Park Hyatt guests savor a taste of Sicily
Mohammed Alshoaiby Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Park Hyatt hotel’s Nafoura restaurant launched its Taste of Sicily festival on Tuesday with an open buffet of authentic Sicilian...
View ArticleThe Impaler: An Eastern version of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’
Laura Bashraheel Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Setting itself apart from typical Western versions of vampire legends including the teenaged bloodsuckers in The Twilight Saga,...
View ArticleAfforestation campaign organized by The Science and Arts College for Women in...
The Science and Arts College for Women in Al-Aridha, an affiliate of Jazan University, organized an afforestation campaign on Wednesday as part of efforts to raise awareness about sustainable...
View ArticleHuman skull found in hospital waste
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — Cleaning workers at King Fahd Central Hospital in Jazan found a human skull in the hospital waste, a local newspaper reported. A source at the health directorate...
View ArticleFour stores shut, 180 issued warnings in Dammam
Saudi Gazette report DAMMAM — Four stores in Dammam have been shut and warnings issued to another 180 over a five-day period earlier this month, according to a report issued by the local...
View ArticlePrince Faisal launched the first phase of land grants for citizens
Prince Faisal Bin Salman, Emir of Madinah, launched the first phase of land grants for citizens of the province during a visit to the Madinah municipality on Wednesday. The total number of land grants...
View ArticleIllegal workers hired to clean govt schools
Saad Al-Harbi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — Principals of government schools in Madinah have resorted to hiring illegal workers to carry out cleaning of the school facilities. The workers, in...
View ArticleVictim’s kin pardon Yemeni on death row
Saudi Gazette report JAZAN — Relatives of a Yemeni man who was murdered by his friend has pardoned the killer after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah intervened in the case....
View ArticleSchoolgirls to have neighborhood clubs
Ibrahim Shehab Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The director of education in the city has praised a move to set up neighborhood clubs for schoolgirls. Abdullah Al-Thaqafi said schools and staff...
View ArticleBaghdad court hands down second death sentence to Saudi
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A criminal court in Baghdad sentenced Shadi Al-Sadhi, a Saudi prisoner, to death for a second time, a local newspaper reported. He was accused of illegally...
View ArticleCrown Prince congratulated officials and wished them success
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, receives Prince Khalid Bin Bandar, Emir of Riyadh region, and his deputy Prince Turki Bin Abdullah at Al-Yamamah Palace in...
View ArticleIt is Tasatur, not Hafiz or Nitaqat, that exacerbates unemployment
Rashid Al-Fouzan Al-Riyadh newspaper The findings of a recent study conducted by the World Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Planning indicating that the Hafiz and Nitaqat programs...
View ArticleSterner penalties against reckless drivers in the cards
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Ministry of Interior has plans to introduce sterner penalties against motorists who endanger people’s lives on the road, said the director of...
View ArticleMissing youth found dead
JAZAN — Expatriates working in a building under construction found the body of a 27-year-old man who had hanged himself. The man had been missing for a week and his family and police were...
View ArticleAttempt to evade travel ban foiled
QURAYYAT — A family’s attempt to smuggle into Jordan a Saudi banned from traveling failed at the Al-Hudaitha entry checkpoint. Custom officials got suspicious when the driver of a...
View ArticleAccountant detained for embezzlement
JEDDAH — Police are currently questioning an Eritrean accountant accused of embezzling SR264,000 from a private company. The company owner complained to police when he discovered that the...
View ArticleGang targeting bank clients busted
JEDDAH — A 10-member African gang who robbed people as they left their banks with large amounts of money was nabbed in Jeddah following complaints from several bank clients. The gang members...
View ArticleSaudi smuggling infiltrators arrested
RIYADH — Police patrols at Al-Muthallath center in Wadi Al-Dawasir arrested a motorist who smuggled infiltrators from Najran province. A police source said Wednesday that while carrying out...
View ArticleQatif riots trial next Wednesday
DAMMAM — The district court in Dammam will hear next Wednesday the defenses of five men accused of starting riots in Qatif governorate the Eastern Province several months ago. The district...
View ArticleDar Al-Hekma to launch design symposium ‘Identity’
JEDDAH — Dar Al-Hekma College will be hosting ‘Identity,’ a first-of-its-kind design symposium from Feb. 23 - Feb. 27. Twenty-one well-known international speakers, six...
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