Indian ambassador to meet volunteers
RIYADH — Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao will meet volunteers registered with the embassy for an interactive session at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, at the embassy premises. The meeting will...
View ArticleHuman resources forum in Jeddah
JEDDAH — Jeddah Forum for Human Resources will be launched on Sunday under the title "After the Correction Period". The forum is organized by the Human Resources Committee...
View Article55 medical centers closed down
RIYADH — The Ministry of Health has closed down 55 private medical centers and 11 pharmacies in a number of cities in the past two months. The medical violations committee has monitored 229...
View ArticleBangladesh PM performs Umrah
MAKKAH — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina Wajed and her accompanying delegation performed Umrah on Friday. She was received by a representative of the Grand Mosque Special Forces, Col....
View Article220,000 Burmese residents identified
MAKKAH — The committee for correcting the status of Burmese residents completed the identification of 220,000 of them, Al-Hayat newspaper reported. Community leader Abu Alsham'a Abdulmajeed...
View ArticlePunishing the fools
Khaled Al-Suleiman Okaz MOST flood and rain accidents attended by the Civil Defense do not happen inside homes, but in valleys and flood paths. This is because some people do not care about the...
View ArticleWhen one loses all hope of change
Aisha Natto Al-Madinah This is the story of the suffering our daughters endure in private sector retail shops. The more girls I spoke to, the more their stories touched me. There was a lot of...
View ArticleAPHA award for Saudi researcher
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA – A Saudi PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has won the award of the Conference of the American Public Health Association (APHA) for the...
View ArticleIllegals camping in streets make residents keyed up
Muhammad Al-Sulami Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Illegal workers camping near their embassies to get deported is not a strange sight in Jeddah any more. Filipinos in large numbers are camping near...
View ArticleLack of privacy drives Saudi women away from store jobs
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Many Saudi women have objected to working in shops selling abayas and women’s clothing after a ministerial decision to feminize shops in this sector,...
View ArticleSaudi mom recounts how leukemia claimed her son
Amro Salam Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi mother who found herself alone after her husband was jailed for failing to pay his debts recounted how she lost one of her children to...
View ArticleLabor Ministry asked to allow worker lending
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Industrial and commercial committees of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce have proposed that the Ministry of Labor pass a new law permitting the...
View ArticleParents voice concerns over crisis at PISJ-ES to envoy
Mahmood Hasan Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – More than two dozen parents called on the Consul General of Pakistan Aftab Ahmed Khokher here Saturday to register their concerns regarding the affairs...
View ArticleSpeeding car runs over child
QUNFUDAH — A six-year-old child was run over by a speeding car while she was crossing a main street. The child was rushed to the Qunfudah General Hospital but died on the way. Health Affairs...
View ArticleGirl’s decomposing body found
MADINAH — The decomposing corpse of a young girl was found by a mountain in Al-Ula governorate, according to Madinah Police spokesman Col. Fahd Al-Ghanam. A man saw the body while he was...
View ArticleExpat dies of electrocution
FAIFA – An Arab expatriate died from an electric shock at his home, according to Jazan Police spokesman Maj. Gen. Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani. The man was found dead on the floor of his house and...
View ArticleMan killed, six hurt in highway crash
YANBU — A young man died while six others were seriously injured Sunday when a Toyota sedan crashed into a bus on the Yanbu-Jeddah Highway. The car’s driver got stuck in the...
View ArticlePen guns seized from smugglers
Border Guards in Jazan seized 88 pen guns before a group of people trying to smuggle them across the border. The officers chased the men after they got suspicious of their activities. Handguns were...
View ArticleLebanon National Day celebrated in Jeddah
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Lebanese Consul General Ziad Atallah held a reception ceremony on the occasion of the country’s 70th Independence Day here, Thursday evening....
View ArticleJCCI hosts 'Dreams Come True' awards ceremony
Selma Roth Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The "Dreams Come True campaign" that was jointly organized by the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI)’s social center...
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