Man kills brother just before iftar
MADINAH — A Saudi man in his 20s killed his younger brother just before iftar recently, according to Madinah Police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Ghanam. A family argument occurred between both...
View ArticleJob fairs for Filipinos on July 19 & 26
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Philippine Consulate here will hold job fairs at its premises in Al-Rehab District on July 19 and 26. The consulate has asked all jobless Filipino...
View ArticleTeams to monitor hazardous substances
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Civil Defense teams have intensified their activities during the month of Ramadan to deal with any emergencies, Al-Yaum newspaper reported. Teams to monitor and...
View ArticleAlwaleed Foundation lights up 3 Asir villages
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation has donated electric generators to three villages — Al-Khayala, Al-Teasa and Al-Hasan — in Asir region. In all...
View ArticleWHO technology applied in Kingdom’s blood banks
Nader Al-Enezi Okaz/Saudi Gazette TABUK — The Director of Tabuk laboratories and blood banks and head of King Khaled Specialist Hospital laboratories, Karem Al-Enezi, said that all donated...
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PWC conducted Iftar meet in EP
Prominent scholar Professor P.T. Abdul Rasheed delivers a talk on Ramadan as PWC president V. Aboobacker (right) General Secretary Hamza Kutty and Treasurer M. Abdul Aziz (left) look on at the at the...
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Making a difference even with disabilities
Sarah Ayed M. Al Ayed Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Helen Keller said: “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be...
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Spending a blessed and blissful Ramadan with kids
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Ramadan Kareem! Happy Ramadan! Smiles and happy greetings are exchanged everywhere on the streets, in the mosque, at the mall, supermarket, between...
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Fire in Makkah
Nine Civil Defense teams contained a fire that broke out Sunday on the 18th floor of a building under construction near the Grand Mosque. As a precautionary measure, firefighters evacuated 350 Umrah...
View ArticleEating out costs more this Ramadan
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Hotels and restaurants across the Eastern Province have raised the prices of the Ramadan iftar meals to meet the hike in food prices. Saudi...
View ArticleRed Crescent deals mostly with ful fights at iftar time
Ramzi Abduljabbar Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Most scuffles occur at ful (a traditional bean-based Arabic dish) shops and several of them end with Red Crescent transporting the injured to...
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Asir young men set example in volunteer work
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — A group of young men in Asir region set a shining example of volunteering when they worked with Al-Bir Charity Organization to distribute 1,800 Ramadan...
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1,500 young men to serve pilgrims
Naif Al-Ali Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Over 1,500 young men from different regions around the Kingdom are participating in the Presidency of Youth Welfare’s programs to help Umrah...
View ArticleOver 70,000 rotten food products seized
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry’s inspectors have seized over 70,000 rotten food products at a south Riyadh warehouse that were going to be sold...
View ArticleStopping hiring of Ethiopian maids not feasible
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — It is impractical to stop recruitment of housemaids from Ethiopia, said Dr. Mutlaq Al-Hazmi, member of the recruitment committee at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce...
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Girl killed by housemaid buried
Mansour Al-Shehri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH – A 10-year-old Syrian girl who was stabbed to death by an Ethiopian housemaid last week, was buried this Sunday in Riyadh following funeral...
View ArticleMaid killing child…. a long soap opera
Abdo Khal Okaz In less than a month two baby girls have been killed in the same region at the hands of their housemaids. As a result of these two crimes, Israa and Lamis have now joined the number of...
View ArticleForeign manpower threatens our security, economy and existence
Youssef Al-Kuwaileet Al-Riyadh There are about 10 million foreigners in the Kingdom controlling the wholesale and retail business. Their unskilled labor costs about $1.7 an hour. There are solutions...
View Article3,000 emergency officers deployed at Holy Haram
Fahd Al-Manai Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Civil Defense has deployed as many as 3,000 officers and personnel at some 35 sites inside the Grand Mosque as well as at its new annex building and...
View ArticleThree Yemenis detained for burglary
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police search and investigation teams in Jeddah have arrested a Yemeni gang for allegedly committing a warehouse...
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