Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Some 2,700 inmates of prisons under the General Investigation Bureau will initially benefit from the Interior Ministry’s newly launched electronic gate, Tawasol, it was announced on Sunday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki told a pres
2,700 inmates to benefit from e-gate in first phase
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Tree Week
Jazan Emir Prince Muhammad Bin Nasser inaugurates the activities of a Tree Week in the region by planting a sapling at the Corniche Gardens at the center of Jazan city on Sunday. — SPA
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Woman, 28, takes refuge at Abha shelter alleging abuse
Saudi Gazette report
ABHA — Zubaidah, a 28-year-old Saudi woman, has taken refuge at the Social Protection Home in Abha. She alleged that her brothers started to physically abuse her after they had refused to let her marry a young man who proposed to her on the pretext of tribal incompatibility.
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MoH to sue online newspaper for slander
Saeed Al-Khotani
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health said it will sue the online Saudi newspaper Sabq for publishing a report accusing it of retaining a senior health official who had violated administrative regulations at his post when he should have been terminated from his job more than 12 years ago.
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Kingdom under the spotlight
Mazen Baleelah
Al-Madinah
The consul for culture and tourism at the Turkish Embassy has said that Saudis could obtain entry visas to Turkey in a matter of few minutes at the country’s airports without the need to go to any Turkish embassy or consulate in their country.
A British official has, on the other hand, reveal
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Fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter ‘incite subversion’
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Many Iranian and Iraqi Twitter/Facebook accounts operating under the guise of Saudi names have been discovered by the Assakina Campaign for Dialogue (ACD), said ACD President Sheikh Abdul Monem Al-Mashooh.
The accounts seek to incite public opinion against the g
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Senior Jamiaite honored in Al-Khobar
AL–KHOBAR — The alumni of New Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), recently honored Ghizal Mahdi, a senior Jamiaite who was here on a private visit. The alumni also decided to develop a data base of the Jamiaites in various cities of the Eastern Province in order to hold a general body meeting sometime in the next three months to
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Court to resume flood case today
Abdul Rahman Al-Ali
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Administrative Court is due to continue Tuesday hearing the case of three people who indirectly contributed to severe floods in Jeddah in 2009 and 2011.
One of the defendants is an Arab with European citizenship who used to work for an engineering
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MoL: Raids not targeting schools
RIYADH — The Ministry of Labor Monday denied reports that the current drive to flush out labor law violators is targeting school and hospital staffers.
Deputy Minister Mufreh Al-Haqabani said that there was no truth in the reports that the ministry’s officials are clipping iqamas (residence permits) during the drive. “As per the
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EP female teachers forced to foot school bills
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — A number of female school teachers working in Dammam and Al-Qassim have complained that their school principals required them to pay plumbing fees in exchange for positive scores in their performance evaluation reports, Al-Hayat daily reported.
The schools requi
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Shoura OKs regulations to tackle flight of tenants
RIYADH — The Shoura Council approved regulations to settle disputes involving landlords and tenants following the flight of tenants without settling dues and handing over keys of apartments.
Dr. Fahad Al-Hamad, assistant president of the council, told Saudi Press Agency that the council approved the recommendations of the Administration an
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Land allocated to meet 9th Plan housing needs
RIYADH — The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has allocated 238 sites covering a total area of over 169 million sq. meters to the Ministry of Housing in various regions of the Kingdom. Hamad Al-Omar, spokesman of the ministry, said that the land will be used to build housing projects in accordance with the density of population and the requirements
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Pak poet Jarral’s contribution lauded
Muhammad Mujahid Syed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Literary societies and cultural forums in the city accorded a warm welcome to Noor Muhammad Jarral, a famous Pakistani poet, during his recent visit to the Kingdom. A long-time resident of the Kingdom but now based in the United States, Noor Jarral was here on a pri
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Toastmasters Area 15 speech contest held in Al-Khobar
Saudi Gazette report AL-KHOBAR — Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and leadership development. It has a strong membership of 280,000 members worldwide. These members improve their speaking and leadership skills by attending one of the 13,500 clubs spread across 116 countries.
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Youth should be motivated to help others, says Al Alami
Saman Ali DHAHRAN — The name Abdullah Al Alami resonates human rights. An avid fan of the famous American writer E.E. Cummings, Al Alami believes in respecting everyone and sharing his knowledge with those around him and afar. As Cummings once said, “Deeds cannot dream what dreams can
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Al-Turki’s work of art is real ready reference to the ‘Bride of the Red Sea’
L. Ramnarayan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Any form of compilation is painstaking work. And it is due to this fact most of the major compilation takes years to fructify. In addition, unless it is the work one loves the art of compiling would never by nurtured. Be it an encyclopedia or a dict
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Exorbitant rents make young Saudis despair
Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Many young Saudis said they feel depressed due to the inflated rents of apartments that cause them to fall into debt.
Their salaries are hardly enough to pay rent and other living costs.
High rents in Jeddah have become the norm, regardl
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Call for more cooperation between banks, police and security firms
Fatima Muhammad
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Absence of high quality cameras and unclear videos is the prime reason behind multiple robberies of ATMs and banks, said Saleh Al-Ghamdi, head of the criminal evidence department at the Jeddah Police.
The official called on all banks to sign contracts with profic
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King in Riyadh
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has a word with Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, in Riyadh, Monday. The King arrived in the capital from Rwadat Al-Khuraim after several days of vacation. — SPA
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EP residents concerned about power outages in summer
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — Residents of the Eastern Province are worried that the increase in temperature will result in power outages like every other summer.
A few houses experienced power cuts in Dammam, Al-Khobar, and Qatif a few days ago, reported Al-Hayat daily
The Sa
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