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Articles of the author Ibrahim Alawi
Customs: No duty for shipments, valued below SR1000
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority has emphasized that personal shipments are exempted from customs duties if the total value of purchases is amounting to less than SR1,000, including the value of the goods and shipping (...)

26 - 09 - 2021
9 major markets shut in Jeddah over coronavirus breaches
JEDDAH — The Jeddah Municipality closed nine major markets for not adhering to precautionary and preventive measures against coronavirus. The closure comes after field tours were carried out in 4,369 sites for nearly 72 hours until Monday (April 12) (...)

14 - 04 - 2021
Pilgrims, worshipers without permits will be barred from entering Grand Mosque
Okaz/Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — The Umrah Security Forces reiterated that those who do not have permits for Umrah and prayers will be barred from entering the Grand Mosque in Makkah during Ramadan. Security and traffic safety measures have been beefed (...)

13 - 04 - 2021
Umrah/prayer permit needed to enter Makkah
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Only those pilgrims and worshipers who have a valid permit for performing Umrah or prayer at the Grand Mosque, issued through Eatmarna application, will be allowed to enter Makkah. The Public Security has warned pilgrims (...)

28 - 03 - 2021
No blood donation by corona patients until full recovery: MoH
Okaz/Saudi Gazette RIYADH — No one infected with coronavirus is allowed to donate blood until he has full recovered, Assistant Minister of Health and the ministry spokesman Dr. Muhammad Al-Abdel Ali has said. "Any one wanted to donate blood in (...)

19 - 08 - 2020
Police in Makkah region beef up foot patrols to catch coronavirus protocol violators
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Police forces in Makkah region have beefed up their field security patrols in popular markets and other crowded areas to monitor violations of the precautionary and preventive measures as well as social distancing (...)

15 - 06 - 2020
Al-Jasser: Our airports are ready, abide by the precautionary measures
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Minister of Transport Eng. Saleh Bin Nasser Al-Jasser, who is also the chairman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA), inspected on Saturday the Hall No.1 at the new Jeddah-based King Abdulaziz International (...)

30 - 05 - 2020
Retail sale halted at Jeddah vegetable and fruit market
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddah Mayoralty has stopped retail sales in the vegetable and fruit market (halaka) here, and has allocated the market for dealing in wholesale to suppliers and traders only. The decision aims to reduce movement and (...)

21 - 04 - 2020
Trial of Al-Qaeda member who stabbed artists in Riyadh begins
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh started on Thursday the trial of the two defendants who are Yemeni nationals in connection with the stabbing incident in Riyadh last month. The charge sheet against the main (...)

19 - 12 - 2019
Verdict in Al-Wadeea terror attack case soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Criminal Court in Jeddah will soon issue its verdict in the case of terror attack Al-Wadeea southern border outlet in Sharourah governorate about six years ago. There are 12 accused in the case wherein four policemen (...)

11 - 12 - 2019
Over 5,000 drug dealers nabbed in three months
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The General Directorate of Narcotics Control has announced that as many as 5,067 people from 32 countries were apprehended in three months on charges of smuggling, transporting, receiving and circulating drugs. Sources (...)

10 - 12 - 2019
Artificial Intelligence equipment for monitoring traffic violations
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – The Traffic Department (Muroor) in Jeddah has installed special equipment — fixed and mobile — to monitor speed limit violations. They will cover the roads used frequently by motorists. These equipment are installed in (...)

04 - 12 - 2019
SR1,000 fine for cancelling ‘Exit Only Visa' after expiry
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH – Conversion of a visit visa to a ‘Resident (Muqeem) ID' is forbidden according to regulations, the Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) has emphasized. It further said that in case a resident does not leave the (...)

23 - 11 - 2019
Hospitals warned against refusing emergency cases
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health has warned government and private hospitals against delaying to deal with or refusing to accept emergency cases and said such an act would entail heavy punishment. "The hospitals should immediately (...)

16 - 11 - 2019
Criminal Court awards prison terms to 38 for terror-funding
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Criminal Court in Jeddah on Tuesday convicted 38 people — all members of a terror cell 41 — for financing terrorism and declaring other Muslims as non-believers. The ruling included deportation of non-Saudi members of (...)

13 - 11 - 2019
Car ownership will soon be transferred through Absher
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The transfer of the ownership of vehicles will soon be done through Absher electronic gate of the Interior Ministry without the need to visit car showrooms, according to market sources who said the citizens and (...)

26 - 10 - 2019
178 women graduate for Public Security jobs
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Gen. Khalid Al-Harbi, director of Public Security, on Thursday, graced the graduation ceremony of 178 women recruits who have completed training from the Women's Institute at the Public Security Training City. Al-Harbi (...)

25 - 10 - 2019
Host visa with 90-day validity soon
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A new visa, which allows citizens and expatriates to host people under their personal sponsorship for up to 90 days, will be available within the coming days. The Directorate General of Passports (Jawazat) and the (...)

23 - 10 - 2019
Airport taxis go green
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Green color has been chosen for the airport taxis which will serve all airports in the Kingdom, according to Ibrahim Al-Ruassa, spokesman of the General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA). The airport taxi is a joint (...)

19 - 10 - 2019
10 injured in Jeddah rail station fire
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Ten people were injured in a fire that broke out in the roof of the Haramain High Speed Rail station in Sulaymaniyah district here on Sunday. The Department of Emergency and Crisis at Jeddah Health Affairs said that it (...)

29 - 09 - 2019
King Salman to attend inauguration of KAIA project
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is scheduled to attend the formal inauguration of the new King Abdulaziz International Airport (Terminal 1), with the ceremony organized by the General Authority of Civil (...)

23 - 09 - 2019
Some roads closed during National Day celebrations Traffic to be diverted on Tahlia Road and parts of Corniche
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The Director of Jeddah Traffic Department Brig. Gen. Salman Al-Jumaiyi has confirmed that traffic has been diverted on Prince Muhammad Bin Abdulaziz Road (formerly Tahlia Road) from Al-Saif Square in the north and on (...)

20 - 09 - 2019
Municipality didn't give license to raze Radio and TV building
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — The municipality has denied giving a license for the demolition of the historic Radio and TV building along the Meena (seaport) road in Al-Nuzla District in Jeddah and said for this reason the demolition work was (...)

09 - 09 - 2019
3,000 Saudis evacuated from Florida ahead of Dorian
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Majed Abul Ula, the head of the Saudi Affairs Department at the Kingdom's Consulate in Houston, has revealed that 3,000 Saudi citizens present in the State of Florida have been evacuated ahead of the Hurricane Dorian, (...)

06 - 09 - 2019
After 50 years, Jeddah bids adieu to chimneys of desalination plant
Okaz/Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddawis bade adieu to the last two chimneys of the desalination plant on the Red Sea coast, after 50 years of feeding the people of the city with fresh water. The chimneys had been scheduled to close in February 2020, (...)

04 - 09 - 2019
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