Price monitoring ineffective, say consumers
Saleh Al-Zahrani Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Economists and consumers said they have not noticed any improvement in prices following the monitoring of markets and restaurants. The Ministry...
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Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — Prince Faisal Bin Salman took over as the new Emir of Madinah province on Sunday in line with the royal order appointing him to the key post, the Saudi Press...
View ArticlePak officials explore ways to improve pilgrim services
Pakistan’s Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah (C) flanked by Ambassador Muhammad Naeem Khan (R) and Consul General Aftab A. Khokher (L) at a dinner in Jeddah Saturday. — SG...
View ArticlePatients battling renal failure speak about their sufferings
Tamader Al-Rehaili Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Patients who suffer from kidney failure spend up to 15 hours a week receiving dialysis, which is the most common method of treatment used by...
View ArticleDeport all illegal foreigners
Abdullah Omar Khayyat Okaz newspaper The increasing number of foreigners, whether legal or illegal, in the Kingdom is one of the most important economic issues facing our country. Expatriates occupy...
View ArticleThey suffer in silence
Saleh Al-Turigee Okaz newspaper PERHAPS the most infamous Adhl case, which is when a woman’s male guardians prevent her from marrying, was that of a doctor in Madinah who spent 10 years in a...
View ArticleMurderer, drugs smuggler executed
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed one its nationals convicted of murder as well as a Syrian convicted of smuggling drugs into the Kingdom, the Interior Ministry announced. Mohammed...
View ArticlePesticide content: Indian pepper banned
TAIF — The Ministry of Agriculture has banned import of pepper from India, a local newspaper reported. Tests revealed the presence of pesticides in samples of the pepper. The ministry has...
View ArticleProject for women empowerment set
DAMMAM — The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Fund for Women’s Development is preparing for the launch of a program that funds and develops projects run by women in March, a local...
View ArticleWork begins to dismantle Jeddah zoo
JEDDAH — Work has started to clear the Beautiful Creatures zoo in Jeddah two months after it closed, a local newspaper reported. The zoo is to make way for the Al-Haramain high speed train...
View ArticleJapanese Food Festival kicks off
JEDDAH – The Japanese Food Festival was inaugurated at Al Safina Restaurant, Hilton Hotel on Monday, Feb. 11 at 07:30 pm. The occasion was attended by the Consul General of Japan who led the...
View ArticleMaiden women’s cricket match in Kingdom
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Cricket Samarwa Tigers and Riyadh Fairies contested the inaugural Royal Academy of Cricket (RAC) ladies cricket match in the Kingdom. Famous and well-known...
View ArticleSeveral Jeddah students to be ‘iskolar ng bayan’
Donna Corpin Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Several students from Philippine-curriculum schools in Jeddah are bound for the University of the Philippines (UP), the...
View ArticleWomen married to foreigners can now sponsor kids, spouse
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — The Directorate General of Passports has started implementing a Council of Ministers decision allowing Saudi women married to foreigners to sponsor their...
View ArticlePrince Faisal meets Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs
Madinah Emir Prince Faisal Bin Salman meets with Pakistani Minister of Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Tuesday. The minister conveyed the greetings of Pakistan’s president and...
View ArticleNSHR needs to redefine role
Abdulaziz Al-Rebaiei and Mohammad Al-Enezi Saudi Gazette TAIF/DAMMAM — Some citizens are claiming that the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has lost its direction and has strayed...
View ArticleValentine’s Special: Saudi religious police deny intent to close flower shops
The head of Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice [CPVPV], denied on Tuesday plans to close shops selling flowers during Valentine’s Day....
View ArticleDrop mahram rule for scholarship students: NSHR member
Saudi Gazette report JEDDAH — A member of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) has urged the Ministry of Higher Education to review a condition that states a male guardian must...
View ArticleSign leadership screening test today
JEDDAH — A Comprehensive Skills Analysis Test in connection with selection of students for a leadership training program (Lead 2020) will be held on Wednesday. The screening test will be...
View Article240 jobless women graduates to sue ministry
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Some 240 unemployed women graduates are planning to file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Civil Service for the delay in hiring them. All the women are teachers...
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