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Blaze extinguished after tanker overturns
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Firefighters managed to contain a fire that had engulfed a tanker carrying 33,000 liters of fuel after it overturned on the...
View ArticleConsumers slam exorbitant rise in price of medicines
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — There has been an exorbitant increase in the prices of several types of medicine in the Kingdom, especially those for chronic...
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51 graduate from MOH-JCI infection control program
Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Ministry of Health on Tuesday organized a graduation ceremony of 51 of its staffers who successfully completed a diploma in...
View Article40 percent of umdahs survive on low wages
Ali Bin Gharsan Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Around 40 percent of neighborhood mayors, otherwise known as umdahs, say they are on low monthly wages despite their extensive...
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Street ads become an eyesore
Renad Ghanem Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Street posters and advertisements of small shops and services are posing a real problem and causing an eyesore across the...
View ArticleToiling under the midday sun
Mohammed Al-Faidi Okaz DIRECTIVES issued by the Labor Ministry prohibiting companies from forcing their expatriate manpower work under the direct heat of the sun from 12...
View ArticleUnemployment among Saudi women on the rise
Dr. Saeed Al-Suraihi Okaz A YEAR or more after the outbreak of ideological differences between supporters and opponents of working women, statistics revealed that the...
View Article28 violating women’s wear shops closed
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Inspectors from the Ministry of Labor has shut down 28 women’s wear shops for violating the ministry’s regulations to...
View ArticleExpat butcher admits murder
JAZAN — A butcher of Arab nationality has admitted to killing his relative in a workers’ housing compound in Jazan. Acting spokesman for Jazan police Maj....
View ArticleNurse barges into operation theater
YANBU — The Health Affairs Directorate is investigating the behavior of a nurse who allegedly broke down the door of the operating room at Yanbu General Hospital. A...
View ArticleHousemaid stabs employer, flees
MADINAH — Police arrested an Ethiopian maid for allegedly stabbing her 80-year-old sponsor and fleeing the house, Al-Hayat newspaper reported. The victim’s son...
View ArticleSaudi-Moroccan joint panel meets in Jeddah
JEDDAH — The Saudi-Moroccan Joint Committee for Bilateral Cooperation held its 12th session in Jeddah Wednesday. Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal led the...
View ArticleBullet found in girl’s guts
Abdulaziz Al-Rebai’ei Okaz/Saudi Gazette TAIF — X-ray technicians at King Faisal Hospital in Taif were surprised to find a bullet in the abdomen of a...
View Article12 members of Group of 47 terror cell sentenced
RIYADH – The Special Penal Court in Riyadh on Wednesday convicted 12 members of the Group of 47 terrorist cell on various charges. They were sentenced to prison terms...
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300 children enjoy Saudi Aramco’s Eid festival
JEDDAH — Saudi Aramco brought back traditions in Eid for the 300 children from charitable societies of children with special needs and orphans who attended a festival it hosted with the...
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Behind the scenes of ‘Wa Mahyay’
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Islam has placed great respect, admiration, and value for doctors and nurses as these healers are constantly working with patients, alleviating...
View ArticleSharourah murders ‘premeditated’
Saudi Gazette report NAJRAN — Emir of Najran Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah has ordered officials to expedite investigations to uncover the circumstances that led to the...
View ArticlePerfume factory shuttered for faking product labels
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Ministry of Commerce and Industry closed down a local perfume factory in Al-Khumrah in south Jeddah on Wednesday for placing...
View ArticleFirms using student trainees to circumvent Nitaqat quotas
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Several companies and establishments have been found including the names of Saudi students who have enrolled in their summer...
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Bikes replace cars in crowded Makkah district
Ahmed Al-Luqmani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Residents of Shaab Aamir district in Makkah have replaced their cars with motorbikes because of the narrow streets that are...
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