Contractor ditches project, leaves street holes behind
Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A contracting company that dug up the streets of the Al-Ajwad neighborhood to lay down cables for street lighting has left the area without...
View ArticleRamah victims’ kin to take their case to emir
Suad Al-Shamrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Relatives of the six women who drowned in a swamp in Ramah on Sunday said they will complain to Riyadh Emir Prince Khalid Bin Bandar about the...
View ArticleSaudi arrested and tortured in Iraq ‘for no reason’
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A Saudi man who was arrested in Iraq while looking for his brother has said he cannot understand why he was detained and tortured despite having valid travel...
View ArticleMOL okays rules for dispute settlement
RIYADH — The Ministry of Labor has approved the rules and procedures governing the amicable settlements of disputes that might arise between employees and their sponsors....
View ArticleSaudi, expat jailed over Sawa card scam
DAMMAM — An Asian worker and his Saudi partner have been sentenced to jail and lashes for selling calling cards and SIM chips and possessing false documents. Al-Khafji...
View ArticleAsir child ‘not sexually molested’
RIYADH — The Ministry of Social Affairs said a 6-year-old child from the Asir protection center was not raped by an Arab expatriate as was reported over two weeks ago,...
View ArticleBeggars transmit AIDS to two Saudis
Nadia Al-Fawwaz Saudi Gazette ABHA — Two young citizens have been tested HIV positive after having illicit sexual relationships with two female Arab beggars,...
View ArticleRestaurant gas cylinder explodes, leaves one dead and 12 injured
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH – A man has died while 12 have been injured here when a gas cylinder inside a restaurant on Gharnata Street blew up, according to Riyadh Civil...
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Makkah transport projects ‘on schedule’
JEDDAH — Makkah Emir Prince Mishal Bin Abdullah on Wednesday reaffirmed his keenness to ensure completion of ongoing development projects in the holy city on schedule....
View ArticleSaudi Arabia, Indonesia Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement
JAKARTA — Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defense Shafri Shamsuddin received here today Prince Salman bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Defense. During the...
View ArticleLet Saudi women work from home
Abdullah Dahlan Al-Watan I have always supported the efforts being made to provide Saudi women with opportunities to work in an appropriate atmosphere which will preserve...
View ArticleColorblindness and human rights
Fawaz Alamy Al-Watan The same countries that demand that we respect human rights are the ones that breach these rights using their superpower status because they are...
View ArticleTraffic police obstruct traffic
Abdullah Omar Khayyat Okaz Abdul Majeed Shobokshi (May Allah forgive him) was the director of police in Jeddah. After retirement, he held the post of editor-in-chief of...
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Turkish hairdressers preferred choice of young Saudis
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH – In the early 1990s, Turkish hairdressers started to gain popularity among Saudi young men. Although Turkish manpower had already...
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Al-Khadhra village – neglected farms and wells
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — Al-Khadhra is one of the villages under the jurisdiction of Al-Harjah Center in Asir region. It was named ‘Khadhra’,...
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Home-maid dilemma
Saudi Gazette report HOFOUF — In a disturbing development caused by the over-dependency of families on housemaids, many children, deprived of the companionship and compassion of...
View ArticleConstruction labor in short supply
JEDDAH — A severe shortage of construction workers following the crackdown campaign that started three months ago has raised daily wages from SR120 to SR300, according to Abdullah Radwan,...
View ArticleGyms for women on university campus
TAIF — The new campus of the Taif University has sports facilities and cultural centers for female students, said Dr. Abdul Elah Banajah, the university’s president. There are also...
View ArticleAlwaleed Foundation lights up Asir towns
ABHA — Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, chaired by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, donated power generators to light up three towns in the Asir region, the foundation said in a statement. A total of...
View ArticleHaia disrupts folklore performance
MAKKAH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) stopped a folklore group from completing their segment during the Makkah Cultural Festival due to the use...
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