3 workers injured in canister blast
JEDDAH — Three municipal employees, tasked with combating the dengue-carrying mosquitoes suffered facial burns when a spray canister exploded in their faces in Al-Samer neighborhood. They...
View Article7-yr-old succumbs to diphtheria
MAKKAH — A seven-year-old child died of diphtheria in Makkah, leaving her family infected and requiring hospitalization. The child’s father said his daughter had suffered from pain...
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Jubail club starts cleanup drive on Abu Ali island
Sultan Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette JUBAIL — The Royal Commission for Jubail in collaboration with the Saudi Petrochemicals Company (SADAF) recently unveiled a cleanliness initiative along Abu...
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SR2,400 annual expat levy unjustifiable: Grand Mufti
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Alsheikh Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Alsheikh, Grand Mufti, called upon the Ministry of Labor to reconsider its decision to impose annual fees of...
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Innovative concepts in spine care discussed at Jeddah meet
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A two-day medical conference, which discussed findings and cases in spine care and surgery, concluded here Friday. The Jeddah Spine Summit was...
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Hai’a approves regulations for lingerie shops
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Hai’a) said on Saturday that all lingerie shops in the Kingdom should be solely...
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Crown Prince awards Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz Al-Hussein
Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, decorates in Riyadh on Saturday Deputy Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Abdulaziz Al-Hussein with King Abdulaziz Medal of...
View ArticleIndian cultural society and Bazm-e-Osmania celebrates India’s 64th Republic Day
Syeda Amtul Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – To mark the 64th Republic Day of India, the Indian cultural society and Bazm-e-Osmania organized a grand Indian cultural program dubbed “Grand...
View ArticleSCTA shuts down 11 hotels without permits in Makkah
Fahd Al-Manaee Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities in Makkah shut down 11 hotels and furnished apartments in the holy city for operating without tourist...
View ArticleJordanian executed for drug trafficking
SAKAKA — A Jordanian man convicted of drug trafficking was executed in the northern Al-Jouf province on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said. Faris Salam Salama Al-Maghrabi was arrested while...
View ArticlePolice arrest thieves red-handed
JEDDAH — Police in Jeddah arrested three men who were caught red-handed burgling an electrical equipment shop. The police received a call from a Saudi who witnessed the shop being burgled....
View ArticleMen dress up as women to sneak into Kingdom
QUNFUDAH — Police patrols foiled an attempt to smuggle four Yemenis dressed in women’s clothing into the Kingdom. Police at a checkpoint grew suspicious of a citizen with what...
View ArticleFarmer kills man ‘in self-defense’
ABHA — A citizen shot dead an African for apparently trespassing on his farm in the village of Al-Henaik near Abha. The citizen then surrendered himself to police. The deputy mayor of the...
View ArticleWrong injection sends young woman in Taif to ICU
Saudi Gazette report TAIF — A Saudi has claimed that his daughter had to be admitted to a Taif private hospital’s intensive care unit because she was given the wrong medicine. Saleh...
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DAH students successfully complete Gatehouse Bank course
Sana Abdul Salam Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Gatehouse bank joined hands with Dar Al-Hekma College for the second time to provide a three-day workshop on real-estate investment to 15 MBA students...
View ArticleWitnesses abstain, Hai’a assault case adjourned
Abdul Rahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah Administrative Court on Sunday adjourned a trial against two members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice...
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Alwaleed receives Gerhard Schrider
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), receives Gerhard Schrider, former German chancellor and honorary chairman of the Near and Middle East Association, and an...
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Saudi-Pak ties of strategic nature, says EP Emir
DAMMAM — Ambassador of Pakistan Muhammad Naeem Khan called on Eastern Province Emir Prince Saud Bin Naif at his office on Sunday. The ambassador congratulated Prince Saud on his new...
View ArticleDawa forum allows girls to play sports
Saudi Gazette report AL-KHOBAR — A dawa (call) forum allowed Saudi girls to play hockey and table tennis, stoking the debate on whether to allow women to practice sports in Saudi Arabia. The...
View ArticleMakkah projects hit hard by shortage of cement
Fahd Al-Manaee Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The holy city is suffering from an acute shortage of cement, which is threatening major development projects, market sources said on Sunday. They told...
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