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Ministry asks for payrolls to confirm teachers' payments
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The private education department of the ministry of education sent an official letter asking schools that have been reported for violations to send records of their payrolls to confirm that all teachers have received their full wages. The letter sent by Private Education Department Director Sanad Al-Mutairi was based on complaints the department received against some schools.The letter reads: "Implementation of the circular...
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Kuwait GDP at $130 billion in 2019, economy grew 0.4 percent
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti economy grew 0.4 percent in 2019 compared to 2018 where gross domestic product amounted to KD 39.4 billion ($130 billion), Kuwait Central Statistical Bureau said in a statement Tuesday. The GDP, by current rates, shrank three percent in Q4 2019 compared to the same period 2018. It also grew by 2.6 percent, by fixed prices, compared to Q3 2018. Oil sector contributed to the GDP, by fixed prices, with KD 4.5 billion ($14.8...
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Kuwait FM chairs meeting of committee charged with citizens' repatriation
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of a committee charged with the implementation of a plan to repatriate Kuwaiti citizens. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah chaired Tuesday a meeting of a committee charged with the implementation of a plan to repatriate Kuwaiti citizens, due to begin on April 19. The committee members discussed completion of measures...
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ACK launches e-learning program
KUWAIT: In line with recent decisions by the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Education, and the Private Universities Council (PUC), the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) has launched its distance learning (e-learning) program that is open to all students for all programs of study.This initiative is part of ACK's efforts to reduce educational delays for students in light of the difficult present situation caused by the corona virus. The...
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System predicts Kuwait COVID-19 cases to start falling by mid-May
By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: A team of researchers from the Dasman Diabetes Institute and Kuwait University managed to develop a model and a study on the spread of COVID-19 in Kuwait under the title of 'Predictive Mathematical Model of SARS-CoV-2'.Dasman Diabetes Institute General Manager Dr Qais Al-Duwairi explained that the model is based on the SEIR system with special modifications to match the situation in Kuwait, adding that the model...
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LAPA opens online workshops
KUWAIT: Within its social responsibilities and out of its keenness on providing youth with opportunities to fruitfully make use of their free time during the current curfew, LOYAC's Academy for Performance Arts (LAPA) resumed its LAPA Talent Club workshops for children online as an alternative to traditional learning.LAPA's new creative online lessons will be interactive ones prepared in collaboration with local and international trainers using...
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Vehicles, machinery entering Kuwait sanitized
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) is installing jetting machines at land checkpoints and the airport to sanitize incoming trucks and hardware. Personnel at the KFSD vehicles and equipment department have manufactured the disinfecting stands for installment at the land border points, Al-Nwaiseeb and Al-Salmi, as well as Kuwait International Airport.They will be employed to sanitize incoming trucks and machines, the KFSD said in a...
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Pandemic Diaries: A day of 'staying at home'
By Jamie EtheridgeWake up and make coffee. Start breakfast and check the news.Nearly 2 million confirmed COVID-19 cases around the world, almost half a million recoveries. 126,000+ deaths. I try not to think about their families, the ones who died. The dads and moms with little ones at home. The breadwinners who supported their families.7 am: Start work from home. Get online. Read and respond to emails. Check the news again for latest updates...
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Coronavirus once again
By Abdellatif Sharaa"coronavirus, which surfaced in a Chinese seafood and poultry market late last year, has spread to at least 177 countries, killing more than 75,000 and sickening more than one million in a matter of weeks. The World Health Organization has declared the situation a pandemic", reported the New York Times earlier in the year, and of course the numbers now are approaching two million cases and the death toll is rising at a...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 1,405 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to three deaths. With the exception of 31 cases in intensive care, all infected cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while hundreds have been discharged from quarantine after exhibiting no symptoms during their 14-day quarantine period, the Ministry of...
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'Balconies, life, art': Berlin's shut-in artists show their work
An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition. Berlin's art galleries are closed, but the art scene is rising to the occasion as around 50 artists join a community exhibition from their balconies. "While our freedom of mobility is on hold, (balconies) become unique sites of everyday performance," organizers said as they launched the project in the trendy Prenzlauer Berg district of east...
FARMINGDALE, NY - APRIL 08: Prices for a gallon of gas drop below $2.00 at a Gulf service station on April 08, 2020 in Farmingdale, New York. As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the death toll in the US is more than 14,000 after the country recorded the most new virus deaths in a single day. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/AFP
Oil prices rise as Trump flags deeper cuts
FARMINGDALE, NY: Prices for a gallon of gas drop below $2.00 at a Gulf service station in Farmingdale, New York. Oil prices rose yesterday after US President Donald Trump said producers are considering cutting 20 million barrels per day—more than double the figure publicly announced—to help the virus-hit sector. --AFP SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON: Oil prices rose yesterday after US President Donald Trump said producers are considering cutting 20...
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation