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Ramadan begins June 6
KUWAIT: The holy month of Ramadan will begin on Monday, June 6, meteorologist Adel Al-Saadoun told KUNA yesterday. The lunar calendar is the reference Muslims use for marking religious occasions and seasons.The holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month, and is a month of fasting from sunrise till sunset during which additional prayers and acts of worship are observed.The start of Ramadan is not announced according to astronomical calculations...
KUWAIT: Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa checks on a high school student during his tour yesterday.
Minister urges cooperation to fight cheating in exams - First day of high school finals goes smoothly
KUWAIT: Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa checks on a high school student during his tour yesterday.KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Badr Al-Essa said that the first day of final exams went well in all education areas. Speaking to reporters during a tour of some Capital governorate high schools, Essa wished all students the best of luck and thanked school administrations for their preparations for the...
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Ministry announces partial opening, detour on Jahra Road
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday the partial opening of 1.75km of service road on the Jahra Road Development Project. The opening commences after the intersection of Jahra Road with Al-Jahez Street and ends near to the United Nations Roundabout in the direction of Jahra.Furthermore, there will be changes to the current detour - those wanting to go to the hospital area must take the right exit immediately after the traffic...
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Council member urges action against reckless drivers
KUWAIT: Municipal Council member and head of Farwaniya committee Nayef Al-Sour urged the interior ministry to deal with reckless driving outside some schools in Farwaniya. Sour stressed that many parents have expressed concerns about their children's safety and demanded a police patrol to be present outside every school to apprehend violators, especially during the ongoing final exams and after official school hours.Sheikh Faisal mourns...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Visa and work permit regulations
In the past few months, there have been a lot of new regulations concerning visa and entry requirements for expats in Kuwait. There have been changes in a few issues such as visa fees, transfer of sponsors and contractors for the government. I will focus in today's article on the issuance of work visas and the changes that have been going on. Disclaimer: I am deliberately using simplified words in my articles (that might necessarily not be...
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Kuwaiti denies terror funding accusations
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man called Abdullah Hadi Al-Enezi said US accusations that he provided financial, material and technological support to Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and the Nusra Front in Syria between late 2013 and late 2015 are untrue and baseless.Enezi was recently placed on the international terror watch list by the US Treasury Department. Enezi asserted he has nothing to do with any terrorist organizations. "I do not agree with those groups...
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Juvenile crimes increase 156% in first quarter
KUWAIT: Statistics by the justice ministry about crimes committed by juveniles during the first quarter of 2016 showed that crimes had increased by 156 percent compared to those committed during the same period of the previous year. Accordingly, well-informed sources warned of the growing danger of youth violence and fights that were mainly started by very trivial causes such as the famous provocative question of "What are you staring at?" or...
MP Abdullah Maayouf
A bedoon hurt in botched robbery of MP's home
MP Abdullah MaayoufKUWAIT: A bedoon (stateless) man was seriously injured while attempting to rob MP Abdullah Maayouf's house in Kaifan, said security sources. The lawmaker's son called police to report finding an unidentified person, who had apparently fallen from the third floor of their house. The man had sustained a broken leg and several facial injuries. Police identified the suspect as a 26-year-old bedoon man with a criminal record. The...
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Brothel raided Sri Lankan Madam arrested
KUWAIT: Farwaniya police learned about a prostitution ring involving suspects of various nationalities, where the madam sent prostitutes to the flats of customers she made deals with through phone. The brothel was raided and the Sri Lankan madam was arrested along with two other women. A catalogue of women's pictures was also found at the scene.Coworkers fightA citizen handed a male servant and a driver who work for him to police after the two...
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Pilot accused of detaining, beating wife for two months
KUWAIT: A pilot detained his wife for two months and beat her during this time. A security source said the woman told Hawally police station that her husband detained her and took her jewelry, and prevented her from calling her family. The news report does not specify how the woman was freed. A case was filed for investigations.ThreatA citizen sought the help of police when a person who was the cause of her divorce threatened to enter her house...
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Drug Control seizes 70 kg of Hashish, other narcotics
KUWAIT: The Drug Control General Department (DCGD) seized 70 kilograms of Hashish, 1 kilogram of crystal methamphetamine and 500 grams of Heroin, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. The drugs were found in the possession of an illegal resident, who admitted to dealing with narcotics, DCGD said in a press release. DCGD will continue their efforts in protecting the society and preventing this harmful substance from entering the country. -...
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Journalists' safety
Labeed Abdal UNESCO's call to unite efforts to protect the freedom of the press and the right of access to information is on top of the world's priorities. This especially comes with the relative gap in the margin of press freedom, which is a basic pillar in protecting human rights and dignity worldwide. Ensuring journalists' safety is becoming a very critical issue nowadays, especially when figures show that at least one of them gets killed...
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