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Articles of the author Hussein Hazzazi
Ignoring COVID-19 protocols may invite docking of wages
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has specified penalties for 12 violations by all government employees in different sectors starting with a warning, admonition, docking of three months' (...)

10 - 08 - 2020
Expanded COVID-19 testing for Jeddah residents soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health is preparing to launch within days expanded testing in Jeddah to assess the rate of the spread of the coronavirus infection in the city as it is continuing to take precautionary and preventive (...)

17 - 06 - 2020
What is taking place in the five-star quarantines?
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — As Saudi returnees are being kept in five-star quarantines, one wonders what exactly is happening there. Providing details of the entire process, the adviser to the Director of Health Affairs in Jeddah Governorate Dr. (...)

14 - 04 - 2020
Guardian's consent for a woman to be treated canceled Health Ministry makes vaccination compulsory for its personnel
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health has issued directives to all its health facilities not to make it conditional for an adult woman to obtain her guardian's approval in order to be provided health services, informed sources have told (...)

02 - 11 - 2019
Jawazat issues passports to Saudi women thru Absher
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Interior, represented by the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat), has started issuing and renewing passports for Saudi women aged 21 and above via the Absher online portal. This is in implementation (...)

09 - 09 - 2019
Master's student uncovers corruption in health sector
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A thesis submitted for a master's degree at Jeddah University has uncovered rampant administrative corruption at the Ministry of Health. The thesis, which was approved by a scientific committee at the university, said a (...)

07 - 07 - 2019
Search continues for missing Saudi pilot in Philippines
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Saudi Embassy in the Philippines is coordinating with relevant Philippine agencies involved in a search operation for Saudi trainee pilot Abdullah Al-Shareef who went missing in Occidental Mindoro island during a (...)

25 - 05 - 2019
‘Med Consult' app for patient safety launched
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah launched the "Med Consult" app at the 4th Global Ministerial Patient Summit here on Saturday. "Med Consult", launched in cooperation with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief (...)

02 - 03 - 2019
Probe begins into furniture scam in Water Ministry
JEDDAH — The General Auditing Bureau (GAB) is investigating allegations of possible corruption against the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture while purchasing office furniture for a branch director spending SR1.5 million four years (...)

04 - 12 - 2016
Jeddah tops the world in genetic diseases
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddah has the largest number of genetic diseases in the world with 700 out of 10,000 children contracting some form of genetic disorder against the world average of one out of 10,000, said Dr. Najla Ghafari, pediatrics (...)

10 - 05 - 2016
22 land grabbers in Jeddah identified
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH —Municipal authorities in Jeddah have submitted a list of 22 land sharks to the governorate to take punitive action. The municipality said the alleged land grabbers targeted plots owned by the government in 19 townships and (...)

21 - 02 - 2016
Okaz launches ‘press code of ethics'
JEDDAH — Okaz Organization for Press and Publications on Monday launched a press code of ethics making Okaz the first local Arabic newspaper to take the pioneering step. Okaz will make the professional work its top priority under the code which is (...)

03 - 02 - 2016
Come rain, Jeddah's going to be flooded again
JEDDAH — Despite many deaths and damages from floods caused by rainfall in 2009 and 2011 and as recent as last month, the city of Jeddah is yet to see a fully operational rainwater drainage system. Studies conducted on the drainage system for the (...)

02 - 12 - 2015
Sewer overflow ruins image of upscale Jeddah district
Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Leaking sewage and the associated foul odor have spread across different parts of Al-Hamra district, tarnishing the image one of Jeddah's most affluent neighborhoods. Residents have complained about a sewage leak near a major (...)

04 - 11 - 2015
Girl, 12, dies in hospital: Nurse accused of medical error
A Saudi national has accused an Arab nurse working for a private hospital in Jeddah of killing his daughter by administering the wrong medication. Ahmad Al-Amri said his daughter Solafa, 12, was admitted to the hospital after vomiting for two (...)

01 - 05 - 2012
500 experts to attend 4-day rheumatology conference
day 10th Pan Arab Rheumatology Conference, beginning here Monday, aims to familiarize consultants and specialists with the latest developments in rheumatoid diseases and to allow them to exchange ideas and expertise. Dr. Hussain Halabi, Chairman of (...)

11 - 01 - 2012
Pvt hospital seeks SR1.8m from Moroccan
A private hospital here is demanding payment of SR1.8 million for treating a female Moroccan patient for two years. Fatimah, 52, sustained severe injuries after falling from her third floor apartment in Al-Salamah District in Jeddah on Oct. 16, (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
50 fire-hit school teachers lose jobs
A total of 50 teachers were laid off at the Bara'em Al-Watan Private Girls' School here on Saturday. The school was recently hit by a devastating fire resulting in the loss of lives, many injuries and significant damage to the property. This comes (...)

09 - 01 - 2012
Two HIV-positive cases detected
positive cases have come to light, Sami Badawood, head of the Health Affairs Management in Jeddah, said. The cases were detected during tests given by a mobile clinics around the city, he said. The HIV-positive pair was given the necessary (...)

22 - 10 - 2008
Contractors fined SR150 million for delayed projects
A whopping SR150 million fine has been imposed on contractors of companies executing bridge projects in Jeddah for the delay in project completion, said the city's Deputy Mayor for Construction and Projects, Engineer Ibrahim Katabkhanah. However, (...)

08 - 10 - 2008
Police search for family of three-year-old
Police are searching for the family of a three-year-old girl found abandoned on the Corniche on Sunday. The girl is now in the Social Care Home. 1st Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, security spokesperson for Jeddah Police, said the girl is three-years-old and (...)

20 - 08 - 2008
Truck-load of expired sweets seized
Police seized a truck loaded with expired sweets on its way from Riyadh. Police said the Indonesian driver wanted to sell the expired goods during Ramadan. 1st. Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, security spokesperson for the Jeddah Police said the truck was (...)

16 - 08 - 2008
Over 200 criminals arrested
In one week security officials arrested 174 wanted criminals and 111 illegal immigrants in security campaigns across the Jeddah area, said Jeddah Police Spokesperson, 1st Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. He said the crimes ranged from violating municipal (...)

15 - 08 - 2008
Teenagers arrested for stealing taxi
Two teenagers robbed a taxi driver and stole his taxi in a remote area east of the Jeddah expressway. 1st Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq, security spokesperson of Jeddah Police, said the two 17-year-old boys stopped a taxi at night and asked the driver to take (...)

13 - 08 - 2008
Mobile thief strikes a poor bargain
Muntazahat District here fooled an alleged mobile-phone snatcher who would try to sell the phones back to his victims and even blackmail them, police said. The suspect had made contact with the Saudi man who alerted the cops and set a trap for him. (...)

06 - 08 - 2008
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