SGS rebuffs rumor about Jeddah quake
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH – Reports that there was an earthquake in Jeddah are simply rumors, according to a spokesman of the Saudi Geological Survey (SGS),...
View ArticlePublic given chance to choose winners of 2014 health awards
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — How do we initiate new methods to make a healthy life easy and comfortable? This question has been chosen as the title of the Saudi Health...
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Palestinian minister reviews Haj preparations with Hajjar
Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Palestinian Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habash is in the Kingdom for discussions with Saudi authorities on...
View ArticleStrokes cause 9,000 deaths, disabilities annually, says expert
Ayman Al-Saydalani Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Strokes are one of the most prominent causes of deaths and disabilities in the Kingdom, a neurology expert and...
View ArticleOur neighborhood is a mess, say residents of Jeddah district
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Residents of the Baghdadiyah neighborhood have complained that a lack of basic public services has turned the area into a mess. Residents...
View ArticleNazaha and corporate secrets
Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz THE National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has started using the modern means of communications to send messages. The first message I received...
View ArticleCatch a single corrupt shark
Abdullah Al-Jamili Al-Madinah LAST week I made my first visit to the Commission of Saudi Journalists headquarters in Riyadh. The building looked magnificent and...
View ArticleProject launched for live translation of Madinah sermons
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH – Foreigners from non-Arab countries attending Friday prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah can now listen to the sermons in...
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Lawyers demand open courts
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — Several lawyers have asked the Ministry of Justice to open court sessions to the public and the media, Al-Hayat newspaper...
View ArticleSR82 million for Qur’an distribution
RIYADH — The Salih Abdulaziz Al-Rajhi Foundation has earmarked SR82 million to print and distribute hundreds of thousands of copies of the Holy Qur’an to...
View Article6,000 buildings collapse-prone
MAKKAH — There are 6,000 buildings that could collapse in the Kingdom, according to the deputy chairman of a committee that examines such structures. Some of those...
View ArticlePolice criticized for deporting boy
MAKKAH — The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has leveled severe criticism against police here for deporting a 14-year-old boy who was caught begging on the...
View Article35 e-papers blocked for flouting rules
RIYADH — The Ministry of Culture and Information has blocked 35 electronic newspapers because they failed to apply for proper licenses to practice online journalism, said...
View ArticleBook on women driving banned
RIYADH — Riyadh Book Fair organizing committee has banned Dubai-based Madark Publishing House from selling a book on women driving. “When will the Saudi woman...
View ArticleInterior Ministry bans 51 baby names
RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior has added 51 names to its list of banned names for babies born in the Kingdom. In its statement, the Civil Status Department said some...
View ArticleLet international companies run Saudi hospitals
Noora Al-Amro Al-Watan Citizens are well aware of the difference between the high-quality health services being provided by King Fahd National Guard Hospital (KFNGH) in...
View ArticleWho is responsible for the failure of Saudi development plans?
Mohammed Al-Oufi Al-Makkah A total of eight Five-Year Development Plans have been completed since the first one was issued in 1970. Now we are working on the ninth...
View ArticlePunishment or revenge?
Azizah Al-Mani’ Okaz It is narrated about Omar Bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he once saw a drunken man and he wanted to punish him. The...
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Veterinarians: Underpaid and unappreciated
WITH the spread of numerous zoonotic diseases such as Rift Valley Fever, Swine Flu and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), veterinarians in Saudi Arabia have played a...
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