Quick-witted victim helps police arrest pickpocket
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – An Ethiopian accused of robbing shoppers in an Old Jeddah market of their possessions has been arrested by Jeddah police, thanks to the quick...
View ArticlePearson firm to run 3 vocational institutes
JEDDAH — TQ Education and Training, a Pearson subsidiary that provides outsourced training solutions, has been awarded a five-year contract to develop and operate three vocational colleges in...
View ArticlePrincess Latifa Center, a beacon of hope for patients in distress
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Princess Latifa Bint Fahd Center in Riyadh has been instrumental in supporting poor patients through its humanitarian and charitable services. The...
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Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan
A Saudi buys dates at the dates market in Riyadh. Dates are in great demand with the approach of the fasting month of Ramadan. — Reuters
View ArticleAuthorities turn a blind eye to fake recruitment offices
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Over the past two years dozens of offices claiming that they can fast-track recruitment papers for foreign manpower have appeared and many citizens have fallen...
View ArticleEmployers welcome concessions for ‘dependent’ expats
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Employers and executives welcomed the new concessions for dependents of expatriates to work in the Kingdom, describing it as a positive step toward...
View ArticleDiplomats, volunteers win hearts at job fairs
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — During the initial three-month grace period announced by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, thousands of expatriates who were in violation of...
View ArticleAre we a field for experiments?
Abid Khazandar Al-Riyadh According to a local newspaper, many businessmen have asked for the implementation of a decision to make vocational testing mandatory for foreign workers as part of the...
View ArticleAftermath of amnesty extension
Ibrahim Badawood Al-Madinah It was only logical that the authorities would respond to requests by a large number of Saudi businessmen and expatriates to extend the initial three-month grace period...
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Jizawi, accomplice handed down harsher sentences
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A circuit court in Jeddah handed down additional sentences to Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Al-Jizawi and an accomplice under directives from the Court of Appeals in...
View ArticleCivil Defense contains major warehouse fire
JEDDAH — Ten Civil Defense firefighting teams contained a large fire that broke out Thursday afternoon in three stores and a warehouse in Al-Hindawiya neighborhood of west Jeddah. No one was...
View ArticleCustoms officers seize cash stashed in bed
RIYADH — Customs officers at Al-Bat'ha foiled an attempt to smuggle SR1.2 million in cash out of the Kingdom in a truck owned by a Gulf-based company. The money was stashed inside a bed,...
View ArticleWoman drowns in attempt to save girls
DAMMAM – A 49-year-old woman died while trying to rescue three girls, aged between 12 and 17, from drowning after they were all swept away by strong tides. The girls were swimming in a...
View Article500,000 illegal expats deported in 3 months
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The General Directorate of Passports has said more than 500,000 illegal workers have been deported during the first phase of the grace period. It said more than...
View ArticleContainer backlog at Jeddah port to end
Abdulrahman Al-Misbahi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Salih Al-Hadad, deputy director of Jeddah Islamic Port, said container backlog problems at the port in the past two months were because of a...
View Article200 Filipino domestic helps arrive
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — Philippine Ambassador Ezzedin Tago said his country’s embassy would not allow any Filipino domestic workers to enter the Kingdom without a work contract,...
View ArticleBoy, 12, fined SR900,000 for Turaif barbecue mishap
Saudi Gazette report TURAIF – The General Court in Turaif issued a verdict on Wednesday fining a 12-year-old boy SR900,000 for accidentally setting his friend on fire when he was just nine...
View Article40 Dhulum graves disinterred
DHULUM — A team from Makkah Emir’s office accompanied by members of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) disinterred 40 graves inside a gold mine...
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Tahliah underpass set to open
Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The underpass on Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz (Tahliah) Road underpass, which intersects Prince Majed Road, will be opened to traffic next week,...
View ArticleStores openly dispense ‘supernatural’ remedies
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – Some herbal stores take advantage of customers’ ignorance and sell them products claiming to cure all types of diseases, especially those believed to...
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