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Narrowed Madinah ring road unsafe

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Sami Al-Maghamsi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — A large number of accidents have lately been occurring regularly on the city’s third ring road. It is largely because the Haramain train project being carried out near the road is causing chaos to drivers due to the temporary narrowing of the road. Because of this

Saudi woman ‘employed’ without her knowledge

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Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi woman who applied for a job while her papers were being processed by the General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI) was surprised to learn that she was already on the payroll of a reputed private company. In order to prove that she was not an employee for this company, the woman, ident

Scholars and women’s work

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Abdo Khal Okaz newspaper A few scholars recently visited the Ministry of Labor’s headquarters and presented a report about the disadvantages of allowing women to go out and work. It is obvious that these scholars still believe that women should not work outside their homes. If they staunchly feel that there is a stigma

Indian professor embraces Islam

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Saudi Gazette QASSIM — An Indian professor at the University of Qassim has embraced Islam and changed her name from “Ritu” to “Nour.” Professor Nour expressed great happiness at embracing Islam, saying she converted because of her great admiration of the good manners, virtues and morality of the Muslim staff around h

Minimum wage for private guards fixed

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Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The minimum salary for private security personnel will be SR3,000 along with other benefits from 2013, industry sources told Al-Jazirah newspaper. The decision will benefit more than 500,000 Saudi job seekers. Monitoring committees will ensure companies and government bodies that employ security personnel implement t

Al-Aghar Group to hold workshop today

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Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Al-Aghar Group will review in a workshop on Thursday the results of its “Knowledge Family” study at the headquarters of National Commercial Bank (NCB) here. The objective of the workshop is to enrich the study’s results and recommendations. Fahd Abu Al-Nasr, Executive President of Al-Aghar Group, sai

Faulty thermometer implicates hospital

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Mishal Al-Otaibi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — A medical team in a private hospital here almost caused a medical disaster by basing their diagnosis on a faulty thermometer. A three-year-old was brought in for examination, and the thermometer showed 39 degrees Celsius, prompting the medical team to treat the fever. Des

Expatriate jailed and to be deported

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Mishal Al-Otaibi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Riyadh district court sentenced an expatriate to four months in prison and 70 lashes for immoral and unethical acts in front of a girl’s school. He is to be deported after completing his sentence. The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of V

Jeddah police arrest security impersonators

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Abdulrahman Al-Ali Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Jeddah police have arrested two Palestinian nationals for cheating and robbing expatriates by impersonating security personnel. In addition one of them was charged with kidnapping a juvenile. The Palestinians were caught after two Bangladeshi nationals rep

Crossing in Madinah is risky business due to paucity of pedestrian bridges

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Meslih Al-Harbi Okaz/Saudi Gazette Madinah – The main streets of Madinah have become the scene of repeated accidents involving pedestrians, city residents claimed. Speeding and a lack of pedestrian bridges and crossing are the reasons for these accidents, they said. Residents claimed that they lose a friend or relativ

GCC heads of state to meet in Manama

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Saeed Al Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Bahrain will host the 33 summit of the Supreme Council of GCC states next Monday and Tuesday. The summit of the Gulf heads of states will be held in Manama, according to GCC Council Secretary-General Dr. Abdullateef Al-Zayani. “The summit comes at a very delicate time in

King, Crown Prince mourn death of Sheikh Subail

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   Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal offers his condolences to the sons of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Subail at their residence in Makkah on Wednesday.  Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, is also seen in the picture. — SPA  Saudi Gazette report

Crash victim family faults Madinah’s health body

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Saudi Gazette report YANBU – The brother of a comatose accident victim in Madinah has blamed the Directorate of the Health Affairs in Madinah for not carrying out the health minister’s directives, thus leaving the victim and the family in a bureaucratic tangle. Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah had directed the dir

Saihat farms suffering from methanol dumping

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SAIHAT – Farms west of Saihat City, Qatif governorate, claimed large quantities of poisonous chemical methanol have been dumped near them for the last seven years by an industrial company in Al-Khobar. Companies have reportedly resorted to this practice to save money instead of paying a specialized company to do the job instead and dispose

Prawn farm development will help industry: KAU head

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Jeddah — President of King Abdulaziz University Prof. Osama Tayyeb inaugurated the expansion of a fish farm facility at the university’s Faculty of Marine Sciences in Obhur. He praised the project as he said it would allow students to gain practical experience to support their academic studies. He said: “I

Foreigners blamed for cement shortage in Jeddah

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Saudi Gazette  Jeddah — Manipulation of the cement market by foreigners has created a shortage in supplies in Jeddah, reported Al-Madinah newspaper. Consumers believe foreign workers have resorted to increasing prices to compensate for the increase in work permit fees ordered by the Ministry of the Labor. The fee

The citizen and the administrator

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Mohammed Bin Sulaiman Al-Ehaidib Okaz Newspaper We asked the youth to get educated and they have done that. They obtained all the required certificates, from diplomas to Master’s and PhDs. The youth, however, were in for a devastating surprise. Nobody wants to recognize their certificates or appreciate their qualificat

Saudization and minimum wages for foreigners

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Dr. Saeed Al-Siraihi Okaz newspaper When Labor Minister Adel Fakieh was mayor of Jeddah, Okaz hosted him in an exclusive dialogue with its reporters and writers. I remember I said to him that the residents of Jeddah would not be content with him unless he achieved for the city the same success he had with private company of which he was ch

Women to manage Muaqib offices

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Hassan Baswaid and Abdulaziz Ghazawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette  JEDDAH – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has allowed women to manage Muaqib (general administration) offices and debt collection offices. It has also allowed them to run other business in conjunction with these offices as long as they are pe

Al-Khalidi kidnapping, Al-Enizi killing linked

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Faheem Al-Hamid Okaz/Saudi Gazette  SANA’A – Brig. Gen. Omar Abdulkareem, Director of Sana’a Security, has stated that the assassination of a Saudi diplomat in Yemen and the abduction of another are clearly linked, and both operations were carried out by Al-Qaeda. He said the killing
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