Vendors resell Zamzam bottles
MAKKAH — The Ministry of Water and Electricity sent a letter to the Makkah Emir’s office complaining that 45,000 10-liter bottles of Zamzam water are resold by street vendors every...
View ArticleLocusts attack Madinah farms
MADINAH – Swarms of locusts attacked several governorates at the beginning of this week, causing alarm and fear among farmers and residents alike. Khaibar, Alees and Al-Ula governorates were...
View ArticleGames courts open at women's institute
JEDDAH — Al-Amal women's institute in Jeddah has inaugurated a number of volleyball, basketball and hockey courts for its students and teachers, Al-Hayat daily reported. The institute also...
View ArticleMale docs are to see female patients with a nurse present
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — The Ministry of Health has circulated a directive to all hospitals and health centers saying male doctors can examine female patients only in the presence of a...
View ArticleSet up special courts to try corruption cases: Lawyer
Saudi Gazette report AL-KHOBAR — A lawyer has called for setting up special courts to look into corruption cases to reduce the time general courts take for processing such cases. The best...
View ArticleUniversities find attracting teachers hard
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH - Saudi universities, especially those recently established, have difficulty attracting teachers, the Higher Education Ministry said in a report. The report, published...
View ArticleForeign firms monopolizing consultancy market: Official
Saudi Gazette report ABHA — A handful of foreign companies are monopolizing the Kingdom's consultancy market, the daily Alsharq reported on Sunday, quoting a consultancy official. Assem Arab,...
View ArticleHotel ignores orders to pay ex-employees their benefits
Saudi Gazette report MAKKAH — Nine citizens who were employed by Makkah InterContinental said for the past five years they have been chasing after unpaid benefits for their employment at the...
View ArticleUnable to pay SR5.1m blood money, Saudi languishes in jail
Saudi Gazette report HAFR AL-BATIN — A 33-year-old citizen has spent the past eight years in jail as he is unable to pay the blood money set for causing a traffic accident that killed 17...
View ArticleFilipino groups raise funds for electrocuted teenager
Ronaldo Z. Concha Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Members of several Filipino organizations in Jeddah united last weekend to help John Paul Genesis Pensinabis, a 14-year-old teenager who was...
View ArticleHealth Ministry denies knowledge of central lab it planned 10 years ago
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Health Ministry has denied any knowledge of a national center for laboratories it decided to set up 10 years ago to detect early warning signs of infectious...
View ArticleKiller viruses in the ministry
Khaled Al-Solaiman Okaz The World Health Organization (WHO) said the main reason behind the swift spread of the virus causing the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was negligence. This is a fact...
View ArticleSmell of death brings changes
Ghanim Al-Hamar Alsharq When the smell of death prevailed after the Mina fire of 1997, during which more than 50,000 tents were burned down, 300 pilgrims killed and at least 2,000 others injured,...
View ArticleKSA a transit point for migrant health workers seeking better pay packets in...
Expatriate nurses working at a Saudi hospital. Many health workers from Asian countries are treating the Kingdom as a transit point to gain experience while migrating to the West for better pay...
View ArticleSix hurt in accident caused by stray camels
AL-WAJH — Five women teachers and their driver were injured when their vehicle swerved off the main road to avoid hitting several stray camels. Security bodies attended the scene of the...
View ArticlePolice searching for failed ATM robber
SAMTAH, Jazan — Police here are searching for an unidentified person who tried to rob an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). Sources said police received information that someone was trying to...
View ArticleEmbassy on Wheels benefits 219 Filipinos in Hafr Al-Batin
A Philippine Embassy officer receives application for consular service from a female worker during the Embassy on Wheels in Hafr Al-Batin. — Courtesy photo RIYADH — A total of 219...
View ArticleRed Crescent attended 650 cases last month
AL-BAHA – Paramedics from the Red Crescent attended 650 different cases during the month of Rajab (May) this year. Al-Baha Red Crescent spokesman Imad Al-Zahrani said ambulances transported...
View ArticleHaia arrests 9 expats running gambling den
KHAMIS MUSHAYT — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) detained nine illegal residents for operating a gambling den in an apartment unit out of Al-Darb...
View ArticlePassenger dies, 4 others hurt in three-car pile-up
ABHA — One passenger died and four others injured in a three-car pile-up on the Abha-Marbah road Friday. Asir Red Crescent spokesman Ahmad Asiri said paramedics were dispatched to the scene...
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