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7,670 illegal residents adjust status: apparatus
KUWAIT: Since 2011 and until January 2016, some 7,670 illegal residents have adjusted their status in Kuwait, the Central Agency for Remedying of the Illegal Residents' Status announced yesterday. The illegal residents have adjusted their status, reverting back to their Saudi, Iraqi, Iranian, Jordanian, and other nationalities, said Colonel Mohammad Al-Wohaib, Head of the status adjustment department of the apparatus. He called on illegal...
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi honors Dr Ziad Al-Alyan, CEO of the Central Circle Company.
Cabinet to cut down treatment overseas expenses: Minister
KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi honors Dr Ziad Al-Alyan, CEO of the Central Circle Company.KUWAIT: The cabinet plans to cut down the expenses of the treatment overseas program through reducing the funds allocated to dispatch patients for treatment in other countries, Health Minister Dr Ali Al-Obaidi said. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony held recently at the Avenues Mall to launch a campaign for training on...
Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Dr Mahathir expounds on Mideast crises, oil - Kuwait Times exclusive interview
Dr Mahathir MohamadPUTRAJAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the former prime minister of Malaysia and the architect of modern Malaysia. Mahathir bin Mohamad was the leading force in turning Malaysia into a major industrial power in East Asia, and is credited with turning Kuala Lumpur into a modern city with (for a while) the world’s tallest building and high-tech industry. Mahathir developed the “Malaysia Can” slogan in 1993 and developed the...
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Govt to cut down committees, meetings
KUWAIT: The cabinet has asked the Civil Service Commission to reduce the number of government committees to a minimum, and cut meetings outside working hours unless it was absolutely necessary. This would help trim down the cost of forming committees and holding meetings that reaches KD 50 million annually, a government source said. They added that State Audit Bureau reports have shown that senior government officials were receiving ‘large...
KUWAIT: A horse is paraded during the 5th International Arabian Horse Festival at the Bait al-Arab Arabian Horse Center yesterday. A total of 419 horses from various Arab countries are participating in the event. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Int'l Arabian Horse Festival held under Amir's auspices
KUWAIT: A horse is paraded during the 5th International Arabian Horse Festival at the Bait al-Arab Arabian Horse Center yesterday. A total of 419 horses from various Arab countries are participating in the event. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Under the auspices of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait's 5th International Arabian Horse Festival kicked off Friday night at the Arabian Horse Center in Bait...
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Sixteen fake companies closed
KUWAIT: KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer labor department recently closed down 16 fake companies, suspended their files, banned them from sponsoring any expats and ordered deporting laborers registered with them, sources at the Public Authority for Manpower said.Water cutsThe Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) yesterday announced it will link new freshwater lines with the existing water grid in Wafra, and this would result in cuts in water supplies...
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Filipina woman raped by Egyptian man; Kuwaiti fed up of practical jokes played by his wife
KUWAIT: A Filipina woman recently reported that an Egyptian man raped her after he called asking to meet and settle some old disputes. The woman said that the suspect took her to an apartment in Khaitan where he sexually assaulted her. But when police summoned the man for questioning, he denied all charges. He said that the woman owes him KD 970 and argued that she had made up the accusation to avoid paying him. A case was field and further...
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US citizen arrested for importing KD 300,000 worth of meth
KUWAIT: A US citizen was recently arrested with the possession of KD 300,000 worth of methamphetamine (meth), which were hidden in a parcel he imported by airmail, said security sources. The suspect had been practicing his illegal trade and delivering the drugs to his clients for a while, the sources noted. Case papers indicate that narcotics' police were tipped off with information concerning the suspect's activity. After placing him under close...
A collapsed ceiling at a building in a Wafra farm, which killed one worker yesterday.
Ceiling collapse kills worker
A collapsed ceiling at a building in a Wafra farm, which killed one worker yesterday.KUWAIT: A demolition worker was killed yesterday when a ceiling collapsed on top of him in a building that was being torn down in a Wafra farm. The man was pronounced dead on the scene before his body was sent to the coroner. An investigation was opened to determine the circumstances behind the incident.Driver killedAn Arab truck driver was killed yesterday at...
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Don't cut trees!
I am a staunch supporter of any law that protects the environment in Kuwait. So I was happy to see the formation of the so-called environmental police and I believe that their role is important, because we desperately need to preserve the environment, especially as we are in the middle of a desert. Therefore, the cutting down of a single tree without justification should not be allowed. In a press statement, the Ministry of Interior said the...
Newly-wed Syrian couple Nada Merhi,18, and Hassan Youssef,27, pose for a wedding picture amid heavily damaged buildings in the war ravaged city of Homs on Friday. A Syrian photographer thought of using the destruction of Homs to take pictures of newly wed couples to show that life is stronger than death. – AFP
Syria warns Saudis, Turkey against military incursion; Iran mocks move - Bahrain ready to commit ground forces
Newly-wed Syrian couple Nada Merhi,18, and Hassan Youssef,27, pose for a wedding picture amid heavily damaged buildings in the war ravaged city of Homs on Friday. A Syrian photographer thought of using the destruction of Homs to take pictures of newly wed couples to show that life is stronger than death. – AFPRIYADH: With rebel forces facing the prospect of a crushing defeat by Syria's Russian-backed regime, their allies Saudi Arabia and...
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The day we failed to learn from it
Theoretically, Arabs have one enemy in the region, but we lately created other enemies such as Iran, and some added to that by deepening their hatered to Iran, in exchange of being more accepted to Israel, which became closer to being a friend than on enemy. Our differences with Iran are not historic like our disputes with Israel, and it was historically a fluctuating difference every now and then, and from one Arab country to another, as well...
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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's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones