MAKKAH — The Civil Defense evacuated a hostel where nurses working for a Makkah hospital lived after a fire started in the building’s elevator. The ensuing smoke caused panic in the building. Firefighters managed to control the flames and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
Hostel evacuated after elevator fire
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Father, son killed in apartment fire
MAKKAH — Two people were killed when a fire started in a small apartment in the Al-Sharaie neighborhood east of Makkah. The Civil Defense rushed to the apartment building and managed to evacuate all tenants except the victims. The fire started in one of the apartment’s rooms. A father in his 40s and his 11-year-old son died in the accident. Two othe
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Illegal structures removed
A land encroachment committee from the Al-Umrah branch municipality removed illegal structures in two land plots north of Makkah. Heavy machinery were brought to the site to demolish the buildings with support from ground teams. Loaie Ashour, head of the municipality
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Official tells Aligarians to generate jobs for new AMU grads
Aqeel Jamil JEDDAH — AMU Alumni Jeddah Committee hosted a reception in honor of AMU Pro Vice Chancellor Brig. Ahmed Ali, who is visiting the Kingdom to perform Umrah. While addressing the gathering, Ali highlighted elaborate steps taken to improve overall development of AMU and achievements made so far. He
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Educator felicitated for three decades of yeoman service
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Kerala Kalasahiti, a leading socio cultural organization, recently feted Paul Joy, the headmaster of Open Schooling and NIOS at International Indian School, Jeddah, on his completion of three decades of dedicated service in education. Speakers at a function held at Village Resta
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‘Noticeable increase’ in document forgery
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — As many as 15 courts in the Kingdom have looked into 64 forgery lawsuits involving official documents last year, local newspapers reported on Monday quoting court sources.
The sources said the same courts considered 78 cases of forging unofficial documents.
They s
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Trucks banned from Makkah in peak hours
Ibrahim Khudair
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — Trucks and heavy vehicles will not be allowed to enter Makkah during peak hours of traffic, according to the director of traffic police in the holy city.“There will be undercover security patrols monitoring 18 entry points around the clock to prevent
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KACST, Arabsat ink $650 million satellite deal
Nawaf Afet
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH – King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) signed deals worth $650 million to manufacture and launch two communication satellites.
The contracts were awarded to the US aer0space giant Lockheed M
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Aftershocks continue to jolt expats from earthquake-hit Indian regions
Syeda Amtul
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Expatriates from northern India and Nepal shuddered each time their city shook from the aftershocks of Saturday’s massive earthquake that measured 6.3 on the Richter scale.“My parents live in an apartment building in Lucknow and I’m feeling s
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No place for an evil entourage
Qaisar Mutawea Al-Madinah It is a fact of life that no top official in any ministry or government department works alone. He will have a number of aides and assistants who will help him achieve his vision to improve the services his department is providing. There was a time when we used to have senior officials who would ex
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Prime suspect in dagger attack on Asir schoolboy arrested
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — Police have arrested a secondary school student in Khamis Mushayat who allegedly stabbed one of his classmates with a dagger after school last week. The incident, according to Al-Watan on Tuesday, took place outside the First Secondary School. The victim was 18-year
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4,000 AIDS patients stranded as hospital awaits shutdown
Hussain Hazzazi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Around 4,000 thousand AIDS patients do not know where they will get medical treatment after Jeddah Health Affairs said it would shut down King Saud Hospital (KSH) within a fortnight, medical sources told Okaz/Saudi Gazette.
The patients’ records have n
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Municipality trains education officers to monitor school meals
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Municipality of Jeddah launched an initiative to train education officers to check that food provided at schools is safe.
The training is provided in cooperation with the Department of Education in Jeddah and the municipality’s licensing and market moni
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Death toll from Qassim collapse hits 7; 2 workers still trapped
Saudi Gazette report
BURAIDAH – The death toll from Monday’s collapse of a convention center under construction on Al-Qassim University campus reached seven with two others trapped under the debris, according to Civil Defense and Red Crescent sources.
Six injured workers have been admitted to hospitals
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US to work with KSA to ensure global health security: Envoy
Saleh Fareed Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Emir of Riyadh Prince Faisal Bin Bandar inaugurated the C3 Saudi-US Healthcare Forum 2015 on Monday evening. The opening ceremony was also attended by Joseph W. Westphal, the US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, and Khalid Bin Abdullah Al-Araj, minister of civil service a
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Expats arrested for cheating citizens
UMLUJ, Tabuk — Police arrested two expatriates of an Arab nationality, one in his 60s and one in his 30s, accused of cheating workers at commercial shops. Police began investigating the case after receiving a number of reports from different shops. The con men go to stores and show a note of SR500 in front of the cashier then go and buy groc
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Two injured in Taif car chase
TAIF — Police are currently investigating a car chase on Al-Shafa Road that resulted in injuries to two people. The victims were taken to hospital. According to a statement from a Saudi man involved in the case, a group of people chased his car and drew their weapons on him. Due to their high speed, the two vehicles were involved in an accid
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Motorist carrying illegal goods held
MADINAH — A highway patrol at a checkpoint on the Madinah-Tabuk Highway arrested a Saudi man in his 30s for carrying drugs, weapons and ammunition. Police suspected the driver and when they pulled him over and searched the car, they found more than 5,000 drug pills and an unlicensed weapon and 23 bullets?.? Police seized the goods and took t
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Suspect in cabbie murder arrested
JEDDAH — Police have arrested a man who allegedly murdered a taxi driver. Officers said they were contacted after the body of the victim was discovered beaten to death in the Al-Samer neighborhood, east Jeddah. Teams from the police and forensic department arrived at the location to collect evidence. Police began looking at suspects with rec
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Drug smuggling attempt foiled
MADINAH — Customs officials at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport foiled an attempt to smuggle 710 grams of cocaine into the country. Head of Customs at the airport Faisal Al-Dabbagh said officers grew suspicious of an arriving passenger and inspected him. They then found the cocaine hidden inside his clothes. Al-Dabbagh sai
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