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Although there is still no official confirmation from the Philippine Embassy in Saudi Arabia, an accident involving a collision between a truck and a coaster killed 11 Filipino electricians as well as injuring others. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) — The Saudi interior ministry said on Sunday (October 11) that house maids in the kingdom were more often the perpetrators, rather than victims, of assault. The statement came amid recent accusations by an Indian maid that her Saudi employer chopped off her arm. India’s foreign ministry called on Saudi Arabia on Friday to ensure swift justice for the woman, who was shown on television lying in a Riyadh hospital with a […]
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (October 2) – According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, a Filipina nurse working in a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is the newest case of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus or MERS-COV. Said agency guaranteed that the nurse is in good condition and is currently recuperating. (ENS, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales)
(Reuters) — At least 220 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority said. At least 450 others were injured in the crush, which took place on Street 204 of the camp city at Mina, a few kilometers east of Mecca, where pilgrims stay for several days during the […]
(Reuters) — Stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday (September 12). Still photographs showed Muslim pilgrims praying and continuing to visit the site as emergency crews worked. The number of deaths may increase, an official warned on Al Arabiya TV, although many of the 238 people injured in the accident were only lightly wounded. Mecca’s […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said no Filipino had been reported injured or killed in a tragic crane accident Friday at the Mecca Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual Hajj. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah reported that no Filipino was reported injured or killed in that accident. “As of today, wala naman pong report so far tungkol sa mga Pilipinong nadamay […]
(Reuters) — At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday (September 11), Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence body said. “The incident took place at exactly 5:23 this afternoon as a result of heavy rains,” General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority said. Strong […]
(Reuters) — The death toll in a crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca rose to 87 on Friday (September 11), the head of Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority told Al Ikhbariya television. He said 183 people had been injured. The accident came just weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage. Al Arabiya television earlier said the crane had fallen because of strong storms – western Saudi […]
JUNE 25 (Reuters-CCTV) — Saudi Arabia reported 23 new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus cases in June, less than the same period of last year. There are now 1,038 MERS patients across the country, according to the Ministry of Health. Although it is unlikely that the disease will become a pandemic, the ministry asked all medical institutions to stay alert and be prepared to receive and treat MERS patients. “All medical institutions will conduct […]
The Syrian army has pulled back from the northwestern city of Ariha after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the last city in Idlib province in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border that was still held by the government. A coalition of rebel groups called Jaish al Fateh, or Conquest Army, said it had taken over the city. Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front is a major part of the coalition. The coalition said it […]
SAUDI Arabia announced on Tuesday (April 21) the end of a military air strike campaign against Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen after nearly a month of air strikes that have worsened a humanitarian crisis in the country. “Today, the leadership of the coalition has announced that it has ended the Decisive Storm Operation in accordance with a request by the Yemen government and his excellency the President (of Yemen), who felt that the […]
Three Filipina nurses working in Saudi Arabia have tested positive for the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus or Mers-Cov, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs spokesperson Charles Jose said the three female nurses, were exposed to patients with Mers-Cov in the course of their work. The first Filipina Mers-Cov case is a 56-year-old nurse, assigned at an emergency room of a hospital. She is now under isolation in the hospital’s staff house. […]
