Filipinos thank Kingdom for sparing death row inmate
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Department of Foreign Affairs expressed its appreciation to the government of Saudi Arabia, especially to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King...
View ArticleDemand high for women’s heritage winter clothes
Nadia Al-Fawaz Saudi Gazette ABHA – As the biting winter cold is hitting many regions of the Kingdom, especially the southern Asir province, there is a growing demand for heritage winter...
View ArticleLabor rights and mega projects
Saeed Al-Suraihi Okaz newspaper THE construction workers of the company executing the King Abdullah Financial District Project in Riyadh have stopped working because they have not been paid...
View ArticleWhat if a female employee is taller than the wall?
Hamoud Abu Talib Okaz newspaper Why is the segregation wall that hides women working in lingerie shops required to be 160 cm (roughly 5.2 feet) high? This was the first question that came to...
View Article‘Poor infrastructure puts off tourists’
Joud Al-Amri Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Saudis spend a whopping SR94 billion a year on vacations abroad and Dubai, the major tourism hub in the Middle East, draws the...
View ArticleSmugglers gun down border guard
AL-LAITH — A border guard was killed by traffickers in the Al-Dayer sector of Jazan. Spokesman for Jazan Border Guard Col. Abdullah Bin Mahfouz said border patrols monitored the activities of...
View ArticleImpersonator rents car in Saudi’s name
JEDDAH — Police in Jeddah apprehended a man in his 20s for impersonating a Saudi and renting out a car to smuggle it outside the Kingdom. A car rental office notified the police that the man...
View ArticleMadinah imam’s car stolen
MADINAH — The car of Sheikh Ali Al-Hudhaifi, imam of the Prophet’s Mosque, was stolen from in front of his house. Spokesman for Madinah police Col. Fahd Al-Ghannam said Al-Hudhaifi...
View ArticleFamily trapped in desert rescued
HAIL — The Civil Defense in Hail rescued a family of five in Al-Nufud desert, north of Al-Khuttah. They called for help after their car was trapped in the sand. Spokesman for Hail Civil...
View ArticleTempers fly, man falls off balcony
MADINAH — An argument is suspected to have caused a 42-year-old man to lose his balance and fall off the balcony of his apartment. Spokesman for Madinah police Col. Fahd Al-Ghannam...
View ArticleActors in ‘Civilized Beggars’ social drama felicitated
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The drama Civilized Beggars, which was the most talked about during and after the India Festival 2013 held by India Forum at IISJ Auditorium last...
View ArticleBinzagar employees successfully complete EWE program
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Thirteen employees from the Binzagr group completed the newly launched English for Workplace Effectiveness (EWE) program at the...
View ArticleRelish exotic Kuwaiti cuisine
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH –– Food enthusiasts may casually overlook and skip the chance to try Kuwaiti food, mistakenly assuming that it is similar to...
View ArticleHealth teams begin field visits to old age homes
Mohammad Dawood Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The public health department in Jeddah has begun field visits to charity homes for the elderly. In a humanitarian gesture,...
View ArticleFloods drive volunteer work
Saudi Gazette report TABUK — Following the heavy rains and flooding that hit Tabuk region recently, many young men have risen to the occasion and volunteered to help affected...
View ArticleNew book to shed light on Red Sea marine life
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A three-day workshop entitled “Red Sea: Its Origin, Structure and Environment” and organized by the Saudi...
View ArticleCourt to issue verdicts in Qatif riot cases Wednesday
Saudi Gazette report QATIF — The Criminal Court in Qatif is set to deliver its verdicts on Wednesday against several people allegedly involved in riots that took place in the city...
View ArticleEbsar suspends anti-blindness program due to lack of funds
JEDDAH — Mohammed Tawfeeq Bellow, secretary general of the Ebsar Foundation, has said his organization has temporarily ceased its blindness combating program. Ebsar has defaulted in its...
View ArticleOver 65 ‘maid brokers’ netted in Jeddah raid
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Patrol teams from the passport police have arrested more than 65 brokers who helped runaway maids find work in Jeddah. The...
View ArticleYemen to extradite Al-Shehri’s widow if she surrenders
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Yemen will hand over Saeed Al-Shehri’s widow Wafa to Saudi Arabia if she decides to give herself up to authorities in Yemen, Al-Hayat daily...
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