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Govt eyes taxing remittances, privatizing hospitals, schools
Petition against election panel rejected - Opposition vows comebackKUWAIT: The government is planning to impose taxes on expats' remittances and companies, and privatize healthcare and education. According to informed government sources, a special ministerial committee has already prepared a package of economic and financial reform legislations to be presented by the new Cabinet and referred to the new parliament in mid-December.The sources...
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IMF urges further subsidy reforms
KUWAIT: Kuwait must enact further subsidy reforms to trim its budget deficit resulting from low oil prices despite political sensitivity, the International Monetary Fund has said. Posting its first budget shortfall of $15 billion last fiscal year following 16 years of surpluses, OPEC member Kuwait has adopted a series of austerity measures raising the prices of fuel, power and water. The state liberalized diesel and kerosene prices last year and...
KUWAIT: A plane flies through the clouds. Kuwait is expected to continue experiencing rainy weather through the weekend according to weather forecasts. — KUNA
Rain expected till end of month
KUWAIT: Meteorologist Essa Ramadan predicted Kuwait will witness moderate to strong rain from next week till the end of the month. Ramadan added that following a period of dry weather since October, the Wasm rainfall would exceed 30 mm and would help annual desert plants bloom. Ramadan forecast western, eastern and central Saudi areas, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and Iraq will receive rain from Nov 23 until Nov 28 or 29, sometimes accompanied by...
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Ministry bound by CSC decisions on teacher’s allowances: Official
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education (MoE) is committed to paying the rent allowance difference to female expat teachers retroactively as per a Civil Service Commission (CSC) decision, MOE’s Assistant Undersecretary for Financial Affairs Yousif Al-Najjar stressed. “MoE is an executive body and the ruling made by the constitutional court is mandatory and unquestionable,” he said, strongly denying that the ministry is manipulating teachers.He...
RIYADH: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Subaih attends the 33rd GCC Labor Ministers meeting in Riyadh yesterday. —KUNA
GCC labor ministers to unify labor market: Subaih
Social development strategy approved RIYADH: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Planning and Development Affairs Hind Al-Subaih attends the 33rd GCC Labor Ministers meeting in Riyadh yesterday. —KUNARIYADH: The GCC Council of Labor and Social Development Ministers discussed unification of GCC labor market and creation of job opportunities for GCC citizens, a Kuwaiti minister said yesterday. Kuwaiti Minister of Social...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti opposition leader and candidate Jamaan Al-Harbash speaks during a campaign meeting in Kuwait City Tuesday evening. Kuwaiti opposition groups are aiming for a comeback in parliament after a fouryear election boycott, seeking to reverse what they see as the deteriorating political situation in the Gulf state. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
The 'Silent Majority': a trump card in elections
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti opposition leader and candidate Jamaan Al-Harbash speaks during a campaign meeting in Kuwait City Tuesday evening. Kuwaiti opposition groups are aiming for a comeback in parliament after a fouryear election boycott, seeking to reverse what they see as the deteriorating political situation in the Gulf state. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: It is interesting to see with every parliamentary elections that there are some people...
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127,408 eligible voters in 4th constituency
KUWAIT: The total electorate for the upcoming elections due on November 26 stands at 483,186, including 230,430 males and 252,756 females. The number of eligible voters in the fourth constituency had reached 127, 408 with 67,914 females. The current figure is an increase by 13,723 voters which is around 2.84 percent from the numbers registered in the previous elections in July of 2016. The fourth constituency represent 26.36 percent of the total...
Five men arrested for ‘illegal’ waste disposal
Four Egyptians and one Syrian arrested for ‘illegal’ waste disposal
Five men arrested for ‘illegal’ waste disposalKUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested five persons who appeared in video footage posted online while dumping trash in the stables area, which is a crime punishable by law. The suspects, four Egyptians and one Syrian, were sent to concerned authorities for further legal action. Separately, the public cleanliness and road occupancy department at Jahra Municipality branch removed all camps that were...
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Dr Maasouma's sheep
In the early 1980s, my son Mohammed was preparing for his master's degree in the US, so I visited him in Colorado to check how his studies were going. It was Ramadan and we were fasting. "A female classmate is going to cook iftar for us today. Would you like to come along?" my son asked me, and I replied "Of course," because I was getting fed up of restaurant meals. "What is your colleague's name," I asked, and he told me Maasouma...
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Filipina maid raped by employer's son
KUWAIT: A citizen who complained to police against her Filipina housemaid for being pregnant, changed her mind when she learned it was her son who had impregnated her. The maid told police that her sponsor's son discovered she had stolen an expensive watch, so he blackmailed and raped her several times to remain silent about the theft. Police charged the son and the Filipina in two separate cases.Friends fight over girlTwo men were vying for a...
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Filipina Café worker harassed by Egyptian man
An Egyptian man harassed a Filipina worker in a Salmiya cafe and forced her to take his phone number before leaving. The woman went to the police station and lodged a complaint. The suspect did not answer the detectives' calls, so they are looking for him.Man beats up wifeA man who had a dispute with his wife - who is now living with her parents - found her sitting next to a man in her car, so he became furious and beat her. The woman went to the...
IDLIB, Syria: Rescuers and civilians inspect a destroyed building in the Syrian village of Kfar Jales, on the outskirts of Idlib, following air strikes by Syrian and Russian warplanes yesterday. — AFP
Syria regime bombs rebels as Aleppo food aid runs out
IDLIB, Syria: Rescuers and civilians inspect a destroyed building in the Syrian village of Kfar Jales, on the outskirts of Idlib, following air strikes by Syrian and Russian warplanes yesterday. — AFPALEPPO: Syrian government and Russian warplanes pounded rebel-held parts of northern Syria yesterday, including battered second city Aleppo, where food aid rations were all-but-exhausted after months of regime siege.The renewed bombardment has...
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved