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Economic Solutions: Tax Enforcement

Khaled Al-MutawaThe main reason for arguing on the need for taxation and its efficiency is the income from oil, the for Kuwait's wealth. By now, the country has been an important exporter of the black gold for several decades, and such a fact allowed the state to get the foreign companies interested in investing. Thus, the protection of Kuwait's economic sovereignty and the regulation of the domestic labor market and commercial work are...

MANCHESTER: A man walks along a pavement past a billboard advertising rural holidays in the city centre of Manchester, northwest England, one of Britain’s biggest finance hubs. — AFP

Brexit job fears stalk UK's financial centers

'Business are going to pull out, there will be a lot of job losses' MANCHESTER: A man walks along a pavement past a billboard advertising rural holidays in the city centre of Manchester, northwest England, one of Britain’s biggest finance hubs. — AFPMANCHESTER: Worries are whirring in Britain's smaller financial centers-which together employ far more people than the glamorous City of London-that the looming EU departure will lead to heavy job...

Google ad boycott could aim ire at ad-serving software

MOUNTAIN VIEW: This file photo taken on September 1, 2015 shows the Google logo at the Google headquarters. —AFPSAN FRANCISCOL: Google's money-making foundation is strong enough to endure a current boycott by advertisers, but the movement could rattle the practice of software "programmed" ad placement, analysts said.The internet giant's core business of serving up advertising along with online search results appeared to be safe from the...

DHAKA: This file photograph shows ten-year-old Bangladeshi patient Sahana Khatun (left) and her father Mohammad Shahjahan as they pose for a photograph at The Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka. —AFP

'Scared' father of Bangladesh 'tree girl' ends treatment

DHAKA: This file photograph shows ten-year-old Bangladeshi patient Sahana Khatun (left) and her father Mohammad Shahjahan as they pose for a photograph at The Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka. —AFPDHAKA: A young Bangladeshi girl diagnosed with a rare condition known as "tree man syndrome" has left hospital, her father told AFP yesterday, saying he feared she would never be cured. Surgeons operated on Sahana Khatun last month and...

BAIDOA, Somalia: In this photo a Somali woman holds her child Dahabo Sheikh Mumin, 1, as they attend a health center in Baidoa, Somalia. —AP photos

Drought-stricken Somalia battles hunger and cholera

BAIDOA, Somalia: In this photo a Somali woman holds her child Dahabo Sheikh Mumin, 1, as they attend a health center in Baidoa, Somalia. —AP photosBAIDOA, Somalia: An emaciated woman writhes on her hospital bed, weakly waving her bony hand to create a current of air. Cholera patient Zeinab Hussein, a 50-year-old farmer, is one of thousands of desperate Somalis who have streamed into Baidoa in southwestern Somalia seeking food and medical care...

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KUWAIT: (From left) Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq and OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo attend a meeting of the 2nd Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of OPEC yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Oil producers look into rollover of output cuts

Joint Saudi-Kuwait oilfields to resume operations: Marzouq KUWAIT: (From left) Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzouq and OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo attend a meeting of the 2nd Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee of OPEC yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: A joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers has agreed to review whether a global pact to...

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Nod to reducing detention period

Aid link to law rejectedKUWAIT: The National Assembly's legal and legislative committee yesterday approved a draft law stipulating to reduce the detention period at police stations to 48 hours, reverting an amendment by the previous Assembly. The opposition-dominated Assembly elected in Feb 2012 had introduced an amendment to cut the detention period from four days to two. It also reduced preventive detention by the public prosecution to just 10...

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Only in Kuwait - Part 11

Talal Al-Ghannam Good morning my dear and honorable brothers and sisters. Today, I continue with a new edition of my 'Only in Kuwait' series, in which I pinpoint faults and wrongdoings that people see taking place in Kuwait, with hopes that it reaches concerned authorities so that they can find a solution for those problems. Only in Kuwait you would be diagnosed at the doctor's office, when suddenly a patient storms in without knocking on...

Attorney Fajer Ahmed

Termination indemnity

Attorney Fajer Ahmed One of the most common concerns or topics that I deal with is employment law. Disputes are very common between employers and an employee and since I have experience as an employer and an employee, I can sometimes understand where these disputes arise from. We have cases at the firm from end of service benefits, to transfers, to receiving passports, and so on. If you do have an issue at work, please do not stress, there is...

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Citizen demands compensation for vehicle damaged by rain

Proposal to allocate site for food bankKUWAIT: A female citizen yesterday filed the first compensation claim case only 48 hours after heavy rainfall submerged many vehicles around Kuwait. In his argument, the citizen's lawyer Mohammed Khoraibot said his client had been through indescribable suffering because of the disaster, saying that she almost lost her life. Khoraibot demanded financial compensation for his client for her brand new luxury...

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Ministry warns of rising energy consumption rates

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) warned about growing electricity and water consumption rates in Kuwait, and predicted the total annual subsidies needed for these utilities to reach KD 10 billion, even after applying the new consumption tariffs. The ministry also urged the public to take serious efforts towards achieving conservation, reducing their electricity and water consumption and building energy-saving houses.In a letter...

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