Bogus doctor confesses to buying medical diploma
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — An expatriate who was caught by police a few days ago while practicing in a private hospital in Jeddah told investigators that he bought his medicine...
View Article33 health facilities shut down last month: MOH
Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Ministry of Health closed 33 private healthcare facilities throughout the Kingdom in the Islamic month of Shaaban (June 10-July 8) for violating...
View ArticleFireworks dealer arrested
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police have arrested a dealer who operated a warehouse full of hazardous explosives used in fireworks. The warehouse, which is located in a downtown...
View Article150 requests for Ethiopian domestics withdrawn
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM – One-hundred-and-fifty applications to recruit female Ethiopian workers have been cancelled, Alsharq daily reported on Sunday. Recruitment companies also revealed...
View ArticlePriorities for human rights bodies
Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz FIRST of all, I have to admit that I have not been able so far to understand the priorities of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) or the Human Rights Commission (HRC) in...
View ArticleTwitter pleas for salary hikes
Khaled Al-Sulaiman Okaz There are increasing demands on Twitter these days to raise salaries. These demands are often passionate rather than objective. For this reason, I would like to ask those who...
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OIC hosts Iftar in Jeddah
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hosted its annual Iftar banquet at Park Hyatt Hotel in Jeddah Saturday. Several diplomats, intellectuals, businessmen and media figures attended. The...
View ArticleOne killed, 3 hurt in train accident
DAMMAM — A man died while three were injured when a Saudi Railway Organization’s train hit Sunday a tractor that was trying to cross the rail tracks near Al-Khobar City. ...
View Article13 pickpockets nabbed in Prophet’s Mosque
MADINAH — The police have nabbed 11 men and two women who were caught stealing inside the Prophet’s Mosque, according to spokesman Col. Fahad Al-Ghanam. Those arrested are of...
View ArticleHousemaid held for torturing child
TABARJAL — A four-year-old child was rushed to Prince Abdul Rahman Al-Sudairi Central Hospital in Sekaka after the family’s Ethiopian housemaid scalded his feet by putting them...
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Pakistani poet releases his fifth collection of poetry
Abu Tashfeen Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Famous Pakistani poet Dr. Khurshid Rizvi’s fifth collection of poetry was released Thursday at Shaheen restaurant here in the presence of a...
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Saudi Hollandi Bank provides grant to HOPE
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A major bank in Saudi Arabia has thrown its weight behind one of the country’s leading organizations dedicated to rehabilitating and caring for people...
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Ambassador stresses strong US-Saudi ties
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia are very strong and are focused on business, education, health-care and other avenues, US Ambassador...
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PRC hosts reception for president of ‘Islam and West’
Syed Mussarat Khalil Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Pakistan Repatriation Council (PRC) hosted a reception for Dr. Francis Lamand, President of "Islam and West," at Mehran...
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Sardar Mohammed Yousaf presents a souvenir to Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen...
Pakistan's Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Mohammed Yousaf presents a souvenir to Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, Secretary General of the Muslim World League, at...
View ArticleSR200,000 missing from Saudi’s accounts
Saudi Gazette report YANBU — A Saudi working in Yanbu discovered that a sum of SR200,000 has been withdrawn from his bank accounts within two days. The victim said that the SMS notification...
View ArticleJeddawis cry for help to organize smooth traffic
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Residents of Jeddah have complained about ongoing and severe traffic congestion and asked traffic police to come up with a solution to this steadily increasing...
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Civil Defense officers set examples in dedication
Abdullah Al-Thibyani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Every Ramadan, thousands of Civil Defense officers are stationed around the Two Holy Mosques to ensure the safety of pilgrims and visitors....
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King’s dialogue initiative praised
Dr. Saleh Bin Sulaiman Al-Wohaibi, Secretary General of WAMY (center), flanked on his right by Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Muhtar Gun and left by Italian Ambassador Mario Boffo, at the annual Iftar party...
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Faiz Kidwai: We raised pressing issues with Saudi authorities
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Indian Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah for the extension of the amnesty in a bid to...
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