TABUK — Two people were killed and nine others injured when a pickup truck crashed into a minibus transporting female teachers. The drivers of both vehicles were killed while the female passengers of the minibus sustained injuries. Three of the injured victims were reported to be in a critical (...)
This is in response to the article “Latest coronavirus victim: Bonhomie at Saudi weddings” in Saudi Gazette on April 20. There's nothing great to worry... Just take precautions as ordered by WHO. But the lady form Tabuk has done a great job, indeed.
Nora Ahmad, via online
Emir of Tabuk Prince Fahd Bin Sultan receives Maj. Gen. Maatouk Bin Saeed Al-Zahrani, director of the region's police, in his offcice on Tuesday. Al-Zahrani presented the emir the annual statistical report for the year 2012. The report indicated a noticeable drop in the rate of crimes in the (...)
Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Tabuk region praised efforts of Saudi Electricity Company and its role in the delivery of electric service through projects to support the development of the region and provide a service with high reliability for the benefit of citizens and (...)
Prince Fahd bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Tabuk region, was briefed here today on the new projects approved for the region in the budget of Ministry of Water and Electricity exceeding SR 506 million.
This came during the Prince's meeting with the Director General of Water Department in (...)
Activities of Friendship 3 drill as well as Desert Hawk 3 drill have been launched today where the Saudi and U.S. land forces, jointly, took part, in the presence of the Commander of the North Western Area Maj. Gen. Saad Abdullah Al-Qarni.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the commander (...)
TABUK — Security teams raided two liquor plants here, confiscated its contents and arrested many illegal residents who were running them. Tabuk police spokesman Lt. Col. Khalid Al-Ghabban said the police acted on information that some expatriates were distilling liquor. Special police teams (...)
Families turn out in large numbers on the first day of Tabuk Recreational and Marketing Festival (Tabuk Spring) that kicked off on Sunday evening. A wide variety of cultural and recreational programs are being staged as part of the 10-day event that coincides with the mid-year vacation. The (...)
Prince Fahd bin Sultan Chair at Tabuk University has approved 15 researches at the cost of SR 500,000 for the youth for this year.
The University's Vice President for Higher Studies and Scientific Research and Chair's General Supervisor Dr. Owaidh bin Hamoud Al-Atawi pointed out that the researches (...)
SPAA student scouts team from Tabuk Secondary School visited the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) office in Tabuk province on Tuesday as part of their program to obtain their journalist badges. The scout team met with the office's director Ibrahim Al-Muslamani, who briefed them on the role played by the (...)
TAIMA, Tabuk — Students and teachers fled as two snakes caused a scare at an elementary girl's school here on Monday. Tabuk Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mamdouh Al-Enezi said one of the snakes was found hiding inside a prayer mat, while the other was found on the school fence. Civil Defense teams (...)
A scout student team of Tabuk Secondary School visited today the office of Saudi Press Agency (SPA) in Tabuk region within the framework of the program of scout activity of hobbies "Journalist's Badge".
The scout team met with the Office's Director Ibrahim Al-Muslamani who briefed them on the role (...)
TABUK — Nine people were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in a private resort west of Tabuk. Civil Defense spokesman Col. Mamdouh Al-Enezi said two firefighting teams were dispatched to the scene and contained the fire that resulted from the explosion. He added Red Crescent paramedics provided (...)
Civil Defense personnel take part in the opening ceremony of the World Civil Defense Day in Tabuk on Sunday. The month-long activities kicked off across the Kingdom under the motto “Civil Defense and security culture to build a secure society”. In Madinah, the Civil Defense decided to start a (...)
TABUK — Five Saudis have been apprehended for breaking into several homes and cars and opening fire on police officers, said Tabuk Police spokesman Lt. Col. Muhammad Al-Rashidi. The police had received several reports of theft from citizens and expatriates over the past few days. Due to the (...)
TABUK — The driver of a car was killed and six of his family members sustained various injuries in a horrific accident along the Madinah-Tabuk Expressway on Monday. Tabuk Red Crescent spokesman Husam Al-Saleh said the driver died on the spot when his car drove into a waiting truck on the side of (...)
Literary club in Tabuk held yesterday a poetical evening within the activities of Janadriah National Festival for Heritage and Culture in its 29 session with the participation of a number of Arab poets and their counterparts from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At the end of the evening, Tabuk (...)
The 29th Janadriah Festival for Heritage and Culture has allowed its visitors to see number of pieces of volcanic projectiles that resulted from volcanoes occurred in the Arabian Peninsula millions of years ago, where Saudi Geological Survey (SGS) was keen on displaying these volcanic projectiles (...)
TABUK — The Municipality of Tabuk allocated SR340 million over the past four years for road projects in the city of Tabuk. Mayor Mohammed Bin Abdulhadi Al-Omari said the municipality is continuing to develop a 250-kilometer network of major roads and streets in the city.
The Municipality of Tabuk region has allocated SR 340 million over the past four years for road projects in the city of Tabuk.
The Region's Mayor Engineer Mohammed bin Abdulhadi Al-Omari said that the Municipality continues its works to develop a network of major roads and streets in the city of (...)
TABUK — Tabuk Police have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a car and shooting its owner. It is alleged that the man tried to stole the car parked infront of a bakery. When the owner tried to stop him, he shot him twice in the hand and fled. Immediately, police teams surrounded the area to (...)
TABUK — A security officer was killed when his patrol car collided with a truck on Tabuk-Dhiba Road. Security sources said a road security patrol grew suspicious of a vehicle and tried to stop it. However, the driver refused to stop, and forced the security patrol to swerve and crash into an (...)
DHIBA — Police on Monday arrested a private security guard for firing shots inside Dhiba College. Media head and University of Tabuk spokesman Dr Mohammad Al-Thebaiti said the security guard was randomly firing shots inside the the office of the dean. No one was injured. The university staff (...)
TABUK — A young man in his 20s died of gunshot wounds to his chest in the Al-Faisaliyah neighborhood of Tabuk. Police were notified that a young man was shot and taken to King Khalid Hospital by Red Crescent paramedics. The victim was in a serious condition and died before police could take his (...)
Abid Khazandar
The death of six-year-old Lama Al-Rouqi who fell into an abandoned artesian well in Tabuk and the existence of a large number of such wells across the Kingdom in general is an indication of our lack of public conscience.
I still recall my visit to a city in the Northern Border region (...)
