OIC states urged to attend Kuwait conference on Syria
Saeed Al-Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will attend the upcoming conference on...
View ArticleParents demand more centers for autism care
Maha Al-Badrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Parents of autistic children bemoan the lack of specialists to correctly diagnose their children and government-run facilities...
View ArticleOn double standards and the Saudi contradiction
Badriya Al-Bishr Al-Hayat newspaper It was noted that when using social media websites, appearing on TV talk shows or writing in newspapers, many Saudis would strongly defend their...
View ArticleWhat would a 90-year-old want from his child bride?
Abdullah Bajubair Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper I was shocked when I read the headline to a story that was published in Al-Hayat newspaper recently. The headline read...
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GOSI investing wisely to benefit nationals
General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI) in its efforts to maximize the benefits to the nationals has stressed the importance of investments. It is investing in key sectors and has a local...
View ArticleMinistry urged to act to curb rise in deaths on Taibah roads
Sami Al-Maghamsi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH – A number of Saudis in Madinah have blamed the Ministry of Transport as being responsible for not completing the dual...
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Prince Alwaleed receives Othsman Hassan
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, receives Othsman Hassan, Secretary of State, Minister of Labor and Vocational Training and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Cambodia...
View ArticleDammam orphans forced to move to Hail
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Ministry of Social Affairs is relocating the orphans living in its social education home in Dammam to Hail where they will be housed in a new...
View ArticleWho killed the girl student in Taif?
Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz newspaper We do not wish for our creative citizens such as poets, writers, men of letters, thinkers and intellectuals to be treated on equal footing as their...
View ArticleSin of ignoring Saudi men of letters
Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz newspaper We do not wish for our creative citizens such as poets, writers, men of letters, thinkers and intellectuals to be treated on equal footing as their...
View ArticleFamilies of swapped boys evicted
Saudi Gazette report NAJRAN — The Ministry of Health has stopped paying the rent for the house accommodating the families of two boys swapped at birth, local Arabic daily Al-Watan...
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Job fair in Madinah
Officials of the Technical and Vocational Training Council (TVTC) in Madinah Region receive applications from young Saudi jobseekers at the job fair held at the Tourism and Hospitality College...
View ArticleSaudi man arrested for SR45m con
Ali Bin Gharsan Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH – A Saudi man in his 30s who allegedly abused his father’s reputation as a former senior government official and conned...
View ArticleAl-Jouf olive fest opens today
Abdul Aziz Abdul Wahid Saudi Gazette AL-JOUF — Under the support of Al-Jouf Emir Prince Fahd bin Badr, the province’s sixth annual olive festival will open on...
View ArticleCourt set to deliver verdict in Al-Jizawi case today
Abdul Rahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah General Court is due to issue its final verdict Tuesday in the case of an Egyptian lawyer arrested in Jeddah for...
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Thoraya Obaid, one of the 30 women appointed to Shoura Council visited Saudi...
Thoraya Obaid, former Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and an Undersecretary General of the United Nations and one of the 30 women appointed to the Shoura Council, paid a visit...
View ArticleNew body to develop tourist guides in Makkah
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The tourism committee at the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) recommended on Monday enhancing the skills of tourist...
View ArticleCourt endorses maid’s murder confession
Aisha Jamal Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The general court in Jeddah on Sunday has ratified a confession from an Ethiopian housemaid who allegedly killed a 60-year-old disabled...
View ArticleDr. Khoja named president of Arab ministerial bureau
CAIRO – The Council of Arab Information Ministers has elected Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja as president of the Council’s Executive Bureau for a period of two years.He was...
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Saudi Charitable Fund signs agreements worth SR57 million
The Saudi Charitable Fund on Tuesday signed a series of agreements worth a total of SR57 million with a number of private sector companies to create jobs for women from underprivileged families. The...
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