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Salmiya bachelors from block 12 given 3-day ultimatum to evict
KUWAIT: Responding to complaints filed by citizens living in block 12 in Salmiya concerning being surrounded by ‘bachelors,’ the municipality recently launched a campaign in the area, giving bachelors three-day eviction ultimatums before disconnecting electricity as instructed by municipality director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi.Head of the inspection team Ritadh Al-Rabee’ said that the team distributed 20 warning notices to house inhabited by...
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Visa termination of employees who extend their leaves abroad
KUWAIT: The Manpower Public Authority is studying the possibility of allowing employers to lodge complains against employees who extend their leaves abroad, which ultimately could lead to having the worker’s visa canceled.Under the current law, a residency visa is automatically canceled if its holder stays outside Kuwait for six months or more.Under the proposed plan, an employer would lodge a complaint against a worker who overstays his...
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MPs propose total coeducation ban at all schools, colleges and other educational facilities in Kuwait
KUWAIT: A number of lawmaker proposed an amendment that gives the government the power to force a coeducation ban at all schools, colleges and other educational facilities in Kuwait - including private ones.The amendment, proposed by MPs Humoud Al-Hamdan, Dr Awdah Al- Ruwai’ie, Dr Mohammad Al-Huwailah, Ali Al-Khamees and Hamdan Al-Azmi, bans the ‘mixing’ of male and female students in classrooms, laboratories, libraries and anywhere else...
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Big prices increase could hit co-ops
KUWAIT: A co-operative expert warned against a sudden catastrophe in prices that will hit food and staple products if the co-operative (co-op) sector is considered as a commercial one and the new electricity tariffs is applied to it, which is a big increase over the current rate.Chairman of the Board of Misrhef Co-op Abdelrahman Al-Qaderi called for avoiding this danger that threatens food security in the country through the retail sector, which...
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Combating terrorism
A recent meeting of G7 countries' ministers of foreign affairs took place recently in Hiroshima, Japan, which included major industrial countries like US, Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and the host country, Japan. It led to issuing a joint statement on their agreement on a number of regional and international issues including terrorism, refugees and North Korea's nuclear issue. This agreement is highly important to discuss complicated,...
MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah
Privatization only includes oil-related industries: MP
MP Yousef Al-ZalzalahKUWAIT: Chairman of the parliament's priorities committee MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah said that he was surprised at what he described as some attempts to frighten people with privatization, saying that it was internationally adopted by many countries to support their respective economies. "Privatization in the oil sector will not include oil wells and refineries," he stressed, explaining that it would only include some oil-related...
DHAKA: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Bangladesh’s counterpart Sheikh Hasina. —KUNA photos
Kuwait, Bangladesh sign accords to bolster cooperation in various fields
DHAKA: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Bangladesh’s counterpart Sheikh Hasina. —KUNA photosDHAKA: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Bangladesh's counterpart Sheikh Hasina Wazed yesterday attended the signing ceremony of a host of accords to boost bilateral cooperation in various fields. The ceremony followed official talks Sheikh Jaber...
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Officer took bribes to pass transactions illegally
KUWAIT: Security sources said a lieutenant colonel was sent to a disciplinary council after receiving reports about that he was receiving bribes for processing transactions, most of them residences. The source said when it was proven that the lieutenant colonel received illegal money, he was referred to the disciplinary council, which is about to issue its report on the case.Thief caughtAn Indian man was arrested for robbing his compatriots, and...
KUWAIT: A truck collided with a sedan on Wafra road. The sedan’s driver was pronounced dead on the scene
Motorist killed in Wafra road accident
KUWAIT: A truck collided with a sedan on Wafra road. The sedan’s driver was pronounced dead on the sceneKUWAIT: A citizen was killed in an accident between a sedan and a truck on Wafra road. Wafra rescue team led by Captain Humoud Sief responded to the scene after the accident was reported. The victim, Kuwaiti in his thirties, was found dead on the scene. The truck's Asian driver was injured and taken to hospital for treatment. The victim's...
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It’s Raining Fish
I once saw a newspaper story and photo of dead fish found in the desert with a caption written by the photographer that read: "Skies do not rain fish!" This caption reminded me of an incident that took place in Kuwait in 1952, that is 63 years ago, when my late friend Abdul Aziz Al-Monayye told me that one of his friends claimed that he had read an old book telling stories about the sky raining huge amounts of fish that filled all yards and...
FLENSBURG, Germany: In this Sept 1, 2001 file photo, a woman holds a €500 banknote during a public presentation of the new currency at the branch office of the German Federal Bank. - AP
ECB scraps €500 note
FLENSBURG, Germany: In this Sept 1, 2001 file photo, a woman holds a €500 banknote during a public presentation of the new currency at the branch office of the German Federal Bank. - APFRANKFURT: The European Central Bank yesterday said it would stop producing and issuing 500-euro banknotes, amid fears that the violet-colored bills were favored by criminals for money laundering and even terrorist financing. The bank is to stop issuing the...
ANKARA : Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and Turkish EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkir (R) hold a press conference yesterday.-AFP
EU backs Turkey visa-free travel, fines for refusing refugees - latest bid to tackle the biggest migration crisis since World War II
ANKARA : Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and Turkish EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkir (R) hold a press conference yesterday.-AFPBRUSSELS: The EU yesterday gave conditional backing to visa-free travel for Turks under a migrant deal and unveiled new asylum rules including fines for countries that refuse their share of refugees.In its latest bid to tackle the biggest migration crisis since World War II, the European Commission...
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