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72 female guards enhance skills
Fatima Muhammad Saudi Gazette RIYADH – Seventy-two women prison guards from throughout the country completed on Wednesday comprehensive courses aiming to develop their security...
View ArticleIraq court commutes Saudi’s death sentence to 15 years
Thamer Qamqoum Okaz/Saudi Gazette ARAR – The death sentence of a well-known Saudi prisoner in Iraq for illegally crossing the Iraqi border was commuted on Tuesday to 15 years in...
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Smartphones ruin family ties
Renad Ghanem Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The digital revolution though the driving force in global advancement has also brought with it unique sets of issues – the...
View ArticleTwo-year-old assaulted by housemaid
Ibrahim Alawi and Fahd Al-Mitairi Okaz/ Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A two-year-old Saudi boy has been assaulted by his family’s housemaid, according to Jeddah Police on...
View ArticleYanbu maid confesses to double assault
Ahmad Al-Ansari Okaz/Saudi Gazette Yanbu — An African maid accused of attempting to murder a girl and her mother has reportedly confessed to her crime. She allegedly tried...
View ArticleEgyptian carpenter acquitted of tasattur
Ibrahim Alawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – An Egyptian carpenter, accused last November of violating tasattur regulations was acquitted of the charges on Wednesday. Tasattur is...
View ArticleTurn off the city’s light
Khaled Al-Sulaiman Okaz newspaper We, Saudis and even residents, are just fond of staying up well into the wee hours of the morning. This is a fact that has characterized our social...
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Jeddah residents revel at seafront after development
JEDDAH – A day after Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal dedicated the first phase of the new Jeddah Corniche Development Project on Tuesday night, citizens and residents relished...
View ArticleDisabled: Humanitarian issue
Saleh Ibrahim Al-Turaiqi Okaz newspaper Dear friend, For reasons you may call inquisitiveness or love of interference, I often get into disagreements with car drivers who steal...
View ArticleHospital will not reopen Saturday: Erfan
Hussien Hazzazi Okaz/ Saudi Gazette Jeddah – The director of the recently closed Erfan & Bagedo Hospital has denied rumors that the hospital could reopen on Saturday. Dr....
View ArticleEx-government aide accused of aiding Al-Qaeda
Mansour Al-Shehri Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH – A member of the 86-member cell, one of the most dangerous cells exposed in the Kingdom, appeared Tuesday before the Special District...
View ArticlePhilippine Missions announce break
Ronaldo Concha JEDDAH — The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh and the Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah announced that they will be closed on December 24, 25, 30, 31 and January 1,...
View ArticleVehicle in 5-car smashup identified
MAKKAH — The Makkah police have identified the company owning the vehicle that smashed into five cars parked on Aziziyah Street. The driver of the car that triggered the smashup...
View Article3 Ethiopians murder compatriot
ASIR — Security personnel in Al-Namas are searching for three Ethiopians who murdered another Ethiopian in the village of Bani Amr. The murder weapon was identified as a sharp...
View ArticleStudent stabbed in back during scuffle
DHAHRAN Al-JANOOB — A student was stabbed in the back during a scuffle at Al-Harjah school, north of Dhahran Al-Janoob. Six students were involved in the fighting. The victim was...
View ArticleCounseling reduces divorce cases by 60%
JEDDAH — Dr. Naser Al-Ood, Consultant to the Minister of Justice, said that divorce cases in the Kingdom have declined by 60%, and that the Kingdom has the least divorce cases...
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Customs take high-tech route to check fake goods
RIYADH — A high level delegation from the Saudi Customs visited the laboratories of Motabaqah in Riyadh’s 2nd industrial area to strengthen the growing partnership...
View ArticleCourt to reopen case against former municipality director
Abdul Rahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Jeddah Administrative Court will on Sunday morning take up a case of abuse of power against a former municipality director. The...
View ArticleMakkah traffic police investigates a fatal pursuit
Hatem Al-Masoudi Okaz/Saudi GazetteMAKKAH — Makkah traffic police is investigating charges that a traffic patrol pursuit of a car ended in a deadly accident.Two of the car’s youth occupants died, and...
View Article7,000 Umrah visas issued electronically
Abdulaziz Ghazzawi Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Deputy Minister of Haj Hatim Qadi reported that 7,000 Umrah visas were issued electronically. He added that issuing visas electronically for...
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