Narrowed Madinah ring road unsafe
Sami Al-Maghamsi Okaz/Saudi Gazette MADINAH — A large number of accidents have lately been occurring regularly on the city’s third ring road. It is largely because the Haramain...
View ArticleSaudi woman ‘employed’ without her knowledge
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A Saudi woman who applied for a job while her papers were being processed by the General Organization of Social Insurance (GOSI) was surprised to learn that she...
View ArticleScholars and women’s work
Abdo Khal Okaz newspaper A few scholars recently visited the Ministry of Labor’s headquarters and presented a report about the disadvantages of allowing women to go out and work. It is...
View ArticleIndian professor embraces Islam
Saudi Gazette QASSIM — An Indian professor at the University of Qassim has embraced Islam and changed her name from “Ritu” to “Nour.” Professor Nour...
View ArticleMinimum wage for private guards fixed
Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The minimum salary for private security personnel will be SR3,000 along with other benefits from 2013, industry sources told Al-Jazirah newspaper. The decision will...
View ArticleAl-Aghar Group to hold workshop today
Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Al-Aghar Group will review in a workshop on Thursday the results of its “Knowledge Family” study at the headquarters of National Commercial Bank...
View ArticleFaulty thermometer implicates hospital
Mishal Al-Otaibi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — A medical team in a private hospital here almost caused a medical disaster by basing their diagnosis on a faulty thermometer. A three-year-old was...
View ArticleExpatriate jailed and to be deported
Mishal Al-Otaibi Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — The Riyadh district court sentenced an expatriate to four months in prison and 70 lashes for immoral and unethical acts in front of a...
View ArticleJeddah police arrest security impersonators
Abdulrahman Al-Ali Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Jeddah police have arrested two Palestinian nationals for cheating and robbing expatriates by impersonating security personnel. In addition one...
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Crossing in Madinah is risky business due to paucity of pedestrian bridges
Meslih Al-Harbi Okaz/Saudi Gazette Madinah – The main streets of Madinah have become the scene of repeated accidents involving pedestrians, city residents claimed. Speeding and a lack of...
View ArticleGCC heads of state to meet in Manama
Saeed Al Khotani Saudi Gazette RIYADH — Bahrain will host the 33 summit of the Supreme Council of GCC states next Monday and Tuesday. The summit of the Gulf heads of states will be held in...
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King, Crown Prince mourn death of Sheikh Subail
Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal offers his condolences to the sons of Sheikh Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Subail at their residence in Makkah on Wednesday. Sheikh Abdul...
View ArticleCrash victim family faults Madinah’s health body
Saudi Gazette report YANBU – The brother of a comatose accident victim in Madinah has blamed the Directorate of the Health Affairs in Madinah for not carrying out the health...
View ArticleSaihat farms suffering from methanol dumping
SAIHAT – Farms west of Saihat City, Qatif governorate, claimed large quantities of poisonous chemical methanol have been dumped near them for the last seven years by an industrial company in...
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Prawn farm development will help industry: KAU head
Jeddah — President of King Abdulaziz University Prof. Osama Tayyeb inaugurated the expansion of a fish farm facility at the university’s Faculty of Marine Sciences in Obhur. He...
View ArticleForeigners blamed for cement shortage in Jeddah
Saudi Gazette Jeddah — Manipulation of the cement market by foreigners has created a shortage in supplies in Jeddah, reported Al-Madinah newspaper. Consumers believe foreign workers...
View ArticleThe citizen and the administrator
Mohammed Bin Sulaiman Al-Ehaidib Okaz Newspaper We asked the youth to get educated and they have done that. They obtained all the required certificates, from diplomas to Master’s and PhDs....
View ArticleSaudization and minimum wages for foreigners
Dr. Saeed Al-Siraihi Okaz newspaper When Labor Minister Adel Fakieh was mayor of Jeddah, Okaz hosted him in an exclusive dialogue with its reporters and writers. I remember I said to him that the...
View ArticleWomen to manage Muaqib offices
Hassan Baswaid and Abdulaziz Ghazawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has allowed women to manage Muaqib (general administration) offices and debt...
View ArticleAl-Khalidi kidnapping, Al-Enizi killing linked
Faheem Al-Hamid Okaz/Saudi Gazette SANA’A – Brig. Gen. Omar Abdulkareem, Director of Sana’a Security, has stated that the assassination of a Saudi diplomat in...
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