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50% of e-service system complete
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Passport Directorate has said that it has completed half of its e-service system that aims to allow service seekers complete their transactions online...
View ArticleArbitration centers to shorten litigation
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Experts Commission, the legislative arm of the Council of Ministers and the Shoura (Consultative) Council, has completed a study to launch the first...
View ArticleWorking wives allowed health insurance for dependents
TAIF – The Health Insurance Council has for the first time allowed working women to apply for free health insurance for their husbands, subject to certain conditions. It allowed married women...
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Replacement valves cause Jeddah gas cylinder crisis
Amr Salam Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Several gas distribution center owners in Jeddah have attributed the cause behind the gas cylinder shortage during Eid Al-Fitr Holidays to the new valve...
View ArticleEthiopian housemaid attacked her employer after a phone call: Police
Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — A 17-year-old Ethiopian housemaid who stabbed her employer several times in Makkah called her home country just before the attack last week, a...
View ArticleCitizen’s requests to find out how wife died ‘ignored’
Saudi Gazette report BURAIDAH — A citizen who has been waiting for Al-Qassim Health Affairs to reveal the cause of his wife’s death, told Al-Hayat that he will go to the Minister of...
View Article22,000 Umrah pilgrims leave the Kingdom daily
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Around 22,000 Umrah performers have departed the Kingdom on a daily basis since the third day of the Islamic month of Shawwal, according to the director of King...
View ArticleEnd-of-service award for housewives
Dr. Moneera Al-Mahasheer Al-Youm Saudi statistics compiled five years ago show that 73 percent of university educated women are unemployed despite their eagerness to work. This has forced them to...
View ArticleWhat is the use of a census?
Ahmad Hashem Al-Sharq The very purpose of a census is to collect demographic, social, economic information of a population. Its goal is to help the country become aware of people's needs and collect...
View ArticleOfficial: Saudi women married to expats must get real estate loans
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Real estate investors are eagerly awaiting implementation of several decisions to open up investment opportunities in the Kingdom’s rapidly-growing...
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Prophet’s Mosque expansion: Most east-side buildings razed
Khaled Al-Jabri Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — The demolition of over two-thirds of buildings surrounding the Prophet's Mosque from the east have been completed for the mosque’s...
View Article40 lashes for harassing girls
JEDDAH – Jeddah District Court sentenced a young man to 40 lashes for harassing girls at a resort in Jeddah. The girls reported the man to security guards who called the police immediately....
View ArticleHousemaid found dead in Qatif home
AL-QATIF – A housemaid was found dead inside her employer’s house, according to Eastern Province Police spokesman Lt. Col. Ziyad Al-Ruqaiti. The sponsor reported the incident to the...
View ArticleSecurity officer shot dead by smuggler
JAZAN – A security officer was shot dead while another was injured during a shootout with gun smugglers in Beesh Governorate. The Yemeni who killed the officer was arrested while the other...
View ArticleChild dies after being left in car
TURAIF – A four-year-old child died of suffocation after his uncle forgot him inside a car for over 12 hours, said Northern Border spokesman Brig. Bandar Al-Ayda. There were red...
View ArticleBorder Guard seizes hashish
DAMMAM – Border Guard officers at various points of entry have succeeded in foiling attempts to smuggle 3,313 kg of hashish, 154,294 narcotic pills, 577 guns, and 42,895 bullets in Ramadan,...
View ArticleBoy falls from mountain and dies
AL-BAHA – A 14-year-old boy died after he fell off and rolled down a mountain in Al-Mandaq Governorate in Al-Baha region, said Al-Baha Civil Defense spokesman Lt. Col. Abdullah Al-Thabya....
View ArticleSix dead in road accident
ARADIYAT — Six people died and three were injured when two vehicles collided head-on at a highway. Civil Defense personnel rushed to the scene and removed bodies trapped inside one of the...
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LYA LYA: Must have bags this season
Mariam Nihal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — LYA LYA bags are a new but fast growing fashionable phenomena within the Middle East. They are created to make a statement, with strong metallic...
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