Release letter: Expats forced to shell out huge amounts
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — While the expatriate community is delighted with the extension of the amnesty provided by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, another...
View ArticleWhen and how to increase salaries?
Rasbin Mohammed Al-Fouzan Al-Riyadh Whenever the issue of salary increases crops up, we immediately jump to comparisons with other neighboring GCC countries. Income increases should not be dependent on...
View ArticleFake Twitter accounts ‘a threat’
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Fake Twitter accounts are becoming a rising phenomenon, with the majority of them being created to influence public opinion, generate profit or defame...
View ArticleSenior police officer killed in Al-Baha
Saudi Gazette report AL-BAHA — A high-ranking police officer was shot and killed in Al-Baha with a bullet to the right side of his head. Preliminary...
View ArticleThree arrested for car drifting
HAFR AL-BATIN — The Traffic Department here arrested three infamous car drifters in the city, said spokesman Col. Ali Al-Zahrani. The three young men were arrested while...
View ArticleFirefighter sustains severe burns in Tabuk
TABUK — A firefighter sustained severe burns while dousing a fire that broke out in a mall in Al-Rawdah area here, said Tabuk Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mamoodh...
View ArticleTwo police officers die as their car overturns
NAJRAN — A police officer and his superior died in Njran when their car overturned. Najran Police spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Ashwi said the officers were assigned to...
View ArticlePakistani arrested with heroin bags
MAKKAH – A Pakistani in his 20s was arrested south of Makkah when police found 39 bags of heroin stashed in his car, according to Makkah Police spokesman Lt. Col....
View ArticleParamedics save life of pregnant woman
RIYADH — Riyadh Red Crescent paramedics saved the life of a pregnant woman who suddenly collapsed and started convulsing just before Iftar recently. The family of the...
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Athr Gallery: Ramadan Nights Journey kicks off
Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Athr Gallery brings together various flavors of art immersed in calligraphy, architecture and jewelry collection this...
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Nazmul Islam: For Bangladeshis amnesty came as a double blessing
Hassan Cheruppa Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The amnesty and its extension is a double blessing at least in the case of Bangladeshi community living in the Kingdom....
View ArticleAl-Jouf child scalded in boiling pot dies
Saudi Gazette report AL-JOUF — The four-year-old child who was forcibly placed in a boiling pot by his Ethiopian housemaid has died as a result of severe burns...
View ArticlePepsiCo launches Ramadan campaign
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — In celebration of Ramadan and as an integral part of its social commitment, PepsiCo has launched its Ataa “Yalla Give...
View ArticleSix get jail, fine in EP graft cases
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Six people have been handed down long prison sentences and hefty fines after they were convicted of corruption cases related to...
View ArticleOFWs with exit visas urged to go home
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Officials from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Jeddah have urged all undocumented Filipino workers who have...
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Fasting: Secret to detoxing and improving health
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Fasting during the month of Ramadan is ordained in Islam, and it is therapeutic and preventive for many of the diseases people...
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Prince Alwaleed receives Sri Lankan delegates
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives D.S. Gammanpila, Charge d’Affaires in the Sri Lanka Embassy, and Abdul Latheef Jabeer, Senior...
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Understand and don’t just recite Qur’an: Zakir Naik
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — One should read the message of Allah with complete understanding and try to adopt it as a way of life, renowned Islamic scholar...
View ArticleSAFA gets highest GACA certification
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) has been declared a Part 141 approved pilot school by the General Authority of Civil Aviation...
View ArticleHealth insurance: A trend or necessity?
Shahd Alhamdan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — As Saudis have become more aware of its importance, health insurance has become a must rather than a trend in the Kingdom....
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