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684 Kuwaitis applied for public jobs, 161 for private jobs this year
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower explained that a neutral consultancy firm has been assigned to merge the authority with the Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) to become a single government body. The authority added that the company was the same one that prepared the economic reform study and recommended the merger. Meanwhile, the MGRP announced that the total number of citizens awaiting recruitment registered since the...
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Coops to hire 3,000 Kuwaitis
KUWAIT: The Union of Consumer Cooperative Societies (UCCS) plans to employ up to 3,000 citizens at the cooperative markets and hire non-Kuwaitis for jobs for which nationals show no interest. Fehaid Al-Htaitah, the federation deputy chairman, indicated in a statement yesterday that the decision was taken following a recent meeting that grouped officials from Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, Public Authority for Applied Education (PAAET),...
KUWAIT: Dr Atef Ali, Medical Director of the Central Gulf Medical Company speaks to the Kuwait Times. —Photo by Joseph Shagra
Kuwait suffers high diabetes prevalence
Cuban 'Feel your Feet' campaign lowers foot amputation rates KUWAIT: Dr Jose Fernandez, Institute de Angiola Cirugia Vascular —Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Foot ulcers as a result of excessive sugar in the body have led to many foot amputations in Kuwait, Dr Atef Ali, Medical Director of the Central Gulf Medical Company, told Kuwait Times as he announced the launch of the 'Feel your Feet' project tomorrow at Movenpick Hotel Al-Bidaa. The...
KUWAIT: Dr Bader Al-Duweesh, Assistant Secretary General of the Arts Sector at NCCAL speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photo by Joseph Shagra
National Council champions cultural progress in Kuwait
NCCAL official talks goals, achievements, difficulties KUWAIT: Dr Bader Al-Duweesh, Assistant Secretary General of the Arts Sector at NCCAL speaks to Kuwait Times. — Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Kuwait is a pioneer in art and cultural activities in the region, and hundreds of events are held every year. The National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) is in charge of organizing and holding most of these activities. This institution...
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Desert Panthers
Muna Al Fuzai If a terrorist squad attempts to cross the northern Kuwaiti border, the 'desert panthers' will eliminate them completely. The army recently carried out a military training exercise titled 'Desert Panthers'. With a ground force from Qatar and a battalion of the Kuwaiti National Guard, with support from Apache helicopters, this training was a huge success and achieved its goal. The exercise was attended by the Kuwaiti chief of...
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Greeting to the ruling press
Mohammad Alhusseini For more than 50 times, President Donald Trump has tweeted out the phrase 'the failed New York Times,' but the question to be raised is: does a failed newspaper require from the president of the greatest country  in the world to keep reminding us of its failure? Now after assuming office more than one month ago, it seems that President Trump has not achieved any success in his effort to destruct the deep-rooted fame of...
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Labor-related forgery case discovered
KUWAIT: Residency detectives discovered that a farm's owner had manipulated the farm's labor assessment records in official records and managed to hire more workers than he is legally allowed to. Investigations revealed that he sponsored 200 workers instead of the maximum number of 115 allowed. Security sources said the owner denied all charges, adding that an Arab representative working for him was responsible for the forgery. The representative...
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Celebratory water wars
Kuwait has recently witnessed a celebratory water war to commemorate the National and Liberations days. The war took place along the Arabian Gulf and coastal roads, and even extended to Nuwaiseeb, Sulaibikhat and the Northern deserts, where citizens, expats and GCC visitors consumed massive amounts of water that they sprayed at each other, or by throwing water-filled balloons. This calls for a serious action by all state departments as we are not...
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Employer stabs Filipino maid during argument
KUWAIT: A citizen rushed a Filipina to Amiri Hospital with injuries she sustained after being stabbed by a knife. Security sources said the citizen told the hospital security authorities that his sister had stabbed the woman, a domestic worker, while arguing in the kitchen. The woman was summoned and further investigations are underway.FraudA female citizen accused a real estate company of fraud after she paid KD 54,000 to purchase two apartments...
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Bahrain busts Iran-linked group involved in attacks
 25 out of 54 members arrested, weapons cache seizedDUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the kingdom, including a deadly jailbreak. The authorities said they were part of a "terrorist organization" that includes 54 members, some of them fugitives in Iraq and Iran - accused repeatedly by Manama of meddling in its internal affairs.The alleged members include 10 former inmates who...
AMMAN: This file photo taken on Oct 18, 2005 shows the gallows at Swaqa prison, south of the capital. - AFP
Jordan executes 15 convicts
AMMAN: This file photo taken on Oct 18, 2005 shows the gallows at Swaqa prison, south of the capital. - AFPAMMAN: Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners including convicted "terrorists" at dawn yesterday, its information minister said, in a further break with a moratorium on executions it observed between 2006 and 2014. Ten of those put to death had been convicted of terrorism offences and five of "heinous" crimes including rape, Mahmoud Al-Momani...
PALMYRA, Syria: Photo shows a Syrian army T-62 tank at the damaged site of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria. Syrian troops backed by Russian jets have completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. - AFP
Thousands flee clashes between Syria army, IS
PALMYRA, Syria: Photo shows a Syrian army T-62 tank at the damaged site of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria. Syrian troops backed by Russian jets have completed the recapture of the historic city of Palmyra from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. - AFPMANBIJ: Tens of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled ferocious fighting between Russian-backed regime forces and Islamic State group jihadists over the past week in the country's...
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
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