Indian Embassy to hold Open House on Thursday
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — The Embassy of India, Riyadh will hold the next session of “Open House” for Indian citizens to address their problems/grievances on Thursday,...
View ArticleFire broke out at Al Suhaili Trading and Development Company
Fire broke out at a cable company’s compound opposite to Baroom center in Al Ruwais district at midday. Three Civil Defense tenders brought the huge blaze under control. The warehouse...
View ArticlePEG honors new consul general
From left to right: Dr Javed Hayat Khan, Vice President – PEG, Chief Guest Aftab A. Khokher, Consul General Pakistan, Azizullah Shariff, Secretary General PEG, Mutahir Rizvi President PEG,...
View ArticleSpecialists warn against use of cheap cosmetics
Amal Al-Sibai Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – In their quest for beauty, women are often lured into buying cheap cosmetics with labels that imitate the authentic brand names, and a range of...
View ArticleBatterjee students celebrate International Day of Cultures
From left: Bassem Al-Jassem, PR manager at BMC; students dressed in Yemeni attire, Khalid Batterjee, dean of BMC; Ahmed Ibrahim, dean of student affairs; Hassan Shaiba, vice dean of academic affairs;...
View ArticleObligatory courses for those wanting to marry
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen told Al-Jazirah daily that the Council of Ministers is studying regulations that will require any man or woman...
View ArticleA trip into the unknown: In search of a forest park in east of Jeddah
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — It took Saudi Gazette two hours to find a new park that had been built over an old sewage lake located in the far eastern side of Jeddah. Apart from...
View ArticleCGI clarifies on ‘amnesty’
JEDDAH — The Consulate General of India has clarified that it has not received any communication from the Saudi government regarding a possible amnesty allowing expatriates who have...
View ArticleKFH laboratory head dismissed
Majed Al-Seqairi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — The Health Affairs directorate in Madinah has dismissed the head of the laboratory of King Fahd Hospital (KFH) after a video showing...
View ArticleMixed environment big hurdle facing female employment
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The main challenge facing Saudi female graduates is that they do not want to work in mixed environments. And in some cases, several families have shown...
View ArticleNazaha team investigates delayed railway contracts
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) has commissioned a team of specialists to investigate the delay in the installation of communications...
View ArticlePakistani Navy Ship visits JIP March 24-27
JEDDAH — Pakistan Navy Ship “PNS Shahjahan” will be visiting Jeddah Islamic Port March 24-27 on a goodwill cum-training visit. The ship derives its name after Shahjahan,...
View ArticleCrackdown in the capital nets 41 illegal Ethiopians
Mishal Al-Otaibi Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Within hours of launching its campaign against illegal aliens here Sunday, the capital’s Passports Department officials were able to...
View ArticleHai’a won’t use force to extract confessions
Saudi Gazette report RIYADH/DAMMAM — The Commission to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice (the Hai’a) will not use force to extract confessions from people it arrests in connection...
View ArticleMadinah to start stint as new Islamic culture capital
Saudi Gazette report MADINAH — Crown Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, is scheduled to launch today (Tuesday) festivities to celebrate Madinah as the new...
View ArticleExpatriates run our country
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Hassani Okaz Headlines in newspapers about foreign manpower controlling markets, economic activities, trade and agriculture have not only become boring, but meaningless, colorless and...
View ArticleWhen will investment scams end?
Abdullah Omar Khayyat Okaz It seems to me that there will be no imminent end to embezzling people of their money under the pretext of investment. This soap opera will continue unless severe actions are...
View Article86 Saudis graduate from Japan
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette JEDDAH —Thirty Japanese companies will participateTuesday in a career day in Tokyo held by the Saudi Cultural Attaché to celebrate the graduation of...
View ArticleUK education consultants in KSA
MANAMA — Sue Anderson Consultants (SAC), Education consultants and UK boarding school specialist, is touring the Kingdom. After three successful days in Riyadh, the consultants will be in...
View ArticlePakistanis can get MRPs extended
JEDDAH — Consulate General of Pakistan has started extending machine readable passports (MRPs) manually to help Pakistani nationals who have applied for renewal of their passports but whose...
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