Sami Al-Maghamsi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MADINAH — The recent increase in traffic violations in Madinah has prompted drivers to demand public awareness and guidance when it comes to traffic regulations.
Madinah traffic police have recently intensified its traffic campaigns, which resulted in an increase in
Give guidance before traffic tickets, Madinah drivers demand
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Asian diplomats gather to discuss for next Haj season
Malaysian Consul General Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak hosted a gathering of Asian diplomats on Wednesday to discuss preparations for the next Haj season. Consuls general of Bangladesh, Brunei, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand, accompanied by their Haj consuls, attended the event at the Malaysian Consulate General. Haj consuls of India and Indonesia wer
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Salons banned from offering massages, steam baths
Fahd Al-Manaee
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH – The Makkah mayoralty has directed all branch municipalities to ban massage and spa services at barber shops in the city.
The Youth Welfare Presidency earlier restricted extending such services only to licensed sports centers.
Muhammad Al-Fautawi, di
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Pharmacies sell cancer-causing medicine despite warnings
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — In complete disregard to the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)’s instructions to pharmacies issued a month ago not to sell medicines containing calcitonin, some pharmacies are still selling this medication and sometimes without prescription, Al-Hayat daily reported.
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Hai’a arrests expat over illicit seclusion
Fahd Al-Manaee
Saudi Gazette
MAKKAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) arrested an expatriate working for a well-known recruitment office located in Makkah’s Al-Aziziah district for illicit seclusion with a woman while the rest of the office had left to perform Is
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Switched medicine sends patient into coma
Saudi Gazette report
HAFR AL-BATIN — The lack of coordination and close liaison between the medical and nursing teams in King Khalid General Hospital in Hafr Al-Batin has allegedly resulted in a tragic medical error that sent an Arab patient at the ICU into coma.
The Arab expatriate was admi
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Pak diplomat meets labor officials to voice concern
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH — Pakistan’s Consul General Aftab A. Khokher called on the director general of the Labor Ministry in the Makkah province Wednesday and shared with him concerns of the Pakistani community in the wake of the ongoing clampdown on unregulated foreign workers.
He
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Hai’a denies allowing women to ride bicycles
Mishal Al-Otaibi
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) has denied issuing any statement allowing women to ride bicycles.
The Hai’a said it has never issued any directive or circular to its personnel on this subject.
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Kingdom, Iraq to resume air links soon, says envoy
Saudi Gazette report
DAMMAM — The Iraqi ambassador to the Kingdom has said flights between the two countries will resume soon, 22 years after the outbreak of the first Gulf War to evict Saddam Hussein’s forces occupying Kuwait.
Ghanem Al-Jemaili described relations between the Kingdom
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Road Hazards
This truck laden with used electric cables was spotted moving amid heavy traffic on the Haramain Expressway in Jeddah on a busy evening in blatant disregard for all safety norms. — Okaz photo
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Reham free from HIV, lab reports confirm
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Reham Al-Hakami, the 13-year-old Saudi girl who was given HIV-tainted blood at Jazan General Hospital in February, has not contracted the killer virus, Al-Watan newspaper reported Wednesday quoting medical sources. The sources said reports from advanced laborato
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SFDA and a water factory in Tabuk
Saleh Al-Turigee
Okaz
Just imagine, if the Directorate General to Combat Drugs only warned people of the hazards of narcotics instead of chasing drug traffickers.
Imagine if drugs were being openly sold at a place that is known to everyone, including the anti-drug directorate, and the authority still issued a statement warn
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Cutting up iqamas is no solution
Khalaf Al-Harbi
Okaz
No developed country in the world can do without foreign manpower. Even the United States, Canada and the leading European countries depend on foreign manpower to fill a number of occupations.
These countries have willingly granted citizenship to a large number of foreigners. The world today is based on
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Saudi women’s ratio in health sector shoots up
Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The percentage of Saudi women working in the Kingdom’s private health sector has shot up to 43.3 percent, according to a study.
Saudi men are still reluctant to take up jobs in this vital sector, which is dominated by foreigners (51 percent).
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Driver abandons teachers on the road
JEDDAH — Police are searching for the driver of a minibus who is accused of abandoning a group of female teachers on a highway when they refused his requests for a raise. The teachers said they had agreed to pay the man SR1,400 a month to shuttle them to and from work but he suddenly demanded that they pay him SR1,800. When the teachers declined, the man
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Student killed after minibus overturns
DAWADMI — A female college student died while five other women were injured when the minibus they were riding in overturned after it hit a stray camel. The driver of the vehicle was also injured. The students were on their way back from Shaqra University when the accident happened. All of the injured were taken to hospital for treatment and two are in cri
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Female students faint at Jazan University
JAZAN – Dozens of female students fainted at Jazan University after a short circuit ignited a fire inside a building on the campus. The students rushed for the building’s exit but were prevented from leaving by security guards. Many of the students fainted in the ensuing panic. Jazan Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Yehya Al-Qahtani said firefighte
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Boy, 3, shot while playing with gun
ABHA — A three-year-old boy was shot in the head when the gun he was playing with accidentally went off. He was rushed to hospital and was listed in critical condition. Asir police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Shathan said the hospital reported the case to the police. “It turned out the gun was unlicensed.” The child’s family confirmed to
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Expat accused of stabbing roommate
JAZAN — A Pakistani in his 30s has been accused of stabbing his Afghan roommate 15 times in the neck, chest and abdomen region following an altercation. The alleged assault took place at 3:00 a.m. after the victim returned home from work. Police found the victim in a pool of blood with blood stains all over the room while the Pakistani was still holding t
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Tang kids movement gains support
JEDDAH — The response by families and young children to donate toys to Tang’s toy drive has been remarkable, with 23,000 toys collected in just 63 days. Only 7,000 more toys are required to create a Guinness World Record. Take your children over to the Tang Stand and let the Kids movement unfold while they witness actual donations. H
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