The tragedy of Kilo 14 neighborhood
Salem Sahab Al-Madinah A YEAR has passed and the problem of Jeddah’s Kilo 14 neighborhood drowning in sewage is not yet solved and probably will never be. Last...
View ArticlePrison is better than the illusion of jihad
Saeed Al-Suraihi Okaz NONE of our children would have thrown themselves into destruction if it was not for these organized campaigns by preachers who have deviated from...
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Reserving space in Grand Mosque becoming a booming business
Sabah Mubarak Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Many women are profiting from reserving places in the Grand Mosque for other worshippers. These women use their...
View ArticleResearcher plans to market locally banned beauty products abroad
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A faculty member at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) said her banned beauty products will be marketed abroad, Al-Hayat daily reported. Dr....
View ArticleScholars, officials applaud King’s directive
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Scholars, officials and citizens have applauded the directive of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah that will make it illegal...
View ArticleFoul play suspected in school fire
QATIF — The Civil Defense in Qatif has dealt with the third school fire within a week. This time the blaze started in a school at the town of Umm Al-Sahek. The latest...
View ArticlePosing as cops, expats steal SR500,000
JEDDAH — Two Yemenis and an Egyptian have been arrested by police for allegedly posing as security officers, said Jeddah Police spokesman First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. The...
View ArticleJail, lashes for abusing wife
DAMMAM — A man has been sentenced by Al-Qatif District Court to serve 30 days in prison and receive 50 lashes for beating up his wife. The woman lodged a complaint with...
View Article90,000 nursing jobs available for Saudis
JEDDAH — There are 120,000 nurses working in the Kingdom, of whom 90,000 are expatriates who can be replaced by citizens, said Dr. Taqwa Umar, dean of the Nursing School,...
View ArticleSaudization: Foreign missions exempt
RIYADH — Foreign missions in the Kingdom are not required to employ Saudis in order to meet Saudization targets because this is against the Vienna Convention on...
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Crown Prince Salman receives Indian Ambassador
Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, receives Indian Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Thursday. They discussed matters of mutual...
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Tackling calamities: Lack of awareness and limited government efforts
Saudi Arabia witnesses natural calamities, including heavy rains, flashfloods and sandstorms at regular intervals. Whenever any region of the Kingdom is hit by a natural calamity,...
View ArticleFake Saudization is more dangerous than unemployment
Abdul Hamid Al-Amri Al-Eqtisadiah The Ministry of Labor has recently put the number of Saudis working in the private sector at 1.3 million up until the end of Hijri year...
View ArticleHow can young Saudi men and women meet each other?
Maha Al-Shehri Al-Hayat Some young men write their Blackberry pin codes on their cars and some on the walls of girls’ schools or women’s rest rooms....
View ArticleWhere is the voice of youth in the Shoura Council?
Fahd Al-Farhan Al-Sharq At a time when the younger generation is being granted increased representation in consultative and decision-making bodies in most advanced...
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Old can be gold
Saudi Gazette report RETIRED employees remain a valuable treasure whose importance Saudi society is ignoring despite the experience and wisdom many retirees have after a...
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Winter wonders
Mansour Bin Muhammad, Abdullah Al-Faqeeh and Yahya Al-Feefi Okaz/Saudi Gazette FOR a large number of villagers, especially Bedouins, winter is a season to enliven their...
View ArticleMan threatens to set himself on fire
MAKKAH — A man in his 40s threatened to set himself on fire at the office of the notary public in Makkah when the latter refused to revoke a power of attorney his father had given to another...
View Article30 schools fake Saudization figures
ABHA — Over 30 private schools were found to be directly or indirectly involved in making up Saudization figures. On paper the schools employed over 2,000 Saudi teachers. The schools signed...
View ArticleShorter work hours for intercity drivers
JEDDAH — In an attempt to bring down the number of accidents involving pilgrims, the Ministry of Haj has asked all Umrah service companies to reduce the work hours of bus drivers and give...
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