Filipino executed in Saudi for murder–DFA

Joyce Ann L. Rocamora 10/08/2024

MANILA – A Filipino national was executed in Saudi Arabia for the murder of a Saudi national on Oct. 5, 2024, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Tuesday, October 8. DFA Undersecretary for Migration Eduardo Jose de…

Women drive fast train to Mecca as Saudi workforce evolves

Agence France Presse 01/30/2023

JEDDAH — Driver Tharaa Ali takes her seat at the helm of a high-speed train ferrying pilgrims to Mecca, a beneficiary of conservative Saudi Arabia’s bid to employ its booming female workforce. Saudi women only gained the…

Saudi hosts investment forum under Khashoggi shadow

AFP 10/23/2018

Saudi Arabia opened an investment conference on Tuesday despite a wave of cancellations from policymakers and business titans over the murder of journalist and government critic Jamal Khashoggi. The three-day Future Investment Initiative (FII) was meant to…

Germany won’t export arms to Saudi for now: Merkel

AFP 10/22/2018

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Berlin would not export arms to Saudi Arabia for now in the wake of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s violent death. “I agree with all those who say when it comes…

Saudi prepares for hajj pilgrimage

AP 08/18/2018

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is preparing to host the annual hajj pilgrimage beginning Sunday, as over 1.6 million Muslim faithful from abroad have arrived in the ultraconservative kingdom. The pilgrimage represents one of the five…

OFW from Oslob killed in Saudi trailer truck accident

Morexette Marie B. Erram, Raul Constantine Tabanao 03/05/2018

A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), from Oslob town, southern Cebu, was killed in a road mishap in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia past 11 a.m., on Sunday. The victim was identified as Calixto Cabanlit, a trailer truck driver…

OFW killed while driving trailer truck in Saudi Arabia

Raul Constantine Tabanao 03/05/2018

A 57-year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who is a native of Oslob town, Cebu, was killed in a road mishap in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia past 11 a.m., on Sunday. The victim was identified as Calixto Cabanlit, a…

Saudi says suicide bomber killed in foiled Mecca plot

AP 06/24/2017

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi security forces said Saturday they disrupted a plot to attack the Grand Mosque at Mecca, home to the holiest site in Islam, just as the fasting month of Ramadan concludes. The…

Toledo OFW electrocuted in Saudi

Rene F. Alima 05/30/2016

A 24-year-old electrician from Toledo City, who was working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was electrocuted inside an oil refinery last May 26. Franklien Billesta of Don Andres Soriano, Toledo City, was found by his co-workers lying on…

Humanitarian truce starts

AP 07/28/2015

  SANAA, Yemen — Saudi-led coalition air strikes came to a halt in Yemen early yesterday after a five-day humanitarian truce went into effect, witnesses and security officials said. However, ground fighting broke out almost immediately in…

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