisoners being investigated or jailed for involvement in security cases are held.
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Muqrin receives Carter
Crown Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz, deputy prime minister, received former US president Jimmy Carter and his accompanying delegation in Riyadh, Wednesday. They exchanged cordial talks on several issues. The audience was attended by Prince Faisal Bin Khaled Bin Sultan and Prince Mansour Bin Muqrin, advisors at the Crown Prince’s Court; and Abdulaziz Bin Saleh
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Saudi Search and Rescue Team to get world’s top classification
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Directorate General of Civil Defense has completed all arrangements to host a visiting team from the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) to grant its Heavy Classification to the Saudi Search and Rescue Team.
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Jail, fine for electronic data abusers
RIYADH — The Shoura Council will vote on Monday on the report of its transport and communications committee, including proposals tabled by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, to severely punish anyone who issues electronic certificates without being authorized by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC). Accor
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11 killed, 3 missing in floods
JEDDAH — The recent heavy rains that caused floods in various parts of the Kingdom have killed 11 people, left three missing and trapped 456 vehicles, the Directorate General of Civil Defense announced on Thursday. It said four people died in Makkah region, three in Asir, three in Najran and one in Riyadh. The directorate said its personnel were able to r
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Madinah Haj terminal work ongoing
MADINAH — Construction work on the second phase of King Abdullah’s SR50 billion Haj terminal project in Madinah has started. During this phase, the administrative facilities will be built. They will accommodate more than 31,000 employees. During the first phase, the basic infrastructures have been completed and the third stage will witness the
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Only give charity to those who are truly in need
Ali Al-Khozaim
Al-Jazirah
The way people deal with street cleaners, both those in the Kingdom legally and illegally, seems like an ongoing comedy, something that I find hilarious.
As a people, we are very emotional and perhaps more emotional than is normal. Psychologists describe it as naïve enthusiasm triggered by ce
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The sheer madness of the discrimination against women
Zainab Ghasib
Al-Hayat
I went to the branch office of a local telecommunications company to buy a SIM card. When I got to there, I discovered that it was closed for Isha prayer for some 45 minutes. When it opened, a number of women, including myself, entered. However, the security guard insisted that only women with their male guardians
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Why are there so many reckless drivers in Saudi Arabia?
Yousif Al-Mehaimeed
Al-Jazirah
I wish a news reporter would interview some drivers and ask them how they feel when they see a sign on the car in front of them indicating that the driver is being trained how to drive. How do they react when they see this? Do they drive carefully or do they act as if they simply do not care? Why do people
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Bangladesh mission observes Independence and National Day
RIYADH — The Embassy of Bangladesh commemorated the 44th anniversary of the Independence and National Day of Bangladesh at the chancery premises Thursday in a befitting manner. The day’s program included recitation from the Holy Qur’an, ceremonial hoisting of the national flag by Ambassador Golam Moshi and reading out of the me
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Insurance companies continue to raise prices
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Vehicle insurance has become an essential and indispensible matter. Many owners of vehicles continue to suffer because insurance companies refuse to comply with the conditions mentioned in the policy when a traffic accident occurs. In such a situation, insurance companies often delay payment d
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Trip down memory lane
Saudi Gazette report The old classic cars, parked near the gates of the Seventh Klija Festival in Buraidah, have proven to be the biggest draw. Not only the distinctive age and the looks of the cars has attracted a large number of visitors and lovers of klija, (traditional dessert made of wheat dough and cinnamon, ginger, sugar, and cardamom fi
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School students stuck between a rock and a hard place
Omar Majali Okaz/Saudi Gazette One day at twelve o’clock in the afternoon while the students of Al-Thaghar School were coming out of the gate, one of them was run over by a car while he was trying to cross the street. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, who had rushed to accident site. The accident happ
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