MADINAH — A gas tanker overturned in Madinah after it swerved off the road and the driver lost control. No one was injured in the accident and no gas leaked from the truck, according to Madinah Civil Defense spokesman Col. Khalid Al-Juhani. Traffic police closed off access to the road and cut off electricity to nearby light poles while work
Fuel truck overturns, road closed off
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Stunt driver gets six months in jail
HAIL — A young man was sentenced by the court to six months in prison after he was found guilty of engaging in car drifting and hurting another person in the process. Hail Traffic Department director Col. Badar Al-Otaibi urged young men to comply with road rules and never engage in dangerous activities. He said violators of the Kingdom&rsqu
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Young man stabbed during street fight
HAFR AL-BATIN — A young man was stabbed in the shoulder during a fight that broke out among five young men. Another man suffered a head injury. Passersby broke up the fight and the injured were taken to hospital. Two of the individuals were teenagers and police referred them to a correction center while the rest were arrested.
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A thriving fashion industry emerging in KSA
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi designer Nabila Nazer began her full-fledged career in 2007, when she started pursuing her dreams of creating women’s clothes and hijabs. Nazer’s passion for fashion began at an early age. She took a number of courses in fashion design from London.
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Saudi oncology researcher granted Harvard fellowship
Saudi Gazette report SAN FRANCISCO – The prestigious Harvard University has granted a neuro-oncology fellowship to a Saudi female researcher. Dr. Malaak Al-Thaqafi, who is a fellow in genetics and molecular pathology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
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Women agonize over water shortage at filling stations
Faleh Al-Dhibyani Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Women who visit water filling stations are facing great difficulties while waiting their turn for a water tanker. In the midst of heat and humidity, some had brought their medicine with them, while others brought milk
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KFUPM marks graduation of 43rd batch
Sultan Al-Sughair
Saudi Gazette
DHAHRAN — About 1,500 students of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran were honored at a graduation ceremony here on Wednesday.
Prince Saud Bin Naif, Emir of the Eastern Province, attended the function at the university
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Child abuse cases swell as parents become merciless
Abdullah Gharman and Yehya Al-Fifi
Okaz/Saudi Gazette
ABHA — The number of domestic violence cases has reportedly been on the increase recently. Every now and then newspapers report cases where children have been mistreated at the hands of none other than their parents.
A man said his nephews have suf
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Higher education and fake degrees
Saeed Al-Suraihi
Okaz
The Ministry of Higher Education has repeatedly warned that university certificates presented by government employees should not be accredited unless they have been issued by recognized universities. Though lack of recognition does not in any way undermine the educational prowess of these universities, it is an admin
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What does the Housing Ministry want from us?
Safouq Al-Shammari
Al-Riyadh
We often hear the phrase, "born with a silver spoon in mouth". I do not believe that this saying can be applied on any ministry more than on the Ministry of Housing.
No other ministry was given a bounty of facilities like the Housing Ministry. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abd
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Rents likely to drop in downscale districts
Saudi Gazette report
JEDDAH – The rent prices of residential units are expected to drop 20 to 30 percent, especially in areas where limited-income people live, due to the fact that many expatriate workers, who have been engaged in cover-up businesses, will leave the Kingdom as they cannot rectify thei
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Expat hangs himself in company compound
HOFUF — An Asian expatriate committed suicide by hanging himself from a heavy machine inside the company he used to work for in Al-Ahsa. Eastern Province police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Reqaiti said an autopsy is being performed on the 40-year-old man’s corpse. It is not clear yet why the man took his own life, the spokesman added.
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Madinah villagers face harsh living conditions
Saudi Gazette report
MADINAH — Some 3,000 residents of a village in Madinah province say they are struggling under harsh living conditions.
The residents of Al-Muwaihiyah, 60 kilometers south of Mahd Al-Dahab, have to rely on themselves for many ba
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Mosques in Makkah area ‘neglected’
Saudi Gazette report
MAKKAH — Most mosques in Makkah’s Al-Sharaye area are neglected and not maintained, claimed local residents.
Residents said the contractors have not cleaned the mosques for at least three years. As a result, the mosques have become ideal breeding grounds for pests,
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‘Al-Arabeezi’ threatening Arabic language: Seminar
The number of visitors to the ongoing National Festival for Heritage and Culture at Janadriyah crossed the 1 million mark Thursday evening. The authorities have said some 5,000 security personnel have been deployed to control the crowds in the festival grounds. — SPA Saudi Gazette report
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Kamel: Big challenges, bigger ambitions
Chairman of the Board of Directors Abdullah Saleh Kamel addresses the General Assembly meeting of Okaz Organization for Press and Publication at the organization's headquarters in Jeddah Thursday. — Okaz photo Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — “There are huge challenges ahead but with
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Visa trade is the real problem
Mohammad Al-Fal
Okaz
THE combined campaign by the ministries of labor and interior to crack down on violating foreigners has stopped after the royal directives to allow a grace period of three months to correct their status.
The crackdown has revealed the other face of the problem, uncovered the mistakes and highligh
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Rapist executed in Tabuk city
TABUK — A Pakistani convicted of raping and killing an old woman was executed in Tabuk on Friday. The crime was committed seven years ago when the Pakistani followed an old woman into her barn and tied her up, raped her and then strangled her to death. He even robbed her of her money and other belongings. Officers arrested him shortly after
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Youth succumbs to bullet wounds
DAMMAM — A young man died at Dammam Central Hospital a few days after he was admitted there with bullet wounds. Eastern Province police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Reqaiti said the man was shot on the street last week by another and that the police arrested the gunman.
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Truck knocks down disabled youth
AL-KHARJ — A 15-year-old disabled boy was run over by a truck in Al-Kharj after he escaped from the social center. He walked out the center and was crossing a highway. The truck’s driver tried to avoid him but he could not as the boy froze in the middle of the road. The social center director opened an investigation into how the boy escaped u
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