50,000 Indian pilgrims arrive for Haj

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH — As of Monday, around 50,000 Indian Haj pilgrims have arrived in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, according to Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak. He said that these pilgrims arrived on board 150 flights that landed at Prince Muhammad In

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Gang arrested for battery theft

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   BURAIDAH — The police arrested a gang of five men who confessed to stealing car batteries. Qassim Police spokesman, Capt. Badr Al-Suhaibani, said the suspects were Saudi and expatriates, and that police managed to catch them in the act of stealing batteries. The men confessed to their involvement in 20 theft cases, and also g

Drug smuggled executed

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   RIYADH — A Pakistani man convicted of smuggling heroin into the Kingdom was executed here on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Interior, the man, Mohammad Rasheed Mohammad Shareef, tried for smuggling heroin by swallowing small balls of the drug and concealing them in his stomach. He confessed to the crime and the General

Seven arrested on theft charges

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   JEDDAH — Police arrested a gang of seven men, including five Saudis and two expatriates, after citizens reported several thefts from shopping centers, taxis and homes. Acting spokesman for Makkah Police, Capt. Fahd Al-Malki, said police investigated the reports and an officer was disguised as a taxi driver. The

340 Indian pilgrims evacuated after fire

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   MADINAH — A total of 340 Indian pilgrims were evacuated after a fire broke out in their residential building. Madinah Civil Defense spokesman Col. Khalid Al-Jihani said the fire broke out in a room on the first floor of the five-story building, but that no injuries were recorded. After the Civil Defense recommended the pilgri

Electrical fault leads to students' evacuation

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   QURAYYAT, AL-JOUF — More than 500 students were evacuated from Al-Thaminah Girls Primary School due to an electricity fault. Qurayyat education director, Ali Al-Atshan, said a problem was noticed in the the school's electricity generator and therefor all 500 students were evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Sea pollution: Officials seem passing the buck

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   JEDDAH — An anonymous amateur captured 20 seconds of under sea video footage that was enough to reopen the case file of polluted Jeddah seawater, Al-Hayat reported on Monday. Decades of negligence and lack of supervision contaminated the one thing that Jeddah consider

Missing man found dead in Makkah

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   MAKKAH – A man, who went missing during heavy rain in Makkah on Sunday evening, was found dead in a pool of water in Al-Moqreh district, according to Naif Al-Sharif, spokesman of the General Department of Civil Defense in Makkah. “Rescue teams from the departme

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Funeral prayers

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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   Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier and minister of interior, offers funeral prayer for Princess Nawf Bint Abdulaziz after Asr prayers at Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh on Monday. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Asheikh led the prayers attended by Prince Ahmad Bin Abdulaziz, several other princes, scholars, senior civilian and

MOE and the careless student

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saeed Al-Soraihi Okaz   THE buildings, the boy and girl students, the male and female teachers, the cafeterias and press statements of the officials of the Education Ministry alone will not translate the concept of school on the ground. There will be no meaning for the school if the text books have not rea

Ministers and lessons from MERS

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Mohammed Alehaidib Okaz   ONE of the most important lessons learned from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS), and other outbreaks of diseases and illnesses, is that money alone is insufficient to treat these contagious infections. Additionally, money cannot be an obstacle nor an excuse

Brawl at girls’ orphanage in Makkah

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   MAKKAH — Two girls at Dar Al-Zuhour Orphanage were involved in a fight using makeshift weapons, with one of them requiring hospitalization, Makkah daily reported.“The fight went out of control as the first inmate injured the second with a sharp object, leading

First group of Egyptian Hajis arrives in Madinah

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette   JEDDAH – The first group of Egyptian pilgrims for this year’s Haj arrived at Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz airport in Madinah on Sunday on an Egyptair flight from Alexandria’s Burj Al Arab airport. Egypt’s Consul General Adel El Alfy conf

Ministry: Enough seats still available for local pilgrims

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Khaled Al-Humaidi Okaz/Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — Enough seats are still available with the local Haj companies for domestic pilgrims, said Hussein Al-Sharif, undersecretary of the Haj Ministry refuting the companies' claims that they can no longer accept registration requests.“

Recruiters stop hiring maids from Bangladesh

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — Saudi recruitment offices have stopped recruiting housemaids from Bangladesh because they are not happy with the recruitment fee of SR7,000 per head decided by the Labor Ministry, according to local daily Al-Watan. The office owners also said recruitment offi

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Heavy rains lash Makkah; one drowns

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Badea Abu Al-Naja Saudi Gazette   MAKKAH — A man was found dead after drowning in a water pool following heavy rains in Makkah late Sunday while the Civil Defense rescued eight others tangled in the rainwater. The heavy downpour in Makkah and its suburbs continued for two hours creat

Hospitals in Taif suffer poor services and hygiene

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Muhammad Al-Subaie Okaz/Saudi Gazette   TAIF — Taif Health Directorate has not hired any cleaners for its hospitals in Al-Kharmah, Turbah and Rinyah governorates since a contract for hiring cleaners expired weeks ago. A source said the Ministry of Health usually has a contract with a

Shoura to grill education minister

August 31, 2015, 2:00 pm

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  Saudi Gazette report   RIYADH — The Shoura Council has called for a meeting with the Minister of Education to discuss the performance of his ministry during the past year, Al-Madinah reported. A source said the council would like to discuss the scholarship program with the minister and whet

Vehicle veers off road into a valley

September 1, 2015, 2:00 pm

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RIYADH — A man in his 80s sustained several fractures and injuries in a road accident. Riyadh Civil Defense reported the victim’s vehicle veered off the road and fell down a valley. The Civil Defense managed to rescue the victim and take him to the hospital.

House on fire

September 1, 2015, 2:00 pm

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TAIF — A fire broke out on the first floor of a house in Al-Atif and completely damaged two rooms, Taif Civil Defense spokesman said. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire before more damage could have been done. There were no casualties, the spokesman said.