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Fireworks mark national anniversaries
KUWAIT: A colorful Kuwait Towers is back-dropped by a fireworks display yesterday as Kuwait celebrates its 55th National Day, 25th Liberation Day and 10th anniversary of HH the Amir’s ascension to power. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and KUNA
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Real estate loans hit KD 26.8 mln in Feb: KCB
KUWAIT: The total number of real estate loans in February was 836, amounting to KD 26.8 million, while total portfolio loans were 23, with a value of KD 222,000, Kuwait Credit Bank (KCB) announced yesterday. In a statement, KCB revealed that the total number of property loans in February 2016 was 39, amounting to KD 2.4 million, while government-owned property loans stood at 186, with a value of KD 12.7 million.Moreover, total number of...
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Building Kuwait's future, one small enterprise at a time
KUWAIT: The number of Small-to-Medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kuwait is high, particularly in retail and non-financial services, but their overall contribution to the economy is marginal-just 3 percent of GDP. This paradox is especially troubling when compared to high income and emerging economies, where SMEs comprise most of the economic activity in the private sector and contribute to 50 percent and 40 percent of GDP (respectively).Kuwaiti SMEs...
Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi
Health Minister attends committee meeting to discuss treatment abroad
Health Minister Dr Ali Al-ObaidiKUWAIT: Head of the parliament's health, social affairs and labor committee MP Talal Al-Jallal said that he has invited Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi to attend the committee's meeting today and discuss the new charter of treatment aboard.Separately, Chairman of the parliament's budgets panel MP Adnan Abdulsamad said that the committee discussed the social security authority's budget for 2016-2017 and noticed...
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Govt to decide on branding Hezbollah as ‘terrorist’ group
KUWAIT: The ministries of foreign affairs and interior seem to disagree on the mechanism to be used to explain branding the Hezbollah as a ‘terrorist organization’, as previously decided by GCC, said high-ranking diplomatic sources, noting that the government would make its final decision tomorrow.The sources added that branding Hezbollah as a terrorist organization was subject to the UN’s Security Council. The sources also denied that...
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New method to assess restaurant’s labor needs; Municipality, Council release 31 expats
KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that the Public Manpower Authority has reached an understanding with a major restaurant chain to assess its needs of labor, based on each restaurant’s activity, working hours, area, number of tables and services provided in addition to whether it also provides home delivery services. —Al-AnbaaMunicipality, Council release 31 expatsThirty one expatriate workers in Kuwait Municipality and the Municipal Council...
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Woman stopped while attempting to drive through Interior Ministry gates
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman in her thirties was arrested when she tried to drive her vehicle through the Interior Ministry gates in Subhan, said security sources, noting that guards fired warning shots in the air and used the tyre shredder device to stop her vehicle. According to security guards, the woman was not in a normal state as she murmured some strange words. She was referred to relevant authorities for further investigations.Botched kidnapA...
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Public school guard arrested for drug abuse
KUWAIT: A public school security guard was arrested abusing drugs on the school premises in Saad Al-Abdullah along with two school students, said security sources, noting that one of the students managed to flee while the other was arrested. Commenting on the case, the Ministry of Education stressed that an investigation was in progress to determine whether this was an individual case or the suspect had other accomplices in other schools.Direct...
A vehicle impounded in Jahra for reckless driving.
Reckless drivers arrested in Jahra
A vehicle impounded in Jahra for reckless driving.KUWAIT: Responding to social media videos showing two reckless drivers driving vehicles dangerously in Jahra, police patrols were dispatched to the scene and identified the two vehicles, one of them with a GCC license plate number. Both vehicles were impounded while the drivers were arrested and referred to Taima police station for further investigations.Two injured in fireA Kuwaiti couple was...
KUALA LUMPUR: A man views a fleet of Malaysia Airline planes on the tarmac of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. The head of one of the world’s top air crash investigation agencies says not enough is being done to adopt already available technologies that can help prevent another plane with hundreds of passengers from simply disappearing like MH370. — AP
Hijackers? Aliens? Theories over Flight 370’s fate abound
KUALA LUMPUR: A man views a fleet of Malaysia Airline planes on the tarmac of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. The head of one of the world’s top air crash investigation agencies says not enough is being done to adopt already available technologies that can help prevent another plane with hundreds of passengers from simply disappearing like MH370. — APSYDNEY: From a hijacking to an alien abduction, countless theories have...
BEIRUT: A scrap collector pulls a teddy bear from a temporary garbage dump in an eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut. - AFP
Lebanon trash crisis drags on, worrying doctors even more
BEIRUT: A scrap collector pulls a teddy bear from a temporary garbage dump in an eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's trash collection crisis, which sent thousands protesting into the streets last summer, is now in its eight month with still no resolution in sight. Though it has prompted political debates and occasional heated discussions, Lebanese doctors and medical professionals are increasingly alarmed by its...
ISTANBUL: A woman assists another who has fallen as Turkish anti-riot police officers use tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the headquarters of the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman in Istanbul yesterday. - AFP
Police fire plastic bullets, tear gas at anti-Erdogan paper rally - 'Free press cannot be silenced'
ISTANBUL: A woman assists another who has fallen as Turkish anti-riot police officers use tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the headquarters of the Turkish daily newspaper Zaman in Istanbul yesterday. - AFPISTANBUL: Turkish riot police yesterday fired plastic bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered outside an opposition newspaper the day after it was seized by authorities in a violent raid. "Free press cannot be...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones