Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH – Two patients in Riyadh and Jeddah will benefit from the liver and kidneys of a brain dead expatriate in Makkah.
Qassim Al-Khateeb, director of the central care unit at Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Makkah, said a Public Security helicopter
Brain dead expat's organs save two lives
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Security tightened for all mosques
DAMMAM — The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Call and Guidance is currently coordinating with security bodies to provide protection for the Kingdom’s 94,300 mosques. The ministry, according to Al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday, would not reveal the nature of the measures for security reasons. Spokesman of Eastern Province Police
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Saudi families have lost SR2b because of runaway domestic workers
Aliya Al-Shalhoub
Al Riyadh
Saudis are pinning their hopes on the Council of Economy and Development under the chairmanship of Prince Muhammad Bin Salman who is known for his decisive action and decisions. Reports show that Saudis have lost SR2 billion due to 97,000 runaway drivers and housemaids. These domestic worker
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Don’t allow the police to punish drivers for undocumented traffic violations
Ibrahim Mohammad Badawoud
Al Madinah
Anyone who makes a mistake must be brought to account and those who deliberately act wrongfully must be punished. Anyone who encroaches on the rights of another has to be subjected to the law. However, it is necessary for them to be given the chance to express their point of view an
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Al-Anoud blast victims laid to rest
DAMMAM — Thousands of mourners participated on Wednesday in the funeral procession of four men who were killed in an explosion outside Imam Hussain Mosque in Dammam’s Al-Anoud District last Friday. The mourners came from the Eastern Province, various parts of the Kingdom, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and other GCC countries. The victims were
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Ban all energy drinks!
Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Ahaideb
Okaz
Our problem is we forget a lot. We have forgotten about people who were killed by energy drinks. In fact, these drinks are dangerous and harmful to people’s brains, livers and kidneys. Hundreds of people see doctors because of brain damage, liver and kidney failure, and various c
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Consensus on Istanbul Process in OIC meet
A group photo of OIC officials and members of UN member states at the end of the 5th meeting of the Istanbul Process of combatting religious discrimination and violence in Jeddah on Thursday. — Photo by Layan Damanhouri Layan Damanhouri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH &mda
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Volunteers without support
Saudi Gazette report Volunteer work, in many countries, is considered important and in some cases obligatory. In Switzerland, for example, volunteering is obligatory for those who do not meet military service conditions and are under 20 years of age. They must contribute to the greater interest of their country until they rea
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Tackling unemployment
Saudi Gazette report Unemployment is a major social and economic problem that can cause several negative effects to any society any place around the world. It needs drastic solutions and innovative approaches to handle it. Ignoring it will not make it go away, Al-Sharq daily reported. Although the Ministry of
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Driving license exposes SR1.1m embezzler
QURAYYAT — The Traffic Department in Qurayyat governorate uncovered an Arab expatriate suspected of embezzling more than SR1.1 million from his former employer.
The authorities had issued an all-points bulletin for the man’s arrest after he went into hiding following a complaint against him by the employer. However, the man&rsqu
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Young man desecrates mosques
AL-RASS — Police in Al-Rass arrested a young man for desecrating several mosques in the governorate and tearing copies of the Holy Qur’an. According Maj. Badr Al-Suhaibani, spokesman for Qassim Police, officers received a number of complaints in this connection. Undercover officers observed a 20-year-old man and arrested him. Upon interrogation
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EgyptAir plane makes emergency landing
MADINAH — An EgyptAir plane flying from King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh to Cairo made an emergency landing at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah after cracks appeared on the aircraft’s windshield. Khaled Ibrahim Owaidha, general manager of human resources and spokesman of Taiba Company for Airport Operati
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8,000 stranded Yemenis airlifted to Sanaa
RIYADH — Over 8,000 Yemenis who had been stranded in Egypt, Jordan and India were airlifted to Sanaa International Airport from Bisha in Saudi Arabia. Their evacuation was carried out under the supervision of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Works and in cooperation with the cell for evacuation and humanitarian operations in the Min
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Medical insurance for citizens under study
ABHA — Minister of Health Khaled Al-Falih said his ministry is studying modalities of providing medical insurance to all Saudi citizens. The medical insurance system started in the private sector and has been expanded to cover over 10 million Saudis, expatriates and their families. He said private sector employees and their families receive healthcar
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Blast suspects on the run, says Al-Turki
RIYADH — Spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki said terror suspects on the list of 16 wanted men announced by the ministry on Wednesday and several others arrested over the past few weeks were believed to have been involved in terrorist plots including suicide attacks, in addition to links to Al-Qudaih and Al-Anoud mosque b
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SIM cards are being sold without the need for an iqama
Samar Al-Miqrin
Al-Jazirah
I went to the market in Riyadh to buy a pre-paid SIM card for a domestic worker and showed my ID to the clerk. “It’s not needed,” he said. I asked: “Didn’t the Communications and Information Technology Commission issue a regulation regarding this several years ago that made it compu
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Who is responsible for the domestic worker recruitment crisis?
Yasser Ali Al-Marek
Al-Riyadh
The recruitment issue has proved to be a difficult one with no solution on the horizon. Saudis still fall easy prey to recruitment offices that only have the goal of making money and this takes place amid the complete silence of the Ministry of Labor and its seeming inability to protect the rights of citizens
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Set up daycare centers so that children are not left with housemaids
Abdulaziz Al-Muhammad Al-Thakeer
Al-Riyadh
Saudi women are always worried and restless when they leave their children with neighbors or relatives and go to work. They feel concerned when the person taking care of their children is a housemaid. How can a woman be creative and perform her duties well if she is going to be worried about her
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Scores of joyriders detained in Riyadh
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Criminal investigation teams from the Traffic Department in Riyadh have arrested at least 53 joyriders and scores of spectators watching them during the school examination period. Those detained for joyriding included 33 students, 15 employees and five unemploye
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Pomp, gaiety mark Telangana Day
Tarek Miskhas lighting the candle to open the Mushaira. Also seen in the picture, (left to right) Syed Jamal Qadri, Imran Pratapgarhi, Dr. Majed Deobandi, Tahir Faraaz and Syed Khaja Viqaruddin. — SG photo by Abdul Rahman M. Baig Abdul Rahman M. Baig Saudi Gazette What better way to celebrate the first anniv
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