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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir arrives back from India
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by Deputy Chairman of National Guard Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has arrived back to the country yesterday from a private visit to India.His Highness the Amir was welcomed at the airport by His...
A photo circulated on social media and Photoshopped to show the temperature appear as if it was 62 C degrees
62 degrees centigrade temperature untrue, fake news
A photo circulated on social media and Photoshopped to show the temperature appear as if it was 62 C degrees Adel Al-SaadounKUWAIT: "Do not believe in fake news," warned meteorologist Adel Al-Saadoun, head of the Fintas Weather Observatory, as he debunked social media reports that temperatures in Kuwait reached 62 degrees. "It is fake news - not true," Saadoun told Kuwait Times. "Kuwait has only recorded temperatures of a maximum of 52 degrees...
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Interior denies taking additional measures against terrorist threats
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry yesterday dismissed reports that it was taking extraordinary security measures to address external or terrorist threats.The ministry said in a statement that precautionary plans and preventive measures are part of a security plan that has been launched since the holy month of Ramadan.The plan is subject to the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and all...
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Kuwait Airways welcomes 8th Boeing 777-300ER into its fleet
Partnership with ALAFCO heralded as 'collaboration for nation's future'KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the official national airline of the State of Kuwait, welcomed the eighth of the 10th Boeing 777-300ER aircraft it has on order to Kuwait International Airport, on July 1. The eighth aircraft has been named 'Auhah' after the small island situated 41km east of the Kuwaiti mainland.Following the recent partnership with ALAFCO, the Kuwait-based aircraft...
S ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence R Silverman
US Ambassador's statement on regional dispute with Qatar
US Ambassador Lawrence SilvermanKUWAIT: The United States Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman released the following statement yesterday, commenting on the current regional affairs:"The United States supports and highly values Kuwait's efforts to mediate the dispute among Qatar and Saudi Arabia. We share the view that there is a strong need to resolve this dispute-as soon as possible-through diplomatic dialogue. As the United States...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Calculating termination indemnity or end of service benefits in Kuwait
Attorney Fajer Ahmed Starting a new job and letting go of an old workspace can be difficult, emotionally and mentally. You might be excited about your new work but you also do not want your previous employer to create tensions. Because of this, employees may on some occasions let go of their monetary rights - there is too much going on for them to calculate their indemnity or pursue it. From my experience, employees usually do not want to...
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Restaurant fined for overcharging delivery
KUWAIT: A citizen took a restaurant to court for charging 500 fils as delivery fee within the same area he lives instead of 250 fils. The court fined the popular restaurant KD 50. Delivery fees are set at 250 fils for deliveries made within the restaurant's area and 500 fils outside the limits.Postmen on strikeSeveral workers at a company contracted with the Kuwait postal service went on strike in protest against a delay in their salaries and...
The victim’s car after the accident.
Motorist killed in accident
The victim’s car after the accident.KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Service Directorate's (KFSD) public relations department said a vehicle flipped over and caught fire, leaving its driver, a Kuwaiti citizen, dead. The body was recovered from the vehicle and handed to forensic officers. Drug possessionA bedoon man was arrested with a large quantity of shabu (meth) and psychoactive drugs that were brought into the country by a truck driver. The arrest was...
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Letter to Muna Al-Fuzai
Dear Muna, Trump in the Classroom. It was the Friday before Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day. Kathryn Frey had decided to read Carmen Agra Deedy's children's book, "The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark," to her fourth-grade, US, Greenwich, Conn, class. It tells a tale of how the king and his countrymen protected the nation's Jews from Nazi persecution during World War II. Frey teaches at New Lebanon School, one of the...
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Envious
I do not want to sound like a racist or prejudiced in this article against expats, as long as my writing will not go beyond the truth, while at the same time reflect the real situation on the ground, and what the police records say. I asked a friend who has been employing and dealing with tens of thousands of laborers from south east Asia, about the best nationality of workers that work for him and he answered that the Bangladeshi laborers are...
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Absconders found
KUWAIT: An expat woman who was found in violation of the law told police she was staying in a place that absconding women seek for harbor. Police raided the place and discovered that it was divided into several rooms where 50 women, all in violation of residency law were staying. They said they worked as domestic helpers on a pay-by-day basis, which is a violation of labor regulations in Kuwait. Furthermore, some of the women also admitted...
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Chalet rental scams continue throughout summer in Kuwait