Catering firm to run school cafes
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Education is considering setting up a catering company for running 33,000 school cafeterias all over the Kingdom, according to informed sources....
View ArticleCourt lifts ministry ban on school admissions
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – The Administrative Court in Jeddah has issued a verdict overturning a Ministry of Education order barring some private schools from enrolling new students this...
View ArticleConference to discuss threats to biodiversity
Ahmad Al-Hosni Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — More than 400 experts and specialists from across the Arab and Islamic world will meet in Makkah on Sunday to discuss potential threats...
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Saudi journalist visits Palestine
JEDDAH — Saudi journalist Maha Akeel recently visited Palestine with an Organization of Islamic Cooperation delegation. The visit was aimed at supporting the Palestinian cause and help the...
View Article12,000 Umrah pilgrims yet to leave Kingdom
RIYADH – Twelve thousand Umrah pilgrims who arrived in the Kingdom during Ramadan overstayed their visas and did not leave the country, according to Haj Ministry spokesman Hatim Qadhi. He...
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Residents refuse to leave underdeveloped Makkah district
Khaled Al-Humaidi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The streets of the Jabal Daffan area in Makkah are narrow, dusty and not asphalted. It has no civic services or streetlights, while its terrain...
View ArticlePrinting press blamed for delay in textbook distribution
Saudi Gazette report ABHA – The Ministry of Education has blamed a printing press for the delay in distributing English language books recommended in the school curricula, Al-Watan Arabic...
View ArticleAlliance among three authorities to test mechanics and plumbers before entry...
Hazim Al-Mutairi & Abdulrahman Al-Misbahi RIYADH/JEDDAH – A high-ranking source in Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) disclosed to Okaz/Saudi Gazette on a tripartite...
View ArticleInvestors willing to offer much-needed daycare
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Social Affairs has received a large number of applications for licenses to run daycare centers, according to a senior official at the ministry....
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Hidden Saher cameras nail speeding drivers on EP road
Faisal Aboobacker Ponnani Saudi Gazette DAMMAM — Authorities have begun concealing Saher traffic monitoring cameras in Dammam Corniche in an attempt to nail speeding motorists. The camera is...
View ArticleSaudi travels to Egypt on brother's passport
TABUK — A Saudi male took his brother’s passport and traveled to Egypt by sea to escape from home. The man’s father reported the incident to the police and the Egyptian...
View ArticleMan tweeting girl's photos nabbed
SAKAKA — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia)’s Sakaka branch arrested an expatriate after he posted a girl’s photos online,...
View Article400,000 rotten eggs destroyed
NAJRAN — Municipal inspectors have destroyed 400,000 spoiled eggs seized inside a warehouse in Najran. Most the workers in the warehouse were illegal residents. The warehouse was run by a...
View ArticleExpat arrested for trying to bribe cop
DAMMAM — An Arab expatriate who was wanted by the police in Al-Qatif was arrested Saturday for attempting to pay SR100,000 in bribes to a police officer in order to set him free and not hand...
View ArticleE-books for all grades from 2013
RIYADH — The Ministry of Education is developing plans to integrate interactive e-curricula to all school grades starting 2015. Students will access an electronic gate where they can view and...
View ArticleMinistry opens 21 new labor offices
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Labor has opened 21 new branch labor offices in all 13 provinces of the Kingdom. This was part of the ministry’s initiative to ease...
View ArticlePolice solve murder mystery, arrest 4
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police were able to arrest four men in connection with the murder of a man in his 40s inside a rented car in Al-Mahjar district of south Jeddah last...
View ArticleGovt appoints official muftis for all regions
DAMMAM — The Saudi authorities has appointed official muftis in the Eastern Province, Makkah, Madinah, Tabuk, Najran and Jazan in compliance with the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy...
View ArticleCorrection
IN the interview of Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast (Saudi Gazette, Saturday Aug. 31), the 9th para should read: “But when asked why the Joint Economic Commission (JEC),...
View ArticleArsonists attack Haia center
RIYADH — Arsonists tried to set fire to the office of the Commission of the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) west of Riyadh. No one was injured in the attack,...
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