How long will this continue?
Hamood Abu Talib Okaz THE trouble that took place last Friday near the deportation center on the Jeddah-Makkah Highway makes one wonder if authorities have adequately...
View ArticleDriving on two wheels!
Young Saudis demonstrate a stunt known as “sidewall skiing” (driving on two wheels) outside the northern city of Hail. Performing stunts such as sidewall skiing...
View ArticleMOL blocks services to 138 big companies
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has blocked its online system linking 138 big companies with more than 3,000 employees because of...
View ArticleCharred body found in unoccupied building
BURAIDAH — Qassim Police began an investigation into a charred body that was found by the Civil Defense while fighting a fire in a room in a building under construction....
View ArticleWorker falls from 12-meter high scaffold
MAKKAH — A worker at the Grand Mosque expansion project fell from a 12-meter high scaffold. On his way down, he apparently hit railings on the scaffold, reducing the...
View ArticleHighway police arrest liquor smuggler
WADI DAWASIR — Highway patrol police arrested a Saudi who was smuggling liquor from Riyadh to Najran. The officers grew suspicious of a vehicle driven by a citizen in his...
View ArticleCanteen pie poisons 70 pupils in Al-Kharj
AL-KHARJ — About 70 secondary school students were poisoned after allegedly eating rotten pie from the school canteen. Head of Al-Kharj Education Directorate Zaid...
View ArticleFire destroys files at Bisha education office
BISHA — A welding spark caused a fire at the examination section of the Education Directorate in Bisha during routine maintenance work. A number of files and documents...
View ArticleSpeeding blamed for 2 road deaths
Two young men were killed and three others injured in a traffic accident in Harth on Tuesday. Reports indicate excessive speed was the cause of the accident. The dead and injured...
View ArticlePEG organizes presentation on Savola
Dr. Abdulraouf Mannaa with the members of the Executive Committee of PEG, from left, Hanif Sattar, Zafar Talpur, Dr. Javed Khan, Consul General Pakistan Aftab Khoker, Dr. A. R. Mannaa,...
View ArticleJapanese companies promote food products in Riyadh
RIYADH — Food companies from Japan were given the opportunity to showcase their products to Saudi organizations at the Japanese ambassador’s residence...
View ArticleAMU alumni in Riyadh mark Sir Syed Day
RIYADH — The Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Riyadh Chapter, celebrated Sir Syed Day with serving Vice Chancellor of their Alma mater Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah...
View ArticleCouple, child arrested for pushing drugs
Adnan Shabrawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police detained a family for allegedly selling drugs. Officers had received information that a large shipment of...
View ArticlePAL starts non-stop flights to Riyadh, Dammam
Saudi Gazette report MANILA – Saudi Ambassador to the Philippines Abdullah Al-Hassan flagged off on Tuesday evening the first non-stop flight of the Philippine Airlines...
View Article12 million visitors hit Passport Dept's website
RIYADH – More than 12.1 million people visited the website of the General Directorate of Passports (www.gdp.gov.sa) after its relaunch, according to spokesman Lt. Col....
View ArticleEx-addict admits stealing mother’s jewelry to buy drugs
Rayyan Abu Shoushah Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Ahmad, a young man in his 20s, had to steal his mother’s gold and jewelry to satisfy his craving for drugs. He...
View ArticleSouth Jeddah residents call for more public parks
Adel Abdulrahman Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Residents of south Jeddah neighborhoods want their local municipalities to designate more areas for public parks. Such parks provide...
View ArticleCentral car workshops planned in neighborhoods
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The head of Jeddah's city council said there are plans to establish car workshops within neighborhoods, Al-Madinah newspaper...
View ArticleSacked principal ad angers Jeddah Prep committee
Amjad Parkar Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The interim committee of a community school in Jeddah has strongly refuted a newspaper advertisement claiming the principal it had...
View ArticleDisabled question age bar on aid
Suad Al-Shamrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — As the Kingdom marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday, a number of disabled people in the...
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